Chapter 324: The Emperor Retired Beats the Emperor
[At the beginning, there were generals of the Yuan army who wanted to let archers shoot you from a distance, but when you performed the Great Shift of the Universe and reflected all those arrows back.
The defeated Yuan army still wanted to defend the city, but you simply picked up two heavy hammers and smashed through the city gate in no time.
The Yuan army, whose mentality had collapsed, looked at you covered in blood and regarded you as a living god or devil. They completely lost their will to resist and threw down their weapons and chose to surrender. 】
[Year 10: After more than two years of fighting, the last Yuan army was wiped out by the Mingjiao army led by you, and you chopped off the head of the Yuan emperor in public.
With the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, you established the Ming Dynasty and enthroned the Ming Cult as the state religion.
After you ascended the throne surrounded by generals and soldiers, the first thing you did was to reward your meritorious officials. At the same time, you issued an imperial decree, which stated that in the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether it was the emperor or the civil and military officials, they could only serve for a maximum of thirty years.
When the thirty-year term is up, you must step down and give way to others regardless of your health.
Because looking at history, many wise rulers in their youth were unwilling to give up power even when they were old. Without being smart, they issued many wrong orders, which led to the loss of their integrity in their later years and accelerated the demise of the dynasty. Therefore, you must avoid future rulers from making the same mistakes.
Faced with the first imperial edict issued by you, the founding emperor, naturally no one dared to raise any objection, but everyone was very curious about whether you would really abdicate and let others take over.
After all, you are not even thirty years old now, and you will be in your fifties in thirty years. You are in your prime, are you really willing to give up the throne? 】
[Year 11: Thanks to your hard work, Zhou Zhiruo gave birth to your first son. You were very happy and directly named him the crown prince.
Soon, Zhao Min, Xiao Zhao, and Yang Buhui also gave birth to children for you, which made the civil and military officials feel relieved. 】
[The 40th year: Under the shocked gazes of the civil and military officials, you actually chose to abdicate and let the prince, who was not yet 30 years old, become the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing that you, the emperor, have taken the lead in abdicating and giving way to wise men, important officials from various departments, led by Zhu Yuanzhang, also chose to abdicate and pushed forward the younger generations they had carefully trained.
At first everyone felt it was a little unbelievable, but soon they realized the benefits of this system.
Replacing the emperor and civil and military officials every thirty years not only maintains the vitality of the court, but also gives younger generations hope.
The reason why many princes in history rebelled was because the previous emperor lived too long and refused to abdicate, which led to the father and son killing each other.
Since you became the emperor emeritus, you no longer interfered in the affairs of the court and handed over all power to the new emperor.
Only when the new emperor encounters a problem that he cannot solve and comes to you for advice will you give him advice.
Without the constraints of the emperor's throne, you would travel out of the palace when you felt bored. If you met beautiful young girls, you would take them into your harem and feel that you had become a lot younger.
Seeing that you, the retired emperor, had no intention of interfering in state affairs, the new emperor secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time couldn't help but envy your retirement life.
When he was still the crown prince, the new emperor had always been looking forward to becoming the emperor.
However, after he became the new emperor, he found that being an emperor was not that easy, especially being a wise ruler.
A wise ruler has endless government affairs to deal with every day. Even if he wants to sleep in, he cannot do so. Even when he favors his concubines, eunuchs will be outside counting the time to prevent the emperor from indulging in pleasure and damaging his body.
Although it is easy to be a tyrant, the emperor’s stick is not to be trifled with. He will not allow his successor to be a tyrant.
I have been in the rain for thirty years, so of course I have to tear up my son’s umbrella! 】
[The 70th year: After being a wise ruler for 30 years, the Yongle Emperor passed the throne to the crown prince as soon as his term was over. He became the emperor emeritus, and you also became the emperor emeritus. The Yongle Emperor, who became the emperor emeritus, finally experienced the fun of being the emperor emeritus. He could let the current emperor spend money to support him, and he didn't have to bear the responsibilities of being an emperor. It was so cool.
Since Emperor Yongle had worked hard to be a wise ruler for thirty years, he naturally could not bear to watch his son enjoy himself. Whenever his son showed signs of becoming a tyrant, he would pick up his dragon-headed cane and beat him up.
If an ordinary person hit the emperor, he would be guilty of a heinous crime and his entire clan would be executed. But if the emperor emeritus hit the emperor, it was a natural thing and no one dared to interfere.
It is precisely because the emperors of all dynasties liked to beat the emperor that every emperor of the Ming Dynasty was eager to finish his 30 years of service and retire as soon as possible, without having to worry about anyone coveting the throne. 】
[Year 87: You are over a hundred years old, and your life has finally come to an end. With the respectful farewell of the princes and grandchildren, you slowly close your eyes and take your last breath. You are dead!]
[This simulation is over! ]
[Drawing simulation rewards, the following ten simulation rewards, please purchase the simulation rewards you need first, and then randomly draw a reward. 】
[Zhang Sanfeng's Tai Chi Experience (Price: 20000 Merit Points)]
[One Heavenly Sword (Price: 5000 Merit Points)]
[A Dragon Slaying Sword (Price: 5000 Merit Points)]
[One Kunlun Peach (Price: 10 Merit Points)]
[One piece of Zhao Min's original bellyband (price: 1 merit point)]
[One box of Black Jade Ointment (price: 100 merit points)]
[A copy of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra (price: 3000 merit points)]
[A copy of the Qiankun Da Neng Yi secret book (price: 5000 merit points)]
[A set of Nine Yang Magic Skills (price: 10000 merit points)]
[One Imperial Seal (Price: 100 Merit Points)]
Upon seeing this, Xiao Feng first spent more than 20,000 merit points to buy nine relatively cheap simulation rewards, and then used the free lottery opportunity to get the most expensive [Zhang Sanfeng's Tai Chi Experience] for free.
Although Xiao Feng's current strength made him look down upon those martial arts that could only rival Xuan-level fighting skills, with the idea of broadening his horizons, he still handed those martial arts secrets to his shadow clones and let them learn the various martial arts recorded in them.
As for the remaining simulation rewards, Xiao Feng casually put them into the system space.
After dealing with all the simulated rewards, Xiao Feng hugged Bibi Dong and Poseidon's slender waists, held Feng Nu's baby canteen in his mouth, and fell asleep contentedly.
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