Although there are only a handful of emperors in history who took the initiative to take the throne without any external force, there are so few, especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, there are actually two.

Zhu Youxiao set a precedent in Daming, and even the concubines in the harem couldn't understand him by taking the initiative to pass on the throne to Zhu Ciyan.

The first person to come to Zhu Youxiao was Concubine Ren, after all, this matter was related to her son who was far away in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou.

"When I left the empire mainland, I pointed to the map and told him about the situation in the entire Great Wilderness Dongzhou, and I don't know if he understood what I meant." Zhu Youxiao looked at the world map behind him and said. Zhu Youxiao didn't dare to guarantee that Zhu Cijiong would not deal with Zhu Cijiong in the future, after all, Zhu Cijiong was the biggest threat to him, and Zhu Youxiao very much recognized the phrase "the most ruthless emperor".

"The concubine heard Cijiong say this, but the concubine really didn't know what the emperor meant, and the concubine believed that Cijiong didn't understand it, and asked the emperor to make it clear." Concubine Ren said anxiously. Listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, Ren Guifei could already speculate that this matter was related to Zhu Cijiong's future future.

"What I mean by this is that I have allowed him to leave the confines of the empire and explore other places. I can't say that clearly, and when the time comes, I can't say that it will cause chaos in the empire. Zhu Youxiao said helplessly. He didn't expect that Dudu would finally have to make things clear.

"Huh!?" Concubine Ren exclaimed, and then said slowly, "The concubine knows Cijiong, the emperor doesn't know what to say, he doesn't have the courage at all, and he doesn't know where to go?" ”

"It's best to go here." Zhu Youxiao pointed to South America and said.

"Why?" Ren Guifei continued to ask, hoping to ask for clarification at one time.

"It's so far away from the Empire that it can't be touched on for the time being, and there are no very strong forces here, so it's very difficult to build a business. Besides, I don't think I'll have to live for another ten years, which is enough time for him to establish his power in this land. Of course, if he hasn't achieved anything in ten years, then no one else can be blamed. ”

"Can the emperor make it clearer?" Ren Guifei said eagerly.

"That's all I can say, it's up to him to do the rest, and if he can't do it well, then I can't do anything about it. Then there is only one last way to go, that is, to come back from the Great Wilderness Dongzhou to be an honest prince, don't do anything, don't do anything, eat and sleep every day, sleep and eat, and don't even see the ministers of the court again. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Concubine Ren said softly.

"This matter must be kept absolutely confidential, and it must not be leaked." Zhu Youxiao admonished.

"No."

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As soon as Concubine Ren left, Zhang Yan also came, and as soon as she entered the door, she asked, "Does the emperor really want to pass on the throne to the crown prince?" ”

"Really." Zhu Youxiao nodded.

"Although the crown prince was brought up by a concubine, the concubine thinks that the emperor is ......"

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and interrupted Zhang Yan's words, "I have heard a lot of such words today, I know what you want to say about Baozhu, but this matter has been decided, you don't need to be in power anymore." To tell you the truth, in fact, I have always wanted to be a faint monarch who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun every day, but I have always been ruthless, and now while I still have a few years to live, I have decided to be a faint monarch for a few years with peace of mind......" Saying this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile.

"The emperor laughed, the emperor created an unprecedented empire for the Ming Dynasty, a feat unprecedented in the past, if anyone from all countries in the world does not submit to the emperor's feet, the concubine does not know how the future generations will evaluate the emperor, but the emperor's merits in the heart of the concubine have far surpassed Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tang Taizong and others." Zhang Yan said solemnly.

"I'm really not joking, I can only talk to you about this, I don't dare to say it to other people, I want to set a good start for future generations." Zhu Youxiao said to Zhang Yan very seriously.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's serious expression, Zhang Yan somewhat believed that Zhu Youxiao was telling the truth, and she was completely speechless, it was hard to imagine that Zhu Youxiao's ideal was to be a faint gentleman.

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Zhu Youxiao was very tired today, and everyone came to ask Zhu Youxiao about his inheritance of the crown prince. In the end, Zhu Youxiao was so annoyed that he simply stopped seeing anyone.

And after Concubine Ren left the Qianqing Palace, she immediately thought about conveying Zhu Youxiao's meaning to Zhu Cijiong, and let Zhu Cijiong make his own decision, but now that it is in the middle of winter, it is not easy to send the news to the Great Wilderness Dongzhou.

At this moment, Zhu Cijiong, who was far away in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, was busy with the affairs of Tuntian, and now the Tuntian soldiers in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou had reached 100,000, and the scope of Tuntian had also reached Saskatchewan. And the people in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou didn't know the news that Zhu Youxiao was preparing to pass on the throne to Zhu Ciyan.

Zhu Cijiong organized one tuntian district per 1,000 people, and established ten tuntian districts in Indian Province and Saskatchewan. Tuntian has achieved very good results, the Ming Dynasty has basically been self-sufficient in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, and the population reproduction rate is also very good, but subject to medical conditions and climatic conditions, the infant mortality rate in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou is higher than that of the empire itself.

"Lord Wang, in May next year, the last general will decide to continue the crusade against Manchukuo." Li Dingguo said.

"Why the rush? Next year, the grain and grass that I can provide to the general will only last for half a year at most. ”

"There are two or three years at most, and the last general will be transferred out of the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, and the last general wants to completely solve the affairs of Manchukuo before leaving the Great Wilderness Dongzhou; Second, the last general discovers that the Westerners are trying to enter the Manitoba area, and the last general is afraid that things will change after a long time; Third, since the second half of last year, the conflict between our army and the Manchurian army has doubled, which shows that Manchukuo is already recovering, and the general hopes to continue to suppress Manchukuo. It was enough for the prince to provide half a year's worth of food, and the minister was sure that he would at least be able to drive them to the Iroquois, and if it went well, the general would even be able to drive the Manchurians into the sea. Li Dingguo said confidently.

"I've heard that Westerners have established a foothold there in the Iroquois region."

"It's the French, they founded Quebec City in the Iroquois, but they only have one or two thousand people in the Iroquois, so there's nothing to fear."

"I'll do my best to get you." Zhu Cijiong nodded.

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On February 2, the 40th year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao officially passed the throne to Zhu Cijun, and the 56-year-old Zhu Youxiao was respected as the "Emperor Taishang", and he was also the second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao personally held his abdication in the Imperial Palace, and Zhu Ciyan's enthronement ceremony. After Zhu Youxiao abdicated, he moved to the Palace of Nourishing Heart, the Palace of Nourishing Heart is very commemorative for Zhu Youxiao, and the silver left by Wanli hidden in the Forbidden City was found here.