listened to Xu Yuan's explanation.

Zhang Yanliu frowned, feeling very dissatisfied.

That's right, although Xu Yuan is not young, close to forty, and his physical fitness has slipped from his peak state, he still belongs to the category of young adults after all, and it will not decline to the extent that it feels a bit routine and perfunctory.

And when Xu Yuan just caught up with her last year, he was very powerful in that regard, not inferior to a teenager at all, which made Zhang Yan feel embarrassed and very satisfied, and the whole person was full of moisturized red light, round and jade, as if she was several years younger.

As a result, less than a year has passed, and this man has become weak, which makes her very disappointed, and she has found so many reasons and excuses, which can only prove a few aspects.

One is that this man is finally tired of her, tired of playing, the novelty has passed, after all, he has fallen into the category of most vulgar men, Xu Yuan is no exception, the so-called forever, love you forever, it's just rhetoric and flamboyance, once you get her body, after that addiction, no matter how beautiful the beauty is, she will get tired of it quickly, and she will no longer pay attention to pity, and all the previous mountain alliances and sea vows are all forgotten.

The second is that this man has set his sights on a new target object, and has a new love that he likes more, or in other words, he likes the new and hates the old, and he no longer cherishes it when he gets it, and this is also the root of most people's inferiority.

In the end, Xu Yuan may really be a little empty, Fang Qingyan and other women can't tolerate him being occupied by other women all the time, in order to regain his favor, he took some targeted actions, and it had a good effect.

and other reasons for the location, etc.

In short, Zhang Yan thought of many situations in her mind, analyzed a lot of questions and possibilities, and really got close to the truth and answers.

Crisis.

Zhang Yan suddenly had a strong sense of crisis and anxiety, and had to think about how to deal with it.

In fact, she is not the kind of greedy woman, except for those things that should be fought for, otherwise she will not fight, she has her pride and loftiness, she has her own moral pursuits, especially in the matter of men and women, she is still deeply influenced by the traditional concept, and is a gentle, virtuous, knowledgeable and courteous woman in her bones.

But this time, she became greedy, and suddenly she was unwilling to lose her man's preference for her, even if she spent less time with her and behaved a little worse, she had quite an opinion and felt dissatisfied.

Why is this happening?

The most fundamental reason is that it is too good to have a person who loves himself.

When someone sleeps in your arms at night, the quality of sleep will improve a lot.

What's more, Xu Yuan is a man who likes to give gifts, giving a bouquet of flowers today, a set of customized high-end jewelry tomorrow, a cosmetics bag the day after tomorrow, and a high-end hybrid car the day after tomorrow...... In short, there are surprises every day, gifts every day.

For more than half a year, the value of the gift Xu Yuan gave her was more than five million silver dollars, and if it was spread, I don't know how many people would be jealous.

Although Zhang Yan often said not to give any more gifts, every time she saw the gifts brought by Xu Yuan, she would slightly curl the corners of her mouth and show a happy smile.

And if this kind of life can go on forever, how good it would be.

However, the bad signs finally appeared, the dragon spirit and tiger Xu Yuan began to disappear, and the performance in the last few days made her more and more disappointed, and the frequency of coming began to decrease, and the bad signs have appeared.

It is not impossible to continue to develop, to be left out and abandoned.

This time

As a smart and wise woman, Zhang Yan also knows that in the face of such a situation, she will not be able to solve the problem by arguing and quarrelling, and it will only make men more disgusted and disgusted, and speed up the speed of abandonment, which is the next policy.

The best way is to find a way to tie up a man, trap a man, and obtain a long-term and inseparable guarantee.

Child.

This guarantee is that it is best to have a child, and then use the child as a link, Xu Yuan, this guy, is unlikely to abandon her like a shoe, for the sake of the child's face, he will still come over to see her - this guy is still very good to his children, and the king's manor, which has been rumored to make the Ming royal family worry about the recent public opinion field, is for his child, and he lives like a king in a small country.

So!

For Zhang Yan, if she can't have a child before her youth and beauty completely lose her attractiveness, then her future will definitely be quite miserable, and everything she has now will be lost, and even after death, there will be no one to worship her, like a lonely ghost...... When I think about it, I feel cold and terrified.

So no matter what, she must have a child of her own, whether it is a boy or a girl.

But now Xu Yuan is getting more and more empty, and his body seems to have really lost his fertility, and there has been no movement for most of the year.

Come to think of it.

