Daming 1805

Chapter 178 Don't Let Your Son Be Around Only Orchids

For the first time, Zhu Jianyan left the palace with the emperor's guard of honor and returned to his original palace.

Zhu Jianyan's concubine and wives, as well as the children who stayed at home, waited in the yard together.

When Zhu Jianyan entered, everyone saluted very solemnly and formally.

Right now, the entire palace feels like it is in a dream.

Although after Zhu Jianyan was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the princess, other wives and children have already had some guesses.

But until now, it is hard for everyone to believe that Zhu Jianyan can really succeed to the throne.

Including Zhu Jingyuan's mother, Liang Yunying also felt a little unreal.

Zhu Jianyan waved his family to excuse him, and took the whole family to sit in the main hall of the palace.

Zhu Jianyan made some arrangements for moving into the palace, and let his wives, concubines and children go away.

Since the Renwu Dynasty, all kinds of things handed over by the new and old emperors have been established, so that there will be no troubles.

Zhu Jianyan first went to his concubine's room, the old couple chatted for a while, and then went to Zhu Jingyuan's mother Liang Yunying's room.

Give Zhu Jingyuan's letter to his mother to Liang Yunying:
"A personal letter from our son to you."

Liang Yunying immediately took it over, took out the letter paper and read it carefully.

After a few seconds of silence, he turned to look at his husband, and said in a serious tone:

"Your Majesty, my concubine is going to the Great Food Kingdom."

Zhu Jianyan was taken aback:
"Are you going to the Great Food Kingdom? Did Jingyuan ask you to go?"

Liang Yunying carefully put away the letter paper, put it in the original envelope, and put it in the drawer of her dressing table:
"Jingyuan didn't ask me to go, I think I should go."

Zhu Jianyan subconsciously asked:

"What are you doing there? Do you miss your son?"

Liang Yunying nodded as a matter of course and said:

"I do miss my son, but I am more worried about his safety, mainly because I am afraid that my son will be exhausted."

Zhu Jianyan laughed and said:
"Don't worry so much, Jing Yuan is young and mature, and he won't act recklessly.

"There is also a security department arranged by the father, and all suspicious personnel can't get close to him.

"Besides, he is the best at assigning work to others, and he will never tire himself out."

Liang Yunying shook her head vigorously, and said in a more serious tone:
"But the affairs in the backyard can't be arranged for outsiders, and there is no reliable and stable speaker in his palace.

"He's already the king now, and he's also taking care of the affairs around Daqinhai and Mozhou, and he has to deal with the affairs of the inner courtyard of the palace by himself.

"There are so many things that he needs to do by himself now.

"The matter in the backyard of the palace should have been taken care of by the princess, but Jingyuan is only 15 years old, and there is no princess yet.

"Even if he has a concubine, she is probably a little girl of his age, and she is not capable of helping him manage the huge palace.

"So I, a mother, have to go.

"I have to live in his palace for a year and a half to help him sort out the rules in the palace.

"By the way, urge him to find a princess as soon as possible, and help him train the princess as much as possible...

"Then I, a mother, can rest assured."

Zhu Jianyan finally realized the problem after listening to these babbles:
"I was careless, Jingyuan is not an ordinary prince, but also the king of a vassal state, the key is that he is actually a vassal now.

"Although he is only 15 years old, he already has his own palace and lives alone overseas.

"But in his palace, there is no mistress whom he can absolutely trust and who can help him manage the affairs of the palace."

Liang Yunying also nodded vigorously:
"That's right, so what do you think, Your Majesty, is the most important thing for Jingyuan now?
"The concubine feels that the most important thing is not to be a good food king, or the actual governor of the right army's governor's mansion.

"It's about starting a family for me quickly. After the new year, he will be 16 years old. He has to give me a grandson as soon as possible."

Zhu Jianyan was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted again. At the same time, he was a little excited and looking forward to it:

"That's right, Jing Yuan will be 16 years old after the new year. According to the rules, he can start personnel affairs, and he can have children..."

Thinking of this, Liang Yunying became even more worried:
"It is possible to have children, but he is a big food king overseas, and now he only has a group of orchids around him.

"It seems to be twenty now, and there will definitely be more in the future. Those feudal states of Xiyi like to send orchids.

"I don't want his eldest son to be born to Hu Ji, Your Majesty, you shouldn't either, right?

"So I have to ask the clan mansion to arrange a few Ming girls.

"I'll bring it to him personally."

Zhu Jianyan agrees with Liang Yunying on this issue, but Zhu Jianyan remembers something else:

"Father has actually mentioned this matter, but Jing Yuan said that he has to look for it by himself first, according to the rules, he has to be allowed to look for it by himself now..."

Liang Yunying was slightly taken aback:
"He wants to find it by himself...but right now beside him...there aren't many girls from our Daming for him to choose from.

"The courtiers of his palace are said to be quite simple and honest, otherwise they wouldn't be left in the Great Food Kingdom.

"Can they raise smart and beautiful daughters?
"The rest are new immigrants from the Great Food Country, most of whom are ordinary manual workers.

"You can't raise a girl who is knowledgeable and polite.

"There are no large-scale primary and secondary schools over there. If Jingyuan himself has no choice, wouldn't he have to use Orchid in the end?"

Now Zhu Jianyan is a little bit worried:

"It's really troublesome. Jingyuan asked the imperial court for a teacher before, and planned to set up a primary and secondary school there..."

