At the residence of Liu Jin, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Jin stood by the window of the study room and looked at the howling cold wind outside. The sky was gradually darkening. It was winter again.
"Time flies really fast. The 29th year of Hongzhi will soon pass, and the 30th year of Hongzhi will soon be over!"
Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh that time flies by and the years go by so quickly.
It seems that once a person reaches his thirties, time seems to speed up, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Emperor Hongzhi, who originally could only live until the eighteenth year of Hongzhi's reign, has now lived for eleven more years, and is still in very good health. He can still run in the palace every day to exercise and is full of energy.
As for the prince Zhu Houzhao, in history, Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne and became the emperor early, and no one could restrain or discipline him, so he continued to indulge himself.
He was playful and dissolute. He only served as the emperor for more than ten years and died in a drowning without even leaving a child. It is extremely absurd.
Zhu Houzhao is now in a much better shape than he was in history. Although he is playful, he has been to many places in the Ming Dynasty and his temperament has become much more restrained.
Lustful people are still really lustful, with a lot of women, but because Emperor Hongzhi implemented strict control at Liu Jin's suggestion when he was young, although he was lustful, he did not lose his originality early, so he is in good health and his sons are already
More than a hundred children were born, which gave the old Zhu family a lot of branches and leaves.
Now that he has gradually matured, Zhu Houzhao has become much more sensible. Emperor Hongzhi went out to play for nearly a year, and Zhu Houzhao did an extremely good job in supervising the country in Beijing.
The process from county magistrate to magistrate gave Zhu Houzhao an opportunity to grow and exercise. Emperor Hongzhi did not interfere in any way during the period of supervising the country. Zhu Houzhao himself did a very good job. Of course, this was also inseparable from the assistance of the ministers in the court.
In general, too much has happened in history and too many changes have occurred.
Not only the fate of Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao has undergone tremendous changes, but it can be said that the fate of everyone in the Ming Dynasty has also undergone tremendous changes.
Wang Shouren, who was supposed to go to Longchang to enlightenment, was already a cabinet minister at a young age; Liu Jin, who was supposed to be arrogant, domineering and lawless, is now still a little eunuch next to Zhu Houzhao, struggling wherever he goes, and who knows when he will become a
head.
The famous Eight Tigers in history, Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Wei Bin and others are now unknown people, eunuchs in the palace who silently serve their masters.
Li Dongyang and Liu Jian, who originally died in depression, have now returned to their hometowns with honors to spend their remaining years. They often wrote letters to Emperor Hongzhi, asking him if he was in good health.
It can be said that such an ending is definitely what every minister wants. When he is able, he will be loyal to the emperor and dedicate himself to national affairs. When he is old and frail, he can return to his hometown with honor and honor his ancestors.
, this is undoubtedly the most ideal ending for ancient civil servants.
Even the fate of Queen Zhang, who was deep in the palace, had undergone great changes.
Originally, Emperor Hongzhi left early, and she was heartbroken. Then her son failed to live up to expectations and left early. He didn't even leave a grandson, and the throne passed to Zhu Houcong.
Although Zhu Houcong said that he did not abuse her, he did not have any feelings after all. Queen Zhang's life in her later years was also extremely miserable. She lived in the palace, but had no status at all, and even her two younger brothers, because
Without the blessing of Queen Zhang, it was impossible to escape death, and ended up in such a miserable old age. Even if he died, the funeral would be hasty.
But things are different now. Not only did Empress Zhang give birth to an additional Nanyang princess, but she now has more than 200 grandsons and granddaughters in total. The palace is bustling every day, with a lot of little ones making trouble around her.
Going there is not only lively, but also makes people happy.
My two younger brothers have now become the kings of Myanmar. They are living in Myanmar and don't want to come back. From time to time, they send Queen Zhang all kinds of jade, pearls, gems, agate, coral and the like.
Being far away from the center of the Ming Dynasty, no one would impeach the two of them anymore, which made Empress Zhang much less worried.
Such a life is naturally comfortable and very busy every day. Zhu Houzhao has too many women. Every day, people go to pay her respects and take their grandchildren to visit her.
It can be said that the fate of too many people has undergone tremendous changes, from the emperor Hongzhi, the prince, empress Zhang, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and other princes and nobles, to the common people at the bottom.
All because of the wings flapped by Liu Jin, a time traveler, his destiny changed.
The changes in the fate of countless people naturally affected the changes in the entire Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty, which was in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, was slowly heading toward collapse and destruction.
Now it has embarked on a completely different road, the road of capitalism and colonialism, which has made it stronger, more prosperous and richer, laying the foundation for the strength of the Ming Empire and the millennium foundation for this nation to stand in the world.
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Today's Ming Dynasty is invincible in the world, sweeping across all directions without any opponents.
