Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 751 The Dutch Want to See the Emperor
"Father--"

Early in the morning, the emperor woke up, and after the meal, the eldest son Zhu Cunhao ran over to greet him graciously.

Accompanying him are the second son of the emperor Zhu Cunhua, the king of Wu Zhu Cunqu, the fourth son of the emperor Zhu Cunbai, and the fifth son of the emperor Zhu Cun'an.

These five sons are all over six years old (false age), they have already entered school, and they have begun to learn. They look very sensible with a strict eye.

Although it was the boss Zhu Cunhao who took the lead, Zhu Cunqu retreated half a step, as if he could compete with him.

The princes are also very knowledgeable, and they basically surround the two of them.

This little cleverness can be seen everywhere in the palace, and every move has a deep meaning.

"Get up!" Glancing at the sky and then at the huge clock in the room, Zhu Yixi realized that it was nine o'clock before he knew it.

I did get up a little late.

"Go study hard!"

"Yes!" Several little guys walked away in small steps.

In order to improve education, the school of the princes is located in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, which can be said to be teaching under the nose.

Not only the prince can be under a lot of pressure, but the gentlemen are also under a lot of pressure.

Of course, even though he got up late, Zhu Yixi would not feel embarrassed, he was used to it these days.

Afterwards, Tian Ren ran over in small steps, although his steps were eager, but he was full of joy: "Return to the emperor, I am very happy——"

It turned out that three months ago, the weather was too hot, and the emperor was playing in the bath to escape the summer heat, with a group of court ladies waiting beside him.

At that time, the clothes were getting thinner and more uneven, so it was inevitable that something you love and I wish would happen.

Of course, the emperor is not such a ruthless person, as long as he is lucky, at least he will be named a beauty.

And if she serves diligently again, she will be promoted to Jieyu, and she will become Zhaoyi with special favor, and once she has an heir, it will be very different.

If it is a princess, it will be made a concubine, and if it is a prince, it will at least be a concubine.

In the absence of imperial concubines, concubines can be ranked after empresses and noble concubines, and there are only a dozen or so in the huge Forbidden City.

"The doctor at the Tai Hospital has checked the pulse, and it is indeed the Xi pulse."

Tian Ren leaned over with a smile on his face: "The pregnant woman is Chu Meiren, her family is a scholar, and her family background is clean."

"Oh!" With too many heirs, Zhu Yixi was not happy for a while, but got used to it.

Seeing that the emperor was a little confused, Tian Ren said in a low voice: "It's the one you praised her for being great..."

"She!"

Zhu Yixi immediately remembered the word "jade bowl upside down", and suddenly realized.

"Follow the rules!"

"By the way, I have to take good care of it. As long as I spread my branches and leaves for the royal family, regardless of whether it's a man or a woman, I have to keep it."

"Don't worry, the slave will watch it in person."

Tian Ren said solemnly.

Zhu Yixi was just playing insurance.

There are so many dark and private aspects in the Forbidden City, and you can't be too careful.

The concubine is pregnant, the doctor's pulse is the most basic thing.

The inner court also checked the emperor's living files.

And counting from the date of conception, after carefully checking the emperor's daily life files, it was deduced that the Chumei people 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 force the ugly Yinmao to come, and will never let them go.

Therefore, in those great unified dynasties, it is absolutely impossible to exchange civet cats for the crown prince, or to cuckold the emperor.

Although there is still a long way to go before the due date, there are many things that the inner court needs to prepare as soon as possible:
The nannies, women, nurses, and other "masters" such as sewing, washing, lighting, pots and stoves—even the nuns, are all ready.

You can listen to it at any time as long as you wait until the period of delivery and the birth of the fetus.

As soon as Chu Meiren left the imperial physician, the queen came to greet her with a large group of concubines.

Needless to say, rewards are things that will not exceed the rules.

Seeing that his family's resources were thin, the queen rewarded him another hundred gold coins.

Seeing the gold coins suddenly, Chu Meiren was a little stunned for a moment, suspecting that she saw a counterfeit coin.

The eunuch dispatched from the side explained: "Your Majesty, this gold coin was originally intended to be issued, just like the silver coin, to be circulated throughout the world."

"But gold is not comparable to silver. It is too expensive. A little bit of gold powder is a lot of money. The imperial court is short of gold, so we must not let the people take advantage of it."

"That's true." Chu Qingli was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly understood.

To put it bluntly, the stock of gold is too small, even if all of it is minted into gold coins, facing the huge population of Ming Dynasty, it will not be able to make a splash at all, and it is easy to lose money.

"I also cast some before, and the Holy Majesty will bring them all into the inner court as a reward. This is very beneficial."

She covered her stomach, and seeing the magnificence and the box of gold coins again, she suddenly felt that the pain was not in vain, even if it was red and swollen, it was worth it.

And when the court affairs are dealt with here, the Ministry of Rites puts up the title book, and the words are Dutch barbarians and other things.

After the Ministry of Rites split up the Lifanyuan, a large number of inner vassals (toasts) and outer vassals (North Korea) were disposed of by the Lifanyuan.

As for affairs with few barbarians such as Franji, the Ministry of Rites still presides over them.

"The Dutch actually want to send envoys to Beijing to have an audience?"

Zhu Yixi was shocked.

If we say that the embassy was established in the capital before, its role is more like a business house, and all the people who come and go are doing trade, and the ambassador is also busy with trade, at most collecting some information about Ming Dynasty.

But today's audience is the first time, and it is also what Daming always said.

To meet with an envoy from a country that is not a vassal state, in the eyes of hundreds of officials, this seems very rude and abrupt.

Is the emperor so easy to see?

Zhu Yixi knew exactly what the Dutch were thinking.

After winning Taiwan, although the Dutch were finally relieved and had to compromise, they realized that the huge Ming Dynasty navy was the biggest obstacle to their monopoly in Southeast Asia.

But at the same time, the trade of the Ming Dynasty also made them greedy, so that they were in a dilemma.

So they want to draw a meridian between the two countries to distinguish the sphere 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 criticize Daming?
Do you have the qualifications to be equal to Daming to return the power of the national border?
After encountering a full head, the Dutch felt that it was not worth spending time with those bureaucrats, so they wanted to attack the emperor directly.

With the consent of the dictator emperor, how dare those bureaucrats violate it?

Therefore, when meeting the emperor this time, economic interests came second, while political interests and protecting the power in Southeast Asia became the main content.

Zhu Yixi is not interested in the meridian between Ming and He.

Because the interests of Southeast Asia have been divided up, and the Dutch eat up [-]%, how can we talk about it?
(End of this chapter)