Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Jishi and Maria's bedroom is in the East Warm Pavilion, and the place where he and other concubines spend the night is in the West Warm Pavilion, and there is a study room connected to the West Warm Pavilion, which is the place where Zhu Jishi works and meets guests. This study is not large, and the furnishings are very simple, just a desk, bookshelves, a few chairs, and two coffee tables. Zhu Jishi sat on a chair, three women sat opposite him, the middle one was the queen Luo Xiangmei, and Luo Xiangju and Maria sat on the left and right. Originally, there was nothing to do with Luo Xiangju today, but Maria took it upon herself to invite her over, and said to Zhu Jishi that she would give Sister Ju'er a chance - this favor was clever enough.

However, Luo Xiangju still had a worried expression, flashing two big eyes and looking at Zhu Jishi pitifully, as if begging for mercy. Luo Xiangmei was still calm and composed, holding the queen's shelf.

"In the end, she is a female boss of the underworld, how can she bow her head so easily...... Zhu Jishi thought to herself, "Maria knows how to control a man's mind, sometimes a woman's surrender is the strongest weapon to conquer a man!" ”

Zhu Jishi sighed and said, "Sister Ju, you and Maria go and prepare, I have something to say to your sister." ”

Luo Xiangju let out a sigh, got up and bowed respectfully to Zhu Jishi, and went out with Maria. There were only two people left in the house, Zhu Jishi and Luo Xiangmei.

"Emperor Xie forgave Ju'er, she has a deep affection for the emperor, and I ask the emperor to have more mercy on her."

Luo Xiangmei's words made Zhu Jishi frown slightly, it's really strong! With such a mother, I really don't know what kind of temper that kid is in Dao Guoxiong?

There was no joy or anger in Zhu Jishi's tone: "Sister Ju still likes it." As long as she gives me another prince. I promoted her to be a concubine. ”

In other words, my sister still has a chance! Luo Xiangmei exhaled. You said quietly: "The emperor really misses the old love, this is true for Madame Duran, this is true for Sister Maria, how can it be different for Sister Ju?" ”

"I'm the same with you." Zhu Jishi's eyes showed a little tenderness, "I will not forget your contribution to help in Borneo, if it were not for you, I am afraid that I would not have been able to get to this point today, and I have a share of you in the world." ”

"Maria's share too, right?" Luo Xiangmei's tone was tinged with jealousy. "I heard that the emperor whipped her twenty lashes, she must be distressed after the whipping, right?"

The corners of Zhu Jishi's mouth curled, showing a strange smile, the scene of punishing Maria that night was fragrant enough, the woman first received ten whips, but she actually said that she couldn't enjoy it, and asked for ten lashes, and then ...... Of course, Zhu Jishi is not willing to really fight, he is simply playing a game.

Luo Xiangmei then changed her serious tone: "The emperor summoned the concubine to come today. There must be something to say to the concubine, right? ”

Zhu Jishixin said: "This woman has been a little boring since she came back from Europe, and she seems to have only business in her heart......

He said lightly: "There is something. I want to tell you about the "Imperial Code" and the education of the prince. He paused, "There must be rules in the harem, but now that some have passed, you are all my family, not my slaves, how can any family members kneel and bow at every turn when they meet?" In the future, it will be enough to change it to a bowing ceremony. ”

"The concubine knows the way."

What kind of etiquette to do is a small matter, and what Luo Xiangmei cares about is the ethics behind the ceremony...... Because of what happened before, although she was snubbed by Zhu Jishi, the ethics of the harem were still established. The loss of power by Su Yuniang and Wang Yunjiao shows that Luo Xiangmei, as the main wife, has a transcendent status!

Even if Zhu Jishi doesn't like her very much, her status is unshakable - in the traditional code of ethics, the status of a wife is far from being comparable to that of a concubine! Even if the husband does not like his wife, he has no right to divorce his wife, unless the wife has committed the seven rules and does not meet the conditions of "three nos". And Luo Xiangmei, who is the queen, is even more justified in rectifying the order of the harem, this harem is originally her territory, if Zhu Jishi punishes her for this reason, she is making enemies of the entire Chinese ethical system, with Zhu Jishi's liking and muddy character, it will never be like this.

