"In the order of inheritance, of course the eldest son comes first..." Zhu Youjian said thoughtfully, "If the monarchs of various countries have sons, they will be treated as eldest sons. If they do not have sons, they must adopt them from the same clan.

There are also rules for adoption. You can't just take someone from the clan and call it a son, otherwise it will lead to chaos.

As for the order of adoption, my sons will naturally be considered as one tribe first. If the leader of a tribe dies, heirs will be adopted from that tribe in the order of direct descendants. If there are no sons available for adoption in that tribe at that time, grandchildren will be considered.

Great-grandchildren, etc., but peers or elders cannot be adopted, and if the number of descendants is not exhausted, uncles or brothers cannot ascend the throne. If there are no descendants in a faction to adopt, only brothers or brothers can be selected from the faction.

Inheritance by elders. The order is peers, then parents, then ancestors, and so on. When selecting successors within the same generation, the law of priority for the direct eldest must also be followed.

If the tribe has no descendants, peers, or elders who can ascend the throne, then the adopted son must be selected from other branches. And the order of priority of the eldest son must be followed. First, the successor must be selected from the line of my eldest son.

..."

As he spoke, Zhu Youjian pointed at Zhu Cijiong, "And my eldest son is Cijiong, the second son of the emperor!"

It turns out that the eldest son is Zhu Cijiong!

Including Zhu Cixiang, all the descendants of Emperor Chongzhen present turned their attention to the eldest son of the Ming Emperor.

Zhu Cijiong also puffed out his chest and looked quite proud.

Chongzhen said: "Because Cixi has been adopted by my elder brother, he will inherit the throne passed down from Xi Temple... In the future, anyone who ascends the throne through brothers should also adopt their unborn eldest son."

Give it to the ancestor who has no heir, and treat him as his great nephew, with the righteousness of a full brother!"

After all, the Ming Dynasty was characterized by respect between brothers and sisters, a loving father and a filial son!

Therefore, it is really inappropriate for someone like Zhu Di to ignore dignity and directly grab a throne to do it. The correct way is to make Zhu Yunxi, the second son of Prince Yiwen and Zhu Biao, as the emperor, then adopt Zhu Zhanji to Zhu Yunxi, and then let Zhu Yunxi

Abdicate and meditate to Zhu Zhanji...

Zhu Youjian paused and then said: "Since Cixun has been adopted by Xi Temple, his descendants have become a lineage of their own. The inheritance rights of the various factions of my descendants outside his lineage are

They are listed after all my descendants. The descendants of Cijiong and Ciyu are my direct descendants and have the priority to inherit."

Empress Zhou gave birth to four sons and three daughters for Zhu Youjian in her life. One of the four sons died in infancy (when there are more sons, sons who died too young will not be included in the ranking), and the remaining three

, respectively, are Zhu Cixiang who was adopted by Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Cijiong, the emperor’s second son (eldest son), and Zhu Ciyu, the fourteenth son of the emperor (eldest son).

Zhu Ciyu has now been granted the title of King of Dai and received 10,000 households. However, he did not go out to open up new territories. Instead, he stayed at home as a dutiful son, following Zhu Youjian and Queen Zhou all day long and doing nothing.

Son means marrying a wife, taking concubines and having children...Obviously, he was used as a super spare tire by Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Ciyu's biological brother Zhu Cijiong does not have many sons. Currently, he only has three legitimate sons and two illegitimate sons. Of the three legitimate sons, one is the crown prince, one inherits the title of Prince Ning, and one succeeds the Uesugi family. The son who succeeds the Uesugi family

Having already issued a jade certificate, it is of course impossible for him to come back to inherit the throne of the Zhu family. And of course it is impossible for Takahito, who has become the emperor's crown prince, to adopt him. Therefore, only Zhu Heban and his heirs whose fiefdom is in North Korea can go.

Inherit the throne of another family.

As for Zhu Cijiong's two illegitimate sons, they were both born to Meng Genqiqige. Because Xingzi did not recognize Menggen Qiqige's status as a concubine, they were both illegitimate children. Illegitimate children could not be included in the jade certificate, so they were not

Maybe they would be adopted by Zhu Cijiong's brothers. And Zhu Cijiong had other plans for them... He planned to adopt these two sons to the Japanese daimyo who had no heirs.

