Daming 1805

Chapter 161

After Zhu Jingyuan took notes, he continued to watch An Xiaona and the three show off their clothes.

After getting a real feel for the upper body effect of the "capitalist suit", I asked An Xiaona and the three to change into other clothes:

"You don't need to come out after the change, I'll go in and have a look..."

The three little girls didn't respond, they agreed of course and went back to change their clothes.

Chu Yuqiang and the craftsmen all smiled.

When they made these clothes themselves, they became aware of the characteristics of the leftover clothes.

Only the men's "capitalist suit" is suitable for large-scale promotion and sales in the market.

The other two sets of women's clothing with skirts that only reach the knees are definitely not suitable for female relatives to wear directly out of the house.

It is estimated that it was used in the backyard of the palace.

In fact, Zhu Jingyuan himself originally planned to let An Xiaona and the three of them wear it, but the discussion just now reminded Zhu Jingyuan.

Nowadays, it is considered indecent for women to show their legs, whether in the East or the West.

Then of course I can't let my company's subordinates wear indecent clothes to show outsiders.

Although I don't feel anything in my heart, it may affect my reputation as a prince and the reputation of my female subordinates.

This time the three girls changed clothes relatively slowly, Zhu Jingyuan waited for nearly 10 minutes before the nanny came out to invite him in.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw three completely modern girls standing in the middle of the antique room.

Slim white shirts and short suits, knee-length slim skirts, simple pumps, silk ties and silk knee high socks.

Wearing this modern female business attire, the three little girls looked even more unnatural.

Although the whole body is covered tightly, there is nothing directly exposed.

But the clothes are all slim, and the lines of the body are fully displayed.

There are also strange skirts and high heels that make people have to be careful when walking.

But now in the room, there is only the nanny in charge and His Royal Highness, there is nothing to be afraid of.

So they all stood there calmly and let Zhu Jingyuan watch the effect of their clothes.

An Xiaona, who was the liveliest, took the initiative to comment:

"Your Highness, you designed this high-heeled shoe, which is much better than any we have seen before.

"Although the heel is the highest level, it's not uncomfortable to wear..."

Looking at the appearance of the three of them, Zhu Jingyuan felt very strange in his heart.

This kind of clothes was originally for modern mature women, which can show their femininity very well.

But the clothes themselves are not revealing at all, so they can be worn in formal public places.

These three little girls are still in the shape of children, and their bodies can basically be regarded as "straight", and of course they have no feminine charm.

However, little girls have a very special feeling when they wear men's suits.

When a little girl wears a mature professional woman's suit, she has another special feeling.

But either way, it's very interesting.

After hearing An Xiaona's words, Zhu Jingyuan immediately asked with great interest:

"How old are you to wear high heels before?"

An Xiaona immediately explained eloquently:
"I've seen it at home before, the structure of that kind of shoes, when the foot is put in, it is the posture of grabbing the ground with the toes.

"It's uncomfortable to walk a few more steps, so basically no one wears it to go out.

"His Royal Highness designed this kind of shoes, the posture is the same as normal tiptoe, and the whole sole of the foot is supported.

"I feel like I can just go out in it.

"It's this skirt...hehe...it's really too short..."

An Xiaona laughed as she spoke, and reached out to caress the hem of the skirt at her knees:

"If we go out dressed like this, we will probably be arrested by the police..."

Immediately, Zhu Jingyuan sighed again, the girls from the merchant's family really had seen too much.

This lively character is also really likable.

But it is still too small, and it will take a few years to use it...

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head with a smile and said:
"Then don't wear it to go out, just wear it at home, and change to another skirt for me to see..."

Zhu Jingyuan said and went into the bedroom inside, and didn't go to the living room to wait again.

The three little girls immediately started to move, simply changing the skirt was very fast, and it was resolved in less than 3 minutes.

Now the professional attire has become the college uniform, but the three of them forgot to change their shoes and are still wearing high heels, which looks nondescript.

Zhu Jingyuan came out again, asked them to change their shoes into student leather shoes, and looked around them again.

He nodded slightly in satisfaction, and asked them to change into the last coat.

The last set of clothes is the sailor suit, pleated skirt, and student leather shoes.

The version is not slim, it is more convenient to put on and take off, and the pleated skirt is also convenient for movement.

But the top of the sailor suit is relatively short, so it doesn't matter if you stand normally, but as long as you raise your arms and move, you will occasionally reveal a little tender flesh around your waist.

However, as long as it is not a particularly large-scale activity, the belly button will not leak out.

That's the beauty of a sailor suit that's cut just right.

