Chapter 871: Chen's Paradox!
Chen Ming would install pillar stones for the Chen Han royal family to support its huge body. However, these methods of his will make some people involuntarily think of the Eight Kings Rebellion and the Battle of Jingjing in Chinese history.
Especially the Rebellion of the Eight Kings.
The infighting of the Sima family introduced a large number of Hu people to the Central Plains, and in the end, the uncontrolled struggle not only destroyed the Sima family's own Jiangshan Sheji, but also sent the Han civilization and the Han people to the first trough in the vast history.
The title of 'two-legged sheep' makes every Chinese look at it with a tear.
And in today's world situation, the Chinese who look at the world find that in distant Europe, in that place that used to be a barbarian land, there are actually several powerful countries that are not weak.
Their native area is very narrow, but the vast colony leaves everyone who sees it stunned. It was a kind of consternation when the brain broke through the sky.
It's like a poor bastard in my impression, he looks shabby on the surface, but the decoration at home is extremely luxurious, and he is actually much richer than himself, but he is low-key.
Nowadays, many people in China are talking about one thing, that is, if the big green fruit in the past is in an all-out fight with the British, French, and Russians, who will win and who will lose?
Although many people are arrogant and still look down on Europe, firmly believing that China will not lose even under the rule of the Manchus, many more people think that the Manchus will not lose, but they will not win. Because the disparity in the maritime strength of the two sides is too great, some people have even proposed that if the European fleet approaches Nanjing from the mouth of the Yangtze River, cut off the Cao Transport, and then divide a part of the warships along the way to harass the long coastline in eastern China, can Daqingguo really be able to withstand it?
The answer is unknowable, because this kind of scene is not really happening. But many people actually have the answer in their hearts, and it can be summed up in one sentence: Europeans should not be underestimated.
If the overseas vassal states have ambitions and join forces with the Europeans, it seems that it is not impossible to create a Chen Han version of the New Eight Kingdoms Rebellion and lure the wolf into the house.
These people are true to what they say.
It's just that these people only saw the threat of the vassal king in their eyes, and ignored all the internal and external situations and forms, and also ignored the help of the vassal state to Chen Han's rule. This kind of looking at the problem with colored glasses, can the conclusions drawn be convincing?
But Chen Ming didn't feel any disappointment. This is the case in the whole of China, with a population of more than 200 million, not to mention 100% of the people are still old-fashioned, 90% of the people are not bad, right?
Chen Ming wanted to leave a long-term empire, and he also wanted to set up an eternal golden rice bowl for his children and grandchildren, so he wanted to install a few pillars for Chen Handuo to serve as support points. But few people agree with him. None of these girls in the harem can understand.
But he can wait.
Chen Ming is only forty years old now, even if he retires a little earlier, with his body and bones, it is not a problem for people to live to the age of eighty, right?
That was the year 1830 in the Western calendar.
At that time, the first industrial revolution had come to an end, but it can be said that the steam engine technology was completely mature at that time. It is also obvious how powerful the power of capital will become. At that time, some things that cannot be understood by people no matter how they are said now will be understood naturally.
But this is all based on a strong premise, that is, Chen Han's social reform, Chen Han's social innovation, is always in the forward movement.
Forty years is a long time, and it can make Japan rise as a great power that cannot be underestimated, even if it is a second-rate in the world; It could take the Red Russian Empire from glory to ruin; It can also make China's GDP go from the tenth in the world to the second in the world.
Forty years is also a very short time, because it can't wake up a sleeping male lion. A character like Li Hongzhang can only make out a paper house that looks mighty on the outside, but is vulnerable in fact.
Without the advancement of forceful means, for China, the old empire, forty years will really pass in a blink of an eye. And in order to promote the innovation of a big empire, Chen Ming must hold the supreme power in his hands and decide the affairs of the world with one word. lest one diehard after another come and talk to him. In this way, today's China can continue to run forward at a high speed, instead of stopping and lying on the thick capital to eat the old book with peace of mind.
"Reform requires great authority, but if the empire is to be stable for a long time, if we want to keep the royal family alive, we need to hand over the supreme power in our hands." No dynasty can guarantee that its heirs will all be Ming monarchs, that is impossible. Therefore, a monarchical dynasty with great power can never last long. "The British gave us a good example. The Ottomans, again, give us a bad example. ”
Chen Ming did not say that the Japanese also gave them an example. To be the 'emperor' of Japan, he would rather his children and grandchildren die altogether. The provincial one is embarrassing to him.
"Let's learn from the British, and the imperial throne will always belong to our Chen family. But there are gains and losses. "The rights that the royal family loses will be taken by the parliament.
"And what is the reason for the delay in the reform of the Ottoman Empire?"
"That is, the Ottoman Sultan has no rights. If the current Ottoman Sultan had the absolute authority of Mehmed II, Selim I, and Suleiman I, what could stop the Ottoman reforms?
Could the religious, political, and economic reforms carried out during the reigns of Selim I and Suleiman I be less difficult than those of the current Ottomans? Suleiman could even elevate a slave to the position of Grand Vizier - Pargal Ibrahim, while at the same time making a slave girl an empress to participate in politics - Xurem.
The daughter of an Orthodox priest, Shrem was captured by the Ottoman army and sent to the imperial harem, where she soon became a favorite concubine of Suleiman the Magnificent. In order to marry her as his legitimate wife, Suleiman the Magnificent did not hesitate to break the Ottoman Empire's tradition of not marrying foreign concubines for more than two centuries, much to the expectations of observers in the palace and throughout Istanbul. Suleiman also allowed Sultan Shrem to accompany him to the palace for the rest of his life, breaking another tradition: when a prince came of age, he was sent to the frontier provinces of the empire as governor, accompanied by his biological mother, who was not allowed to return to Istanbul unless he or his descendants ascended to the throne.
Will Suleiman face less resistance than the current Ottoman Sultan?
However, Schrem not only spent his life in great nourishment, but also maintained peace in the Ottoman Empire and his native Poland throughout his life. After the death of Suleiman I, Selim II, the son of Jokserana, succeeded to the throne of Sultan.
This is awesome!
Therefore, Chen Ming is now facing a paradox, for the sake of the great cause, it is impossible for him to give up the rights in his hands, but he has to ask his son to give up the rights in his hands.
In the era of 1790 in the Western calendar, this is really difficult to form a convincing force.