"Hahaha, the second brother got his wish and took over Lahore!"
"Hey, what can I do if I take over? I can't even get enough money to pay the interest to your Salt Bank..."
"Third brother, what you are saying is not pleasant to hear. When have I ever forced the second child? In the past few decades, the second brother has borrowed tens of millions of taels from the Salt Bank in the name of Mongolia. The interest would cost tens of millions, wasn’t it all used by the Ming Dynasty to subsidize him?”
"Isn't he worried that one day no one will pay the interest for him?"
"Why are you so worried? The old man is in good health! Third child, you came just in time. We have two more babies about to give birth. Remember to prepare two more gifts later! No, not two, but four, Xiaoren , you have to give it too!”
"Uncle, my nephew will definitely prepare two more generous gifts..."
One day at the end of November in the 18th year of Hongxian's reign in the Ming Dynasty. In Shanghai Shijian Hall, Zhu Cixiang had just stepped down from the emperor's throne. In a pavilion overlooking the river, I was drinking tea and talking with Zhu Cijiong and Xiaoren, the father and son who came from Japan.
Zhu Cijiong and his son Xiaoren came to Ming Dynasty to celebrate the birthday of the Supreme Emperor Zhu Youjian. Zhu Youjian was born on December 24, the thirty-eighth year of Wanli's reign. December 24, the eighteenth year of Hongxian's reign, happened to be the eighty-year-old man (the actual age is nine), so of course he had to take good care of it.
The five brothers Zhu Cixuan, Zhu Cifeng, Zhu Ciccan, Zhu Cishuo, and Zhu Cixuan who were fighting in India could not come back in person to wish the old man a birthday. But the Japanese Emperor Zhu Cijiong and the Crown Prince Xiaohito are both idle, so of course they should come to Ming Dynasty to wish Zhu Youjian a birthday.
After Zhu Cixiang retired, he moved back to Shanghai Shijiantang from the Forbidden City in Nanjing, and lived in the same city with his grandson, Zhu Yiyan, who was crowned Crown Prince and King of Wu. While taking care of his old age, he taught his grandson how to control financial affairs - -The way the Ming Dynasty trains successors is very interesting. The grandfather is responsible for training his grandchildren, and one generation is engaged in the military and the other in business. The successor who joined the army was named King of Yan and led 40,000 households in Yanning. After becoming the crown prince, he served as a stay-at-home officer in Beijing and the governor of Zhili, Xuanda, Yanning, western Liaoning, eastern Liaoning, northern Liaoning, and southern Liaoning. The successor who was engaged in business was granted the title of King of Wu and also knew the Shanghai Mansion. After becoming the crown prince, he served as the governor of Nanjing and the governor of the military and civil affairs of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Min, and Guangdong provinces.
In this way, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would rotate back and forth between warlords and plutocrats. When the warlord emperor came to power, he would rectify military affairs and expand externally. When a chaebol emperor comes to power, he will reorganize his finances, absorb the results of his predecessor's expansion, and fill the financial hole left by his predecessor.
And the country will not go down the road of militarism or civility and violence.
In addition, whether it is a warlord emperor or a plutocratic emperor, they have received long-term training before coming to power, and they also have rich practical work experience, and most of them have their own team.
Of course, there are more than one prince and grandson being trained at the same time. However, the resources obtained by those spare tires cannot be compared with those of the main owner. However, necessary teaching, training and practical opportunities are fully guaranteed.
If these spare tires have no chance to become full-time employees in their lifetime, they will become quite outstanding military and economic talents. After the rightful owner is firmly established, he can be reused as a clan minister.
Unlike the Ming Dynasty, which was calm about the succession of the throne, Zhu Cijiong's succession of the emperor's throne was a bit nervous!
Because Zhu Cijiong’s imperial authority does not come from him, but from his wife, Emperor Kobuin!
