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When the news of the peace treaty with Britain reached the Ming Dynasty, it was already the early spring of the 29th year of Xingqian. Despite the availability of clippers, steamships, and even a telegraph line to the interior at Nantianmen, it still took at least three months for information from Europe to reach the country.

And when the news came back, Zhu Mingzhong was not in the capital, but in Nanjing in the filial piety tomb of Emperor Gao, since the northern expedition of King Min Zheng to recover Nanjing, the filial piety tomb has been constantly repaired, and after the Xingqian Emperor ascended the throne, it was allocated by the royal family for the repair of the filial piety tomb, and the scope of repair is not limited to the filial piety tomb, the entire Zhongshan is included in the scope of remediation, because the terrain of Zhongshan is steep, the forest has been ruined for a long time, resulting in the upper part of the mountain is mostly gravel, so a long-term tree planting plan was formulated to improve the environment of the mountain, Every year, stationed in the second town of Konowei in Xiaolingwei, trees will be planted here, 29 years of tree planting, successive generations of officers and soldiers have planted millions of various trees in Zhongshan, and now Zhongshan has been full of lush forests.

Of course, in addition to the filial piety tomb, there are also martyrs' shrines and various monuments in the filial piety tomb. This martyr's shrine is different from the martyrs' shrine in Zhongdu, where there are martyrs of the Central Plains Dynasty since the pre-Qin period, both civil servants and military generals.

The current filial piety mausoleum is no longer a simple imperial mausoleum, but a holy place filled with patriotism. Of course, this is also Zhu Mingzhong's deliberate doing, after all, it was Emperor Gao who expelled Meng Yuan from Saibei and restored Huaxia Heshan Mountain.

On this day, in the main hall of Xiaoling, Zhu Mingzhong stayed alone for a long time, no one knew why His Majesty stayed for so long, even the guards were ordered to stand ten meters outside the hall.

Just staring at Emperor Gao's huge tablet, Zhu Mingzhong was silent for a long time.

One hour, two hours......

Maybe for a longer time, he just stood there quietly, and in the end, Zhu Mingzhong said to himself.

"Everything is ok......"

Yes, everything is fine!

Even if it is good and unexpected, if Emperor Gao has a spirit, he must also laugh at Jiuquan!

After leaving the main hall of filial piety, Zhu Mingzhong did not return to the imperial city in the city, but went to his own mausoleum, according to tradition, the emperors of all dynasties will build mausoleums for themselves from the beginning of the throne, regardless of whether the project is completed or not, until he dies to stop the construction of the imperial mausoleum.

Unlike Yongle who chose Yanjing after moving the capital, Zhu Mingzhong did not place the mausoleum in Zhongdu, but placed it on Zhongshan, although it was far away from Zhongdu, but when he set the mausoleum in the west of Xiaoling, it was still praised by the people, who considered it filial piety.

In fact, it is almost the location of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in later generations. Moreover, this mausoleum is also completely different from the traditional imperial mausoleum, but Zhu Mingzhong built on the basis of learning from the tombs of later generations such as the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and the whole mausoleum is very solemn. Not only solemn, but also extremely beautiful, the mausoleum is built on the mountain, stretching for kilometers from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there is a perfect and symmetrical stepped garden built one after another, a staircase made of white marble is located on the central axis of the garden, like a jade belt shuttles through the green carpet of the garden, and the trees, pools, flower pots, sculptures and other landscapes along the line are symmetrically distributed on both sides. From a distance, the mausoleum looks like it was built in the sky.

Looking up at the mausoleum under the blue sky is spectacular and extremely beautiful, every time he comes here, Zhu Mingzhong will be attracted by the scenery here, and the trail is full of flowers and plants.

For Zhu Mingzhong, who is over sixty years old, he has already arranged his posthumous affairs a few years ago, and while more and more princes are asked to fulfill their responsibilities as a prisoner, he even privately ordered to speed up the construction process of the mausoleum. Although his body is very healthy, he can even enjoy the pleasures of the emperor every night.

However, there is one thing to do.

No one knows when that day will come. There's always nothing wrong with preparing in advance.

"Your Majesty, why do you want to put these two foreign antiquities here?"

