"My daughter-in-law respectfully wishes her father's peace and blessings, and her mother's concubine Jin's blessing."
The person who was greeting Zhu Cihong and Zheng Chagu was Wu Ahuan, the daughter-in-law of the local tyrant king, "Eight-faced Guanyin". She did not go to Xinzhou with the local tycoon king to die in the country. Instead, he stayed in the Ming Dynasty and supported the "fat son" Zhu Yipu while studying at Jinling Women's University. It was really not easy!
But now she can finally go to Xinzhou to reunite with her husband. Today she is here to say goodbye to Zhu Cihong and Zheng Chagu. But her son "Fat King" Zhu Yipu was still young and might not be able to withstand the bumps of the thousands of miles of sea journey, so he could only stay in the Ming Dynasty and be raised by Zhu Cihong and Zheng Chagu.
Wu Ahuan "gained a husband but lost a son" this time. He felt extremely reluctant to let go, but he could not stay in Yingtian without going to Xinzhou. So last night she hugged the "Fat King" and cried all night. Now her eyes are red and swollen, which makes people feel distressed just to look at them!
"Get up quickly," Zhu Cixiang smiled and pointed to an embroidered pier opposite him, "Ah Huan, sit down."
"Thank you, Father, for the seat."
Wu Ahuan thanked him, got up from the ground, and sat down on the embroidered pier.
"Ah Huan," Zheng Chagu looked at her daughter-in-law with a smile, "I and Long Live Master will take care of the little fat boy. Just rest assured, nothing will happen...I can take care of the child." , I have already taken care of eight children for Long Live Master, and all of them are fine!"
It’s not easy for women to give birth to children these days, it’s like going around in circles! It is even more difficult to raise a child to grow up. If you are not careful, you will die young.
In order to allow women to give birth safely, so that children can grow up healthily, and so that he can be a healthy and happy emperor, Zhu Cixiang has also spent some thought over the years.
His thoughts were first spent on reforming the Imperial Hospital. After the situation in the southeast stabilized, Emperor Zhu placed the reform of the Imperial Hospital in an important position - this matter was related to the lives of Zhu Cixiang himself and his family. Of course, Gotta hurry up. Don't let the slightest problem lead to death... No one who becomes emperor hopes that the dragon will dominate Bintian early!
The reform of Taiyuan Hospital focuses on three aspects: first, establishing government-run medical institutions and medical schools; second, preventing and treating infectious diseases; and third, promoting disinfection technologies and methods.
There are actually not many ways to prevent and treat infectious diseases. There are basically two methods. One is vaccination, that is, vaccination to prevent smallpox; the other is the implementation of isolation and prevention of infectious diseases...
As for the disinfection techniques and methods promoted by Tai Hospital, they are actually very simple. They are boiling medical supplies and wiping them with spirits (mainly wiping hands).
The above measures are not very clever, but they are very effective! At least it has effectively reduced the maternal and infant mortality rates in Yingtianfu, especially Laoshan Palace and Pukou City. Although these two tragedies cannot be prevented 100% from happening, the probability is greatly reduced.
Because Zheng Chagu was rich, she also brought a group of maids into the palace, and she also had strong management skills. Various prevention and disinfection work around her was carried out very well. In addition, the baby she gave birth to Zhu Cixiang was in good health. So no one died young.
"With my mother and concubine taking care of me, my daughter-in-law will of course feel relieved..." Wu Ahuan was worried in her heart, but she still had to thank Zheng Chagu.
Zhu Cixiang on the side smiled and said: "Ah Huan, just leave the little fat guy to us... After all, you are the queen of the United States of Xinzhou, and you have to go to Xinzhou to assist the local tycoons!
And now that the war in Xinzhou is coming, the local tyrants need you even more. In addition, I want you to give a message to the local tyrants about how to fight for the Great Plains of Northern New Zealand.
In the past few days, I and the important ministers of the two governments have been discussing this matter, and now we finally have some clues. But after all, I am not the king of the United States, and I cannot make decisions for the wealthy children on some matters. "
Wu Ahuan already understood in his heart that the old man was going to settle the score with the wealthy brother and his son...
Zhu Cixiang glanced at his daughter-in-law and was quite satisfied when he saw that she was listening attentively.
This shows that Wu Ahuan learned some skills at Jinling Women's University.
He said: "I and the important ministers of the two governments have discussed a way to occupy the territory of the Great Plains with thousands of nomadic households and river mouth fortresses."
"Nomadic households?" Wu Ahuan was stunned, "Does the emperor want to recruit Mongolians from the grasslands to go to the United States of New Zealand?"
