In the evening, in the study room of Qianqing Palace in the imperial palace in Beijing, Emperor Hongzhi was reviewing memorials wearing glasses.
He is an extremely hard-working person, maybe even worse than Comrade Zhu who founded the country. Among the emperors of the entire Ming Dynasty, he should be ranked among the top three. Well, there is another one who lost his country. Emperor Chongzhen was also an extremely hardworking master. The three of them were considered the most hardworking emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
"Alas~"
Hongzhi sighed, took off his glasses, closed his eyes and rubbed them slightly.
"Your Majesty, why don't you take a rest first, drink some ginseng soup, and then review the memorial?"
Xiao Jing took a look and quickly said thoughtfully.
"My body is getting worse day by day. In the past, I didn't feel tired at all after reading this little memorial. Now I am very tired after reading this little memorial. Especially my eyes, they are so sore and uncomfortable."
Emperor Hongzhi sighed.
In the past two years, he suddenly felt that he had aged a lot, a lot, his body was not as good as before, and his mental state was also far worse. Reviewing memorials and so on felt very strenuous.
"Your Majesty, you have overworked yourself. You need to combine work and rest and pay attention to your self-cultivation. The dragon body is important."
Xiao Jing carefully patted Emperor Hongzhi's back and rubbed his shoulders while also persuading him.
"I also know that just sitting in this position for a day means that I have to shoulder its responsibilities."
"Everyone in the world says that it is good to be an emperor, but who knows that the emperor's responsibilities are heavier than Mount Tai. There are tens of millions of people involved in this memorial, so how can I slack off?"
"Since the legacy of my ancestors has been passed down to me, I will naturally work harder."
Emperor Hongzhi closed his eyes and said with a helpless smile.
Being an emperor is really not that easy, especially being an accomplished emperor is even more tiring.
"Your Majesty has done a good enough job. Whether it is martial arts or other aspects, your Majesty has been among the best at all times and in all over the world. He is definitely an emperor through the ages comparable to the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty."
Xiao Jing promptly flattered Emperor Hongzhi.
Being the emperor's secretary is not an easy task. There are many things that need to be done, but the most important thing is to gain the emperor's trust and please the emperor.
"I have never wanted to be an emperor for eternity. I just want to manage the country of my ancestors better. As an emperor, I want the people in the world to have enough to eat and wear warm clothes. This is enough. As for those false names, future generations will be able to comment."
Emperor Hongzhi shook his head slightly. He really didn't think about these things. He just wanted to be a good emperor, a good father, and a good husband, that's all.
Growing up in a special environment had a huge influence on Emperor Hongzhi. On the one hand, he developed a kind heart and was easy to be grateful. If there were not those little eunuchs in the palace, the little palace maid would hide him and give him a mouthful. Emperor Hongzhi could not have been raised without food and clothing.
Therefore, he has a grateful heart and is very kind-hearted, because he has seen the ugliest side of the human world and felt the warmest and brightest side of the human world.
He is a good husband, and that is because he has seen his father Ming Xianzong's doting on Concubine Wan Gui, which led to many tragedies in the harem. Even Emperor Hongzhi's biological mother died at the hands of Concubine Wan Gui.
He is a good father, but that is also because he lacked fatherly love since he was a child. Ming Xianzong doted on Concubine Wan Gui, so that he lacked care for Emperor Hongzhi and others.
This is Emperor Hongzhi, the most special emperor in history.
Xiao Jing fell silent slightly when he heard what Emperor Hongzhi said. He knew Emperor Hongzhi most clearly, and this was indeed what Emperor Hongzhi said in his heart.
While rubbing Emperor Hongzhi's shoulders, he looked at the white hair on Emperor Hongzhi's head. He was only in his thirties, but Emperor Hongzhi's physical condition was already so bad. His hair was gray and gray, and he couldn't believe it.
This would be a man in his thirties.
"Your Majesty, you have indeed been overworked in the past few years. The white hair on your head has already..."
Speaking of this, Xiao Jing couldn't help but shed tears.
Although he is a servant of Emperor Hongzhi, he has watched Emperor Hongzhi since he was a child and has always followed him. When he looks at Emperor Hongzhi, he feels like he is looking at his own child.
Emperor Hongzhi had white hair, which made Xiao Jing very uncomfortable.
"It's just a little white hair, nothing."
Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said.
"Your Majesty, you not only have a little gray hair, but your appetite has also become smaller and smaller in the past two years. Look, you have become so thin."
"How can this continue?"
Xiao Jing said almost crying.
"Oh, people are getting old."
"Why are you crying? Everyone gets old sometimes, don't they all do this when they get old?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing and said.
"Your Majesty, you are only in your thirties. You are in the prime of life. How can someone in their thirties be considered old?"
