Zhu Cilang sent Song Hongye away, picked up the work arrangements on the table, and compared them one by one to see what progress can be driven out today. While moving his arms, he slowly turned his cervical spine and paid attention to maintaining his body. The biggest suffering he suffered in his previous life was probably the physical torture caused by excessive overdrawing of his body.

Yao Tao walked to the door, waved the eunuch back, and said frankly: "Your Highness, Kunning Palace has an order."

Zhu Cixuan put down his work schedule, looked out of the curtain, and said, "Come in and speak."

Yao Tao carefully lifted the curtain, entered the house and said, "Your Highness, the Empress has an order: Let you go back to the palace to pay your respects."

"Is the mother resting now?" Zhu Cixuan remembered that he had just had supper before meeting Wu Changchun, and it was already dark outside.

Yao Tao heard that the prince actually didn't want to go, but she was eager to see Aunt Liu, so she said, "The Empress hasn't seen Your Highness for many days. I think if she can't see her today, she will be worried even if she rests."

"Then go." Zhu Cixuan thought to himself: There are still those knife craftsmen that you have to confirm with Liu Ruoyu. He said again: "Let Tian Cunshan prepare, Liu Ruoyu go with me."

"No." Yao Tao was happy, and she left her blessing, and quickly sent an order.

Since the introduction of the competition mechanism, Tian Cunshan's work attitude has become much more positive. The eunuch behind him naturally refused to watch his deployment be easily pried out, and he also increased his support for him. Otherwise, so many young eunuchs who graduated from Nei Shutang would not be so easy to obtain.

At a moment, Tian Cunshan had already arranged the ceremonial guard and asked Zhou Jing to mobilize the Han general to escort the prince back to the palace.

Tiananmen Square, which was crowded with tourists in later generations, is now empty. Zhu Cixuan rode on his horse and entered the inner palace along the central axis of the Forbidden City. Liu Ruoyu accompanied the people and reported to the matter of Luo Daozijiang.

The knife maker is the one who cleanses the eunuchs.

Zhu Ciyang had already developed great interest in them since childhood, believing that they were a group of high-end talents that must be used. Whether it is a slaughter or a Jinchuang, he could find many doctors, but if he wanted to find an experienced surgeon, a knife craftsman was probably the best choice.

The Ming Dynasty was the era when traditional Chinese medicine developed the fastest and achieved the greatest achievements. Among them were the "Compendium of Materia Medica" which broke the convention and compiled by attribute classification, the "Plague Theory" which studied infectious pathogenesis and prevention, and the "Authentic Surgery" which advocated both internal and external treatment and combined surgery with drugs.

This book was written in the 45th year of Wanli, and the author Chen Shigong passed away in the fifth year of Chongzhen. Zhu Cixuan was only three years old at that time. He was stingy and never met this great surgeon. In Chen's book, he explained in detail the operation methods of surgery such as amputation, nasal polyps removal, tracheal suture, and foreign body removal in the throat. It also emphasized that the surgical environment must be bright and clean.

A great doctor like Chen is hard to come by, but the ones that are really worth seeking are those knife craftsmen.

In an era without sterile rooms and antibiotics, it is easy to imagine how much the risk of surgery is. If the mortality rate is too high, even if the eunuch's life is prosperous, so many people will not be willing to undergo castration surgery. Through the inheritance system of father and son master and apprentice, the knife craftsman has summarized and explored an effective method to ensure the maximum success rate of the surgery and the survival rate of the recipient.

They may have never heard of "Authentic Surgery", nor do they know that someone has secretly dissected the body and drawn anatomical pictures in the Kingdom of Taisie... But they are undoubtedly the doctors with the richest experience in surgery in the middle school of China.

Zhu Cilang asked Liu Ruoyu to find the famous knife craftsmen and promised them to gather under his own leadership, supplementing with bacterial theory and other theoretical knowledge, to cultivate military doctors who can truly increase the survival rate of injuries and diseases.

In the Ming Dynasty, different from the Qing Dynasty, there was no special agency responsible for the eunuchs' body cleaning. Among these knife craftsmen were eunuchs in the palace, folk doctors, and some even veterinarians who castrated pigs, horses and animals.

The skilled knife maker has everything he can’t do. From pre-operative preparation to anesthesia during surgery, to wound suture, disinfection, antibacterial, nutritional supplementation... all have rules. These people charge extremely high fees, and they are also the people Zhu Cilang really wants to adopt.

As an old eunuch, Liu Ruoyu is certainly familiar with these people. It was just because the prince needed too many people that he asked extensively in the palace, listed the names and addresses of these people, and then came to the door to threaten and tempt. This was the answer that satisfies the prince.

After listening to Liu Ruoyu's report, Zhu Cilang finally put the last item of today's to-do list in his heart, and then he could go and greet him with peace of mind.

It is estimated that His Majesty, His Majesty, will probably be in Kunning Palace.

...

The situation was even more complicated than Zhu Cilang imagined. In addition to Chongzhen, even Empress Yi'an and Concubine Yuan of Yikun Palace were present. These four people were the real parents in the Forbidden City. Now they were sitting high, but the seats of the prince were placed in the center of the main hall, which looked like they were being tried by four people.

Zhu Cilang's face did not change and went forward to salute one by one, asking him for good luck, and he looked so well. When he suddenly looked up, he saw a flash of light on his mother's face, and it turned out that tears reflected the candlelight.

"Brother Chun is getting thinner." Queen Zhang was also quite moved, looking at Zhu Cilang's nose and hair soreness.

