Happiness is all about contrast.

For example, when the readers are moving bricks, the author can lie at home and sleep, and then cheat the manuscript fee for thousands of words on the water, and the author is happier than the reader.

For example, when a group of single dog readers are complaining about why they don't have a girlfriend, but the author is struggling at home about kneeling on the durian or kneeling on the washboard, then the author is happier than the reader.

Also as ordinary people, the people of Daming have a headache about what to eat tomorrow, whether to cut two catties of meat to open meat, whether the dishes should be salty or sweet, and the bear children at home are not good at school, should they be beaten, the people of Daming are now having a headache for these things.

However, the people of Europe do not have a headache because of these things.

The original life was bad enough, eating meat was basically a luxury, and it didn't matter if the food was salty or sweet, just eat it.

As for the bear children in the family, going to school? Isn't it good to have that time to work and earn money? It can also develop their hands-on skills!

In particular, Zhu Ciyi set off a vigorous "counterinsurgency war" in Europe, and together with Zhu Cixie, the boss who had just killed Tsarist Russia, to clean up the European region, Europe was even more completely chaotic.

Compared with Europe, which has no day and no war, the people of the Ming Dynasty are even happier.

Especially with the existence of newspapers, coupled with the popularization of social science, the literacy rate continues to rise, and the common people can also know what kind of bird is in Europe through newspapers and gossip, and then compare it with their current life, fools know what happiness is.

Even, the people of the Ming Dynasty actually hope that the elixir of life, which only exists in legends, is true, and it is best to make Emperor Chongzhen immortal and always be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Now at the end of the thirty-sixth year of Chongzhen, the people of the capital of Daming can be regarded as having opened their eyes.

The Forbidden City lit up for a whole night on Chinese New Year's Eve!

If the Forbidden City is lit for one night, it is naturally nothing unusual, after all, it is the imperial city of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a matter of course that the lights are bright every night, and the people will not care about how much money they have to burn in one night.

The problem is that on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Forbidden City did not light a single candle, did not have a pile of firewood, and completely used something called "electric light" to illuminate it all night!

It's amazing, electricity is not something that can only be mastered by the thunder male and electric mother?

With the advent of electric lights, from the end of the 36th year of Chongzhen to the summer of the 37th year of Chongzhen, the entire capital was spent in a busy state.

The significance of the emergence of an electric light is not only to provide lighting, but also involves all aspects, whether it is military or remediation, and even the civilian economy and life, it will be affected.

For example, things like telephone poles, as well as wires and switches, all these messy things are made by Shaofu? Or will the Ministry of Industry help Shaofu share the burden?

Thinking about it, you know it's impossible.

How big is the area of Daming? And what is the quantity? The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry even want to divide the manufacture of light bulbs to the people, where can they take care of these messy things?

Once the manufacturing of these things is diverted to the private sector, then the folk will generate a batch of labor craze, right? Wages will go up, right? The Chongzhen treasure money in the hands of the people will become, right?

As the amount of money from the private sector increases, the speed of circulation will inevitably accelerate, and the circulation of commodities will also accelerate, followed by rising prices and a greater labor boom.

In addition to these, there are many aspects involved, such as where to have a power station, how to lay the line to be safe, how to transmit electricity to achieve the optimal solution, these messy things need to be a headache.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was already in his fifties, felt more and more that these bad things were disturbing.

Then Emperor Chongzhen, who was very unhappy, didn't want to continue to be this emperor.

Then, Zhu Cihong, who looked confused, was carried to the Qianqing Palace by Emperor Chongzhen - why, you don't want to be this emperor anymore, so you are ready to put me on the throne to have a headache for these things? Are you planning to take your mother and those concubines on a trip?

Despite thinking so in his heart, Zhu Cihong didn't dare to say it in the end, even if Zhu Cihong knew in his heart that this was probably the truth of the matter.

As for saying that Emperor Chongzhen took the initiative to abdicate and let the crown prince ascend the throne early to familiarize himself with government affairs, Zhu Cihong didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart.

However, whether Zhu Cihong believes it or not, Emperor Chongzhen himself believes it anyway.

