"Is anyone still kneeling outside today?" Zhu Youxiao said sullenly.

"Yes." Wang Liqian replied.

"What do you think these ministers? My western tour was different from Emperor Ying Zongrui's this time, I just went to the Nine Sides to have a look, and I didn't lead the army to go on an expedition. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty's nine sides are dangerous places, Your Majesty's safety is related to the Ming Dynasty's society, and the ministers are also loyal." Wang Liqian said softly.

"Can't even you understand my decision?" Zhu Youxiao said.

"Foolish, please forgive your majesty!" Wang Liqian knelt on the ground and said.

"Forget it, I'm tired, go to Kunning Palace for a walk." Zhu Youxiao said.

……

After Zhu Youxiao changed the rules of the palace, the female dependents of the harem concubines could often come to the harem to walk around, but in fact, the female dependents of the concubines came very rarely. It's just that during this time, Zhang Yan often came to the harem at the request of Zhang Guoji.

"Knock on the emperor!" Zhang Yan bowed and saluted.

"Excuse me, where's the Orb Man?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The queen has gone to Changchun Palace." Zhang Yan replied.

"Let's go to Changchun Palace with me." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"You're beautiful in this dress, this dress belongs to your sister." Zhu Youxiao said as he walked.

"Your Majesty has praised it." Zhang Yan replied with a slight blushing face, "This dress was given by the queen." ”

Seeing Zhang Yan's appearance, Zhu Youxiao knew that his words were wrong, and he didn't dare to praise women casually during this period, especially Zhu Youxiao's identity. It's just that Zhu Youxiao often forgets.

"Why didn't you go to Changchun Palace with Baozhu?" Zhu Youxiao decided to change the subject.

"When I came, the queen had already gone to Changchun Palace." Zhang Yan replied.

……

Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Yan chatted while walking, and the two soon arrived at Changchun Palace.

Every time Zhu Youxiao saw the fleshy Zhu Shuyan, he must kiss a few mouthfuls before speaking, and the boredom in his heart immediately dissipated.

"She is worthy of being my daughter, the more she grows, the more beautiful she becomes." Zhu Youxiao said proudly.

"Your Majesty......" Concubine Li Cheng said with a smile.

"It seems necessary to clearly stipulate in the Da Ming Law that a woman must be at least 18 years old before she can marry." Zhu Youxiao said suddenly.

The marriage law of the Ming Dynasty was very characteristic of the times, and the "Da Ming Law" was independently separated from the household department and the "Marriage Gate" had a total of 18 articles, and some decrees were also promulgated. Among them, in the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that "the common people should marry according to the "Zhuzi Family Rites", and all men should be 16 years old and women over 14 years old and listen to marriage", but at this time it was not as strict as the previous dynasties.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao suddenly thought of this matter was because he was thinking about his daughter, and secondly, for the purpose of protecting women.

There is also a hidden purpose, that is, Zhu Youxiao thinks that if another person crosses over from the afterlife, if this person is still a persistent person, and he is bent on marrying a woman over the age of eighteen or twenty, it will be really troublesome!

At this time, you can get married at the age of fourteen, and in real life, more than ninety percent of women are married at the age of sixteen. If you can survive to the age of eighteen to twenty, it will be a leftover girl of this era.

In the case of blind marriage and blind marriage in the Ming Dynasty, it is almost impossible to have the possibility of leftover women, especially the kind of woman who is both talented and beautiful, as soon as she is fourteen years old, the threshold of the woman's family must be broken, and the ground must be stepped on a few inches lower, if you can survive until the age of eighteen and have not married, it is simply a miracle in the history of the Ming Dynasty. If you are bent on marrying an unmarried woman who is over 18 years old and talented and beautiful, it is really harder than winning two lottery prizes.

If it was placed before the Ming Dynasty, it would be really harder than winning the lottery grand prize ten times. Zhu Youxiao often thinks about the story of the "monument" uploaded on the Internet, he wonders if it is because that person has not been able to marry a wife after the crossing, so he set up a monument in a fit of anger?

"Your Majesty, where do you want to go?" Zhang Yan covered her mouth and smiled.

"I'm right, even the rules of the Zongren Mansion have to be changed." Zhu Youxiao said solemnly.

"Okay, whatever the emperor says, it's what it is." Zhang Yan said with a smile.

"I have my sister Princess Ningde, Princess Suiping, and Princess Le'an, especially Princess Zhu Huiyan of Ningde is now fourteen years old, if she doesn't change, Zhu Huiyan will get married in two years at most." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, you don't really want to change it, do you?" Zhang Yan asked in surprise.

"Really, I'm not going to be joking about this anymore." Zhu Youxiao said seriously.

"Your Majesty, the concubine thinks you should ask Princess Ningde's opinion?" Zhang Yan persuaded him.

"Of course." Zhu Youxiao said.

……

Zhu Huiyan is Zhu Changluo's fifth daughter, and the first four sisters all died. This has a lot to do with the royal family's marriage system and parenting regulations, and it also has a lot to do with the current medical conditions.

"Fifth sister, I asked you to come today because I wanted to discuss something with you." Zhu Youxiao said.

"But by the emperor's orders." Zhu Huiyan said.

"I have decided to let you marry when you are eighteen years old, and I am going to give you a dowry not to build a princess's mansion when you get married, but to give you a dowry to live in your husband's house, and your husband to choose by yourself, as long as you are satisfied, the imperial concubine is satisfied, I will agree." Zhu Youxiao said.

"But according to the emperor's orders, the royal sister must obey." Zhu Huiyan said softly. But until now, she still hasn't understood what the emperor meant.

……

Although Zhu Huiyan didn't understand what Zhu Youxiao meant, her mother Fu Yifei came directly to the door. The face of the imperial concubine, Zhu Youxiao didn't dare not give it. Zhu Youxiao explained for a long time, and even asked the imperial doctor to prove his argument that "a woman's body is fully mature after she reaches the age of eighteen".

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao also emphasized the importance of mutual affection in marriage, and he cited examples such as Princess Changde and Princess Yongchun to prove his claim.

As for not giving the princess's mansion, Zhu Youxiao promised to discount it and give it to Zhu Huiyan as a dowry. And Zhu Youxiao also carefully analyzed with Fu Yifei why the outstanding men of the Ming Dynasty were unwilling to be concubines, and also gave the example of a popular folk song "Ten Funny" in Beijing. ”

Zhu Youxiao tried his best, and his mouth was dry before he could barely convince Fu Yifei that Zhu Youxiao was Zhu Huiyan. It's just that Zhu Youxiao's decision is still in the plan, and I don't know if it will cause opposition from the ministers of the imperial court?

At this time, Zhang Guoji found the emperor again. This time again, we are talking about cement.

Since cement was advertised in the Ming Imperial Daily, the demand for cement began to grow exponentially, and Zhang Guoji's workshop was increasingly unable to meet the needs of the market.