When the merchant ship docked in port, the music of "The Song of Immigrants" came from the far side of the harbor, and the deck of the sailing clipper ship was full of people who had emigrated to foreign lands. At this time, they stood on the deck, looking at their homeland, which was about to go away, and there they shouted loudly, and many of them knelt down, crying and prostrating in the direction of their homeland.

This scene is always so heartbreaking, and it always makes people so sad. Amid the cries of the migrants, the migrant ship is towed out of the harbor by a steam tugboat, where it will be towed to the open sea, where it will ride the wind and waves to send the migrants to their place of residence.

A rumbling gun salute rang out, and the ships in the bay were using salutes to see them off, for these pioneers.

"Onward! Compatriots, across the ocean, towards the south, towards the new summer ......"

Singing this "Song of Immigration" softly on his lips, Zhu Heyu's eyes were slightly red, and tears almost fell several times.

He is also an immigrant, and in a few years, he will also leave Daming and go to a foreign land.

Say goodbye to your father and mother, your ancestral grave, and go to a foreign land to make a living.

Although the lyrics of "Song of Immigrants" seem heroic, what pioneers, what civilization propagators, what heroes, but they are just cover-ups.

"Father, when you wrote this song, did you think that one day, they would sing this song and send their sons away......

Staring at the students who left in the harbor, Zhu Heyu thought silently.

In the end, he shook his head and sighed, saying that he was a hero, but he was not forced to do so, who would want to leave his hometown?

Even the prince, in the final analysis, is no different from ordinary people.

Soon, Zhu Heyu got off the boat and boarded the carriage to the train station. Then take the train to Zhongdu.

The arrival of King Jin did not cause any waves in Zhongdu. No minister even knew about it, in fact, it was nothing more than a child coming home.

And when the emperor and the prince are together, should they abide by the courtesy of the monarch and the minister?

First of all, it should be father and son.

When Zhu Heyu was on the way to Nanjing, when he "passed" through the central capital, in addition to Tian Zhao, who was almost sweating with joy, Zhu Mingzhong, as a father, was also very happy.

What should father and son do together?

In the end, the two chose to hunt in the royal forest farm, riding on horses, galloping through the forest, and in the barking of the hounds, the sound of the bell rang out from time to time, and more often the laughter of the father and son.

From early morning to noon, a full half a day, just like when Zhu Heyu was a child, the father and son hunted in the hunting ground, but today, no other princes participated.

Such an opportunity is rare, especially when the father personally roasted the prey he had just caught, looking at his father, Zhu Heyu told his father about the topics he had talked about with the emperor that day. Of course, he also mentioned his worries with the imperial brother.

“…… My eldest brother and I are worried that in the future, the ministers and the nobles will form a community of interests because of commercial interests, and in this way, will pose a danger to the royal family. ”

Looking at his father, Zhu Heyu did not carefully not talk about the future of the Ming Dynasty because he was the king of Jin, after all, the future of the Ming Dynasty is also related to him, he is the King of Jin of the Jin Kingdom, but he was enshrined in the Ming Dynasty, even in the future, his son and grandson will also be enshrined in the Ming Dynasty, and only by getting the canonization of the Ming Dynasty will it become the orthodoxy of the Jin Kingdom.

"So, what do you guys think?"

Zhu Mingzhong asked with a smile.

"You two have been in Tianjin for half a month, so you should have some ideas of your own."

"Father, the emperor, the emperor and brother feel that just relying on the ministers to restrain the ministers, and the ministers to restrain the balance of the ministers, does not guarantee the balance, and I think so, so it is necessary to introduce another force to restrain the two."

Seeing that his father seemed to be very interested, Zhu Heyu continued.

"For example, the Consultative Bureau, give them more power, through the Consultative Bureau, with the help of the power of the people to restrain them."

In Tianjin, he discussed with the imperial brother for more than ten days, and finally came to a conclusion, that is, to introduce new forces, use new forces to restrain the two, and balance the two.

"Well, it should be said that the minister, the honorable, and the advisory bureau are the triple balance and mutual constraints."

When his son said this, Zhu Mingzhong even looked at him in surprise, from the 21st century, he knew very well what his son's suggestion meant, which was equivalent to opening a parliament!

