Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Dynasty and family are actually the same thing. If one's own financial strength is insufficient, it is extremely irrational behavior to compare with others and buy a car or a house.

Since Hongzhi came to the throne, although he has done an outstanding job in open source, the court's "employee expenses" have not stopped, and several "big projects" have been completed.

Because Hongzhi insisted on not raising taxes on the people and did not want to squeeze the life-saving money from the families of the lower class people, the Ming Dynasty's finances were already stretched.

Just like this, when the government's implementation of national debt was blocked, even if it did not give priority to finding early-stage funds for mining the Luzon gold mines, it could no longer launch weapons against the Hercynian Jurchens.

You must know that the most expensive activity in this era is not building palaces, but long-distance expeditions. Every battle costs money.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after much recuperation and recuperation, the Han Dynasty had the capital to attack the Xiongnu in the north. The Ming Dynasty also collapsed the monetary system because of Taizong Zhu Di's southern and northern campaigns.

Although Qiu Jun was full of resentment, he chose silence like other officials of Fengtian Temple.

In fact, there are many officials who have the same thoughts as Qiu Jun, but now that Zhu Youtang is an emperor who sticks to his word, and the Kuler just slapped his nose on his face, no one dares to stand up and object.

In the final analysis, this matter can only be blamed on that little tribal leader, who dared to openly provoke the tyrant without even taking a look at who the Ming Emperor was now.

Now, the tyrant has enough reason to fight, even if he can't pull back ten cows.

As for the final outcome, both sides are destined to lose. The Ming Dynasty has to rack their brains to raise money and food for the war, while the Alchuka tribe is facing annihilation.

New Year's Day ushered in a bright sunrise, and the golden sunshine fell on the Forbidden City, making the palaces here look more and more splendid.

The following banquet went according to a fixed procedure, and there was no further disturbance.

It's just that after experiencing the turmoil just now, neither Emperor Dang nor Qingliu had a good appetite when faced with a table full of delicacies, so naturally they couldn't even talk about having fun.

Zhu Youtang was not affected by the incident. He had a good appetite today, but he only ate a little of everything for the sake of his own safety.

He naturally knew that if war broke out again in the Northeast, it would put great pressure on Ming's finances, and he would even be forced to impose more taxes on the people.

It's just that if the Ming Empire wants to rise, it cannot give in easily, let alone on issues of principle, otherwise it will end up continuing to follow the old path of history.

The people are prosperous and suffer.

If they die, the people will suffer.

This situation must be eradicated, otherwise it will be the people of China who suffer in the end, and no matter how good the prosperity is, it will be nothing more than a literati game that deceives oneself and others.

Exactly like this, since the Haixi Jurchens are not convinced, then beat them until they are convinced, and even take the opportunity to change this foreign policy of "taking from the people and using it to the barbarians".

If your own people don't love it, then this kind of empire is destined to not last more than three hundred years.

Originally, he planned to mine the gold mines in Luzon and then slowly collect the blood-sucking insects attached to Ming Dynasty after the court had more stable financial resources.

It's just that the plan couldn't keep up with the changes after all, but they didn't expect that the small Haixi Jurchen tribe would dare to make such a request in the Great Dynasty. They simply wanted to use the Ming Dynasty as their cash machine.

Although they will face more complex problems next, they must not give in when faced with the troubled Haixi Jurchens, and they must plunder resources from the outside to feed their people.

It has been ten years since Tiao Ding spent time with food, but it is still difficult to repay your kindness with just one meal.

Amidst the music in the palace, Liu Ji raised his glass to greet the emperor when he saw him drinking. When he saw the emperor raising chopsticks, he also followed him with chopsticks, just like a puppet without a soul.

Liu Ji is already considered the true chief minister of the cabinet. Now that he realizes that Ming Dynasty will face more severe financial problems, he is also silently thinking hard and trying to express himself.

Officials such as Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, also wanted to share the emperor's worries. Although they were now facing the problem of war funds, they knew that they had to first solve the problem of mining funds for the Luzon gold mines.

It's only three million taels of silver. Even if they are willing to use all their wealth to contribute to the court, it is just a drop in the bucket.

History seems to have played another big joke. They are obviously the most powerful group of people in this era, but in the end they still have to worry about money.

After the banquet was over, the civil and military officials, relatives and envoys respectfully sent the emperor off. They finally breathed a sigh of relief and left Fengtian Hall in groups.

Winter hangs high in the sky, and the whole world is bathed in golden sunlight.

