It was 1752 in the Yanhuang calendar, the fourth year of Zhengde.
As the New Year is over, the whole Ming Dynasty has begun to enter the busyness of the new year.
In Liu Jin's study, Liu Jin stood by the window, looking at the falling snowflakes, with a lot of thoughts.
It has been more than thirty years since I traveled to this world. From a young man who was still young, he has now become a man in his early fifties.
Because of his arrival, the world has undergone earth-shaking changes, some of which even Liu Jin himself finds a little unbelievable, as if they are too fast.
Just like Ming Dynasty's very popular movies now, it is hard to imagine that in such a short period of time, the movie came out, and skipped the stage of silent movies from the beginning, directly entered the sound movie, and suddenly became the Ming Dynasty.
Completely heated up.
It only took the people of the Ming Dynasty thirty years to go through the technological path that later generations in the West took more than 100 years to go through. Today’s Ming Dynasty, in terms of technology and development level, is almost equivalent to that of later generations before and after World War I.
level, and even more advanced in some aspects.
And compared with Europeans in history, the living standards of the people of the Ming Dynasty were much higher. Because of their vast land and resources, coupled with the development of agricultural mechanization, the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty were unprecedentedly rich.
Although Europeans in history plundered the whole world, the life of the Europeans at the bottom was actually very ordinary, even very ordinary. It was not until after World War II that the living standards of Westerners truly changed.
Great changes, leading to a prosperous life.
Earth-shaking changes, spacious concrete roads, cars running on the road, phonographs and telephones in the home, and electric lights in the rooms are intertwined with the green bricks and tiles and courtyards that have not completely fallen off during this period.
It gave Liu Jin an unreal feeling, and he often fell into a kind of chaos. He always felt that he was at the intersection between modernity and ancient times, and there was a kind of misty chaos in Mohu.
"Master, it's time to drink ginseng soup!"
Just when Liu Jin was thinking a lot, Liu Jin's concubine Liu Hui came in with her maid carrying ginseng soup.
Liu Hui was a beauty that Korea invaded for Emperor Zhengde. Last year, after Liu Jin asked to go home for retirement, Zhu Houzhao felt that he had not properly rewarded Liu Jin when he became emperor, so he also gave Liu Jin several Korean and Japanese beauties.
Jin, Liu Hui is one of them. She is only eighteen years old now, very young.
Liu Jin was not Liu Xiahui, he was a beauty, and Xu Waner and Li Zhen in the family did not object, so they took in a few concubines.
This Liu Hui is one of Liu Jin's favorite concubines. She is well-informed and knowledgeable. Her father is a minister of Korea. She has been learning the language, characters, life customs, Four Books and Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty since she was a child.
, can be regarded as a young generation growing up in the new era.
"Um!"
Liu Jin looked at Liu Hui and nodded with a smile.
Coming from North Korea, she likes to stew ginseng soup for Liu Jin to replenish his body when she has nothing to do. In her words, drinking ginseng soup is very common in North Korea, but it is not so popular in Ming Dynasty.
In the past, Liu Jin didn't like taking supplements. Liu Jin, who came from later generations, knew that a person's health mainly depends on daily exercise and a reasonable diet, which is stronger than taking any supplements.
But now that I am a little older, I am no longer as weak as when I was young. Compared with when I was young, I am still much, much worse.
It's like I started taking concubines last year, and took all the beauties rewarded by Emperor Zhengde as concubines. Even now, it has been almost a year, but there is no movement at all from these concubines.
This made Liu Jin feel that he was really old and not as good as before.
When I was young, I met Xu Waner and Li Zhen several times, and they would soon become pregnant. The two gave birth to eleven children to Liu Jin. Not to mention high fertility, at least it reached the average level of the Ming Dynasty people during this period.
It has been almost a year now, and none of the concubines have responded. This makes Liu Jin very depressed, thinking that maybe he is really old and cannot be Wang Shouren.
When Wang Shouren was in his fifties, all the concubines at home gave birth to sons for him. Now that he is over sixty, I heard that he has another concubine at home. His fighting ability is really impressive. He seems to be better than him.
It's a bit far apart.
Liu Jin drank the ginseng soup in one breath. It was time for him to replenish it. He was almost like Lao Wang. This concubine followed him. Apart from other things, he always gave her a child or something.
This way it won't be too miserable in the future.
"Master, let me rub your shoulders."
Seeing Liu Jin finish the drink in one breath, Liu Hui was also very happy.
Although she was said to be a concubine to the man in his early fifties, who was several years older than his father, it seemed very aggrieved.
