Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 472
Now it is the 15th year of the Apocalypse. After the Jiannu regime was completely wiped out, the Ming Dynasty at this time has no external threats. The empire can continue to advance towards its peak, and the national confidence has also been lost because of the complete elimination of the Jiannu regime. greatly improved.

At this moment, Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on a luxurious version of the powered locomotive, was looking at the bustling crowds in the capital. In just eight years, the cultural landscape of the entire capital has changed drastically.

Due to the introduction of municipal services and the concept of modern urban management, the roads in the capital have been widened by several meters, and even separated into driveways and sidewalks, as well as special lanes for emergency military reports and ambulances. Shuntian Prefecture sent people to plant green plants, zebra crossings were introduced, and overpasses and underground passages began to appear. This is also the inevitable result of the population surge caused by the increase in the number of factories and workshops in the capital.

It is impossible to see horse manure and randomly discarded garbage on both sides of the road, and it is no longer possible to see random and sprawling surface buildings. A large number of older people from Guozhou Prefecture in the nearby county became the first batch of sanitation in the northern capital of the Ming Dynasty. Workers, they are always waiting in the small wooden booths specially built for them to monitor the cleanliness of the city at any time.

The Wucheng Bingma Division has merged with the public security forces of Shuntian Prefecture, and is fully responsible for the maintenance of public security and order in the entire capital. There are no more messy stalls on the avenues near the inner city. This area has been covered by Shuntian Prefecture It was designated as a residential area, and a large number of small stalls, restaurants and inns were arranged in an area not far from the residential area, and the factories and workshops were moved out of the city, far away from the newly opened reservoir area in Miyun County, and were divided independently. It is an industrial area, but because these factories and workshops are the most advanced technological production centers in Ming Dynasty and even in the world, the Ministry of Industry and Shuntian Prefecture jointly expanded a section of the impregnable city wall in the industrial area.

Even though it was the scorching sun at this time, Zhu Youxiao, who came out of Chengtianmen, could not feel the glare of the sun. There was no noise at all, only the occasional bells of buses and horse-drawn carriages in the inner city could be heard, tick-tocking, very clear and pleasant, and it complemented the bells of Chongguo Temple.

Because this is the inner city, it is the residence of central institutions such as Liubu Yamen and Guozijian, as well as high-ranking officials and dignitaries. It is relatively difficult to see the high population density of the super city of the capital, and the buses and carriages in this inner city are only for It is convenient for the students of Guozijian and Jingshi University Hall, as well as the convenience for the low-level officials of the major yamen to commute to and from work. Sometimes some officials get up late, think that the sedan chair is too slow, and riding a horse is too conspicuous, so they will also choose to take a bus to Miyagi.

Zhu Youxiao specially aimed to set up a bus station outside the Meridian Gate in Miyagi, so now officials can take the bus and carriage directly to the Meridian Gate, which greatly saves time and prevents them from missing breakfast in order to catch the early morning.

However, because most of the buses in the inner city are used by the scholar-official class, the interior decoration and exterior structure are a bit higher than the buses outside the inner city, and the order will be better. Almost no one wants to stand in the bus.

Of course, there are more private vehicles in the inner city. Ever since the emperor Zhu Youxiao had the first steam-powered locomotive, the cabinet scholars and nobles basically had one, but they basically I won't come out with this thing every day, because it's too ostentatious, and no one knows whether it will be seen by a censor. If you are not happy to impeach you, you will be ashamed for nothing.

The officials of Shuntian Prefecture obviously did not dare to improve the roads in the inner city after receiving the road construction funds allocated by the Ministry of Industry. On the asphalt road, the green plants on both sides of the asphalt road are neatly trimmed, full of flowers, and even put together very beautiful auspicious words or things on major festivals.

It was not until Zhu You's school carriage drove across the asphalt road and out of the Daming Gate that he heard the noisy noise and entered the living world of the common people in the capital.

Although it is obviously not as quiet as the inner city here, it can be seen that the people at this time are indeed different from eight years ago. House numbers have already been set up in each square, and there is a concentration of shops and consumption in every ten squares, and this concentration is often It is the most lively place, and it is also the place where traffic accidents and criminal disputes are most likely to occur, so every such concentrated place will also have a public security force stationed here.

Zhu Youxiao can hardly see the ragged and beggar-like people. Since the late Ming Dynasty, the world has been pursuing prosperity and breaking the shackles of hierarchy. Now with the further increase of social wealth, these civilians are more pursuing luxury, spending extremely generously, even old women who are over [-] years old will wear a few pieces of jewelry, and the high-end stores opened by the Royal Industrial Company in these places are crowded every day. Absolutely people come to buy.

