"But...... Aren't you afraid that I will indoctrinate Chinese students with the idea of democracy and republicanism? ”

"Democratic Republic?" Zhu Jishi smiled, "This is a country that has practiced feudal autocracy for more than 2,000 years, isn't it to the point where there is really no way out and no future, who wants to overthrow the imperial system and start a republic?" Friedrich, do you think I really want to be the emperor of China? In fact, being the emperor himself was compromising with China's feudal autocracy. ”

"To be an emperor is...... Compromise? Engels thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Jason, are you compromising with people who want to be ministers and nobles?" ”

Zhu Jishi shrugged: "Yes, otherwise who will follow?" If you don't let them become big officials and princes, don't reward them with land and mansions, don't give them certain privileges, who will rebel with me? If no one follows him, there will be no Ming Dynasty now, and naturally there will be no new-style army sufficient to defend the country, no constitution that can protect the most basic rights of the people, and no various systems that stimulate the development of capitalist industry and commerce in China. There is no way to strictly prohibit opium...... China will continue to decline under the rule of the Manchus, and will soon be reduced to a semi-colony, with neighboring lands ceded in pieces, tens of billions of dollars of silver paid abroad, all kinds of unequal treaties will not be signed, and all the sovereignty that can be ceded will be ceded to the foreign powers. When the mess is so rotten that there is really no way to clean it up, there may be a revolution to overthrow the Manchu dynasty and establish a republic. But it is also impossible to establish a republic of democracy and freedom! ”

What he said was the history of another time and space. Although the Ming Empire that Zhu Jishi is now building looks quite awesome, from a certain point of view, it is a nondescript. Semi-feudal and semi-imperialist sandwich rice. It bears a lot of resemblance to Russia and the historical Japanese Empire. The old system was not completely smashed. The new system was rigidly grafted on the basis of the old system, and there were so many feudal remnants that it was to death. But it's better than the era of slaughter in history, right?

Zhu Jishi took a deep breath and looked at Engels seriously: "If you really want to do it in accordance with the "GCD Requirements in Germany", all Chinese who have reached the age of 21 have the right to vote and be elected as long as they have not been criminally punished; There is no difference in the salaries of all officials, except for those with dependents, i.e., those who are in greater demand, who can earn a higher salary than others; It is also necessary to restrict the right to inherit property; They are also required to pay the ground rent or rent they receive to the state as a tax; It is also necessary to make the army an army of labor at the same time. so that the army no longer consumes as before, but can still produce, and what it produces is more than it costs...... If you really want to do this, who else will follow? No one will follow me, and no one will follow any other leader without expecting anything in return, unless this "GCD Demands in Germany" is just a lie.

Friedrich, go and instill the idea of democracy and republic in the Chinese students, even if you explain the GCD Declaration to them. I have only one request, what do you say in Germany? In China, you have to talk about the original content! ”

Although Zhu Jishi did not systematically study Marxism and the history of the international G movement in later generations. But he was in Germany after all. It is clear that the flowers of GCISM did not really bloom in the homeland of Marx and Engels, because the original was not as attractive to the revolutionaries as the improved version of Comrade Lenin, and if it had not been for the First World War, the Hohenzollern dynasty would have lasted even into the 21st century. Since GC doctrine will be introduced to China sooner or later, let Engels pass on the original version.

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Yingtianfu Forbidden City, as the earliest imperial palace of the Ming Empire, is not much worse than the Forbidden City in Beijing.

In terms of size alone, the Yingtian Forbidden City is almost the same as the Beijing Forbidden City. I think that at the beginning, this place was also a heavy palace, the pavilion was forested, the carved beams and painted buildings, thousands of portals, and the momentum was magnificent. Legend has it that Zhu Yuanzhang in order to build this palace, once requisitioned more than 200,000 military and civilian craftsmen, filled in Yanque Lake and rebuilt a new city, the project began in 1366 AD, lasted one year and was initially completed, magnificent and majestic, flourishing for a while. Even though it has been abandoned for a long time after nearly 500 years, the outline foundation is still there. After more than years of restoration, it now shows some of its former appearance. It's just that the palace is really a little deserted, if you don't count the craftsmen who are repairing the palace, the concubines, princes, princesses, female officials, and guards who live in this palace are added together, and there are probably less than 1,000 people, which is really streamlined to the extreme. Therefore, most of the palace courtyards are uninhabited, and only Kunning Palace is still a little popular.

