eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 113 The Unpredictable Prince
The fact that women practiced medicine reminded Zhu Houzhao of the TV series starring Liu Shishi in his previous life: "The Legend of the Female Doctor and Concubine Ming". Of course, the stories in the TV series are not historical facts. Two emperors and a female doctor can't make so many love stories.

But history does have its prototype. This person is Tan Yunxian, a female doctor who lived a very long life. She lived for more than 90 years. When she was at Zhu Houzhao’s age, the emperor was still Zhu Qiyu. When she died, it was 35 years since Jiajing .

Zhu Houzhao would rather believe in this doctor than Hongzhi's poor health and trusting those Taoist priests.

In ancient China, there were four famous female doctors, Bao Gu in the Jin Dynasty, Yiyu in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Xiaoniangzi in the Song Dynasty, and Tan Yunxian in the Ming Dynasty.Tan Yunxian later wrote the book "Miscellaneous Words of Female Doctors", which reflects her superb medical level.

In fact, it is difficult for women not only to practice medicine, but also to see a doctor. For example, in the Neo Confucianism environment of the Ming Dynasty, a woman had a gynecological disease, how should she see a doctor?
If there are several female doctors, it will be different, and doing this kind of thing will benefit himself in the end, because Zhu Houzhao will also have concubines or princesses who will get sick in the future.

The female relatives of the honorable ministers' families also have this demand.

If you set up a women's clinic, maybe you can make a lot of money...

But these are just his wild thoughts, Zhu Houzhao finally wrote these three words to Zhang Tianrui, and told him: "I remember someone said that Tan Gang, the magistrate of Laizhou, was originally from a medical family, and he became an official after passing the Jinshi examination. As an official, he has a daughter who has studied medicine since she was a child and is already known as a famous doctor. You go and invite this person to the academy, open a women's medical school, and let this little girl study with her, and at the same time separate it from the men. This is not against etiquette, and it will save that Doctor Hu from bothering you. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Zhang Tianrui opened his mouth, he wanted to say something, but then swallowed it back.

In fact, he didn't expect His Highness to solve this difficult problem so easily.

It's weird, but it seems feasible if you think about it carefully.

As long as men and women are separated in the academy, it is not necessary to ask people to point fingers.

"Your Highness is wise, this way I will know what to do. I will take your leave."

There were so many important matters in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Tianrui was the one who could come to the palace to ask his advice on such matters.

"You wait a moment."

Zhu Houzhao beckoned him to come closer.

He won't write this handwriting, it doesn't matter if his confidant ministers see his handwriting, anyway, they all know that he is practicing, but this time it is going to be released for the world to see.

"Take a pen and write."

Zhang Tianrui was in a daze, and he came here when he was told to come, and he just stared at it when he was given a blank proclamation, as if he didn't realize at all that he was asked to write.

Zhu Houzhao also finds it funny sometimes, because the whole dynasty is full of smart people, and it is not easy to suddenly have Zhang Tianrui.

"Your Highness, what do you want me to write?"

"Write a few questions. After you go back, you will set up another college and name it Gewu. You are also well-read poetry and books, so you should know the truth of Gewu?"

"I understand that it is to study the laws of things."

more or less.

"Write." Zhu Houzhao pointed to the paper on the desk, "Why do chopsticks look broken when they are inserted into a cup filled with water?"

Zhang Tianrui instinctively wanted to obey the order, but when he lowered his head, he felt that something was wrong, "Your Highness, what is this problem?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Write."

Zhu Houzhao didn’t bother to say much about this kind of intrepid person. He just gave the order in place. After seeing him finish writing, he continued: “Why does water freeze and snow melt?”

Zhang Tianrui: "..."

"Why does everything fall down by itself and not fly up?"

"Why do you always see the lightning before hearing the thunder?"

Zhang Tianrui couldn't bear it anymore, "Your Highness...why is this?"

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyelids and stared at him.Staring at him for a while, he lowered his head and continued to write honestly.

"Why are the days long and nights short in summer, and the days short and nights long in winter?"

"why……"

……

At the end, Zhu Houzhao ordered, "Take these questions home, first choose a picture and paste it on the wall outside the academy, and offer a reward to the world. Whoever can answer it will be rewarded with a reward of one hundred taels."

"Yes. But Your Highness... I don't know why, if someone answers, how do I know whether he is correct or not?"

"Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet." Zhu Houzhao continued to explain, "You first collect all the questions and announce the answer to one question in public every other month. Those who answer correctly get paid. Isn't that all right?"

"So, Your Highness knows the answer."

"You don't have to worry about it, anyway, I will give you the answer when the time comes."

Zhang Tianrui thought about it and asked again: "Then what if a year and a half pass and all these questions are used up?"

"If all questions can have answers. Then Daming..."

The second half of the sentence cannot be said to Zhang Tianrui,

Then Daming doesn't need him anymore.

"Anyway, go back and do it first. After three months, if anyone can answer all three questions correctly, then..."

Zhu Houzhao thought about it, if this is the case, it means that this kind of person has scientific thinking.It's not easy to let go.

"Then I will summon him."

Zhang Tianrui frowned, "His Royal Highness, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this matter. If that person is something unclean, would His Highness also want to see him?"

"Don't worry about it." Zhu Houzhao was not so optimistic. "There are very few people who can answer one of these questions, let alone three. In short, you should do it right away."

"Yes!"

Zhu Houzhao can train new types of officials and control public opinion, but if there is no progress in knowledge, then their group can at most reach the pinnacle of ancient literati governing the country.

So this move has to be played.

On the contrary, the capital suddenly became lively because of this.
Leaving aside those bounties, even the questions themselves are interesting.

The lives of the ancients were not very interesting. Now that there is a lively scene in the capital, it is natural that people are scrambling to praise it.

The two brothers, Wang Bing and Wang Lian, wandered around the academy, and even handed over a message that they were going to listen to Wang Jia's lecture later.Until I saw this question today, I found it interesting,
A hundred taels of gold is attractive to them, but it's okay.Young and frivolous people think mainly about the opportunity to show off.It would be a great honor if he could really be received by the crown prince.

But these questions are really weird, they are all common things in daily life, but now they are suddenly asked to find a reason...

So the two brothers copied all the questions and took them home, and knocked on the door of their younger sister, Wang Zhi, to talk about interesting things outside.

Wang Zhi was surprised, "What kind of question did His Highness ask?"

"This is it." Wang Bing spread the piece of paper in front of her eyes.

Wang Zhi's beautiful eyes flashed a look of surprise after just a glance, "Why did the chopsticks seem to be broken when they were inserted into a cup filled with water? This is... what kind of problem?"

"That's right, that's what we thought when we saw this question. On the way, we also asked some people, and it seems... none of them are quite sure what His Highness is thinking."

"Who can answer that?"

"The answer is naturally answered by someone, but it is not necessarily correct." Wang Bing said: "The news from the academy will give the answer in a month, and then ask new questions, and so on. Answer three correctly, and you will be summoned by the Eastern Palace!"

"The two brothers give Zhi'er some time, and let me think about it."

Wang Zhi stood up and began to think about this issue carefully. Life is boring, but this matter is quite interesting.

"By the way, I heard a few days ago that the academy wants to recruit women to study medicine."

"Women studying medicine?" This was really beyond Wang Zhi's expectation.

Our Highness the Crown Prince is really unpredictable...

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I worked overtime yesterday and went home late at night.You can only code a short one first.

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