Gao Wuzhen is quite allergic to the word "princess" now, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with these two words at all, and he doesn't want to have any relationship with them.
In his opinion, the incident of the little princess writing a love poem the year before last year was nothing more than the fact that the little girl had never met a man before, and suddenly saw a man whom everyone praised, and she subconsciously had a liking for her. In fact, this kind of hazy feeling
It can't be called love at all, it might as well be regarded as an adolescent impulse.
Moreover, if you take a step back, what's the use of true love? She is a princess, and he is determined to be the prime minister. The political system and structure of the Ming Dynasty will never tolerate the appearance of a consort.
What's more, the princess may be interested in him, but he has no interest in that little girl who was only twelve or thirteen years old two years ago. Even now, since he hasn't seen her for more than two years, the Zhu Yaoyu in his mind is still the same.
She looks like a quiet, harmless half-grown girl.
If there is any outstanding impression, it is that this little girl talks very little.
Other than that, I really can't remember much.
Zhu Yijun was also a little embarrassed. He didn't even know what to say and walked ahead with a stinking look on his face.
Gao Pragmatic walked behind him with a look of despair. After a while, he suddenly felt that something was wrong with Zhu Yijun's movements. He looked at it carefully and suddenly asked: "Your Majesty... have you been feeling unwell lately?"
Zhu Yijun suddenly stopped in front, turned his head, and asked: "What?"
Gao pragmatic looked at his right leg and asked: "For example, is it a leg disease or a foot disease?"
Zhu Yijun's face changed slightly, and he finally sighed: "That's not to mention, but when the weather changes, whether it turns from rainy to sunny, or sunny to rainy, my legs will hurt or even cramp, and my toes will sometimes...
Swelling... often wakes me up in pain in the middle of the night."
Gao Pragmatic was shocked. He remembered that there was a saying in later generations that the bones of Emperor Wanli showed that he had severe leg disease, so the corpse was in the coffin with its left leg straight and its right leg curled.
Gao Pragmatic also believed this statement in his previous life, but soon after he time traveled, he realized that there was a serious problem with this statement - this posture was made after death, and it was called "Seven Star Burial".
The rules for this funeral should be that the head should face west, the feet should face east, and the body should be lying on its back, but the position of the limbs is very distinctive.
The head is turned upward; the right arm is bent upward, and the right hand is placed next to the face, supporting one's cheek; the left arm is bent downward, and the left hand is placed on one's lower abdomen. If you believe in Buddhism, you can also hold a string of rosary beads in your hand.
If you believe, you can take a whisk.
The two legs are also different. The left leg is straightened normally, but the right leg is bent outwards, with both feet pointing outwards.
This regulation is the "seven-star burial", that is, the whole person is in the shape of the Big Dipper. The Wanli bones unearthed from Dingling in later generations basically follow this regulation.
In fact, the two empresses who were buried together in Dingling at that time, Empress Xiaojing and Empress Xiaoduan, were not buried in the usual way of lying on their backs. Empress Xiaojing was similar to Emperor Wanli, with her lower limbs bent, her left arm bent and drooping, her hands on her waist, and her right arm
Bend upward, with her hands beside her head. Empress Xiaoduan's left arm is the same as that of Empress Xiaojing, but her right arm is vertically downward, with her two feet folded together.
But why is there a difference?
Logically speaking, the burial postures of these three people should be the same. It may be that the bumps in the transportation process after the corpses were placed in the coffins resulted in the final difference in postures.
Because according to records, on the way from the Forbidden City to Dingling, the journey was relatively long, and the rope carrying the coffin broke several times, and a corner of the coffin also fell to the ground, causing bumps. In this way, the difference in posture is not enough.
That's weird.
From a purely regulatory perspective, Queen Xiaojing's posture should be the original posture, because as a whole, her entire body looks like the shape of the Big Dipper in the sky.
Why did the emperors and empresses of the Ming Dynasty adopt such a funeral posture?
For later generations, the Big Dipper is nothing more than the most common constellation in the sky in the northern hemisphere. The handle of the dipper points to the North Star, which is very common. When adults teach children to recognize the stars in the sky, they often start with the Big Dipper.
But in fact, the Big Dipper has always been valued by Chinese people in ancient times. Many ancient Chinese Feng Shui and celestial phenomena are closely related to the Big Dipper. Even each star is given a name. The Dou body is Tianshu and Tianxuan.
, Tianji, Tianquan, the handle of the bucket is the Yuheng, Kaiyang, Fluctuating Light, and the position and movement of several stars have very important symbolic meanings for the ancients.
More importantly, the Big Dipper has also been given political significance. The ancients believed that the emperor's residence faced the purple star in the sky - this is why the imperial palaces in the Ming and Qing dynasties were called the "Forbidden City"
, and the Big Dipper belongs to the Ziwei Star in the star theory, which is the counterpart of the emperors in the sky. They live near the Big Dipper in the sky.
In this case, the Emperor will be buried in the shape of the Big Dipper. This will make it easier for them to walk to the horizon of the Pole Star and provide a more convenient passage for the Emperor to go to the sky after death.
However, this emphasis seems to have only started in the Ming Dynasty. Although the Xiaoling Mausoleum where Zhu Yuanzhang was buried did not have an underground palace excavated in later generations, judging from the above-ground buildings, it is not straight and symmetrical like ordinary cemeteries, but winding and curved.
