"An ancient magical society?"

As soon as he heard "magic", St. Philip's heart began to beat violently - the devil really has magic!

Zhu Heji, who didn't know that he was a devil, saw St. Philip's expression a little strange, and thought that he didn't agree with the concept of "magic society", so he smiled and explained: "Philip, I heard that Peter, the Rakshasa Tsar, has always

I like magic, and I once wanted to go east to seek magic, but was blocked by Kangxi Khan. If a group that uses the study of Eastern and Western magic as a cover can come to Peter, both parties will definitely have a common ground. If they can get Peter's protection,

The cause of Freemasonry in Rakshasa will be easily successful."

The reports about Peter's love for magic were all obtained from Zhu Devil's godson Yin Rong, which is of course very accurate. However, what Zhu Heji has never understood is that there seems to be no record of Peter I's love for magic in history.

!Why did he become obsessed with magic when he was fine? Could it be that he was led astray by Kangxi? This Kang Mazi is really "tireless in destroying people"!

St. Philip also heard about Peter's love for magic, and at that moment he felt that Zhu Da Devil was wise.

Zhu Heji, the wise and powerful devil, paused and continued: "Ancient and mysterious things are always attractive. The history of Freemasonry goes back to Marco Polo, Kublai Khan and Changchun.

The real person Qiu Chuji climbed up... In addition, in order to facilitate the activities of Freemasonry in the Rakshasa Kingdom, there cannot be only Chinese and no foreigners. Fortunately, there are many foreigners working for our Ming Dynasty, and there are many in Guangzhou and Macau.

Foreigners, there are many foreigners here in Nanjing. Master Guo, go back and introduce all the foreigners in Nanjing to Philip."

"I accept the order." Guo Youde, who had brought Saint Philip over, immediately stood up to receive the order.

Emperor Zhu said to Li Guangzu again: "Li Dianke, you and Philip are old acquaintances, why not start a Freemasonry with him, and you will be the deputy chief helmsman."

Of course, this is also an imperial edict. Li Guangzu's good Shangguo Dianke Shaoqing was confused and replaced by the deputy chief helmsman of the Freemasonry... Of course he was not very happy, but the emperor's fate is difficult.

So I had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept the decree.

Zhu Heji knew what he was thinking, so he smiled and said to him: "Guangzu, the cause of Freemasonry is a hundred or even hundreds of years, and it is much more important than your Dianke Shaoqing in the Shang Kingdom."

....In fact, the situation I laid out in the New World is also based on a hundred years of future. The Shang Kingdom is in the Ming Dynasty, and the Freemasonry is in the dark world. They are both equally important. And you are not an entrepreneur in the Shang Dynasty, but now you can become a Freemasonry Society.

The founder of the society will definitely have the same status as Zhou Chang and Ce Ling in the future!"

Li Guangzu, who was a little unhappy after being tempted by the devil Zhu, was immediately overjoyed and assured Zhu Heji: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will work hard and work with Chief Philip to organize the Freemasonry for you."

"Okay!" Zhu Heji nodded, and then said to Guo Youde, "Youde, you and Huang Zhisheng (Honglu Shaoqing) are also part-time workers in the Freemasonry, and you will discuss the affairs of the Freemasonry with Philip and Li Guangzu.

Rules and regulations, and make up some stories that foreigners like to hear. As for the funding of the Freemasonry... you make a budget and I will pay for it."

Having arranged the preparations for the establishment of the Freemasonry, today's temporary summons is over - this is overtime. According to Emperor Zhu's current work schedule, in addition to the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year,

, he would arrive at the Wenhuadian Building or Wuyingdian Building on time to go to work every morning around 4:00 a.m. (8:00 a.m.). At 4:00 a.m. (10:00 a.m.), he would hold a small meeting in the conference room in the building, and at noon

It will definitely be over before then. Then I will review the memorial, and then have lunch with some bachelors, academicians, and political officials, and chat while eating. After lunch, I will summon the ministers, bachelors, Hanlin, political officials, foreign or political officials.

The envoys of the vassal state usually get off work before the end of Wei Shi (around two o'clock in the afternoon), and sometimes they even work until Shen Shi (three to five o'clock in the afternoon)... But today Zhu Heji

But he was very busy. Not only did he work overtime until the Youshi hour, but he also hosted a banquet for St. Philip in the restaurant of Wenhua Hall after the summons.

Emperor Zhu and Philip, as well as accompanying Guo Youde and Li Guangzu, ate and talked until the end of the banquet at around 2:00 pm. When Zhu Heji rode his bicycle back to the harem, it was already 3:00 pm.

