Chapter 833 Chen's Paradox!

Chen Ming will install pillars for the Chen Han royal family to support its huge body. However, these methods of his will make some people involuntarily think of the Eight Kings Rebellion and the Jingnan War in Chinese history.

Especially the Eight Kings Rebellion.

The internal fighting of the Sima family introduced a large number of barbarians to the Central Plains. In the end, the uncontrolled fighting not only destroyed the Sima family's own country, but also sent the Han civilization and the Han people to the first trough in the vast history of history.

The title of "two-legged sheep" makes every Chinese person's eyes wide open.

As for today's world situation, the Chinese who look at the world have discovered that in distant Europe, in that place that they thought was a barbarian land in the past, there are actually several powerful countries that are not weak.

Their native area was very narrow, but the vastness of their colonies astonished everyone who saw it. It was a kind of astonishment that made the brain break through the sky.

It's like the image of a pauper in my mind. On the outside, he looks very shabby, but his home is extremely luxurious. In fact, he is much richer than me, but he keeps a low profile.

Nowadays, many people in China are talking about one thing, and that is the past Daqingguo. If the British, French, and Russians started a full-scale war and fought against each other, who would win and who would lose?

Although many people are arrogant and still look down on Europe, firmly believing that China will not lose even under the rule of the Manchus, but more people believe that the Manchus will not lose, but they will not win either. Because the disparity in maritime power between the two sides is so great, some people have even suggested that if the European fleet approaches Nanjing from the Yangtze River estuary, cutting off water transportation, and then detaches some warships to harass the long coastline of eastern China along the way, Daqing will really Can you bear it?

The answer is unknowable, because this scene did not really happen. But many people actually have the answer in their hearts, and to sum it up, it is: Europeans should not be underestimated.

Then if the overseas vassal states become ambitious and join forces with the Europeans, it seems that it is not impossible to create a Chen-Han version of the New Eight Kingdoms Rebellion and attract wolves into the house.

These people swear by what they say.

This is just that these people only saw the threat of the vassal king in their eyes, and ignored all the internal and external situations and forms, not to mention the vassal state's help to Chen Han's rule. If we look at the problem through colored glasses, will the conclusions drawn be convincing?

But Chen Ming didn't feel disappointed. This is true for the whole of China. With a population of more than 200 million, not to mention 100% of the people still have old ideas, but 90% of the people are like this, which is not bad, right?

Chen Ming wanted to leave an empire with long-term peace and stability, and also wanted to establish an eternal golden rice bowl for his children and grandchildren, so he had to install a few more pillars for Chen Han to serve as support points for each one. But few people agree with his view. None of the girls in the harem can understand.

But he could wait.

Chen Ming is only forty years old now. Even if he retires earlier, with his body and bones, it won't be a problem for him to live to be eighty, right?

That was 1830 in the Western calendar.

At that time, the first industrial revolution was coming to an end, but it can also be said that steam engine technology was completely mature at that time. It is obvious to all how powerful the power of capital will become. At that time, some things that cannot be understood no matter how you talk about them now will be understood naturally and naturally.

But this is all based on a strong premise, that is, Chen Han's social reform and Chen Han's social innovation are always moving forward.

Forty years is a long time. It can allow Japan to rise to become a great power that cannot be underestimated, even if it is second-rate in the world; it can allow the Red Russian Empire to go from glory to destruction; it can also allow China's national product to go from being the world's second-largest Ten, reaching the second place in the world.

Forty years is also a short time, because it cannot wake up a sleeping lion. A figure like Li Hongzhang can only create a house of paper that looks mighty on the outside but is actually vulnerable.

Without strong means of advancement, forty years would really pass by in the blink of an eye for China, the oldest empire. To promote the reform of a big empire, Chen Ming must hold the supreme power in his hands and decide the world affairs with a single word. Lest any die-hards come to talk nonsense with him. Only in this way can today's China continue to move forward at a high speed, instead of stopping here and resting on its heavy capital and resting on its laurels with peace of mind.

"Reform requires huge authority, but if the empire is to be long-term and stable, and if the royal family is to remain unchanged forever, then we need to hand over the supreme power in our hands." No dynasty can guarantee that all its heirs will be wise kings and wise masters. Impossible. Therefore, a powerful monarchy can never last long. "The British gave us a good example. The Ottomans gave us a bad example."

Chen Ming did not say that the Japanese also gave them an example. To be an 'Emperor' like Japan, he would rather all his descendants die. Save yourself the trouble of embarrassing him.

"Let's learn from the British. The throne of the empire will always belong to our Chen family. But if there are gains, there will be losses." The rights lost by the royal family will be taken back by the parliament.

"And the Ottoman Empire's reforms have been unable to bear fruit for a long time. What is their reason?"

"That is, the Ottoman Sultan has no rights. If the current Ottoman Sultan has the absolute authority of Muhammad II, Selim I and Suleiman I, what can stop the Ottoman reforms?

Would the religious, political and economic reforms carried out by Selim I and Suleiman I during their reigns be less difficult than those of the Ottomans today? Suleiman could even promote a slave to the position of Grand Vizier - Pargal Ibrahim, and let a female slave become a queen and participate in politics - Hürrem.

Hürrem was the daughter of an Orthodox priest. She was captured by the Ottoman army and sent to the imperial harem, and soon became Suleiman the Magnificent's favorite concubine. In order to marry her as his legal wife, Suleiman the Magnificent did not hesitate to break the Ottoman Empire's tradition of not marrying foreign concubines, which had lasted for more than two centuries, which greatly exceeded the expectations of observers in the palace and even in Istanbul. Suleiman also allowed Hürrem Sultan to accompany him in the palace for the rest of his life, which broke another tradition: when a prince came of age, he would be sent to the frontier provinces of the empire as a governor, and his biological mother would also accompany him. Unless he or his descendants ascended the throne, his biological mother would not return to Istanbul.

Would Suleiman face less resistance than the current Ottoman Sultan?

But Hürrem not only lived a very comfortable life, but also maintained peace between the Ottoman Empire and his motherland Poland. After the death of Suleiman I, Roxelana's son Selim II inherited the throne of the Sultan.

This is awesome!

Therefore, Chen Ming is now facing a paradox. For the sake of the great cause, he cannot give up the power in his hands, but he has to ask his son to give up the power in his hands.

In the era of 1790 in the Western calendar, this is really hard to be convincing.