The large-scale department store market pioneered by Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao has now expanded from Nanjing to Beijing. Even the Dashi Yongfang that Zhu Youxiao passes by now can see the words "Qingtian Department Store" by Liu Kongzhao.

Zhu Youxiao didn't mind this, but he couldn't help being a little surprised. When Liu Kongzhao asked to go to Beijing to study in the Beijing Normal University, Zhu Youxiao didn't know that he wanted to learn from Li Mingrui and Guo Yunhou to become the wealth maker of the new era of Ming Dynasty. He also thought that he intended to abandon martial arts and follow literature, and learn from the new students of the Beijing Normal University.

As a result, what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that Liu Kongzhao gave up his studies directly after only one year of preparatory studies. After returning to Nanjing, he got such a thing. Large factories and workshops not only include the cooperation between the Royal Industrial Company and the Royal Weaving Bureau, but also first set up in Jiangling, Qingpu, Wuxi and other wealthy and small counties and towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and finally expanded directly to Nanjing City, and now it has expanded to the capital city , became the first retail giant in Ming Dynasty, and its wealth has already surpassed that of a country.

Of course, it created a lot of taxes for the central court, and also solved the employment problems of many people in various places. For this reason, Zhu Youxiao even had to take an encouraging attitude towards him and encourage him to continue to expand his business to Xishu, Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi and even outside the customs.

Zhu Youxiao did not continue to stay in this area. He has to go to the power plant construction base set up by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the outer city. Since Galileo successfully captured the current, Zhu Youxiao has shown great attention to this topic, because Once this accident means that Ming is about to leap from the age of steam power to the age of electricity.

Although in a relatively long period of time, Daming may still be in the era of large-scale application of steam power, steam-powered locomotives will still start to be popularized on a large scale, and steam-powered ships will also begin to capture the oceans and major inland rivers of Daming, squeezing traditional wooden ships The first train undertaken by the Ordnance Department and the Royal Industries Company will still use steam power as the main source of power, but there is still a great possibility to realize the application of electricity in some areas. After all, once there is a large-scale With the application of electricity, it will be possible to manufacture higher-end weapons, and the electroplating chemical process will usher in its golden age, and the steel products made by Ming Dynasty will not appear so low-value.

However, just when Zhu Youxiao just left Daming City, he happened to pass by the First Royal Hospital, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but want to go to the public hospital he managed to investigate.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao ordered the locomotive to stop, and then entered the Royal First Hospital accompanied by Wang Chengen, the supervisor of ceremonies, and Wu Jin, the head of the East Factory. Although Zhu Youxiao and others were wearing casual clothes, These days, people who can afford to use big chimney locomotives are either rich or noble, so people who enter and exit the Royal First Hospital consciously keep a distance from Zhu Youxiao and others, and no one will stop them from entering the Royal First Hospital. .

The Royal First Hospital is the first large-scale public general hospital in Ming Dynasty, and it is also the first medical treatment center that combines scientific research and medical treatment. Zhu Youxiao gathered almost all the imperial doctors and local famous doctors here, and also recruited them A group of eunuchs who were good at western surgical treatment trained in the imperial palace were arranged here. Now, after a few years, the Royal First Hospital has become a large general hospital with the best medical technology in the country and even in the world.

Due to Zhu Youxiao's special request, although most of the Royal First Hospital is staffed by imperial physicians and local famous doctors, they do not pay attention to the status of people in terms of diagnosis, treatment and rescue. It has never been less, and because more and more people come to the Royal First Hospital to see a doctor, there is an extreme shortage of nurses and doctors in the Royal First Hospital. Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao has asked the Imperial University to open a medical department. Let Wu Youke personally preside over the establishment of the Daming Medical Academy, which will also be able to reserve and train a large number of medical talents for the Royal First Hospital.

The Royal First Hospital is the house of a former minister, so it occupies a large area, and the long row of buildings in the front is the diagnostic department, almost a large number of patients will stop here, that is, write a prescription Grasping medicine is what Zhu Youxiao is not interested in. What he is interested in is the scientific research system and disease prevention and control center of the Royal First Hospital. It is necessary to concentrate the best medical technology of Ming Dynasty to give patients the greatest protection, and also to assume the responsibility of epidemic prevention when the country encounters major infectious diseases.

