The thirty-fifth year of the Grand Duke, that is, the year 2075 of the imperial calendar or the Gregorian calendar, slowly came to an end.
In the New Year of 2076, Zhudi Lan's coronation ceremony was officially held, and the title was changed to Changning.
Zhu Dilan imitated his father in doing things, and he also did not fail to be crowned queen.
After he determines the heir, he canonize the heir's mother as queen.
After the enthronement ceremony of Zhudi Lan, Zhudi Lan returned to the harem to visit Zhu Jingyuan again.
Zhu Jingyuan, the Supreme Emperor, is completely different from Zhu Jianyan.
Even if Zhu Jingyuan is unwilling to continue to participate in government affairs, there will always be many people who will consider what the Supreme Emperor will think.
Judy Lan also did not dare to be too independent and independent.
If there is anything special, I will take the initiative to discuss it with my father and ask him for his opinion.
At various special times, I will also take the initiative to visit and say hello.
However, Zhu Jingyuan really delegated power, instead of continuing to control the government after abdicating like Qianlong in history.
Only when you can see that your son really needs your own advice will you give him a few words.
Otherwise, just listen and let him make his own decision.
Today Zhudi Lan came to visit, but Zhu Jingyuan called his son into his study, took out a suitcase and handed it to him:
“There are three notes in here.
“The first one was left by Emperor Shizu Guangwu at that time, and the second one is the notes I wrote from when I was young to now.
“The first two notes originally contained three parts.
“First, various new technologies and artistic ideas have been basically realized in the hands of several generations of us.
“Second, the analysis and prediction of the world situation are now basically fulfilled or outdated, and they no longer have much guiding significance.
“The third is thinking about human social systems and rules, which may still have certain practical uses.
“It can be used as a reference for future generations to plan social systems.
“So there is also the final third note, which is the third type of content among the two notes I compiled.
“According to Emperor Shizu’s will, only the emperor can read and keep his posthumous works, and two people in the world are not allowed to master them at the same time.
"My notes are now handed over to you, and the same system will be adopted in the future."
Judy Lan took the box very solemnly and carefully looked at the books inside.
The early handwritten brochures written by my father are now thirty or forty years old, and they already have a sense of age.
The original copy of Shizu's posthumous chapter is a real ancient book.
The reason why Zhu Jingyuan did not destroy the original version of Shizu's legacy in the end was because he finally considered his own existence and identity.
The reason and purpose of leaving his legacy are completely different from those of Emperor Shizu.
Emperor Shizu had many ideas that could not be realized, so he could only write them down in a booklet and leave them to his descendants as a reference and development direction.
If he could realize all his ideas, he would probably be the same as when he first became emperor, and he would not leave such a legacy in the end.
But now I have to leave these things behind.
It doesn't matter whether Emperor Shizu is a time traveler or not, he is definitely not an ordinary Zhu Cixiang in history, but a special existence.
The biggest difference between me and Emperor Shizu is not that I can be sure that I am a time traveler.
Rather, he is the second special existence.
If there is one, there may not be a second one, but if there is a second one, there will probably be a third one.
Leaving Emperor Shizu's and his own notes for himself is a reminder and direct evidence to future Ming emperors.
Let them believe and be sure that there will be people like themselves and Emperor Shizu in this world.
At the same time, he left direct suggestions on how to deal with and respond to similar people in the future.
However, the three brochures are currently only evidence, and Zhu Jingyuan has not yet written out the relevant response suggestions.
Even if he writes it down, he will have to wait until he is eighty or ninety years old before handing it over to him.
If there is a suspected time traveler before this, I will personally come forward to guide and ask him what to do.
Zhudi Lan took the box given by his father, said goodbye to his father and returned to Qianqing Palace, where he immediately began to study the three volumes.
curious--
Zhu Zhulan really wanted to know what Emperor Shizu left behind, and was also curious about what his father wrote when he was young.
As a result, it didn’t take long for my outlook to explode.
Emperor Shizu and his father left secret notes that only the emperor could read, which was not too surprising to Zhudi Lan.
