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As he spoke, he smiled carefreely, and his figure gradually dissipated, eventually turning into countless points of light and disappearing between heaven and earth.
The space and time that had been still returned to normal in an instant.
"Phew, finally gone."
Zhu Moye breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and pinched Tianyi's little face, and asked with a smile: "Good girl, now your father has agreed, just stay by your brother's side."
"Let's go home and have a big dinner!"
Tianyi wiped her beautiful eyes, nodded heavily, hugged Zhu Moye's waist, turned into a stream of light, and rushed away.
Chapter 109 The Rapid Development of the Ming Dynasty!
The next day, an imperial edict that shook the entire Ming Dynasty appeared out of nowhere.
During the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, all the civil and military officials who wanted to do evil to the emperor were struck to death by thunder from the sky.
I was originally wondering why after the auspicious signs from heaven, there came the ominous omen of thunder.
It turned out that it was God's way of punishing these ministers with ulterior motives and protecting the emperor.
Hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty all shouted that God had eyes and protected the emperor, without any doubt at all.
The very next day, another imperial edict was posted on the walls of major cities across the country.
Nearly 80% of the Ming Dynasty's officials above the fifth rank were dismissed and placed under investigation, and the vacant positions were replaced by some unknown people.
This imperial edict caused another major earthquake in the Ming Dynasty.
The common people who were unaware of the truth were naturally happy to see those well-known corrupt officials brought down, and they cheered in unison.
However, some people who were attentive smelled something unusual in it.
This is clearly a major political reform carried out by the current emperor that will go down in history and be remembered forever.
The heated discussion about the series of shocking events lasted for a while and then gradually subsided.
The atmosphere in the Ming Dynasty returned to peace and tranquility.
However, at this moment, the Ming Dynasty had no worries about taxes and no troubles with treacherous officials.
The common people have enough food and clothing, and even have some surplus. Even the disabled who are unable to work and the elderly who have no one to support them no longer have to worry about starving to death. They can all receive an allowance that is enough to live a relatively comfortable life.
Everyone lived a lively and energetic life, as if they were in heaven. In the hearts of the people, the image of Zhu Moye gradually became a symbol of godliness.
The peaceful time lasted for half a year.
Half a year later, tens of millions of people came from the distant East to reclaim the wasteland in northern Jiangsu and build their homes.
What followed was a staggering amount of wealth.
However, the imperial court did not hide the money at all and used the entire astronomical amount to set up free schools for children to learn to read and write and become promising talents.
Moreover, unprecedented state-owned factories were built across the country.
Such as the arsenal that specializes in producing muskets and ammunition, the shipyard that builds legendary metal ships, and the unheard-of oil well factory.
Regardless of the type of factory, the salary is dozens of times more than what an ordinary adult would earn through hard work.
Moreover, a policy was promulgated that people with more than ten years of service who no longer wished to work could apply for retirement and receive a monthly allowance from the court to spend their later years in peace.
This extremely generous policy, which allows people to have a lifelong job as long as they work hard, immediately moved the whole world.
For a time, the industry was in turmoil, and countless people with unique skills, but who were regarded as having strange and obscene skills and were not doing their jobs, flocked in and shined.
Countless muscular men who could not find satisfactory jobs and could only farm at home also came together, providing an endless supply of fresh blood for the most basic casting manpower.
Thanks to this initiative, China entered the industrial age hundreds of years ahead of schedule.
By the third year of Shangwu, the Shenjiying, a total of 10,000 people, who had been using bulky muskets and heavy crossbows, had all replaced their muskets with cannons, eliminating those weapons that had become history.
Almost everyone has an automatic rifle that is well-made and emits a terrifying cold light.
Even some soldiers in border areas are equipped with sniper rifles that can take the heads of enemy generals from a thousand meters away.
Some barbarian armies, ignorant of the danger, came to the border to harass the people and challenge the power of the Ming Dynasty. Some of their leaders' heads had even exploded into a ball of meat paste before they even entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
The Tatars and the warlike nation of Rakshasa in the far north were so frightened that they retreated hundreds of miles and dared not advance rashly again.
A few days ago, more than a dozen huge iron warships arrived in the coastal area. The people on the ships were all blond and blue-eyed, like foreigners, with unfriendly faces and came in a menacing manner.
