My father is Jiajing

Chapter 453 This is fate
What is the purpose of war?
If war is simply about victory on the battlefield, then throughout history there are many brave generals who have won every battle.

But not every victorious warrior can remain victorious until the last moment.

Many times, the fate of these victorious generals is also a tear-jerking heroic twilight.

While making future generations sigh, they are also imagining what would happen if he won?
But history is not like this, and there is no such thing as an assumption in reality.

Those who have won battles all their lives but failed in the last, most crucial battle of their lives, actually have a problem with their understanding of war.

They think they are invincible and can defeat anyone. Killing people is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables. Everyone looks like a traitor to them.

But the essence of war is not just about winning the battle, but also about people’s hearts!

If the war is won but the people's hearts are lost, then it is all in vain.

Sooner or later, we will be trapped in endless repetitive battles again.

Although these battles will make some people become undefeated legends admired by everyone, this legend comes at a price.

And the price may be one's own life and all one's lifelong efforts.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui’s plans and strategies for Hetao are based on the people’s hearts!

He doesn't care about temporary victory, nor does he care about long-term silent contributions in obscurity.

As long as the final result is to allow that piece of plateau Gobi land that has suffered so much to have a peaceful and harmonious future, and a belief that it can coexist with the Central Plains dynasty.

So even if it means spending a few more years of silent management, Zhu Zaigui is willing to do so.

After all, it is easy to kill, but difficult to calm down.

The people over there have been brainwashed by their leaders and priests from the moment they were born, making them believe that all the sufferings they suffer in this life are due to the sins they committed in their previous lives.

Although Zhu Zaigui also wanted to help them escape from suffering, according to Zhu Zaigui's understanding in later generations, these poor people who had been brainwashed by religion to the bone were actually not worthy of any sympathy.

Once kindness is shown to them and they are given a peaceful life and abundant days, the religious sins ingrained in their bones will inevitably reappear.

Therefore, the best way to save them from suffering is to send them to death, and then kindly educate their uncontaminated children to learn harmless advanced civilization.

Only in this way can their future be transformed and no longer be poisoned by the ideas of those evil religions.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui would rather keep the child and save the young than actually save any adult with a fixed mindset.

Even if they were offered to build roads or open mines, Zhu Zaigui would not accept it.

Because in the era before Zhu Zaigui traveled through time, some countries had already suffered terrible backlash from civilization.

Therefore, in order to prevent the future Ming Dynasty from following the ridiculous footsteps of those countries that are considered developed countries.

Zhu Zaigui's heart must be as hard as a rock and as cold as ice. He must never give those poor people whose minds have been solidified by the poison of religion a chance to live because of his momentary leniency and kindness.

Because they are the frozen poisonous snakes in the fairy tale. Although the farmer saved it with kindness, he did not receive the snake's gratitude. Instead, he was bitten by the snake and lost his precious life.

Therefore, in order to prevent Daming from being the farmer who sacrificed himself to save the snake, let Zhu Zaigui be the bad guy.

Even though saints in later generations criticized Zhu Zaigui as an evil genocide, Zhu Zaigui admitted it.

At least his "evil" could buy the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years of development.

After chatting about these trivial matters with Zhu Zaizhen, Zhu Zaizhen accepted Zhu Zaizhen's invitation and would bring the princess to visit his house the next day.

With Zhu Zaigui's assurance, Zhu Zaizhen was overjoyed. He immediately thanked Zhu Zaigui and hurried back to his palace to report the good news to Princess Jing so that she could rest assured and take care of her pregnancy.

After seeing Zhu Zaizhen off, Zhu Zaigui also slowly returned to the backyard.

Zhu Zaigui went to the princess's courtyard first, but the princess was in a very bad condition at the moment. Li Shizhen and Wan Mizhai had done their best, but the results were still very weak.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui could only helplessly comfort the princess that everything would be fine.

But Zhu Zaigui was actually very clear in his mind that the princess's condition would only last for one or two years at most.

If her problem was still a genetic disease, then in the future Zhu Zaigui would have to consider the choice between Zhu Yihuan and Zhu Yijun.

After all, some things are so realistic that there is no room for imagination.

Therefore, during this period of time, Zhu Zaigui also asked Li Shizhen and Wan Mizhai to investigate the princess's paternal and maternal families to see if they also had the princess's current symptoms and past illnesses.