In the past 18 years, Zhu Mingzhong has been learning from the experience of later generations to improve the political system of the Ming Dynasty, 18 years, on the one hand, the industrial revolution is changing the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, fully borrowing from the political structure of the 21st century, has appeared in the Ming Dynasty, and is generally accepted, of course, many of these institutions are set up in the name of retro, such as the Advisory Bureau, which draws on the "three elders" of the Han Dynasty.

Although he was surprised by his son's proposal to turn the Advisory Council into a parliament, Zhu Mingzhong was also well aware of the shortcomings of the parliament.

"The minister is unreliable, and the nobles are also unreliable, and the reason for this lies in interests!"

Looking at the venison dripping with oil in the fire, Zhu Mingzhong looked a little disappointed, now this royal forest farm that covers a lot of land has attracted fierce beasts such as tigers, leopards, and wolves, but it is a pity that he has not hunted such fierce beasts.

Although he was a little disappointed that he didn't hit the tiger, Zhu Mingzhong still didn't forget to chat with his son.

"If they will become unreliable because of their interests, will the people not be like this?"

Turning the venison on the grill, Zhu Mingzhong continued.

"Father, the sons and daughters think that the local council bureau can now be used to restrain officials and nobles, as long as the royal family gives them enough support."

Seeing his son mention the Advisory Bureau, Zhu Mingzhong was only helpless for a while, and the role of the Advisory Bureau was to supervise the administration of the government, and to a certain extent, it was to inherit the "three elders system" of the Han Dynasty. But if according to Heyu's statement, this council will become a council, and this is exactly what Zhu Mingzhong does not want to see.

But despite this, he motioned for Kazuku to continue.

"The minister thought that now that the Advisory Bureau could supervise the local government, it submitted a proposal for appointment and dismissal to the Ministry of Officials. Then why can't the reasons for the evaluation of officials be referred to the Advisory Bureau? Such officials are subject to the imperial court at the top and at the consultative bureau at the bottom, so they naturally dare not cross the thunder pool by half a step. ”

"And the domain, your idea is good, but,"

Listening to his son's story, Zhu Mingzhong asked rhetorically.

"So to whom are officials accountable? If it is to the imperial court, then he must achieve the instructions issued by the imperial court, if it is to the advisory bureau, then the members of the advisory bureau make unreasonable demands, for example, a local advisory bureau requires a reduction in education surcharges, in order to reduce the burden on the people, the education funds, should be borne by the government, if the officials refuse, they evaluate the officials as incompetent, what should they do? What if officials do everything possible to curry favor with the Consultative Council in order to be competent and promoted? ”

"Father, didn't you say that it is natural for the imperial court to bear the cost of education?"

Zhu Heyu asked a little puzzled.

"At first it was education, then it was medicine, then it was about helping the poor, and then, well, from the cradle to the grave, would be willing to give the people everything they needed, as long as it was in their way to gain power! Believe me, once those officials find out that they only need to curry favor with the Council and be promoted, then they will never mind harming the public and private interests in order to gain the support of the Council. ”

"Father, the council is full of gentry, and they will never do this...... Those who are anxious about the people's anxieties. ”

Influenced by the father, for the so-called "gentry". Zhu Heyu was equally vigilant.

"Indeed, they really won't now, not only won't, but they will also use the law to do everything possible to oppress the people! To the detriment of the public and private. ”

Limited by the times, Zhu Mingzhong said from the other side.

For example, in order to invite the gentry who have mastered their careers, officials will support the "sale of official land", and now, there are many officials who support the sale of official land, their reason is that "the court holds half of the land in the world, which is not conducive to the people, and there are not many people in the market who have no land to plant, so they have to beg in the city for food", it seems that the heart of a child is all for the people, but if the court now sells official land, and the domain, how many people do you think will be able to get land? ”

Father's rhetorical question made Zhu Heyu surprised for a while, and after thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said.

"Now that land is expensive, ordinary people naturally can't afford it, and in the end, it is probably the local wealthy who will benefit from it."

After thinking for a while, Zhu Heyu said again.

"It can be restricted in the form of legislation, such as allowing people with little land and landless to buy land, and ......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Heyu said a little depressed.

"I'm afraid that in the end, the people still can't be forbidden to sell their land to big households, and throughout the ages, every time there is a famine, the wealthy families will always annex land."

