Chapter 264

In the center of the city is a green island, which is a garden with an area of 15 square miles, which is a rare quiet place in the bustling city. But unlike the parks in Zhongdu, this is not open to the outside world, and this is where the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty is located.

This sprawling, garden-like palace has green meadows, leafy forests, forest courtyards, and lakes where you can raft on the water. The trees transplanted in the early years have already grown luxuriantly, and the small trees of the year have become large trees, and it is precisely because of this that the palace gives people the illusion that the imperial garden in the imperial palace is more like the imperial palace in the imperial garden.

The sunlight fragmented through the natural barrier of large trees, sprinkled on the trail in the Imperial Garden, and Zhu Mingzhong, dressed in a Taoist robe, walked under the shade of this tree, even if he had lived here for more than ten years, he still could not finish this road - there are walking paths with a total length of 199.9 miles and 9999 trees of various kinds in the Imperial Garden.

As a royal palace, it is not a large area, but it is a home...... It's too big, so in the palace, Zhu Mingzhong's favorite is the small garden by the imperial lake, which is more like a home than an empty palace like the palace.

Although the trail in the imperial garden can be used for horse-drawn carriages, but most of the time, Zhu Mingzhong still chooses to walk, in his opinion, the reason why the ancient emperors lived a short life, and they rarely exercised has a direct connection, so in the past 20 years of traveling to this time and space, he has never stopped exercising, running or rowing is a daily exercise, and walking is a habit.

It's just that unlike ordinary people's walking, when walking, more than a dozen feet behind him, there was a light carriage and several female officials.

If it weren't for the fact that Jia Shentian traveled around the country after the change and was used to walking, Fang Yizhi would probably be difficult to keep up with His Majesty's steps, His Majesty walked very fast, when he was in the Northeast, he didn't know why most of the Jingguan liked to run in the park, and after accompanying His Majesty to the palace once, he knew the reason - they were afraid that they would not be able to keep up with His Majesty's footsteps.

You can't let Your Majesty stop and wait for them!

Therefore, Jingguan spontaneously exercised, for more than ten years, running, walking has long become a top-down atmosphere, of course, there are other sports, and even in some places, competitive competitions have begun to appear.

“…… Your Majesty, a dragnet search is now going on in Nanjing, and if all goes well, the whole city will be searched by tomorrow at the latest......"

While Fang Yizhi was speaking, Zhu Mingzhong's eyes looked in the other direction, looking at the surrounding scenery, well, the scenery here is good, you can consider building a garden around here......

As the owner of this large courtyard, Zhu Mingzhong has been more accustomed to tidying up his own courtyard in recent years, after all, the existence of the cabinet can handle most of the affairs of the country, which is a tradition of the Ming Dynasty.

The political system and ideology and morality in the middle and late Ming Dynasty are very special in the history of Chinese feudal society, the governance of the country has gradually been completed by the civil class, the emperor's power and responsibility in administrative management is becoming less and less, and gradually becomes a tool and moral symbol used by ministers to fight, in popular terms, when the ministers agree, the emperor can be thrown aside, everyone at this time the least like the emperor to come out to intervene in anything, otherwise there is a danger of becoming a tyrant; And when the ministers have differences of opinion, the emperor is used as the final arbiter, and everyone hopes that the emperor will come out to support them at this time. Otherwise, there is a danger of being scolded as a lazy faint king. At the same time, everyone also asked the emperor to be a model of morality, filial piety, benevolence, courtesy, faith, diligence, and righteousness are all indispensable, otherwise there is also the danger of being scolded as a faint monarch or a tyrant. To a certain extent, the Ming Emperor realized the ideal of the ancients that "the Holy Son of Heaven ruled by the arch". Of course, this is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty fell into party struggle in the end, which eventually led to the collapse of the country.

"In the past three hundred years, state affairs have been in charge of ministers, and ministers have valued the party and neglected the country, until the Son of Heaven is arbitrary and late."

This is people's reflection on the Ming Dynasty after the Jiashen Heavenly Change, and because of this, when Zhu Mingzhong showed the dictatorship of the Son of Heaven with a sentence "The Great Tomorrow, I am the only one", there was no resistance at all. Of course, being an emperor who does everything is really tiring and hard. So over the past few years, Zhu Mingzhong has been looking for a balance.

It was only in previous years that he found a balance. Most of the time, he doesn't interfere with the cabinet ministers, because he knows that there are many better people than him.

