Daming: From the end of Hongwu

back house.

For women, if they meet a good family, the head of the house is good-natured, and they can shake everyone in the house, it will be like all the ministers in the court meeting a wise king. As for being bored for a lifetime, if you meet someone who is not good, the twists and turns, conspiracies and tricks in it can also make people startled.

Just like what Jin'er said, if she is not an old man in the family, but a concubine brought in from outside, once Zhu Yuying is displeased, only Zhu Yuying's maids, big and small, will be in charge. It can make her suffer a lot.

Zhen Wu deeply believed in these words.

As soon as you enter the Houmen, it is as deep as the sea, a huge mansion, inside and outside the mansion, shop farms, there are thousands of people living in it, all kinds of interpersonal relationships are complicated like a ball of thread, suddenly a concubine comes down from the air In the room, if it pleases Zhen Wu, it's fine, if it's not, it's hard to do anything, and it's not too much to look at people in everything.

Even if Zhen Wu liked her, if Zhu Yuying hated her, Zhen Wu would not be able to stay in the back house every day to protect her.

This is the price of being a concubine of a wealthy family.

Of course, there are also those concubines with all-powerful means, who control the heart of the husband, overthrow the wife, and hold the power of the rear house by themselves, but such cases are rare after all.

And Jin'er's background, as well as her relationship with Zhu Yuying, doomed Jin'er not to do those things to fight for favor.

Thinking of this, Zhen Wu felt more pity for Jin'er for a moment, and turned over and fell on Jin'er's body again.

……

For several days, Zhu Yuying did not come back, Zhen Wu's body gradually became unbearable, just when he was about to go to the palace to ask, the queen suddenly called him to the palace.

Zhen Wu walked towards the palace suspiciously.

Kunning Palace.

Xu Miaoyun was leaning on the couch, holding Zhu Yuying's pure white palm and talking about homework, she felt weak all over her body, and her face was also entangled with illness, but even this couldn't hide the joy in her eyes meaning.

She just looked at Zhu Yuying's lower abdomen like this, making Zhu Yuying's cheeks feel hot all the time.

Zhu Yuying scolded, "It's true, the queen mother, the son-in-law's work is so heavy, why bother him to come here?"

Xu Miaoyun glared and said: "You have to make him come here, and you have given him a child in the Zhen family, and if you let him run around, he will be tired. If he dares to complain, look at me if I don't take care of him."

"Mother~" Zhu Yuying said coquettishly, as if she had returned to the time when she was [-] years old in Yan Wang's mansion.

Xu Miaoyun's smile suddenly became more intense, and even her sickness seemed to recede in this happy mood.

It's a coincidence to say this.

Today the imperial physician came to see Xu Miaoyun for a follow-up visit, and it happened that Zhu Yuying was feeling sick, so he asked the imperial physician to take Zhu Yuying's pulse.

For a moment, Zhu Yuying was overjoyed, and Xu Miaoyun was also happy for her daughter, even happier than hearing that her condition had improved.

Therefore, without even thinking about it, Xu Miaoyun sent someone to inform Zhen Wu, intending to let Zhen Wu take Zhu Yuying back to raise the baby.

Xu Miaoyun pampered Zhu Yuying's forehead: "You, after all, will be the mother of three children, why are you still acting like a child."

Zhu Yuying proudly said: "Isn't it the mother's favorite?"

Xu Miaoyun smiled angrily and said: "I see it's your husband who dotes on you, I see you are used to it, and it's still the same as when you were a child." Then she turned her head and asked the nurse Chang who had been serving since she was a child: "Tell me , Is she still the same as she was when she was a child, she used to act like a good girl."

Nanny Chang always had a smile on her face, listening to the gossip between Xu Miaoyun and Zhu Yuying's mother and daughter, and now when Xu Miaoyun asked her, she smiled and agreed: "I have something to say when you say this, the princess is Blessings, who in the outside world does not envy the love of the princess and the son-in-law, if people find out that the princess is pregnant again, how many people may be envious, Mammy, I dare to say something disrespectful, how many people in Beijing are under their knees Those who don’t have many children, and some are even angry with that bastard, who is like our eldest princess, who has two young masters with one child and two children.”