The crisp words around Zhu Mingzhong interrupted Zhu Mingzhong's thoughts, and let him return to reality, following Sun Mengqi, who was at a prime age, she was a female official who was elected to the palace two years ago, and she was just awarded Jieyu two months ago.

"That's an Egyptian obelisk."

Looking at the two towering obelisks, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

"The obelisk was a symbol of authority in ancient Egypt...... After the Roman occupation of Egypt, they transported thirteen obelisks to Rome to set off the dignity and greatness of Rome. I ......"

Walk to the base stone of the obelisk, and the hard process of transporting it here and erecting it is recorded on the foundation stone. Starting from the Nile, it took three years to pass through the Nile, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Tianzhu Sea, the South Daming Sea, and the Yangtze River, and it took three years to erect the obelisk here.

What do these two obelisks show off?

It's the strength of the empire!

"It's also a show-off, Sun Jieyu, throughout the ages, all dynasties and dynasties, have never conquered so far to the far west, and Egypt was not conquered by me, it was they who took the initiative to surrender to us, surrendered to the national prestige of the empire, this is the real prestige in foreign lands, this obelisk is not my great martial arts!"

In addition to being excited, Zhu Mingzhong pointed to the flowers and trees in the garden.

"Just like these flowers and trees, many of which are native to the colonies, everything in this garden will be a symbol of the empire's strength for future generations."

When he climbed the stairs, Zhu Mingzhong said again.

"You see, this white marble, it seems to be no different, but it comes from the coastal area of the Far North, from the deep mountains of the Western Regions, and from the other side of the ocean, my garden is different from the gardens of the people of all dynasties, it brings together raw materials from all over the empire......"

As if to prove that what Zhu Mingzhong said was true, on a marble step, Sun Mengqi saw the words "Daming Xiping Colonial Tribute" clearly engraved on it.

"Your Majesty, the concubines are really naïve, and they don't even know that these are Your Majesty's outstanding martial arts, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive your sins."

When she pleaded guilty, Sun Mengqi's face was full of smiles, she deliberately brought up this topic in order to make His Majesty happy.

"You, you said this on purpose, not to make Your Majesty happy."

Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is so careful, and let you see through it."

Looking at these stones from all over the empire, Zhu Mingzhong sighed and said.

"There are many people who say that the territory of the empire is now big enough that there is no need to expand anymore, but they don't want to think that I now have more than a hundred children, and the prince has sixty-three ......."

"Your Majesty, the concubine heard that Su Zhaoyi also has a body, maybe in a few months, she will give birth to a little prince to Your Majesty. As for the few concubines, they were not angry, and they slept for so many days, but there was no movement at all. ”

Looking at her angry appearance, Zhu Mingzhong smiled.

"It's not in a hurry, besides, haven't you been with me all the time."

"Being favored by His Majesty is really a blessing for the concubines to rest for several lifetimes, I just hope to give birth to a dragon seed for Your Majesty, and in the future, I can give Your Majesty the territory and expand the territory, and educate the barbarian ......"

"Well, my son, it's not easy."

Zhu Mingzhong nodded, and then said.

"Mengqi, when you give birth to a son in the future, I will naturally give him a feudal country, a feudal state, at least in my generation, it will still be implemented, and it will be ...... in the future."

Shaking his head, Zhu Mingzhong sighed.

"I don't know what will happen in the future, but as long as I live for one day, all princes must be feudal!"

The reason why he said this is because as dozens of sons continue to divide overseas, huge expenses have always been a burden for the imperial court, although on the surface, in addition to the creation of the palace guard, the division does not require the court expenses, but in fact, in addition to the palace guard, there are other expenses.

And it's not just a financial burden, more importantly, the feudal kings have to promote immigration, millions of overseas immigrants every year, has long made many people in China have a "weak China and real Zhuxia" saying, in any era population is the basis of national strength, especially in this era.

Continuing along the imposing staircase, Zhu Mingzhong said as he walked.

"In the final analysis, the Jiashen catastrophe is still the royal sluggishness, and the royal sluggishness is not all due to the incompetence of the descendants of Taizu, but after Emperor Chengzu raised troops to seize the throne, in order to seek the Yan system, the emperors of the past dynasties continued to cut the feudal domain, which should have defended the central royal family, and resisted the enemy outside the borders, and finally was actually confined in the palace, and the local civil officials all took the impeachment of the clan relatives and the cutting of the clan relatives as the way to advancement, so that the feudal clans could only be intoxicated with the beauty of calligraphy and painting in order to protect themselves, and when they were in chaos, they were probably like waste......