They all have extremely special achievements and were originally believed to be born by destiny.
It is conceivable that there are some special thoughts, or warnings left to future generations.
Just like Emperor Taizu left the family rules "Huang Ming Zu Xun".
As a result, there are not many rules similar to Huang Ming's ancestral precepts. Instead, they are mainly based on various predictions, assumptions, and plans.
The final effect of these contents is as if Emperor Shizu can predict the future...
The historical context of later generations, especially the logic of research and development of social relations, is basically consistent with the original prediction of Emperor Shizu.
It also made Zhudi Lan directly realize that the various large-scale reforms and adjustments made by the generations of emperors from Emperor Shizu to his father were basically made in accordance with the arrangements of Emperor Shizu.
For example, we should establish a complete social welfare security system and improve the living standards of grassroots workers to alleviate social conflicts.
Emperor Shizu had basically planned out all the most important new technologies that would appear in later generations.
Including later generations of flying machines, aircraft carriers, false moon communications, etc.
As for his father, on this basis, he has taken a step closer upwards and inwards.
Many of Emperor Sejo's assumptions were just assumptions expressed in words.
There are basically no design details.
Even the application environment was vague, leading to certain misunderstandings in later generations.
Grandpa thought about holding back the aircraft carriers and ignored the development of battleships.
My father just drew the drawings——
From the end of Taiping to the entire Ankang and Etagong years, the most important inventions in society were all imagined by my father.
They all drew the basic design drawings one after another in the early years of Ankang——
Over the next forty years, I basically made things step by step.
Aircraft, diesel engines, dreadnoughts, aircraft carriers, submarines, new element weapons, rockets and communications, the Internet, computers and mobile phones...
Many design drawings are in sets, not just functional conceptual design drawings, but also key functional module design drawings.
Many things can be prototyped directly with drawings.
In addition to these drawings, my father also left behind many ideas, abstract ideas on the cutting edge of science and technology.
Including biogenetic medicine, macroscopic and microscopic physics, relativity and new elements, etc.
Some things have been realized or verified, but many are still pure theories and assumptions.
After reading it roughly, Judy Lan had only one idea in her mind.
Emperor Shizu and his father did not inherit the destiny in the legendary concept, but were different from ordinary people in the real and physical sense.
If people like them were not born into the royal family, they might create their own opportunities to become emperors.
The status of royal family and emperor only made them less troublesome.
We should be lucky that they were all born into the royal family.
If her father had been born into the royal family of various countries in Europe and the West, Judy Lan found it impossible to imagine the consequences.
If similar people appear in the world again in the future, the key is if they were not born in their own family, how should they deal with it?
Should they be hired or killed?
Didn't the father follow the prompt directly?
It is impossible that he has not considered this matter, but because he is still alive and can ask for advice at any time.
Thinking about these things, Judy Lan, who was already a little cautious, became even more cautious.
He began to cautiously continue to promote the reforms he had originally proposed.
The expansion of the public Internet for men and women, the dual-system rotation system for bureaucracy, and the system for grassroots officials to serve in different places...
Time flies and another five years have passed.
In the fifth year of Changning, on the afternoon of August 16, 2080 in the Gregorian calendar, the Supreme Emperor Zhu Jianyan passed away when he was one hundred years old.
The freezing technicians who had been waiting in the yard immediately started working step by step as soon as Zhu Jianyan's heartbeat stopped.
First, special maintenance equipment is used to keep the organs running and avoid damage to the brain structure due to lack of oxygen.
Then, while maintaining the body's condition, the blood is replaced with a special antifreeze liquid, while the body's temperature is gradually and slowly lowered.
Other cell fluids cannot be completely replaced, and only the maximum amount of blood can be extracted.
After processing in this way, when it is finally completely frozen, the appearance and internal structure of the entire body will be intact.
Only through dissection at the cellular level can we discover that the cell membrane may be damaged.
The blood drawn during this process will be stored as permanently as possible, just like the blood drawn at ordinary times.