These words made Xu Miaoyun smile even more.

In this era, it is very realistic that only men can inherit the family business. Zhen Wu lost his status as a son-in-law, and he is still the famous Zhao Guogong. What's more, it is said that Zhen Wu has great vision and his family has a lot of money. If he doesn't have one or two sons, Wouldn't it be a loss?

Of course, the more important thing is that Zhen Wu is not a sentimental person. She has guarded her daughter for many years and only takes a maid who is next to her daughter as a concubine.

In this world, can life be more comfortable than this day?

At Xu Miaoyun's age, the best thing for her is for her children to live well.

At this time, Zhao Guogong was reported outside the door.

Xu Miaoyun tidied up her appearance under the care of her mother, and then called Zhen Wu in. After Zhen Wu met, Xu Miaoyun couldn't help but said directly: "Your daughter-in-law is pregnant again, I call you, I want you to take her back so that she won't accidentally bump into one on the way."

Zhen Wu was thinking about what Xu Miaoyun wanted him for all the way, and he had been fighting with Jin'er very hard these days, which made him feel a little guilty.

But I never expected that it would be such good news.

A look of surprise bloomed on Zhen Wu's face immediately, and he looked at Zhu Yuying: "Really...really?"

Zhu Yuying nodded slightly.

Zhen Wu couldn't help cheering, he was so overjoyed that he forgot that this was in Xu Miaoyun's bedroom.

Xu Miaoyun's reaction to Zhen Wu not only didn't blame her, but she was very satisfied, and she put a smile on her face for a while, but she smiled, her breath became disordered, and she coughed again.

The coughing woke everyone up.

Zhu Yuying and Nanny Chang hurriedly looked over, while Zhen Wu looked at Xu Miaoyun with concern and said, "Why isn't the queen mother well? I'll call the imperial doctor right away."

After all, Zhen Wu planned to go out and let someone teach the imperial physician.

However, as soon as he moved, Xu Miaoyun raised his hand to stop him.

Xu Miaoyun took a few breaths and said: "The imperial doctor has just seen her and she has recovered. I am just happy today. I chatted for a while. Don't worry. Now that you are here, you can go back. I happen to be a little tired."

Zhen Wu didn't respond well, and looked at Zhu Yuying.

Zhu Yuying saw that Xu Miaoyun's expression was indeed a little tired, so she said: "Then we will go back first, and the mother will rest more, and my daughter will come to visit the mother someday."

Xu Miaoyun waved her hand.

Zhen Wu and Zhu Yuying said no more, turned around and backed out.

On the way back, Zhen Wu was a little excited, he didn't even ride a horse, and carefully accompanied Zhu Yuying into the carriage to go home, but when Zhen Wu arrived home, he suddenly thought of something, which made his excited expression turn cold .

Zhu Yuying asked suspiciously: "What's the matter? But did you remember something important?"

Zhen Wu turned his head and looked in the direction of the palace, then turned to look at Zhu Yuying, shook his head and said, "No, I'm just a little worried about my mother's condition."

Although he didn't know the exact time of Xu Miaoyun's death in history, he had a general impression that Xu Miaoyun seemed to have died in the early Yongle Dynasty.

How many years has Yongle been here?

In short, it will not exceed Yongle for ten years.

It has been Yongle for four years now.

Xu Miaoyun will not die early because of this illness.

Thinking of this possibility, Zhen Wu suddenly felt a little sad. To him, this Empress Xu, who was praised by everyone, was also his elder, and she cared for him even more.

Zhu Yuying was also a little worried and said: "I'm also worried that my mother's illness has been on and off for a long time, and I don't know when it will completely improve."

Zhen Wu suppressed the speculation in his heart, comforted Zhu Yuying and said: "Don't worry too much, the queen mother has auspiciousness, and I will accompany you to visit the queen mother in a few days."

Zhu Yuying nodded.

……

Afterwards, Zhen Wu took Zhu Yuying to visit Xu Miaoyun every few days. After a few times, the stone that had been hanging in Zhen Wu's heart was finally let go.