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Mingzhong must speak tactfully, after all, he must avoid the ancestors.

"But for now, I have divided thirty-two sons overseas, from Nanyang to Xinxia to North America, the kings are not only diligent, but can take the lead when suppressing the barbarians and pacifying the barbarians, my sons do not have a king who keeps the success, they built the country outside the territory, and promoted the Chinese civilization in the barbarians, it is really not easy to say that "the road is ragged, and the mountains and forests are opened", it is really not easy. And in the future, if the Central Plains falls into chaos again, the Zhuxia Gongwei will not worry about the Wuxian King raising troops to defend the center. ”

No matter how the future develops, it is impossible for the monarchs of these sixty-three kingdoms to be all faint kings, even if only one of them has an enterprising heart, the Jiashen catastrophe will not be repeated again.

Moreover, as far as the development of history is concerned, the Ming Dynasty, which has entered the industrial revolution, is impossible to be conquered by barbarism, and relative to the countries of the world, at most in another twenty years, the Ming Dynasty will become the only industrial country in the world in this era, as the only industrial country, how can it be threatened by a group of agricultural countries?

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and it is naturally difficult for ordinary people to guess the holy will, and the concubines thank Your Majesty for their kindness, if they can give birth to an heir for Your Majesty, it is really a blessing for the concubines......"

For the concubines in the palace, they all hope to be able to give birth to children for His Majesty, and the reason is simple, that is, because of the feudalism of the Ming Dynasty, they can turn from concubines in the palace to the queen mother of a country when their sons become adults.

And this also makes the Daming Palace the most harmonious palace - the harem concubines may be jealous, but they will never show the slightest, after all, they know that if they offend other concubines, it is very likely that their son will get into trouble, and in the future, if the two people's feudal kingdoms are adjacent to each other, if there is something to do not rescue, God knows what will happen.

In this way, the concubines in the palace are all deliberately friendly, and everyone is never jealous of the title, compared to the title, the son ...... That's the most important thing. There is only one emperor, but there can be many kings.

"I don't have any other extravagant hopes, I just hope that the sons will be able to live up to their responsibilities in the future, and they will be content!"

After that, Zhu Mingzhong said with some emotion.

"Responsibility, the royal family also has its own responsibility!"

What are the responsibilities of the royal family as rulers?

It is not just about rule, but also about forging ahead, and only an enterprising dynasty can always maintain its vigor and vitality. When a dynasty is satisfied with the status quo, it often also means the decline of the dynasty.

As he got older, Zhu Mingzhong became more and more worried about what happened after his death. He was not worried about the fall of the dynasty, in fact, after the Industrial Revolution, it was almost impossible for a normally developed country to fall. Even so, he still abandoned the idea of great unification, and through the way of dividing Zhuxia, while realizing the expansion of Chinese civilization in the world, he achieved the purpose of defending the central government, there were dozens of countries to defend the Ming Dynasty, and it was almost impossible for the Ming Dynasty to be subverted by anyone, after all, any person or force was not just facing a Ming Dynasty, but dozens of countries in Zhuxia.

Although this system is extremely stable, and more importantly, the internal competitiveness of this system will keep the vast majority of countries in Zhuxia alive for a long time, but this internal competition cannot be strictly controlled, and if there is no mutual annexation, how can there be fierce internal competition?

But if the fierce competition between the summers turns into a war, I'm afraid it will be a big melee between the summers......

When will this scuffle break out?

In the next two or three hundred years, if a war breaks out between the summers, will it lead to another possibility? Will the European countries rise again when the summer is in turmoil?

Such a threat is something that Zhu Mingzhong has to consider, and it can even be said that he has been thinking about this problem these days, on the one hand, he hopes that the internal competition between Zhuxia will keep the country vigorous and let science and technology develop rapidly in the competition, but on the other hand, he doesn't want to see the melee of Zhuxia,

But herein lies precisely the problem - there is competition, there must be annexation, there must be annexation, there must be war, or you are content with the status quo!

In this unsolvable answer, where is the future of Daming?

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