Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 863
In the middle of the 19th century, Britain launched two Opium Wars of aggression against China and occupied Hong Kong.

Participated in the suppression of the Chinese Taiping Revolution; suppressed the Indian National Uprising and strengthened the rule of India.

In 1876, the Conservative B. Disraeli cabinet crowned Queen Victoria as Empress of India.

Since then, the United Kingdom has been called the British Empire or the British Empire. Later, when India became independent, the British monarch lost the title of Emperor.

In addition, it has also expanded its aggression in Iran, Burma, South Africa, Egypt, East Africa, New Zealand, Australia and other places.

It also gradually penetrated into South America and became the largest investor there.Canada becomes the first self-governing territory of the United Kingdom.

Zhu Youjian carefully recalled in his mind the experience of how Yingjili developed and dominated the world.

Fortunately, he crossed in time. England has not yet become a climate, and it cannot be compared with Spain and the Netherlands, the two maritime hegemons.

Similarly, several wars with the Netherlands have not yet begun.What Zhu Youjian has to do now is to turn him into a poor, backward and ignorant small country.

As for the empire on which the sun never sets in later generations, Zhu Youjian made them not even qualified to dream.

The officials saw that the emperor had been silent for a long time, and they didn't dare to disturb the emperor, so they could only wait quietly.

Zhu Youjian looked up at the bewildered Manchao Wenwu, he knew that his state just now had frightened them.

"Cough cough..."

Zhu Youjian coughed a few times to break the peace in the hall:

"Minister Honglusi, tell the English envoys that Daming can sell them one hundred mortars, 500 taels of silver each, and 20 taels of silver shells each.

If you need a flintlock gun, you can also discuss it. The price is 50 taels of silver, and you can give them fifty bullets. If the bullets are not enough, you can give them ten taels of silver.

But ironclad battleships and other firearms are not for sale in Ming Dynasty and will never be sold outside. If anyone dares to sell non-sale items to foreigners without permission, I will destroy their nine clans. "

Zhu Youjian's words of destroying his nine clans immediately made the air in the hall condense, and all the civil and military men in the court could feel the chills on their backs.

In fact, Zhu Youjian had no choice but to do this. He was mainly worried that someone would secretly sell advanced firearms to Western countries.When the Bullet Opium War breaks out in the future, these firearms will become weapons against Ming Dynasty.

"According to the purpose"

The minister of Honglu Temple hastily received the decree, and the other military officers also stepped forward and bowed their hands:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, as a military officer of the Ming Dynasty, he will never sell weapons to anyone in private..."

Zhu Youjian nodded:
"I believe that you will not, and the Minister of Honglu Temple will tell the envoys of other countries that you will not sell a single piece of Daming firearms, and you will not consider how much gold and silver you give."

Zhou Lishun, Minister of Honghe Temple, hastily stepped forward to salute:

"According to the purpose"

The Minister of Honglu Temple led the decree to retire, and Zhu Youjian confessed to Qinglong and Cao Zhengchun who were standing aside:

"It is estimated that a workers' uprising will break out in England in the near future. At that time, you will inform Daming's Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi in England that they can participate in the British royal family's suppression of the chaos."

Zhu Youjian's words made the minister of civil and military a little confused. The emperor always didn't follow the routine. Why did he help Yingjili to calm the chaos?

But Qinglong Cao Zhengchun didn't care what the reason was, he immediately bowed down to receive the order:
"According to the purpose"

Before retiring from the court, Zhu Youjian issued two decrees. The first decree lowered the sales price of opium in England and other western countries, so that ordinary people in them could have the opportunity to afford opium, and try to make them all like it. Take two puffs.

Another thing is the canonization of the queen. As the emperor of Ming Dynasty, he has never established a queen.

Although there was no one in the harem at first, there is definitely no shortage of people now, there are more than 30 people.

After a period of open and secret investigations, Zhu Youjian already had a queen candidate in his mind.

Hearing that the emperor wanted to lower the price of big cigarettes, the officials were dumbfounded. How can there be an emperor who thinks he has too much money.

One must know that the opium cigarettes that Daming sells to the West can almost bear the huge military expenditure of Ming Dynasty, which is definitely a huge income.

However, the emperor actually lowered the price of big cigarettes a lot, trying to make them available to the common people in the West.

Inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, the emperor strictly prohibited the people of the Ming Dynasty from buying opium, and those who were serious would be beheaded.

They didn't understand why the emperor suddenly cared so much about the people of England and Western countries.

How did they know the harm of opium smoke to human beings, they thought that the emperor suddenly showed kindness!

But the ministers hadn't reacted to the big cigarette price cut, and when they heard that a queen was going to be established, they immediately turned their worries into joy. Daming finally had a queen...

The little eunuch held the second edict and began to read:
"Following the heavens and carrying the emperor, the edict said: Make Qin Mingyue the empress of Ming Dynasty, Mu Jianping the imperial concubine, and Lin Ruyu the imperial concubine...

The emperor's family is the state's affairs, not to mention the establishment of the empress!The establishment of the empress of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor must discuss with the ministers.

Whether the emperor can succeed in enshrining his favorite queen depends on the emperor's control over the empire.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were very powerful emperors. At that time, the civil servants did not have the ability to threaten the imperial power.

But after Renxuan, especially after the change of Tumu Fort, the power of military generals in the court was wiped out. From then on, the power of civil servants dominated, and the emperor could only use the power of eunuchs to contain them.

It can be said that the actual rulers of the empire at that time were civil servants, so the emperor had to discuss with the ministers such important matters as the establishment of the empress, which involved the status of the prince.

Although Wang Guifei was favored by Emperor Chenghua, she came from a humble background and had no power to rely on. It was unacceptable to make her a queen, so the Queen Mother and the ministers opposed it.

As for Concubine Zheng, Emperor Wanli had fought against the court for decades, but failed to make her queen.

Of course, there is no possibility that his will will not be realized. If the minister admits to this posthumous photo, it will be the same as slapping himself in the mouth and admitting that he was wrong.

But Zhu Youjian made Qin Mingyue the empress and never mentioned it to anyone. Now when she is confirmed as the empress, it is just a notification to the officials.

Many ministers knew that Qin Mingyue was the niece of the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu, and according to the instructions of the Ming ancestors, Qin Mingyue was not qualified to be the empress of the Ming Dynasty.

The generals don't care about the comparison, they only know that any decision made by the emperor is very wise.

However, some civil servants felt a little unhappy. Now that Ming Dynasty is almost dominated by military generals, civil servants have no right to speak other than governing the country.

Now it is good, Qin Mingyue has been established as the queen, and the heroine Qin Liangyu has become a relative of the emperor.

There is also Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Guizhou who overshadows the sky in Yunnan with one hand, and his daughter Mu Jianping has also become an imperial concubine. How does this make life for civil servants!

Several civil officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy were just about to speak out against it, when they suddenly saw the emperor's cold eyes sweeping over the civil and military officials in the hall.

They suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and immediately thought of those officials who had taught the emperor their ancestors, but were exiled by the emperor to the Northeast to graze.

They swallowed hastily, swallowed what they wanted to say just now, and followed other civil and military officials to congratulate the emperor in unison.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to my emperor..."

(End of this chapter)