Chapter 1074: Submission to the Western Regions is linked to military merit
In the fourth year of Jianwu, it was mid-July.
Su Mingzhe led the Han army to Luoyang by boat.
Wei Yi, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials, left the city and came to the Fuya Pier to greet him.
The emperor and his ministers had not seen each other for several months, and not only did they feel indifferent, but they also felt a sense of intimacy.
This is mainly because Su Mingzhe, the emperor, has no airs and no barriers between him and his ministers.
While everyone was chatting and laughing, they came to the Ancestral Temple to offer prisoners.
After some sacrifices, everyone returned to the Golden Hall of the Royal Palace.
As soon as Su Mingzhe sat down on the dragon chair, Wei Yi reported a happy event.
In early July, the Guiyi Army hiding in the Western Regions surrendered together with the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.
"Oh? All the countries in the Western Region have surrendered?"
When Su Mingzhe heard this, his face was filled with regret.
The beauties of the Western Regions, he still wanted to run over there and choose them in person.
"Yes, the thirty-six countries from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains have all surrendered and requested the Holy One to establish a Protectorate!"
Wei Yi happily reported on his work.
After the founding of the Han Dynasty, Su Mingzhe, the Han Emperor, led the troops to attack no matter how big or small the princes and vassal towns were.
While the name of the Han Emperor shocked the world, it also overshadowed the glory of the generals of the Han Dynasty.
Now, the border troops guarding the Western Regions, with just a few moves, forced the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions and the Guiyi Army to surrender together.
In the opinion of Prime Minister Wei Yi, this situation is reasonable.
The emperor should have the job of an emperor. Things like fighting on the battlefield should be left to the generals.
Later, some of the ministers in court reported good news and some reported sorrow.
Since May, it has been raining non-stop in Kyushu.
Flooding occurs frequently in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River
On the Yellow River side, a large area of state capitals was flooded.
Fortunately, the war has just ended and the world is at peace.
The Han Dynasty court received Su Mingzhe's instructions and went all out to provide disaster relief. Although there were many people affected by the disaster, the casualties were not large.
An impromptu court meeting ended in peace.
When Su Mingzhe returned to the harem, four beauties, including Empress Wan, Qingping, Xiaoai, and Qingnu, who had returned with the Han Emperor, were kneeling in the palace and accepting the admonishment of Empress Cui Yingying.
This is exactly the same as the rules of ordinary wealthy families.
New concubines who enter the house must be informed of the family rules in front of the principal wife.
The same is true in the imperial palace. New concubines who enter the palace must come to the queen to listen to the instructions for a while.
Cui Yingying is now seven months pregnant. She is bulky and does not have much energy to convey. After saying a few words, she asked the four girls to stand up.
This time, the man only brought back four beauties, which was very few compared to before.
When Su Mingzhe came to Qixia Palace, he saw several girls already chatting happily:
"Thank you for your hard work, Queen."
When the women saw the man arriving, they quickly stood up and saluted.
Empress Cui Yingying, supported by the matchmaker and Chuntao, also stood up and saluted.
Su Mingzhe quickly walked a few steps and stopped the woman who was about to salute:
"Queen, don't be too polite!"
At this time, Cui Yingying had a round and pointed belly, and it was difficult to walk. Su Mingzhe naturally couldn't let her salute him.
Not only did Su Mingzhe stop the woman from saluting, but before helping and touching Cui Yingying, Su Mingzhe warmed his palms and then touched Cui Yingying's arms and lower back.
Cui Yingying was naturally satisfied when faced with the man's concern.
However, she also knew that in her current state, she could not serve a man, so she winked at the matchmaker and Chuntao beside her.
Chuntao and Hong Niang were old acquaintances, and their relationship with Su Mingzhe was much closer than that of ordinary concubines.
And the matchmaker is a woman who can't stop talking. Once she opens her mouth, she is like a magpie, chirping endlessly.
Chatted for a while.
Cui Yingying, as the master of the harem, opened her mouth and arranged a palace for the four beauties Wanhou, Qingping, Xiaoai, and Qingnu.