While the people were still worried about what these foreigners of unknown origin would do after coming ashore.
They were all sunk by a steel behemoth as big as a hill in just ten minutes with one shot from each ship. All those foreign ghosts were buried in the vast ocean.
From then on, the Ming Dynasty was as solid as a rock!
Every citizen of the Ming Dynasty dared to shout out the loud slogan to any foreign merchant: Anyone who dares to challenge the power of the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are.
The soul of the nation has taken shape.
Inside the Daming Palace, Zhu Moye, wearing a golden dragon robe and a pearl curtain crown on his head, looked at the empty storehouse with only a few pieces of gold left, and couldn't help but feel a headache.
Over the past three years, his cultivation speed seemed to have stagnated. His golden elixir had not grown stronger at all, and using the Beiming Divine Art to absorb warriors' internal energy was no longer effective.
From what he saw, the internal energy and the true essence of the golden elixir were no longer on the same level of energy, so it was useless to absorb them.
Therefore, in the past few years, he has devoted himself to physical training, and the gold he obtained from Japan and the gold originally stored in the treasury have been used up.
He has plenty of silver, but what he needs is gold!
"Alas, the road ahead is long and arduous, and I cannot live without money."
"Long Yi, lead your troops to attack Africa today and take back all their diamonds and gold!"
With just a few words, the fate of the African black man was determined.
On the second day, a mighty force of more than 10,000 elite troops boarded 200 large trucks that were just beginning to be completed and set off for another continent in the far west.
Two years passed in the blink of an eye, and earth-shattering news once again broke out in the Ming Dynasty, which had been silent for five years.
The 10,000 elite troops who set out two years ago returned in triumph, announcing that they had recovered a continent larger than the territory of the Ming Dynasty and brought back countless gold, silver and jewelry.
For a time, General Long Yida's reputation was unparalleled, and Zhu Moye's prestige also rose to a new peak.
Inside the Daming Palace again, Zhu Moye frowned and murmured, "My body is becoming fuller and is about to reach the middle stage of the Golden Core. I can't delay strengthening the Golden Core any longer."
If the energy in the golden elixir does not grow stronger, he will not be able to advance. It seems that the only way to strengthen the golden elixir is the Supreme Book of Xiaoyao and the Art of Eternal Youth.
However, how can one practice the art of immortality in seclusion while dealing with state affairs all day?
Chapter 110 Ten years in the blink of an eye!
After Zhu Moye frowned and pondered for a while, he suddenly had an idea and his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something.
"Xiao Zhengzi, send someone to invite Eunuch Huai En to come."
Three years have passed. Yu Zheng, who has been traveling around the borders to clear out the border pests for Zhu Moye, has retired and returned to the capital.
Shang Ming seemed to have gained something from the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai and touched the edge of the golden elixir. He was currently in seclusion and was taking care of all the affairs of the Daming Palace.
After hearing Zhu Moye's instructions, Yu Zheng bowed and went to do his work.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Yu Zheng entered the courtyard of the Daming Palace with an old eunuch with gray hair and a kind face.
"Your servant Huai En pays homage to His Majesty."
The old eunuch who knelt down and kowtowed was exactly the person Zhu Moye was looking for.
"Eunuch Huai'en, I won't waste any more time talking nonsense. Where is my brother Zhu Youtang now?"
Zhu Moye's straightforward words rang in Huai En's ears like thunder, shocking him for a moment.
At that time, Concubine Wan framed Empress Xiaomu and had her banished to the cold palace.
At that time, Empress Xiaomu was pregnant and knew that she would be killed by Concubine Wan soon, so she gave birth to her child Zhu Youtang in advance with great perseverance.
That is the third prince of Emperor Chenghua.
Huai'en, who was sent by Concubine Wan to execute Empress Xiaomu, was kind-hearted to begin with and could not bear to do it. After seeing the newborn baby, he felt even more sorry.
Empress Xiaomu knew that if Huai'en did not kill her, she would surely die, and would also implicate this kind eunuch, so she hanged herself with a white silk scarf.
Before her death, she repeatedly instructed that the child must be sent out of the palace safely, so that he could live as an ordinary person for the rest of his life and not be involved in court struggles.
Only heaven and earth know about this matter, and only the deceased Empress Xiaomu knows about it.