Looking at Zhu Cihong, who was kneeling in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a long time before he spoke: "When I took over the Ming Dynasty passed on to me by your imperial uncle, it was a Ming that was crumbling with a thousand holes.

When I passed on the Ming Dynasty to you, it was a powerful and invincible Ming Dynasty, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and I gave you the military, government, and factory guards, so that you could really be a great tomorrow, without worrying about what would happen to me, the emperor.

In the future, my focus will be on the side of the Royal Academy, and the rest of the way, you have to go by yourself, I can help you get on the horse and send you another ride, but I can't be the emperor for you.

The reason why I am telling you this today is that I hope you can remember that having the previous emperor to help the crown prince ascend the throne will make the transfer of power less bloodshed and conflict, which is an attempt for the Ming Dynasty, and I hope you can continue this path. ”

Zhu Cihong leaned over and bowed: "Yes, Erchen remembers." ”

After nodding, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Remember, the interests of the emperor are closely related to the people, and the ones who can really make you sit on this throne are not noble ministers, nor civil ministers and military generals, they are the manpower you need to govern this world, not the foundation of your rule of this world."

If you want to be eternal, your biggest foundation is the people, the people are safe, the people are safe, the people are chaotic, the people are chaotic, all dynasties, it is better to be.

Think about how Emperor Xiaojing of the Han Dynasty treated the people, think about how his tomb was not violated even if the people rebelled, then think about how the Tang Dynasty perished, and then think about how the Song Dynasty maintained the country for three hundred years.

I won't tell you specific answers to these things, the history books collected by the Emperor Shichen are all recorded, and you have been dealing with government affairs by my side for nearly twenty years.

It's really those that you haven't learned, so you need to look back slowly and learn slowly, being a prince is not the same as being an emperor. ”

Zhu Cihong leaned over again and bowed: "Yes, Erchen has written it down." ”

After being silent for a long time again, Emperor Chongzhen spoke: "The reason why people are afraid of imperial power is because the imperial power is not restricted, killing and living, taking and seizing, and it is all about the emperor's heart.

The more you reach a high position, the more clearly you will see, and the more afraid you will become, afraid that you will become a victim.

In this case, people will try their best to limit the imperial power, but the excessive power of the imperial power itself will make people yearn for the imperial power.

That's why so many people want to sit on the throne.

How to solve this problem, think for yourself, I will issue the edict of Zen at the end of this year, and you should prepare yourself. ”

Emperor Chongzhen has always been a man of his word, basically saying that if he wants to destroy people, he will not let go of a dog.

So from the next day, Emperor Chongzhen basically stopped dealing with government affairs, but threw everything to Zhu Cihong to deal with.

This is an obvious signal, especially those people in the Ming Dynasty, who can see it clearly.

Zhang Shize, who was far away in England, was also brought back to the Ming Dynasty and took over the position of the Governor of the Five Armies from Zhang Zhiji's hands - Zhang Zhiji's age was not much younger than that of Emperor Chongzhen, and then supporting the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was basically more than enough and not enough.

As for the civil official system, the changes are not particularly big, after all, Lu Xiangsheng's body is still quite tough, no matter how he is, he can support it for a few more years, and how to change the first auxiliary minister at that time is estimated to be Zhu Cihong's matter, not something that Emperor Chongzhen has to consider.

When the time came to the end of the thirty-seventh year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen directly issued an edict of abdication, and even the Qianqing Palace was given to Zhu Cihong, and he took a group of wives of all sizes to live near the Royal Academy.

Zhu Cihong obviously also pondered carefully about what Emperor Chongzhen said, and finally came to a conclusion - if you want people not to be afraid of imperial power, the best way is to keep imperial power in a cage.

The first edict issued by Zhu Cihong after ascending the throne was to limit the imperial power.

The Lord lives, not the Lord dies.

The death penalty was still not abolished, but it was similar to the abolition of the rule that the emperor could kill people at will, and the power to sentence and carry out the death penalty was given to the Department of Law, that is, the Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The imperial power retains the right of amnesty.

