Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Good deeds done by His Royal Highness——How to improve the survival rate of newborns

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, His Royal Highness the Prince said to the sage: "Father, the sons and daughters of the royal family and the clan, take care of the newborn children carefully, but there are still many children who die before they are one year old. Presumably in the In the countryside, more babies will die like this. Apart from the reason of the mother's childbearing age, I want to find out if there are other reasons."

The country is based on the people, and the population increases, especially infants and young children can survive as much as possible, which will undoubtedly have huge benefits for the future of the imperial court.

"Chengxian, have you thought about what to do?"

"I think, let the imperial medical office come forward first, and call the Wen Po in the capital in batches by region. They know the newborn baby best."

"Okay." The sage listened carefully to his son every time he attended court meetings.Every time after going to court, I also questioned him alone. Over the past few months, I found that my son has made great progress and has great insights into court affairs.But if he didn't ask, his son basically didn't speak at the court.Even if there are any differences of opinion, they will be discussed in private, between father and son.Now his son has chosen such an errand for himself, and he strongly supports it.

To be honest, every time the saint thinks of his eldest son, two daughters, and other children who died young, he still feels a dull pain in his heart.

After the prince reported to the sage, he asked the Minister of the Household Department to send him a few old masters who were familiar with the capital, and invited several old imperial doctors who had served in the imperial hospital, and then the capital's policeman, Li Zheng.The prince asked the head of the household department to lead the police and Lizheng to collect statistics on the population of the capital, and to visit the households.The old imperial physicians in the imperial hospital were divided into several areas, and each of them asked the stable women in the area one by one.The content includes the health status of newborn children in the last year, as well as the status of mothers.In addition, a female doctor was hired to follow Mrs. Wen to see Mrs. Wen's delivery.

The weather is getting colder, and after the Double Ninth Festival on September [-], it's time to ask for a cut after autumn.The prince and Jia Amnesty were sent by the sage to execute the execution.

Because the prince came forward to supervise the beheading, Jia Daishan transferred a thousand soldiers from the Beijing camp to cooperate with the Imperial Forest Army in the Forbidden City to protect the prince together.

The crown prince and Jia Amnesty, the sons of Duke Rong, sit high above, and kneel down below are more than [-] first-class criminals.At [-]:[-] p.m., the death row prisoners whose identities had been checked were thrown down by the crown prince's slashing token, and the heads of the first batch fell to the ground.

The executioners were all dressed in the uniform of a yamen servant, with a big red cloth slanted over their bodies, and the handle of the ghost knife was also wrapped with a red cloth.

If several groups passed by with their knives, the heads fell to the ground. The prince stood up slowly, walked down the high platform, and rode back to the palace with Jia She on horseback.

Back in the East Palace, Liufu has prepared braziers, moxa baths, etc.

The prince went back to the courtyard of the study to exorcise the evil spirits, and Jia Amnesty was arranged by Liufu to go to the guest courtyard to exorcise the evil spirits.

After taking a bath, the prince leaned on the big armchair in the study with a sullen face.

Liufu tiptoed in.

"Prince, where are you having lunch today?"

"Don't eat, let me stay for a while. Don't tell the princess that I'm in the study."

"Yes."

In the evening, Jia She came to see the prince.

"Ming Yun, what's the matter with you?" Jia Amnesty's complexion was not very good.It was also the first time for him to do such an errand.And among the people who were beheaded today, there were people they knew.

"It's not good." The prince sat in a daze for the whole afternoon, and there were still those bones rolling all over the ground in front of his eyes.

"My father said that the saint asked us to exercise our courage. There will be more than [-] tomorrow."

"It's better to cut it all in one day. Did you have lunch at noon?"

"No, I can't eat it. Have you eaten?"

"No, I don't want to eat."

The two sat silently facing each other, and the room gradually darkened.Liufu waited for a long time, but could not hear any movement in the room.He poked his head quietly, wanting to see what the crown prince and Shizi were doing.

"Six Blessings", Jia Amnesty called him loudly when he saw him poking his head.

The loud voice startled the prince who was meditating and the timid Liufu.

"My lord, please tell me."

"Send someone to tell my partner that I've been staying in the Eastern Palace for the past few nights and I won't be going back."

"Yes."

Liufu hurriedly asked the people around him to report for Jia She.

"Prince, dinner?"

"Let's have a vegetarian feast. Send someone to talk to the princess. I will stay in the study at night, so I won't go back."

The crown prince and Jia Amnesty spent the whole afternoon in the Eastern Palace, and the saint and Jia Daishan were not at ease in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.The two monarchs and ministers wanted to go to the East Palace to have a look, but they felt that it was not very good.A few waves of servants were sent back and forth to see what the two of them were doing.The answer is to sit in a chair in a daze.

In the evening, Jia Amnesty's long entourage reported to Jia Daishan at the Hall of Mental Cultivation: The son will stay in the East Palace for the next few nights.

Jia Daishan hesitated: "Saint, do you want the East Palace to prepare soothing soup?"

"Get ready. Old Jia, don't go back tonight."

"Okay, I'll go to the duty room of the Ministry of War."

The sage was not in the mood and Zhao Xiao promised to accompany him, and had a hasty dinner with Jia Daishan.The little servant who reported the letter came back.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Duke Rong ordered a vegetarian banquet and ate most of it."

It's good to be able to eat it.

The two monarchs and ministers were a little relieved, the sage read the booklets, and Jia Daishan read the military books.

When the key was about to be released at the gate of the palace, a message came from the East Palace, saying that both the crown prince and the prince had fallen asleep after drinking soothing soup.

The sage sighed, "Poor parents in the world."

