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Lu Xiangsheng immediately went out to pay his respects and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

The other ministers above the court also bowed together: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hands with a smile, and after getting all the ministers in the court to stand up, he continued: "The second son of the emperor, Zhu Cihong, has a pure heart. I intend to make him the crown prince. What do you love?"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed again and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

After another loud chorus, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Since this is the case, the second son of the emperor, Zhu Cihong, will be in charge of the Ciqing Palace from now on. The cabinet and the Ministry of Officials have prepared a list of ministers and workers in the prince's mansion, and the second son of the emperor, Zhu Cihong, will select them. Choose another day to hold the crown prince canonization ceremony."

Zhu Cilang immediately came out of the class and said: "My son will definitely work harder, so as not to disappoint my father!"

Emperor Chongzhen pointedly said: "Remember what I told you, and also remember your promise to me."

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After the imperial court dissipated, Queen Zhou came over before she had just returned to the harem before she had time to rest.

Although Empress Zhou couldn't hide the joy on her face, she still bowed to Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, isn't it too early to make Cihong the crown prince?"

Emperor Chongzhen chuckled, shook his head and said, "It's not too early. It has been 25 years since I ascended the throne, and I have reached the age of no doubt. It is time to appoint a crown prince. To tell you the truth, if Cihong wins, I will help him mount the horse and lead him to the throne. He's on his way. If he doesn't live up to it, I'll make a decision sooner!"

Empress Zhou also shook her head and said: "Your Majesty, there are some things that should not be said by a concubine, but there is an old saying that once the emperor and the courtiers, you put Cilang on the horse and send him off for another ride, but you..."

After waving his hands, Emperor Chongzhen said: "You don't need to persuade me anymore. I don't have that much attachment to the throne. Even if I have been emperor for 80 years, it's just a few more years of hard work.

In my life, I have been worthy of Daming and the people of the world, and the ones I am most sorry for are you few.When I get old in the future, I will take you all to visit the mountains and rivers, so that you can live happily ever after. "

It is said that honest people are the most nasty when they talk about love, and it is even more touching when the ruthless Emperor Chongzhen who has knocked out his teeth and swallowed blood talks about love.

However, before Empress Zhou was moved to throw herself into her arms, Emperor Chongzhen said in a disgruntled way: "By the way, let me tell you that Cihong has become the crown prince at your natal family, but don't let them have any unreasonable thoughts." .

Especially your father, if he dares to send singers and dancers to the East Palace, don't blame me for not being sympathetic! "

Empress Zhou had no choice but to respond with aggrieved words—as if Emperor Chongzhen had talked about affection!

Who copied Zhou Guozhang's house?Who gave the death of Queen Zhou's elder brother?Zhou Guozhang sent a few beauties to the palace, so it’s fine if he doesn’t appreciate it, and now he is scaring him?

The original good mood took a turn for the worse, and Empress Zhou's eyebrows almost stood upside down.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw that something was going wrong, he immediately changed the topic: "By the way, Cihong is in charge of the East Palace, and I don't intend to let him stay in the palace and study forever.

I plan to let him go out and build a government office by myself, just like the princes of the old Liu family when they were strong men, they will cultivate their own team early. "

The prince of the old Liu family, Emperor Chongzhen always thought he was awesome, even the princes and kings of the old Liu family were awesome.

Look at those princes of the old Liu family, some of them smashed Prince Wu to death with a chessboard on the streets of Chang'an, some of them dared to say that they wanted to "golden house hide the beauty" at a young age, and some simply sang against their father, and if they couldn't do it, they would Simply rebel.

Those princes and kings are also like birds-the rebellion of the seven kings is the internal strife of the princes and kings of the old Liu family. If it were not for a family of princes and kings who were guarded by the prime minister of the country, it would probably become the rebellion of the eight kings.

Since the generation of Zhu Laosi in the Ming Dynasty, there have never been any decent princes and vassal kings—the so-called Ning Wang Rebellion is simply a joke!

Faced with this situation where one generation is not as good as the previous generation, Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very dissatisfied.

And to completely change this situation, the best way is to let the prince go out to open a government office early, and cultivate his own team first when he was still the prince.

Having his own team means that even if the old emperor dies suddenly, the prince can rely on his own team to completely take over the court and end the turmoil in the shortest possible time.

As for wanting to abolish the prince because of Emperor Chongzhen's dissatisfaction, it is basically impossible for the prince to rebel.

