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Chapter 141 The Emperor Is Seriously Ill
ten days later.

After conquering Kaijing, the capital of King Gaoji, and looting 10 people, Zhou Ming returned to Qizhou Island by boat from Incheon Port with a large army.

Of course, directly taking away the capital of a country and taking away all the core high-level officials of the country in one wave, it is foreseeable that once Zhou Ming leaves, the country will definitely be in chaos.

As for the Gaoji State, which has a population of more than 500 million, if it is too chaotic, resulting in a large reduction in population, this is not in the interests of overseas colonization groups... Population is also a precious resource. Although it can be regenerated, it is not like pigs, cattle, horses and sheep. The growth cycle It's just too long.

Therefore, like a blood servant raised by a vampire, Zhou Ming, who didn't want Gao Jiguo's "blood bag" to dry up, sent [-] elite troops to garrison Kaijing on a regular basis.

In addition, he also left two "doglegs" local families to serve as the leading party, assist in the establishment of a new political system, and rule and manage Gaoji State.

These two dog-legged families are the relatives behind Zhou Ming's two beauties, Gao Ji. Zhou Ming praised these two families because the two beauties served very hard, with various tricks, and made him feel good inside and outside. , Only then bestowed this overwhelming wealth.

So, let’s be realistic: appearance is a woman’s biggest capital, not only in the modern age where people look desperate, but also in ancient times, appearance was the only thing that most women depended on for promotion. aisle.

However, Zhou Ming put these two beauties on Qizhou Island and did not bring them back to his hometown in Haiping. There are more than a dozen concubines, and there is less rain and dew. The original wives and concubines must be unhappy. This time, they brought two more back home. They are so beautiful and exotic... Zhou Ming guessed that he might be beaten.

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Tiansheng 32 years, late October.

After finishing work and returning to Tianjiazhuang, Haiping County, just about to take a big bath to go to Zhou Ming who was covered with dust, his wife Li Anping hurriedly found him, with a sad face, she threw herself into his arms and burst into tears, very sad.

"Anping, what's the matter with you, what happened?"

Zhou Ming was slightly taken aback, patted the woman on the back, and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Father, father is seriously ill. My sister said that father's headache suddenly happened again, which was more serious than before. He was in a coma for many days, and he often shouted 'Anping, Anping' and called my name... ...Husband, I want to go back to the imperial capital to see my royal father!"

After speaking, Li Anping burst into tears, too sad to speak.

"Your Majesty has another headache?"

Zhou Ming was very surprised, because a few years ago, Emperor Li Zhi's headache that made countless famous doctors in the world helpless miraculously healed. For four consecutive years, Emperor Li Zhi's headache never broke out again. Handling the country's government affairs is efficient and wise, and the number of consecutive days has also created a historical record.

It's just that I didn't expect that some time ago, after Emperor Li Zhi received a good news from the Protectorate of the Western Regions, there was a little accident in his body.

The good news is: General Gao Xianzhi led a 20-week army against a 12 Fire Worship Empire army in the city of Hengluo in the Western Regions. He won the victory with fewer casualties and beheaded [-] soldiers!
The battle of Hengluo this time is the second battle between Da Zhou and the Fire Worship Empire.

Ten years ago, during the first battle of Hengluosi, the army of the Great Zhou was betrayed by the Black Khanate army. The [-] army was wiped out. The general Gao Xianzhi, who is famous as an expert in mountain warfare, fled with only a few dozen horsemen. After returning to China, he was denounced by the court and fell into disrepair for many years.

Three years ago, Emperor Li Zhi reactivated Gao Xianzhi and asked him to spend three years retraining a mountain army to go on another expedition to the Western Regions and compete with the Fire Worship Empire for supremacy in the Pami Plateau region.

Gao Xianzhi, who had been waiting for an opportunity for many years, did not disappoint Li Zhi. With a hearty victory, not to mention the shame, he even led his troops to slaughter the population of 10 in the Heihan Kingdom, and the Western Regions. Frightened and surrendered, he re-established the hegemony of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It was this good news that made Emperor Li Zhi very excited. He walked much faster, didn't pay attention to his feet, accidentally tripped over the threshold of the gate, fell, and hit his head heavily on the ground...

