I want to be a grandson

Chapter 270 Unspeakable

During the first three "Little Ice Ages", the population dropped sharply by more than four-fifths.

However, during the last Little Ice Age in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the population only dropped by half, which is relatively small compared to the previous three times!
Part of the reason is that the drought-resistant and high-yield crops of potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes from the Americas saved lives.

Zhu Yunxi's gaze immediately became hot. Although the Little Ice Age is still about 200 years away, the sooner you start, the better!

The good people have sufficient food, so they can develop handicrafts and other things!
The high-yielding crops introduced to China during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty seem to have to be accelerated!
So Zhu Yunxi ordered: "Qi Tai, you go and tell Honglu Temple that the lonely king is tired of eating the food in the palace, and ask the various vassal states to send some other food. what do you like."

"History of the Ming Dynasty. Zhiguanzhi III" records: "Hongyu [Temple] holds court meetings, guests, good and bad ceremonies. All national ceremonies... foreign officials make pilgrimage, tribute from various tribes, and the return of husbands, officials and envoys , Xie Si, if you see someone who wants to say goodbye, you will be accompanied by Honglu. Suizhengdan, Shangyuan, Chongwu, and Chongjiu all praise the officials to salute."

That is to say, the minister of Honglu Temple is mainly in charge of the affairs of the vassal state, which is equivalent to the diplomatic department of the imperial court.

"Yes! My subordinates obey!"

Qi Tai understood that His Highness wanted to introduce some high-yielding crops, but he couldn't tell the vassal state clearly, so he used this as an excuse.

Tie Xuan also said: "Your Highness, besides this, I feel that I need to consult the imperial physician more to see if some cheap medicine can be developed to prevent pregnancy..."

"puff……"

"Hehehehe..."

Before Tie Xuan finished speaking, he laughed when he saw a few people, which immediately made him blush.

Tie Xuan stiffened his neck and said: "What are you laughing at! Some people's families already have several children and don't want to have any more, but if they become pregnant, they can only choose to have an abortion, which will do a lot of harm to the woman's body. What's the use of some medicines?" No!"

Fu Youwen laughed and said: "Then it's better to ask Mr. Tie to promote sheep intestines and fish floats..."

Qi Tai also smiled and said: "There are also pig intestines..."

Tie Xuan glared at them, and knew that what he said was unreasonable, but he still felt that he couldn't bear it, so he sat there angrily and didn't talk.

"It seems that you are all learned and talented people..."

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "However, what Tie Xuan said is not unreasonable, and we really need to pay more attention to this aspect. I am waiting here to discuss for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. There is nothing that cannot be said..."

Seeing the people still couldn't help smiling, Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to continue: "In the traditional measures to prevent pregnancy, there are safflower musk, mercury, and some people even use animal feces...

Some of these are expensive, and some are very harmful to the body, and it is really necessary to find a convenient method so that they can be implemented..."

In fact, doctors in every dynasty had contraceptive drugs. For example, Chen Yanzhi’s "Small Prescriptions" written in the second half of the [-]th century A.D. during the Song and Qi Dynasties of the Southern Dynasties contained the saying that after taking it, women would "not give birth for life". "Discontinued production side".

In the medical books of Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, there are also prescriptions for sterilization.

Like "Compendium of Materia Medica", the contraceptive unilaterally recorded in Volume [-] is "Phoenix Fairy, swallow two coins after childbirth, that is, you will not have a baby."

In addition, there are some prescriptions included in "Women's Good Prescriptions", "Jingyue Quanshu", "Gynecology Jade Ruler" and other books.

But also Shimen acupuncture and cottonseed oil for contraception.

This kind of oil is cheaper than vegetable oil, and merchants often adulterate cottonseed oil for profit.

Chu Hua's "Kapok Spectrum" said: "Kapok seeds... squeezed into oil...the color is purple and muddy. If you pour it into a lamp, it will be unclear, and if you mix it with vegetables, it will be fermented, but its value is quite cheap. It is bought privately in shops. , I thought it was a Lanting fake copy of vegetable oil and soybean oil."

Later, through scientific research, it was known that gossypol contained in cottonseed oil had the function of inhibiting male fertility.

The ancients certainly didn't know that much, but they also discovered that if cottonseed oil is used in practice, it will often cause infertility for many years, and it will be possible to recover after stopping using it for a period of time.

Seeing His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun's serious statement, everyone quickly stopped smiling, not daring to be presumptuous.

In fact, they all know these things, and they may also use some methods at home, but they are all scholar-bureaucrats, who belong to the kind of gentlemen in the daytime and inferior to beasts in the evening, and they always feel a little embarrassed to speak out in public.

But Zhu Yunxi knew that such an implementation was imperative!It's just that it's not easy to rely on the official.

After all, if the imperial court teaches people how to prevent pregnancy, it will be disrespectful and detrimental to the royal dignity...

Zhu Yunxie ordered: "Tie Xuan, since you proposed this matter, I will leave it to you to handle it, and I will ask the imperial physician to assist you..."

