The constitutional monarchy that Zhu Cijing thought of was very different from the constitutional monarchy commonly adopted in later generations. He knew that the so-called constitutional monarchy actually means that the monarch is being constitutional, that is, the monarch is being restricted by the constitution. Although he is still the head of state, his power has been almost deprived, and some even have no power at all, it is purely a decoration.

Of course he didn't want to be constitutionalized by himself, but the feudal monarchy was no longer suitable for the current Ming Dynasty. If it was not changed, even if he was not constitutional, his descendants would be constitutional sooner or later. It is very likely that another bloody storm would be caused, and this is not what he wanted to see.

Therefore, he thought of the constitutional monarchy, that is, the monarch has the legislative power, formulates the constitution and laws, and then enforces it by officials at all levels.

The biggest difference between this constitutional monarchy and constitutional monarchy is that constitutional monarchy takes the initiative to formulate constitutions and laws, while constitutional monarchy is made by others to formulate constitutions and laws to restrain the monarch.

There is a big difference between active constitutional shaping and passive constitutional shaping. Active constitutional shaping can also retain the power of the monarch as much as possible. If passive constitutional shaping is decided by others, it is only the final say.

Everyone has selfish intentions. After becoming emperor, it is impossible to let him give up all the power in his hands and be at the mercy of others.

Zhu Cijing is not a saint, he also has selfish intentions. It is impossible for him to voluntarily give up all his power after enjoying the supreme imperial power.

He also knew that the feudal monarchy was no longer suitable for the development of the Ming Dynasty. Change was necessary. Some power must be relaxed moderately to be more conducive to the development of the Ming Dynasty.

However, some powers must not be let go. Once they let go, they will be finished. For example, military power, official appointment and removal power, economic decision-making power, etc., powers such as administrative power and judicial power can be let go to officials at all levels after binding laws are enacted. Anyway, officials are appointed and removed by him. If anyone cannot do it, replace them, so that no major problems will occur.

Of course, in order to prevent a prince A Dou from appearing among his descendants and chaotic Ming Dynasty, some things cannot be changed by future generations at will. These are the Constitution. This part must be formulated and improved in his hands. In the future, no one is allowed to change it without special circumstances!

It is a huge project to formulate a constitution that suits the Ming Dynasty. It cannot be formulated in one or two days. Moreover, he cannot ask others or organize meetings to discuss, because no one has the experience of his future generations and does not know what will happen in the future.

He racked his brains to think about it for a few days, but the first draft of the Constitution had not been completed, but Bi Maokang, the Minister of Works, came to him.

It turned out that he had already drafted the water transportation regulations that Zhu Cijing asked him to formulate at the meeting that day.

When Zhu Cijing saw the regulations he formulated, he couldn't help but look at them with admiration.

What Bi Maokang formulated is not so much a charter as a draft of the establishment of a company.

The articles he wrote were actually the process of establishing a ocean transportation company. He even chose the name of this company, which was called the Ming Dynasty Royal Maritime Shipping Company!

Zhu Cijing praised him very much, and then began to form the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company according to this charter.

However, before the establishment, there was a problem that had to be solved, that is, Bi Maokang did not mention the person in charge of the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company. It was not that he had no candidates, but because the company belongs to the emperor, so the candidates naturally have to be determined by the emperor.

Zhu Cijing thought about it and soon thought of a suitable candidate, Shi Daxuan.

Speaking of a pirate leader, is it appropriate to recruit the Royal Shipping Company in charge of the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Cijiong thought it was very suitable because Shi Daxuan was very obedient. No matter what he asked him to do, he would do it without regrets. Like last time in South Asia, he had obviously washed his hands. Zheng Zhilong greeted him and immediately threw away his business, returned to his old business, and became a pirate.

You know, at that time, the armed merchant ships from Britain, France and the Netherlands were asked to rob him, and sometimes there were naval protections from the anti-Habsburg Alliance, which was extremely dangerous.

He still went on without hesitation, and his men also made great sacrifices for this.

In all the maritime wars, Shi Daxuan made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cijing once said that he would be properly placed, but he had always forgotten to fulfill this promise.

Now that there is such a position, Zhu Cijing naturally thought of him. Moreover, his subordinates also wanted to recruit the Royal Shipping Company of the Ming Dynasty. Although they were not the people of the Ming Dynasty, they also made contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, this ocean shipping rarely stayed in the Ming Dynasty, and was not afraid of causing unnecessary trouble.

As soon as the person in charge was confirmed, Zhu Cijiuan immediately issued an edict ordering all the commanders of the Navy, including Zheng Chenggong, Shi Daxuan, Zheng Ming, and Zheng Cai to arrive at Dongdaying within half a month, and there is an important matter to discuss!

He also ordered all the lucky ships of the Ming Navy to gather in the waters near Dongdaying, and the Ming Navy reserve army also gathered in Dongdaying.

At the same time, he also ordered Sun Yuanhua, the Minister of War, to issue a notice to all the garrisons that the Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company would recruit workers, and any soldiers who retired from the Ming army who felt that they were in good health could register. The Ming Dynasty Royal Shipping Company would screen out 200,000 people!

Another month, the ice and snow in Siberia will be completely melted. Time waits for no one. The framework of the Royal Shipping Company of the Ming Dynasty must be built within this month, otherwise it will not be able to catch up.

In less than ten days, all the lucky ships had gathered on the sea outside Dongdaying, densely packed with no less than a thousand ships, and the sails were simply covering the sky!

According to the final statistics of the Ministry of War, the Ming Navy currently has nearly 1,500 lucky ships, and Shi Daxuan still has more than 200 lucky ships converted into armed merchant ships. Zhu Cijing simply ordered the Nanda Shipbuilding Factory to make up for the difference of more than 200 ships and directly make up 2,000 ships.

The Nanda Shipbuilding Shipyard has reached the scale of 500 lucky ships per year. Although most of them are sold to private merchants for merchant ships, they have also manufactured many lucky ship warships, more than 200, but they are still able to take advantage of them.

Half a month later, all the Ming naval generals arrived, and 200,000 retired soldiers selected from the Navy Reserve Corps, and the garrison also rushed to Dongdaying. Zhu Cijing directly set up Dongdaying and held a meeting in the conference room of the Dongdaying Governor's Office to discuss the establishment of the Ming Dynasty Royal Maritime Transport Company and the deployment of the navy in the subsequent war against Tsarist Russia.

There were more people attending this meeting, and the plan was:

Navy Marshal Zheng Chenggong;

Bi Maokang, Minister of Works;

Sun Yuanhua, Minister of War;

The leader of the Beiyang Navy, Huang Long;

Zheng Zhihu, the leader of the Nanyang Navy;

Yang Geng, the head general of the North Sea Fleet;

Chen Hui, the head general of the East China Sea Fleet;

Zheng Xing, the head general of the South China Sea Fleet;

Zheng Ming, head of the Navy Reserve Corps;

Navy general Zheng Cai;

Nanyang maritime merchant Shi Daxuan.
Chapter completed!