That is to say, from this moment on, Emperor Li Zhi fell into a coma and could only lie in bed to recuperate. All government affairs were handed over to Queen Wu Mei to handle.

Zhou Ming also speculated that Emperor Li Zhide's headache may be a disease similar to "cerebral hemorrhage", which is called "stroke" in this era. It can't kill people, but it will definitely affect the normal function of the brain.

Moreover, this is an incurable disease, unless a craniotomy can be performed to release the accumulated blood.

However, with the medical conditions of this era, craniotomy surgery on patients has no chance of success. Even if a genius doctor says it is sure, it is impossible for relatives to agree to such an operation.

Therefore, Emperor Li Zhi, who suffered from headaches again and more seriously, was the only thing his relatives could do for him other than lie in bed and hope for another miracle.

Her father has been so ill, and her filial and caring wife Li Anping since she was a child, it is impossible not to worry. Her sister, Princess Changping, also wrote her a letter, saying that her father never forgets her, and hopes that she can go back and see the last one. Miss her father.

"Alright, don't cry Anping, I'll take you back right away, and let's go back to Zhongzhou to visit Father Huang!"

Zhou Ming hugged her to comfort her for a while, and the woman stopped crying for a while, then quickly ordered someone to pack up her belongings, and brought her son Tian An, who was almost four years old, and set off for the Zhongzhou Imperial Capital on the same day.

"His Majesty Ming Emperor, I hope you can pass through this test smoothly. In my heart, you are close to being an emperor through the ages. If possible, I sincerely hope that you can live for a few more years."

Sitting in the swaying four-wheeled carriage, Zhou Ming, holding Ping's wife Anping in his arms, muttered to himself and let out a sigh of emotion.

The eternal emperor!
Such a high evaluation, from Zhou Ming's mouth, is because Emperor Li Zhi, in the four years since his headaches have completely disappeared, has done a few acts of a wise emperor that can be called "eternal".

For example, in the field of agriculture, according to the methods and suggestions provided by Zhou Ming, he vigorously promoted new farm tools throughout the country. In order to increase the number of cattle and horses in the country, he encouraged the promotion of the "combination of agriculture and animal husbandry" farming mode in many northern states... Of course, there are also problems. There was some resistance, but after seeing the real benefits, Da Zhou's agricultural reform achieved great success.

There is also the field of industry and commerce. After reading Zhou Ming's "Theory of Productivity" specially written for him, he was deeply attracted by the theory that "efficiency is paramount, and material is national power". , successively promulgated the "Encouraging Business Order" and "Mine Opening Order", the first of its kind, and sealed several master craftsmen responsible for completing major national engineering projects as officials. There was an uproar in the court, but the opposition was still suppressed by him. Then in the Ministry of Industry, a "master craftsman supervisor" was set up to give high-paying beautiful houses and place these official master craftsmen.

In the most important military field, he also listened to some opinions of Zhou Ming, carried out military reforms, updated weapons and equipment, came up with various methods, improved the treatment of professional soldiers, strengthened training, and improved the combat effectiveness of soldiers, and promulgated the "Order of Preferential Treatment for Soldiers" ", "Soldiers' Emeritus Order", the two regulations stipulate: those who enlist in the army, their families can share 30 mu of low-tax land, the higher the position, the more low-tax land they will be allocated, and as long as the service period of the military reaches 25 years , they are allowed to retire, and the state will issue pensions to them every year to support them until they are old.

Although these two regulations have brought huge pressure on the country's finances, once they were introduced, the morale of the border guards skyrocketed, shouting long live, and the number of civilians who signed up to join the army suddenly increased tenfold. Some backward areas even bribed recruiting officials , the phenomenon of muddling through...

The most dazzling result of the above military reforms was the Second Battle of Constant Ross.

In this battle, the 20 Zhou Kingdom army, with a majestic formation, confronted the 12 Fire Worship Imperial Army head-on, and won a big victory by beheading [-]. Not to mention their complete collapse, their own casualties were less than [-].

