Chapter 913, Emperor Hongzhi, who doesn't care about anything
Here is Emperor Hongzhi's private convalescent center at the Affiliated Hospital of Daming Medical College. Liu Jin is walking with Emperor Hongzhi in the garden.
"Liu Jin, after listening to your words in the past two months, I stopped taking supplements and medicines and ate more vegetables, fruits and whole grains. I feel that my body has indeed improved a lot, and I have become more energetic. This weight
I also gained a few pounds.”
Emperor Hongzhi also moved his body while walking, and his overall complexion improved a lot.
In the past two months, Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about anything. He left all matters in the court to Zhu Houzhao and the ministers in the court. He turned a deaf ear to the affairs outside the window and focused on taking care of his body.
Sometimes Zhu Houzhao and the ministers in the court came to ask for instructions on some matters, and Emperor Hongzhi would directly send them back. You can just make your own decision. Emperor Hongzhi would not care about it anyway.
After putting down the affairs of the court and being busy with state affairs every day, he followed the health care plan formulated by Liu Jin and carried out appropriate exercise and exercise every day. At the same time, he ate more vegetables, fruits and whole grains. Emperor Hongzhi's body also recovered a little, and his complexion improved.
a lot of.
"Your Majesty, you are only in your thirties, and you are still very young. That is because of this intestinal carbuncle. Otherwise, as long as your Majesty follows your method of living and sleeping, your body will soon regain its youth."
"After your majesty's surgery is successful, your majesty will take care of himself for a year or two, and you will be able to fully recover by then."
Liu Jin smiled and said to Emperor Hongzhi.
Originally he was on vacation, but now he had to shoulder the heavy responsibility and became Emperor Hongzhi's personal doctor, responsible for recuperating Emperor Hongzhi's health, arranging and preparing for surgeries.
"Well, I wish I had listened to you sooner."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. He could now clearly feel that his body was gradually recovering, he was more energetic and looked better.
"Your Majesty, Central Asia has been accelerated for 800 miles, and Central Asia has been victorious. General Han Yi led 30,000 cavalry to defeat the 100,000-strong army of Mulundek of the Kazakh Khanate. Mulundek Khan took the initiative to surrender to our Ming Dynasty and signed an agreement.
From now on, I am willing to be my vassal and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty."
Xiao Jing came to Emperor Hongzhi with a piece of good news and said.
"Really!"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed happily, picked up the good news and started reading.
Although he did not deal with major national affairs, what happened in the Ming Dynasty could not be hidden from the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi. If there was any major event, Xiao Jing would tell Emperor Hongzhi as soon as possible.
However, Emperor Hongzhi would not give any instructions, and would only let Zhu Houzhao and the ministers of the DPRK discuss it.
"Haha, Liu Jin, another one to imitate you."
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help laughing after reading it.
"Another one to imitate me?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he was slightly startled. He didn't seem to have accepted a disciple.
"See for yourself."
Emperor Hongzhi handed the good news to Liu Jin, who quickly looked at it.
"Good guy, this is more cruel than me."
Liu Jin read it carefully from beginning to end and couldn't help but sigh slightly.
No wonder Emperor Hongzhi would say that he is another one who has imitated me. The agreement signed between Han Yi and the Kazakh Khanate is more cruel than his own. He only asked people to cede land and pay compensation, but he did not say that he would ask people to pay tribute every year.
Fifty thousand good horses were paid as tribute this year. This is not a small number. A horse can be sold for dozens of taels of silver. What's more, it is a good horse from Central Asia. This horse is sold for
There are hundreds of taels of silver that some people are rushing to get.
You must know that with the popularity of four-wheeled carriages, the demand for horses in the Ming Dynasty has become increasingly strong. With the four-wheeled carriages and cement roads, transportation has become more convenient, which has led to the development of horses in the Ming Dynasty.
The price has been soaring.
If the northern grasslands had not been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty could have obtained a steady stream of horses, and the price of these horses would have been even more expensive.
Fifty thousand good horses, one horse is worth fifty taels of silver. This is more than two million taels of silver a year. This is for nothing. Pay tribute, pay tribute. The Ming Dynasty is not in the mood to return gifts, especially the Kazakh Khanate.
It is not a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and without signing a vassal state agreement, this is purely one-way profit.
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty!"
After watching this, Liu Jin quickly congratulated Emperor Hongzhi.
"Haha, our Ming Dynasty has established a firm foothold in the Western Regions and Central Asia from now on."
Emperor Hongzhi touched his mustache happily. After this war and killings, the Ming Dynasty had finally gained a firm foothold in the Western Regions and Central Asia.
"What Liu Jin said is still right. In places like the Western Regions and Central Asia, they fear power and have no morals. The grassland nomads only obey the strong. If they don't repair them severely, they will not fear me, the Ming Dynasty.
of."
Then Emperor Hongzhi said thoughtfully.
In the past, he was a three-good emperor educated by Confucianism. He was close to civil servants and far away from generals. He listened to civil servants in everything, and his method of solving problems was mainly based on benevolence, righteousness and morality.