The emperor of Kobuin only gave birth to three sons to Zhu Cijiong. One son inherited the title of Prince Ning, one son inherited the Uesugi family, and one son was retained to inherit the Imperial family... Fortunately, Crown Prince Xiaohito Her health is pretty good, and she is quite capable of giving birth to children. She now has ten sons who can inherit the imperial family.
In order to prevent the inheritance of the Imperial family from being interrupted, Zhu Cijiong has followed the Tokugawa family and established the Imperial family of three. He selected three smart and healthy grandsons to establish three families in Kanazawa Castle, Mito Castle, and Nagoya Castle. A princely vassal to inherit the bloodline of the Imperial Family.
After the issue of the successor was fully guaranteed, Zhu Cijiong could finally safely and boldly take Crown Prince Xiaoren to the land of the Ming Dynasty - crossing the ocean was still quite dangerous.
"Boss," Zhu Cijiong pointed to his eldest son, who was slightly fat, and said to Zhu Cihong, "my son Xiaoren is also in his forties this year. It is popular for emperors and lords of Japan to retire early, so I don't want to wait until I am 60. Wait. After wishing the old man a happy birthday and returning to Japan, I will step down and let him become the emperor."
Zhu Cixiang was of course very happy to hear that Zhu Cijiong was preparing to retire. Emperor Meiji finally retired... Now Emperor Hongxing (the invincible Zhu Hehao) can rest assured.
"Lao San, what is your son's reign name?" Zhu Cixiang asked again.
After Meiji it should be Taisho...then Zhu Cijiong's grandson should be Showa!
"Guangxu!" Zhu Cijiong said, "Light means Guangda. Xu means unfinished work. Guangxu together means Guangda Jing's work!"
This is what Guangxu meant!
Zhu Cixiang also knew this for the first time, but he would not tell his brothers that Guangxu was an unlucky reign, so he nodded and said: "Okay... Guangxu is a good reign. It should be able to honor you, the third brother." and the unfinished work of Xingwuyuan."
"Oh, who will be the one to make the decision?" Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said with a wry smile, "It is popular in Japan that the Emperor Taishang and the Taishang Domain are in charge of political affairs. The Kobu Academy has been withdrawn for so many years, and yet another Academy announces it every now and then! I If he abdicates, of course he will have to be in charge of the administration for a few years. When he can no longer handle it, let him, Emperor Guangxu, be the master of the matter!"
Zhu Cijiong had no idea how strong his vitality was when he said this... Even though he is already in his fifties and almost sixty this year, his life journey has been long, and he has not even passed half of it yet. !
This Emperor Guangxu must not be able to wait until the time to bid farewell to his father...
However, no one knows this secret yet, and of course Zhu Cixiang doesn't know it either, so he can only wish Prince Zhu San a long life in his heart (is this a blessing?).
...
The Chongzhen Emperor, who is seventy-nine years old this year, is still in surprisingly good health. Before his eightieth birthday, he also had a pair of mixed-race children, but he is still not very happy... This It’s almost his eightieth birthday!
When I'm ninety... I'm going to die! Moreover, he has been the emperor twice. If he is reincarnated, he will probably not be able to be the emperor again. He will definitely have to drink Meng Po Soup before becoming an emperor again.
This is really dead!
Thinking about my two lives as a human being, if I don’t count the ten years of confusion in this life, I have only lived for more than 160 years... It’s short, it doesn’t seem to be short anymore, and it’s still a comfortable life. Finish the rest of your life and then report to your ancestors!
The unscrupulous descendant Zhu Youjian finally did not live in vain this time. He finally saved the Ming Dynasty, and it seems that it can continue for another two hundred years... a family that lasted for more than five hundred years. The country and the world have surpassed the Han Dynasty and are directly comparable to the Yin and Shang Dynasties. In addition, there are many son countries and grandson countries, maybe they can last forever?
Thinking of this, Chongzhen, who was resting on the couch, felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and he actually fell asleep like this.