Zhu Jianyan did not go there happily on the New Year's Eve like Zhu Zhongliang did back then.
In the end, he suffered from various major and minor illnesses, but he actually lived to be a hundred years old.
He had a domineering father in the first half of his life, and later his gifted sons grew up and were able to take care of things for him.
You don't have to worry about it for the first half of your life, and in the end the throne falls from the sky.
For most of the second half of life, people live happily and don't have to worry too much about very complicated things.
This is also an important reason for his longevity.
Zhu Jingyuan was the first to rush over after receiving the news.
But after seeing his father, he didn't say anything. He just sat quietly on the chair in the room and watched the staff handling his father's body.
Zhu Jingyuan is also seventy years old this year, and the elders he once knew have begun to pass away in large numbers.
Relatives of my own generation also began to die.
The spirit has become extraordinarily tough, or in other words, it has become more indifferent.
When you are young, some people may think that they will definitely not be able to survive after losing some relatives and loved ones.
But when you are seventy or eighty, you will feel that there is no one in the world that you cannot lose.
There is no reason why the world cannot survive without losing anyone.
But even so, when a close relative really leaves, it feels like a big piece of my heart is missing.
Interest in worldly affairs will also continue to be lost as a result.
Zhu Jingyuan didn't say a word at the scene until his emperor's son Zhudi Lan came over.
Zhu Jingyuan watched him salute and then called him to his side:
Arrange his son just as his father arranged himself:
"We discussed your grandfather's temple name and posthumous title more than thirty years ago, and he will be called Emperor Zhongzong Ming.
"Just ask the Ministry of Rites to compile a good reason for choosing a posthumous title, complete the emperor's posthumous title, and record it."
This is something Zhu Jingyuan is very concerned about now, and he said it very solemnly.
Judy Lan agreed honestly:
"My son understands that I will make arrangements to ensure everything is perfect. Father, don't worry."
Then Zhu Jingyuan spoke again:
"I also thought about it at the time, so I used Emperor Gaozong——
"This 'big' was created by Sun Quan's family. I don't care what his original intention is, I just like this account.
"'Great Emperor' and 'Great Emperor' both sound nice, and Gaozong is tall and big."
Zhudi Lan felt helpless after hearing this. It was not that she felt that her father was not worthy of such a posthumous title.
The posthumous title "Da" was indeed used by Sun Quan for the first time. At that time, there was no accurate and clear record of what it meant.
In the "Posthumous Law" summarized by Su Xun of the Song Dynasty, he added a note to "big":
"Then the law of heaven is great, Yao said."
The original meaning is "like Emperor Yao, who rules the world with the way of heaven, he can be given the posthumous title of 'Da'."
Judging from the direct meaning, it is an absolutely top-notch posthumous title, and it was created directly from the allusion of the legendary sage emperor Yao.
The achievements of his father, the emperor, cannot be doubted by any posthumous title or temple name.
Even if he refers to Qin Shihuang and takes a new title above the emperor while he is still alive, no one will find it inappropriate.
It is already humility to continue to use the title of emperor.
My father wouldn't care if it was unlucky for Sun Quan to use the word '大'. Anyway, after my father used it, the word 'Great Emperor' would refer to him specifically, and no one would think that Sun Quan could be compared with him.
It's just that the old man can talk about this kind of topic casually, but it's not easy for this child to interrupt.
Judy Lan is no longer the half-grown child she was twenty years ago. She is now a middle-aged man in his thirties, and he does not dare to say certain things.
However, after Zhudi Lan hesitated for a few seconds, he still expressed his inner thoughts:
"Father... I think you should be called my ancestor.
"When I first received the destiny of heaven, the world was unified, so the title of Gaozu was appropriate.
“So you should be Emperor Gaozu.
"Even with such a font size, it is already modest for your great contribution..."
Zhu Jingyuan was also slightly stunned:
"Great Emperor Gaozu?"
Zhu Jingyuan felt that it was a problem for him to call himself ancestor, but he didn't realize that he could use Gaozu instead.