Zhang Yan clasped her hands, looked at Xu Yuan in front of her and asked, "I have seen from some that it seems that there are some technical means in the fairy world of my hometown that can solve the problem of infertility...... Xu Yuan, can you take me to the fairy world, have an operation, and help me conceive your child? ”

"This ......"

Xu Yuan was taken aback, he didn't expect Zhang Yan's knowledge to be so much, and he even knew everything in this regard, but Xu Yuan planned to hide it from her for a while and not consider any children's problems.

Xu Yuan had to put his arm around her waist and said: "Beauty, now the two of us have a good life, no one bother, do whatever you want, do whatever you want, nothing if you want to play, there is not too much pressure and burden, children or something, I know what your worries are, you lack a sense of security, you need some protection, however, your physical condition, it will be a little troublesome to have children, but there are still ways, I can introduce some technology from the fairy world to this side and realize your mother's dream, but it takes a process, two years." In two years, there will certainly be no problems, I assure you! ”

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"Two years?"

Zhang Yan thought for a while, frowned, and said, "Can you go faster, preferably within a year?" ”

"Then next year, I will arrange surgery next year to make your dream come true."

Xu Yuan had to grit his teeth and say, with a burst of regret in his heart, you must know that after a woman gives birth to a child, unless it is the kind of special health recovery that is particularly good, her figure will be seriously damaged, and even out of shape, the older the mother, the more serious the body shape, and it is also accompanied by problems such as easy obesity, if Zhang Yan really has a child next year, after unloading, I am afraid that she will no longer be a queen, and the reduction in attractiveness is certain, Xu Yuan, this guy, I am afraid that he will not be happy for a few days, which can be described as a very pity.

However, when he thought of young beauties like Dong Xiaowan and her, Xu Yuan felt that beautiful things will always exist, although there are some regrets, but as long as he always pursues beauty, he will not be affected by regrets.

Thinking of this, he sighed secretly: "Why do I feel that I am getting more and more scummy? ”

……

The thirteenth year of Chongzhen, in October.

The heart of the Ming Empire, the capital.

Recently, there have been many major earthquakes in the capital, and the court of the Ming Dynasty has undergone marquee-like changes.

A large number of corrupt officials were arrested and imprisoned in the palace by Jinyiwei, and the new army of the warrior battalion, who was responsible for raiding the house, continuously looted the family property of hundreds of officials.

The cabinet elders of the imperial court have all been replaced.

Almost one-third of the officials above the fifth rank in the Ming Dynasty went to prison or lost their official hats, which can be called a great purge.

The stolen money, money and assets involved exceeded 100 million silver dollars, all of which went into the inner pocket of Emperor Zhu Youzhen, the Chongzhen Emperor, and he ate a belly round at once.

By the way, what's going on?

The Ming Imperial Court, why did it suddenly toss such a big movement and cause a huge repercussion?

Reform.

Of course, it's because of the reforms.

And this reform has entered the deep water area and is facing great resistance, but the emperor Zhu Youzhen still showed great courage and reused Li Banghua, Lu Xiangsheng, Chen Xinjia, Fang Yizhi, Zhu Wannian and other reformist officials, since the beginning of the tenth year of Chongzhen, began a revolutionary action called "Chongzhen Reform".

Some results have been achieved.

Recently, it has launched a thunderous anti-corruption action, intending to sweep away the most stubborn Shen Ke in the Ming officialdom once and for all and win the war of reform.

So is this reform, or the law change, which has lasted for almost four years, considered a success, and has it achieved the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the army? Has it laid the foundation for a prosperous era to meet the several major reform goals of Emperor Zhu Youzhen?

For example, strengthen the imperial power, increase the authority of the central government, and make all parts of the Ming Dynasty listen to him more as an emperor.

Another example is to increase fiscal revenue, from 40 or 50 million silver dollars a year to more than 100 million, and it is best to reach 200 million, 300 million, or even more, because Xujiazhuang's annual income is at least 2 billion silver dollars, and the Ming Dynasty can't even reach one-twenty or thirty-tenth, and the gap is huge, and it is not a level opponent at all.

Another example is the formation and training of a million new troops, all equipped with advanced artillery and firearms, in terms of combat effectiveness, do not pursue to be comparable to the Xu army, but not too much difference, to have a certain possibility of defeating the Xu army, to ensure the safety of the Ming Dynasty.

In short, the core goal of this reform can be summed up in one sentence: "centralization, 100 million silver dollars, and a million elite army".

