The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 577 Giving Medicine
"This is the golden cherry fruit that Lü Demin asked someone to bring back from Australia. It can cure 'enuresis, frequent urination, and chronic diarrhea and dysentery.' General Kang is old, and I thought you would need it."

The retired emperor waved his hand, and the palace maid Amber came forward holding a small wooden box.

After all, Lao Kang is the seventeenth inheritor of King Kong Powder. He has been dealing with medicinal materials since he was a child and is quite knowledgeable about various prescriptions and medicines. When he opened the wooden box, he recognized at a glance that this was the legendary golden cherry, a miracle medicine for treating dysentery.

"I had only seen it in medical books before, and I thought it had long been lost. I never thought..."

The old man was so excited that he didn't care about the beautiful palace maid beside him, and said with tears in his eyes:
"Ah, my goodness! It's rare that Your Majesty still remembers my old ailment. This golden cherry fruit was originally a medicine that the eunuch Zheng He used to give to sailors during his voyages to Southeast Asia. Later, the Ming Emperor forbade sailing, and the miraculous medicine was lost along with the eunuch's treasure ship. I never expected to find it again."

Amber interjected, "Your Majesty has put a lot of effort into searching for this medicine."

Kang Yingqian hurriedly wanted to salute again, but Liu Zhaosun stepped forward and helped him up.

Australian aborigines call golden rose "mother's tears". This herb is not native to Australia and it is impossible for it to fly to Australia on its own, so it must have been brought there by someone.

In other words, it is very likely that Eunuch Sanbao has been to Australia!
Thinking of this, Kang Yinggan looked at the retired emperor with a more complicated look. As early as more than ten years ago, Da Qi had been planning to land in Australia. After going through the motions for more than ten years and investing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, he finally got some results.

"General Kang, General Kang?"

Liu Zhaosun shouted twice before Kang Yingqian regained his spirits, only to hear the emperor say:
"It's getting late. You should go back first and have a good rest tomorrow. Then come to the Dazheng Palace early the day after tomorrow to discuss state affairs together."

Kang Yingqian quickly agreed, stood up and bowed again, then slowly left the hall.

The Emperor looked around and said to Dongfang Zhu, "Go and see Chief Minister Kang off."

Dongfang Zhu quickly took the order and left.

As the two walked further and further away, the Emperor murmured:
People have to live, no matter what.

The main hall of the Taisho Palace was empty, with only the retired emperor and two palace maids, Amber Dujuan, left.

Liu Zhaosun thought of the disasters that had happened in recent days and felt like a fire captain, running around all the time. If he continued in this state of governance, he doubted whether he could live to be fifty years old.

"Let Blind Ke do another careful divination someday to see how long he can live. Liu Kan will be fourteen next year, so he can take over the government."

The emperor was still thinking when suddenly, a breeze blew from behind. He reacted instantly and thought it was another assassin who flew into the fire like a moth. However, before he turned around, a familiar fragrance filled his nose.

"It's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet? Is Liu Yufei asleep?"

"She can eat and sleep well, and she's plump and white. Husband should stop worrying about her."

As he spoke, a cloak was draped over Emperor Wuding's back, and a wave of warmth immediately swept over his whole body.

The copper stoves at the four corners of the hall had long been extinguished. In the late autumn of the Shenyang Imperial Palace, it was already freezing cold in the second half of the night.

Jin Yuji breathed into her palms and rubbed them gently. She stood with her back to the whale oil lamp, her clear eyes tearing up.

Liu Zhaosun took off his cloak and put it back on the empress dowager. Jin Yuji did not refuse. The image of the chubby eldest princess appeared in the eyes of the retired emperor.

"Liu Yufei's birthday is coming soon, I think it's November 11th."

"My dear husband, it's rare that you still remember that she is sixteen years old this year. Many people in the palace say that it's time for her to get married."

The retired emperor smiled awkwardly. He had been engaged in endless wars over the years. Almost every autumn and winter, he was fighting or on the way to fight. It seemed that he had never celebrated his daughter's birthday.

"Sixteen already, so soon... Is there a suitable family?"

Jin Yuji laughed and said, "How could that be? Now that there are no imperial examinations, there are no top and second place winners. She doesn't like ordinary military commanders, so it's difficult."

It shouldn’t be difficult for the eldest princess to marry, right?
"Why not find some former Ming Dynasty Hanlin..."

