Zhu Cijiong came up with a constitutional monarchy that is very different from the constitutional monarchy commonly used in later generations, he knows that the so-called constitutional monarchy is actually the monarch is constitutional, that is, the monarch is constrained by the constitution, although nominally it is still the head of state, in fact the power has been almost deprived, and some even have no power at all, it is purely a decoration.

Of course, he doesn't want to be constitutional, but the feudal monarchy is no longer suitable for the current Ming Dynasty, if it is not changed, even if he is not constitutionalized, his descendants will be constitutionalized sooner or later, and it is very likely that it will be another bloody storm at that time, which is not what he wants to see.

Therefore, he thought of constitutional monarchy, that is, the monarch holds the legislative power, formulates the constitution and laws, and then implements them by officials at all levels.

The biggest difference between this constitutional monarchy and constitutional monarchy is that constitution-making is when the monarch takes the initiative to formulate the constitution and laws, while constitution-making is when others make constitutions and laws to bind the monarch.

There is a big difference between active constitution-making and passive constitution-making, active constitution-making can still retain the power of the monarch to the maximum, and passive constitution-making can only be decided by others.

Everyone has selfish intentions, and after becoming the emperor, it is impossible to let him give up all the power in his hands and be at the mercy of others.

Zhu Cijiong is not a saint, he also has selfish intentions, and it is impossible for him to voluntarily give up all power after enjoying the supreme imperial power.

He also knows that the feudal monarchy is no longer suitable for the development of the Ming Dynasty, change is necessary, and some power must be moderately released in order to be more conducive to the development of the Ming Dynasty.

However, some powers can never be let go, and as soon as they let go, they will be finished, such as military power, the power to appoint and dismiss officials, the power to make economic decisions, and so on, and these powers must not be let go, such as administrative power and judicial power, after formulating binding laws, they can be let go to officials at all levels, anyway, officials are appointed and dismissed by him, and whoever can't do it can be replaced, so that there will be no major problems.

Of course, in order to prevent the emergence of a prince Adou among his descendants, there are some things that cannot be changed by future generations, these are the constitution, this part must be formulated and improved in his hands, and in the future, no one is allowed to change it without special circumstances!

It is a huge project to formulate a constitution suitable for the Ming Dynasty, which cannot be formulated in a day or two, and he cannot ask others or organize a meeting to discuss, because no one has the experience of his later life and does not know what will happen in the future.

He racked his brains and thought about it for a few days, but the first draft of the constitution was not yet completed, but Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, came to his door.

It turned out that Zhu Cijiong had asked him to formulate the water transport regulations at the meeting that day, and he had already drawn them up.

Zhu Cijiong looked at the charter he had formulated and couldn't help but be impressed by it.

What he drew up was not so much a bylaws as a draft of the formation of a company.

The articles of association he wrote were actually the process of the establishment of an ocean shipping company, and he even took the name of this company, which was called Daming Royal Shipping Company!

Zhu Cijiong praised him very much, and then began to set up the Daming Royal Shipping Company according to this charter.

However, before the formation, there is a problem that must be solved, that is, Bi Maokang did not mention the person in charge of the Ming Royal Shipping Company, not that he had no candidate, but because this company is the emperor, and the candidate will naturally be determined by the emperor.

Zhu Cijiong thought about it, and soon thought of a suitable candidate, this person was Shi Daxuan.

Speaking of a pirate leader, is it appropriate to recruit the Daming Royal Shipping Company to be in charge?

Zhu Cijiong thinks that it is very suitable, because Shi Daxuan is very obedient, no matter what he is asked to do, he will do it without regrets, like the last time in South Asia, he has obviously washed his hands, Zheng Zhilong said hello, he immediately lost the business in his hand, returned to his old business, and became a pirate.

You know, at that time, it was the Anglo-French-Dutch armed merchant ships that he was robbed, and sometimes there was the naval protection of the anti-Habsburg coalition, which was extremely dangerous.

He still did not hesitate, and his subordinates also paid great sacrifices for it.

In all the naval wars, Shi Daxuan has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Cijiong has also said that he will be well settled, but he has always forgotten to fulfill this promise.

Now that there is such a position, Zhu Cijiong naturally thought of him, and his subordinates also had to be recruited into the Daming Royal Shipping Company, although they were not the people of Daming, but they also made contributions to Daming, and this ocean-going shipping rarely stayed in Daming, and was not afraid of causing unnecessary trouble.

As soon as the person in charge was confirmed, Zhu Cijiong immediately issued an edict, ordering all the commanders of the navy, including Zheng Chenggong, including Shi Daxuan, including Zheng Ming, and Zheng Cai, to rush to Dongdaying within half a month to discuss important matters!

He also ordered all the Fu Ship warships of the Ming Navy to assemble in the waters near Dongdaying, and the Ming Navy Reserve Corps also assembled in Dongdaying.

At the same time, he also ordered Sun Yuanhua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to send a notice to all the guards that the Ming Royal Shipping Company recruits workers, and all the soldiers who have retired from the Ming Army and feel that their physical strength is okay can sign up, and the Ming Royal Shipping Company will screen out 200,000 people from it!

The ice and snow in Siberia will completely melt in another month, and time waits for no one, and the framework of the Ming Royal Shipping Company must be erected within this month, otherwise it will not be able to catch up.

In less than ten days, all the Fuchuan warships had already gathered on the sea outside Dongdaying, densely packed, no less than a thousand, and the sails were simply obscuring the sky and the sun!

According to the final statistics of the Ministry of War, the Ming Navy has nearly 1,500 Fuchuan warships, and Shi Daxuan still has more than 200 Fuchuan ships that have been reorganized into armed merchant ships.

Nanda Construction Shipyard has reached the scale of an annual output of 500 Fu ships, although most of them are sold to private merchants for merchant shipping, but it has also manufactured a lot of Fu ship warships, more than 200 ships, but still take it.

Half a month later, all the Ming naval generals arrived, 2,000 lucky ships, 200,000 veterans screened out of the naval reserve corps and guard posts also rushed to the Dongda camp, Zhu Cijiong directly set up the Dongda camp, and held a meeting in the conference room of the Dongdaying Governor's Mansion to discuss the formation of the Ming Royal Shipping Company and the deployment of the navy participating in the next big war against Tsarist Russia.

This time, there were more participants, including:

Admirati Zheng Chenggong;

Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry;

Sun Yuanhua, the secretary of the military department;

Huang Long, the chief general of the Beiyang Naval Division;

Zheng Zhihu, the chief general of the Nanyang Naval Division;

Admiral Yang Geng, Chief of the North Sea Fleet;

Admiral Chen Hui of the East China Sea Fleet;

Zheng Xing, commander-in-chief of the South China Sea Fleet;

Admiral Zheng Ming, Chief of the Naval Reserve Corps;

Admiral Zheng Cai;

Nanyang maritime merchant Shi Daxuan.