Jia Dai kindly felt the same way, "What the sage said is true. Just go to sleep." Then he bid farewell to the sage and was on duty with the Ministry of War.

In the early morning of the second day, the prince and Jia Amnesty still got up for morning exercises. Those who practiced swords continued to practice swords, while those who practiced spears could only practice sticks.Then the two of them went to the Qianqing Palace to have breakfast together.

The saint looked carefully at the expressions of these two, it was not bad.

"Ming Yun, you two are still going to the sky prison to arrest people in a while?"

"Yes, father." The prince insisted on going to the prison to interrogate the executed criminals.After all the prisoners were escorted to the prison van, he was willing to go down to the execution ground under the escort of the soldiers.

The saint is so serious about his son's work, he only agrees with it, and has no objection.

"Can you two persist today?" He was worried about the two of them.It would be embarrassing if something happened in the execution ground.

"It's okay, father, my son is fine."

"Returning to the saint, the minister is also fine."

"Okay, let's go then."

For six days in a row, the prince and Jia She finally persisted, finished, and supervised the execution.The faces of both of them became smaller.But Jia Amnesty can only rest for two days, and then has to go to the northwest.The prince thought that Jia She would rest at home and spend the day with his wife, but unexpectedly, the next day, Jia She came to the East Palace again.

"Mingyun, please do something."

It is so rare for the word begging to come out of Jia She's mouth.In his three lifetimes, the prince never heard Jia She say "beg".

"You said, I have to see what it is that makes you use the word 'begging'."

The prince is cautious and never asks for help. Once he asks for help, it will definitely not be an easy thing to do.

Jia She was embarrassed, "You should first say whether you should or not?"

The prince cast a blank stare at him, and said in a drawn out voice, "Enhou, how old are you, are you still playing this trick?"

"Mingyun, look at what you look like. It's like this, my mother, you know, she always has a little opinion of Mrs. Zhang. It's not that Mrs. Zhang is bad, it's my mother..."

Jia Amnesty didn't know how to say it.

"Okay, Gu understands, isn't she just a mother-in-law who wants to handle her daughter-in-law. Tell me, how can Gu help you?"

Cough, cough, Jia Amnesty coughed twice in embarrassment, to cover up.

"My mother agreed not to marry the Wang family. Then my father also talked to my mother and asked my mother-in-law to help me see my second brother. I just wanted to let my mother-in-law see one, so that I could get along with the Zhang family. I came. But the sage said he was going to get married, you see, when I leave Beijing the day after tomorrow, when I get married next spring, can you..."

"What can I do?"

Jia She groaned for a long time, and finally closed his eyes and said: "Can you first ask the sage at the time, who is the person you want to marry. Then, before the marriage, please ask the princess to take Mrs. Zhang to meet someone, Let's see if we can see it."

The prince pondered for a while, this matter is difficult, but it is not impossible.

"Enhou, I promise you to do my best, but I can't guarantee that I can do it."

"Okay, if you agree, I'll be relieved. Please worry more about the princess when the time comes."

After Jia Amnesty finished talking, his worries were relieved, and he returned to his sunny appearance. He heard the prince nagging again, he should pay attention to safety and take care of himself in the northwest.He also told the prince to be more careful, and left happily.

The weather was getting colder, and at the end of winter, statistics on the newborns born in the first ten months of the year in the capital, those who survived, and those who died, as well as the prince's analysis report, were placed on the sage's desk.

Still in the style of Prince Edward, the analysis with diagrams and tables is clear at a glance.

The sage looked at the prince who was eager for approval, and asked with a smile, "You did a good job. Mingyun, what do you want to do next?"

"Father, my son wants the old imperial doctor who has become an official, and the doctors who are proficient in obstetrics and pediatrics in major pharmacies to work together to compile a booklet. The newborns of the seven-day wind can improve the survival rate of newborns. Erchen plans to train all the stable women in the capital in batches through the yamen. Only those who pass the assessment can continue to deliver babies. It will be tried in the capital for one year, if feasible In the future, I will distribute the brochure to the counties below, so that the counties below will follow the brochure to train women. Also, it will be of great benefit if those pregnant women can also attend the class."

"it is good."

The sage held the prince's thick stack of reports, pointed to the last picture and said, "What are you going to do with this so-called delivery chair?"

"I want the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a batch. The material can be all kinds of hardwood. It will be distributed free of charge to the Wen Po in the capital. When I go to ask the Wen Po to deliver the baby, I will help the Wen Po to resist the chair."

The saint nodded, the palace could afford such a batch of chairs.

"Father, what my son wants most is to set up some places in the capital specially prepared for women's childbirth, and it would be better near the major pharmacies. This way, we can rely on the doctors available in the major pharmacies. In case of dystocia, if the woman Wen and the nurse can't handle it, they can directly ask the doctor in the pharmacy for help."

The sage thought about it and thought it was a good idea.

"Ming Yun, have you calculated how much money this kind of production site costs every year?"

The prince smiled slyly.

"My son thinks that this fee should be donated by those who like to show kindness and believe in Buddhism. Anyway, when they go to the temple to burn incense, they donate hundreds of incense silver, and a little eternal lamp is also a few hundred taels of silver. Instead It is better to directly save people's lives than relying on other people's chanting scriptures to cultivate the afterlife."

"We can't rely entirely on charitable funds. It is better for the court to allocate part of it first. If the pregnant women can give birth, they will pay some, and the poor will be spared. One more child will live, and the court may have one more adult population in the future."

This matter was brought to the cabinet to talk about it, and there was no opposition.The rest is to choose a place. Unexpectedly, the choice of this place has caused many herbal medicine shops in the capital to compete.