Early in the morning, the emperor woke up and after having his meal, his eldest son Zhu Cunkang (Mu Pangan) ran over and greeted him diligently.
Accompanying him were Zhu Cunhua, the second son of the emperor, Zhu Cunqu, the king of Wu, Zhu Cunbai, the fourth son of the emperor, and Zhu Cunyu, the fifth son of the emperor.
These five sons are all over six years old (virtual age). They have already entered school and started to learn. They are very strict and seem to be quite sensible.
Although the leader was Zhu Cunkang, Zhu Cunqu took half a step back and seemed to be able to compete with him.
The princes were also very knowledgeable, and they basically surrounded the two of them.
This little cleverness can be seen everywhere in the palace, and every move is full of meaning.
“Get up!” Zhu Yixi glanced at the sky and then looked at the huge clock in the room. Only then did Zhu Yixi realize that it was already nine o’clock without knowing it.
I did get up a little late.
“Go and study hard!”
“Yes!” Several little guys walked away in small steps.
In order to improve education, the princes’ school was located in the side hall of Qianqing Palace, which can be said to be teaching right under their noses.
It’s not just the princes who are under great pressure, gentlemen are also under great pressure.
Of course, even though he got up late, Zhu Yixi would not feel embarrassed. He was used to it these days.
Subsequently, Tian Ren ran over in small steps. Although his steps were eager, he was filled with joy: "Replying to the Emperor, I am very happy——"
It turns out that three months ago, the weather was too hot. The emperor was playing in the bath to escape the heat, and a group of palace ladies were waiting on him.
At that time, the clothes were getting thinner and the clothes were uneven, so it was inevitable that something would happen between you and me.
Of course, the emperor is not that ruthless person. As long as he is lucky enough, he will at least be named a beauty.
And if you serve diligently, you will be promoted to Jieyu, and your special favor will become Zhaoyi. But once you have children, it will be particularly different.
If she is a princess, she will be given the title of concubine, and if she is a prince, she will be given the title of concubine at least.
In the absence of imperial concubines, the concubine position can be ranked after the empress and the concubine. In the huge Forbidden City, there are only a dozen or so.
“The doctor from Taiyuan Hospital has checked the pulse, and it is indeed a happy pulse.”
Tian Ren came over with a smile on his face: "The pregnant woman is a Chu beauty. Her family is a scholar and her family is clean."
“Oh!” Zhu Yixi didn’t feel happy for a while because he had too many heirs. He was used to it.
Seeing that the emperor was a little confused, Tian Ren whispered: "It's the one you praised her for..."
“Her!”
Zhu Yixi immediately remembered the word "jade bowl upside down" and suddenly realized it.
“Just follow the rules!”
"By the way, you have to serve well. As long as you spread the branches and leaves for the royal family, regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, you have to keep it."
“Don’t worry, I will personally watch it.”
Tian Ren said solemnly.
Zhu Yixi is just playing insurance.
There are so many private aspects of the Forbidden City that no one can be too careful.
If a concubine is pregnant, it is the most basic thing for a doctor to check her pulse.
The inner court also needs to check the emperor's living files.
Calculating from the date of conception, after carefully checking the emperor's daily records, we can infer that Chu Meiren was conceived on August 23, and the delivery date is expected to be around the seventh day of June next year.
Whenever there is a slight problem, Dongchang will not let them go, and will not let them go until they are forced to ask Chou Yinmao.
So in those unified dynasties, it is absolutely impossible to engage in the trick of exchanging a civet cat for a prince, or cuckolding the emperor.
Although the delivery date is still far away, the inner court needs to prepare for many things as soon as possible:
nanny, nanny, nurse, and other "masters" such as needlework, washing, lighting, cooking stoves, etc. - even the nanny, are all ready.
As long as you wait until the delivery date and the baby is born, you can listen to it at any time.
As soon as Chu Meiren left the imperial doctor, the queen came with a group of concubines from Wuyangyang to greet her.
Needless to mention rewards, they are all things that do not exceed the rules.
Seemingly seeing that his family's financial resources were low, the queen rewarded him with another hundred gold yuan.
Suddenly seeing the gold yuan, Chu Meiren was a little stunned for a moment, suspecting that she had seen a counterfeit currency.
The eunuch assigned to the side explained: "My dear, this gold round was originally intended to be issued and circulated throughout the world just like the silver round."
“But gold is incomparable to silver. It is too valuable. A little bit of gold powder can be used to make a sum of money. The court is already short of gold, so it cannot be allowed to be taken advantage of by the people.”
“That’s true.” Chu Qingli was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
To put it bluntly, the stock of gold is too small. Even if it were all minted into gold coins, facing the huge population of the Ming Dynasty, it would not be able to make a splash at all, and it would be easy to lose money.
"I also cast some before, and the Holy Emperor brought them all into the inner court as a reward. This is very beneficial."
She covered her stomach and saw the magnificence and the box of gold coins. She suddenly felt that the pain was not in vain. Even if it was red and swollen, it was worth it.
While the palace affairs were being dealt with here, the Ministry of Rites wrote an inscription about the affairs of the Dutch and foreigners.
After the Ministry of Rites split the Lifanyuan, a large number of internal vassals (chieftains) and outer vassals (Korea) were placed under the disposal of the Lifanyuan.
As for the few affairs involving the Franji people and other foreigners, the Ministry of Rites is still in charge.
“The Dutch actually want to send envoys to Beijing for an audience?”
Zhu Yixi was shocked.
If we say that an embassy was established in the capital in the past, its function was more like a business office. Those who came and went were all engaged in trade. The ambassador was also busy for trade, and at most he collected some information about the Ming Dynasty.
But the meeting today is the first time, and it is also the first time in the Ming Dynasty.
Meeting an envoy from a country that is not a vassal country seemed very rude and abrupt to the officials.
Is the emperor so easy to see?
Zhu Yixi knows exactly what the Dutch think.
After seizing Taiwan, the Dutch finally felt relieved and had to compromise, but they realized that the huge Ming Dynasty navy was the biggest obstacle to their monopoly in Southeast Asia.
But at the same time, the Ming Dynasty's trade also made them greedy, so that they were in a dilemma.
So they wanted to draw a meridian between the two countries to distinguish their spheres of influence, just like Portugal and Spain.
But such a proposal was immediately rejected by the Ministry of Rites.
What a joke, how dare a mere barbarian dare to point fingers at the Ming Dynasty?
To restore national power, do you have the qualifications to be equal to Ming Dynasty?
After encountering Man Tou Bao, the Dutch felt that it was not worth the time to deal with those bureaucrats, so they thought of directly attacking the emperor.
How dare those bureaucrats violate the consent of the dictator and emperor?
So, when meeting the emperor this time, economic interests came second, while political interests and protecting the forces in Southeast Asia became the main content.
Zhu Yixi is not interested in the meridian between Minghe.
Because the interests of Southeast Asia have been divided up, and the Dutch have eaten up 80% of it, how can we talk about this?