Twenty-five years after the apocalypse, the war in Europe finally came to an end. With the help of the Ming Dynasty, the Habsburg Dynasty suffered a heavier blow than the original history, and the construction of the Ming European Railway was officially completed.

The European Railways run from the city of Yugi to Algeciras, with several branch lines to some of the more important cities. The trade routes between the Ming Dynasty and Europe were finally officially connected. Although the toll of the Daming Railway is extremely high, but its speed and safety are incomparable with sea transportation, and really calculated, the railway transportation will not be higher than the sea transportation, so the entire China-Europe Railway every day is flowing trains, in this era of information is not smooth, the double-track railway has greatly improved the safety of the train.

The smooth flow of the Sino-European railway has greatly affected the shipping from Europe to Asia, and a large number of goods are transported by land, making the Ming Dynasty an annual net profit of up to 20 million yuan in terms of railway expenses alone. If we look at the cost of the railway, ten years of profit can make back all the money spent on building the railway.

In the thirtieth year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chuanting became the first assistant of the cabinet. The method of selecting the first assistant to the cabinet is still Tingtui, but now there is a term limit, one term is six years, and the maximum term can be two consecutive terms. And after two terms, they must not be included in the Tingtui list again.

Sun Chuanting worked until the beginning of the 42nd year of the Apocalypse, after which Lu Xiang was promoted to the first assistant, and Sun Chuanting entered the House established in the 39th year of the Apocalypse as the speaker. The House of Representatives, composed of outgoing officials, was responsible for making laws and overseeing the budgets of the imperial ministries, led by the cabinet.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty officially entered the state of mutual supervision and containment of the cabinet, the parliament, and the court. The emperor, on the other hand, relinquished all powers except military and intelligence powers, and no longer managed the affairs of the imperial court.

In the forty-fourth year of the Apocalypse, the "Inheritance Law of the Ming Emperor" was officially promulgated. This law ranked all princes according to their age, academic performance, and daily performance, and ranked them in order of succession. Of course, the most important thing is age, as long as the academic performance is qualified, everyone is the same, as long as the daily performance does not violate the law, or extremely bad moral problems, so as to cancel the inheritance qualification, everyone is the same.

This law also stipulates that the emperor is the master of the Ming state, and he entrusts the cabinet with the governance of the entire Ming empire, and he has the power to consult at any time. The emperor is the supreme leader of the army, but he is not allowed to participate in the specific command of the army, and can only delegate the command to the military department and the general staff. The Emperor is the supreme leader of the intelligence services, but is not allowed to intervene in specific intelligence work. The Emperor had the power of amnesty, but the number of persons per year was limited to 10, and he could not pardon the most heinous criminals.

Moreover, the law also stipulates that the wealth that the emperor can possess can only be the income of the royal estate. The imperial court was responsible for the repair of the Daming Palace every year, and paid the emperor a salary of one million yuan a year.

The emperor's children will have the titles of prince and princess, and each of them will be paid a salary of 10,000 yuan per year by the imperial court, and the emperor will give a certain amount of industrial income dividends. Dividends can be passed on to future generations, but each generation becomes half of the original dividends. The prince was not allowed to be a feudal state, but could only live in the palace or the royal estate.

The promulgation of this law made the throne no longer hot, and fundamentally made the situation of competition for the throne no longer exist. Moreover, the emperor further became the symbol of the state, and the power to govern the country was legally placed in the hands of the cabinet.

This year also promulgated the special "Ming Criminal Law", in which it was stipulated that all acts aimed at overthrowing the Ming Empire would be regarded as rebellion, and all the main perpetrators of the rebellion would be sentenced to death without amnesty.

On the surface, this article is more restrictive to the people, but in fact, it is not, because it is difficult to achieve this article with the goal of overthrowing the Ming Empire. For example, the magistrate of the county under the Chaozhou capital embezzled the disaster relief funds pulled out by the imperial court, which led to more than 1,000 people besieging the county government, beating the county governor to death and destroying the county government. In the end, the court held that this did not meet the requirements of rebellion, so it could only be regarded as the people spontaneously asserting their rights and interests, and as a result, only three people were sentenced to exile for unwanted attacks, and the deceased magistrate was confiscated and all his property was recovered.

The "Ming Criminal Law" specifically stipulates that any behavior (including speech) that divides ethnic groups with property will be regarded as treason, and will be directly exiled to the small island of Xinming Province, and will never be allowed to return to the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the forty-ninth year of the Apocalypse, the emperor gathered all the members of the royal family together for a meeting. The emperor had three wives, three sons and five daughters. Empress Zhang Yan had died in forty-seven years, Wang Guifei also died in forty-eight years, the emperor did not re-establish the empress, nor did he choose another show girl, and only Duan Guifei presided over the palace.

The third generation of the emperor is more numerous, with a total of seven imperial grandsons and eight imperial granddaughters. The three princes all married only one prince and did not have side concubines. Although the courtiers had repeatedly proposed that the prince should have a concubine to continue the royal heir, they were all rejected by the princes.

The emperor played with his grandchildren for a while, and when they arrived, he said, "I am ready to abdicate early." ”

The emperor's eldest son, Zhu Ciran, hurriedly knelt down and said, "But what did the son do to make his father misunderstand."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "Get up, it's none of your business, you're fine." You have traveled to Europe, the Americas, and New Mingzhou, and you have been diligent and honest, and I am very satisfied. You're also in your forties, and mentally I'm very relieved that it's time for you to lead the country. ”

Duan Guifei said with a smile: "This emperor wants power or not, he wants money or not, you are boring, you want to travel in the forest." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "My royal industry involves various industries, and the annual profit has reached 10% of the annual revenue of the national treasury. Even if there are tens of millions of children and grandchildren, it can't be used up, what do you say there is no money. ”

Duan Guifei smiled: "That is, there is no power?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Power must not be private, and money must not be public, this is what has been said a long time ago. The reason why I want to retire is because when I'm older, I'm always a little confused. Although the imperial court is now under the management of the cabinet, and the army is also under the command of the General Staff, the Jinyiwei, the Economic Survey and Statistics Bureau, the Military Survey and Statistics Bureau, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption are still extremely powerful. And Ran'er is in the prime of life, so she is naturally much better at handling these things than me, which is a good thing for the country and the family. Ran'er is the heir in the first order, and it is natural to be the emperor. ”

Zhu Shu'e said: "When my younger brother becomes the emperor, I will be promoted to one level, I am no longer the eldest princess, I am the eldest princess." ”

Duan Guifei said: "Your younger brother has become the emperor, you can boast that you have beaten the emperor in the future, I think this is what you want to say the most." The crowd burst out laughing.