Chapter 21 Good News Comes from the West
The Kunning Palace covered with snow is not as poetic as it is, but on the contrary, it is a little desolate.
"The movements are quicker, clean up all the snow around you. If you dare to ask the Queen to fall and hit her, you can just wait for the stick to be killed."
"Wow...wow..."
The eunuch of Kunning Palace commanded dozens of eunuchs and nervously swept the snow falling.
In this inner court, everyone knows that the position of the queen in the heart of the emperor is that the pregnant queen must be taken care of especially.
"Your Majesty, the batch of warmers you sent to create is really warm."
Empress Zhou was erect and looked at Emperor Chongzhen who was resting on a recliner. She smiled and said, "In the middle of winter in previous years, my hands and feet were cold. Although I had a brazier, which could keep warm, it was far more effective than
Don't use these stoves.
Especially on these stoves, after putting copper pots filled with water, the entire hall was warm."
“Just warm up.”
Emperor Chongzhen turned his body, looked at Empress Zhou, and smiled and said, "The queen is much more bulky at the moment, so you have to take care of everything carefully.
I have been busy dealing with the government for these days and have not taken time to accompany you. In the past two days, I will give myself two days off and spend a good time with the queen."
"Your Majesty, I am fine, you should put the government first."
When Empress Zhou heard this, she felt warm in her heart, but said, "Your Majesty is the king of a country, how can she be distracted by the affairs of the harem?
I know that Your Majesty is determined to lead the Ming Dynasty toward the revival. I don’t understand the government affairs in the court, but I know that if I am distracted, I will definitely delay the government affairs.
Besides, this is not the first time I have been pregnant. I know how to take care of myself, so Your Majesty doesn’t have to worry about me.”
What else can I ask for if I get a wife like this?
Listening to what Empress Zhou said, Emperor Chongzhen felt moved. He was very satisfied with Empress Zhou's virtuousness and virtue and righteousness.
However, the more this happens, there will be no accidents in the second child you are pregnant with.
In the original historical trajectory, the dangerous situation caused by Jianlu's attack on the Ming Dynasty indirectly led to premature birth of Empress Zhou, and eventually caused Zhu Cixuan to die before he was born.
In this life, the incident of Jianlu invasion of the Ming Dynasty did not evolve towards a worse situation with the intervention of Emperor Chongzhen, and the inner court was not greatly affected.
However, Emperor Chongzhen had no righteousness at all. He did not want Empress Zhou to have a premature birth again. If the Zhu Cixuan was born in full term, he might not have died prematurely.
"I don't worry about you, who should I worry about?"
Emperor Chongzhen stood up, walked towards Empress Zhou, and said, "The government affairs in the court are important, but your body is also important.
I also hope that the queen can give birth to a dragon son for me.
I used to call Wang Fanbao, and prepared a delivery room at Kunning Palace, called Wenpo, who delivered the queen, to get familiar with the environment first.
The queen doesn’t have to keep it in mind when you’re free. When you’re fine, you should also walk more. This will be beneficial to you and the children in your stomach.”
Emperor Chongzhen was worried about the backward delivery environment of the Ming Dynasty. He did not even have medical disinfection. It was undoubtedly extremely fatal for weak pregnant women and newborn babies.
Although Emperor Chongzhen did not understand the delivery process.
But he still knows common sense like medical disinfection.
Emperor Chongzhen prepared a lot of spirits for this purpose.
He is also called Wenpo, who delivered the baby for Queen Zhou. He is familiar with the disinfection process before delivery in advance to ensure that everything Empress Zhou uses during childbirth is relatively clean.
The Ming Dynasty under the feudal system had no corresponding concept of invisible and intangible bacteria.
This is actually a terrible thing.
Emperor Chongzhen wanted to build a Chinese medicine university, gather experienced Xinglin saints, establish a Ming Dynasty traditional Chinese medicine system with different disciplines, and cultivate more traditional Chinese medicine talents.