At this moment, it was already dark... You worked so hard!

After more than ten years of continuous renovation, the Forbidden City in Nanjing now has a bit of the style of an imperial home, and the size of the harem has also increased. There are not only the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, and the Kunning Palace, but also the three harems.

Imperial Garden, East Sixth Palace and West Sixth Palace.

However, these palaces with the names of Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, East Sixth Palace, and West Sixth Palace are not traditional wooden structures of palaces and pavilions, but large enclosed buildings with courtyards.

Their building areas vary in size, but their structures are all similar. They are all three-story buildings with large roofs of golden glazed tiles and granite veneers. The inside of the granite is not rammed earth, but is plastered with bricks.

The walls are made of cement. As for the heavy beams and columns, large logs of wood are still used.

Among them, Qianqing Palace is Zhu Heji's bedroom, Kunning Palace is Queen Qiu Shuzhen's bedroom, and the eldest concubine Ye Yuling is the head of the Eastern Sixth Palace, together with Anu, Natalie, and several other members of the Choros family, Heshuo

The special department, the Chahar department, and the selected servants selected from the Zhongmaiba family in the snowy area live together in the East Sixth Palace. The imperial concubine Bei Jiaxin is the head of the West Sixth Palace, together with Li Wenji, Wu Xiaotuo, Zhou Yubing, Yang Ziyun, Cang

Jing Zhen and others, as well as some selected servants selected from famous families in Japan and Korea, as well as from Portuguese families in Guangdong, lived in the West Sixth Palace together.

Now the size of Zhu Da Devil's harem is really getting bigger and bigger!

Of course, this is not because Emperor Zhu is so lustful... They are all serving the country and the people, and they are getting married! Among Zhu Heji's women, only the eldest concubine Ye Yuling is actually lustful without any distracting thoughts, and the rest are

Most of the women are more or less involved in marriage.

In the past few years, because of the recapture of Kashgar, Yeerqiang, Khotan, Qinghai, the Snowy Plateau and other places, Devil Zhu had to work harder to get married!

The reason why it takes so much effort to get married is mainly because the new Ming Dynasty has a small population and a high per capita (gdp) national situation! With a small population, there are relatively more land resources, and Emperor Zhu successfully promoted the reform of the land equalization system, and at the same time

Vigorously develop industry and commerce, so the per capita rate is high.

Nowadays, the rural areas of the Ming Dynasty are small landowners per capita, and urban industry and commerce, because of insufficient labor supply, have to use a large number of machines to improve production efficiency while constantly raising wages. Of course, capitalists like cheap labor, but too much is too cheap.

Labor force is not conducive to promoting industrialization!

For example, historically, the British textile industry in the early days of the Industrial Revolution could not compete with India's homespun cloth... How can the newly emerged textile machines compare with "artificial intelligence humanoid machines"? Moreover, the latter are very cheap and in sufficient supply, and can

"Rolling" killed early textile machines!

If the British had not colonized India, they could have used administrative orders to force India's cotton textile industry chain to move to the UK. It is hard to say whether the Industrial Revolution could have been launched in the UK!

From this perspective, although the current population of the Ming Dynasty is not conducive to capitalists' acquisition of cheap labor, it is conducive to industrialization.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty now has silk, porcelain, cotton, glass, tea, steel, sugar, and pharmaceuticals, which were industry chains that would have been top-notch in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It also has very rich resources, enough to

Support higher wage levels and investment in machinery and equipment.

Judging from the current situation, the Ming Dynasty's industrialization route is not the British route that relies on sweatshops, but is similar to the historical American industrialization route - the United States has a chosen country, and it was once the world's largest country in the 19th century.

It is the main producer of gold and silver, so the industrialization of this country was not "rolled". It was piled up with cheap resources and sufficient capital (gold, silver)!

However, too high per capita has disadvantages, which is not conducive to "developing the west" - the western part of the Ming Dynasty is not the west coast of the United States, there is no coast, and there are no large gold mines in California, and it is also the place where the Yellow Sect Mongolia and the Tianfang Sect are fighting. There.

Their fighting prowess is far superior to that of the Indians in the western United States.

Such a place is really unattractive to the Han people of the Ming Dynasty. Who would ignore the good times in the east and not go to the northwest? If you really want to make a fortune, wouldn't it be good to go to Nanyang? Wouldn't it be better to go to Shangfang?