Not in a straight line.
On the one hand, this is to comply with the topography of Meihua Mountain and adapt to local conditions, but more importantly, the cemetery shrine is also shaped like the Big Dipper, which is the only one among the imperial tombs in China.
Therefore, it can be seen from the Shinto of the Xiaoling Mausoleum that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, paid special attention to the shape of the Big Dipper and built his tomb into a curved shape. It is not enough for Wanli, as his descendant, to be buried in the style of the Big Dipper.
Weird.
After listening to Zhu Yijun's words, Gao pragmatically suddenly remembered that when he returned to Beijing last year, Zhu Yijun had a suburban welcome. At that time, Gao pragmatically discovered that Zhu Yijun's right leg seemed to be a little weak, but Gao pragmatically saw his walking movements at that time.
It was pretty normal, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.
But now it seems that he is really sick.
Gao Pragmatic became serious and asked: "Your Majesty, if you are ill, I have to hear about it. I wonder what the imperial hospital said?"
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "I don't quite understand. They said it was 'Bi Syndrome', and then 'Dampness and turbidity', and 'Dampness and turbidity flowed in, causing qi and blood to be blocked'.
, "Chengbi Pain", a group of people talked about it for a long time, but I didn't understand what was going on. Finally, I was so angry with the pain that I pounded the table and asked them, and they said it was the emperor, general and prime minister since ancient times.
There is no medicine or stone that can cure common diseases. I just advise you to drink less."
Gao pragmatic frowned when he heard it. He didn't understand the terms of traditional Chinese medicine very well, but judging from the symptoms of Zhu Yijun's disease, he knew what was going on!
It’s simple: gout!
The word gout is derived from the Latin Guta (a drop), which means that a drop of harmful liquid causes joint damage. The pain is like a gust of wind, coming and going quickly, hence the name gout. In ancient times, gout was more likely to occur in emperors and generals, but as time goes by
With the improvement of living standards, gout has become a common disease in later generations.
In his previous life, Gao Jingshi's father had this disease, and he had it when he was young. He often woke up in pain in the middle of the night. Gao Jingshi remembered that when he was a child, he was woken up by his father turning on the light several times, and he looked at his father's calves.
The cramps in my stomach were so severe that I could hardly see the flesh - all the cramps were near my knee joints.
Even when he was a child, he still remembered an embarrassing incident of his father. At his grandfather's house, his father had gout cramps the night before and was walking with a limp the next day. A colleague of his grandfather quietly asked: "Your husband-in-law (old man's talk)
The style, referring to the son-in-law) is it inconvenient for your legs?"
This matter was something that Gao Pragmatic often used to make fun of his father when he grew up.
It turns out that Zhu Yijun's so-called "foot disease" that was recorded in various history books was actually gout.
But if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising that Zhu Yijun suffered from gout. Although there is no way to completely cure gout until later generations, human beings' understanding and control of gout are much more advanced than in ancient times. At least the following factors are related to gout.
It is closely related to: obesity, alcohol consumption, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and purine.
Well, Zhu Yijun has perfectly accounted for all of the above...
The first four items can basically be detected visually, because Zhu Yijun has started to gain weight now. Although it is not an exaggeration, he is still fat even if he is slightly fat, and he does not do much exercise at ordinary times. It is estimated that he may continue to gain weight in the future.
Needless to say, drinking alcohol, no one can even restrict him on this point - in the Ming Dynasty, when he became a adult at the age of sixteen, he could drink alcohol.
As for food, there is no need to mention it. Gao Pragmatic is Zhu Yijun’s background. Zhu Yijun not only loves donkey intestines and pig intestines like his father Longqing, but also experiences "frugal diet" at the market - eating various kinds of food on the advice of civil servants.
Bean products.
Wonderful, it’s all a high purine diet.
What the hell... If you don’t have gout, who has gout?
Now that he has figured out the cause, although Gao Pragmatic does not have the ability to treat this disease that will not be cured even in later generations, he has a solution after all. He immediately said: "Your Majesty, I do understand this disease."
Zhu Yijun opened his eyes in surprise: "You still know medical skills? Why didn't I know?"
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said: "I don't know medical skills, but I happen to know what this disease is. When I was in Annan before, I had met a Buddhist missionary - Monk Fan. That monk knew some medical skills and had once met him.
When I talked about this disease with my ministers, I was informed that my country calls it 'gout'."
"Gout?" Zhu Yijun asked: "Is there any cure? Where is that monk?"
"Fan Monk is traveling around, so it's hard to find people. However, he said that there is no cure for this disease, but it can be improved in daily diet, work and rest, which can greatly reduce the chance of the disease and can also greatly alleviate the disease.
The pain of the time.”
Zhu Yijun was a little disappointed when he heard that there was no cure, but when he heard that as long as he paid attention to his diet and daily routine, he could greatly improve it, he suddenly became interested again and asked: "What should I pay attention to?...Don't say anything about girls."
I don’t believe in things like Chu Kui.”
Gao Pragmatic laughed loudly: "The emperor doesn't believe it, and neither do I. In fact, this method is quite simple. Eat less offal and soy products, and then maintain a certain amount of exercise to avoid being overweight."