But Liu Hui didn't think so. Instead, she felt that it would be very good to be a concubine for a great man like Liu Jin.
Liu Hui, who has studied the culture, language and characters of the Ming Dynasty since she was a child, is a talented woman. What she admires most is talented people. She used to want to marry a talented person.
But later on, she was selected in a beauty pageant by North Korea and was given as tribute to the Emperor of Heaven. She originally thought that she would only end up miserable in the palace from now on.
The emperor is a playboy and there are many women. It is really difficult to stand out in such a harem. The key is that the emperor is not a great talent. This is not the standard of a good husband in her heart.
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Who would have known that the Great Ming Dynasty would be given to Liu Jin later by the Emperor of Heaven. Liu Jin's Great Ming Dynasty was already famous all over the world. It was also very famous in Korea and Japan.
The prosperity of the Ming Empire today is inseparable from Liu Jin. Liu Jin was talented, and he was the number one scholar. He was definitely a great talent. The song "Linjiang Immortal ~ Gungun" written by Liu Jin on the bank of the Yangtze River in Nanjing
"The Passing Water of the Yangtze River to the East" has already become famous all over the world and is amazed by the world.
She, Liu Hui, was naturally willing and fond of such a great talent, capable minister, and great man who would go down in history.
And after arriving at the Liu Mansion, when she saw Liu Jin, Liu Jin gave her the feeling that he was not as old and decrepit as an old man in his fifties. He looked very young, only in his thirties, and his appearance
He is also handsome, dignified, modest, gentlemanly and graceful.
She is willing to be a concubine for such a man.
"Um!"
Liu Jin nodded, sat down on his desk, spread out a world map, and looked at it carefully.
Liu Hui stood aside, rubbing Liu Jin's shoulders carefully, and then looked at Liu Jin curiously. Why does Liu Jin always like to look at this world map?
Are you looking at the vast territory of the Ming Empire?
Or are you planning the future development path of the Ming Empire?
Look at the vast territory of the Ming Empire, and then look at the small peninsula of Korea. In comparison, it is really too small, too small.
However, for the Koreans in this period, they also had many choices. They could choose to stay in Korea, or they could choose to immigrate to the Ming Empire.
People from the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty can also enjoy the treatment of Ming people when they immigrate to the Ming Empire. People who immigrate to Ming's overseas provinces, vassal states, colonies, etc. can also enjoy the treatment of Ming people.
Many Koreans chose to immigrate to Liaodong, Nanyang, and Golden Continent, which greatly eased the contradiction between people and land within North Korea and allowed North Korea to become rich and prosperous as the Ming Empire prospered.
"Uh~"
Just as Liu Jin was looking at the world map with relish, Liu Hui suddenly started retching and seemed very uncomfortable.
"ah?"
When Liu Jin saw it, he was slightly startled, and then quickly asked: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay~"
"Uh~"
Liu Hui shook her head repeatedly and was about to continue talking when she retched again.
"Isn't it possible?"
Seeing her painful look, Liu Jin quickly patted her back carefully and thought about it before making a guess.
"ah!"
"Really?"
When Liu Hui heard this, she immediately became happy.
"Come here, go ask the doctor."
Liu Jin immediately gave instructions to the servants on the side.
Then he also said to Liu Hui's maid: "Take her back to the room and have a good rest. Be sure not to catch a cold or anything."
"Yes, sir!"
Several maids also hurriedly took action and carefully took Liu Hui back to the room to rest.
If Liu Hui is pregnant, her status will be greatly improved. Liu Jin, an old man who has a son, will definitely love her even more.
Soon, Xu Waner and Li Zhen also got the news and hurriedly went to visit Liu Hui. At the same time, they also told the maids and servants in the family to take good care of Liu Huilai.
My husband-in-law has not given birth to a son for almost 20 years. To be honest, Xu Waner and Li Zhen also felt that it was time for Liu Jincheng to have a concubine.
In a wealthy family like Liu Jin, human resources are very important.
As the hostesses of the family, the two of them have always attached great importance to this period. Almost all the sons in the family have married several times and have many concubines.
Liu Jin is the mainstay of the family, but there have always been only the two of them. Since they are old and unable to have children, they naturally have to give Liu Jin concubines.
Liu Jin had no such intention in the past. Last year the emperor gave Liu Jin a beauty, which was just right.
Soon, several experienced doctors hurried to the Liu Mansion by car. After their repeated diagnosis, they were sure that Liu Hui was indeed pregnant.
After getting the confirmation, everyone in the Liu family celebrated happily. As for Liu Jin, he couldn't help but shake his head. He was sighing about this just now, but he didn't expect to turn around.