Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 960, Liu Jin's back door is blocked

At Liu Jin's mansion in the capital, Liu Jin is drinking afternoon tea and reading newspapers leisurely.

"The descendants of wealthy merchants in Huangjinzhou had a smallpox outbreak, and the death toll skyrocketed!"

Liu Jin looked at the Daming Medical Journal in his hand, and suddenly couldn't help but fell silent.

Do you want to save those Indians?

Although smallpox is terrible, as long as it is used for vaccinia prevention, antibodies can be formed very effectively to resist smallpox. With the current medical level of Daming Medical College, it should not be difficult to develop vaccinia prevention.

But the key now is whether to save these Indians.

Now on the Golden Continent, although there are hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, they have almost spread all over the west coast of the Golden Continent, and there are even a large number of colonial strongholds on the east coast.

However, compared with the number of aboriginal Indians in the Golden Continent, it is still very small. According to the current situation, there should be tens of millions of Indians in the entire Golden Continent.

Ming wants to monopolize the Golden Continent, and these Indians are a problem that needs to be faced.

Although Liu Jin has been promoting that these Indians and Daming people are one family and they are descendants of Yin and Shang in Huangjinzhou, but this is just a propaganda slogan.

Even though they used to be the same ancestor, after all, they have been separated for so many years. Apart from looking alike, they are very different in other aspects.

On the Golden Continent, there are too many of them, which will be extremely unfavorable for the Ming Dynasty to rule the Golden Continent in the future.

Now they may surrender to Daming, that is because they are behind Daming in many aspects, but what about in the future?

Everything is hard to say.

This is why Liu Jin hesitated.

But if you don't save them, you'll be slapping yourself in the face again, saying that you are a family, and when the other party is really in trouble, you will die and refuse to save them, which seems unreasonable.

For the experience of the Indians in history, Liu Jin is more sympathetic.

It's just that in Liu Jin's position, personal sympathy can't affect the direction of the Ming Empire. There are many tribes who sympathize with Liu Jin, but those that should be eliminated still need to be eliminated.

Because in the final analysis, it is for the sake of Daming and a wider living space. If I soften my heart today, then the enemy may not be soft-hearted towards me in the future.

"Come here, send an order to Daming Medical College to let them study smallpox and the method of preventing smallpox, and tell them that there seems to be a way abroad that can use the smallpox on the cowpox to inoculate people and produce antibodies. Will be infected with smallpox again, let them study it carefully."

After thinking about it, Liu Jin also shouted immediately.

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, a servant took orders and hurried to Daming Medical College.

"Whether it is saved or not, at least this technology should be researched first. Smallpox is not a trivial matter. Once it breaks out, the number of deaths will be very high."

"The exchanges between Daming and Huangjinzhou are still very close, and the population of the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​Daming has exceeded tens of millions. With such a large and dense population, it is natural to prevent smallpox."

"I have no choice but to reduce your total number first, but after a certain number, I will come to rescue you."

Liu Jin thought so in his heart.

The number of native Indians in the Golden Continent must be reduced, and massacres cannot be done by themselves, but since smallpox broke out, let smallpox do it.

The allure of the Golden Continent is simply too great.

There are vast plains here, and the land is fertile. As long as this plain in the North Gold Continent is occupied, there will be no need to worry about food in the future.
There are huge resources here, such as oil, natural gas, iron ore, coal, gold, and silver. You can get whatever you want.

"My lord, the governors of Jiangxi and Gannan please see me!"

Just as Liu Jin was deep in thought, a servant came to Liu Jin's side and asked for instructions in a low voice.

"Didn't I say it a long time ago, no one will be seen."

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately said seriously.

The big officials from all over the border have basically arrived in the capital, and they will start to report on their duties in two days, and the examination results of the fifteenth year of Hongzhi will be released soon.

So in the past few days, Liu Jin's house has not been clean, and people ask to see him every day. Of course, Liu Jinna never sees him.

Although in terms of rank, Liu Jin is only the second rank, and all the officials in the frontier are from the second rank, and they are only one rank higher. Liu Jin does not need to put on such a big airs.

But the examination system and the debriefing system were proposed by Liu Jin himself, so naturally he must stick to it. The emperor Hongzhi and the cabinet elders are also watching, and officials at all levels are also watching.

Let's see if Liu Jin can stick to this system to the end, and see if Liu Jin can be stern and impartial.

"Yes~"

When the servants heard this, they left immediately.

"It seems that some servants will be replaced again."

Liu Jin looked at the servant who left, and pondered for a while.

As his official position is getting bigger and bigger, his position is high and powerful, and he is a celebrity around Emperor Hongzhi, more and more people come to ask him to do things.

These servants in the family also received a lot of benefits.