Tie Xuan said embarrassingly: "Your Highness, this subordinate is just talking, I really don't understand...or else, leave this important task to Qi Tai."

When Qi Tai heard this, he waved his hands again and again and said, "Don't, don't, you don't understand me, let alone you! Master Tie, don't be humble!"

Zhu Yunxie glared at Qi Tai and said: "What are you doing? Pretending to be a gentleman! The lonely king won't believe that you haven't used it! What's so good about avoiding medical treatment! That's what fools would do!
If we can really find a practical method and vigorously promote it, it will definitely benefit the people and make many women in the world no longer suffer!Why can't it be said? ! "

Qi Tai blushed immediately, and quickly made amends and said, "Your Majesty, Meng Lang, please punish him!

Zhu Yunxi ignored him, but went on to say to Tie Xuan: "Let your wife ask the midwife a lot to see when it is easy to conceive and which time is not easy. What does this have to do with a woman's menstruation, as long as you find it accurately?" , this king will make her your imperial wife!"

"This……"

When everyone heard this, they immediately began to envy again!

The letter of imperial edict is a special document for officials bestowed by the emperor.

In ancient times, when official positions were conferred, officials of the first to fifth ranks were called imperial edicts, and officials of the sixth to ninth ranks were called edicts.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a very complete imperial seal system was formed, officials of the first to fifth ranks were granted imperial orders, and officials of the sixth to ninth ranks were granted imperial orders.

Madam is from the rank of husband, so there is a saying in the old world that "Madam Madam" is said. Madam Madam is related to her husband's official position and has a salary but no real power.

According to historical records, starting from the Song Dynasty, all civil and military officials were relocated, posthumously presented to ministers, demoted to those guilty of crimes, and bestowed on their grandfathers and wives.

You must know that even if this is the case, many people cannot seal the patent!
Moreover, it was personally conferred by His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun, so the weight is different!
Tie Xuan said a little excitedly: "Yes! This subordinate complies! Thank you Your Highness for your kindness!"

Tie Xuan looked at Qi Tai and the others with his eyes again, his face was full of pride and pride!
As a person from later generations, of course he understands what is called a safe period, and what is called the first seven and the last eight.

But no matter how well he understands it and how thorough his research is, he still can't say it!
Otherwise, you are a grandson of the emperor, and you are a grandson of the emperor who has not yet married a concubine, and you have studied the physiological affairs of women so thoroughly, you are more clear than the most experienced women and midwives...

Others will definitely think, how immoral and immoral this must be, and how many flowers of the motherland have been ruined to gain experience...

Otherwise it doesn't make sense at all!
No one will believe that he is a pure and kind Xiaobai, okay?

So Zhu Yunxi absolutely cannot say anything!
Rumors are terrible, once you speak out, your reputation will stink!
So I must find a white glove!
And even if Tie Xuan's wife can't know so clearly, it doesn't matter if she can't determine the exact date, when the time comes, I will send someone to tell her, just use her mouth to say it!

As for the implementation in the future, we can only rely on the power of the people.

As long as this method has some effect, word of mouth will spread among the women, and some scholars don't shy away from these things, so in a few years, almost all women in Ming Dynasty will know about it.

This is also an initiative to prevent drowning.

The following discussion became heated again. After all, Tie Xuan's wife had just received the promise of a reward. This is a salary income, and it is also a great honor!
So everyone knew everything, and expressed their thoughts on how to prevent drowning.

In fact, Zhu Yunxi understands that it is very difficult to completely cure the infant drowning problem!

Even if the science and technology of the later generations are advanced and the material is so rich, there are still people who abandon their babies, let alone the ancient times.

But using proven methods and doing your best is better than ignoring them!

The road is long and long, I will search up and down...

……

At dusk, a carriage quietly entered the house of Zhao Sili, the Deputy Commander of the Army and Horses.

"Zhao Sili, commander of the army and horses of Weichen Nancheng, has met my father-in-law..."

Zhao Silisan is 40 years old, wearing ordinary clothes at home, and looks relatively gentle.

As the deputy commander of the Nancheng Bingma Division, Zhao Sili was just a junior official with a meager salary. There was only a pair of servants in his family, so he had to weave cloth and make shoes to subsidize his family.

So there is no money to buy a house in the capital, but the family lives in a small yard, although it is not narrow enough, it is not spacious either.

The yamen, which are responsible for patrolling and arresting thieves in the capital, clearing streets, ditches, prisoners, and fire bans, are similar to the police stations and urban management departments of later generations.

Such an official position, such a status, can be said to be very small in the capital.

So when Zhao Sili heard that someone was coming from the palace, he was really shocked!

It's a big deal for a little seventh-rank official like him to come from the palace!

So as soon as he saw Qingtong, Zhao Sili quickly saluted and said.

Qingtong hurriedly supported him, and said with a smile: "Commander Zhao is too polite, our family really dare not be so."

When Zhao Sili saw that he was calling himself a servant, he thought he was just a little eunuch passing on the word for Kilometer, and seeing that he was so polite, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But Ren didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly said: "Elder-in-law, please take a seat, come here, get ready for tea..."

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