Zhu Gaochi had no other choice but to agree to his elder brother's proposal.

In fact, this was something that had already been decided, and now it is just a formal notification.

Whether from a historical perspective or from what Zhu Ying himself knows now, Zhu Gaochi's ability in domestic affairs is obvious.

And it can be said that Prince of Yan Zhu Di was a pure military man.

His mind was full of thoughts about making achievements, and he had no feeling at all about matters such as governance.

Zhu Ying knew very well in his mind that neither King Jin Zhu Gang nor King Qi Zhu Gui were easy to deal with when it came to Japan. The emperor was far away and their brutal natures were naturally exposed.

Among the old man's princes, except for a few who are relatively normal in heart, most of them have bad personalities, even when they were in the capital, they behaved gentle, easy-going and polite.

But once away from the capital, his personality will change drastically.

Throughout history, few of the people living in most of the princes' fiefdoms had a good life.

It may be that they were oppressed too harshly by Zhu Yuanzhang in the capital on a daily basis, and once they were released they became lawless.

It is also possible that all the goodness has gathered under the leadership of the boss Zhu Biao.

People like Zhu Gaochi are truly outliers among the princes and grandchildren of the emperor.

As for Japan, although the three cities were sealed off as a country, if the Japanese people are oppressed too much, it will easily cause a backlash, and I am afraid that they will not be able to hold on for too long.

But being too kind and righteous is not good either.

It would be more appropriate for Zhu Gaochi to make some adjustments.

After arranging matters with Prince Yan, Zhu Ying planned to spend the New Year with Ye Yueqing.

This year's New Year will definitely be different. Ye Yueqing is already due to give birth.

In just a few or ten days, it will be basically done.

The imperial physicians and midwives on duty were waiting for twelve hours and could respond immediately to any problems.

There are six people in each group, two people, who take turns to guard for four hours.

December 2, the 26th year of Hongwu.

Zhu Ying didn't wait for his wife to give birth, but waited for the old man's concubine to give birth.

This was Zhu Yuanzhang's youngest son, the 26th son was born.

The harem also became busy.

After all, he was his son, so the old man took Zhu Ying with him to understand the process in advance.

"Grandpa, I really didn't expect that I would have another uncle here. You are still as good as ever."

Outside the lobby, Zhu Ying said with a sigh.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang burst into laughter.

"Grandson, you have to learn from us on this point. The expansion of the Zhu family depends on us."

"I am a little older, but I have never lost in giving birth to sons. Look at those who are similar to me, they are not as good as me. I just don't know whether it is a son or a daughter."

"But this is not important to us. Sons and daughters don't matter much. We already have this much."

Although a few died, there are still about twenty left.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a strong believer in strength in numbers, and when he was at war, he adopted a large number of adopted sons, who helped a lot in establishing the Ming Dynasty.

After the Ming Dynasty became stable, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally wanted to have more sons to protect the Ming Dynasty's territory.

Foreign ministers cannot be trusted, only one's own family members are the most trustworthy.

Soon, during the casual chat, bursts of exclamations were heard in the room.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally smiling, now frowned.

With the experience of giving birth many times, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately realized that this was a difficult birth.

If you are not careful, it is very likely that two lives will be lost.

The atmosphere became tense.

After a long time, the sound of a baby crying was finally heard in the house.

But the crying was not very loud, and then a palace maid came out to report: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness, Concubine Li gave birth to a prince."

Concubine Geli was just an ordinary concubine, so the son she gave birth to was naturally a bastard's son.

However, for the princes, the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children was not a big difference to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang's 25th son, Zhu Muyi, was also born to Concubine Geli in the 21st year of Hongwu.

It can be seen that Concubine Ge Li was still very able to please Zhu Yuanzhang.

The 25th son, Zhu Muyi, was originally canonized as King Yi in the 24th year of Hongwu and was enfeoffed in Luoyang.

Now the title of King Yi is retained, but the fiefdom has been cancelled according to the new rules established by Zhu Ying.

The current King Yi, Zhu Muyi, is only six years old, so naturally there is no impact at all.