Some people may ask, didn't Zhou Ming offend the dead queen Wu Mei? Why did he have such a close relationship with the emperor Li Zhi?Still have the opportunity to guide him so many strategies to strengthen the country and strengthen the army?

It turned out that since Princess Anping went to Zhou Ming at night, the emperor Li Zhi, who missed his daughter and couldn't let go of his heart, as a father, even if he got angry again, he couldn't ignore him. Soon after, he sent eunuch Ma Dexi to come. Qingzhou visited her daughter Anping and saw that everything was fine and Her Royal Highness was pregnant. Eunuch Ma Dexi immediately brought a letter written by Princess Anping and Zhou Ming, as well as many heavy gifts, and returned it to Emperor Li Zhi.

Since then, during festivals and festivals, both parties exchanged gifts and letters. After his grandson Tian An was born, in order to let Li Zhi see his grandson, Zhou Ming also used pencils to draw a lot of cartoons of the mother and son, and talked a lot. Interesting and vivid story, Emperor Li Zhi laughed out loud after reading the manga, seeing his daughter living so happily, the resentment in his heart has long since disappeared, Zhou Ming, a cheap son-in-law, also recognized it with his nose, in the letter, He is often called "love son-in-law".

Emperor Li Zhi also knew that his "beloved son-in-law" was the number one genius. Therefore, in the process of handling the country's government affairs, he encountered some difficult problems, quarreled with the queen Wu Mei many times, and often found it depressing that he When she couldn't argue with Wu Mei, she suddenly thought of this "loved son-in-law", so she wrote a "Letter to Ask the Government", asking him if he had any unique insights.

Sure enough, he was not disappointed. In Zhou Ming's reply, after criticizing the current situation, he always put forward many suggestions that caught his eye. The feasibility and operability were quite high. He acted according to these suggestions. After accomplishing a few things beautifully, not only the Queen of Heaven, Wu Mei, felt that she couldn't see through him, but all the officials and ministers shouted from the bottom of their hearts more and more times: "The Holy One is wise."

Of course, Li Zhi, who has been the "Wise Emperor" for several years, also knows the importance of keeping secrets. Except for the eunuch Ma Dexi, no one knows that he has written letters with Tian Zihua in private. How many people were executed.

And to be honest, Li Zhi, who is a bit cowardly and cowardly in his bones, feels scared from the bottom of his heart to this queen who has slept with her for more than 30 years. Some things this woman has done sometimes even make him feel horrified and terrified.

Even so, he didn't dare to kill or abolish her. On the one hand, the two still have a deep relationship between husband and wife, so they couldn't do anything; on the other hand, Li Zhi didn't know what methods this woman would use to deal with him. , once he did that, what awaited him might be unimaginable revenge.

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More than 20 days later.

The imperial capital of Zhongzhou, Luojing City.

Early in the morning, after the gates of the city opened wide.

A four-wheeled carriage rushed into the city at a speed close to hurricane. However, it galloped along the main road in the city, ran through four or five traffic red cards in a row, threw down a handful of gold leaves, and went straight into Daming Palace.

Hanyuan Hall, in the magnificent bedroom.

There was a crowd of people, and the princes and grandchildren dressed in gorgeous costumes painted with dragons and embroidered with phoenixes all knelt and sat in front of a big bed, with mournful faces and continuous sobbing.

"Father, what's wrong with you? Father, your unfilial daughter Anping is back! Father! Woooooo~"

Under the leadership of the eunuch Ma Dexi, he rushed into the bedroom and saw the emaciated father Li Zhihou on the bed. Li Anping fell to his knees with a plop, held his father's hand, and cried like a heart-piercing cry stand up.

Seeing this scene, the other princes and grandchildren in the room stared at her angrily. Prince Li Jie's mouth moved, and he even wanted to say something: "You shameless woman, do you still have the face to come back?"

However, the patient on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, and after uttering a clear sentence, everyone's anger stopped and their faces were full of surprise.

"Ping'er, my dear daughter, you are back..."

Emperor Li Zhi, who had been in a coma for dozens of days, woke up.

　Sorry for the late chapters
　　
　
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