"What? Abdicate and become the Supreme Being?"
Zhu Youjian suddenly became alert.
He hated being the Supreme Emperor the most. He had been the Supreme Emperor for more than fifty years in his previous life. Enough of being the Supreme Emperor. He was tired of it!
Also, why did the third child say such things? Was he bribed by his traitor?
Seeing Chongzhen's gloomy face, Zhu Cijiong immediately came up with the prepared words and said: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with becoming the emperor and taking real power...On the one hand, the power is still there; on the other hand, you don't have to take care of everything, you just need to grasp it." Just hold the most critical military or financial power. And once you become the Supreme Leader, you can control the power behind the scenes. Even if you stir up some troubles, you don't have to take responsibility. The emperor will take care of everything.
Therefore, in Japan, whether it is the emperor, the generals, or the lower feudal lords, they all like to do this when they get old, retreating behind the scenes to take power, and giving up the throne without giving up power. Even the son-in-law planned to give up the emperor to him when Takahito grew older. I will be the Supreme Emperor who hides behind the scenes and takes power... If my father does not abdicate by then, then I will be the Supreme Emperor, but you, my father, will still be the emperor. "
Well?
What's the meaning? My son is the Supreme Emperor and I am the Emperor...Why is this so awkward?
Zhu Youjian thought about it carefully and felt that Zhu Cijiong's proposal was not completely unreasonable. There are so many secular things that he has to deal with now that he has to compress the precious time of guiding art work and guiding his sons to build a feudal state...especially the latter, which requires Emperor Chongzhen to invest a lot of energy and financial resources. .
Because his older sons have already taken over relatively wealthy and easy-to-win territories, if the remaining younger sons still want to get their own country, Chongzhen will have to pay as much cost and energy as More...
Chongzhen thought deeply: "If I give up my throne to him...will he use his financial power to usurp my military power?"
"Father, I think that no one can control the world's financial power and military power at the same time." Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said, "Because if you want to control the world's financial power, you must be in Nanjing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Yangzhou... It is absolutely impossible for a person in Beijing, far away from the rich land of the southeast, to firmly hold the world's financial power in his hands.
Because the interests involved in the world's financial power are too great, if an important minister is appointed to control it, even if this important minister has real ability, he will become a target of public criticism and a public enemy of the whole dynasty, because justice does not control wealth!
And... where can the imperial court find someone who is both capable and ethical, and willing to manage the country's finances without offending officials all over the world? "
"Yes!" Chongzhen sighed, "How can there be such a civil servant in the world?"
He understands this very well!
The first time he became emperor, he was deceived by his subordinates into thinking that there was no money or food at all in Southeast Huguang! The second time he knew that Southeast and Huguang were rich, but after a lot of effort, it was only more than 60 million a year. Later, it increased to more than 100 million, after Zhu Cihong took over the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. Moreover, Zhu Cixiang can borrow tens of millions in debt every year through the financial markets in Shanghai and Yangzhou!
Zhu Cixiang's ability to make so much money is inseparable from his own abilities and his status as a national.
If Zhu Cixiang was not the emperor's nephew or the emperor's nephew, but a civil servant, he wouldn't be where he is now. Just the money to rectify the salt affairs and open the Salt Bank can make the Yushitai's bullets drown his people.
Chongzhen sighed and said: "It is not easy to control financial power, but even more difficult to control military power! Because after losing most of the financial power, the country can still survive miserably. But if it loses most of the military power, the country will definitely be destroyed, even if it does not If the country is destroyed, the emperor will have to be replaced. Therefore, Chengmiao would rather lose its financial power and move the capital to Beijing in order to firmly control the military power of the nine sides!"
Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "It is precisely because of this that after the establishment of the Temple Bintian, the Ming Dynasty's state began to be increasingly stretched, unable to support frequent wars, and had to resort to retreating to deal with it... And If we retreat to the border, it means that the enemy is approaching step by step, and the enemy's approach step by step will greatly increase the defense pressure on the towns on the nine sides. If military expenditures cannot be increased, it will only be a matter of time before the border towns are exhausted!"
