Thanks to Zhu Hehao, Zhu Cixiang and Zhang Xianzhong will soon become in-laws!
But he wouldn't be surprised, let alone object to it. Because he himself has been Li Zicheng's good son-in-law for a long time - I don't know if Li Zicheng has found a doctor to cure his hidden illness in this life? Li Zicheng, who had no children in his previous life, actually had three sons and three daughters with his concubine Lady Xing in this life. When Zhu Cixiang was in Chongzhen for thirty years, he was curious about this matter for some reason, so he asked Li Zicheng to take his family to Shanghai Shijiantang to celebrate the New Year together. As a result, he fell in love with his youngest daughter Li Yueniang!
Of course, Zhu Cihong did not fall in love with Li Yueniang because of his lust. Although Li Yueniang was indeed very beautiful, she looked nothing like Li Zicheng... But this was not the reason why Zhu Cihong accepted Li Yueniang as his concubine. The reason why he did this was because in the 30th year of Chongzhen, it had long been common for vassal kings to adopt the daughters of auxiliary ministers as princesses or concubines.
Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen also encouraged his sons to do what they did - when his sons were being raised as pigs in the country, the emperor was worried that his sons would collude with powerful ministers to usurp the throne, so of course he could not allow them to marry ministers. But now that the prince will go abroad sooner or later to work hard, how can he not have relatives and confidants to follow him? Therefore, Chongzhen encouraged his sons to engage in marriage between monarch and ministers.
And this Li Yueniang seems to have inherited her father Li Zicheng's infertility. She has been with Zhu Cihong for almost eight years and has nothing to do, but this also makes it convenient for her to follow Zhu Cihong around. At this moment, she was dressed in military uniform and riding beside Zhu Cixiang, looking like a loyal protector of her husband.
Zhu Cixiang, like them, wore plate armor and carried a bow, arrow and sword at his waist. He looked like he was going to war, walking among the mighty marching team.
The huge marching team was composed of Emperor Chongzhen's cavalry in front of the tent, Zhu Cixuan's Qixue Anda, Zhu Cijong's guard Chibei, Zhu Cizhao's Annan and Beifu cavalry, Zhu Cifeng's Khwarazm cavalry, Zhu Cican's Bukhara cavalry, Composed of Zhu Cishuo's Tajik cavalry and other troops, as well as more than 20 other escort cavalry of the Ming Prince who owned Wanhu Wangzhuang, the total number was no less than 30,000! Moreover, they are all plate-armored cavalry or cuirassiers, with one person and two horses, and they are all good horses.
If these cavalry alone traveled back to thirty-nine years ago, it would not take five years for Ping Liao to exterminate the slaves. Five months would be enough! Even today, 30,000 plate armored cavalry and cuirassiers are still a powerful and expensive force!
It's just that among these cavalry, Zhu Cihong only had more than a hundred cavalry, including himself, Li Yueniang, Haschiqige, and Tokugawa Tong (she rushed to Beijing from Japan in the winter of the 38th year of Chongzhen)... ....No military power!
Zhu Cixiang looked at the mighty cavalry around him and could only sigh. It seemed that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to seize the military power and catch him to death. Even if he becomes the emperor, he will not be able to grasp the military power... Since the military power is difficult to grasp, then he can only firmly grasp the parliament!
Parliament...should be playing banknote politics, right? Zhu Cixiang thought to himself: As long as things can be solved with banknotes, it's not a big deal!
Just when he was thinking of this, Li Yueniang beside him suddenly shouted: "Master Qiansui, Kaiping, Kaiping City has arrived!"
Kaiping City...Zhu Hehao's city! Zhu Cihong said in his heart: A wealthy son will not disobey his son, he must be an obedient and good son!
So his soldiers are my soldiers!
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixi stood up in the stirrups and looked forward. Under the sunlight in the distance, I saw the tall and solid walls of Kaiping City exuding a majestic atmosphere, which seemed to indicate that an indestructible empire was about to be born in the Kaiping meeting.
...
The so-called Kaiping Meeting was actually a constituent assembly. It was not only the constituent assembly of the Ming Dynasty, but also the Ming Dynasty's allies and allies such as Mongolia, Japan, Annan, Malacca, Siam, and Korea. and constituent assemblies of vassal states.
