Zhu Yunwen tried his best but could not find a better inheritance system.
A constitutional monarchy?
Allow yourself to tie your own hands?
This is inappropriate.
How to create an upper and lower parliament, how many political parties, and separation of powers?
None of these are suitable for the Ming Dynasty.
The feudal dynasty had inertia. It respected the power of the king given by heaven. The idea of loyalty to the emperor had long been integrated into the basic necessities of life, and could not be replaced by other ideas.
In the feudal dynasty, all Zhu Yunwen could do was to choose the most suitable one among the princes. Just to ensure that there would be no internal fighting among the princes, many restrictions and constraints were needed.
Zhu Yunwen controlled the situation by himself and believed that with Zhu Wenkui's ability, he could also control the situation in the future.
Emperors from generation to generation stood on the platform in person and supported the prince until he was moved to Fengtian Hall to ensure that his ability and character as an emperor could continue the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.
This is the only way. Although it is not perfect, it can at least ensure that no major problems will occur within the Ming Dynasty in the next hundred years. As for what happens next, it depends on the wisdom and means of future generations.
Zhu Yunwen coughed for a while, almost unable to breathe, and his face turned a little unnaturally red from holding it in. He said to the ministers: "The emperor takes the helm and supports the prince until he has the power to govern the country. Then when he is old and weak, his strength If you are not caught, take the initiative to retreat. The overwhelming power does not necessarily have to be carried to the grave..."
Facing Zhu Yunwen who opened his heart, the ministers were at a loss for a moment.
Until Zhu Yunwen left, the civil and military officials were still a little overwhelmed.
Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu, Xu Huizu and others all felt that Zhu Yunwen was paving the way for the prince, and he already wanted to retreat. In fact, this is not an unexpected thing. After all, before moving the capital, Zhu Yunwen had actually asked the prince to supervise the country and entrust him with important tasks. The prince was only a teenager at that time.
After the capital was moved, except for the short-term supervision of the second prince, Zhu Wenkui was in charge of the country most of the time. Of course, the so-called prince supervising the country and governing the country is not actually the prince who has the final say. The prince only makes suggestions and proposes ideas, and does not have the power to exercise power.
To put it bluntly, the prince's supervision of the country actually means that the prince becomes another special kind of "cabinet minister" who only discusses, discusses and provides countermeasures. How to implement and arrange the affairs depends on the emperor's final decision.
Without Dabao, without the emperor's words, nothing about the prince and the cabinet could be implemented. This also ensured that the prince's supervision of the country would not ignore or threaten the emperor.
Zhu Yunwen knew that this set of designs was still rough and not perfect enough, and would need to be supplemented and revised later, but the basic arrangement was finalized:
First the government, then the military, then ascend to power.
In September, the Crown Princess is happy.
After Zhu Yunwen heard the news, he looked at himself in the mirror. He was less than forty, had some gray hair, and was about to become a grandfather. After all, time still defeats heroes. How many lofty ideals and changes have become a thing of the past in the years.
Ma Enhui stood behind Zhu Yunwen, holding a comb and combing it bit by bit.
The mirror shines on two people.
Just lowering his head, Zhu Yunwen's hair on the temples was already white, and the white hair covered the black. Ma Enhui's hands are also a little old and no longer as ruddy as they used to be.
Time is like a knife, killing everything.
Zhu Yunwen looked at himself in the mirror, shook his head slightly, coughed a little older, and sighed: "The most important thing is that I can't keep it in the world, and the beauty will leave the mirror and the flowers will leave the tree. When you get old, you will still get old after all."
Ma Enhui tied up Zhu Yunwen's hair, as gentle as in previous years: "Ten years ago, the emperor recited here, 'I am getting old very quickly. Although my hair has changed my mind, I will try the golden cup and listen to the old music again, it will feel like it was back then. "The sound of drunkenness", ten years later, the emperor lamented the change of Zhu Yan here again. "
Zhu Yunwen put on his crown, stood up and said, "Ten years go by so fast."
Ma Enhui smiled and said, "It's not a fast time for a concubine. It takes me days and nights to think about so many things in ten years."
Zhu Yunwen burst into laughter.
In the blink of an eye, ten years have become another world.
Nine years ago, the emperor's grandson Zhu Zunzheng was born.
Eight years ago, Zhu Wenkui left the capital to rectify military affairs along the border, reaching Helin in the north and Gansu, Urumqi and Ili in the west.
Seven years ago, King Zhu Di of Yan sent news that the Yan Kingdom had completed the construction of three cities and assimilated more than 3,000 indigenous people. For the first time, a Ming man was marrying an indigenous daughter through a matchmaker.
After years of testing and a lot of effort, the Second Artillery Bureau finally made the explosive.
Six years ago, Mao Zhoutai served as the captain of the Navy for the first time, leading the fleet on the second global voyage, and led the craftsmen to explore Panama twice. He came up with the feasibility of digging the Panama Canal and proposed to use 100,000 people and spend 100,000 people. After ten years of digging the canal, he was rejected by himself.
Five years ago, the tunnel from Beijing to Datong was completely opened, costing more than 300,000 people and sacrificing nearly 300 people. Daming mastered the technology of mountain excavation, supporting technology, and the technology of cutting and positioning the mountain.
Also in this year, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, announced based on various data that the prosperous Ming Dynasty was coming as scheduled.
Zhu Yunwen issued an edict, and the whole world celebrated together.
Four years ago, the Suez Canal was dug.
For this canal, 270,000 people were sacrificed. It can be said that the canal was made of corpses!
In the same year, an earth-shattering peasant uprising occurred in the Mamluk Dynasty. More than two million people participated in it. They captured Cairo in one fell swoop, slaughtered all the royal family, and established a new dynasty named:
Eastern Dynasty.
The Eastern Dynasty was established by local people. Due to their lack of governance skills and their tendency to bully the people once they gained power, they were quickly replaced by other people.
The change at the top did not change the name of the Eastern Dynasty, but continued to use it. The new leader of the Eastern Dynasty was named Renebo, and he had a son named Amina.
Behind Ruinebo, standing was Ning Wang Zhu Quan.
The Ming Dynasty built two ports in the Suez Canal, one in the south and one in the north. The southern one was named Hongyue Port, and the northern one was named Hehongri Port. They stationed troops and set up guard posts.
Zhu Quan and Renebo signed a permanent lease agreement for the Suez Canal. Daming has the permanent lease rights of the entire Suez Canal and its ports. During the lease period, Daming has the right to decide the entry and exit of all ships and personnel in the Suez Canal.
In the same year, there was internal turmoil in Venice. The former governor Michael Steno mobilized the nobles to lead the army, took control of the governor's palace, dissolved the Council of Ten, etc., announced the establishment of a monarchy, and elected Adam as the first king.
Adam did not refuse. Regardless of whether he reversed history or not, he took over the entire country of Venice without hesitation and issued his first order: "Repair the Ming Dynasty and never be an enemy."
The Ming Dynasty responded and formally formed an alliance with the Venetian State, publicly announcing that any country that invaded the Venetian State would attack the Ming Dynasty.