That is to say, if you give up control of military power, you will die immediately, and if you give up control of financial power, you will die slowly... If you want to prolong your life, you must firmly hold on to military power and financial power.
And this is not easy!
Zhu Cijiong paused and then said: "Also, even if the country has money and can provide blood transfusions to the border towns, if the people who control the border towns are not knowledgeable in military affairs, they will not be able to accomplish anything. They will only waste the army and make them lazy.
To seize military power, you don't just need to sit in Beijing, but just control the nine sides nearby... The emperor must also really understand military affairs, and it is best to reach a level that can be used to fight against thieves in battle! "
In fact, most of the heroes and saints in history were able to command operations on the spot, and quite a few of them were simply military masters. If you know nothing about military affairs and want to rely on generals (commanding generals) to achieve victory in foreign military operations, the difficulty will definitely be greater than studying military affairs on your own!
In particular, an emperor who does not understand military affairs relies on a group of civil servants who do not understand military affairs and wants to defeat the country of Yi and Di led by military masters. This is simply a daydream.
Of course, those nominal monarchs who were emptied out by powerful ministers or the Queen Mother are naturally not counted. Because they are not the real monarchs. The real monarchs are the powerful ministers and the queen mother. For example, Zhuge Liang of the Jihan Dynasty, Cao Cao of the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Yu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Empress Dowager Xiao of the Khitan, Huang Ama of the Qing Dynasty, etc... These are all actual monarchs or acting monarchs who can be on the battlefield. Once the imperial power is grasped by these people, the emperor's fate is no longer in his own hands.
Zhu Cijiong finally concluded: "So the father's method of letting the eldest brother sit in the southeast to make money, while he sits in Beijing and controls the troops, is really clever... Even if the eldest brother becomes the emperor, he cannot change this rule, otherwise the Ming Dynasty We have to go back to the old path again.”
"You mean...the boss ascended the throne in Nanjing, and I will continue to command the army in Beijing?" Emperor Chongzhen twirled his beard, "What is the difference between this and the original?"
"Yes!" Zhu Cijiong said with a smile, "The eldest brother has been an emperor..."
Well, there is a difference between being an emperor and not being an emperor.
If Zhu Youjian really lived to be 100 years old and killed Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cihong would have no choice but to be buried as his nephew, and Zhu Hehao would be the one to create a false emperor in the future.
Zhu Cijiong added: "And the eldest brother has to take over the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty provinces except Zhili, Yanning, Xuanda, Liaodong, western Liaoning, southern Liaoning, northern Liaoning, etc. My father only needs to manage Zhili, Yanning, Xuanda, Liaodong, Liaoxi, Liaonan, Liaobei and other places are enough. Just like the elder brother controls Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, this is much easier.
In addition, the imperial court will also move to Nanjing. In this way, all the trivial matters in the court are the eldest brother's business. The father only needs to control the military power in Beijing and at the same time train his grandson, oh, he should be the new crown prince. "
"The local tycoon..." As soon as Zhu Youjian mentioned the three words "the local tycoon", he couldn't help showing a loving smile, "Okay, I have to teach the local tycoon well! The local tycoon is fighting with soldiers. If his talent is not inferior to mine, I will definitely be able to train him into a famous general. With him in charge in Beijing, the boss will not have to worry about military matters.
In addition, we can’t keep the wealthy people waiting! The boss's health is not bad, so many women haven't taken advantage of him. He looks like he can live to be 70 or 80 years old. How old will the rich man be then? "
Zhu Cijiong was right when he thought about it. Zhu Cihong had done it, so shouldn’t the wealthy king also have to do it?
Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and said: "Father... why don't you make an agreement with your boss that if you retire at 60, he will retire at 60 too!"
"What a great idea!" Zhu Youjian laughed when he heard this, clapped his hands and said, "Let him have a taste of being the Supreme Emperor! He can resign if he wants me to, but I will resign at any age. He will also resign at this age. .....We can’t keep rich people waiting!”
