If we follow the original trajectory of history, starting from today, it should be the first year of Chongzhen.

And from this year on, the Ming Dynasty fell into the abyss like a carriage, and its national power became more and more critical until it perished.

In this year of history, a peasant uprising broke out in Qin and a nationwide famine began to occur.

The situation in Liaodong began to deteriorate, and starting from the second year of Chongzhen, the number of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty entered the pass increased, and the scale was larger and larger, and the damage to the Ming Dynasty was also more and more powerful.

Moreover, in the next few years, there will be a horrifying plague. As a doctor, Zhu Youxiao naturally knew how terrible this plague, also known as the Black Death, which once swept across Europe, caused tens of millions of deaths.

Smallpox can still be used to breed acne, but it is not easy to get immunized in this era when there is no vaccine.

Fortunately, because of Zhu Youxiao's arrival, history has quietly changed, perhaps because of the butterfly effect, but no matter what, it is not the first year of Chongzhen, but the eighth year of the Age.

This shows that the trajectory of history is not unchangeable, and destiny does not seem to be completely uncontrollable.

Starting from August last year, Zhu Youxiao ordered Sun Cheng to rule the three borders of Qin and Jinlong to gather refugees and open up land and provide disaster relief.

Now we have begun to train new troops, promote young and strong officials, establish a scientific and technological system, abandon the Donglin Party, which is a loser in the country, and unite traditional gentry and nobles.

Although Zhu Youxiao could not guarantee that he would definitely let the dynasty burst out with new vitality again, he had been working hard, and he had to do a lot, and his sense of crisis had never been eliminated.

However, as the saying goes, governing a big country is like cooking a small freshman. Zhu Youxiao is not a natural politician. In this situation where one moves the whole body, he can only take his time.

Today, although the Donglin Party has been eliminated, the civil servants are still powerful, and they have only become the dominant power of the Donglin Party or the eunuch Party to attack each other in various provinces and townships. Zhu Youxiao's royal party has not yet completely controlled the court and the people in terms of number and scale.

At the same time, local warlords began to become separatist and independent, especially Guanning Iron Cavalry. Although the eight major Shanxi merchants were quickly confiscated by Zhu Youxiao, they were ready to move, and smuggling officers who colluded with the enemy and soldiers or merchants who supported them still existed.

The money set up by Zhu Youxiao now only blocks the money of ordinary merchants, which in the long run is not conducive to the development of the Ming Dynasty's economy.

If the commodity economy cannot develop, the gentry representing the small peasant economy will still control the governance power of the vast rural areas, and Zhu Youxiao's imperial power will not be able to be transferred to the county.

And he could not shake the Confucian system or change the ruling system of civil servants.

Now, Zhu Youxiao can only do something based on the great title of being the emperor, and the forces of all parties checked and balanced each other. Fortunately, he has some money and food, and the efforts of his former owner of his body over the past seven years, at least he can do things like raiding his home through the Jinyiwei and the East Factory.

As long as I don’t go too far, as the emperor, I am a symbol of their etiquette to maintain the ruling system, they will not rebel and will do things to clear the king.

Looking at the neat shouts and strong steps of the officers and students in the courtyard ahead, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be excited, which shows that the vitality of this dynasty is still there, and it is not him who is still working hard alone.

Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Cheng'en, Cao Wenzhao, Man Gui, Zhao Lujiao, Qin Liangyu...

These names of people appeared in Zhu Youxiao's mind. The Ming Dynasty was not an enterprising person, but there were too many selfish villains and traitors.

Since this is the case, Zhu Youxiao hopes to take the group of energetic young people in front of him to get rid of the country's borers and restore the glory of the Ming Dynasty in the past.

Qin Botong and Chang Yanling and other officers couldn't help but straighten their chests because of the appearance of Emperor Zhu Youxiao, and looked straight ahead with bright eyes. When Zhu Youxiao shouted at attention, they all made a louder collision sound than before.

I felt that I was performing well, and many officers secretly showed a hint of proud smile.

Zhu Youxiao nodded without hesitation, clapped his hands and raised his head, and followed the officers to Jingshan to see their next physical fitness training.

As the emperor watched from the side, these officers did not dare to slacken at all.

From climbing the iron fence to running a single tree to leaping into trenches, they all fought for the first place. Even the one-armed Oboi could miraculously maintain balance and pass quickly on the single tree.

Seeing that although these officers had only been training for a few days, Zhu Youxiao did not regret destroying his ten acres of rose garden in Jingshan.

He even wondered whether he would build a martial arts lecture hall just below Jingshan, not far from the Forbidden City, and the training ground was expanded based on this. In the future, military officer training will naturally not be limited to bow, horse, riding and shooting, and officer training should also be prepared.

Since it was the New Year, the ministers naturally had to submit a message to celebrate Zhu Youxiao, and all kinds of auspiciousness and tributes were sent to the palace one after another.

Zhu Youxiao is not a mean and polite person. As long as the ministers are obedient and willing to do things in a honest manner, he will not be too stingy.

Though many officials in Beijing were respected by local officials, but some officials in poor yamen were unable to survive, Zhu Youxiao simply gave them a "year-end bonus" and paid four times their salary. After the imperial edict was announced, this was a practice.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao gave silver to a group of ministers who made outstanding contributions last year, and also exempted ordinary vendors with goods worth less than 1,000 taels of goods for one month.

The taxes in Qin and Jin were also exempted by Zhu Youxiao for one year on the grounds of drought.

For a time, the ministers naturally praised Zhu Youxiao a lot, but only Zhu Youxiao himself knew that his treasury has been taking out until now, and the taxes collected could not fill the expenses everywhere.

"Your Majesty, the king came to Jin to report that Liaodong is now in a famine, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians are worried about food and clothing. I beg the court to allocate silver and provide relief and reissue the total amount of 500,000 taels of silver accumulated last year."

As soon as Wang Chengen said, the pen in Zhu Youxiao's hand fell on the paper and looked at Wang Chengen in surprise. Then, he suddenly roared: "Five hundred thousand taels! Does he think I am really a rich man? I had to leave 300,000 stones of food and grass a month ago, and now I am reaching out to ask for Yin Yin again. What else can he do except seek Qiufeng from King Jin!"

"Your Majesty calms down. It's not because the king wants it in Jin. In fact, the soldiers and civilians in Liaodong only care about money and do things. This is less than last year."

Wang Chengen's words made Zhu Youxiao even more angry and punched him on the desk: "If I were not clear about the matter, I would have cut off his head long ago and gave him 300,000 silver and 50,000 stones of food and grass. Tell Wang Zaijin that he was a minister of the Ming Dynasty and not the king of Liaodong. Be more considerate of the difficulties of the court and do not obey others' mercy. Otherwise, what's the use of me to let him be the supervisor!"
Chapter completed!