Although it was cruel to do so, Zhu Zaigui had no other choice.

It was impossible for him to hand over the future imperial lineage to a son with a genetic disease, because this would not only be irresponsible to his own son, but also to the future of the Ming Dynasty.

"You look good today, and you are in good spirits. Is there any good news?"

Zhu Zaigui adjusted his mentality, walked into the princess' room with a smile, looked at the somewhat weak princess, and said so.

When the princess heard Zhu Zaigui's voice, she wanted to stand up and salute immediately, but was held down by Zhu Zaigui who walked over quickly.

Zhu Zaigui said: "You and I, as husband and wife, don't have to do this. Besides, there are no outsiders here."

The princess was deeply moved by Zhu Zaigui's words. She said in a weak voice, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Zhu Zaigui held the princess's cold and thin little hand and continued to comfort her softly, "I see that you look much better recently. When the weather gets warmer in a while, I will take you out for a walk, to see the birds singing and the flowers blooming outside, to relax your mind. This may also be good for your health."

The princess listened to Zhu Zaigui's caring words and knew very well that she had this problem for a long time and there had been no obvious improvement, but it was getting worse.

So, she also understood that she might not have much time left.

The princess said to Zhu Zaigui, "Okay, when I feel better, I will accompany you for a walk and see the scenery outside."

Zhu Zaiqi hummed, and then said: "When the time comes, I will bring a few children from the palace to accompany you to have some fun. These little guys are not afraid of me. They will come to the study to make trouble for me whenever they have something to do. You must discipline them well."

The princess smiled when she heard this. "Your Highness is asking me to be the bad guy again. You pamper Kunkun and the others every day. They have no respect for you, but I don't have the energy to discipline them. You should bring Concubine Chen with you. She is still very dignified among these children."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "Okay, take Concubine Chen with you."

Zhu Zaigui chatted with the princess for a while, and before leaving, he instructed the servants in the princess's courtyard to take good care of her.

Then he went to Chen's place again.

Chen's problem is also very frustrating. Chen has no heir so far. No matter how much effort Zhu Zaigui puts into her and how diligently he sows the seeds, Chen still has no movement.

Even the two great masters Li Shizhen and Wan Mizhai were helpless.

It can be seen that Chen’s problem could not be solved by the medicine of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, Li Shizhen and his team's new medical technology had only been developed for about ten years. Although they had begun to gradually let go of their concerns and engage in anatomical pathology and human research in recent years, it was still a short period of time.

There was no major breakthrough that could really cheer Zhu Zaigui up.

Instead, it killed hundreds of experimental materials that were bought at high prices.

These materials were the living Japanese pirates that Zhu Zaigui had people buy at the high price of one hundred taels of silver on the coast of Zhejiang.

In order to prevent people from filling in the gaps, Zhu Zaigui only bought Japanese pirates who could speak Japanese, and did not accept those who were mute or the like.

If anyone dared to fill in the gaps and attempt to take credit for their own achievements, Zhu Zaigui would immediately let them know why the flowers are so red.

The coal yard, lime yard and cement yard in Xishan are still in great need of workers who are willing to work on the front line to dig coal and handle bags.

Therefore, as long as Zhu Zaigui catches this kind of bastard who is so bold as to try to use good people as pirates, he will have to wait for the whole clan to come and dig coal and resist the pirates.

Therefore, ever since Zhu Zaigui began to purchase live Japanese pirates at high prices, few people were bold enough to make fake ones and pass them off as Japanese pirates.

After all, what Zhu Zaigui wanted were living beings that could speak.

These two conditions are not like those of the original Jiubian, where they would accept the servants as long as they liked their hairstyle.

To Zhu Zaigui, even if your hairstyle looks like that of a Japanese pirate, as long as you are dead and cannot speak, Zhu Zaigui will not accept you.

After all, a living Japanese pirate is worth one hundred taels of silver. How can you just accept him after verifying his identity?

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui only collected thousands of them intermittently over the years.

Moreover, it seems that these thousands of Japanese pirates are not enough. Now not only Li Shizhen and Wan Mizhai will fight for them.

Even the Imperial Medical Service began to reluctantly go to the Academy of Medical Sciences for exchanges and studies.

Although some people are very taboo and disgusted by this medical method of opening up a person's stomach for research.

