Two years ago, Zhu Qizhen summoned all the vassal kings to Beijing to re-distribute the vassal lands.
This enfeoffment is very different from before, because all the vassal lands are not in the country. Bring the world map and choose which land you want.
You've made your choice, right? I'll send you some soldiers and horses, allocate some money and food, and go fight on your own!
Beat it down and it's yours.
If you can't defeat it...it means you are a waste. How dare you ask for a fiefdom?
As a result, all the vassal kings were eager to try. For example, King Ning set his sights on Uzang.
However, among these princes, there was one who was special and insisted on not wanting the vassal land.
This person is Zhou Wang Zhu Zichen, the grandson of the first Zhou Wang Zhu Ji. Calculating seniority, Zhu Qizhen still needs to be called uncle.
Other vassal kings brought their troops and horses to open up territories, but the King of Zhou had no choice at all.
The original intention of Zhu Qizhen's move was to let the vassal kings go out and not sit at home and gnaw at their old age. Seeing that the King of Zhou was unwilling to choose a fiefdom, he naturally refused.
However, King Zhou's next proposal shocked people.
He actually voluntarily gave up his vassal territory in Kaifeng, with only one request, that is, he needed the emperor's decree to allow him to move around as he pleased.
Despite such a simple request, in the Ming Dynasty, the vassal king was strictly prohibited from leaving the vassal territory.
Otherwise, they will be treated as treason and their families will be confiscated and exterminated.
At that time, Zhu Qizhen didn't know the significance of King Zhou's move. However, seeing that King Zhou would rather give up the vassal territory and walk around, could he be holding it back?
Logically speaking, this is not the case. Although the scope of your activities is limited to Kaifeng, Kaifeng is not small!
It’s not like we’re imprisoning you, so why bother?
Next, other vassal kings rushed to distant places one after another, or went to sea directly, leaving only King Zhou.
Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to agree to King Zhou's request, just to see what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. However, later he heard that King Zhou had traveled far and wide, and there was no news from him again.
This time Wan Zhen'er dug out medical books and remembered that starting from Zhu Ju, the lineage of Zhou kings had a lot of research on medical skills.
The reform of Tai Hospital is imperative, and I am worried that I can’t find someone to take charge of the overall situation. Now that I think about it, isn’t King Zhou the most suitable candidate?
Three days later, Kaifeng Station.
Zhu Ji took the two captains off the train and went straight to Prince Zhou's Mansion.
After the other vassal princes went to new fiefdoms, the royal palace withdrew accordingly.
Either it will be changed into a yamen, or it will be changed into an academy. In short, the signboard of the palace is gone.
To this day, only the Zhou Palace remains.
Because the King of Zhou did not have a new fiefdom, Zhu Qizhen would not give up his hometown. After all, he was his uncle and he had not made any mistakes. He had to leave a place for him to live...
Zhu Ji and others came out of the station and accidentally saw the signboard of "Huimin Pharmacy Bureau". Thinking that the emperor was vigorously renovating the hospital, they walked in to take a look.
If this kind of folk medical center has good doctors, I would recommend going to Tai Hospital.
However, after he came in, he found something was wrong.
Ordinary medical clinics have doctors, clerks, and accounting offices. However, here there are only a few clerks working, but there is no doctor sitting in the hall, and there is no accounting office to collect money.
Zhu Ji felt strange, so he grabbed a waiter and asked, "Excuse me, can I see a doctor here?"
The waiter was busy getting medicine, so he asked: "What's the disease?"
"This... there is no diagnosis, how can we know the disease?"
"You don't know what the disease is, how can you get the medicine?"
After saying that, the clerk hurriedly went to get the medicine.
At this time, the two captains were a little dissatisfied and were about to step forward, but were stopped by Zhu Ji and retreated.
"Let's just ask casually, don't mess around!"
"Yes, sir!"
Zhu Ji looked around and found something strange.
The waiter just now brought a pair of medicine to an old man and gave some instructions. Then, the old man who took the medicine thanked him and turned around to leave.
From beginning to end, I didn't see the old man paying the money.
Zhu Ji was very puzzled. While the waiter was drinking water, he stepped forward and asked, "Don't your medical clinics charge consultation fees?"
The guy looked at Zhu Ji and the others and asked, "Are you from other places?"
Zhu Ji and others did not wear official uniforms and were dressed no differently than ordinary people. However, they did not know how the other party could tell that they were not locals.
Could it be that the accent is wrong?
However, when I talked to the waiter just now, I had already changed to a local accent. Is it not standard enough?
"To be honest, little brother, we are from the capital."
"oh……"
The clerk nodded and said, "Your accent sounds like you are local, but you don't know Huimin Pharmacy Bureau. I guess you must have been out of town for a long time and just came back not long ago."
"Exactly, we were away on business and haven't been back for two or three years."
"Two or three years...well, almost!"
The waiter nodded and continued: "This medicine dispensing bureau for benefiting the people was established two years ago by His Royal Highness the King of Zhou to provide free medicine and cure diseases to the local people."
"His Royal Highness King Zhou?"
When Zhu Ji heard this, he immediately became interested.
"I heard that His Highness the King of Zhou voluntarily gave up the vassal territory and traveled around?"
"That's what he said, but the emperor did not take back the vassal land, so His Royal Highness the King of Zhou spent all his wealth to open a medicine bureau for the benefit of the people in Kaifeng and other counties, providing free clinics and medicines to the poor, and also built a total of 120 hectares.
He personally led people to plant medicinal materials in the medicinal fields and distributed them to those who needed them."
When Zhu Ji heard this, he secretly admired him, but he still had a question.
"But I don't know how this Huimin Pharmacy Bureau operates. Why don't I see a doctor for consultation?"
The waiter replied: "Your Highness has already cataloged the "Pocket Prescriptions" and "Puji Prescriptions" based on various diseases. People who come here only need to say what kind of disease they have, and we will take the medicine according to the prescriptions recorded in the book.
"
Zhu Ji suddenly realized it and asked: "Is this okay?"
"certainly!"
The waiter looked a little proud and said: "Most of the diseases can be cured by medicine. If you encounter some serious symptoms or complex conditions, you have to send them to a medical clinic and seek treatment from a doctor."
Zhu Ji asked again: "How many Huimin Pharmacy Bureaus are there in Kaifeng?"
"Counting all the counties, there are about a dozen in total. I don't know very well."
"His Royal Highness King Zhou is so benevolent and righteous!"
Seeing what Zhu Ji said, the clerk said: "That's natural. Your Highness is known as the good leader of Kaifeng!"
Zhu Ji nodded and said: "Kaifeng's good leader deserves his name!"
Seeing this man asking questions, the clerk said, "Just tell me what your illness is, and I'll get you some medicine."
Zhu Ji smiled faintly and said: "I am fine, but I have heard about His Highness King Zhou for a long time. I wonder if I am lucky enough to meet him?"
"You want to see His Royal Highness King Zhou?"
"right!"
"It's probably difficult."
"Why?"
"His Royal Highness is not in Kaifeng."
"Really, then... where did you go?"
The guy shook his head and said, "I don't know about that!"