So four years have passed, have all these reform goals set by Emperor Zhu You been achieved? Or a partial implementation.

Shake your head.

Although the current Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is in the hands of talents, there is no shortage of talented and handsome talents, and he has also been trusted and reused by Zhu Youzhen, there is very little suspicion, and they are all given full support and decentralization.

But......

In the place of the Ming Dynasty, there are still a large number of disobedient officials who are disobedient to the yang and yin, and they occupy the majority, most of them have to get by, salted fish every day, rarely take the initiative to do things, and there is no ideal pursuit, not so tossing the people, they have become good officials, and they have become the Qingtian lord who the people are grateful, but such good officials cannot complete the commercial tax collection index, and are unwilling to implement the "Xu's new education system", or they are unwilling to mobilize the people to overhaul the highway and improve the traffic situation to enrich the people, not to mention learning the laws and systems of Xujiazhuang, imitates the successful model of Xu Jiazhuang, but they are very resistant, and there are very few who take the initiative to cooperate.

As for the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty, it has indeed increased a lot in recent years, but after reaching 80 million silver dollars, it is more difficult to grow upwards, and it is even more unlikely to break 100 million, after all, the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty is mainly based on agricultural taxes, there is an upper limit, and it is very difficult to open up new taxes, and the resistance is huge, and a large number of people have to be recruited to increase the cost of tax collection, resulting in a delay in opening up tax sources.

In terms of military affairs, after the number of the new army increased to 300,000, it was impossible to continue to expand, and the cost of maintaining it was too high; although the combat effectiveness was good, and the task of eliminating the rebellion was successfully completed many times, which made Zhu Youzhen very satisfied, but the annual military expenditure of more than 20 million silver dollars made Zhu Youzhen feel pain, and the expansion plan of the new army of one million had to be abandoned or postponed again and again.

And so on and so forth.

It can be said that in the past four years, the reform initiated by Zhu Youzhen has achieved certain results, but it has been relatively limited, and this has achieved superficial success, and the essence has not changed much.

Compared with the rapid changes in Xujiazhuang and the annual growth rate of at least 20%, it is not possible to catch up and narrow the gap at all, but the gap has widened, and it has become more difficult to catch up with Xujiazhuang.

So Zhu Youzhen was anxious and ruthless, some time ago, it was with his support that Lu Xiangsheng was authorized to carry out a wave of anti-corruption actions, harvest a batch of leeks this year, and increase the income of the royal family.

By the way, the resistance to reform is cleared, which is conducive to deeper reform, so as to narrow the gap with Xujiazhuang, become a little able to catch up, and see the hope of narrowing the distance.

In addition, Emperor Zhu Youzhen also prepared a lot of tricks to change the law in the future.

For example, what civil service system should be introduced, and a large number of excellent civil servants should be trained to replace those mediocre and incompetent officials, so that various reforms can be implemented, rather than leaving the capital, not many officials will pay attention to it, continue to do their own thing, spend all day and wine, and continue the degeneration of the past, and in order to succeed in reform, these obstacles must be cleared in order to smooth the way and successfully achieve the goal.

It's just that......

What is unexpected is that after this wave of actions to overcrowd the prison, at the level of public opinion, there were not many loud applause, but a large number of voices of opposition emerged, feeling that it was very unfair and ridiculous to be arrested.

Of course, the clamor of these defeated dogs did not shake Zhu Youzhen much, but strengthened his determination to continue to cut leeks and continue to carry out reforms!

However, when Zhou Kui, the uncle of the country, ran over, with a sincere face, he pleaded for a certain huge greed, hoping to release the person quickly and fine a little money.

When the merchants of the capital banded together and raised the price of most goods by 20% to protest against the emperor's change of law.

When King Gui, the vassal king of Guangxi, suddenly had a large number of "ministers from the dragon" around him, and gave money and food, so that King Gui suddenly trained 100,000 elite Gui troops, and he would soon be able to launch military operations.

There are also high-level officials of the Guanning Army not far from the capital, who also feel that the emperor's change is a little inappropriate, too casual, and the purpose of cutting leeks is too strong, which seriously affects the interests of the Guanning Army, and hopes that the emperor will think twice - you must know that the current Guanning Army has 300,000 elites, and its strength is comparable to that of the imperial court.

So seeing Guan Ningjun's letter expressing dissatisfaction, a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Zhu Youzhen's forehead.