Zhu Jishi nodded: "There is also the education of the prince, Xiangmei, do you know the Tao, I don't want to teach the future king of the Ming Dynasty to be a generation of heroes!" ”

Luo Xiangmei was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhu Jishi with incredible eyes: "Your Majesty ......"

Zhu Jishi didn't wait for Luo Xiangmei to finish being stunned, so he looked down and said: "For the future of the Ming Dynasty, I have been thinking about it these days, the Ming Dynasty can only be maintained and prosperous by generations of British lords?" But in our thousands of years of Chinese history, how many people can be regarded as British masters? ”

He snapped his fingers and said: "Counting from the first emperor, among the emperors who dominate the world, they are considered to be the heroes, that is, the first emperor, Han Gaozu, Han Wu Emperor, Han Guangwu Emperor, Sui Wen Emperor, Tang Taizong, Song Taizu, and our Ming Taizu, Chengzu, and I am the emperor." Even if the Tartar puppet emperor is counted, at most, Kublai Khan and Xuan Ye are considered British masters. There are only twelve of them! It can be seen that in Chinese history, the emperor is still confused! And among these twelve heroes, only Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Xuan Ye were educated from childhood, and the others were all heroes who fought in the bloody storm by fighting on horseback! It can be seen that the imperial upbringing of our country is extremely unsuccessful. It took more than 2,000 years to teach three British masters, and I am afraid that there are no less than 100 people who have been trained by the faint king, Xiangmei, do you say that I can expect my children and grandchildren to be British masters from generation to generation? ”

Luo Xiangmei frowned, why was Emperor Zhu's thoughts so strange? How can this Ming Dynasty be able to do without the governance of the British Lord? Could it be that it depends on a carpenter like the Emperor of the Apocalypse? Since it is difficult to train the master of Zhilu Daoying, it is even more necessary to find a good master for Guoxiong and teach him well!

Zhu Jishi looked at Luo Xiangmei seriously, although he knew that the other party's thinking couldn't understand him at all, he still had to tell his wife his thoughts.

"Instead of fantasizing that our male can become the so-called hero of one in a hundred, it is better to leave him a world that can be governed without much wisdom, and let him rule the world is my way. Therefore, I don't want to train him to be a hero, I just want him to receive a normal new education, with other children of the same age. ”

Luo Xiangmei's eyes widened, she couldn't believe what she heard, and she bowed her head...... This means that Zhu Jishi wants to turn the Ming Empire into a British Empire!?

"The emperor wants to follow suit...... Anglia? She asked tentatively.

Zhu Jishi nodded and said with a smile: "Xiangmei, it seems that you have seen some things in the past two years in Europe, I just want to learn the English method, rely more on the parliament and the constitution to govern the world, and the king does not have to be too wise, as long as he has a medium appearance, he can be competent...... Even if our Xiong'er is the same as the first emperor of Xizong, he can make the world peaceful. ”

He looked at Luo Xiangmei seriously: "Xiangmei, I will achieve this goal in my lifetime, so Xiong'er will definitely be able to sit on the throne, unless you really educate him to be a hero, I will deprive him of his inheritance!" ”

That's right, if Zhu Guoxiong is a mediocre person, Zhu Jishi is happy to hand over the emperor's throne to him, anyway, there is a parliament, a constitution, and a cabinet, and the emperor has no problem even if he is a mascot. However, will the so-called generation of British rulers in history tolerate their power being limited by the constitution and shared by the parliament and cabinet? This answer can be figured out with his heels, so Zhu Jishi doesn't want to train his son into a self-righteous generation of heroes at all.

Luo Xiangmei was stunned for a moment, the expression on her face changed, like reassurance, like unwillingness, and a deep uneasiness, and she sighed after the last, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, the concubine is wrong, it turns out that the emperor has a long-term plan, and wants to leave a world that can be ruled by the arch for future generations, the concubine is a villain, and the concubine misunderstands His Majesty and Sister Maria......"

Zhu Jishi smiled: "It's good that you can understand, although what you did before didn't fit my intentions, it's not a big deal, as long as you don't go out of sync with me on the issue of the prince's education in the future, I won't remember a little thing." ”

Luo Xiangmei breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhu Jishi gratefully: "I will listen to the emperor for everything in the future." ”

Zhu Jishi smiled again: "That's good, my heart is here, there are still important things to do tonight......" (to be continued......