Daming is like a giant ship on the sea, as the captain, he only needs to grasp the general direction, and then have the cabinet at the helm, and the senior crew to direct the sailors to operate the sails and use the cannons, so as to ensure the safe navigation of the ship. As for the captain, he can read books, read charts, and sleep in the captain's room. The rough and heavy work on the deck is done by other people.

As the emperor, he only needs to be a good captain. However, the captain must have sufficient authority, that is, he must constantly remind the ministers of the fact that the Son of Heaven is arbitrary!

The so-called "Holy Son of Heaven rules by hanging the arch" is just that the Son of Heaven wants to be lazy. Just like the captain, he can't hide anything from the ship, and he will always take the initiative to stand up and prove the captain's authority with his actions.

This authority is absolutely obedient!

On the other hand, in the Ming Dynasty, it was often the ministers who did everything possible to persecute the emperor, so that he "woke up and turned back." It seems to be humbly admonished, but in fact it is the loss of the emperor's authority. Therefore, as the emperor, Zhu Mingzhong will listen to opinions, but if anyone dares to question His Majesty, then what awaits him is thunder, rain and dew.

This is also the reason why Zhu Mingzhong is ready to let the prince serve in the navy at the right time and become the captain, the captain is responsible for a shipwreck, including his own life and death, and his every decision determines the fate of himself and the whole ship, which is the same as the emperor.

Zhu Mingzhong, who has now grasped the scale of decentralization, rarely cares about the affairs of the cabinet, but delegates power to them.

"Just be careful not to disturb the people too much."

After saying something casually, Zhu Mingzhong pointed to the small lake in the distance, and then said,

"Fang Qing's family, I'm going to build a pavilion there, what do you think?"

This is obviously a distraction, Zhu Mingzhong doesn't want to let himself be tied up in those affairs.

"Minister......

Fang Yizhi, who knew His Majesty's thoughts, changed his face slightly, and then said.

"King Jin is in Nanjing! The minister was worried that the spies would take a risk, target the King of Jin, create chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to escape......"

"Hmm!"

Eyebrows were raised, and then raised again, Zhu Mingzhong, who was still concerned about his homeland, suddenly changed his face.

"What Qing said was very true, and immediately telegraphed to the Nanjing Town Guard, ordering him to send a team of soldiers over to protect the King of Jin."

King Jin is his second son Zhu Heyu, just ordered to go to the country two years ago, two years ago, the sixteen-year-old crown prince Zhu Hejia was ordered to supervise the national capital division, as the crown prince for the Son of Heaven to guard the border, and to be the second son of the king of Jin Zhu Hejia, also the country Nanjing, as the heir to the throne, he needs to wait until the crown prince is married and has a son, before he can go to the state of Jin - the Jin State is located in the northwest of Xinxia, and the national capital Xintian is located in Jinwan.

Although it was a new colony, after a decade of long-term immigration, it was already home to more than 1.05 million immigrants and six major cities: Xintian, Yingcheng (Perth), Yangzhai (Adelaide), Yingqiu (Melbourne), Pingcheng (Brisbane), and Jinyang (Darwin).

And these six cities should be Jin, Chu, Han, Qi, Wei, Zhao six kingdoms, and the fiefdom of the six countries is also carefully divided by Zhu Mingzhong, drawing on the division of Australia in later generations, but the 25 degrees south latitude of Western Australia is divided into Jin and Chu. Each region has its own advantages, whether it is now or in the future, just like the Jin Kingdom, the Jinwan area has the best pastures in Australia, where the horses produced are the most sought-after goods in Nanyang and other places, a hundred years later, the iron ore there will also become the country's economic pillar, and other countries are also the same, the "New Xia" is divided into six countries, plus New Zealand just discovered a few years ago as the Wu country, which just constitutes the seven southern countries, which is not only a coincidence, but also Zhu Mingzhong's expectation, He looked forward to the future when these seven countries could create a new China there.

Of course, not only Australia, but also North America, and even parts of South America, will become the location of the Ming Dynasty in the future, but how long can this feudal last?

"The minister has sent a telegram to the Nanjing Inspection Bureau, if Your Majesty is not at ease, you can order the guards stationed outside the city to enter the city."

Zhu Mingzhong glanced at Fang Yizhi, and his face was a little displeased.