After the twenty-sixth child was born, the imperial physician went to check on him.

Then he came back and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, the 26th prince is not in good health. It is winter now and he cannot take medicine. We should be careful that the 26th prince will catch a cold."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "How is the situation with Concubine Li?"

The imperial physician replied, "Empress Li is doing well."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. He was quite fond of Concubine Li, especially since she gave birth to two sons for him in succession, which was considered a great contribution.

However, Zhu Ying frowned and said, "But I have carefully examined the physical condition of the twenty-sixth uncle, and there is something wrong."

The meaning behind this question is very obvious.

Today was the day for the baby to be born, so it was naturally difficult to say that the baby would die. This was also what Zhu Ying had suggested to the imperial physician.

Because in history, the 26th prince died before he was a month old.

Not to mention that Zhu Ying would turn a blind eye to it even though he knew that the child would die young. The 26th prince with no future had just been born, and as a prince, even if he was born out of wedlock, he was born a noble.

Zhu Ying hopes he can survive.

The imperial physician understood the meaning of these words and quickly said, "Your Highness, I have carefully examined the 26th prince. Although he is a little weak, his vitality is intact and he should be able to grow up healthily."

Zhu Ying shook his head and instructed Liu He beside him, "Go to Kunning Palace and call Dr. Li over."

Imperial Doctor Li is the most famous imperial physician in the palace in the field of pediatrics.

He has always been the main imperial physician on Ye Yueqing's side.

Now Zhu Ying asked Liu He to call him over, and his purpose was self-evident.

The imperial physician was extremely dissatisfied, but he had no right to speak in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

There was no need for Zhu Ying to indulge him, as it was clear that she did not trust him.

"Grandson, what do you mean? Little Twenty-Six might be in danger?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a frown.

Just now, the eldest grandson was with him the whole time and didn't even go to his room.

Strictly speaking, Zhu Ying might not even know who Concubine Li was. Now he suddenly stopped the imperial physician in front of him and replaced him with a new one. This made Zhu Yuanzhang a little strange.

Immediately, a fierce light flashed in his eyes and he glanced at the imperial physician beside him.

There will definitely be no problem with the eldest grandson, so the problem must be with the imperial physician in front of him.

The imperial physician felt Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze and immediately fell to his knees, trembling with fear.

In fact, he was also confused. He didn't understand why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly wanted to target him. He and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had never met twice, and they had never even spoken to each other.

How could he suddenly offend me? At this juncture, I want to put him to death.

After carefully thinking back over everything he had done recently, the imperial physician still couldn't figure it out.

At this time, Zhu Ying spoke up: "Grandpa, when the imperial physician was talking about the twenty-sixth uncle just now, I suddenly felt a palpitation in my heart, which was quite ominous, as if he was reminding me of something."

"After thinking it over, I still feel it's safer to have a recheck, so I thought of asking Doctor Li to come and take a look."

This statement sounded a bit superstitious, but when Zhu Yuanzhang heard his eldest grandson say this, he naturally wanted to ensure the safety of his younger son. After glaring at the imperial physician kneeling on the ground, he waited for the arrival of Imperial Physician Li.

This is West Five Buildings, on the west side of the palace garden.

Not long after, Imperial Doctor Li rushed over from Kunning Palace with a medicine box.

Seeing the imperial physician kneeling on the ground, he immediately bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Crown Prince."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little gloomy, and said, "Go inside and show our little twenty-six what's going on."

Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang was still extremely cautious when it came to speaking.

"I obey your order."

Doctor Li did not dare to delay and went into the house carrying the medicine box.

Not long after, Doctor Li came out. He looked at his colleague who was still kneeling on the ground with a complicated look in his eyes, and then reported: "The 26th Prince has abnormal lung qi, and an external evil has entered his body. He may die young. The external evil should be expelled from him as soon as possible."

"Since the 26th prince was born not long ago and there is no medicine available, I would like to suggest using a medicinal bath to expel the evil spirits from him."

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he kicked the kneeling imperial physician hard, knocking him to the ground, and then scolded him: "How dare you be deceived by me? How did you get into the Imperial Hospital with your little medical skills?"

