The First Uncle of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 12: Qi Disease
Zhuge Liang divided the world into three parts, and Liu Bowen unified the country.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, Liu Bowen, who was regarded by Zhu Yuanzhang as "my Zifang", played a huge role in the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

He was a Jinshi in the Yuan Dynasty. Due to his unsuccessful career, he resigned several times and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion. He was invited by Zhu Yuanzhang several times to assist him.

Li Shanchang has always been the head of the civil service of the Ming Dynasty, but the Zhejiang East Civil Service Group headed by Liu Bowen, Song Lian and Wang Guangyang has always been the absolute main force of the Ming Dynasty's civil service system.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying had been urging Ma Xun to get married for a very simple reason: getting married at a certain age was a natural thing to do, to start a family, and to pass on the family line, which was an important task.

Nowadays, many people get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Ma Xun is already twenty years old and still alone. Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying are anxious when they see this.

Ma Xun was worried. Did they have to get married first and then fall in love?

Before he could react, he got an official position - Captain in front of the tent.

Ma Xun, who was called to Kunning Palace, asked, "Sister, I have no ability and no merit, so what's the point of getting an official position?"

Ma Xiuying smiled and said, "Just take it if it's given to you. I see you don't want to be a civilian official. I've discussed it with your brother-in-law and decided to give you a military post first. You can go and gain some experience so that you can be promoted to a marquis or a general in the future."

Ma Xun was immediately under great pressure. "Sister, I don't know anything about military affairs, how can I lead troops to fight?"

Ma Xiuying said quickly, "Who asked you to lead the troops to fight? Your family is counting on you to continue the family line, so how can we let you go to the battlefield? You will train and review the troops in the future, and reward the army for your brother-in-law."

Ma Xun understood that this was just to give him an official position in exchange for military merit.

Ma Xiuying said with a smile, "I met Liu Bowen's daughter today. She is beautiful and has a good personality."

Ma Xun was powerless to resist and could only say, "Can I go and take a look? If she's suitable, we can get married. If she's not pleasing to the eye, we can look for another one?"

Ma Xiuying agreed decisively, "Let Mu Ying go with you tomorrow so you can see it for yourself."

Ma Xun raised another suggestion, "If I get married, wouldn't it be better for me to live outside? Anyway, we are in the capital and under my sister's nose, so I can come over anytime."

Ma Xiuying was unhappy and asked, "Do you think we treat you badly?"

"Okay, very good!" Ma Xun said quickly, "I'm just used to being wild, and I always feel uncomfortable in the palace. I want to travel around and see the mountains and rivers, but I can't go anywhere in the palace."

Ma Xiuying became even more unhappy. "I'll give you the warrant and the palace talisman. You can go anywhere. Who can stop you?"

Ma Xun said quickly, "Sister, this is the imperial palace, how can I really run around? Besides, I'm about to get married, I can't live in the palace, right? If others knew, how would they laugh at me?"

This touched Ma Xiuying's heart. It was indeed inappropriate to let Ma Xun live in the palace all the time.

Letting him live here now is just a temporary measure, only because Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying are worried about Ma Xun being alone in the capital.

Zhu Yuanzhang came over with big strides, "What's wrong? Did you two have a quarrel?"

"I want to move out." Ma Xiuying said, "I've thought about it. If I really get married, it will be difficult for me to live in the palace forever. He also wants to travel around. What do you think I should do?"

Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously wanted to ask Ma Xun if he was a "heartless person", but then he understood.

Ma Xun was young, and it was not convenient for him to live in the palace. Most importantly, he would definitely feel uncomfortable living in his brother-in-law's house.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll find you a mansion and arrange for some people to serve you. Don't just think about playing. The Ming Dynasty has just been established and there is still a war in the north. You should also contribute."

Ma Xun looked at Ma Xiuying and asked tentatively, "Sister, do you occasionally feel chest tightness or shortness of breath?"

Ma Xiuying was stunned for a moment and asked, "How did you know?"

Ma Xun became nervous and asked immediately, "Is it especially so at night and in the early morning? Not only do you have fever, night sweats, and a fast heartbeat, but you also often have tinnitus?"