"We want to recruit some Mongolians," Zhu Cihong said. "We also plan to recruit some border troops, Ding Yu. Do you think that's okay?"
Emperor Zhu didn't just ask questions casually, but asked very targeted questions.
Wu Ahuan's father, Wu Guogui, was originally Wu Sangui's general. He had been an official in the border military vassal town, and now he was a military governor.
She had heard and seen it since she was a child, and she knew nothing about the military households in Bian Town.
And she is no stranger to Mongolian affairs. There are also some Mongolian tribes in the Hexi and Anxi armies, and they also border the Heshuote and Tumut tribes.
Now when he heard that Zhu Cixiang wanted to recruit the frontier army Ding Yu and the Mongolians to go nomadic in the Great Plains of North New Zealand, his beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly, "Father, it is not difficult to recruit the frontier army Ding Yu and the Mongols. The frontier army is suffering. Mongolia is poor, let alone Dingyu. Even for Ding, there is no good way out. However, they may not be able to put much effort into serving as military households. If they are paid to recruit them as soldiers, I am afraid they will be more interested. Being in the army I am a householder, and I am also a military householder across the ocean, I am afraid..."
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "Being a soldier recruits people to protect the harvest during droughts and floods, and being a military household is responsible for your own profits and losses...right?"
"Father is wise." Wu Ahuan nodded, "So in recent years, the western towns of Hexi and Anxi no longer recruit military households, but instead recruit Long March warriors from registered military households."
The problem of military households losing money as soldiers has always been difficult to solve, and the better the development of capitalist agriculture, the more serious the problem of military households losing money.
But fortunately, the Ming Dynasty vassal towns now have a relatively high degree of autonomy, and the freedom of life of military households is not greatly restricted (it is not completely unrestricted), so some vassal towns have carried out reforms, and the link between military service and military households has been changed to military service It is tied to the land, and it also allows payment of exemption from service. After the feudal town received the money for exemption from military service, they hired people as soldiers... In fact, they also embarked on the route of mercenaries.
Zhu Cixi said with a smile: "I know this. Every town that implemented the military household reform has reported it... But the nomadic households in Beixinzhou cannot do this! After all, the nomadic households cannot leave their jobs. They must Both herding and army."
Wu Ahuan shook his head, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult for military households like this to recruit people!"
"Let's give it a try..." Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "You can give Anjia a sum of money and draw them a big, round cake."
Wu Ahuan said in his heart: Father, it seems that he means to lie!
"Father, the Holy Ming!" Wu Ahuan sent a compliment, and then said, "If the An family has enough money, they should be able to recruit Ding Yu, a military household. As for this painting cake..."
Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "If there is no cake painting, the money will have to be paid more, and the military households may not really be willing to work hard after taking the money, so the cakes still have to be painted, and they have to make them think that they are on the Great Plains of North Xinzhou. You have to conquer the world for your own family!
I discussed it with the ministers of the two governments and came up with a military household shareholding system! All military households must become shareholders of Nomad Ten Thousand Households... Each household must hold at least one share. This share can be exchanged for land in the state when ten thousand households are converted into a state in the future after occupying a state in the Great Plains of Northern New Zealand. One share can be exchanged for 1,000 acres! Of course, the shares can also be sold and transferred at that time. "
Or employee shareholding, the way to cash out by going public... 1,000 acres of land in the North American Great Plains, if the situation is relatively stable, it is worth 1,000 taels of silver.
Wu Ahuan looked at Emperor Zhu Da and felt that the father of the rich king was still holding back some evil!
"Father, are there any more?" Wu Ahuan asked softly.
"Yes!" Zhu Cixiang nodded, "I plan to build 20,000 households, raise military households, freight, and purchase materials, cattle and sheep from the Ming Dynasty. No matter how you calculate it, it will cost 800-10 million taels of silver! This I can advance the money, or it can be regarded as an investment in these two households!"
Wu Ahuan breathed out: "Daughter-in-law, thank you very much, Father..."
"Wait a minute!" Zhu Cixiang waved his hand and interrupted Wu Ahuan, "Ahuan, my investment needs to be repaid!"
"Father, don't worry, as long as the territory of Beixinzhou can be conquered..."
Zhu Cixiang interrupted Wu Ahuan again and said with a smile: "I need a guarantee commitment from the parliamentary government of the United States of New Zealand... When these two 10,000 households have been established for 10 years, I have the right to transfer the 20,000 households held by me to The shares were sold at a premium of 88% to the United States of New Zealand at one time. We also have the right to exchange all these shares into land based on the value of the shares after the premium of 88%, at the rate of one tael for one acre!"