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Among the living people of this time, only Huai En and Taoist Qingxu, who adopted Zhu Youtang, knew the reason.
Huai En was puzzled. How did the emperor know that he had a younger brother?
"This... Your Majesty, I was entrusted by Empress Xiaomu before her death. I want the Third Prince to live a peaceful life among the common people..."
Huai En looked at Zhu Moye in embarrassment and whimpered.
Hearing this, Zhu Moye glanced at him and chuckled, "I didn't expect you to be so trustworthy."
Immediately, he turned around, stood with his hands behind his back, and said calmly, "Empress Xiaomu exiled my third brother to the countryside because she was worried that he would die in the palace fighting."
"But now, the Ming Dynasty court is full of righteousness, and no concubines of the previous generation in the harem dare to fight for power and profit under my nose."
"And my throne is as stable as Mount Tai. Do you think I would harm my own brother?"
Under Zhu Moye's sharp gaze, Huai En felt the biting cold wind and knelt down quickly, saying, "I dare not, but I think the Third Prince is very happy among the common people. If he returns to the palace to enjoy himself, he will become a mediocre and idle playboy. I hope Your Majesty will understand my difficulties."
"Haha, who said we're going to bring him back to enjoy wealth and glory?"
"I want to train him well, so that he can govern the vast mountains and rivers for me and share my worries."
Huai En heard Zhu Moye's words without any falsehood, and there was indeed no murderous intent in his clear eyes.
Finally, he breathed a sigh of relief and told the truth: "The Third Prince was adopted by Taoist Qingxu since he was a child. He is now the third generation disciple of Wudang Mountain."
Zhu Moye's eyes flickered, and he breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly.
If he had not come to the Ming Dynasty, according to history, Zhu Youtang would have been the emperor after Zhu Jianshen, Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty!
It is worth mentioning that this man was broad-minded, kind, and respectful to others. He was one of the few wise rulers in history.
It ushered in the ten years of prosperity of the Hongzhi Restoration!
If I bring him back to the palace and teach him well, he will be able to solve my problems. If I have no time to manage the government, I can leave it to him without any worries.
……
The next morning, an imperial edict was once again posted on the walls of major cities and towns across the country.
After reading the above content, hundreds of millions of people were all confused, some were surprised, and some felt regretful.
The current emperor actually found his brother Zhu Youtang who was lost among the people, and appointed him as regent. When the emperor is away, he is in charge of all government affairs in the world and has the power of life and death, almost second only to the emperor.
This surprised them very much. They were surprised at the emperor's courage that he could so easily hand over power to a brother he had never met.
It seemed as if he had known for a long time that the Regent Zhu Youtang was not a treacherous person.
To their regret, the emperor announced that he would go into seclusion to practice cultivation from that day on, and all state affairs would be handled by civil and military officials assisted by the regent.
It seems that in the short term, the people of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to see the emperor writing, planning the country, and conquering the world.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
The regent Zhu Youji, who was mediocre, had no achievements and was almost forgotten by the people, actually led the troops himself and used them like a god, and actually recovered Goryeo and Ryukyu in one fell swoop.
For a moment, the whole world was shocked.
Zhu Youtang, the regent, was finally recognized by the people.
In the following time, the Martial Emperor Zhu Moye remained elusive and rarely appeared. Fortunately, the Regent was a natural talent for governing the country. Although he no longer had any outstanding achievements, he managed the affairs of the Ming Dynasty in an orderly manner.
The Ming Dynasty's national strength, economy, people's livelihood, and cohesion all developed rapidly.
By using the wealth brought back from other defeated countries, state-owned factories were developed, and high salaries made the people rich.
With high rewards, people naturally work very hard. Although the military industry has not yet reached the level of assembly line mass production, it has a large number of employees, and the manual forging day after day is accumulating little by little.
Almost half of the Ming Dynasty's 800,000 regular troops have been equipped with advanced firearms and have initially entered the era of hot weapons.
Time flies like a white horse passing by in the blink of an eye, like white clouds and gray dogs.
It seemed like just a breath of time, and more than four years passed, and it disappeared.
In the Daming Palace, which had been silent for many years, at the end of the ninth year of Shangwu, a long roar like a huge bell was heard, sweeping across the world.
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