Xiao Jing said: "This is because you are busy with state affairs. In addition, Your Majesty, your appetite is too little. You eat too little. How can a person's health be good?"
"But I really can't eat, I don't have any appetite for anything."
Emperor Hongzhi said helplessly.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the doctors at the Daming Medical College newly established by Liu Jin are extremely skilled in medicine, and they are also very good at treating various difficult and complicated diseases, specializing in the research of various new drugs and treatment methods.
Especially good at surgery.”
"This time during the Western Expedition, Liu Jin brought many doctors from Daming Medical College with him. Many injuries and illnesses that were difficult to treat before were all cured."
"They developed a method of blood transfusion and cured many people through surgery. Now they are very famous in the capital, and people from all over the country come to see doctors."
"How about we dress up tomorrow and go to Daming Medical College to have a look and check up on our health."
Xiao Jing thought of the Ming Medical College published in the Ming Morning Post. He also read the Ming Medical Journal and learned a lot of medical knowledge and content from the Ming Medical Journal.
"Isn't this imperial doctor always diagnosing me? Could it be that doctors outside are more powerful than the imperial doctor?"
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty, I think some of the things mentioned in the Ming Dynasty Medical Journal are quite reasonable. This doctor is actually very particular about his experience in treating diseases."
"Because the imperial doctors in the palace have been passed down from generation to generation, their medical skills may not be bad, but because the imperial doctors only treat the nobles in the palace, their medical experience may not be as good as that of private doctors."
"Go and take a look, you won't waste much time, just go for a walk and relax."
Xiao Jing also quickly replied.
"Okay, let's go take a look tomorrow. Anyway, I haven't been out of the palace for a while, and I just want to go out and take a look."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and nodded. He went to take a look with the attitude of giving it a try, and also went out of the palace for a walk.
He knows his own body best. Although Emperor Hongzhi did not suffer from any major problems, his appetite was not good and he ate too little. He was very thin. Coupled with the hard work of state affairs, he aged prematurely.
However, the imperial doctors in the palace could not detect anything wrong, so they could only continue to prescribe some prescriptions to replenish the body, such as ginseng soup and the like, to Emperor Hongzhi.
Emperor Hongzhi ate a lot of these things, but his body was still getting worse day by day. A few years ago, Emperor Hongzhi was superstitious about the art of elixirs, and had people practice elixirs in the palace to replenish his body.
Can live longer.
But later, because of the Li Guang case, Emperor Hongzhi saw clearly the art of these elixirs, Buddhist and Taoist health-preserving techniques, etc., so he reawakened Emperor Hongzhi, who was working hard to govern, and made him more diligent than before. This was also his
The main reason why my health is getting worse is that my work intensity is too high.
This shows that Emperor Hongzhi was actually very aware of his physical condition, and he also tried ways to make himself healthier, but they just didn’t work correctly.嘘戅gnawingshujukeNShuJu.oM戅
Now after hearing Xiao Jing's words, Emperor Hongzhi also had the mentality of giving it a try. Anyway, he just wanted to go out of the palace for a walk and relax.
"What is the prince busy with today?"
Soon, Emperor Hongzhi thought of Zhu Houzhao again.
His body was getting worse day by day, and sooner or later, the country would be handed over to Zhu Houzhao, so he was extremely concerned about the prince and would ask about the prince's affairs every day.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went with Liu Jin to watch the No. 1 Scholar Parade today. He felt that Your Majesty was busy with state affairs every day, and felt that the officials in the court were sitting idle and had nothing to do, so a large number of memorials overwhelmed His Majesty."
"So he felt that a complete examination system should be formulated for officials, so as to urge officials all over the world to help His Majesty solve his problems, so that His Majesty can be more relaxed."
Xiao Jing thought for a while and said quickly.
"This kid, what does he know? If the emperor doesn't care about state affairs, why should he care about it?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed happily. Through Xiao Jing's words, he knew that Zhu Houzhao was an extremely filial child, which made him even more gratified.
Since ancient times, all dynasties have governed the world with filial piety, and the prince was filial. This set an example for the people of the world, which naturally made Emperor Hongzhi extremely happy.
"He must have asked Liu Jin for advice, right?"
Then he also asked questions. He still knew very well how much ink was in Zhu Houzhao's stomach. He was looking for Liu Jin, and it must be to ask for some questions and knowledge.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Xiao Jing nodded and said.
"What did Liu Jin say?"
"This Liu Jin is also very lazy. Every time he is given a holiday, he must be full before he is willing to come back to court."
Speaking of Liu Jin, Emperor Hongzhi also smiled again. This was the first time he encountered such a lazy minister.
