"Haha, it's impossible to stew. Since you want to do something, you can't give up halfway." Yunxi said with a smile.
"That's right, Sixth Brother, what the Emperor said is right. Don't do something halfway." Yun Zhi also said with a smile. Today, because they are all members of the royal family, there is no distinction between male and female seats, they all sit together.
"Yunzhi, I'm laughing at your sixth brother again." Zhu Youdun was not annoyed and said with a smile.
Everyone joked for a while, and Yun He said: "Since I mentioned this matter today, I will pick it up again. It just so happens that I am not in a hurry to return to the capital. I will study it with you, Zhu Youdou, tomorrow."
"Brother, today is November 20th, and it will be the twelfth lunar month in ten more days. It will take almost ten days to go back down the river from Kaifeng to the capital, maybe more; and when you return to the capital, you will pass by the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum.
The emperor still has to go to worship his ancestors, and there is not much time. Therefore, the emperor should return to the capital as soon as possible, and the minister will study the matter, and will tell the emperor the results before and after the Chinese New Year." Zhu Youdun said.
"There's no rush. Of course we have to go to worship our ancestors, but it's only for three days. It's okay to return to the capital in the twelfth lunar month. Just return to the capital before the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month. There's no need to return too early."
"And don't you, Fifth Uncle and Youdou, plan to come to Beijing this year? Few of you came to Beijing for the New Year last year, and Fifth Uncle, you didn't come either, so why don't you come this year? It was such a boring year that year."
"Besides, it is very important to study this matter. I have to do it myself." Yunxi said with a smile.
"This, yes, brother emperor." This matter was just a matter of thousands of strong men working hard in the city instead of farming the land at home. Zhu Youdou didn't think it was anything important, at least he didn't think it was worthy of the emperor's personal study. But
Since Yunxi said this, he would not object.
"Guan family, it's my fault. Political affairs came up during a family dinner." Zhu Xi said quickly. He held banquets for Yun Xi in succession because he wanted to get closer to him. At this time, seeing that the atmosphere was a little off, he quickly changed the topic.
: "The official family, in fact, besides being sealed in Kaifeng, I have one more thing to ask of the official family."
"The officials also know that I like to study medicine and the uses of various herbs, and I also grow many herbs at home."
"This nephew also knows," Yunxi interjected: "My nephew is far away in the capital, and I have heard that my fifth uncle has a herb garden in Prince Zhou's Mansion. He has planted several herbs that can be grown here in Kaifeng. There are many plants in the world.
There is no place with a more comprehensive range of herbal medicines than Uncle Wu’s. I heard that doctors from Henan, Shandong and even Hebei and Jianghuai want to come to Uncle Wu’s Herbal Garden to have a look. Today, Uncle Wu, is the third time that my nephew has come to Prince Zhou’s Mansion.
It's late, but my fifth uncle hasn't taken his nephew to visit the Herb Garden yet." He finally said with a slightly complaining voice.
"I didn't know that the officials were so interested in herbal medicine. In this case, I will take the officials to the Baicao Garden tomorrow morning." Zhu Ru said: "It just so happens that what I asked for is also related to the Baicao Garden.
."
"What on earth is that?" Yunxi asked curiously.
"Guan Jia, I once published a medical book called "Puji Fang" in the fourth year of Jianye."
"This nephew also knows. At that time, the fifth uncle also asked Liu Chun, the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital, to help with the compilation. After the imperial physician Liu returned to the capital, he told his nephew: This book has a rich collection and detailed analysis. It has never been more common since ancient times.
Those who are comprehensive and prepared are highly respected," Yunxi said.
"Puji Fang" is a very important medical herbal book in Chinese history. It has 168 volumes in total, which records the general theory of prescriptions, luck, viscera, body shape, various diseases, women's diseases, infants, acupuncture, materia medica, etc. 100
Yu Men, a total of 1960 treatises, 2175 categories, 61739 prescriptions, 239 pictures. There are treatises and prescriptions for the above-mentioned diseases. It has preserved a large number of documents that were lost before the Ming Dynasty and provided rich research materials for future generations of scholars. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica"
"Compendium of Materia Medica" quoted many of these prescriptions. It can be said that without "Puji Prescriptions", Li Shizhen might not have been able to compile the "Compendium of Materia Medica" by himself.
"The officials are ridiculously praising me. I just tried my best." Zhu Xi smiled and then said, "But publishing this book has cost me all the money I saved."
"That's all, but I have recently compiled another herbal medicine book, which also contains a lot of content. I want to publish it but I have no money for it. Therefore, I would like to ask the government to reward me with some money for the publication of this book. ."
After saying this, he hurriedly said: "I also know that there have been a lot of wars in the court in the past two years, and the national treasury is not rich. If this is the case, I will advance the salary for two or three years."
"Another book about herbal medicine? My nephew has also read "Puji Fang". The prescriptions in it are already extremely complete, why do we need to publish another book? But it is a supplement to "Puji Fang"?" Yunxi asked.
"No." Zhu Rui said: "Guan, I made a mistake. Although this book also involves some herbal medicines, it is not mainly about herbal medicines, but wild edible things."
