Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 226
Compared with the complicated expansion of territory abroad, the current internal problems of the Ming court are actually more serious.

First of all, because Liu Dapao gave birth to several sons, more and more people in the court took up the idea of ​​the divine right of kings again to talk about things, and even openly persuaded him to go further, thinking that Liu Dapao should go further.

Although Liu Dapao himself has clearly expressed his opposition, and the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and even the shareholders of the company have basically awakened ideologically under Liu Dapao's training, but his prestige is too high, and most ordinary people feel that he is not a good person. I think the prime minister should be the emperor.

Compared with those who want him to be the emperor, what makes Liu Dapao even more troublesome is that more and more people in the country are now treating him as a god.

Many people sincerely believe that Liu Dapao is the second generation prophet, and as long as anything is related to religious fanaticism, it is always troublesome.

Because most of the people in the territory that Nanming is expanding now believe in prophetic ideas, such as the Mughal Dynasty, the biggest opponent of Ming Dynasty, the entire Western Regions, even West Asia, and even the recently annexed Junggar Khanate A certain ethnic group in the territory.

Even the traditional old colonies in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Indonesian part of later generations, all worship the prophetic thought.

In fact, Indonesia itself is a pseudo-concept, and has never been an independent nation. This word was originally used to describe the Dutch colony, and the Ming territory, including Manila, is similar, and they all believe in prophetic thinking.

Because Liu Dapao's policies at home and abroad are indeed not too different from the fan myths written by the first-generation prophet, many people really believe that he is the second-generation prophet, and his soldiers discovered that using this If the colonies are governed in this way, the cost of governance will be greatly reduced, and mob rebellions will be much less.

And regardless of whether Liu Dapao himself agrees or not, such a statement will spread farther and farther, and the more it spreads, the more market it will have. This is also the main reason for the extremely tense relationship between the Ming Empire and Ottoman Turkey.

After all, if you are the second-generation prophet, then what are we?
This is simply immortality, it has nothing to do with you or me.

For no reason, Daming provoked a super powerful enemy.

Of course, Ming is not afraid of him. The Mughal Dynasty has been dismembered within ten years, and has basically been reduced to a colony.

However, this is both an emperor and a god, which is a bit too scary for Liu Dapao. You must know that Daming is a country ruled by the bourgeoisie, and the bourgeoisie naturally opposes dictatorship unless it evolves into state capitalism. That thing is too evil.

Anyway, there is already such a reactionary faction in the country, whether it is civil or military, and this reactionary faction has formed its own party, which has seriously divided the country, and even if it fails, it can cause civil strife in Ming Dynasty.

However, these reactionaries are still his most loyal direct descendants, and Liu Dapao can't deal with them at all.

Those progressives who resolutely opposed the imperial system and dictatorship were also cultivated by Liu Dapao himself.

So much so that for Liu Dapao, the turbulent court situation actually felt like he was fighting with himself, which was extremely uncomfortable, and this problem was almost unsolvable.

After much deliberation, Liu Dapao couldn't think of a solution, but he gritted his teeth and said, what the hell, I'll just resign and abdicate.

The Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty has been serving as Prime Minister for almost 15 years. To be honest, he has actually been enough.

Of course, with his current prestige, his abdication will not delay his behind-the-scenes command. As the Supreme Emperor, the extra time can be devoted to the Academy of Sciences.

In fact, he has always felt that he is more suitable to be a great scientist than a politician.

This matter started with him, and now he is called the first to set an example. From then on, the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty will be elected every five years, and the longest period cannot exceed 15 years. down.

As for the successor, then vote!

Of course, this vote is definitely far from one person, one vote. Of course, this vote is not a ballot, but a stock. The subject of the vote is not a person, but a stock.

Only rich people can participate in voting. If you have no money, you can vote for a chicken feather.

As for whether this voting will develop into a populist politics of one person, one vote in the future, then let history make the decision. Anyway, I will definitely not see it in my lifetime.

Maybe one day after hundreds of years, because of the black history of pioneering colonialism and even using slaves in large quantities, the statue will be smashed by the descendants of the neurotic, but that kind of thing, whatever, he doesn't care.

But his retreat brought another crisis of Ming Dynasty to the surface, that is, although there is no name of party struggle in Ming Dynasty now, there is already reality of party struggle.

To put it simply, the capital supporting the army in the Ming Dynasty and the capital supporting the navy are almost incompatible with each other.

The army wants to build railroads, and the navy wants to build big ships.

They are all colonialism in essence, but the specific way of colonization, everyone’s opinions are old and fierce now. The army has now invaded a large area of ​​​​the Mughal dynasty, and it can be regarded as a rival to the navy, although the navy is due to trade with Europe. It is still strong, but the army has been exaggerating the threat of Ottoman Turkey, determined to annex them and restart the Silk Road.

Sailing trade for business?Why don't we swallow Europe directly?

This is going to dig the root of the navy.

Anyway, this is probably what it means. Due to the wars against the Qing Dynasty, the Junggar Dynasty, and the Mughal Dynasty for several consecutive years, the Army has a great voice in politics in recent years, especially Ma Bao, who is now expected by everyone. Liu Dapao All his official positions were withdrawn three years ago, and as a consolation, he was naturally allowed to enter the court as prime minister. Now he is the chairman of the board of supervisors, which is the position that Lao Le used to hold.

Now that he retired, he just gave Ma Bao such an opportunity to become the popular candidate for the next prime minister.

On the contrary, under the ebb and flow of the navy, some talents are withered. Lao Le died a few years ago and died of old age. There is no such a prestigious leader among the Dutch. Relatively speaking, Qiu Hui, regardless of seniority Still, the prestige is not enough to stand up to the navy's banner.

But they will find an agent, and in the end, for some reason, Chen Jinnan is pushed out to fight Ma Bao.

Just how big is the conflict between the navy and the army now?Let's just say that the cannons are exactly the same, the army and the navy must use different models. If the army's cannon is screwed to the left, the navy's cannon must be screwed to the right.

So much so that the arsenal must make two molds to sell any equipment now.

If you want to say that such a big conflict will lead to civil war, it is not possible. One is on land and the other is at sea. If you want to fight, it is impossible to fight. If you want to talk about splitting, that is also unlikely. After all, the industrial base is in the Central Plains.

But it's definitely not a good thing to split like this.

Both Chen Jinnan and Ma Bao himself were a little apprehensive about this. To be honest, when Liu Dapao had not formally proposed to resign, who would have dared to think about it!

Even now, Liu Dapao has obviously proposed to resign, and now he calls the two of them to his side and asks, "Do you want to be the next prime minister?"

The two of them would also shake their heads in unison, saying: "I have never been so disobedient!"

It's annoying.

The personal relationship between these two people is really good.

So Liu Dapao found Wei Xiaobao: "Senior brother, you can be the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty."

"Me? Can I do it? Who will support me, unless you have appointed me, but if you really want to name me, then it's nothing to them."

"Go to Ma Bao and say, if he doesn't support you, you can support our master, and then tell our master, if he dares not support you, you can support Ma Bao. You have a good relationship with every faction in the court. , popularity is good, and you are the largest individual shareholder of the company, why can't you? You come up, whether it is for the navy or the army, it is at least an acceptable option, and it is better than letting the other party. People come up."

then.

Wei Xiaobao became the new prime minister.

Liu Dapao retired with a prestige higher than the sky.

The historical evaluation of a historical great man must have not escaped.

As for later.

How about love.

(End of this chapter)