The skirt can be placed to cover the knees and thighs, but a little movement can reveal part of it.

This is also the subtlety of the knee-length pleated skirt.

The three little girls obviously noticed these problems, so they didn't dare to move anymore, and stood there with their heads down and blushing, not speaking.

Zhu Jingyuan sat down behind his desk, and watched the three of them nodding slightly in satisfaction.

The images of the three little girls are very good, and this outfit has a sense of comics.

It's just that skirts that cover the knees are considered conservative in modern times, but they are really too radical in this era.

Their current set of clothes, no matter in the East or the West, cannot do without the indecent label, which is even more serious than the one just now.

Probably it is in private houses and romantic occasions that ordinary people will not be pointed at.

Obviously, it is impossible to wear it normally anyway.

Zhu Jingyuan rested his chin on one hand, and looked at the three little girls in a daze.

So much so that the nanny in the room became nervous.

What she cared about was not the three little girls, but Zhu Jingyuan, the grandson prince.

Zhu Jingyuan is only 15 years old this year. According to the rules of the royal family, he can only break his body after the end of the year.

If Zhu Jingyuan made an exception here, he would never be able to afford to go around, so he had to be very careful.

In fact, Zhu Jingyuan didn't think about that at all. Zhu Jingyuan was thinking about deeper social issues.

Which groups are more beneficial to a relatively conservative social atmosphere and a relatively sufficiently open social atmosphere?

For traditional nobles and ordinary people in the middle and lower classes, it seems to be relatively beneficial.

Nobles can take advantage of their privileges to take concubines aboveboard.

Ordinary people can rely on the conservative social atmosphere and the harsh laws formulated by the nobles to ensure the safety of their family members.

In this social environment, adultery is an absolute felony.

The law of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulates that a husband can directly kill both adulterers when he catches the adulterer without guilt.

The damaged group may have nothing to do with production, hang out in the streets all day, or Ximen Qing and his like who covet other people's families.

This kind of person is the most common participant in adultery cases. Once caught, he will have to peel off his skin if he is not dead.

Or it is a group of businessmen who have money but no status. They cannot buy more concubines, and money cannot bring enough enjoyment.

Especially after the Renwu Dynasty, the implementation of various laws became more and more strict, and at the same time it was completely forbidden to enslave the Ming people.

This conservative atmosphere has also become beneficial to ordinary women in Daming.

Either enter an ordinary family as a wife, or enter a powerful family as a concubine.

Don't worry about the ending of being a concubine but being a slave.

In Daming, a concubine is not equal to a slave.

But the premise is the real legal concubine.

Daming laws, civilians, over forty years old, childless, can only take one concubine.

A concubine who meets this condition is a legal concubine, has the family status stipulated by law, and is an official family member.

Legal concubines have the same official documents as wives, but it is clear that their family status is lower than that of wives.

But a concubine is definitely not a slave.

Neither the husband nor the wife can beat and scold at will, and it is even more impossible to sell and give away.

Of course, killing a concubine will also be punished as homicide.

However, before the Renwu Dynasty, in most cases, many nominal concubines were essentially slaves.

If the man is under 40 years old, or the wife has already given birth to a son, any concubines taken at this time are illegal, and those who come in are slaves.

Or a man claims to be a concubine, but without official paperwork, is still legally considered a slave.

They were even low-income households who bought them in bulk, and kept them as entertainers at home or as gifts for others.

This kind of actual environment has led to the misconception that many people have the status of a concubine as a slave and can transfer or even sell them at will.

It's not that the concubine's status is equal to that of a servant, but that many servants are using the name of a concubine. It sounds nicer to say this, and it's just for the master and servant to hypnotize each other.

After the Renwu Dynasty, it was completely prohibited to use Daming people as slaves, even if the prince did it, he would be punished according to the law.

The situation where a concubine is a slave is basically eliminated.

Of course, the ruling class is privileged.

Those with meritorious service can take one concubine, and officials can take two concubines.

The royal family has ten concubines of the prince, four princes and princes, three generals, and two lieutenants.

This number was stipulated by Ming Taizu, and it was much lower than the number of women these people could actually get.

Therefore, before the Renwu Dynasty, even if they had such privileges, these people would still take concubines illegally and refer to slaves as concubines.

It was not until the Renwu Dynasty that these regulations were truly strictly enforced, and the situation of referring to slaves as concubines was fully corrected.

Later, it was even overcorrected, and most clans did not have the required number of concubines.

Zhu Jingyuan's father, Zhu Jianyan, was a prince. According to regulations, he could have ten concubines, but in reality there were only four concubines.

