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Everyone came all the way to Chongzhen's mourning hall to mourn, and Jiang Dejing, the head of the cabinet kneeling at the front of the mourning hall, and several old eunuchs in the inner court in the Forbidden City were also well-informed figures.

Of course, they can see that these people who are here today are definitely not simple. In order to protect these people, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Far East were mobilized to carry out vigilance, and such a large pomp showed that they must be big figures in the Far East.

Gao Jianguo, Li Ming and others ended their mourning, and before turning to leave, they said to Jiang Dejing and several old eunuchs in the inner court: "Mourn ......" and then left Chongzhen's mourning hall.

Jiang Dejing, who was kneeling in front of Chongzhen's coffin in filial piety clothes, looked at the backs of Gao Jianguo and Li Ming with a complicated face.

An old eunuch next to him said, "Lord Jiang, these should be the elders of the Far Eastern Cabinet, right?" Seeing that they are not very old, a few of them are still generals of the Far Eastern Army, and they seem to be different from the Ming Dynasty. ”

Jiang Dejing smiled bitterly: "I have also heard people talk about the official system in the Far East, which can be said to be unheard of. Until now, it has not been founded, but in the name of the company to guard Liaodong, so far there has not been a king, only a few people to form the Ming cabinet in charge of state affairs. ”

The old lady in the inner court frowned when he heard this, and said, "Nonsense...... The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the world will be in chaos if it goes on like this. ”

Several old eunuchs next to him were also shocked, now that the Far East is strong, maybe the world will be stable for the time being, but if it goes on for a long time, the world will be torn apart.

For people in this era, of course, it is understandable to have such an idea, and the idea of one family and one surname for thousands of years has long been deeply rooted in everyone's bones.

For thousands of years, the centralized system of the central government has always practiced a highly centralized ****-type management mode, and under the influence of the serious patriarchal hierarchy concept of feudal society, it has not been able to give birth to the soil of democracy at all.

Even in modern society, the influence of this traditional concept is often manifested in the leader's personal decision-making, paternalism, and one-word speech. In the face of such absolute authority, "if there is something good at the top, it must be cautious at the bottom".

The phenomenon of cronyism in society as a whole is rather serious, people's wisdom and potential are suppressed, it is difficult to form a mechanism for supervising and restraining power, and it is even more difficult to put an end to corrupt phenomena such as bureaucracy and the abuse of power for personal gain.

The root cause of this is still in our thinking, and these things have been deeply engraved in our bones and integrated into our blood, and they cannot be completely solved by copying a few sets of advanced systems from the Western world.

In a specific historical period, although we cannot deny the advanced nature of Confucianism, we cannot avoid the negative side of it, such as the phenomenon of closing the country and closing the country, arrogance, self-containment, conformism, dictatorship, supremacy of power, and the official standard, which still exist in modern society.

The Middle Ages in Europe were more backward, barbaric, and ignorant than those of China at the same time. But with the Reformation, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment, Westerners got rid of their ignorance and ******** consciousness, making them realize that they were being oppressed by the monarchy and theocracy, so they took up arms to overthrow the feudal monarchy.

This has also made the Western world dominate the world for hundreds of years in modern times, and has become a well-deserved hegemon in this world. And our central empire, which has led the world for thousands of years, has gone from being the richest paradise in the world to the poorest hell in the world.

The humiliation suffered by China for hundreds of years in modern times has also caused every Chinese to have a scar in his heart that is difficult to heal.

Although the Far East Company has advanced technology that has been leading for hundreds of years, and has more than 2,000 elites from all walks of life in modern society, it still has a long way to go to break the feudal shackles that have been imprisoned in the hearts of Chinese for thousands of years.

If we cannot change the old feudal thinking rooted in people's hearts, even if we have advanced hardware, we will not be able to fundamentally change the destiny of the nation. To this end, the Far Eastern Company has made all the preparations, not hesitating to break all the bottles and cans, but also to completely change the status quo.

Leaving Chongzhen's mourning hall, Li Ming led everyone to visit the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty in this era, and held the first meeting of the Standing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Far Eastern Company in the Central Plains in the Qianqing Palace, where the Ming Emperors handled government affairs.

Qianqing Palace is the main hall of the inner court of the Forbidden City, the throne in the middle of the hall, and there are warm pavilions at both ends. It is the dormitory of the sixteen emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the fourteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty and the two emperors of Shunzhi and Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty all took the Qianqing Palace as their dormitory. They live here and handle day-to-day government affairs in normal times.

Chief of Staff Lin Hua had already arranged everything before the arrival of several members of the Standing Committee of the Board of Directors. Strict sentry posts were also arranged around the Qianqing Palace, with several cordons, which were extremely strict.

The venue is inside the palace of the Qianqing Palace, and a long table of yellow pears and a few rosewood chairs are arranged in the hall in front of the dragon chair of the Ming Emperor.

Li Ming and Gao Jianguo first sat on the dragon chair of the Ming Emperor and had a good time, and then they did it at the long table.

Gao Jianguo touched the table with his hand, leaned his body against the back of the chair, and said with emotion: "This table is Huanghuali's, right?" The chair is not simple, if you take it back to the modern society, these things are worth the old silver. ”

Wang He listened to Gao Jianguo's words, smiled and said, "Most of the Ming Dynasty tables you saw before were folk things. Where are we sitting now, this is the Forbidden City of the Ming Palace. To put it mildly, take a bench in the Forbidden City at will, it is a department specializing in the production of palace items, that is, the boutique products produced by the workshop of the palace manufacturing office. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard Wang He's words.

At this time, several young little eunuchs walked into the palace with fruit bowls and tea respectively, making everyone look at each other. Don't look at the age of these little eunuchs, but their hands are steady, whether it is making tea or plating, there is no sound.

Can it be unstable? This is the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, if they make tea for the Ming Emperor, if they make the slightest noise, their heads may be gone. Suffice it to say, even if you serve tea and water here, you make a living by pinning your head to the waistband of your trousers.

After these frightened little eunuchs finished their work, they left the Qianqing Palace cautiously one by one. Gao Jianguo frowned and said: "Who specially arranged this, let a group of eunuchs come up, why is Lao Tzu so awkward in his heart." ”

(To be continued.) )