But when they saw the Japanese pirates who were already guilty of the death penalty being disemboweled, they lost their temper and at most made a few bland remarks to show their respect.

Because they are afraid that they have said too much. If they get sick in the future and seek help from the Academy of Medical Sciences or the Imperial Hospital, they are worried that they will be targeted.

Therefore, when the Academy of Medical Sciences uses living Japanese pirates to study pathology and human body structure, few people take it seriously.

After all, to be honest, the ability of the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Imperial Medical Bureau to treat and save lives has indeed been much stronger in recent years than it was ten years ago.

Some diseases that were previously difficult to explain can now have an accurate and detailed pathological explanation.

Instead of doing as they did in the past, where as long as they couldn't find the root cause of the disease, they would start to fool the patient with nonsense like "You have dampness here and heat there".

Now, as long as there is a detailed diagnosis and corresponding case, and as long as the cause of the problem can be found from in vivo research, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Imperial Medical Bureau will use the most accurate description possible to explain the cause of the case.

This is also one of the reasons why most people in the capital trust and affirm new medicine.

After all, no one wants to get a disease that is ambiguous, has no clear cause and is terrifying.

Therefore, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Imperial Hospital are still very capable today, and patients from other wealthy areas of the Ming Dynasty travel thousands of miles to the capital to see doctors at the Academy of Medical Sciences or the Imperial Hospital.

Unfortunately, even though they were so powerful, Li Shizhen and Wan Mizhai had never actually performed the surgical treatment that Zhu Zaigui considered to be a symbol of modern medicine.

Although it is said that Hua Tuo once treated patients in this way, that happened more than a thousand years ago, and there is no way to verify whether it is true or not.

It can only remain in legends and be passed on in a miraculous way.

If one day Li Shizhen and Wan Mizhai could develop an anesthetic and perform a surgery that would excite Zhu Zaigui.

Only then did Zhu Zaigui believe that the efforts of Li Shizhen and Wan Mizhai had achieved a great qualitative breakthrough.

Otherwise, even if they conduct detailed pathological research, they are actually still stuck in conservative internal medicine treatment.

When faced with a disease that requires surgery to be cured, it would be useless even if they were the best doctors in the world.

After all, curing illnesses and saving lives is not like a fantasy novel where you can cure an illness by taking medicine or giving a few injections.

Some problems still require very intuitive treatment methods.

It is like the legendary "scraping bones to cure poison". If the poison attached to the muscles and bones of Guan Yu's arm cannot be removed directly and effectively by physical means, then the poison cannot be cured at all.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui was still very eager to see Li Shizhen and Wan Mizhai recreate the legend of Hua Tuo and create a medical shock that would have belonged to the Ming Dynasty!
When they arrived at Chen's courtyard, Chen was lovingly giving fruit candies to Zhu Yiyun, Zhu Yijun and Zhu Zaigui's two little daughters.

When Zhu Zaigui saw this, he immediately laughed and said, "You should all eat less sugar. If you get cavities, I will catch you and send you to Dr. Li to have your teeth extracted. Let's see if you dare to eat sugar like this again."

As a result, Zhu Zaihui's threats did not scare the children at all. They took the candies and ran away, leaving only Zhu Zaihui and Chen standing in the yard.

Chen bowed slightly to Zhu Zaigui and said, "Your Majesty, please don't blame the children. It was I who gave them the candy."

Zhu Zaigui came over and held Chen's hand, pulling her to sit on the stone pier in the yard, and then hugged Chen's slender waist, "You, a loving mother often spoils her children. The princess is in poor health, and even if you are the mistress of the mansion, you can't spoil them like this."

Chen replied softly: "I know, but I just can't help wanting to be nice to them and not wanting them to suffer."

Zhu Zaigui laughed again and said, "Why should they suffer? They were born in an imperial family, enjoying wealth and splendor, and without a strict and rigid teacher to discipline them. Why should they suffer?"

When Chen heard what Zhu Zaigui said, she thought again and realized that these children were indeed not suffering.

So Chen couldn't help but apologize: "I was wrong, I just like children."

Hearing Chen's words, Zhu Zaigui sighed in his heart. How could he not see that Chen liked children?
But sometimes it is fate, and there is no way to change it. Unless Li Shizhen and Wan Mi Zhai make another major medical breakthrough, and it happens to be a reference to Chen's problem.

Otherwise, even gods can’t do anything about it.

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