Why did ancient dynasties limit the number of concubines for nobles and wealthy merchants?
Universal marriage is an important foundation for the stability of the dynasty, and those with wives and children are afraid to make troubles.

Assuming that too many women become concubines of nobles and rich families, it will inevitably result in a large number of lower-class men without wives, and it is unpredictable what bachelors can do.

In the absence of any management at all, the male fertility rate may also tend to the [-]th law.

That is, [-]% of newborns will be left by [-]% of men, and the other [-]% of men will only leave [-]% of offspring.

The aristocratic class cannot possess a large number of women, and wealthy families cannot treat their slaves as concubines. Only ordinary people in the middle and lower classes can have relatively normal marriages.

Only in this way can the Ming Dynasty be stable.

At the same time, after the Renwu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty began to expand in an all-round way.

While prohibiting the people of Ming Dynasty from being slaves, the people were allowed to buy and use foreign slaves.

The wealthy business class can also buy foreign female slaves to meet their needs.

The current slaves must be foreigners, and the concubines, apart from the common people of Ming Dynasty, only Korean maidservants and women.

Regardless of the nobles or commoners of the Ming Dynasty, men or women who pursue a stable life, they all tend to maintain the original relatively conservative atmosphere.

Looking at it the other way around, the group that opposes the conservative atmosphere and favors the open atmosphere is actually not that big.

Whether it's hooligans and those with bad intentions, or women who are naturally inclined to seek excitement and experience novelty, they are only a small minority at the entire social level.

The main force that really promotes the openness of the social atmosphere is actually the owners of the manufacturers.

Owners without aristocratic status and fame, although they can also buy foreign slaves for entertainment, but management is more important.

Women are potential workers who account for more than half of the entire society.

The cost of hiring citizen women as workers is actually lower than buying foreign slaves to do the work.

The relatively conservative social atmosphere makes women's families and women themselves unwilling to work in factories, and even if they are allowed, they will be extra cautious.

Especially in the case of the great development of social productivity, the husband can support the whole family by working alone, and the woman can be a full-time wife.

Is there any reason why women can also go out of the house and work in factories?

The owners of the manufacturers, the new elite groups, and the bourgeoisie chose to spare no effort to promote women's sexuality, advocating an open and free social atmosphere.

Liberating women can reduce production costs in two directions.

When more labor force enters the market, the bargaining power of laborers themselves will be reduced, and jobs that both men and women can do will be handed over to women.

At the same time, since women can come out to work, there is no need to pay men to support the whole family alone.

The remuneration that requires both husband and wife to work to support the family will become the new "reasonable" labor remuneration.

From this perspective, feminism is actually the same as the abolition of slavery, and is essentially driven by interests.

Only when things are related to actual interests can someone spare no effort to promote them and truly achieve long-term success.

As for the openness of the relationship between the sexes, the legality and irresponsibility of adultery and childbirth are just by-products.

Zhu Jingyuan's current status is actually very contradictory. He is the top Ming aristocrat, and he may even become the ruler.

But Zhu Jingyuan is also a manufacturer operator.

Zhu Jingyuan thought about it, and four words slowly came out of his mind:
"Do nothing to rule."

That is neither against nor support.

What is not opposed is that women learn and master knowledge to take the initiative to play a greater role.

Women who show up for a living will not be punished.

Just like many traditions of the Central Dynasty, such things as going out in only trousers, women disguised as men, and Long Yang grinding mirrors were nothing at all.

When it comes to the oppression of women and other special groups, the Central Dynasty is really insignificant in front of Xiyi.

What is not supported is anyone who contributes to the flames on related matters, and anyone who plays tricks around related topics for personal gain.

Continue to severely punish those who force women into prostitution and those who induce Hong Xing to cheat.

Continue to severely punish those who actively commit adultery.

To put it bluntly, it is to protect the real honest people, most of them are honest people regardless of men and women.

This is the tradition of the Central Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jingyuan's attention returned to his eyes again, looked at the three girls in front of him and said:
"You can just wear this kind of clothes at home, but don't wear them to go out..."

An Xiaona said subconsciously:

"Even if His Highness allows us, we dare not wear it out..."

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and nodded:

"Put away the clothes I gave you today, go back and pack other things, and you should go home in two days."

The three girls immediately gave a small cheer.

Although the three sets of clothes are very weird, they are also very interesting, and they may be of great use, so the three of them are very happy.

And finally going to the mainland of Ming Dynasty, finally going to the capital of the Celestial Empire, the largest city in the world.

It is natural to be happy.

(End of this chapter)