But as a result, although it was known as the Hongzhi ZTE, the people at the bottom of the country were extremely poor. A heavy snowfall caused serious famines in the three northern provinces, and people were starving all over the place.
Externally, the Tatars from the northern grasslands went south to plunder every year, but the Ming Dynasty had no way to do it. With the nine-sided important town, it could only hide on the high wall and watch the Tatars burn, kill, and loot. There was nothing they could do.
Japanese pirates were rampant along the southeast coast, thieves were everywhere, and ships were afraid to go to sea. The long sea area of the Ming Dynasty turned out to be the world of Japanese pirates and pirates. Everyone only knew the names of Japanese pirates and pirates, but they didn’t know the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
However, ever since Emperor Hongzhi slowly believed in Liu Jin's words, he continued to innovate internally and aggressively expanded externally. In just a few years, great changes had taken place in the Ming Dynasty.
Internal financial reform, the imperial treasury was full, and there was more money and grain than could be used up; externally, the Ming Dynasty won successively, and its neighbors in the southeast, northwest and northwest were all submissive to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty ceded the land and paid compensation, and those who were destroyed were destroyed. The Ming Dynasty suddenly
No one dares to mess with you.
This deeply touched Emperor Hongzhi. In terms of external affairs, Emperor Hongzhi now understood.
You must be strong externally. When dealing with foreigners, it is useless for you to tell them about benevolence, righteousness and morality. You must tell them the truth only within the range of the cannon. If you beat them hard with your fists, they will naturally become convinced.
Submissive.
You see, the Japanese country was very crazy before. Even though the Japanese pirates were rampant along the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty, now, as long as the Japanese pirates are discovered and found out where they came from, the Japanese country will clean up the Japanese pirates in this place without the Ming Dynasty taking action.
It was clean and tidy, and the Japanese country paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year, including gold, silver, jewelry, and beauties.
Look at the Kazakh Khanate again. Under successive blows, the Kazakh Khanate finally obeyed and lowered its proud head.
Both ceding land and paying indemnity and paying tribute were unimaginable in the past.
"Your Majesty, after this battle, the Western Region and the Hezhong region have been stabilized. We, the Ming Dynasty, only need to cultivate in the Hezhong and Western Region areas for a few years to completely establish a firm foothold."
"Then relying on the Hezhong and Western Regions, we can occupy the vast Siberian region in the north, go down to the Persian Plateau in the south, then march eastward to Tianzhu, go westward and attack the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East, and go northwestward into the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and Eastern Europe."
"From now on, the entire West Asia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe will be under the intimidation of my Ming Dynasty cavalry, and our Ming Dynasty can easily open up trade routes to Europe, the Middle East, Persia, and Tianzhu."
Liu Jin also nodded, smiled and introduced the important geographical location of the Hezhong area and the Western Region to Emperor Hongzhi.
"Well, the Hezhong area is indeed very important. We occupied the Hezhong area in the early Ming Dynasty, and stability is the key."
"At the time, I was still thinking about whether I could get along well with the countries around me. Now it seems that I was wrong. Peace cannot be shouted with words, but needs to be fought with strong force.
Only if we hurt the wolves around us, will they not dare to have any thoughts towards me, Ming Dynasty."
Emperor Hongzhi also nodded. The importance of the Hezhong area is self-evident.
This is the bridgehead for Ming Dynasty's continued expansion in the future, and it is also a nail for Ming Dynasty to penetrate into Central Asia.
"The construction of cement roads to the Western Regions and Hezhong areas must be put on the agenda as soon as possible and construction should start as soon as possible. After all, the Western Regions and Hezhong areas are far away from our Ming Dynasty, making travel inconvenient. The role of cement roads is very important. With it, travel will be convenient. My Ming Dynasty is very important.
The rule of the Western Region and the Hezhong region will be more stable."
After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi gave another warning.
"Yes, I will convey His Majesty's will to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and all the princes in the court when I turn around."
Liu Jin quickly replied respectfully.
Now that the imperial court has money, it is very generous to build cement roads. Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao, and the princes in the court all know the benefits of building cement roads, and they are also very generous about building bridges and paving roads.
of positivity.
The Western Region and the Hezhong area were occupied by the Ming Dynasty not long ago, and plans were immediately made to build a cement road leading to the Western Region and the Hezhong area to strengthen the Ming Dynasty's connection and rule in the Western Region and the Hezhong area.
"Stop talking about these things, didn't you say you would take me to see the surgical experiment in person today?"
Soon, Emperor Hongzhi turned the focus back to himself.
National affairs are very important, but with the prince and the princes in the court busy, Emperor Hongzhi is relieved. What he is most worried about now is his own health. Whether the operation to remove the intestinal abscess can be successful or not has a bearing on how long he can live.
things.
For this reason, Emperor Hongzhi often asked about this matter, and Liu Jin also made detailed arrangements.
"Yes, Your Majesty, a patient with intestinal carbuncle came to the capital for medical treatment the day before yesterday, and the surgery was scheduled for today, so I wanted Your Majesty to go and have a look in person, so as to enhance Your Majesty's confidence."
