"Haha, there is stew, this can't be done, since you have to do one thing, you can't give up halfway." Yun Xi smiled.

"Yes, sixth brother, what the royal brother said is so right, you can't give up halfway when you do something." Yun Zhi also said with a smile. Today, because they are all members of the royal family, there is no distinction between men and women, and they all sit in the same place.

"Yun Zhi, laugh at your sixth brother again." Zhu Youstew was not annoyed, and said with a smile.

Everyone laughed a few words, and Yun Xi said: "Since you mentioned this matter today, let's pick it up again." It just so happens that I am not in a hurry to return to the capital, so I will study it with Zhu Youstew tomorrow. ”

"Brother Huang, today is the twentieth day of November, and there will be ten more days to go to the moon, and it will take almost ten days to return to the capital from Kaifeng, maybe not more; Moreover, when he returned to Beijing and passed through the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, the imperial brother still had to go to worship his ancestors, and the time was not very abundant. Whether it is the imperial brother or return to the capital as soon as possible, the younger brother will study the matter, and the imperial brother will be told the result before and after the New Year. Zhu Youstew said.

"Don't worry, of course you have to go to worship your ancestors, but it's only three days, and it's okay for Layue to return to the capital, just return to Beijing before the twentieth of Layue, don't return too early."

"And this year, don't you plan to come to Beijing with the fifth uncle and the stew? Last year, there were fewer people who came to Beijing for the Chinese New Year, and you didn't come yet, Fifth Uncle, so why don't you come this year? It was a boring year. ”

"Besides, it's important to study this matter, and I'll have to study it myself." Yun Xi smiled.

"This, yes, Brother Huang." This matter is just thousands of strong men who are not at home to farm well and sell coolies in the city, Zhu You Stew doesn't think it's important, at least he doesn't think it's worth the emperor to study personally. But since Yun Xi said so, he would not object.

"Official, this is my mistake, a family banquet talks about political affairs." Zhu Hu hurriedly said. He held a banquet to invite Yun Xi because he wanted to get close to him, but at this time, seeing that the atmosphere was a little off, he hurriedly changed the topic: "The official family, in fact, in addition to being sealed in Kaifeng, I also have one thing to ask the official family." ”

"The official family also knows that I like to study medicine, delve into the usefulness of various herbs, and I also grow many herbs at home."

"This nephew also knows," Yun Xi interjected: "My nephew is far away in the capital, and I have heard that the fifth uncle has a hundred herb garden in the Zhou Palace, and all the herbs that can be raised here in Kaifeng have planted a few plants, and there is no place in the world that is more complete than the fifth uncle's herbs here, and I heard that doctors in Henan, Shandong, and even Hebei and Jianghuai want to come to the fifth uncle's hundred herb garden to have a look." Fifth uncle, today is the third day that my nephew has come to King Zhou's mansion, but the fifth uncle has not taken his nephew to visit the Baicao Garden. He finally said in a slightly complaining voice.

"I didn't know that the official family was so interested in herbal medicine, since this is the case, I will take the official family to the Baicao Garden tomorrow morning for a look." Zhu Hu said: "It just so happens that the things I asked for are also related to this Baicao Garden. ”

"What the hell is that?" Yunxi asked curiously.

"Official, 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 and Liu Taiyi of the Tai Hospital to help compile it, and after returning to the capital, Liu Taiyi said to his nephew: This book is rich and rich, and the compilation is detailed and analyzed. But it's very respectful. Yun Xi said.

Pu Ji Fang is an important medical and herbal medicine book in Chinese history. There are a total of 168 volumes, which record more than 100 categories such as general treatise on the veins, luck, viscera, body shape, diseases, women's entry, infants, acupuncture, materia medica, etc., totaling 1960 treatises, 2175 categories, 61739 prescriptions, and 239 diagrams. There are various theories about the diseases described above, and a large number of documents that were lost before the Ming Dynasty have been preserved, providing rich research materials for future generations of scholars. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" cites many of these prescriptions. It can be said that without "Puji Fang", Li Shizhen may not be able to compile the "Compendium of Materia Medica" with the strength of Li Shizhen.

"The official family praised it falsely, I just did my part." Zhu Lu smiled, and then said: "But because of the publication of this book, all the money I have saved up has been spent. ”

"That's fine, but I've recently compiled another book on herbal medicine, which is also so extensive that I want to publish it but don't have the money to do it. Therefore, I would like to ask the official family to reward me with a little money for the publication of this book. ”

After he finished saying this, he hurriedly said: "I also know that the court has fought a lot of battles in the past two years, and the treasury is not rich. If so, I will advance two or three years. ”

"Another book on herbs? My nephew has also read "Puji Fang", and the prescriptions in it are extremely complete, so why publish a book? But an addition to the "Pu Ji Fang"? Yun Xi asked.

"It's not." Zhu Hu said: "Official, I am wrong, although this book also involves some herbs, but the main thing is not herbs, but wild things that can be eaten. ”

"Something wild to eat?" Yun Xi was really a little puzzled this time.