"Yes, the result of the sale finally fell into the hands of the wealthy and big, and now, officials can use this to invite the wealthy to be good, damage the public and private interests, and show favor to the people, you say that if you let the Advisory Bureau evaluate officials, and even appoint and dismiss officials, will it lead to all this?"

Seeing his son pondering there, Zhu Mingzhong said again.

"Moreover, in the future, the appointment of councillors will also change with the change of time, and now the officials appoint local well-known gentry to serve as the consultative bureaus, and when it comes to the provincial and provincial advisory bureaus, that is, the representatives of the provincial and county advisory bureaus are elected, so will the people elect the county advisory bureaus in the future?"

After asking rhetorically, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

"The people have a scale in their hearts, and when they choose candidates, they often make choices because of whose promises are more tempting, and over time, in order to get votes, those councilors will be anxious about the people's needs, speak for the people, and fight for their rights and interests, which are reasonable and good for the country, but if they are not reasonable, they will drag down the whole country."

Thinking of the dead circle that those once prominent developed countries in Europe and the United States fell into before crossing over to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Mingzhong secretly sighed in his heart, those left-wing parties obtained power by promising the people to establish "cradle to grave" welfare, and in order to get votes, the benefits they introduced were almost to the point of "meticulousness", but the price was that the country was burdened with a heavy burden, and could only continue to reduce military spending, education, scientific research and other aspects of expenditure. Even if the right-wing forces in some countries have lost power, it will be difficult to return, because the democratically elected government is to end the political career and provide the successor with the tools to increase his prestige by the way, so the European and American countries are facing a dead circle.

And now to talk about this kind of dead cycle for the Ming Dynasty, it is still too early, after all, according to the "Maslow Hierarchy of Needs Theory", the current Ming physiological needs and security needs dominate a large proportion of the number of people.

However, Zhu Mingzhong's heart rejects "Huang Zuo", and even rejects the so-called "concurrent love" or "fraternity", after all, in his opinion, an empire does not need "concurrent love".

"Father, will they really do this?"

Zhu Heyu asked rhetorically with some puzzlement.

"When the thieves came to the city of Beijing, some people suggested moving south, and the emperor himself also hoped to move south, and under the situation of internal and external troubles, the imperial court moved the capital to Nanjing and reorganized the revival should be the best choice. You must know that the capital Chang'an was also captured by the Anshi rebels and Tubo one after another, and finally the Tang court fled to Shu to quell the rebellion; At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou, the ninth son of the emperor, retreated to Lin'an and even avoided the enemy at sea for a time. But why, didn't they move south? ”

Zhu Heyu immediately replied.

Although Emperor Lie himself was extremely eager to move to Nanjing and avoid the enemy, since the spring of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, he discussed with Zhou Yanru, the then first assistant, about moving south. However, in the subsequent discussions, the Lie Emperor did not explicitly express his support for the southward move, and only a few lower-ranking officials proposed a plan to move south, but they could only give up because they could not get the support of the ministers. Later generations often said that the emperor did not take the initiative to move south and accused him of not being able to take responsibility, and was unwilling to bear the infamy of abandoning the national capital and the mausoleum of the clan, but in fact, the minister was also the same, the emperor did not want to bear his infamy, and the minister probably did not want to bear the infamy. ”

Mentioning the old things of the year, Zhu Heyu's brows tightened, and then said.

"Father, I understand, when facing the danger of losing the country, although the emperor did not want to bear the infamy, but as a minister, he should share the worries of the king, but the ministers still only think about their personal reputation, and do not care about the world, since they can do this, then in the future, they will do everything for their personal interests, show grace to the people, and disregard the interests of the country."

"So, ah......"

Sprinkled a handful of cumin on the barbecue, Zhu Mingzhong smiled.

"Nobles, officials, and people, in fact, in the final analysis, are essentially driven by interests, and as an emperor, it is necessary to balance the interests of all parties, not to let either side be unbalanced, nor to let either side form a consolidated ally with the other, as for the other ......"

Originally, Zhu Mingzhong wanted to say go with the flow, but after pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong said.

"However, the suggestion you just made is very good, and it is true that the Consultative Bureau of the State should be established, but it is not the Ming Dynasty...... Should be...... Imperial! ”