Wu Youke, Shangshu of the Ministry of Health, already knew the news of Zhu Youxiao's sudden visit to the Royal First Hospital, and hurriedly came to Zhu Youxiao without taking off his white coat: "I don't know if your majesty came suddenly, my minister It’s really a crime to be far behind.”

"Mr. Wu, you are welcome. You are the one who dares to wrestle with the king of Hades. How dare I blame you." Zhu Youxiao respected a famous medical expert like Wu Youke, so he also called him Mr. , and now Zhu Youxiao is also known as Mr. Wu Youke and Sun Chengzong. Not only that, but Wu Youke, a doctor and a doctor, can directly live in the second rank, and he was also named a prince after successfully improving the smallpox vaccination method. Teacher, this undoubtedly greatly encouraged the practitioners, and also made Wu Youke feel flattered.

Wu Youxiao didn't dare to joke with Zhu Youxiao, so he just smiled. Zhu Youxiao saw that he was still wearing a white coat, and if it wasn't for the black gauze on his head, he really didn't know that he was a dignified secretary, so he asked: "How about you?" What are you busy with?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Wei Chen has just finished a colic colic operation, so he didn't have time to change his clothes." After Wu Youke explained, Zhu Youxiao just nodded and asked him to take him to the Royal First Hospital for scientific research. base.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao entered the scientific research base of the Royal First Hospital, he smelled a pungent smell of phenol and the smell of rats, monkeys and other animals.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help pinching his nose tightly, and then walked in. The smell lessened after bypassing the area where a large number of experimental animals were located, and he could see many early-trained medical technicians skillfully using glass syringes in their hands to clamp The mouse on the board is injected with drugs, or someone directly dissects a rabbit or frog in the dissecting tray, and says to his assistant that the vagus nerve has been clamped.

Waiting to go inside, you can even see an old man who was born but was trained as a medical and surgical expert in the Ming Dynasty, teaching the surgical interns who graduated from the medical department of the Beijing Normal University Hall or the Ming Dynasty Medical Academy how to surgically remove colic.

On the third floor, Zhu Youxiao could even directly see some corpses or other specimens that had been treated with formalin were displayed in the surrounding boxes. Except for Zhu Youxiao, Wang Chengen and Wu Jin could not help but feel sick and uncomfortable. , Tears flowed horizontally, stimulated by the strong smell of formaldehyde, and Zhu Youxiao was a medical student in his previous life, so he could bear it. He even personally suggested to Wu Youke how to conduct medical experiments better, and prepared for him if he suddenly encountered Be prepared for a major plague.

Wu Youke could only say yes in a hurry.

But who knows, just when Zhu Youxiao wanted to visit the disease prevention and control center and intensive care unit of Daming Emperor No. [-] Hospital again, a doctor from No. [-] Royal Hospital who also wore a white coat went straight to Wu Youke's place : "Master Wu, something is wrong. Outside the city yesterday, a wandering doctor named Zhang Tianhua accidentally found a person suddenly fainted on the ground, trembling all over, but his forehead was hot, so he tried to treat him. Who knew that person could not be cured. , and the wandering doctor and his accompanying servants also had diarrhea, and now it has infected more than ten people! The guards have already rushed to Shuntian Mansion, and the people stationed in the outer city of Dongchang have brought the news to us , do you think we will save or not?"

"Take care, you have to take care of it, but this is likely to be a sign of a major epidemic, so don't take it lightly, pass an order, and all the doctors in the plague monitoring room will rush to the outer city immediately with me!"

As Wu Youke said, he took off his white coat and was about to run back to change the anti-epidemic clothes, then saluted Zhu Youxiao: "The incident happened suddenly, and I can only retire first. I have neglected Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

"Go, don't worry about me, just be careful. Listening to this symptom, I'm afraid that the plague in Shanxi has begun to spread into Beijing. You must take it very seriously and go with my gold medal. If necessary, you can temporarily mobilize all the forces in the capital to help you prevent it. The expansion of this matter will cause great harm to the people of the capital!"

As soon as Zhu Youxiao said that, he untied the gold medal to Wu Youke, and ordered Wu Jin, the head of the East Factory, to go to several counties in Shanxi where the plague had occurred, to see how the local magistrates dealt with it. The epidemic could not be controlled, and it tended to spread to the capital, because Zhu Youxiao had already ordered these local officials who had the plague in the territory to strengthen their vigilance. A possible phenomenon of plague has emerged.

(End of this chapter)