And Zhu Heji could not give up the vast western area... The lesson of "shrinking the border" in the former Ming Dynasty was too profound!

The land abandoned today will be the enemy's stronghold in the future when they invade the Central Plains!

After the enemy invaders digest the land abandoned by the Ming Dynasty, they will be stronger and more difficult to resist than before. By then, the cost of national defense will only be higher!

However, Emperor Zhu could not maintain the northwest frontier regardless of the cost... so Emperor Zhu had no choice but to sacrifice himself and work very hard to make peace with the chief families in the northwest and the plateau!

At three quarters of a century, Emperor Zhu finally stopped his bicycle at the main entrance of Jiaotai Palace - Jiaotai Palace is located between Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, almost in the center of the harem complex. It is also a large-scale palace.

The name of the palace is taken from the "Book of Changes", which means "the heaven and the earth come together, and the peace and prosperity are perfect". It played a role in Emperor Zhu's harem and was a place for family gatherings.

Different from those traditional emperors who like to live in various places with their harem concubines, Zhu Heji likes the whole family to be lively together... He doesn't care how a group of women will get together to fight in the palace.

!

Therefore, in the Forbidden City, although everyone had their own separate residence, Emperor Zhu still let everyone live in the enclosed building of Jiaotai Hall most of the time.

After Zhu Heji got off his bicycle, he strolled inside. This strong "devil emperor" walked very fast, walking like a gust of wind. The female officer guarding the door of Jiaotai Palace often had no time to report——

But no one was ever punished for this, because Emperor Zhu liked to appear suddenly in front of his concubines, and even called them a surprise.

Since Emperor Zhu likes surprises, of course his women will not be notified of His Majesty's arrival. According to Emperor Zhu's rules, when he returns to Jiaotai Hall, Queen Qiu should lead a group of concubines to welcome him in the hall.

Looking at a room full of women...Zhu Heji felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment!

Today, because Emperor Zhu came back late, the women had already had dinner and were gathering in the hall to chat. Zhu Heji, on the other hand, stopped outside the door of Jiaotai Hall, wanting to listen.

Is anyone talking bad about themselves...

"My eldest concubine!" Queen Qiu Shuzhen's voice came from the Jiaotai Palace, "You have to discipline Natalie well... I heard that she made the Holy Emperor angry again today!"

I have a good wife at home!

Zhu Heji nodded with satisfaction.

Although this Qiu Shuzhen is not his favorite - his favorite will always be Ye Yuling, even if the beauty Ye Yuling is old... But Queen Qiu has always been a wise empress of the Ming Dynasty. She not only manages the harem in an orderly manner, but also

He also managed the increasingly large royal estate for Emperor Zhu, and managed it very well.

"Natalie," Qiu Shuzhen spoke again, "You are serious, wouldn't you give in to the Sage? The Sage's martial arts have always been poor, and the eldest concubine and the beautiful lady (Anu) have always given in to him, but you are not sensible.

, and dared to poke him with a wooden stick... No wonder he always gets punished!"

What? My martial arts are terrible?

Zhu Heji was a little annoyed when he heard this! How could his martial arts be so bad? His martial arts skills are obviously unparalleled!

At this time, Ye Yuling spoke for Zhu Heji: "Queen, don't say that about A Pao... A Pao's martial arts was originally very good, but he was captured by Qing Yao that year and suffered internal injuries. After he was released,

It won’t work. If it hadn’t been for that time, Anu, Natalie, and I couldn’t beat him together.”

Internal injuries? Zhu Heji felt a little weak for some reason... and he didn't know whether a weak heart counts as internal injuries?

Qiu Shuzhen snorted and said: "I don't believe it! I have also heard people say that Cannon Zhu is notorious on Danan Mountain. My father also said that he will go crazy when he is drunk. He is also afraid that I will marry Brother Pao.

Then he was beaten...it turned out that Brother Pao had never been drunk before."

Ye Yuling said happily: "That's because he restrained himself. Before he was captured by Qing Yao, he would really get drunk and commit murder... He was really vicious!"

Anu then interjected with great interest: "Really? Is it really fierce?"

"Of course it's fierce! Natalie, if you meet the gun boy from back then, you'll be in trouble!"

"It's miserable? Humph, I'm not afraid!"

If you say any more, you will be in trouble!

Zhu Heji no longer dared to listen to the corner, and quickly coughed, then strode into the Jiaotai Hall with a serious face and a very fierce look. At this time, the female official who ran very slowly shouted: "Your Majesty
Chapter completed!