Chapter 28 The Home of Twelve Hour Hot Water
Meng Chong was full of energy and energy. He never dreamed that his prince could actually turn stone into gold and turn brown sugar into high-priced snowflake candy!
Zhu Zaijing looked at Meng Chong who was carefully drying the sugar. He also looked down. Zhu Zaijing found that the sugar seemed to have a slight yellow color, but this yellow color was no longer harmful. , compared to the snowflake candies on the market, it is already comparable, and the sweetness is even better.
This shows that Zhu Zaijing has completed a successful experiment and figured out the secret of turning brown sugar into white sugar.
Zhu Zaijing said in a good mood: "After these candies are dried in the sun, I will put them away carefully. I will take a bath first."
After Meng Chong heard Zhu Zaijing's words, he nodded and said, "I will take good care of these snow candies."
Zhu Zaijing hummed, and then left the small courtyard. Outside.
After Zhu Zaijing came out, he ordered the servants and eunuchs in the palace: "Go and prepare hot water for me. I want to take a bath."
The eunuchs hurriedly The action started. When these little eunuchs saw Meng Chong, who was covered in mud, moving around in the palace, they had already started to prepare hot water.
What they didn’t expect was that their prince would also appear covered in mud.
So after a brief surprise, they quickly arranged the hot water prepared for Manager Meng into Zhu Zaijing's bathroom.
Seeing such efficient little eunuchs, Zhu Zaijing couldn't help but praise: "Well done, it would be great if one day I could live in a home with twelve-hour hot water. "
Zhu Zaijing's words are a bit like being in the midst of blessings and not knowing the blessings.
As the prince and prince of the Ming Dynasty, the treatment he enjoys is lower than that of the emperor. Now he actually says that he wants to live in a home with twelve-hour hot water. How can this be possible? Unless you live in a bathhouse, with the current level of technology, unless you can maintain the supply of hot water every day regardless of cost, it will be difficult to achieve.
However, with the current financial resources of Prince Zhu Zaijing's palace, it does not seem to be particularly easy to maintain a continuous supply of hot water for twelve hours.
After all, the price of firewood and charcoal is quite high in the capital, and the palace has so many people. If it continues to be consumed like this, Zhu Zaijing will have to go out to beg for food in less than a month.
So Zhu Zaijing’s desire to live in a home with twelve-hour hot water may be just a wishful thinking.
Of course, it would not be a bad idea if some aspects of technology improve in the future.
Zhu Zaijing soaked comfortably in the bath, washing the mud from his body.
When Zhu Zaijing looked at this bathroom again, he had already begun to figure out how to modify the functions of this bathroom.
As long as his sugar can go on the market smoothly and become a hit in the capital, let alone modifying the bathroom, even building another palace would be a good idea!
Imagining the wonderful life in the future, Zhu Zaijing could not help but grin.
After Zhu Zaijing finished bathing and changed into dry clothes, Gao Gong, who was appointed as the Prince's Attendant, came again.
This time Gao Gong brought several carefully selected notes. These notes were all taken by Gao Gong after he was in the Hanlin Academy. They are almost all Gao Gong’s insights on the current political situation of the Ming Dynasty. And imagination about the future politics of Ming Dynasty.
Gao Gong is not a conservative person. His governing philosophy is undoubtedly the most pioneering and forward-looking in the entire feudal dynasty.
In the original historical process, when Gao Gong served as the cabinet bachelor, he actively promoted the Anda Tribute and the Longqing Switch and other positive political and financial measures that had a profound impact on the Ming Dynasty. We have found a path that can lead to stable development and increase revenue.
It is a pity that Gao Gong himself has a very fiery personality and can easily offend his colleagues. Therefore, during his tenure in the cabinet, he had constant political enemies and was always targeted.
If it weren’t for the deep relationship between him and Zhu Zaijing, he might have completely lost power before Long Qing’s death.
Gao Gong, who is still young now, has an idealism in his heart to reverse the decline of the Ming Dynasty, so when he learned that Zhu Zaijing might be a precocious master, he couldn't wait to bring him back. He instilled some of his political ideas into Zhu Zaijing in advance, instead of teaching Zhu Zaijing what to read in a step-by-step manner. Although Gao Gong also relied on the Four Books and Five Classics to enter the officialdom and enter the Hanlin Academy through the cruel imperial examination. But Gao Gong knew very well that relying on the Four Books and Five Classics could not save the Ming Dynasty.
Since the Four Books and Five Classics cannot save the Ming Dynasty's knowledge, then Gao Gong will definitely not use such knowledge to teach the future of the Ming Dynasty in his heart.
So Gao Gong planned to skip the basic education of the Four Books and Five Classics and directly teach Zhu Zaijing how to govern the country.
When Zhu Zaijing heard Gao Gong coming, he quickly stopped drying his hair and hurriedly came out of the house to greet Gao Gong.
"Hello, Mr. Gao, please come in quickly, Mr. Gao."
Just when Gao Gong was about to salute, Zhu Zaijing saluted first and pulled Gao Gong into the palace. among.
Gao Gong looked at Zhu Zaijing's still wet hair and was so moved that he couldn't hold back his tears.
This kind of story about Gao Gong going out excitedly to greet guests with wet hair has only been seen in historical books.
Now seeing Prince Yu greeting him like this, Gao Gong instantly felt the emotion in his heart that a scholar would die for his confidant.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. I cannot afford such kindness."
Gao Gong said to Zhu Zaijing movedly.
Zhu Zaijing smiled and said: "This is all my fault. I have been playing with mud in the back house in the morning, and I have covered myself with mud. I have forgotten that my husband is coming to teach. Please forgive me."
How dare Gao Gong "forgive" Zhu Zaijing?
However, Gao Gong also showed a curious expression about what Zhu Zaijing said about playing in the mud.
Gao Gong asked: "Why did the prince think of playing in the mud? Is this also for exercise?"
Hearing what Gao Gong said, Zhu Zaijing also followed suit and said: " Yes, yes, it is to train the body's resistance. I have been too careful in my life, so that my body has always been in a weak state of protection. After experiencing the last accident, I have learned the hard way that I can no longer be a delicate flower in the greenhouse. As long as we live, we must actively exercise our body's adaptability. That's why I started playing in the mud and put my body in nature appropriately to exercise my body's resistance to natural conditions."
Gao Gong listened to Zhu Zaijing's words and seemed to understand them, but he didn't seem to understand either. Anyway, this kind of exercise is quite new for high arch.
But since Zhu Zaijing did this, he thought it was the imperial doctor's suggestion.
And looking at Zhu Zaijing's good spirit, Gao Gong couldn't help but think that this kind of exercise might really be a feasible way of exercise.
Gao Gong said with emotion: "I didn't expect mud to have such wonderful effects. No wonder there is a saying: 'You won't get sick if you don't eat it cleanly'. This must be the same truth."
Zhu Zaijing chuckled and said: "It's very true, but you still have to eat cleanly. Just like I am playing with mud now, I can get a little dirty while playing and let my body resist, but after playing, I still have to eat more cleanly." Wash it clean, otherwise you will get sick from the mouth.”
After chatting with Gao Gong about this topic, Zhu Zaijing said sheepishly: "Mr. Gao has tea first, and I'll fix my hair so as not to be rude."
Gao Gong was also afraid that Zhu Zaijing would stay wet. With his hair caught by the wind and cold, he quickly replied: "My lord, please go quickly, I will wait here."
(End of this chapter)