Seeing that there were no outsiders in the palace, Cui Yingying began to arrange a banquet for the man to celebrate his return from victory.
The steps of the Royal Banquet of the Tang Dynasty would appear very complicated if carried out strictly.
Not only will there be performances by palace musicians, but there will also be various singing and dancing performances.
At the same time, there were officials who recorded daily notes and even painters who wanted to paint the scenes.
The banquet Cui Yingying prepared for the man was not that complicated.
It was just a matter of calling in the musicians and dancers and preparing sumptuous food and drinks.
Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, it has successively destroyed the Qi Kingdom, the Dingnan Army, the Uighur Tribe, the Tang Kingdom, the Shu Kingdom, the Khitan Kingdom, the Liang Kingdom, the Pei Kingdom, and the Nanping Kingdom.
Every time a country is destroyed, there will be many more beauties in Su Mingzhe's harem.
Nowadays, in the harem of the Han Dynasty, there are more than 60 concubines and more than 700 beauties and talented people.
Women in the Tang Dynasty regarded plumpness as their beauty.
But Su Mingzhe's harem concubines were mostly beauties with slender figures and slender figures.
The King of Chu had such a thin waist that many people died of starvation in the palace.
What kind of woman Su Mingzhe likes will be what the women in the harem are like.
The dancer who can stay in Cui Yingying's palace to serve her is naturally the best among them.
After a night of absurdity.
Su Mingzhe returned to the imperial study and began to deal with the complicated government affairs.
When the Han Dynasty was founded, Ding Fu was abolished.
Without Ding Fu, people would not have much pressure to have children.
In recent years, the number of births in Han has continued to skyrocket.
According to last year's data collected in the summer, the country's total population was more than 20 million, and the number of newborns accounted for more than 3 million.
Unfortunately, the premature death rate in ancient times was too high, as high as 60-70%.
Of these more than three million children, at most only about one million will grow up to adulthood.
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At this rate, it would take at least fifty or sixty years of hard work for the Han Dynasty to return to the 80 million population of the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties.
And if the premature death rate is reduced, this time can be reduced to thirty or even twenty years.
After Su Mingzhe finished handling the government affairs, he ordered someone to come to the imperial study room with the order of the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Office.
During this southern expedition, the Han army was not adapted to the southern climate, so they relied entirely on the various pills and ointments refined by Su Mingzhe to avoid major losses.
In the past dynasties, when the northern army went to fight in the south, the battle damage rate was frighteningly high.
In this southern expedition, the Han army's battle damage rate was no different from usual, and the Imperial Medical Office had a share of credit for this.
If you have merit, you will be rewarded, if you have goods, you will be punished.
Although the pills and ointments were all made by Su Mingzhe, the Imperial Medical Office's collection of herbal medicines could be considered a success in ensuring logistics.
Therefore, those who deserve to be rewarded must be rewarded.
After the reward was over, Su Mingzhe said two more things.
The first thing is to develop gynecology and pediatrics.
Naturally, the Imperial Medical Order would not have any objections to this. After all, with the addition of new departments, more people would be recruited.
Then, the second thing happened, the imperial doctor ordered him to be blinded.
Su Mingzhe announced that starting from this year and every year thereafter, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will send 300 smart maids to the Imperial Medical Office.
The Imperial Medical Office needs to be responsible for cultivating these palace ladies into talents.
The time cannot exceed ten years.
After hearing the imperial doctor's order, his face turned dark on the spot.
Fortunately, Su Mingzhe then said that if a certain imperial physician could successfully train a palace maid, he would be rewarded with ten gold pieces for his merit.
As soon as the imperial physician heard that he had successfully trained a female "imperial physician" and could still receive military honors, he immediately kowtowed with joy and thanked her.
The calculation method of military merit in the Han Dynasty was the same as that in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Kill ten enemies and gain military merit.
If you have a lower-ranking title, you can be promoted to a rank with three military merits.
The imperial doctor laughed and ran back to the imperial medical office. He decided that at least before he retired, he would earn a baron for his descendants!