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Wu Chunqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, walked briskly into the corridor in front of Zhu Jishi's imperial study in the Hot Spring Palace. This most outstanding diplomat of the Ming Empire has finally returned to China and has become a genuine foreign minister, and now you can see how proud he is by looking at his expression. During his years in the Americas, he not only won the title of county duke for his outstanding diplomatic work (he was also a founding hero, previously a marquis), but also married a little beauty from the Confederate States of America as a second room. It's a happy mess, and I can't suppress a smile on my face when I walk in the corridor of the hot spring palace.

Weng Tongyi was standing at the door of the imperial study, and when he saw Wu Chunqiu coming over, he arched his hand, and then said in a low voice: "Brother Chunqiu, the emperor is now in the imperial garden, and he is talking about things with the prince and Maria, and the emperor asked you to go over to find him by yourself." ”

As soon as Weng Tonggong waved his hand, a petite and delicate maid in a kimono appeared in front of him, Weng Tonggong pointed at Wu Chunqiu and said to the maid: "Take Lord Wu to the Imperial Garden." ”

The imperial garden is a harem, and of course foreign ministers cannot trespass, and even the guards in charge of guarding are women. Only a few important ministers such as Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan, Zheng Hong, Liu Peng, Han Si, Luo Junqi, etc., as well as the staff of the imperial study like Weng Tongyi, can enter and leave the harem without being called, and of course they can not go anywhere.

Wu Chunqiu nodded, and was about to follow the maid to the imperial garden, when he suddenly turned around and asked, "The emperor has decided to let the prince go out for a walk?" Weng Tongyi smiled and said, "The emperor probably wants the prince to experience it, right?" Wu Chunqiu smiled and nodded, this is a good opportunity - the emperor will not rest assured that the crown prince will bear so much responsibility alone. Now there are not many officials in the Ming Dynasty who really understand diplomacy and are qualified to accompany the crown prince on his foreign visits. The most suitable person. It seems to be yourself. Come to think of it. So he turned and followed the kimono maid towards the little garden.

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

"Uh, is there already? That's great...... I'm finally going to be a grandfather. But I can make it clear to you, this child must not be the heir to the throne. Yuan Xuedie is the same, no matter how much you like her, it is impossible to make her the crown princess. ”

"Erchen understands." Zhu Guoxiong nodded again and again with a happy expression on his face. It turned out that Emperor Zhu had given him the chosen attendant before and was pregnant with a child. The 19-year-old crown prince will soon become a father. However, the waiter named Gen Xue Die is the concubine of the Mito Tokugawa family, and although her status is not low, this bloodline is not very correct after all.

Although Zhu Guoxiong likes this waiter very much, he still knows the stakes involved...... Why can he be the crown prince himself? Isn't it because my mother is a Han with Miao Zhenggenhong? Otherwise, a woman born as a gangster female boss can be compared to a French duchess and a princess of the Tokugawa family in Mito, Japan? There is even a Mexican empress who may be the Empress of the Ming Dynasty! If Zhu Guoxiong must let a Japanese woman be his crown princess, wouldn't he be shaking his mother and his own status? Although this crown prince is a bit honest, after all, he was born in the emperor's family, and he still has this scheming.

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

"Thank you, father." Zhu Guoxiong also responded politely.

"Let's add some of the cost of the East Palace." Zhu Jishi smiled and said, "Add it to 50,000 silver dollars a year." ”

"Thank you, father."

Of course, Zhu Jishi's children have to spend money to support, but Emperor Zhu doesn't want to develop the habit of spending money lavishly on his children. So they didn't give them too many annuities. The average prince has an annuity of 1,000 yuan per year. The princess is a little more, reaching 2,000 yuan. However, the crown prince and the prince who has the status of king or crown prince receive much more annuities. The starting board is 5,000 yuan, and there are also funds provided by the countries they rule. And the prince's previous annuity was 30,000 yuan. Of course, this money is not for them personally, until they reach adulthood, it is at the disposal of their biological mother. Therefore, the actual expenses of each prince or princess are also closely related to whether their biological mother is rich or unwilling to spend money.

