After leaving Huai'an, Zhu Yuanzhang and his son went south along the Grand Canal and inspected Yangzhou.
After eight years of recovery, the population of Yangzhou has rapidly increased from 18 households in the early days of the Republic of China to 80,000 households, and the market has initially returned to prosperity...
Moreover, it is natural growth and there is no forced immigration.
Although it is far from reaching the size that this city should have, it has already made Zhu Biao, who had witnessed the previous miserable conditions of Yangzhou City, very happy.
What he saw and heard along the way made him very depressed. Especially the chaos in Zhongdu made him very frightened. He felt that with his father's ability, the people below would be fooled. In the future, if he were to be far inferior to his father,
How can one govern a country well?
At this moment, he was finally relieved. He found that there was no need for the court to interfere too much, and the people would live a good life on their own...
Sometimes when you do too much, you might as well just do what is necessary.
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After the dragon boat left Yangzhou, it never docked and sailed straight back to Nanjing.
On the tenth day of September, the boat passed Stone City and Nanjing City was right in front of us.
Their highnesses had not left home for such a long time. They all dressed up early and excitedly looked at the Jiangdong Gate getting closer and closer on the bow of the boat.
"There seem to be a lot of people at the pier. Is the Queen coming too?" The third child stood on the mast and built a pergola to announce the news.
"Come down! How unbecoming!" Zhu Yuanzhang also came to the deck and subconsciously scolded the third child. Then he thought of the violent storm he was about to face, and immediately changed his face to a loving father and said:
"Don't forget, you are not farmer Hong Bin now, but King Zhu of Jin."
Zhu was so scared that he had goosebumps all over his body and almost fell off the mast...
"Father, how come your father talks like Eunuch Wu?" Even Zhu Xi heard something strange.
"How to speak? Don't you like your father's good temper?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked slowly and softly with a smile: "Then let's change our faces and loosen our bones for you?"
"I like it..." The sons nodded quickly.
"Then after meeting the Queen Mother, you guys..." Zhu Yuanzhang took the exam.
"Only talk about your father's good things, not your own sufferings." The sons hurriedly replied in unison, obviously they had been drilled many times along the way.
"What if the Queen Mother asks about your experiences?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
"We eat well and sleep well in our hometown, and the people in our hometown are also very nice!"
"Then do you blame Father?"
"The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold! We are grateful to our father before it is too late!"
"Okay, that's it!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as you perform well, I will keep my promise to you."
"Really, can you really marry me another daughter-in-law?" the second child asked excitedly.
"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "I was indeed careless as a father. I will look for another wife for you when I get back."
"Okay, okay, thank you very much, Father."
"Can I let my husband come to my house to give lectures in the evening? Can I make up for the homework I missed this year?" asked the third child, who regards learning as a source of happiness.
"That's not easy." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled happily: "If you make a hundred such requests, my father will be satisfied."
"Thank you, Father." Zhu glanced at the fourth child proudly. After returning to the main hall, how do you look like you?
"King Juan!" Zhu Di secretly cursed Lao San using the words Lao Liu taught him, and asked embarrassedly: "Will you be able to leave the palace freely?"
"You have grown up. You can be like your brothers..." How could Boss Zhu, the father-in-law limited edition, be angry? He still smiled and said: "We will pass the order when we get back. The ban on King Yan's entry and exit should be in accordance with the rules of King Qin and King Jin."
"Thank you, Father!" Zhu Di was immediately overjoyed. Nephew Jinglong, your fourth cousin is here! Qinhuaihe, your King Yan is here!
Seeing the silly way the fourth child was laughing, Zhu Yuanzhang decided not to tell him yet, but would put him into special training in the military camp after returning, so that Xu Da could inspect the goods during the Chinese New Year...
"Can my son open a medical clinic outside the palace?" Lao Wu mustered up his courage and asked cautiously.
"How can we not count what our father promised?" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Besides, treating illnesses and saving people is also a good deed and accrue virtue. We have to support it."
"Father, don't worry, we will definitely help you get through this." The sons reciprocated.
"Haha, okay, get ready to get off the boat and give it your best performance." After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he remembered that he had missed someone. "Hey, where is the sixth child?"
"Lao Liu has a fever." Then he saw Zhu Biao coming out of the cabin with an anxious look on his face. "Send to the doctor quickly!"
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As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang's words about working hard to train his sons were useless...
As soon as the dragon boat docked, Concubine Hu Chong didn't see her son, so she immediately quit. "Your Majesty, where did you take my son?!"
"Zhu Chongba, where is the sixth child?!" Empress Ma asked without giving any face.
"It's okay, it's just a little problem, a slight fever..." Zhu Yuanzhang looked like a child who had made a mistake.
"You have a fever, but you still have a minor problem?!" Empress Ma held up her skirt and got on the dragon boat, followed closely by Concubine Hu Chong, tears streaming down her face.
In this day and age, having a fever is a very scary thing.
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A group of people anxiously gathered around Lao Liu's bed, wondering what had happened to him. Queen Ma and Concubine Hu Chong each held one of his hands, only to find that the child's hands were covered with calluses and sticks...
That's the mark left by months of mowing.
But they couldn't care about that now, and neither of them dared to say anything for fear of affecting the imperial doctor's diagnosis.
After diagnosing the pulse, the imperial doctor carefully pressed a circle on King Chu's abdomen, and finally said firmly: "It's okay, it's the fever caused by food accumulation. Just give it a few injections and take medicine to dissolve the food accumulation."
"What? Food accumulation? Will you get a fever if you eat too much?" The whole room was shocked.
For people of this era, having a fever after overeating is indeed a novelty.
Because it is not easy for the people to eat enough, and the royal family also pays attention to eating seven to eight times full... so few people eat to full, and the number of people who have a fever after eating is even more rare.
"Children's stomach and intestines are not yet sound." The imperial doctor explained: "If you eat too much greasy and thick food, it will accumulate in the stomach and intestines without digestion. If the qi is not stagnant, you will have a fever..."
"He is young and ignorant, and you brothers will not care about him!" Queen Ma scolded her older son.
"Mother, we can't control it, because this is what the father asked him to eat!" The prince said angrily: "Not only does he have a big meal of fish and meat, but he is also asked to eat one more meal a day. It's strange that the sixth child doesn't accumulate food!"
"Why?" Concubine Hu Chong asked in shock.
"If you say he is too thin, the queen mother will definitely be angry when she sees him." Zhu Di also added another blow. Seeing that the sixth child had suffered, he didn't care so much. He must vent his anger for his younger brother first.
"Father even bribed us to say good things to him!" Zhu immediately followed up and sold Zhu Yuanzhang clean.
It seems that cram school at night is not that attractive to His Highness Prince Jin...
"Old, the sixth child wants to have dinner..." The second child also put the matter of marrying a wife behind him and said sadly.
"We were even captured by the Mingjiao..." Not to mention the fifth brother. But the sixth brother had him in his eyes and heart...
"Okay, okay..." Queen Ma was so angry that she was shaking all over. She turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, but where was the emperor's shadow anywhere?
ps. I’ve finally finished writing the fifth update. I’m exhausted. I need to go to bed quickly... By the way, please give me your monthly pass~~~