After all, in the Ming Dynasty, which was in the Little Ice Age, disasters occurred frequently in various places, and every major disaster would occur. If there were experienced Chinese medicine teams everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, how many innocent people could be saved?
Moreover, in the Ming army, how could there be no experienced military doctor? If more lives of the injured soldiers who have been on the battlefield, they will be able to transform into veteran soldiers after they recover!
On the battlefield of the sword and iron horse, ten new recruits with strong physiques could not match an experienced veteran.
"The emperor...good news!"
Wang Chengen, who was waiting outside the hall, pushed open the door of the hall for no reason, held a memorial in his hand, and bowed happily and said, "The leader of the Yongwei camp, Zhou Yuji, submits a secret memorial!"
"Um?"
Emperor Chongzhen, who had a slightly frowning brow, heard what Wang Chengen said, stretched out his hand and said, "Hurry up, take it and ask me to see. It's been so long that Zhou Yuji and the others finally got news."
Since Emperor Chongzhen condemned Li Banghua to Xuanfu Town to deal with the case of collusion with the enemy, Emperor Chongzhen has always been concerned about Zhou Yuji and the others.
After all, in the middle of winter, they rushed from the capital to Xuanfu Town, and then ran to the nests of the eight major Shanxi merchants. During this period, they had to solve any problems themselves.
"The last general Zhou Yuji led all the colleagues in the martial arts hall and the West Factory..."
Opening the secret report, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the beginning of the respect, and looked at the content written behind: "…The last generals and others marched secretly from Xuanfu Town, rushed to the Taiyuan Prefecture, and condemned their subordinates not to accept them at night, and first
The main force of the partial divisions of each division secretly rushed to the places where the eight thieves were located to spy on military information.
Considering the complexity of this battle, after learning that Governor Cao was in accordance with His Majesty’s will, he also rushed to Shanxi. The last generals and others secretly contacted Governor Cao…”
Looking at the secret memorial written by Zhou Yuji, Emperor Chongzhen could imagine what hardships they had experienced during the journey from Xuanfu Town to Taiyuan Prefecture and launched an offensive against the eight major Shanxi merchants.
After all, before this, the Ming Dynasty did not have such a combat method, and Zhou Yuji and the others were also exploring this combat method.
When he saw the final victory, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes opened slightly and smiled and said, "Haha... OK, I really did not read it wrong for you.
This time, the eight thieves were eliminated, and more than 23 million taels of cash were seized, more than 8 million stones of grain, as well as various land and jewelry…”
Empress Zhou and Wang Chengen, who were beside him, all had shocked expressions on their faces when they heard what Emperor Chongzhen thought of. What kind of existence did they exist to accumulate such rich wealth?
"emperor…"
Empress Zhou, who was surprised in her heart, subconsciously said to Emperor Chongzhen, but when she spoke, she couldn't speak it.
How much of these eight thieves exist? How could they be richer than the national dynasty?
Intuition tells Queen Zhou that it is definitely not easy at this time.
"Parent Wang, go!" Emperor Chongzhen closed the memorial and reached out and said, "Follow me to go to the Military Affairs Office immediately. Zhou Yuji and the others have made great contributions this time."
Emperor Chongzhen has tasted the sweetness of raiding his house this time.
Not counting the various achievements in Zhangjiakou Fort, Zhou Yuji and Chen Jisheng won a total value of at least over 40 million taels of silver in the old nest where the eight major Shanxi merchants are located.
The specific amount is unpredictable.
After all, in addition to the censored cash, there are also a large amount of land, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, grain and other hard currency, especially grain!
If more than 8 million stones of food can be used well for the disasters in Shanxi and Shaanxi, it will play a crucial role in the subsequent suppression of the bandit forces of various troops.
What does it mean to be rich enough to rival a country?
This is a fucking rich man who can beat a country!
Just by relying on a secret memorial, Emperor Chongzhen had seen the extraordinary means of making money by the eight major merchants of Shanxi.
Chapter completed!