In addition, when the prince or daughter reaches the age of 18, there is no vassal throne to be established. Zhu Jishi will also give them knighthoods according to the "Royal Family Model". However, there is also a big difference between the titles obtained by the prince and the princesses, among which the highest title that the prince can get is only the marquis, and if you want to go further, you have to earn it by your ability.

However, the education that Zhu Jishi gave to his children was the most high-end in this era, and there were no restrictions on those sons who could not be kings, whether they were in the army, politics, or business.

On the contrary, the title of the princess is higher, and it can reach the princess or the county lord, the former is equivalent to the prince, and the latter is equivalent to the county king. As a result, the annuities, gifts, and fields received were far more generous than those of the princes. This is because the current Ming Dynasty has not yet reached the era of women's emancipation, and upper-class women do not seem to have much way out except to marry.

Of course, whether it is the prince or the princess, the title of the prince is to be reduced when their descendants inherit it, which is also stipulated in the Ming aristocratic system. Except for vassals who own territories (including kings), everyone else's titles are reduced when they are inherited. And there is no "eternal royal system", the royal status of ordinary princes and princesses can only be passed on for three generations among their descendants, and then they are ordinary nobles, and even the nobility may not be able to be retained for a few more generations!

After talking about family affairs, Zhu Jishi turned the topic back to state affairs: "Emperor, Tsar Alexander II of Russia has invited you to visit Constantinople, and I feel that it is time for you to go out for a walk." Why don't you take a year off from school and visit Europe and the Americas? Britain, France, Germany, the Confederate States of America, Mexico and Poland, as well as Turkey, should have invited me to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

"Britain is also going?" Zhu Guoxiong was stunned. The relationship between China and Britain is very unharmonious!

"Naturally, I'm going." Zhu Jishi said with a smile, "Emperor, you should go to the UK to take a look, although they are our opponents, there are many things worth learning from us, especially the British political system." The current constitutional system of the Ming Dynasty is modeled after the United Kingdom. As he spoke, his expression became solemn again, "And the industrialization of Britain started many years before us, and the social problems they encounter now are also what you may encounter in the future." It's good to go to the UK and find out. In addition, Poland is also worth visiting, where Mr. Engels implemented a very good agricultural system, which can become a reference for agricultural improvement in our Ming Dynasty. ”

Further reforms in agriculture in the Ming Dynasty are now only in the works. How to arrange and implement many specific systems still needs to be studied and consulted by various parties. Of course, it is indispensable to examine the examples of foreign countries.

"Father, the rural communes in Russia are said to be an excellent institution as well. Farmers can be effectively managed...... Erchen also wanted to investigate. Zhu Guoxiong pondered.

"It's fine." Zhu Jishi nodded, "It's good to go to Russia to have a look......

Zhu Jishi's brows were already furrowed, and many situations about the abolition of serfdom in Russia during this period of time were also gathered here by Zhu Jishi. Among them, the rural commune system - including public ownership of land, contract production to households, regular redistribution of land, and member autonomy and so on, all make Zhu Jishi have a sense of déjà vu! Of course, he did not know that the Russian rural commune system gave birth to the revolution of 1905 in history, which in turn gave birth to the Tosrepin reform, which destroyed the commune in favor of the kulaks, and this reform was to some extent an important reason for the demise of Tsarist Russia! He even had some suspicions that it was because of his butterfly effect that the Russian Tsar had found an effective system to alleviate the contradictions in the countryside, and perhaps the Tsar's rule would become more stable as a result. Thinking of this, Zhu Jishi fell into contemplation again, and he didn't even notice that Wu Chunqiu came over. It was Maria who reminded: "Your Majesty, Wu Shangshu has already come." (To be continued.) )