The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 17 I don’t accept it!

After a few simple rounds of dialogue, some people with a keen political sense at the scene have slowly come to their senses.

What happened today was most likely directed by the emperor himself.

Even more so, the fact that the emperor had publicly praised Zhu Jianxuan to the skies many times over the past year or so might have been deliberate exaggeration.

The emperor really liked Zhu Jianxuan and thought he was excellent, and he was probably just taking advantage of the situation to create momentum for him.

He deliberately put pressure on all court officials, including the crown prince.

This made everyone form a panic-stricken conclusion, thinking that the emperor now had the intention of deposing the eldest son and enthroning the youngest son.

The crown prince and court officials would make avoiding the dethronement of the eldest son and enthroning the youngest son as their top priority.

After setting the highest goal, there will also be second-best conservative goals.

"As long as the emperor does not change the crown prince, no matter what other demands he makes, we can make concessions."

They already had the experience of Wanli and Prince Fu.

They also know how much their predecessors paid.

The cost of building Prince Fu's mansion was ten times that of an ordinary prince's. Wanli collected a lot of mining taxes just for Prince Fu.

A total of 20,000 hectares of land was granted at one time. Since there was insufficient land around the fiefdom, it had to be supplemented from Shandong and Huguang.

All of Zhang Juzheng's confiscated properties were returned to the government and transferred to Prince Fu.

A lot of local taxes were also allocated to Prince Fu's Palace.

Part of the profits from the Sichuan salt wells went to King Fu, and he was also given a one-time grant of 1,300 salt permits.

The ministers who were familiar with historical experience had begun to worry about the struggle to preserve the throne that had lasted for many years.

This mentality may be the emperor's real purpose.

It is possible that Zhu Boyuan, the legitimate uncle of the imperial clan, was specially invited by the emperor to act as a stooge.

Zhu Boyuan took the initiative to bring up this topic for discussion.

The emperor specifically asked the prince to pick him up.

In order to express his love for his younger brother as an elder brother, the prince had no choice but to agree with the suggestion and take the initiative to increase the reward.

The emperor immediately used the prince's suggestion to kidnap his ministers.

If the ministers opposed at this time, they would be opposing both the emperor and the prince at the same time.

All the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty court gathered today, which may be a special arrangement made by the emperor.

Let them all come as witnesses and also be the specific executors.

Implement the emperor’s goals on the spot.

The emperor wanted to reward Zhu Jianxuan, to make him a king and establish a kingdom for him, but he didn't want to send him to the ends of the earth.

I want to put it in a good place close to the capital.

If the emperor directly issued such an order, he would likely be met with collective opposition from all the ministers.

Almost impossible to achieve.

Now that this has gone through a lot, the psychological bottom line of the prince and the ministers has been lowered.

The key point is that after these rounds of confrontation, the prince and the ministers were stunned.

If any minister objected at this time, he would definitely be scolded by the emperor and would not be allowed to finish his words.

The emperor has set the establishment of a garrison in Hangzhou and the establishment of a vassal state in Zhejiang as the minimum conditions.

You can only add up, not subtract down.

If the ministers really cannot accept it, the emperor may even threaten:
"Since you think it's not enough for the King of Wu to be enfeoffed in Hangzhou, why not just make him the crown prince?"

There is no need to actually say it, just a hint will make all officials extremely uncomfortable.

The emperor had taken control of the situation, and the atmosphere at the scene was confused and depressing.

The few ministers who had already sobered up were extremely troubled and annoyed at this time, feeling that they had fallen into an ambush by the emperor.

But most of the ministers were still at a loss.

Overall, there is no longer a trend of collective opposition, and there is a tendency to accept the emperor's arrangements.

Many people subconsciously feel that instead of continuing to fight with the emperor for more than ten years as in the Wanli period, and finally giving Prince Fu whatever he wants, it is better to solve the problem now.

The emperor's goal was about to be achieved.

But at this moment, the most important person involved, Zhu Jianxuan, spoke up:

"Father, I do not want to be the King of Wu, nor do I want Zhejiang to be my fiefdom."

This time everyone at the scene was stunned again.

If I could choose my fiefdom, is there any better place in the world than Zhejiang?
Suzhou, Changzhou, Yangzhou, Songjiang and other places may indeed be richer than Hangzhou, but the court cannot seal off all the areas around the capital. Now the emperor's condition is to give the whole Zhejiang to Zhu Jianxuan.