"Will there be another war at the beginning of the new year?"

"I've already stared at you, so how can I not hit him?"

"This small Jurchen tribe can be destroyed directly!"

…

Wu Jinghou Zhao Chengqing and other Wu Xun left the Fengtian Palace. One of the Wu Hous talked about the war. As a result, the vast majority of Wu Xun clearly expressed their support.

In fact, Wu Xun has a stronger obsession with war, not because they love war, but because they need to improve their status through war.

Unlike civil servants who are proficient in running the country, their greatest asset is always military merit.

They have been trained as the seeds of the empire's generals since they were young. It does not need to be how strong they are. As long as they are stronger than their peers, they are already outstanding.

As long as they are brave enough, they can go around the army and take the initiative to attack when they encounter more enemies and fewer enemies, and they can often get high awards from the court.

Of course, now they very much hope to follow Zhao Chengqing's example, gain promotion to a higher position through foreign war stance, and also be able to hold military and political power.

Although the current emperor received Confucian education since childhood, he was not an emperor who valued civility over martial arts. Instead, he provided many opportunities for them to perform martial arts.

In the past, Xu Shiying of Dingguo Palace was the governor of Donghai, and later Zhao Chengqing ruled Jianzhou as the commander-in-chief of Jianzhou.

Wang Hua, the new uncle of the Imperial College, was listening quietly. He did not have a strong desire for military success in his heart. He just knew that after the new year, the Imperial College would have to pay more attention to military subjects.

Thanks to the funding from the imperial court, the Imperial College under his leadership not only expanded its campus, but also established a scholarship system.

Since he became the Imperial Academy's Jijiu, he has become more and more aware of the importance of money, and the Imperial Academy's ability to become the cradle of imperial talents is inseparable from financial allocations.

Now that he learned that the empire was going to war, his first reaction was to train more military talents to help the empire win every battle.

"This battle is not going to be fought. How will we get the money and food?"

"The money in Luzon has not been raised yet, so where will the money come from to fight the war now!"

"Money and food for the war are indeed a problem, but this war must be fought!"

"If He Qiaoxin hadn't played that trick a year ago, why would things have ended like this?"

…

Officials such as Li Si, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, walked down the steps towards Fengtian Gate. Some officials could not help but worry about money and food, but more officials supported the war, and then pointed the finger at He Qiaoxin, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment.

In fact, the most ideal result is that the imperial court solves Luzon's funding problem through national debt, and they can face the war with much more ease.

But now, they not only have to deal with the war funds against the Haixi Jurchens, but they also have to find ways to prepare the three million taels of silver.

That's why, after thinking of the disgusting behavior of He Qiaoxin, the Minister of Punishment, they also wanted to eat He Qiaoxin's flesh.

Aju...

In the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, He Qiaoxin sneezed loudly.

After being locked up in this cell for a night, not to mention the pampered He Qiaoxin, even ordinary people couldn't stand it here, so they naturally caught a cold.

He Qiaoxin was huddled in the corner and suddenly realized that someone was cursing him. Thinking of being frozen like a dog here last night, he immediately looked towards the Forbidden City with resentment.

Such a tyrant, so unkind, probably will not live long.

Sunny weather tends to put people in a good mood, and the officials who left the Forbidden City seemed particularly excited.

Although I had a holiday the day before yesterday, I still had to attend the New Year's Day gathering today, so technically the Spring Festival holiday officially started today.

“The most important thing now is to solve the national debt problem first!”

"This question is actually unanswerable. Who would really dare to lend money to the court?"

"Loyalty and filial piety have been spoken of since ancient times. There is no reason for people to lend money to their king and father. This is against ethics!"

"If we can't even fill the hole of three million taels, how can we conquer the Haixi Jurchens? This war will not be fought at all!"

…

Qiu Jun, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and other Qingliu seemed to be awake in the world. After pointing out the most pressing problem at the moment, they poured cold water on them.

Everyone now knows that the imperial court is short of money and is in urgent need of money. However, the national debt proposed years ago is not favored by everyone and has even been considered a dead end.

It is precisely because of this realization that some smart-minded officials feel happy, but they know that it may be difficult for the tyrant to get what he wants.

In the Qianqing Palace, the red gun jackets fell all over the ground in the morning.

Zhu Youtang returned here in a dragon chariot and was very satisfied with the courtyard where he lived.

Although he is facing a war due to the imperial meeting, he knows that he needs to be calm when facing important events. The most important thing now is to spend this year's long vacation well.