From the perspective of the current world, as the emperor who unified the world, there is absolutely nothing wrong with using the temple name of Gaozu.
It is true that no one used the title Gaozu before the Ming Dynasty, not even Gaozong.
It just so happened that Di Lan could follow him and use Gaozong.
Zhu Jingyuan finally nodded:
"Okay, then this matter is settled.
"Then, according to my original practice, you and all the officials exchanged the sun for the moon and observed mourning for twelve days.
"I'll go to your grandfather's funeral and wake."
Judy Lan has no objection. This is the most reasonable arrangement:
"My son, I obey."
But when Zhudi Lan saw his grandfather starting to make preparations for freezing, he thought of his father's future:
"Father...have you...ever considered...trying to hibernate?
“The current experimental results are relatively stable, and there are several anti-aging drug combinations that are basically stable.
"Father, with your current physical condition, if you sleep for a few months every year in the future, you should be able to live to be over one hundred and twenty years old."
Zhu Jingyuan glanced at Judy Lan in surprise:
"What do you think? Is there anything else you want me to help you solve in the future?"
Judy Lan said very bluntly:
"With my father here, I feel at ease when doing things.
"The mechanical intelligence developed by my second brother is so special. If it is fully promoted and applied, it can greatly improve productivity.
“But it will also replace general workers and even low-level clerical and artistic workers on a large scale.
“Various contradictions are bound to arise in this process.
"I really can't guarantee that I can handle these things well.
“It’s the same when compared to future generations.
"At the same time, I also hope that my father can help me select and guide future generations of successors.
"My son really has no ability to educate his children and grandchildren.
"Also, if people like Emperor Shizu and Emperor Father appear, I don't know how to deal with it..."
Zhu Jingyuan thought of many fantasy heroes when he listened to Zhudi Lan's words.
Many sects have so-called sleeping ancestors.
They themselves cannot easily intervene in any affairs, but their existence is of great significance.
It is both a powerful external deterrent and a stabilizing ballast internally.
Zhu Jingyuan himself is actually quite pessimistic about the future.
If the dormancy technology in science fiction is available, it can be directly frozen and dormant for hundreds of years.
Zhu Jingyuan will definitely choose to use it.
I want to see what the world will be like a few hundred years from now.
Even looking forward to mechanical ascension.
But I am now seventy years old, and the world's technology has just entered the era of mechanical intelligence.
Even if he lives to be one hundred and twenty years old, it will only be fifty years later.
If there is no technological explosion in the next fifty years, the next fifty years may still be just an era of mechanical intelligence.
Only when there is a technological explosion will it be possible to enter the next era within fifty years.
But I can’t just think about myself anymore…
Zhu Jingyuan made a mental judgment:
"Let me understand the specific situation, but even if I am always here, I will not directly interfere in government affairs.
“You and your children and grandchildren still have to do all the specific things yourself.
"But... maybe, if you sleep often, when you retire, we will have the opportunity to play games together...
“Otherwise, by that time, my situation will be almost the same as your grandfather’s a few years ago.
"Although he should still be alive, there is nothing he can do."
Judy Lan was also stunned:
"Ah... it's true... the father must wait for his son..."
Zhu Jingyuan did not speak, but he basically made a decision in his heart:
"Go and do your business..."
Zhu Jianyan's funeral affairs are proceeding step by step.
But just one day later, a new surprise occurred.
Zhu Jianyan's queen, Zhu Jingyuan's aunt, is also ninety-nine years old, and her health is also not very good.
After the death of her husband, she was overcome with grief and passed away the next day.
Although the other party did not specifically request it, Zhu Jingyuan also asked the craftsmen to arrange the same plan as his father.
Fortunately, it was prepared for the Supreme Emperor. Four sets of spare equipment were prepared, and four sets of personnel were prepared for rotation.
Therefore, the Supreme Queen’s sudden departure would not be a surprise.
This is certainly not a good thing for Zhu Jingyuan, but it does save a lot of trouble for the people involved.
The funerals of the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Queen can be arranged together.
(End of chapter)