Among other regions of the Ming Dynasty, only Guangdong can be compared, but Guangdong is too far away from the capital.

Emperor Zhu Zhonglin himself had never expected that even though all his ministers had been intimidated by him, Zhu Jianxuan himself stood up to oppose.

Zhu Zhonglin immediately scolded him with a look of disappointment:
"Shut up, kid!"

Zhu Jianxuan did not shut up, but continued to explain his thoughts:

"Zhejiang is too small. I want the whole of Australia, including the Australian mainland and all the surrounding islands."

Zhu Jianxuan was certainly interested in the throne, but he was not prepared to participate in the fight for succession.

The so-called fight for the throne is meaningless.

Zhu Jianxuan was familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty and knew that it was impossible for the Ming emperor to really depose the eldest son and enthrone the youngest son.

The current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is definitely not someone who has the final say. Even if he really wants to make himself the crown prince, it is basically impossible to achieve.

The grand secretaries would rather resign than take on such a challenge.

The eldest son of Emperor Wanli, Emperor Guangzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Changluo, was born to a palace maid and was not even made the crown prince at first.

The court officials argued for Zhu Changluo and did not allow the emperor to make the younger Prince of Fu, Zhu Changxun, the crown prince. The eldest son must be the crown prince or even the emperor.

The current Zhu Jiancan is the eldest son born to the Queen. He has been the Crown Prince for more than 30 years and has already formed his own faction.

If the emperor now insists on deposing Zhu Jiancan, the officials will certainly resign collectively in protest.

Therefore, Zhu Jianxuan had no expectations of becoming the crown prince directly.

Now it seems that his father really doesn't have this intention, so he just refers to Wanli's old tricks on Prince Fu and asks for a better fiefdom for himself.

So if he still wanted to be emperor, his natural plan was to wait for chaos in the world and then seize the throne directly by force.

Zhejiang is good, but it is under the emperor's nose, and even the vassal kings find it difficult to be free.

It was okay when my father was the emperor. I estimated that no matter how much I messed around, there wouldn't be any serious consequences.

But after his father passed away, when his eldest brother succeeded to the throne, he would definitely regard him as a thorn in his side and would want to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Even if I really became a wealthy and powerful prince, my elder brother would definitely find an excuse to accuse me of a false crime.

Not to mention that I already have the intention to compete, so I must work hard to accumulate equipment and manpower in preparation.

It would definitely be very easy for the people from the East Factory to discover the problem.

Dad's plan today was indeed smart, but he was also putting himself in danger.

Why give yourself the title of King of Wu?

If the north had not been lost, would he have directly given himself the title of King of Yan?

Maybe he felt a little uncomfortable watching his eldest brother, who had been the crown prince for more than 30 years, so he wanted to use himself to put some pressure on the crown prince?

Under normal circumstances, if a prince receives the title of King of Wu, would he become so inflated as to covet the throne?

Although my father likes me, he may not be without intention of taking advantage of me.

There was no way I could directly agree to this arrangement.

Hangzhou is so close to Nanjing, and the local industry and commerce are equally extremely developed, so they were originally in the same circle.

If a great revolution really breaks out in the Ming Dynasty in the future, Hangzhou will definitely be affected.

Even if it is to avoid the revolution directly threatening the safety of one's property, one's vassal state should be placed outside the Ming mainland.

After the chaos in the mainland is over and he has accumulated enough strength, he will lead his troops back to clean up the mess.

Even if you can't be Napoleon, you have to be Louis XVIII.

In addition, in order to engage in industrial construction, we need to be able to easily obtain coal and iron ore.

Australia's coal and iron resources are very rich, of high quality and easy to mine.

At this time, Australia can basically be regarded as an unowned wasteland. It is very easy to occupy it, and you can just send people over there.

And everyone knows that Australia is desolate and barren, so you can ask for as big as possible.

So Zhu Jianxuan chose Australia as his future development base.

As for what he had to do now, it was to use the advantage of his young age to boost his reputation as a natural wise man.

When the throne becomes abnormally vacant in the future and someone needs to be chosen from the royal family to inherit the throne, everyone will think of themselves first.

When he becomes emperor through abnormal means, ordinary people who are not involved will think that this is what the people want.

Few adults would truly follow a child of a few years old.

I don't need to please anyone now. I just need to respond in a just and polite manner, or even deliberately show selflessness.

(End of this chapter)