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The great gift that Emperor Chongzhen was referring to was actually a salary increase for Ming officials. Let all officials in the world know that when the treasury revenue increases, everyone will benefit. This kind of benefit is a serious salary, not gray income, and you don't have to worry about factory guards suddenly coming to your door.

Compared with the past, today's salary is no longer in kind or in color, but is all paid in Ming Dynasty banknotes. Convenient, affordable, and everything I use says it is good.

Speaking of this, it’s also a shame that the Ming Dynasty’s currency was basically paper money. Otherwise, if only silver was used as currency, the Ming Dynasty's economy has been booming in recent years, and there will not be enough silver at all, which will make silver expensive and cheap, affect the enthusiasm of the people of the Ming Dynasty for labor creation, and fail to reflect the value of labor.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty banknotes are no longer issued in a one-to-one relationship with silver, but are based on the annual treasury revenue estimate. This model prevents the people of the Ming Dynasty, and even the officials of the Ming Dynasty, from being worried about the previous Panicked by the precedent of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes.

Emperor Chongzhen announced his intention to raise wages, and everyone was naturally happy. On this New Year's Day, no matter who they are, as long as they are common people in the Ming Dynasty, including ordinary people, officials, and relatives of the emperor, they are all preparing to celebrate the New Year with joy. There is no other reason than that things are getting better every year.

Just as the New Year was about to begin, Emperor Chongzhen also received a great gift, which was the royal guards sent to the Lion Kingdom and Goa in the past two months. News came back through the chat group.

The Lion Kingdom and Goa were indeed colonized by the Portuguese. What is different from the original history is that the current Governor of Colombo in the Lion Kingdom is still an "old friend" of the Ming Dynasty, the original Governor of Hao Jing'ao, Shiwela. After this guy escaped from Daming, he stopped at Annan and then went to Temasek, but he soon came to the Lion Kingdom.

Due to the stalemate between the Portuguese and the natives in the Lion Country, Shivera promised to annihilate the natives and was given the post of Governor of Colombo.

It seems that this Shiweila is really quite capable. He changed his predecessor's stupid approach and immediately surrendered to the natives, and then began to divide and win over each other. In the end, of course, he was out of ideas. The natives of the Lion Country have no power to fight back.

As for Goa, seeing the great situation in the Lion Country, they also began to strongly support Shivera's side. An army composed of Portuguese and more servants were sent to land in the Lion Kingdom to fight.

According to the news reported by Jinyiwei, the natives in the Lion Kingdom may not survive until the end of next year.

After hearing the news, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile a little more. I have decided on the Lion Kingdom, and I am worried about finding a reason to turn it into Ming Dynasty's "Hawaii".

The result was good. Shivella, one of the most wanted criminals in the Ming Dynasty, actually became the king of the Lion Kingdom. No matter what, troops had to be sent to capture him. Moreover, the Portuguese encouraged Annan to rebel, which was also an unforgivable crime. Not to mention that the Lion Country and Goa were Portuguese colonies. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to send troops to attack, it would be to attack Portugal itself, which was far away in Europe. That was also famous.

In this case, after the New Year, we can plan to send troops to capture Goa and the Lion Kingdom. As for Europe, right now, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Tsarist Russia are all hostile to the Ming Dynasty, and there will be reasons to send troops to attack these countries in the future. But we can't talk about sending troops to Europe right now. It's too far away and beyond our reach. Let's do it step by step. Sooner or later, the entire earth will belong to the Ming Dynasty!

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved. When the entire earth belongs to the Ming Dynasty, it would be worthy of traveling by himself!

Thinking this, he couldn't help but turn his eyes to the Japanese country again. I feel that the progress of the Japanese country is a bit slow. It would be great if we could find a way to speed up the progress of the war in the Japanese country.

After all, first, a lot of army and navy have been gathered in North Korea, and the streamlined troops from the Nine Sides are still heading to North Korea. Even a few guys in the Beijing camp who want military merit have also gone to North Korea.

Second, I am planning for North and South America, and the Japanese country is the springboard for planning North and South America. If I win the Japanese country as soon as possible, I will land in North and South America as soon as possible. It is best to establish a Ming Dynasty base in North America as soon as possible.

However, the Japanese army still has a lot of strength today, whether it is the Tokugawa shogunate or the coalition forces of the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen was a little reluctant to sacrifice the lives of Ming soldiers to help the feudal princes fight against the Japanese country.

Don't look at the fact that the Ming Dynasty has a population of about 200 million, but now that it is expanding to the southeast, northwest, and northwest, this manpower is still a bit tight. In this era, there are few entertainment programs. As for electricity, it is still under experiment and cannot be used for lighting. People in the Ming Dynasty, up and down, basically have only one human-creation program for entertainment at night. It is a pity that children The mortality rate is still too high, and the mortality rate among adults due to minor illnesses and disasters is not low either. It seems that Ming medicine must speed up.

In this regard, there is a bit of common sense, and Emperor Chongzhen knew it. Now at this time, there are conditions to solve this matter.

With this in mind, he immediately ordered the three monitoring systems of Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate through the chat group to compile statistics on births in various parts of the country in the past three years.

In this era, marriage is too early. Many girls who should still be in school in future generations have become mothers. This is very unscientific. But since ancient times, people have been getting married and having children at such an early age. If a decree were issued directly requiring women to be eighteen years old before getting married and having children, I am afraid it would attract criticism. It is not easy to change the concept of up and down. Only by speaking through data, counting them all, and putting the numbers in front of everyone's eyes, can it be effective and be understood by them!

Human life is at stake. If anyone wants to get a girl under 18 pregnant, let him cut off that troublesome part. Let’s see how many people don’t cherish it!

Correspondingly, in addition to setting up children's schools across the country, government-run hospitals should also be set up. However, the talent pool in this area is too small, and perhaps medicine should also be established as a discipline. Otherwise, it would be unrealistic to set up government-run hospitals across the country.

Emperor Chongzhen recorded this matter in his mind, and then began to think about it for himself. During the eight years of Chongzhen's reign, he was basically in the capital and did not go out for a walk. Not counting the time at Yongping Mansion, it was too close to the capital. After the New Year, I will go to the south for a walk and avoid the cold.

After thinking about it, it got dark and it was time to eat again. Think about it, which concubine will be sleeping with you tonight? Emperor Chongzhen was a little troubled, which was also the reason why he was soft-hearted. He had to get both the rain and the dew, so he began to make arrangements for his concubine in his heart.

Compared with his happy troubles, Dorgon, the puppet emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who was far away in Japan, was the real trouble.

I’ll post a little bit first so that everyone can read it on the way to work, and then I’ll post another chapter in the evening.