"Is it edible in the wild?" Yunxi was really confused this time.
"Yes. The official family. In the 22nd year of Hongwu, I was demoted to Yunnan by my father for leaving the fiefdom without authorization. I stayed in Dali and other places for more than a year. I originally thought that the people in the Central Plains were already suffering, but I didn't want to The people in Yunnan are more miserable, especially the barbarian tribes living in the deep mountains and old forests. Although they eat more meat than the people in the Central Plains, they eat less food and often have to collect wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. But many things in the wild are poisonous. , you can’t eat it casually, people are often poisoned to death. Moreover, the local people, both Han and Yi, lack medical treatment and medicine. If you get many diseases, you can only wait to die."
"To deal with the lack of medical treatment and medicine, I worked with several doctors in Yunnan to compile a "Pocket Prescription", which recorded more than 3,000 prescriptions using common local herbal medicines, and published it with the help of Mu Ying."
"Of course, this is nothing compared to the government. The government has set up medical schools, sent doctors to practice medicine in the army and in wild places, and has treated countless people. This is a great good governance. The officers and people in the army will be very grateful to your majesty for your kindness. "
Hearing Zhu Ru mention him, Yunxi smiled and said a few words, but quickly stopped talking, signaling Zhu Ru not to flatter him too much and talk about business.
"However, the lack of medical care and medicine has improved a little, but the poisoning caused by eating wild vegetables has not changed much. So after I returned to Kaifeng, I studied this issue and discovered 414 edible wild vegetables in total, which I compiled into a book , I named it "Herbal for Famine Relief". In order to allow the common people to easily identify wild vegetables, the words in the book are the simplest words, and each type of wild vegetable is accompanied by a picture."
"But because of this, it is not easy to print this book, and it costs a lot of money. Now I am so embarrassed that I can only ask the government to pay for the printing." Zhu Ju finally said.
"This is a great thing!" Yunxi suddenly shouted, startling Zhu Ji, 8, Miaojin and others, but he didn't care at all. This is definitely a very good thing!
Of course, the reason why Yunxi thought it was a good thing was not because Zhu Ru discovered so many edible wild vegetables. Under his rule, it would be fine if someone occasionally ate wild vegetables as a change of taste, but if a large-scale eating of wild vegetables occurred, It is definitely a dereliction of duty on his part. He does not think that the people's survival by eating wild vegetables is a compliment to him.
The compilation of this book itself is of great significance. It represents a great development in botany and is an important progress in the domestication of plants in human history. It will have a great influence on the future development of agriculture, medicine, biology and chemistry.
Of great significance.
Historically, many modern scholars have spoken highly of this book, and Zhu Ju himself was recorded in the history of science because of this work.
Yunxi suddenly felt that it was a waste for Zhu Zhu to stay in Kaifeng and become the vassal king. He should be allowed to go to Gezhiyuan in the capital as an envoy.
It took a lot of effort for Yunxi to suppress the idea of ordering him to preside over Gezhiyuan in the future. Although China has not discriminated against doctors since ancient times, their status is always lower than that of officials. Zhu Zhu studied this as a hobby, it was nothing; if he ordered Zhu
When Zhu went to the capital to study this, he probably thought it was an insult. Just like the nobles in many European countries in modern times like to drive carriages themselves, but if they were asked to carry passengers, they would consider it an insult and refuse. Zhu Zhu did not
He dares to reject himself, but if he feels disgusted because of it, there is no point in sending him to Gezhiyuan if he doesn't study it with all his heart.
'But we can try to set up a branch of Gezhiyuan?' Yunxi thought: 'Let Zhu Ru establish a branch of Gezhiyuan in Kaifeng that specializes in studying animals and plants, that is, biology. Although he only likes to study plants now,
Animals can also be used as medicine. I advise him to also study animals.'
'More importantly, let him organize a group of people to study why a certain part of a certain plant or animal can cure a certain disease. Research the principle, or specifically break down the ingredients for treating the disease, such as isolating Qinghao from Artemisia annua.
Artemisia.'
Yunxi knew that this matter was difficult. Even for European countries in history, biology and medicine were greatly developed after 1800 AD. Although the Ming Dynasty was advanced at this time, according to Yunxi's own estimation, it had caught up with Europe in some aspects by 1700.
The standard before and after 1800 AD, but it is not as good as Europe in 1800 AD.
But someone has to pave the way. If no one is willing to pave the way, then various sciences will never progress.
Yunxi decided to persuade Zhu Ji to establish an institution specializing in biology and medicine when he visited Baicao Garden tomorrow. The name does not need to be Gezhiyuan. He can call it whatever he likes, but the research must not just stop at
On the surface, we need to delve deeper into why this is the case.
Yunxi's plan has been decided, and he has even made an outline of what he will say to persuade Zhu Xi tomorrow. However, he raised his head and looked at Zhu Xi, who was looking at him expectantly. What he needs to solve now is "A Materia Medica for Relief from Famine"
Due to the publishing issue, he had to help Zhu Ru publish the book.