However, Liu Jin was truly talented and knowledgeable, and he was also a truly capable minister who could govern the country with his literary skills and expand his territory with military skills. Looking at the entire government and the public, it seems that there is only one such minister, Wang Shouren.
Wang Shouren has now truly come into the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi. He took the exam in the same period as Liu Jin and started serving as an official in the same year. He also fought in the north and south. He was also full of knowledge and talented. This allowed Emperor Hongzhi to see another man who was not inferior to Liu Jin.
Jin’s talents.
"Liu Jin said that the examination system has existed since ancient times and can be used for reference. At the same time, it can be considered and modified based on the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty. He put forward several key points."
Xiao Jing thought for a while and began to report in detail the conversation between Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao to Emperor Hongzhi.
"Pragmatic, not pragmatic?"
"Is this virtue weak?"
Emperor Hongzhi listened carefully. As long as it was about Liu Jin, he was more concerned about it. When he heard Liu Jin's points about the examination system, he listened very seriously.
“Are the evaluation criteria for virtue different?”
"But if this person is not even virtuous, no matter how powerful he is, he will probably be of no benefit to the people if he becomes an official."
Emperor Hongzhi thought carefully.
"But what Liu Jin said is not unreasonable. A thousand people have different opinions. Without unified standards, it will be difficult to implement and realize the entrance examination system."
"In terms of demographics, if we can conduct a detailed and accurate census, it will be extremely important for our Ming Dynasty's decision-making."
When he heard Liu Jin use population as an example, Emperor Hongzhi immediately nodded slightly.
As an emperor, he certainly knew the importance of population. What was more important was to accurately grasp the number of people.
With the continuous immigration in recent years, Emperor Hongzhi wanted to know how many people there were in these two thirteen provinces, as well as in Nanyang provinces, Liaodong, the northern grasslands, the Western Regions, Hezhong, Australia, Golden Island and other places.
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These are all very important. The imperial court's immigration plan is closely related to population. The size of this population is directly related to the imperial court's immigration policy.
As Liu Jin said, how many people are there in a place, what is the ratio of men to women in the population, how many adults, how many children, and how many elderly people are there? This information is very important.
The population size, combined with the amount of cultivated land owned by this place, can determine how many people will be moved from these places to Nanyang, Liaodong, Australia, Huangjinzhou and other places.
How many strong men there are, you can know how much labor can be obtained from these places, and how many quotas can be allocated during recruitment, etc.
"It is indeed necessary to conduct a national population census and survey."
Emperor Hongzhi wrote it down silently in his mind.
"The official examination system also needs to be formulated. There are really too many officials in the DPRK, and too many of them are sitting idle."
Thinking of the entrance examination system, Emperor Hongzhi also felt that it was indeed necessary.
Many officials in the DPRK and Central Government basically have nothing to do, so forget it. There are also some who are looking for something to do.
Look at zhuishukaNCOm. For example, Yushi and Hanlin all belong to this category. They have nothing to do and just look for things to do every day. They can't solve anything by themselves, but they can produce all kinds of things for no reason.
This kind of right and wrong comes.
Among the memorials on Emperor Hongzhi's desk, these memorials from the imperial censor must be indispensable. If you impeach this today, who will you read tomorrow, or simply focus on Emperor Hongzhi himself.
The emperor is not good at this or that, this is not right, that is not right, even if the emperor is sleeping with his wife, they can find out the matter and talk about it.
There are many other matters that could be dealt with by the following officials, but they were sent to Emperor Hongzhi.
For example, if a meteorite falls in a certain place, the officials of this place must write a memorial to report the matter in detail to Emperor Hongzhi.
If there happens to be a famine or something like that, it would be terrible, and an article would definitely be necessary.
In short, there were too many trivial facts, which should be dealt with by officials at all levels below. However, these matters happened to reach Emperor Hongzhi, causing Emperor Hongzhi to have too many things to deal with.
In itself, as the ruler of such a huge empire, the things Emperor Hongzhi had to do and think about should not be trivial matters, but major matters that really mattered to the country.
For example, thinking about how to strengthen the army to deal with the invasion of foreign enemies, thinking about how to increase food production to satisfy the appetite of the people, and thinking about the quality of the court system and whether it needs to be modified, etc.
Instead of focusing on trivial things, such as a flood in this place, a Tengu eclipse in that place, etc.
Emperor Hongzhi sometimes felt tired while reviewing memorials.
In addition, there is the power struggle, which is even more tiring. After all, being an emperor is not an easy task.
"Your Majesty, please take a rest first. These memorials are not important. It won't be too late to read them tomorrow. It's already midnight."
Here, Xiao Jing ordered someone to check the time and also suggested.
"Go to sleep after reading this. I have to go out for a walk tomorrow. I will definitely have less time to read memorials."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and shook his head, picked up a memorial and continued reading.