Zhu Cixuan has to review and practice every day these days, often as a demonstration, and end up in person. When the weather is better and the affairs are less, he also has to randomly draw some guards to run around and play single and double bars. The amount of exercise is much higher than that in the palace, and he naturally becomes dark and thin.

"The body of the son minister is much stronger." Zhu Cilang said with a smile.

"The legend in the palace said that you live and eat with the guards? Brother is the time to grow up, but how can you eat it?" Queen Zhou gently pinched the handkerchief and pressed the corner of her eyes.

"Mother, living together is just a false news." Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "My son has many things to deal with every day, so how can I live with them? Although the three meals are indeed eaten with the guards in the camp, Mr. Chen is also interested in adding more meals, so it is not considered suffering."

"Since ancient times, the monarch and ministers have different opinions. Are you learning from Wu Qi?" Chongzhen was not displeased, and his tone also had a harmonious atmosphere.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "His Majesty, Wu Qi is trying to make the soldiers charge into battle and die. The sons also need these guards to attack in front and protect them with their bodies. If they only blame their status, they are afraid of right and wrong."

Chongzhen smiled and said, "I'm summoning you in today to ask about your fundraising and how much it is." As he said, the middle-aged man in the fourth year suddenly revealed a strange smile of gloating.

Zhu Cilang had already delivered the fundraising financial report to the palace and would never believe that His Majesty the Emperor really didn't know.

"Five thousand three hundred taels." Zhu Cilang replied.

"It's only 5,300 taels?" Chongzhen repeated and sighed: "I advised the powerful to donate to the powerful last time. You said you shouldn't be so powerful, which caused a huge rebound. Now you have any experience?"

It turns out that I want to educate him here!

Zhu Cilang chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, your father, often educate your children and ministers, and are willing to do good deeds with small things. The children and ministers recommend themselves to others and are also grateful to those rich merchants who have only donated dozens of taels. This is also a small thing for good deeds."

"How about the country?" Chongzhen saw his son talking back and said a little displeased: "You are indeed cultivating good buds, but if you don't have time to do it, how can you wait for this good bud to grow slowly?"

"Father," Zhu Cilang smiled, "If I treat the people with a sincere heart, the people will repay me with the national soldiers, so there is a saying that the benevolent is invincible."

Chongzhen remained silent, and the hall became cold and silent for a moment.

Emperor Chongzhen studied with Tianqi since he was a child. At that time, Sun Chengzong, the Japanese lecturer at that time, was the second place in the Three Tripods. All other Confucian ministers were well-educated. Chongzhen, who was educated by these people, was even more emperor-like a literati. Not only was he interested in classics, he also often wrote some classics papers by himself, and even used the creation of art eight-legged essays as entertainment.

Even this kind of "playing with the exam" level is definitely not low, and it is often enjoyed by foreign ministers.

This is simply a vivid literary youth, how could the Nine Five Lords do?

Emperor Xuan of Han Xun Yuan said: "The Han family has its own system, and it is originally mixed with overlordship."

This is a saying that hits the nail on the head.

Zhu Cixuan felt that Chongzhen's education was problematic because Chongzhen attached too much importance to moral education. Although the Daxing case and the Palace Bi used punishment, he seemed very domineering, but he was essentially a Confucian saint, and even had some moral integrity. When he found that he thought that similar scholars and officials betrayed one after another, fear and resentment were conceivable.

However, after seventeen years of the emperor's work, his understanding of this world was no longer as superficial as when he was young. The idealist's literary and artistic heart was also exhausted in the wind and frost of time. Chongzhen finally realized that his son was not a national blessing like him.

"The prince is still too kind." Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a long time and finally spitted.

This sentence also seemed to be self-reflection, which was far more profound than the previous self-reflection.

"It's just a revelation, and it's hard to accomplish anything in the end." The emperor said again.

"If the father doesn't believe it," Zhu Cilang said with confidence, "My son is willing to make an appointment with his father. Within one month, the powerful and wealthy merchants in the capital will inevitably contribute more generously to fund epidemic prevention."

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Since it's a promise, can you ask for something?"

"How much donation is paid by officials, civilians and gentry, the father and emperor allocated one tenth of the amount to the sons, can it be?" Zhu Cixuan said carefully.

"Haha," Chongzhen laughed, "I will give as much as they give!"

Chongzhen sincerely did not believe how much money these powerful people were willing to pay, especially the prince wanted to practice the "benevolent" method. The benevolent is of course invincible, because others saw that all benevolent people were playing with like fools, who would be his enemy?

But... those people are really too much to use 5,300 taels to perfunctory the crown prince of the country!

A faint sense of humiliation and resentment appeared in Chongzhen's heart.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall became harmonious, Concubine Yuan ordered someone to bring some soup for the prince to eat, and asked a few words about life outside the palace. The Concubine was always gentle and humble to the Queen of Zhou, and was a firm alliance for the Queen to suppress Concubine Tian, ​​and the relationship was always harmonious. Zhu Cixuan was also very kind to her, which made the concubine who had no children very comforted.

After eating the soup, Zhu Cixuan took advantage of his mother's absence and stayed overnight and quickly said goodbye on the grounds of official business. Chongzhen did not think much, and encouraged him to let the prince go back. Zhou Hou was reluctant, but he had no choice but to order people to prepare a lot of sweets from the palace and let the prince take them away.

Chongzhen watched his son leave and finally couldn't help but sigh.

"Why did Your Majesty sigh?" asked Hou Zhou.

"My son has the spirit of a benevolent king, but the country should have a hegemon." After Chongzhen finished speaking, his heart suddenly became tight, fearing that the queen would think she was dissatisfied with the prince. She slapped the handrail and said proudly: "I will calm the world for the prince."

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Chapter completed!