There is no need to even talk about the Ming Dynasty. Some of the vassal states and colonies under the Ming Dynasty were extremely powerful.
Like King Ning, King Ning in history ended up being defeated and died because he raised an army to rebel.
However, because of the colonial system of the Ming vassal state introduced in the Ming Dynasty, King Ning decisively immigrated overseas, established the Ning Kingdom overseas, laid down a vast land, and established his own kingdom.
Ningguo is now the most powerful vassal state overseas, with two huge areas of land and population in West India and East Africa.
There are also the princes of the Ming Dynasty such as King Chu, King Zheng, King Qin, etc. They were originally moths in the Ming Empire, sucking the blood of the Ming Empire and constantly pushing the Ming Empire to the edge of destruction.
They are complete parasites, pig-like existences. The meaning of their existence is only to eat and create humans. Other than that, they have no meaning.
But now, each of them has established his own vassal state overseas, has his own kingdom, and has become a monarch. Although he cannot say that he is the emperor, he is still a real monarch of a country, and he lives his life overseas with great ease.
It is far from comparable to being a prince here in the Ming Dynasty.
The prince of the Ming Dynasty was actually not as comfortable as he imagined. He had many restrictions and was often unable to even leave the city. He spent most of his time in his palace creating humans.
They were the worms of the Ming Empire, which put an extremely heavy burden on the already financially difficult Ming Empire.
Now they went out to establish their own vassal state, which changed their own destiny. It also greatly reduced the financial burden of the Ming Empire and removed a heavy burden.
Large and small vassal states, such as the powerful Ning State and Chu State, if they really fought, they would probably not be worse than the Ottoman Empire, and they could easily defeat any European country.
Even if there are some weak vassal states, such as Tang Wang, Zhou Wang, Fu Wang, Xian Wang, etc., although the country is small and weak, any small vassal country can still pull out an army of 10,000 to 20,000 people and a dozen ships.
The battleship came out.
Without such a family background, it would be difficult to survive overseas, and it would be even more difficult to establish a vassal state.
This kind of strength can only be brought to the vast majority of places around the world, and it is also the basis for these princes to establish vassal states overseas.
There are also overseas colonies.
The two giants, headed by the United Western Merchant Company and the United Merchant Company of South Africa, established colonies with vast areas, large populations, developed economies, and their own colonial armed forces were also extremely powerful.
Especially colonial South Africa.
Almost all large areas of land at the southern end of the African continent were under the rule of the South African colony, which included later South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and southern Namibia.
This is an extremely vast land with a vast area.
In addition to its huge land, the South African colony itself implemented a mature capitalist system in later generations. Many shareholders in the colony formed a shareholders' meeting, similar to a parliament, which controlled all power and had many powers such as legislation, elections, and voting.
Can decide on the selection and appointment of the Governor-General of South Africa, the power to formulate the laws and institutions of the South African colony, etc.
The mature system has allowed the South African colony to develop extremely rapidly. Coupled with the emphasis on new education, technology and industrial development, South Africa has become the colony and vassal country with the strongest scientific and technological strength and industrial strength overseas.
Regardless of the fact that the South African colony now has a population of less than 10 million, the food it grows is exported to major colonies and vassal states on a large scale, the arms and weapons it produces sell well all over the country, the machines it produces are very popular, and the ships it produces are sold far away.
Everywhere, it can be said that its strength, except for the Ming Empire, is definitely the strongest.
This is the current Ming Empire. The destiny of the Ming Dynasty has undergone tremendous changes from top to bottom. This change has affected everyone in the Ming Dynasty. Countless Ming people who were originally poor and downtrodden have gained a new life overseas and lived a life of abundant food, clothing, and wives.
Children live in groups.
Of course, it was not just the fate of the Ming Dynasty that changed. Historically, Europeans had launched the mighty Age of Discovery, began to gradually colonize the world, plundered a large amount of wealth, stimulated the emergence and development of capitalism, and then
Promote the advancement of science and technology and lay the foundation for dominating the earth for hundreds of years.
But now, in the face of the powerful Ming Empire, all of Europe, except Spain, is living a very miserable life.
The vast land in the east became the black earth province of the Ming Dynasty. Southern Europe, Eastern Europe and other regions were the source of slaves for the Ottoman Empire. The English pirates in Western Europe were silently repaying their debts. The Ming Dynasty, Spain and even Japan all had their own possessions on the small island of Great Britain.
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Western Europe became the target of robbery by the Japanese. Compared with their so-called pirate spirit, the Japanese were more ruthless and pure. They plundered slaves wantonly and formed a complete industrial chain, making huge profits.
However, the lives of France, Denmark, the Holy Roman Empire and other Western European countries that were plundered were extremely difficult.
In the eyes of Easterners, they are European barbarians, white slaves, dirty and other synonyms.