Xu Miaoyun's condition was getting better day by day.

But Zhen Wu was still worried about Xu Miaoyun's life expectancy, so he couldn't help but told Zhu Yuying to pay more attention to Xu Miaoyun's physical condition, and at the same time asked Zhu Yuying to check Xu Miaoyun's eating habits carefully, so as not to let Xu Miaoyun's bad habits harm her.

As for the other Zhen Wu, there was nothing he could do.

After all, he didn't know the exact cause and time of Xu Miaoyun's death, and he had no direction to plan ahead, not to mention that Xu Miaoyun lived in the palace, and he was beyond his reach.

However, because of this, Zhen Wu came up with an idea, that is to train a few good doctors from a young age.

The imperial physicians in the palace, how should I put it, Zhen Wu didn't know where it came from, and he always didn't trust the imperial physicians, of course it didn't mean that he didn't believe in their medical skills, but that he didn't believe in their character.

These imperial physicians, or those doctors who are not their own, are all human beings. For their own heads, they often do not report their illnesses truthfully.

Especially when helping the palace and the rich and powerful to diagnose and treat.

For example, if someone is poisoned, even if the imperial physicians find out that they have been poisoned, in order not to fall into a dangerous vortex, they only dare to say that they are not good at medicine, and evade saying that the condition is difficult to judge, and then remove themselves. It's clean and doesn't get involved in the battles.

Because it inevitably involves family ugliness, they can only pretend not to know.

You must know that it is never a bad thing to be incompetent when working in a Tai Hospital.

Therefore, Zhen Wu didn't dare to put his wealth and life on these imperial physicians. After all, there are countless ways of poisoning in the world, and no one can guarantee that he won't be caught, especially those who are big and flirtatious.

It is safest to cultivate some doctors that you can trust, so that you can at least understand clearly what is going on at home.

As soon as he thought of it, Zhen Wu immediately asked Ma Yi to find some young family-born children, and then planned to train them in medical skills since childhood. Anyway, Zhao Guogong's mansion is not short of this little money.

After Zhen Wu ordered this matter, he looked at Ma Yi who was going away, thinking about medical skills, and suddenly thought of a person.

A woman with excellent medical skills.

A woman with excellent marksmanship.

She is different, she has never been as weak as other girls in this era, she seems to dare to go through all the hardships in the world only with her sunny smile.

How is she doing now?

Zhen Wu sighed, his mood suddenly sank.

However, Zhen Wu's mood has not been depressed for a few days, another piece of good news hit Zhen Wu's head, instantly making Zhen Wu forget all the regrets and sorrows.

Jin'er is also pregnant.

Gee.

Check it out.

this ability.

Zhen Wu is as happy as a dog's tail flower every day, thinking about the stomachs of Zhu Yuying and Jin'er every day.

He now has three sons.

Can't wait to get a little padded jacket.

One must know that since Xiao Liu grew up, he hasn't experienced the feeling of being surrounded by his daughter for a long time.

Hence, Zhen Wu counted how long Zhu Yuying and the two were pregnant every day, hoping that they would give birth sooner.

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed.

One day, when Zhen Wu Xiumu was at home, chatting with Zhang Yuqing, Zhu Yuying and Jin'er, Ma Yi suddenly called him, and when he walked out of the inner house to the front yard, Ma Yi handed him a white card.

Zhen Wu's heart skipped a beat.

who died?
I haven't heard of a situation with someone I know recently.

Zhen Wu opened the post and took a look, then sat down on the chair with a heavy heart.

Mu Zhong died.

His old apprentice is offline.

Zhen Wu couldn't help recalling the scene when he first met Mu Zhong, and every detail of how he got along with Mu Zhong. That old man who was a bit stubborn and had his own paranoid requirements for craftsmanship, unexpectedly lived to the end of his life unknowingly.

a long time.

Zhen Wu took a deep breath, handed the post to Ma Yi and said, "When the day comes, we will also set up a road festival outside our house."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu turned around and went to his courtyard, changed his clothes, asked someone to talk to Zhang Yuqing and others, and planned to go to Mu Zhong's house.