Of course, Zhu Cihong was not stupid enough to block all the back roads, but deliberately left a few.

For example, all power is vested in the emperor during the war, and for example, the emperor's approval must be obtained to amend the Ming law, and this kind of regulation is basically established to protect the imperial power.

Emperor Chongzhen was noncommittal about this.

His own road has been completed, the Ming Dynasty has reached the current state, and it is basically the same as what he imagined in his heart, and the more beautiful Ming Empire should be what the future emperor should worry about, rather than doing everything well for future generations of grandchildren.

I don't have that ability, after all, there can be no truly perfect system in this world, manpower is sometimes poor, and it is impossible to expect to solve all the problems by yourself.

The transfer of the throne was very smooth, the courtiers first praised the great virtues of Emperor Chongzhen, and then counted the exploits of Emperor Chongzhen, and finally congratulated Zhu Cihong on his successful ascension, and the new and old emperors of the Ming Dynasty were considered to have completed the handover.

It is natural to be unfazed and have a trace of it.

Almost everyone knows that as long as this Zen mode comes back so many times, the future succession of the Ming Empire will form a fixed pattern.

In this mode, each crown prince will be like the prince of the strong man, before ascending the throne to be familiar with government affairs, and finally ascend to the top step by step.

This means that such a crown prince has accumulated enough experience before ascending the throne as an emperor, will have enough knowledge of officialdom and military affairs, and will also have great prestige among the people - no one should want to fool such an emperor.

The most terrifying thing is that the Zen model created by Emperor Chongzhen is very different from the model of letting the prince familiarize himself with government affairs when he was a strong man.

When the Han was strong, the early princes were very good, and once the later emperor was pitted, the prince would be finished, and even the situation of the young lord coming to the dynasty appeared.

However, even if there is a young lord in the Ming Empire, there is actually nothing to worry about - regardless of whether it is a relative or a civil servant, or even the military, under the mutual constraints of several aspects, no one wants to control the government!

Zhu Cihong is extremely envious of this, and he is really envious!

The father can be willful to the extreme, issue a Zen edict, and throw the military power and even the factory guards directly to himself, but can he reach the level of his father in the future?

However, Zhu Cihong knew in his heart that the reason why Emperor Chongzhen was able to be so willful was because he didn't care and wasn't afraid.

I don't care if the power is in my own hands, I don't care if the ministers in the court deny Zhu Cihong as the emperor, and I don't care if Zhu Cihong, who has mastered the military power, will be unfavorable to him.

In fact, Zhu Cihong didn't dare.

Let's not say that Zhu Cihong doesn't have that kind of rebellious idea in his heart at all, even if he has, Zhu Cihong doesn't dare to show the slightest - now the people's recognition of themselves is more because he is the heir designated by his father, rather than how popular he is!

And when Emperor Chongzhen abdicated, the happiest person was not Zhu Cihong, but Song Yingxing, the president of the Royal Academy.

Song Yingxing's age is not small, and if nothing else, the next successor will probably be the young man named Yi Xingzhi.

However, people are not old-hearted, and Song Yingxing plans to take advantage of his body to be quite tough, think out some new things, and do his best for Daming.

And if you want to think about something new, probably no one in this world is more powerful than Emperor Chongzhen, after all, from cement to muskets and artillery to steam engines and electricity, there is the shadow of Emperor Chongzhen behind these things.

Now that Emperor Chongzhen is still young, he should hurry up and get some new ideas from His Majesty, at least solve the problem of cable telegraphs.

Song Yingxing and Emperor Chongzhen thought of one place.

In Emperor Chongzhen's opinion, electric lights have appeared, and things like telegraphs should also be figured out, regardless of whether you can see the appearance of radio and radio when you are alive, but cable telegraphs are still very possible.

Then Emperor Chongzhen took his wired science and engineering knowledge and plunged headlong into the big pit of the Royal Academy.

Target, wired telegraph.

PS: Today I will sacrifice "Datang Technician" and "Journey of Famous Books", and in addition, it will end tomorrow.

PS again: Because of the wine caused a war, it is the real history of Europe, but the starring role at that time was Austria-Hungary...