As far as the report just now was concerned, he had already ordered not to see the guests, and this servant still came to report, obviously he must have taken advantage of it.

I can't blame myself for the fact that these servants still don't have a long memory for the things that I have repeatedly ordered.

Outside the gate of the Liu Mansion, in a carriage, Zhang Tianyu, governor of Jiangxi Province, and Lu Zongxue, governor of Gannan Province, were waiting anxiously. A box was prepared beside each of them, which was filled with banknotes from the First Bank of Ming Dynasty .

(Don’t be surprised why there are two governors in Jiangxi. In the eighth year of Hongzhi, Jiangxi and Jiangxi were in great chaos. Banditry was everywhere, and the banditry was serious. In order to suppress bandits, Emperor Hongzhi set up a governor in southern Jiangxi, which was specially used to suppress bandits. In history, classmate Wang Shouren was the governor of southern Jiangxi, and he was promoted for his meritorious service in suppressing bandits. Later, he encountered the rebellion of King Ning and captured King Ning.)
The reason why the two of them came to visit Liu Jin was naturally to walk behind so that they could pass the examination and report smoothly this time.

"I don't know if Mr. Liu will see us."

Jiangxi governor Zhang Tianyu said with a sad face.

To be honest, since Liu Jin came to power, his good days have come to an end. He belongs to the kind of official with a vegetarian meal. He was able to become the governor because he is from Zhejiang, and he came all the way by relying on the relationship of Xie Qian, a fellow villager. Yes, and let alone a vegetarian meal in his corpse, he is still a corrupt official, and he is also notoriously corrupt here in Jiangxi.

Liu Jin came up with the examination system, plus they were required to go to Beijing to report on their duties. Naturally, his life was not easy, and the first thing he thought of was to leave behind.

As for Lu Zongxue, governor of Gannan, he is also a mediocre official. He is not greedy, but he has no ability and is a vegetarian.

The position of Governor of Gannan was originally dedicated to suppressing bandits, but during his reign, the banditry in southern Gannan became more and more serious. This time he went to Beijing to report on his duties, and naturally he was very panicked.

"I heard that Mr. Liu is stern and selfless. I'm afraid he probably won't see us."

Gannan Governor Lu Zongxue thought for a while and shook his head slightly.

The whole person is frowning, what should this debriefing be about?
He also has no confidence in his heart at all, and he actually knows very well whether he is doing well in this position. This southern Jiangxi is the thoroughfare of the four provinces, and it is located in an important place for transportation, but the banditry is serious. Can't finish it all.

Another problem now is that the imperial court plans to build a cement road from Nanchang, Jiangxi to Guangxi, Guangdong, which will pass through Ganzhou.

The construction of the road will start next year, and if there is a problem in southern Jiangxi, he, the governor of southern Jiangxi, will be done.

Of course, if it was in the past, when Liu Jin hadn't been the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, they naturally didn't need to worry about anything. They didn't have an evaluation system for officials, and they didn't need to go to Beijing to report on their duties.

Whether you can be promoted depends on whether your relationship is strong enough, whether you have enough money, and whether you can get through the links. This is how Jiangxi Governor Zhang Tianyu came up, and he also has enough connections with Lu Zongxue.

But now it is different, Liu Jin has become the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, known as the official of heaven, in charge of the officials of the world, everything before is not easy.

Not only is there an examination system, but there is also a job report in Beijing. The key is that the money is not easy to use, and the network can't reach Liu Jin, but everyone has nothing to do with Liu Jin.

To be honest, there are not many memorials to impeach Liu Jin. Whether it is local officials or court officials, they hate the examination system and debriefing system created by Liu Jin.

It's not just looking for trouble, deliberately not letting everyone live a good life.

Isn't it uncomfortable to drink tea and read newspapers every day?

Do you have to try your best to toss yourself to be comfortable?

Therefore, there are as many memorials to impeach Liu Jin as snowflakes, and there are even censors and speech officials who impeached Liu Jin above the court.

However, Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about these things. Liu Jin's own face was thick enough, and he was less than thirty. If you impeach me, I will go home to take care of him?
"Master Zhang, Master Lu, our master said he would not see any guests!"

The two didn't wait for too long, and the servants of Liu Jin's mansion came out in a hurry and replied.

"Okay, trouble brother!"

Zhang Tianyu smiled and nodded.

Soon, the carriage drove the two of them away, and walked towards the residence of Xie Qian, a cabinet scholar.

"I can only visit Xie Gong, and ask Xie Gong for advice."

Zhang Tianyu replied helplessly to Lu Zongxue that Zhang Tianyu was from Jiangnan. If a few years ago, there were many officials from the south of the Yangtze River, his path would be easy to follow. But now, there are not many left. It's not easy to go.

(End of this chapter)