Yingtian Mansion, Hot Spring Palace.----

Wu Chunqiu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, walked quickly into the corridor in front of Zhu Jishi's study room in the Hot Spring Palace. The most outstanding diplomat of the Ming Empire finally returned to China and became the official Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Now look at his You can tell how proud he is from his expression. In the past few years in America, he not only won the title of Duke for his outstanding diplomatic work (he was also a founding hero, and was previously a marquis), he also newly married a young man from the Confederate States of America. I am so happy to have a beautiful woman as my second wife. I can’t help but smile when I walk in the corridor of the Hot Spring Palace.

Weng Tonghe was standing at the door of the imperial study. When he saw Wu Chunqiu approaching, he cupped his hands and whispered: "Brother Chunqiu, the emperor is in the imperial garden now, discussing things with the prince and empress Maria. The emperor asked you to Go and find him yourself."

As he spoke, Weng Tonghe waved, and a petite and exquisite maid in Japanese clothing appeared in front of him. Weng Tonghe pointed at Wu Chunqiu and said to the maid: "Take Mr. Wu to the Royal Garden."

The Imperial Garden is a harem, and of course foreign ministers are not allowed to enter without permission. Even the guards responsible for guarding are all women. There are only a few important ministers such as Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan, Zheng Hong, Liu Peng, Han Si, Luo Junqi, etc., and Only members of the imperial study room like Weng Tonghe could enter and leave the harem without being summoned. Of course, they could not go anywhere.

Wu Chunqiu nodded and was about to follow the maid to the imperial garden. Suddenly he turned around and asked, "The emperor has decided to let the prince go out for a walk?" Weng Tonghe said with a smile: "The emperor probably wants the prince to practice. How about some time?" Wu Chunqiu smiled and nodded, this is a good opportunity - the emperor will not rest assured that the prince will bear such a big responsibility alone. Now there are officials in the Ming Dynasty who really understand diplomacy and are qualified to accompany the prince on his trips. There are not many. The most suitable candidate seems to be himself. Thinking of this, he turned around and followed the Japanese-dressed maid towards the small garden.

At this time, Zhu Jishi was walking and talking to Zhu Guoxiong with a serious expression. Maria Clementina followed behind the two of them, with a faint Mona Lisa-like smile on her face.

"Uh, have you already? That's great... I'm finally going to be a grandfather. But I want to make it clear to you, this child can never become the heir to the throne. The same goes for Yuan Xuedie, no matter how much you like her, Maybe make her the crown princess."

"My son, I understand." Zhu Guoxiong nodded with a joyful expression. It turned out that the chosen servant that Emperor Zhu gave him before was pregnant with a child. The 19-year-old crown prince will soon be a father. But that one The chosen servant named Minamoto Yukicho is a concubine of the Mito Tokugawa family. Although her status is not low, her pedigree is not very righteous.

Although Zhu Guoxiong likes this waiter very much, he still knows the stakes... Why can he be the crown prince? Isn't it because his mother is a Han Chinese named Miao Zhenggen? Otherwise, she is a female gang boss. Can any woman be compared with the French duchess and the Japanese princess of the Mito Tokugawa family? There is even a Mexican empress who may become the empress of the Ming Dynasty! If Zhu Guoxiong must let a Japanese woman be his crown prince, wouldn’t that be true? Are you shaking the status of your mother and yourself? Although the crown prince is a bit honest, he was born in an emperor's family after all, so he still has some tricks up his sleeve.

"Do you want me to choose another servant?" Zhu Jishi was very satisfied with his son's attitude, and then asked with concern.

"My dear father, thank you very much." Zhu Guoxiong agreed without any politeness.

"Let's also increase the cost of the East Palace." Zhu Jishi said with a smile, "Let's increase it to 50,000 silver dollars a year."

"My son, thank you very much, Father."