Although he already has everything as an emperor, he doesn't have much time to truly relax, and he cherishes this leisurely time very much.

While it's impossible to put all government matters behind you, this holiday season puts them on the back burner.

The situation of the New Year is quite special. In order to keep the rain and dew evenly spread, every year on New Year's Eve, it is decided to spend the Spring Night with the Queen first, and then there are five draws in a row.

From the first to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the number of concubines who sleep with each other is destined not to be the same.

I don’t know if Zhu Youtang did it intentionally or if it was God’s will.

The first day is Chongyuan Lin Qiqi, the second day is Shurong Yang Zisu, the third day is Yuemeiren Qingyue, the fourth day is Lianmeiren Fan Jinling, and the fifth day is Beifei Yikesi.

For some reasons, the situation in the third and fourth grades of junior high school is actually the same. It is a game of shared happiness.

On the night of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Youtang met Yang Zisu, who was skilled in medical skills.

Yang Zisu took the wrong path among several concubines, not like Qingyue's coldness, not like Lian Meiren's warmth, not like the Queen's uprightness, not like Bei Fei's wildness, but tenderness with a bit of wildness. .

She is the top figure in the obese world. She has a little baby fat on her face, but has a pair of bright big eyes. Her figure is thin where she should be thin and fat where she should be fat.

In this cold winter, this kind of fat woman is undoubtedly more attractive.

Candlelight was like a torch, and the whole room was very bright.

The maids and eunuchs have all left, and only the female officer and eunuch in charge of taking notes are waiting outside.

Yang Zisu had already gotten into Zhu Youtang's bed. Although she had taken off her clothes, she was sitting in front of Zhu Youtang, her beautiful eyes looking tenderly at Zhu Youtang who was lying on the head of the bed.

Because Zhu Youtang did not have too much of an annihilating nature towards the concubines, and even encouraged them to cultivate their own hobbies, Bei Fei's arcane skills increased instead of falling.

Yang Zisu was actually a medical fanatic. He seemed to treat Zhu Youtang as a little mouse, and he also helped Zhu Youtang take his pulse seriously.

In this faint light, Yang Zisu, as a concubine, was taking the emperor's pulse in bed. This was undoubtedly a very rare scene.

"I have designed a batch of medical gloves for you. If you really insist on taking the pulse of the concubine or palace maid in the future, remember to wear it and be careful of bacterial infection!" Zhu Youtang looked at the looming woman in front of him and warned seriously.

Although Yang Zisu carefully auscultated and checked Zhu Youtang's final physical condition, he was distracted and asked: "Your Majesty, what are bacteria?"

After the Guiling Ointment was successfully developed, she realized that the man in front of her was extraordinary. Even though she had been obsessed with medical skills since she was a child, she was not necessarily better than the man in front of her.

"A microorganism that we cannot see with our eyes but is real is also the vector of many infectious diseases!" Zhu Youtang thought of the image of bacteria in the advertisement and briefly described it.

In fact, nowadays, many people do not realize that many diseases are caused by personal hygiene problems.

Yang Zisu thought that many infectious diseases in medical books spread rapidly among the poor, and immediately asked for advice seriously: "Then how can we eliminate them?"

"This question is a bit difficult, but as far as I know... penicillin is effective!" Zhu Youtang thought carefully and then gave the answer.

If we talk about immunology, we cannot do without the inspiration of cowpox, but when we talk about the old enemy of bacteria, it is undoubtedly the famous penicillin.

The advent of penicillin can be said to have saved hundreds of millions of lives.

Yang Zisu was attracted by Zhu Youtang's words, but he forgot to check his pulse and involuntarily moved closer to Zhu Youtang: "Penicillin? Is this medicine? How to get it?"

"first……"

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Yang Zisu followed Zhu Youtang's gaze and soon noticed that she was already a happy couple.

Facing the emperor's blazing gaze, she glanced at Zhu Youtang affectionately, then sensibly pulled up her nightgown and sat on it.

"First... first boil the taro into juice..."

"Mix the juice made from ground rice...cultivate..."

"Cultivation of Penicillium...then wait...wait for a week!"

…

In a staccato voice, Zhu Youtang confessed everything about penicillin production, but his forehead was already covered with thin beads of sweat.

The woman shook her head and silently wrote down this native method.

The wheel of history seems to be changing at this moment, something that should not have appeared, but the seeds of spring have been planted tonight. (End of chapter)