Zhu Ciran nodded and said: "As soon as my father said this, the sons and daughters understood that the existence of the Ming Emperor was to let the people of the whole country have a banner and prove that everyone is a group." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Yes, the emperor was originally a puppet, and I have been working in this direction for so many years." However, the existence of this puppet is very important, and it is precisely because of the existence of the emperor that the Han people in the world can become a whole and will not be easily divided. ”

Zhu Ciran said: "Then if when the retainer is in power, most people feel that the emperor is no longer needed, what should the retainer do?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "You have to believe in your father, under your rule, under your son's rule, and even under the rule of your many generations of grandsons, in three hundred years, my Ming Dynasty will need the emperor." As for three hundred years later, in fact, I think the emperor will also be needed. If there really is no emperor, there will be people who rule the people in the name of the spokesperson of the people. And because they are not passed down from generation to generation like the emperor, they will see the world as a place that can be destroyed at will, as long as they get what they and their families want, they will not care what the world has become. This kind of situation is not as good as the emperor. ”

Zhu Ciran asked: "That's good, father, after the son succeeds to the throne, all kinds of matters on weekdays need to be mentioned by the father." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "You don't have to say this, I won't ask anything after I retreat, I just go and walk around." But I have some things to tell you today, these are not specific things, just a general direction, you have to remember it. ”

Zhu Ciran said: "Erchen must be cautious. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Confucianism is really very useful for self-cultivation, but some of the dross must be eliminated. Over the years, with the development of medicine, the skin of the body has been changed to the skin of the body, which is a great progress, indicating that the Confucian doctrine can also be changed. But if someone wants to completely repudiate Confucianism, the first thing you have to do is to have the Military Survey and Statistics Bureau destroy his entire family and burn all his books, which is the first priority. ”

"Confucianism emphasizes the father and son of the monarch and the minister, so the rebellion is not negotiable, and must be ruthlessly extinguished. As for the education of the people, we must continue to carry out reading, we can understand the basic principles of living in the world, know what is right and what is wrong, and will not be bewitched by some careerists, then our Ming Dynasty can be forever, and our Chinese nation will always be able to stand on the top of the world. ”

"The second point is the "Private Property Protection Law", which is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, and all those who violate this law must be severely punished and cannot be amnestied. The article added to the "Ming Criminal Law" states that all those who divide the ethnic group by property must be exiled to an island near Xinming Province, and they must not be allowed to go ashore, and all their books must be banned, and they will never be pardoned. This must be remembered and passed on to future generations. ”

"The third point is the Patent Protection Law, we Chinese are extremely smart, the government only needs to formulate laws according to the actual situation, tell everyone what can be done and what cannot be done, and the people will naturally act in accordance with the law." Patent protection is to protect everyone's invention and creation, so that people who have inventions and creations can get practical benefits, which will naturally stimulate everyone to think about how to create better things and how to improve production efficiency. ”

"The Chinese are the smartest people in the world, and now that commerce has developed rapidly, has the imperial court played any role in this process?" No, not at all, there is no need for the imperial court to guide them, there is no need for officials to tell them what to do. As long as there is a law, as long as the court officials do not make trouble, it is the best thing. Business has its own laws of development, and it cannot be implemented by court officials to formulate strategic plans, so if someone thinks that because of the imperial court, business development is so vigorous, then this person is either really stupid, or has other plans. ”

"Don't think about deifying yourself, when there are many fools, deification is a very effective method, but in these fifty years of education, I don't want them to learn how to write articles, but to tell them how to reason, how to think independently, how to pay attention to the good things in life. The current Ming people are no longer foolish people who can be made at will. You just need to show the public that you are just an ordinary person, and of course you have advantages, but also disadvantages. This is normal, if there is a person who only has advantages and no shortcomings, in the past, people may worship him and think he is amazing, but now the Ming people will think, will a person really have no shortcomings? Could this person have had other purposes in doing so? We already have the Confucian saint, and the current Ming Dynasty does not need a saint, and will not produce a saint. Even Wang Yangming's doctrine has been criticized, and Zhu Xi was scolded to the point of being incomplete, which is a good thing, which shows that independent thinking has been deeply rooted in the marrow of people, such a nation is a promising nation, and such a Ming can become a powerful Ming. ”

"We now occupy almost all of Asia, all of Oceania, a large part of the Americas. The territory is so vast that there is no rival in this world. The isthmus between Asia and Africa has become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Rakshasas have been weakened to the point of incomprehension. As long as we don't get dizzy, don't accept some heresies, and don't divide the race, then we are invincible in this world. ”

"We are fortunate to be born in China, and we are fortunate to be a Han Chinese. This great nation, in our generation, and in countless generations after us, will surely be more brilliant and greater. In order to do this, there are three aspects that I have just said that must be kept in mind and told to your successors,"

Zhu Ciran knelt down and said, "Erchen will definitely do it." ”

On the tenth day of the lunar month of the forty-ninth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao issued a decree, proposing that he was willing to formally abdicate due to his old age and frailty, and passed on to Zhu Ciran, the crown prince of the first order.

Zhu Ciran officially succeeded to the throne on the 20th day of the lunar month, and set the name of the next year as Dingping. After Zhu Youxiao abdicated, he and Duan Ying went to Tianjin, boarded the navy's newest steamship, and began his global tour.

In the twentieth year of Dingping, Zhu Youxiao returned to the capital, because Zhu Ciran was about to abdicate and pass on the throne to his son. He watched Zhu Ciran hand over the jade seal to Zhu Hekan, Zhu Hekan knelt down to take the jade seal, bowed a few more times, and then stood up and said: "God bless the Ming Dynasty, prosperous and eternal." ”

The people below said in unison: "God bless the Ming, prosperous and eternal." ”