By the time the meeting finally ended, it was already early in the morning.

The delegates were all tired, but the old emperor was in the opposite state, he seemed to be more energetic than when he came.

The old emperor said goodbye to everyone with a smile and walked away from the Wenhua Hall by himself.

The princes and ministers left the palace one after another after saying goodbye to each other with some doubts.

Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jingyuan, father and son, instinctively glanced at each other after getting into their own car again.

Zhu Jingyuan asked in a somewhat strange tone:

"I'm going to be a scholar in one step now, what do you think now, father?"

Zhu Jianyan sat up straight:

"The lonely king doesn't think about anything now, don't think about it, rest well after you go back, and talk about the rest tomorrow.

"You don't have to be pressured, formal peace talks will not start immediately, just to determine the time and place of the negotiations, you have to negotiate for at least ten days and half a month.

"It may take longer for each country to confirm the name of the representative and all the delegates to the negotiation site, so I have time to guide you in basic negotiation skills.

"Although our negotiations with the Ming Dynasty have always relied on the power to bully others, the basic rules still need to be understood."

Zhu Jingyuan also returned to seriousness:

"Thank you for your support."

Zhu Jianyan smiled at this time and patted Zhu Jingyuan on the shoulder:

"Do a good job, our family will depend on you in the future."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded silently and didn't continue to say anything, because the sleepiness came up, and he couldn't bear it a little.

As the grandson of the emperor, Zhu Jingyuan has been enlightened since he was four years old, and under the supervision of special servants, he lives in strict accordance with the schedule of the children of the royal family.

There are clear rules about when to wake up, when to eat, when to study, and what to study.

The time to go to bed at night is ten o'clock, and Zhu Jingyuan has never stayed up until after ten o'clock.

Today in the Wenhua Palace, he was in charge of politics with the princes and ministers until midnight, and Zhu Jingyuan's spirit was actually very tired.

When discussing in the palace, I was in a state of high spirits, so I didn't feel anything.

After coming out, I got in the car, and with my father, my spirit quickly relaxed, and I immediately felt my eyelids fight.

Zhu Jianyan also stopped talking, urging the driver to drive a little faster.

After entering the palace, he let the car drive directly into the courtyard where Zhu Jingyuan lived.

Zhu Jingyuan was in a hurry when he left, and his mother, Mrs. Liang, and the maidservants beside him didn't have time to ask what was going on.

In the evening, the two of them never came back, and Mrs. Liang and the maidservants around her were a little worried. (Princes and concubines with children are usually named ladies).

Mrs. Liang couldn't sleep either, so she asked the maid to guard at the door, and when she saw that Zhu Jianyan's car finally came back, she immediately came out to pick up people at the door.

Waiting for Zhu Jianyan's car to stop, Mrs. Liang went over to help her son down, and asked Zhu Jianyan with some concern by the way:

"Lord Wang, Jingyuan went to the palace with you? He didn't come back until this time, and this kid didn't get into a big accident, right? ”

Before Zhu Jianyan could speak, Zhu Jingyuan himself smiled and said:

"Mother, you asked this, you just thought that I was in trouble, right, I made a meritorious service today......

"What can you do?"

Mrs. Liang's expression was a little dazed, and she looked at Zhu Jianyan with a verifying gaze, and Zhu Jianyan couldn't help but smile:

"That's right, Jingyuan has made a great contribution today, but the matter will be kept secret for the time being, and you will know after the reward is awarded in a few days."

Seeing that Mrs. Liang seemed to still have doubts, Zhu Jianyan smiled and waved her hand and said:

"Don't ask at this time, let's go back to the house first, let Jingyuan go and rest, he has never stayed up until this time."

Mrs. Liang nodded and agreed, helped Zhu Jingyuan into the room, handed it over to the maid in Zhu Jingyuan's room to take care of, and finally took Zhu Jianyan to her room.

The two maidservants in Zhu Jianyan's room, Chunxiang and Qiuyue, helped Zhu Jingyuan to sit down on the bed, and asked while helping him loosen his clothes:

"Your Highness, do you want a supper? Do you want to take a bath? ”

Zhu Jingyuan was really sleepy, and waved his hand directly and said:

"Don't have a late-night snack, I can't hold it anymore, go to bed first, take a shower and come back tomorrow morning from exercise......"

After Zhu Jingyuan finished his clothes, he went directly into the quilt.

Watching the two maidservants carefully turn off the lights and leave, Zhu Jingyuan suddenly thought of something in his heart.

As a result, with a wave of sleepiness, Zhu Jingyuan decided very decisively to think about it tomorrow, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep directly.

At six o'clock the next morning, Zhu Jingyuan, whose biological clock is exceptionally accurate, woke up on time.