In order to facilitate officials to enter the palace to do business, the Forbidden City of Yingtian allows officials to enter and exit by carriage, but only the carriage is allowed to drive to the Qianqing Gate, and entering the Qianqing Gate is the inner palace, and officials from the outer courts are not allowed to enter as usual. Therefore, Queen Luo Xiangmei did not summon Zuo Zongtang in her Kunning Palace, but invited Zuo Zongtang to the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Jinshen Palace.

In the slightly dimly lit East Warm Pavilion, Luo Xiangmei sat upright on a Western-style high-backed armchair. He was wearing a simple and gorgeous palace dress, and his beautiful face had a serious expression.

Outside the Dongnuan Pavilion, Luo Xiangju personally took her henchmen and female officials to stay there, pretending to clean the palace for Zhu Jishi, and as soon as there was any trouble, she had to hurry back. The harem carries the emperor behind his back to befriend the courtiers, and it is taboo to put it in any dynasty.

The irony is that the purpose of today's secret meeting is to set a rule for Zhu Jishi's harem, isolate the former harem, and confine all the women of Zhu Jishi......

"Zuo Xiang, today's Ming Dynasty is expected to return to its former glory, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the north is just a small generation, and sooner or later it can be purged. He also established a constitution, opened a parliament, and made public opinions on all major state affairs, which can be regarded as the rule of Yao Shun. However, the family law of the Inner Dynasty is a little loose, compared to the time of Emperor Taizu, and it is not as good as the Great Song Dynasty, but it is similar to the Tang Dynasty! ”

Zuo Zongtang listened carefully, and didn't even move the black gauze hat on his head. Zhu Jishi's way of managing the harem, he also does not approve of it. But after all, it was Zhu Datianzi's family affairs, an official of the foreign dynasty...... It's not that it can't interfere, but it has never been focused. Because following the ancient system, the commander-in-chief of the harem is the queen of a country, and it is Luo Xiangmei in front of him. But she has been visiting Europe, and without her coming forward, what can foreign officials say?

"The queen mother means...... Too much politics in the harem? Zuo Zongtang asked tentatively.

Luo Xiangmei nodded slightly: "The harem is the harem, and the front dynasty is the front dynasty...... Although the affairs of the emperor are all national affairs, the harem and the former dynasty should still be clearly distinguished. ”

Zuo Zongtang said: "When the "King James Constitution" was formulated, the king said that he would formulate the "King James Imperial Family Model", which would be promulgated and implemented after the emperor. The affairs of the harem should be regulated by the "King James Royal Model". ”

"It should be stipulated that the concubines of the royal family should not hold official positions in the imperial court." Luo Xiangmei glanced at Zuo Zongtang, "Zuo Xiang, today can have a concubine in charge of the Guards and the Jinyi Guard Factory, can't there be a concubine in the cabinet in the future?" ”

Zuo Zongtang was stunned, and after thinking about it, Luo Xiangmei's words seemed to make sense. It's just that...... Behind Su Yuniang and Wang Yunjiao is the Heaven and Earth Society Xunchen Group, people are not provoking Xianghu now, and Xianghu is not very good at provoking others, right? And if these people are really so easy to provoke, Luo Xiangmei will not instruct the Xianghu faction to come forward, she herself is the head of the Lanfang faction's Xunchen group, isn't it good to let Luo Junqi come out directly?

Seeing that Zuo Zongtang didn't say a word, Luo Xiangmei laughed lightly: "Zuo Xiang doesn't have to be embarrassed, this palace has not seen any ministers who dare to make a direct admonition. However, their Western newspapers are very sharp, if the Western emperor does something bad about the rules, the minister does not dare to admonish, and the newspaper will scold! I'm ...... Now it's freedom of the press, freedom of speech, right? ”

Zuo Zongtang was stunned again, the Ming Constitution does have provisions on freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion, and there are many newspapers in the Ming Dynasty, and the Xianghu faction has also run its own newspapers, but no one dares to point the finger at the harem, or let any tabloids be the first bird...... (To be continued......)