Now it was Zhu Yuanzhang's turn to get nervous. "Little brother, what's going on? How do you know all this?"

Ma Xun had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still spoke with reservation, "The old man used to be like this, and he said that some of our ancestors were like this too. He said it was a respiratory disease." Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying's faces changed drastically, they had heard of respiratory disease.

This is one way of saying asthma, but Ma Xun is not sure now, especially because this thing cannot be eradicated even after hundreds of years, and it has certain genetic genes.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned pale, "Little brother, don't scare me!"

"Brother-in-law, how dare I talk nonsense about this!" Ma Xun said, "I have been thinking about this matter these days, and I definitely can't not talk about it. But I can't think of a perfect solution now."

Zhu Yuanzhang lost his mind for a moment, "I want to chop off the heads of those good-for-nothings in the Imperial Hospital!"

"That's enough, Zhu Chongba!" Ma Xiuying regained her sanity. "You know those people in the Imperial Hospital well. When it comes to you and me, they all think that it's OK as long as we don't do anything wrong. How could they give me drugs? I'm fine now, so they say I'm not sick. If I'm really sick, they say it's incurable."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes turned red and he was breathing heavily with anger.

Ma Xiuying looked at Ma Xun and asked, "Brother, from what you said, this disease cannot be cured?"

Ma Xun nodded solemnly, "It is said that it is difficult to eradicate it, but it is not difficult to control it, and it will not have much impact on life span."

"What does it matter if it can't be cured?" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and shouted, "I will summon the best doctor in the world right now. I want to see if this disease can be cured!"

Ma Xiuying raised her voice a little, "Zhu Chongba! Are you done yet? What is Qi disease? Don't you know?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes immediately turned red. He took Ma Xiuying's hand and said, "Sister, don't be afraid. We will definitely find a way to cure you."

"That's nothing. Birth, aging, sickness and death are all natural." Ma Xiuying advised, "My father lived for a long time, and I am sure I can live to be fifty or sixty."

Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately furious. "No, you have to live a hundred years, and you have to die after me! If you die, what's the point of me living?"

Ma Xun suddenly felt embarrassed and said quickly, "Brother-in-law, sister, there's no need to be like this, right? Can you please stop scaring yourself?"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately turned his gun around and stared at Ma Xun, "Tell me, do you have any idea?"

Ma Xiuying quickly advised, "He's just a kid, what can we do?"

"Sister, there really is a way. Didn't we say before that there is no way to eradicate it?" Ma Xun said quickly, "I am also afraid of death. I am also thinking about what will happen if my descendants also get respiratory diseases."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying were struck by lightning, and their child
Ma Xiuying held Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, feeling extremely guilty, "Zhongba, I am so sorry for you and Biao'er!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to cry, but he tried hard to comfort his wife, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a respiratory disease. We can definitely find a way, and we can definitely live a long life."

Ma Xun was a little overwhelmed. The emperor and the empress were also human beings. When it came to the people they cared about the most, they would become confused because of their concern.

Ma Xun didn't want to cause misunderstanding, so he quickly said, "Brother-in-law, sister, this is nothing. If you take good care of yourself, you can live to a certain age. If you pay more attention, you will definitely live to your seventies or eighties."

Ma Xiuying wiped her tears and asked, "Little brother, do you have respiratory disease?"

"I'm in good health, I don't have any respiratory problems." Ma Xun said quickly, "Sister, let's not smell the flowers in the spring, let's not run and jump too much, and don't be too sad or happy. We can still control it."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were red, and he suddenly asked, "Are you a doctor?"

Ma Xun was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "If someone in the family is sick, I will naturally know how to take care of him."

"You are not allowed to leave the palace!" Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Ma Xun and said, "When your sister and nephew are cured, you can leave the palace. I will give you money and people, but you must find a way to cure your sister!"

Ma Xiuying was unhappy, "Why are you making things difficult for him? I mean well, you have to make things difficult for him, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly comforted her, "Sister, you didn't embarrass me. You just asked me to think of a solution, didn't you?"

Ma Xun was even more speechless. Asthma is indeed difficult to cure, but with proper conditioning, it is still controllable. Now that some things are clear, we can take precautions in advance!
(End of this chapter)