Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2065, life must have goals, and the court must have direction 1
Inside the Study Room of the Emperor Qianqing Palace.

I haven't been to this Shangshufang for three years, it is still exactly the same as before, nothing has changed, but in the past three years, some things have changed, and the people discussing affairs here have changed one crop after another. , the running book.

From Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Zhang Mao when I first became a minister and participated in this small meeting, to Qi Zhong, Liu Daxia, and Zhu Fu later, to Hanwen, Mao Ji, and Jiang Mian later.

It is really like the water of the Yangtze River, rolling eastward, and everyone is just a wave in this long river of history.

Of course, being able to become a wave in the long river of history is already very good, at least it is also famous in history. Compared with countless people in history who have not even left their names, this is also a remarkable thing .

Take a look at the present Shangshufang, Yang Yiqing, Yang Tinghe, Zhong Fan, Li Kun, Tong Rui, Fang Yongliang, Liang Chu, Wang Qiong, Qiao Yu, and Yang Yun, the Duke of Australia from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, there are too many new faces .

In the short period of almost thirty years, several batches have been changed, which is not too frequent. Generally speaking, they are relatively stable. Basically, they are changed only after ministers die of old age or illness, and some are really not healthy. had to retire.

Time flies by so fast.

Back then, Yang Yundu, the Duke of Australia, was a strong man in his thirties, and now he is an old man in his sixties, who can no longer lift a knife or ride a horse.

Back then, Yang Tinghe was still Zhu Houzhao's teacher. He was young, promising and full of knowledge. Now he is almost seventy years old.

Even myself is the same. The young man who was only less than 20 years old when he crossed over is now almost five years old.

"Old Wang is still in his hometown in Zhejiang. By the beginning of next year, his filial piety period will expire."

Soon, Liu Jin thought of Wang Shouren, and he also went to Ding Youshou.

It’s similar to Liu Jin’s. Keeping filial piety is really keeping filial piety. I haven’t heard that he wrote memorials to Emperor Hongzhi. It is estimated that he is still studying things at home to learn, bamboo and so on.

Because of his own time travel, Wang Shouren's official career was really smooth, and he became a cabinet minister at a young age, much, much faster than his father, Wang Hua.

At this moment, not only Liu Jin looked at what everyone was thinking about, but Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Liang Chu, Tong Rui, Fang Yongliang and others also looked at Liu Jin, as if they were patiently waiting for something.

"This Liu Jin is not Korean."

Yang Tinghe couldn't help talking in his heart.

The goal he has been striving for is to become the chief assistant of the cabinet and the head of the ministers.

However, after so many years, when I am very, very close to this goal, I am only short of this last step to be able to achieve it, and I will regret it for the rest of my life in the end.

A person who is almost seventy years old, how can he compare with a young descendant like Liu Jin? With Liu Jin's current state, if nothing else, just working casually for another ten years is enough to drag him to death.

Thinking of this, Yang Tinghe felt very helpless in his heart, he wasted too much time at home, it was the most important years of his life, but he could only read books at home.

Maybe only when Zhu Houzhao became emperor, my former teacher can be reused, but with the relationship between Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao, I basically can't compare.

"Fortunately, my son is promising, and he is also the number one scholar. In the future, I hope to realize my long-cherished wish."

Yang Tinghe thought of his son Yang Shen.

Yang Shen, like Liu Jin, is also the No. [-] Scholar. He became the No. [-] Scholar at a young age. He has been doing very well all these years. This time, he was sent to Nanzhili to become the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture. He is already a fourth-rank official. up.

What I have to do is to pave the way for him before leaving the center of power, and try to pull him up as much as possible.

Back then, it took Liu Jin more than ten years from being the number one scholar in the examination to becoming the chief assistant of the cabinet. The speed was beyond imagination.

It's not impossible for my own son, they are all champions, and no one is worse than the other.

Father and son Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen, father and son Wang Hua and Wang Shouren, these two father and son pairs can be regarded as the best father and son combination in the Ming Dynasty today.

Yang Tinghe felt that he was always inferior to Liu Jin, and there was a gap, but his son was much better than Liu Jin's son.

His son is the number one scholar, but Liu Jin's son doesn't seem to be able to take the imperial examination. Either he was sent overseas by Liu Jin, or he went to manage a business, factory or something.

In this regard, I am much stronger than Liu Jin.

This Liu Jin may be a little confused, otherwise, if no one comes to follow up his son's imperial examination in the college, how will the Liu family maintain its current glory in the future?

