Year 4302 of the Yanhuang Calendar, the sixty-fifth year of the Apocalypse!

Beep beep!

The train's whistle sounded sharply, and then the huge locomotive slowed down slowly, entered the platform, and then slowly stopped.

At this moment, there are a lot of people greeting people on the platform. Logically speaking, for the convenience of management, ordinary people can only greet them at the exit, but it is obvious that the leader of this greeting team is very extraordinary. It is extraordinary that almost the entire Ming Empire has no one.

People can reach it.

He is none other than the current crown prince of the Ming Empire—Zhu Ciran!

He is the first son of Empress Zhang. In the front, Empress Zhang gave birth to three daughters in a row, which made people wonder. Fortunately, this fourth child is a son. Otherwise, under the pressure of the ministers, the emperor would really marry other women.

A son was born.

After giving birth to the eldest son, other concubines also gave birth to children one after another, including a male prince. But everyone knew that there was no suspense about the succession of the throne. Not to mention the emperor's feelings, even for the sake of the empire, the prince's

The position will not fall to anyone else.

Decades passed slowly, and the prince grew older. When he was twenty years old, he was first thrown into the army, and then he was promoted all the way. Finally, with military merit, he was able to be stationed alone in one place, influencing local state affairs, and then he was

He was thrown to Siberia, Northeast China, Lizhou, and even America to experience.

Although he had a near-death experience, he survived in the end and lived up to the expectations of the Holy Emperor. His abilities grew to a level that was unanimously recognized by everyone. Then he began his career as a prisoner of the country, and this supervision lasted for fifteen years.

, the prince is also in his thirties, and is now a middle-aged man in his late fifties.

With such a distinguished life experience and such outstanding abilities, except for the two deceased imperial heroes Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi, there is only one living person in the world today who can be welcomed by him.

"Zhu Ciran has met his uncle." As soon as the prince saw the people getting off the train, he quickly went up to salute.

"Haha, I'm here to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Why do His Highness bother to travel and travel here to greet you?" After Zhu Youjian saw the Crown Prince, his face was obviously very happy and he laughed.

"Anyway, there is nothing to do in the prison. Why don't you come and see your uncle as soon as possible? How is your uncle? Don't leave this time. Leave the fiefdom of Lizhou to cousin Cixing." The prince said with concern.

"Hey, that's what I had in mind. I originally wanted to see if I could outlast my son and then pass the throne directly to this bastard's eldest son. There are many inheritances from one generation to the next, but I'm afraid that he can't help but cause trouble, so I passed it to him.

Forget it." As he grew older, Zhu Youjian became more generous and dared to say anything.

"Uncle!" the prince advised, somewhat dumbfounded, "be careful what you say, be careful what you say."

"Be careful what you say, I'm just like this. Brother Huang can't help but care about me. It's okay." Zhu Youjian said with a smile. When he talked about the Holy Emperor, he obviously had a look of admiration on his face. It was obvious that he had a deep affection for his brother.

, also, if the relationship between brothers is not deep, how can we cultivate an old bastard like him.

Fortunately, when he was young, Xinling Lord Zhu Youjian was quite humble, but since he survived the storm and discovered Lizhou, he has become a lot more dissolute and acted without scruples. Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao was tolerant and allowed him to be like this.

This is exactly how he behaves. The older he gets, the more he becomes a bastard. He dares to say anything and arrange anything, making people hate him but he can't get angry.

"It's you, Xiao Ranzi." Zhu Youjian glanced at the prince sideways. After getting acquainted with him for a while, he stopped using so many etiquettes and started talking nonsense, "I'm afraid you don't have the guts to rebel against my imperial brother. I guess

The body can’t survive the death of my imperial brother, so it seems that there is no chance of becoming the emperor.”

"Uncle!" The prince shouted dumbfounded, "It's not that you don't know. My nephew, I am very satisfied with the prince's position, but I dare not take the throne. My father has said many times that he will pass the throne to me, but I don't even want to.

If you dare to accept it, you are afraid!"

This is a fact. The Holy Emperor has been passing on the throne since ten years ago. However, facing such a huge empire, which far exceeds all dynasties, the prince was frightened. He refused even three times and did not dare to ascend the throne.

"Yes, no one can conquer this big empire without my brother. It's so big!" Zhu Youjian also sighed, "Don't talk about you, even Emperor Qin and Han Wu probably don't have the guts to take over.

Come down."

"Yes, my father is so great. He deserves to be the first person in ancient and modern times." The prince also sighed.

Although the two of them were talking, they kept walking and soon got on a steam carriage, puffing out white steam as they walked forward.

There are not many such horse-drawn carriages on the streets. Most of them are four-wheeled carriages. Decades of development have made the four-wheeled carriages very perfect. They are available in various styles. With such development of transportation,

It's very good. Although there are many vehicles on the street, it is in good order.

"Haha, look at these guys queuing up. At that time, the entire capital was not of such good quality. It was the emperor's brother who ordered Luo Yangxing to change his mind within a year. Sure enough, if he saw anyone jumping in line again, he would cut him off.

I will take his eggs and let him be the last eunuch of the empire."

Zhu Youjian looked at the good order of people lining up on the street no matter what they were doing, and talked about the allusions in it. Various funny and sad things in the development process were laid out one by one, full of the vicissitudes of history.