"If it weren't for our eldest grandson's feelings, Little Twenty-Six's life would have been in your hands."

"Jiang Li, drag this man out and behead him!"

This was his own son. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not care too much about most of his sons, as a father, it was unbearable for him to let his son almost die because of this.

The imperial physician was to be executed immediately.

The imperial physician looked as pale as death. He had never expected that he would fail so misjudged. He couldn't even protest. This was a real misdiagnosis.

His body immediately went limp and he collapsed to the ground, without the strength to move.

Seeing Jiang Li commanding two Jinyiwei to hold him up and drag him out to behead him, Zhu Ying said, "Wait a minute."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and asked, "What do you want to say, grandson?"

In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang had obviously made up his mind to execute him, and even his eldest grandson's plea was useless.

Zhu Ying asked the imperial physician, "What diseases are you best at diagnosing and treating? Is it pediatrics?"

When the imperial physician heard this, he vaguely saw hope for survival, and tremblingly replied, "Your Highness, the criminal's best skill is not pediatrics, but general pulse diagnosis."

The Imperial Medical Bureau of the Ming Dynasty was divided into thirteen departments: general pulse, minor pulse, women, sores, acupuncture, eyes, mouth, throat, typhoid fever, bone setting, gold arrowheads, massage, and incantations.

Dafangmai means a medicine that specializes in treating diseases in adults, which is similar to internal medicine in later generations.

However, for current doctors, individual specialization is not serious, and comprehensive management is more common.

Doctors who are good at internal medicine are also good at surgery, and they are almost all all-rounders.

That is to say, Zhuyouke is a bit special.

The rest basically will.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Why didn't the imperial physician in charge of minor pulses come here, but let you, the major pulse physician, come here? Isn't our son good enough for the imperial physician in charge of minor pulses to come forward?"

Hearing this, the imperial physician kneeling on the ground trembled and could not utter a word for a long time.

Doctor Li standing next to him also had a helpless look on his face.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and the imperial physician kneeling on the ground trembled with fear. He quickly said, "Your Majesty, it is because there is a great shortage of imperial physicians who are good at small prescriptions in the Imperial Hospital. I am here because of the shortage of manpower."

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said, "Nonsense, what's wrong with this Imperial Hospital? How dare they act like this?"

"Liu He, bring the director of the Imperial Hospital here for us. We will ask him what is going on."

After hearing this, Liu He hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I do know a little about this matter."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in surprise: "Oh, tell me what's going on."

Liu He had a good relationship with the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, or it could be said that most eunuchs had a close relationship with the Imperial Medical Bureau, because compared with the royal family, eunuchs went to see doctors more frequently.

Most of them are things that are difficult to talk about.

As the eunuch who holds the seal of Silijian, Liu He is naturally at the level of Yuanshi, which is why he chose to stand up and say a few words.

"Your Majesty, in December of the third year of Hongwu, due to the death of the ninth prince, your Majesty executed a group of imperial physicians who were in charge of the small-scale pulse diagnosis at that time."

"In the seventh year of Hongwu, because of the incident involving His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Majesty was furious and executed another group of doctors. Now, there are only a few imperial doctors left who can perform small-scale pulse diagnosis. In addition, the Crown Prince's Consort is about to give birth, so they have all been transferred to Kunning Palace."

After listening to this, Zhu Yuanzhang recalled it briefly and it seemed that he had indeed killed the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau twice in a fit of rage.

When the eldest sister went there, she begged me not to kill anymore, and only then did I stop.

Unexpectedly, most of the imperial physicians of Xiaofangmai were killed.

The imperial physician is different from other officials. One needs real talent and knowledge to become one. You can't just get the position by slacking off.

Therefore, in fact, it takes a very long time to train each imperial physician.

Without this ability, there is no way to make a living in this field. Otherwise, if there is any mistake, the situation will be similar to what it is now.

Seeing this, Zhu Ying said, "Grandpa, I see that the Imperial Hospital is lacking in talent nowadays. Doctors are life, so I think we should train more people."

"Especially in the field of pediatrics, we should do our best to cultivate them to prevent children from dying prematurely."