However, when Zhen Wulin went out, he thought about it and asked someone to call San Yue back.

Wait until you come back in March.

Zhen Wu led Sanyue towards Mu Zhong's house.

Mu Zhong is a military craftsman, and all military craftsmen live in the north of the city, the farthest away from the imperial palace, and naturally not close to the famous Zhao Guogong's mansion.

Originally, Zhen Wu thought that when he arrived, there would be many people gathered near Mu Zhong's house.

But when Zhen Wu arrived, he found that there were very few people who came to worship.

Zhen Wu felt a little uncomfortable.

This is the master who spent his whole life helping Daming develop firearms.

It was so desolate after death.

And when Zhen Wu looked around and found that the houses here were rather dilapidated, there was an inexplicable emotion circulating in his heart. Zhen Wu took a deep breath, suppressed those emotions, and pulled Sanyue into the room. to Mu Zhong's house.

As soon as Mu Zhong's family found Zhen Wu, they planned to welcome him.

Zhen Wu waved his hand and said, "I'll talk later." Afterwards, Zhen Wu pulled Sanyue forward and went to Mu Zhong's coffin to worship.

It was the first time for Sanyue to participate in this kind of thing, her eyes were flustered and she was at a loss.

Zhen Wu patted Sanyue on the head and said, "Kowtow to your senior brother and give him a ride."

Sanyue nodded obediently, knelt down, kowtowed, and then, under Zhen Wu's signal, added a handful of paper money to the brazier.

After Mu Zhong's son kneeling in front of the brazier and those true disciples saw this scene, they were so moved that they almost shed tears.

They understood Zhen Wu's move.

After the worship, Mu Zhong's son and disciples got up to meet Zhen Wu and San Yue.

Seeing that they called himself and Sanyue Duke and Young Lord, Zhen Wu waved his hands and said, "From now on, it's fine to call Master Master and Master Uncle in private, there's no need to talk outside."

After all, Zhen Wu also looked at Mu Zhong's most proud apprentice, Zi Kang: "Your master valued you the most during his lifetime, and I have also paid attention to some things about you, and I need to work harder in the future. As for those folks who come to me to offer advice For those people, you should take responsibility from today on, if anyone thinks the idea is good, you can come to my home to find me."

Zikang leaned over to answer.

Zhen Wu looked around at Mu Zhong's poor family, and sighed again: "You should learn from your master and be a pure person. As for your life, fame and fortune, I have it."

Afterwards, Zhen Wu patted Zikang on the shoulder, and without waiting for them to say anything, he led Sanyue outside.

……

After Zhen Wu returned home, Zhen Wu still felt uncomfortable.

In fact, the craftsman registration is not much different from the military registration. These craftsmen are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. They need to work under the government and go to the workshop to serve and work, and the father will succeed to the son.

But they can't make it into officials all their lives.

If Mu Zhong hadn't had Mu Ying's relationship before, and Zhen Wu's relationship later, he wouldn't have gotten an official position in the Weapons Bureau, and it was precisely this that bothered Zhen Wu the most.

A person with good craftsmanship, but he will never be able to become an official in his life.

And those who control the officials of the Ministry of Industry are all Confucian scholars.

It's ridiculous.

It seems that the whole world has a consciousness that if you don't read the books of sages, you are not worthy of being an official. Even if these craftsmen have studied their craft since childhood and mastered the knowledge and concepts that are not inferior to those of scholars, as long as they are not books of sages, then it will not work.

These civil servants...

Zhen Wu punched him angrily. Now that they are soldiers, they can still control the initiative of their own military affairs, but these civil servants are always unwilling to give up and want to intervene, and even want to take over the governor's mansion. Let them be like big soldiers, and never get out of the top, just hide behind them and make a living?
Just like the Ministry of Industry, craftsmen all over the world must obey their orders.

Outrageous.

Readers are amazing!
Zhen Wu's eyes flickered, and he made a decision in his heart.

No matter what, even if these craftsmen can't be allowed to stand above the court, and they can't be given the reputation admired by the whole world, he still has to fight for some autonomy for these craftsmen.

At least in professional matters, let them have a certain right to speak!
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