The prince listened with fascination and wished he could jump into that era and contribute his own strength to the rise of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, when he debuted, the situation in the empire had stabilized and order had been established everywhere, so he could only

Playing within the framework of order is nothing.

"By the way, this guy Luo Yangxing is not dead yet."

"No, Mr. Luo is recuperating at home now. The family's fiefdom has been handed over to his son, and he will live in the capital permanently."

This is almost the last choice of every feudal lord. Their growth and glory are all in the capital. Returning here in their later years is considered as a return to their roots. Of course, using this form to express one's loyalty is insignificant.

While talking, Zhu Youjian chatted with the prince, and gradually, the steam carriage came to the palace.

"What is this?" Zhu Youjian asked in surprise when he saw the cylindrical glass sphere hanging outside the city gate. The light inside made him extremely curious.

"This is a light bulb. It is lit by a DC motor that generates electricity. Uncle, look, there is a huge smoke blast over there. It is a steam power plant. That is where the electricity comes from." The prince explained.

"It's really magical!" Zhu Youjian shook his head and said, his face full of surprise.

The two of them walked and watched, and soon met other people on the road, including the previous chief ministers Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and the current chief minister Li Ziyu, as well as countless other elderly ministers.

These old ministers are not just providing care for the elderly, they also have responsibilities. The so-called Three Elderly Homes were set up for them, where they can use their accumulated wisdom and experience.

"Hey, there are so many people, it seems that today's event is not small!" Zhu Youjian said in surprise, and then greeted other old men.

"Haha, it's really strange that you, an old bastard, are here too." Sun Chuanting, who had served as the governor, said directly.

"Humph, you guy who defeated Tongguan, what qualifications do you have to criticize me?" Zhu Youjian retorted politely.

When Sun Chuanting was the governor, he passed by Tongguan and happened to see the local city defense army exterminating a group of rebels. As a result, his hands were itchy, so he went up to take command in person, and was defeated. This became a pain in his life, and now he is reminded of the past.

Mention, naturally the face looks ugly.

"Ha, it's better than you, the Fengjun, who peed his pants because of the storm."

"That's not as embarrassing as your failure in the naval battle."

"you still….."

"you also……"

"Okay, okay, you are such a big man, and you are still exposing your shortcomings like this. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the juniors?" Lu Xiangsheng hurried over to persuade him. As he spoke, he glanced at the current chief minister Li Ziyu and the prince.

Furthermore, his dark history is also implicated.

Compared to the people present, these two people are indeed juniors. They are happy to see the juniors' jokes, but they are not happy to be seen by the juniors. At that moment, the two of them snorted in unison, stopped, and then started talking again.

I smiled, just like a child who doesn't hold grudges.

"Do you know what we are doing this time?"

"I don't know. Is there some trouble in Persia, or is it the Americas that want to start a fight with Britain and France?"

"Let's just leave these to the cabinet and the governor's office. It doesn't need to be so grand. Look, all the three elders have come out."

After a while, all the elders were puzzled by this grand scene, and all three elders came out. This was something that had never happened before.

When the official led them to their destination, the Huangji Palace, the scene surprised them. They saw the old eunuch Liu Ruoyu, who had not been seen for many years, tremblingly appearing in the hall. After seeing everyone, he expressed his sorrow with a sad expression.

In a tone of voice, he slowly read out an imperial edict.

This is an imperial edict passing the throne to the current crown prince Zhu Ciran.

This way of passing the position was something no one had ever seen before, and it was so sudden that everyone present was stunned.

However, the emperor's authority is superior to heaven after all. Even though it was just an imperial edict left behind and he did not come forward, everyone abided by it unanimously.

"I see your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

All the old ministers knelt down, including Zhu Youjian. They finally understood the significance of being invited out to witness the new emperor's enthronement. There was no more solid enthronement ceremony than their recognition.

"Am I going to become the emperor now?" Zhu Ciran's face was full of confusion. He just turned around and became the emperor?

"But, where is the father?"

Yes! Where is the emperor?

When the edict for the new emperor's enthronement was issued to the greater Ming Empire's sphere of influence, countless people were asking this question. They thought the Holy Emperor was dead and a war broke out.

America, Asia Minor, and the West launched attacks from both sides at the same time, intending to seize territory. However, in this war, the entire army collapsed because the Holy Emperor Zhu Youxiao suddenly appeared in a temple of the Emperor in Constantinople.

Therefore, the war ended hastily and suffered heavy losses.

This setback wiped out all the preparations Taisi had made over the years, and they would not dare to start a war for at least twenty years.

"The last Tiandi Temple has been completed." Zhu Youxiao looked at the Taoist temple in front of him, filled with joy, and then he looked back at the blue sky in the distance, with the Mediterranean Sea shrouded below.

"The European countries have also suffered serious setbacks because of my appearance. They will not dare to provoke the Ming Dynasty for at least twenty years. I can feel at ease. Ran'er, this is the last thing my father can do for you."

"Let's go! Go back to Beijing!" Zhu Youxiao said to Wang Changyue and Zhang Xianyong behind him.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The two responded happily and excitedly. Obviously, they knew what this return to Beijing meant.

The avenue is here.

In the year 4307 of the Yanhuang calendar, the fifth year after Jisheng, the Holy Emperor Tianqi suddenly appeared in the capital. After appearing for a while, he disappeared immediately. On the night of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th of that year, the news of the death of the Holy Emperor suddenly came from the palace.

information.
To be continued...