Of course Zhu Jishi's children have to spend money to support them, but Emperor Zhu didn't want to develop the habit of spending money lavishly on his children. So he didn't give them too much annuity. Ordinary princes get an annuity of 1,000 yuan every year. Princesses on the contrary

A little more, up to 2,000 yuan. However, the crown prince and the prince with the status of king or crown prince get much more annuity. The starting point is

5,000 yuan, in addition to funds provided by the country they rule. The prince's previous annuity was 30,000 yuan. Of course, this money is not for them personally. Before they reach adulthood, it is at the disposal of their biological mother.

.Therefore, the actual expenses of each prince or princess are closely related to whether their biological mother is rich and whether they are willing to spend money.

In addition, when the prince or princess reaches the age of 18, if there is no vassal king title to base on, Zhu Jishi will also assign them titles according to the "Royal Model". However, the titles received by the prince and the princess are also very different. Among them, the prince can

The highest title you can get is Marquis. If you want to go further, you have to earn it based on your ability.

However, the education Zhu Jishi gave his children was the most advanced in this era, and there were no restrictions on those sons who could not become kings. They could join the army, politics, or business.

The title of an imperial daughter is higher, and can reach the level of a princess or a princess. The former is equivalent to a prince, and the latter is equivalent to a county prince. Therefore, the annuity, titles and land granted are far more generous than those of the princes. This is because now

The Ming Dynasty has not yet reached the era of women's liberation, and women in the upper class do not seem to have many options except getting married.

Of course, the titles of both the prince and the princess will decrease when their descendants inherit. This is also stipulated in the Ming Dynasty's aristocratic system. Except for vassals who own territories (including kings), the titles of others are inherited.

It all decreases with time. And there is no "eternal royal family system". The royal status of ordinary princes and princesses can only be passed down to their descendants for three generations, and then they become ordinary nobles. After a few more generations, even the noble status may not be preserved!

After talking about family matters, Zhu Jishi turned the topic back to state affairs: "Your Majesty, Russian Tsar Alexander II invited you to visit Constantinople. I think it's time for you to go out for a walk. Why don't you take a year off from school and go

Let’s visit Europe and the Americas. If there are invitations from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Confederate States of America, Mexico, Poland, and Turkey, I’ll ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contact them. It shouldn’t be a problem.”

"The UK is also going?" Zhu Guoxiong was stunned. Sino-British relations are very unharmonious!

"Of course I want to go." Zhu Jishi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you should go to Britain and have a look. Although they are our opponents, they have a lot to learn from, especially the British political system. At present, the Ming Dynasty

The constitutional system is modeled on the British." As he spoke, his expression became solemn again, "And the British workers

The start of industrialization was many years before ours, and the social problems they are encountering now are also the ones you may encounter in the future. It is very beneficial to go to the UK to have a look and understand it. In addition, Poland is also worth visiting, Mr. Engels

A very good agricultural system was implemented there, which can serve as a reference for our agricultural improvement in the Ming Dynasty."

Further reforms of agriculture in the Ming Dynasty are only being brewed now. How many specific systems will be arranged and implemented remains to be studied and negotiated by various parties. Of course, it is indispensable to examine foreign examples.

"Father, it is said that the rural communes in Russia are also an excellent system. They can effectively manage farmers... I also want to check it out." Zhu Guoxiong thought deeply.

"It's okay." Zhu Jishi nodded, "It's okay to go to Russia to see..."

Zhu Jishi's brows were already furrowed. During this period, many things happened after Russia's abolition of serfdom and the reform were brought to Zhu Jishi's attention. Among them were the rural commune system - including public land ownership, household responsibility, and regular redistribution.

land return

There are systems such as member autonomy, etc., which gave Zhu Jishi a sense of deja vu! Of course he did not know that the Russian rural commune system gave birth to the 1905 revolution in history, and the 1905 revolution gave birth to Toslei who destroyed the communes and supported rich peasants.

He even suspected that it was because of his butterfly effect that he found a system for the Russian tsar to effectively alleviate rural land conflicts. Perhaps the tsar's rule would

So it becomes more stable, right? Thinking of this, Zhu Jishi fell into deep thought again, and did not even notice Wu Chunqiu approaching. It was Maria who reminded him: "Your Majesty, Wu Shangshu has arrived." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature.
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