More than a decade passed like a flash. In the blink of an eye, Jin Yuji had grown from the little girl who lost her parents and was helpless by the Hunjiang River to the Empress Dowager Cisi, the mother of the country in the Great Qi Empire.

The emperor shook his head and rejected this absurd idea.

"Wait a little longer," "Wait? If you wait any longer, you'll become an old princess."

Liu Zhaosun was silent for a moment, then whispered, "The imperial examinations will resume soon. The Hanlin second and first place prizes you want will be endlessly available, making it difficult for Liu Yufei to choose."

Jin Yuji was angry: "What do I want? I want to marry my daughter..."

Seeing that Jin Yuji was in high spirits today, Liu Zhaosun couldn't bear to tell her some bad news.

After sending away the palace maids, the two sat down in front of the dragon bed. The emperor was a little absent-minded.

Jin Yuji immediately understood what Liu Zhaosun was thinking: "Husband? Any news about the emperor's uncle?"

The emperor decided not to hide it anymore.

"Pei Dahu, Wu Xiao, and the others brought Jin Dajiu back. They arrived in Shenyang yesterday and are now imprisoned in the Imperial Prison."

After saying this, he looked at Jin Yuji calmly, waiting for her reaction.

"Are you going to see your brother for the last time?"

"what?"

Jin Yuji's shoulders trembled, but her expression did not change. After a moment, her shiny black hair swayed gently.

"No need. He did terrible things in Huguang, betrayed Da Qi, and betrayed you."

"But he is still your brother, your relative in this world."

Jin Yuji was slightly stunned, and blurted out: "My relatives are Your Majesty, the Princess, and Liu Kan."

Liu Zhaosun said nothing more.

The emperor's uncle Jin Dajiu, with his own efforts - of course, not just him alone - caused chaos in half of Huguang, where people were in turmoil and the city of Tianxin collapsed. The grand project that the retired emperor had been dreaming of became an unfinished building before it was even half built.

From any perspective, the king's uncle must die.

"I just want him to die quickly. If you want to torture him to death, please kill him first..."

Liu Zhaosun was silent for a while, and finally agreed to the Queen Mother's request, which was not a request.

He helped Jin Yuji sit in front of the bed, undressed, and muttered to himself:

"Yuji, do you know why I hate him so much?"

Jin Yuji was stunned for a moment, then said anxiously:
"He embezzled millions of taels of silver and even plotted rebellion..."

Liu Zhaosun stopped what he was doing. He looked as if he had been hit by a lead bullet. His voice trembled as he stared at the Queen Mother.
"That's because I entrusted the most important affairs of the Great Qi to your brother, and asked him to go to Junzhou to build Tianxin City, and let him establish a new capital city for the Great Qi that would stand out from the crowd. Whether he cut corners or embezzled money, I don't care. As long as the city can be built, everything will be fine. But now, Tianxin City will never be built! Wu Xiao told me yesterday that it has become a pile of ruins. In the past, they and I ambitiously formulated various national policies, from the land system of the Qi Dynasty to the current one. From now on, whenever I go to Junzhou and see Tianxin City, I will be reminded that I am a loser, who has been defeated in every battle!"

At the end of his speech, the emperor suddenly began to sob, and tears gradually blurred the eyes of the time traveler.

Moscow doesn't believe in tears, and neither does Shenyang. However, everyone has their limits, even if he is a demigod.

Jin Yuji gently hugged him, sang a Korean nursery rhyme, and fell asleep with her clothes on.

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Kang Yingqian replaced Sun Chuanting as the chief minister of the Da Qi cabinet as he wished. Cabinet ministers Xu Guangqi and Jin Ni were also dismissed and replaced by Lu Xiangsheng and Qiao Yiqi. Qian Qianyi and Hou Xun's official positions remained unchanged and they remained grand secretaries.

The top power structure of Da Qi was reshuffled. Duke Chengguo Jin Dajiu was charged with treason, but the retired emperor showed him special mercy. If the thief could take the initiative to go north and surrender, he would be spared from death. However, the probability of Jin Dajiu surrendering was not high.

At the end of October, the cabinet issued an edict, blaming all the recent poverty and rampant corruption in the world on the former prime ministers Sun Chuanting and Ma Shiying, as well as Jin Dajiu and Song Yingxing who had betrayed the emperor's grace and acted recklessly. Later generations called these four people the Four Tigers of Taichu when recording this period of history. The four of them formed gangs and did whatever they wanted, which caused ten years of turmoil in the Great Qi and brought serious losses to the people.

(End of this chapter)