After the reform of Renwu, the imperial court officially split the twelve hours of the day again, and officially established the status of twenty-four "hours".

Later, in daily use, the last "Chen" of the hour was slowly omitted, and finally became the current daily "hour".

In order to facilitate the salutation, Xiaochen is no longer called by the ground branch, but directly uses the number, called "when".

According to the living norms of the princes and grandsons, even if they stayed up late last night, the morning exercise still cannot be delayed, and they can only make up for sleep in the afternoon.

So Zhu Jingyuan immediately stretched his waist and got up, and washed and changed his clothes under the service of two personal maidservants.

Seeing the two maidservants again, Zhu Jingyuan also thought about the incident of last night again, the question that appeared in his mind at that time.

After the revival of Renwu, the Ming Dynasty clearly forbade the Ming nation to be enslaved, to serve the envoys in violation of regulations, to be exiled in the lightest, and to be beheaded in the heavy.

The so-called Ming nation is the human race that has lived in the Ming Dynasty since ancient times, such as Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Huizang, Weiyi, Zhuang, Miao Yao, etc.

According to the new system of Renwu, all the Ming clans, except for the derogation of crimes, are male and female, and they are all citizens of the empire when they become adults, and they are collectively referred to as Ming people to the outside world.

So now the servants of the meritorious and noble families are either long-term hired servants in the form of contracts, or slaves imported from abroad.

The average elite has only a small number of hired workers in the family, and only the relatively middle- and upper-class wealthy families can afford to buy real exclusive slaves.

Zhu Jingyuan is the grandson of the emperor, his father is a prince, as the top nobleman, the family has both highly educated hired workers and housekeepers, and real slaves imported from abroad.

The hired workers themselves are still "people", and they are the people who have the right of abode or above in the eight levels of the populace hierarchy prescribed by the empire.

In layman's terms, a citizen is his own person, a citizen is a person of his own who has a low status or is restricted, a person with the right of abode is an outsider who is treated as a person, and a servant is not considered a person.

If a person with the right of abode status is killed, the government and the yamen will deal with it as a homicide case, and if they are beaten and scolded by the head of the family for no reason, they can also report to the official and resign.

However, if the servant is killed, it will only be dealt with according to the damage of property, and the beating is only compensation for the loss.

Since slaves belong to property and can be traded relatively freely, they are naturally divided into many ranks according to their popularity.

First-class Korea, the Tang Dynasty Silla maid, the Ming Dynasty Joseon maid, is a very popular slave since ancient times, and it is almost a traditional culture.

Second-class Japan, mainly with women, emerged after the Ming Dynasty conquered Japan, and belonged to an emerging culture, and Korean women and women were important economic sources for the two feudal states.

The third-class Burmese, including Siamese and Annamite people, are mostly not as popular as the first two classes in terms of image, but they are relatively cheap and easy to use, and are the most common medium slaves.

Fourth-class Tatars, Central Asia, Tianzhu, Persia, Turkic, Great Food, etc. are all considered Tatars, and there are ethnic subdivisions inside, but the price is about the same, depending on personal preference, female slaves are specially called orchids.

The fifth-class Yin people, the Yinzhou people, called the Indians in the West, are actually about the same popularity as Tatar and Burma, but the production area is far away, the sales are less, and the price is slightly expensive.

The sixth-class Nanyang people are the brown people on the Nanyang islands such as Luzon, Java, and Jiugang, that is, the Kunlun slaves of the Tang Dynasty, and are the most common low-level slaves.

The seventh-class white slaves, mainly white Europeans, were also counted as white-skinned Dashi and Tianzhu, and the cost of arrest was relatively high, and most of the native white slaves were prisoners of war who could not afford to pay the ransom.

The eighth-class black slaves, mainly black Africans, and Australian aborigines, are relatively large in number overall, and they are the lowest level of coolie slaves.

Emperor Shizu set the rule that white slaves and black slave males must be castrated when they enter the territory, and black slave females must also be castrated, but the operation is cumbersome, so there are basically no female black slaves.

Tatar and white slaves, Nanyang and black slaves, sometimes the difference is not very obvious, mainly depends on whether the body has a smell.

Tasteless female white slaves are actually more popular, but their natural number is very small, and it is more difficult to obtain, and the key is that they cannot be sold at the price of Japanese women.

Therefore, there were no slave dealers who went to find tasteless white slaves, so that the orchid market was monopolized by Central Asia and Tianzhu for a long time.

The question that Zhu Jingyuan is now considering is how to deal with these slaves and related industries after the withdrawal of Korea, Japan, Burma, Siam and other places.

After the Korean maids, and maids became the nation, they could no longer be slaves, and the servants and envoys would be criminalized.

However, it is not possible to be released without recklessness, and most slaves are not capable of living independently.

Poor handling can lead to slavery......