Emperor Chongzhen planned to give the prince an army, pick up the prince's six-rate system again, and allocate a sufficient number of soldiers to Zhu Cihong as his pro-army.

But to put it bluntly, the six commanders of the crown prince were soldiers of the Ming Dynasty dispatched by the Dudufu of the Five Armies. As long as Emperor Chongzhen was still alive, these soldiers would be the supreme emperor in their hearts.

It is precisely because of such confidence that Emperor Chongzhen planned to create a brand new prince training model based on the old Liu family's model of training princes, supplemented by referring to the models of other dynasties' training princes.

The biggest confidence is that there are enough sons of Emperor Chongzhen, even if one account is abolished, you can change to another trumpet and start over...

Empress Zhou said angrily: "You are the Son of Heaven, you are the Lord of Longevity, you have the final say on the affairs of the Crown Prince? What do you know if I am a concubine? Go to Lin's place tonight!"

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Zhu Cihong, who had no idea that he had become an experimental subject, was filled with excitement—the prince who had been waiting for more than [-] years finally fell into his hands!

Zhu Cihong herself has no resentment.

In any country, the crown prince has been vacant for 25 years, and the princes below are probably fighting to the death, but the Chongzhen Dynasty is different.

The eldest son of the emperor is not a legitimate son, and the mother and concubine were born in a foreign clan, so naturally they lost the possibility of competing for the throne of the crown prince.

The status of the third child is enough, but his age is much younger than himself, and he was sold to the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as his son-in-law, and he also lost the capital to compete for the crown prince.

As for the fourth, fifth, and so on, even if they are of sufficient status, they cannot pose a threat to Zhu Cihong in terms of age.

Therefore, the Chongzhen Dynasty was a rare spectacle of brotherly harmony.

The most important thing is that Zhu Cihong didn't dare to resent—Emperor Chongzhen was in the prime of his life in spring and autumn, and the matter of whether or not to establish a prince was completely irrelevant, so what if it was delayed for a few more years?

Zhu Cihong soon ushered in his first appointment - to be in charge of managing Dongshi.

Dongshi in the capital is neither big nor small, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a mixture of fish and dragons. It is a test of a person's comprehensive ability.

Zhu Cihong, who wanted to show his talents, took office soon, but at the beginning, Zhu Cihong didn't make any moves, just observing all the situations in Dongshi.

Emperor Chongzhen was also observing Zhu Cihong's words and deeds. Every day, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang compiled Zhu Cihong's every move into a book, and then reported it to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be careless. The matter of cultivating a prince is by no means a matter of talking, and there are too many things involved.

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Chongzhen's 25-year crackdown began soon.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't think much of heroes. After all, heroes like Liu Yihang, Wang Haojie, and Meng Fanxing were changed jobs because of their great contribution to catching laborers at the border. The government's non-staff horse boy.

But those green skins are different. If these green skins are left alone, the biggest possibility is that Daming will become like a certain railway station in later generations, even the official posts are not safe...

Not long after he moved into the East Palace, Zhu Cihong had no choice but to take the horses led by the Prince Six to form an action team with a few censors and killers from the Beijing camp, and directly began to crack down on a certain area.

According to the standards drawn up by the cabinet and the Ministry of Criminal Justice, this time it was a thorough investigation - all the vitality groups were within the strike range, as long as they were recorded by Jin Yiwei, one counted as one, they were all arrested and thrown into the prison, and then waited. next step of screening.

Except for those worthy of the death penalty who will eventually be sent to the capital for review, the rest, no matter how light they are, even those who are extorting and collecting protection money, will be caught and thrown to the Ministry of Railways as coolies. The sentencing standard starts at ten years ,unlimited.

In fact, there is not much difference between the start of this decade and the death sentence, because the Ministry of Railways has recently begun to lack labor. Even though there are always new labor to replenish, the speed of replenishment is basically the same as the speed of consumption.

The reason is that Emperor Chongzhen was too demanding, and the Ministry of Railways was too ambitious-when various technical means were not mature enough, he wanted to increase the scale of the railway. Is there any other way besides filling it with human life?

The first railways built by the Ministry of Railways were better, but the later ones became more and more difficult to repair, especially Duogansi and Wusizang, as well as places in Sichuan and Yunnan.

Even, the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Household Affairs mentioned in the five-year plan to build another 15 miles of railways. The Ministry of Railways is already mentally prepared to take human lives to pay for it.