In the Ming Dynasty, all wealth is floating clouds, and only power is the most important thing. If there is no one in the court, no matter how huge the wealth is, it will disappear.

Thinking of this, Yang Tinghe suddenly felt very happy. He seemed to be no worse than Liu Jin, at least his sons were quite promising. Three generations of his Yang family had seven Scholars, and Liu Jin's family was no better.

But soon, Yang Tinghe couldn't be happy again.

It seems that Liu Jin also has a hereditary iron rice bowl, the Duke of Liao. His son does not need to take the imperial examination. In the future, he can directly inherit this title and pass it down from generation to generation.

Although this Liu Jin is said to be a civil servant, he is actually a representative of the military general Xungui Group. Since he got a solid job, this son naturally doesn't need to work so hard to take the imperial examination.

Thinking about it, with Liu Jin's current status and status, it may not be appropriate for this son to continue to take the old road of imperial examinations. After all, the eldest son will be the Duke of Liao in the future, and he will be in the army. If the other sons are civil servants .

What would the emperor think?
Thinking of this, Yang Tinghe couldn't help admiring Liu Jin.

Liu Jin must have thought of this a long time ago, so from the beginning, he did not intend to let his son take the imperial examination again. It has developed a lot.

The key is that it is safer and will not be implicated by Daming. All eggs are not put in one basket.

"Tall~ As expected of Liu Jin!"

Immediately, Yang Tinghe admired Liu Jin very much again. Liu Jin guessed that he had already thought of the way out in the future. It was ridiculous that he was still laughing at Liu Jin in his heart just now.

"Ah~"

Sighing inwardly, Yang Tinghe stopped thinking about these things.

"Your Majesty, in the winter of the year before last, my Ming was very cold. Last year, there was no rain in the north of my Ming. The drought was extremely dry. The drought led to a large-scale outbreak of the plague, which brought huge losses and losses to my Ming. influences."

"I think that Ming should attach great importance to this matter, prevent it from various aspects, and establish a complete defense and prevention mechanism. The most critical point is to improve the medical system of Ming."

"Nowadays, my Ming Dynasty is vast and sparsely populated. The land is vast, but the population is sparse. The growth of the population is very important, but the growth of the population, in addition to having enough food, is more important to continuously improve medical technology. , improve the medical system, and popularize some basic medical knowledge.”

Liu Jin took out a memorial, stood up and said respectfully to Emperor Hongzhi.

For Liu Jin, when he is not in his position and does not seek his own affairs, and when he is worried about his filial piety at home, it is natural to let everything go.

This has once again become the chief assistant of the cabinet, which is valued and trusted by the emperor, and he is in his position. Naturally, he must be loyal to the emperor and seek the well-being of the people. This is the principle of his own life and work.

Daming has developed to the present, and it is no longer the original Daming, and it can no longer use the previous methods and methods to govern Daming.

Instead, we should learn more from later generations and gradually lead Ming Dynasty to a modern and technological society.

There are many things to do, such as medical care, technology, education, economy, culture, system and so on.

There are some things that Liu Jin feels he can't do anything about, but the things that can be done must be done now.

For example, medical treatment is something that can be done,

Medical care is related to health and the average life expectancy of a country.

In the future, the average life expectancy in developed countries has generally exceeded 80 years, while in underdeveloped and backward areas, the average life expectancy in many places is even only [-] to [-] years old. The gap is very large.

The reason for this is the difference in medical technology, related technologies, facilities, etc. are too different, so there is such a huge gap.

With the development of the Ming Dynasty to the present, the standard of living has been greatly improved, especially the grain output has increased greatly. In terms of food, it is no longer a problem for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

But in terms of medical technology, Daming is still far from enough.

"For newborns, in the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​Ming Dynasty, because hospitals and clinics are very common and the technology is the most advanced, people's ideas have also undergone many changes."

"Therefore, in the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​Ming Dynasty, the mortality rate of newborns is very low, only a few per thousand, and most of the children can grow up to be adults, and the premature death rate is greatly reduced."

"But this is only limited to the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​our Ming Dynasty. In many areas of our Ming Dynasty, medical technology and conditions are still very simple, and people's concepts are similar to before."

"The mortality rate of newborns is very high, and the premature death rate is also very high. Often, only about [-] to [-]% of ten children can be raised to adults."

"That's why I think that from now on, we should vigorously improve and develop medical technology, improve the medical system, and spread hospitals to every town in my Ming Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)