"Yes. Official, in the twenty-second year of Hongwu, I was demoted to Yunnan by my father because I left the fief without authorization, and stayed in Dali and other places for more than a year. I originally thought that the people of the Central Plains were already very bitter, but I didn't want the people of Yunnan to be more bitter, especially those barbarian tribes living in the deep mountains and old forests, although they ate more meat than the people of the Central Plains, but they ate less grain, and many times they had to collect wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. But many things in the wild are poisonous and cannot be eaten casually, and people are often poisoned to death. Moreover, the local people, regardless of Hanyi, lack medical treatment, and many diseases can only wait for death as long as they are treated. ”

"Regarding the lack of medical treatment, I worked with several doctors in Yunnan to compile a book called Pocket Prescriptions, which recorded more than 3,000 prescriptions using common local herbs, and published it with the help of Mu Ying."

"Of course, this is not as good as the official family. The establishment of a medical hall by the government and the dispatch of doctors to practice medicine in the army and in the wilderness and to treat hundreds of people is a great good government, and the officers and men of the army and the people will be very grateful for His Majesty's kindness. ”

Hearing Zhu Hu mention himself, Yun Xi also smiled and said a few words, but quickly stopped, signaling Zhu Hu not to pat himself more and get down to business.

"But the lack of medical care has changed a little, but the poisoning of eating wild vegetables has not changed much. Therefore, after I returned to Kaifeng, I focused on studying this, and found a total of 414 kinds of edible wild vegetables, which I compiled into a book, which I named "Saving the Wilderness Materia Medica". In order to make it easy for the people to distinguish wild vegetables, the words in the book are the most simple words, and each wild vegetable is accompanied by a picture. ”

"But because of this, it is not easy to print this book, and it costs a lot, and I am now shy, so I can only ask the official family to pay for the printing." Zhu Hu finally said.

"That's a great thing!" Yun Xi suddenly shouted, startling Zhu Hu, 8, Miao Jin and the others, but he didn't care. This is definitely a very good thing!

Of course, the reason why Yun Xi thinks it's a good thing is not because Zhu Hu found so many wild vegetables that can be eaten. Under his rule, if someone occasionally eats wild vegetables as a change of taste, it is fine, but if there is a large-scale eating of wild vegetables, it is definitely his dereliction of duty, and he does not think that the common people who survive by eating wild vegetables is a compliment to him.

The compilation of this book is significant in itself. This represents a great development in botany, an important advance in the domestication of plants in human history, and is of great significance for the future development of agriculture, medicine, biology and chemistry.

Historically, many modern scholars have spoken highly of this book, and Zhu Hu himself has been recorded in the history of science because of this work.

Yun Xi suddenly felt that it was a bit of a waste for Zhu Hu to stay in Kaifeng as a vassal king, and he should be allowed to go to Gezhiyuan in the capital to be an envoy.

It took a lot of effort for Yun Xi to suppress the idea of ordering him to preside over Gezhiyuan in the future. Although China has not discriminated against doctors since ancient times, its status is always lower than that of officials. If he ordered Zhu Hu to go to the capital to study this, Zhu Hu would probably think it was an insult. Just like many European nobles in modern times like to drive their own carriages, but if they let him carry passengers, they will consider it an insult and refuse. Zhu Hu didn't dare to refuse himself, but if he was disgusted by this and didn't do his best to study, it would be pointless to send him to Gezhi Academy.

"But can you try to set up a branch of Gezhiin?" Yun Xi thought: "In Kaifeng, let Zhu Hu establish a branch of Gezhiyuan that specializes in the study of animals and plants, that is, biology." Although he only likes to study plants now, animals can also be used in medicine, so I persuaded him to study animals as well. ’

More importantly, let him organize a group of people to study why a certain part of a plant or animal can cure a certain disease. Study the principle, or specifically break down the healing components, such as isolating artemisinin from Artemisia annua. ’

Yun Xi knew that this matter was difficult. Even in historical European countries, biology and medicine were greatly developed after 1800 AD; Although the Ming Dynasty was advanced at this time, according to Yunxi's own estimates, some aspects had caught up with the level of Europe around 1700, but it was not as good as Europe in 1800.

But there will always be someone to pave the way, and if no one is willing to pave the way, then all kinds of science will never be progressed.

When Yunxi decided to visit the Baicao Garden tomorrow, he persuaded Zhu Hu to establish an institution specializing in biology and medicine. The name can not be called Gezhiyuan, he can call it whatever name he likes, but the research must not remain only superficial, but must be deeply studied why it is so.

Yun Xi's calculation had been decided, and even the outline of how to persuade Zhu Hu tomorrow was listed, but he raised his head to look at Zhu Hu, and Zhu Hu was looking at him with expectant eyes. What needs to be solved now is the issue of the publication of "Materia Medica", and he has to help Zhu Hu publish this book.

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