"I know what you want to say, the Ming army is a royal army, and it cannot be reconciled for non-state affairs, and since the Heyu has opened a mansion, then naturally its palace guards should be responsible for his safety."

Looking at Fang Yizhi, Zhu Mingzhong sighed.

"I now have a total of twenty-five sons, if this time Concubine Li gave birth to a son, then there are twenty-six sons, but now the crown prince and Jia guard the border for their father, Yu Jingshi is resident, and Jia also went to Nanjing last year, and the others are studying in the public school, and when they are sixteen years old, they will be crowned kings according to the ancestral system, and they will open a palace and stand on their own, and they will become a country at the age of twenty, even if I have twenty-six sons, after these twenty-six sons become the country, I am afraid that it will be difficult to see each other again today!"

Shake, at this time, Zhu Mingzhong's identity is his father, not the emperor.

For Zhu Mingzhong, who "enjoyed" the consequences of the Jiashen Heavenly Revolution in another time and space, he even hoped to achieve the second expansion of Chinese civilization through the division of feuds than Gu Yanwu and other people in this era who advocated the division of feuds to resolve the "risks".

In the next ten years, the Chinese civilization will be divided into feudal circles to achieve expansion all over the world, and even in the planning of the Zongren Mansion, together with India, it will also be within the scope of the future feudal division, one or two generations, maybe a hundred years later, the Xia of the whole world will exceed 100 countries, and what kind of development will the Chinese civilization that is contended by a hundred schools of thought at that time?

Zhu Mingzhong is not clear about this, but it is certain that after more than ten years of development, the countries of Nanyang have begun to emerge a culture different from the mother country, which is inevitable. At least in terms of clothing, dignified and elegant clothing began to change, although the overall trend is still conservative, but dresses such as slightly revealing collarbones have begun to become the mainstream of women's clothing in Nanyang.

The change in clothing is the change of civilization to a certain extent.

Of course, this is also due to the weather in the South Seas.

And all this is exactly what Zhu Mingzhong desires, the silent and no competition of the Chinese civilization needs to inject the vitality of competition, but what is the price?

For him personally, at least, the cost is obvious.

"Your Majesty......"

Stretching out his hand to stop Fang Yizhi's words, Zhu Mingzhong smiled bitterly.

"Who is not a father? As a father, who does not want to have children and grandchildren around their knees in the future, and who wants to see their children go overseas, and even never see each other again in this life? ”

Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Zhu Mingzhong's expression looked a little sentimental.

"However, for the sake of the future of China, I can only do this! But, at least until they arrive at the Domain, I can always do something for them, as for the others......"

With a sneer, Zhu Mingzhong asked rhetorically.

"Is this favoritism? Even if it doesn't matter, I am the Son of Heaven, even if I am the Son of Heaven, then I must be able to make my own decisions! ”

In the face of His Majesty's answer, Fang Yizhi could only smile bitterly.

As a minister, he has long been accustomed to all this, and at this time, what is needed as a minister is obedience, not questioning.

"Obey."

He can understand His Majesty's feelings, he has a son who went to North America in seven years, to Xinbo (Seattle), which was the first colony of the Ming Dynasty on the west coast of North America, after ten years of hard work, the Ming Dynasty has established itself there, and the immigrants of Xinbo are more than 60,000, as for the New York lease on the east coast, it is only more than 20,000.

As a father, how can Fang Yizhi not want his son?

But it's just a matter of thinking about it, even if it only takes more than a month for the clipper to cross the Pacific Ocean now, as they get older, it will be difficult for both father and son to cross the ocean.

Thinking of his son and looking at His Majesty who was speechless, Fang Zhizhi understood this feeling of being a father.

"Your Majesty, in fact, Zhenla, Siam and other places can also be used as feudal land, Your Majesty can leave a few sons by your side, last year the Central South Railway has been built to Zhuping City, the railway can go all the way to the south, repair to Saigon, and turn to Chenla, Siam, and even in the future can be repaired to Nantianmen, so that if Your Majesty thinks of the son, the sons can directly take the train to the capital. Even if you want to see the Seven Kings of New Xia, you can also ask them to take a steam express boat, go to Nantianmen, and then take a train back to Zhongdu......"

As a minister, Fang Yizhi immediately offered advice to His Majesty to resolve the pain of "father and son are afraid that they will not be able to see each other again in this life".

Of course, he also has his own selfish motives.