There are two to three hundred famous names in Japan, and one or two are extinct every year, so Zhu Cijiong's two illegitimate sons are still popular.

Seeing that the principles of inheritance and adoption proposed by his sons were meaningless, Zhu Youjian continued: "The methods of inheritance and adoption that I am talking about now are very important rules. The Heaven and Earth Association, the Fan Association, and

When a triad meeting is opened in each country, all those attending the meeting must make a blood alliance before the ancestors' spiritual thrones and abide by it together without any mistakes."

Why is there still an alliance based on blood?

After Zhu Cixiang heard this, he couldn't imagine the Ming Dynasty, the Great Mongolia, the Little Japan, and a bunch of Ming's son countries and grandson countries holding parliaments. It wouldn't be a group of elders holding incense to pay homage to the Second Master Guan.

Drink chicken blood wine again, and then swear together: to be loyal, to protect the country, to support the emperor (the emperor, the Khan, the king), if there is any violation, there will be three swords and six holes, right?

However, Chongzhen didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and he didn't know what the gang organizations would look like in later generations... Moreover, drinking blood wine and worshiping Guan Gong was not just a contract between civil society groups before a big event.

Ceremony?

Only by drinking blood wine and worshiping Guan Gong can you show the spirit of contract!

"Xi Shenggong," Zhu Cixiang frowned and asked, "What are the names of the participants?"

You won’t call them “Hongmen Brothers”, right?

Kong Yinzheng said with a smile: "Returning to Your Majesty the Grand Nephew, after discussion, I feel that the names of the members who discuss the affairs should reflect the nobility as much as possible, and at the same time, they should distinguish between superior and inferior. There are three grades of the members who discuss the affairs, and the superior ones belong to the clan.

A member of the middle class can be called a political king or a political minister. A middle-ranking minister can be called a political minister. A low-ranking official can be called a countryman or a commoner and can be called a political official."

It's pretty normal... Zhu Cixiang thought about it and realized it was a bit like the French Third Estate Conference!

"What about the officials?" King Zhu Hehao of Yan interjected, "Officials don't participate in political discussions?"

"Officials must of course participate in the discussion of government affairs," Kong Yinzheng said, "but they should not serve as princes, ministers and officials in discussing government. Instead, they should participate in the Tiandihui, the Triadhui and the Fanhui in their own right and as officials. The Tiandihui,

If the matters discussed by the Triad Association and the vassal association involve the official duties and responsibilities of each official, they should naturally attend the meeting. Otherwise, the officials do not need to attend the meeting, so as not to waste too much time on irrelevant discussions."

"This enemy!" Zhu Youjian said, "The shortcomings of this dynasty's court meetings are that irrelevant officials talk too much and most of the suggestions they make are not feasible. If you meet a king like me who is good at running a country and using troops, you can still do it.

Be arbitrary, otherwise, the court will not be able to trust you."

These are all bloody lessons!

In his previous life, Zhu Youjian knew too little and could not rely on his own knowledge to make decisions, so he had to listen to the opinions of the courtiers. As a result, most of the courtiers were as ignorant as him, and they were also very capable of talking nonsense, and he could not make sense of what they said.

.....

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian ordered again: "The Tiandihui, the Triadhui, and the Fanhui have only three powers. The first is to supervise the succession of the monarch; the second is to make suggestions on the country's civil affairs and finance; the third is to supervise the courtiers and impeach corrupt officials.

I despise disloyal people.

As for other important military affairs, the Heaven and Earth Association, the Triad Association, and the vassal associations are not allowed to discuss them."

In fact, Zhu Youjian didn't have much idea about the monarch's constitution. In fact, the early monarch's constitution was like this. It was just a group of kings, nobles, and ministers who didn't know much about it. And the reason why he wanted to do this was

The thing is actually used to supervise the succession of the throne (throne of Khan, throne)... You can't hand over the throne belonging to the old Zhu family to treacherous officials and traitors!

"As for the Tongmenghui," Zhu Youjian added, "the members of the Tongmenghui are elected by the Tiandihui, Triadhui, and Fanhui of each country. In addition to supervising the succession of the king, their duties are to supervise the military and diplomacy of the alliance countries.
Chapter completed!