Because in the 17th century, Ming Dynasty was still the leading country in the Eastern world! Especially since Chongzhen's resurgence, the Ming Empire's prestige has even surpassed that of the era during Zhu Yuanzhang's lifetime.
Therefore, the major changes of Ming Dynasty will inevitably be imitated by a group of younger brothers below. What's more, most of these younger brothers are already named Zhu...
Therefore, this Constituent Assembly was not only a turning point and a major juncture in the history of China, but also a major, even the most important event in the history of East Asia and Southeast Asia.
On the eighth day of March in the 39th year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cixuan was sitting next to the throne in the Chengyun Hall of the Yan Palace (Chongzhen was sitting on the throne, and there were also three other people, Zhu Cixuan, Zhu Cijiong, and Zhu Hehao, who had seats in the hall). But he heard a suggestion that made him laugh or cry. Rapeseed Chinese
"Since our Kulitai Conference in the Ming Dynasty is to be held frequently, it should have a special name. Chen, Lu Shoufu, Wei Cifu, as well as Xia Jijiu from the Imperial College, Ji Hall Master (university president) of the Capital University Hall They have discussed it repeatedly with Hall Master Zheng of Yingtian University Hall, and have prepared two good names in total, one is called the Council of King and Ministers..."
The person who was speaking was a tall, muscular man with a black face and a round waist. He was a great scholar (bigger than a great scholar) in the world, Kong Yinzheng, the Holy Duke of Xiyan. It is said that this Holy Duke of Xiyan was very knowledgeable and the best at persuading people with his virtue.
When he was promoting Confucianism in the Western Regions, he would always keep his sword in his hand and his gun in his body, and then argue with others in a pleasant manner. Always able to convince the opponent every time...
"Not good, not good!"
Some people dare to say that the advice of the Western Holy Duke Kong Yinzheng is not good! This great scholar of the world reached out to touch his waist as a reflex reflex, and only after feeling empty did he remember that he was attending some kind of constitutional meeting.
Only then did he look up and found that the person was actually his nephew Zhu Cixiang...
Zhu Cixiang shook his head repeatedly: "The meeting of the king and his ministers is not good... The official name of the slave emperor's Ama meeting seems to be the meeting of the king and his ministers!"
The Ming Dynasty's parliament cannot be turned into the "Amma Council". If this is all Amma, how can I be the emperor in the future?
Kong Yinzheng said quickly: "Master Qiansui, I have prepared another name, called Tiandi Hui!"
"What? Tiandi Hui?" Zhu Cixiang was stunned again and again, "What is this name? Who came up with it?"
"Master Chitose, this is what I asked." The answer was Zheng Sen, the master of Yingtian University Hall.
Yingtian University is a new comprehensive university that evolved on the basis of Yingtian Taixue. It is also known as Ishii University, Zhongxi University in Shanghai, Donglin University in Wuxi, and Guangling University in Yangzhou. Five Southeast University Halls.
These five universities have received strong support from Zhu Cixiang, who not only sponsored a large amount of school funds, but also recruited good teachers from all over the country and even the world. In order to provide these schools with high-quality students, Zhu Cixiang also invested in opening hundreds of new middle schools and elementary schools in the four provinces under his jurisdiction.
However, there is no free sponsorship in the world. Zhu Cixiang spent huge sums of money to run schools. Naturally, he wanted to turn these five best universities in Ming Dynasty into his own talent training base.
The most precious thing in the 17th century was talent!
Therefore, the heads of these five university halls have all become Zhu Cixiang's confidants without exception.
And Zhu Cihong's uncle Zheng Sen is now the head of Yingtian University Hall, which is the largest among the five universities and is also a well-established government-run university.
Don't underestimate this "hall master", because the current imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty focus on studying things, so most Jinshi come from the university hall. Moreover, even if the graduates of the university do not pass the Jinshi examination, they can still get the opportunity to "Zhengpi" as an official - including Zhu Cixiang, all adult princes need a team, and Zhengpi is their job to select talents and form a team. important method. And in order to ensure that the candidate is really talented and knowledgeable, you have to look at the diploma from the university...
So one can imagine how important Zheng Sen's position as hall leader is.
"Master Qiansui," the very important Zheng Sen said to Zhu Cixiang, "I named this meeting for discussing politics after heaven and earth to highlight its important status... What this meeting discusses is all important matters in the world and on earth, so it is named heaven and earth. meeting!"