Liang Yunying's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard this:
"Your Majesty...in that case, why don't you personally arrange some teachers for Jingyuan to go there.

"The screening criteria is not based on how good the teacher is, but whether he has a beautiful, smart, and age-appropriate daughter in his family.

"Let these teachers go there with their family members, ask Jing Yuan to give them more money, and build a house for them next to the palace.

"This kid has a lot of money now. He told me in the letter that he has an income of at least 6000 million silver bills a year, so don't spread it..."

Zhu Jianyan already knew how much money Zhu Jingyuan could earn.

With an annual income of 6000 million silver notes, it is of course a level of sudden wealth for nobles and ordinary people.

But compared to the Ming court, compared to the Daming Huangzhuang, it is not worth mentioning.

What Zhu Jianyan cares about is Liang Yunying's suggestion:
"That's a good idea. Jingyuan also asked the imperial court for officials from the royal residence. You can choose him according to this standard...

"No, the criteria for arranging officials in the entire Dashi region is to first check whether there is a suitable daughter in the family.

"There are also schools, not only can send teachers, but also directly send students there.

"Girls from poor families who are good in character and learning, want to continue to go to middle school but have no conditions, we can ask Jingyuan to pay for their education.

"But the place to go to school is in Dashi Country, let these girls immigrate to the Daqinhai area with their parents and relatives.

"Let Jingyuan pay for the construction of the school, pay the teachers, and give living allowances to these poor girls.

"The school was built directly in his royal city, which is between the inner and outer walls of the palace.

"It's the safest place for ordinary people to live in. Jingyuan can go to the school to inspect and supervise the teaching work at any time.

"He will be richer in the future, and I will have to give him more rewards for his contributions later on. It's perfectly fine to support a few free schools.

"Build a few schools of this kind in the big food area, and sponsor a few schools in advance in the places where you want to go in the future."

Liang Yunying became a little excited when she heard this:
"Your Majesty is wise! In this way, Jingyuan's lifelong affairs will be fine, but if only girls' schools are built...wouldn't it be good to use them to choose concubines?"

Zhu Jianyan immediately smiled and waved his hands and said:
"Of course we can't just have girls' schools, boys' schools should be built according to the proportion, it's just a separate place.

"These students are not only for him to choose concubines, but also for him to cultivate talents for the Great Food Kingdom.

"Now the officials and craftsmen of Ming Dynasty are getting more and more stressed. In the future, the vassal state will have to cultivate talents in advance."

Liang Yunying nodded seriously:

"Your Majesty is more thoughtful, so let's arrange these things like this.

"I will go there with the officials and teachers of the Great Food Kingdom in a few years' time."

Zhu Jianyan carefully wrote down these things and planned to start making arrangements in the afternoon or tomorrow.

After making up his mind, Zhu Jianyan thought of something else and decided to ask Liang Yunying for his opinion:
"Yunying, now I should give Jingyuan a reward for hosting the peace talks, and under normal circumstances there should be dividends from the land and Huangzhuang.

"Do you think I should ask him directly to see what land and Huangzhuang he wants?"

After Emperor Shizu, the harem was allowed to intervene in politics.

But this intervention in politics is not for the concubine to directly govern, but for the emperor to serve as a staff member and secretary.

These empresses and concubines are all high-achieving students themselves, and they are also the closest people to the emperor. For more confidential matters, it is more convenient to find them than bachelors.

Liang Yunying thought for a while and said:
"I think, Your Majesty should bestow the reward according to your own ideas, this is your official reward as the father of the king.

"If Jingyuan really wants something from somewhere, let him ask you for it alone.

"I think it's good for both parties..."

There is no need for Liang Yunying to say what the specific benefits are, Zhu Jianyan immediately understood in his heart.

Giving rewards directly through official channels can better reflect his authority as the emperor and also the authority of the court.

If he came to ask himself for something again, that was the family relationship between the son and the father.

For Zhu Jingyuan, the benefit is the benefit of being able to get a double share.

So both sides benefit.

Zhu Jianyan held Liang Yunying's waist and let her lean on his shoulder:
"Then Yunying, what land do you think I should give him?"

Liang Yunying joked with a smile:
"Panama!"

Zhu Jianyan almost didn't hold back his posture:
"The imperial court and the clan in that place are keeping a close eye on it, either setting it up as a chief envoy or setting up a Huangzhuang, no one can monopolize it.

"Moreover, the construction period of the canal will take more than ten years, and it may not be able to pay back within ten years after completion.

"So it's not appropriate to set it up as Huangzhuang and give the dividend right to Jingyuan."

Liang Yunying shook her head with a smile and said:
"Your Majesty, you can make up your own mind..."

Zhu Jianyan thought for a while:

"Give him the island of Crete that Yasugaki dug out from Osman.

"The main part of the Great Food Kingdom is a large desert, and places like Quicksand City are really not suitable for reproduction.

"Compared to Xintianfu, Crete is still not as good as it is, but it is much better than Dashi Kingdom itself.

"It is possible to build part of the schools in the Great Food Country on Crete.

"The entire surrounding area of ​​Great Qinhai also needs a university, so it should be placed on the island of Crete."

Zhu Jianyan felt that he had arranged it well, but Liang Yunying immediately refuted:

"Your Majesty, that island is supposed to be part of the Great Food Kingdom, how can it be used as a reward for Jingyuan's merits?"

Zhu Jianyan nodded with a smile and said:
"Yes, yes, Crete will give it to him directly, and then choose a place with beautiful scenery and spring-like seasons from Xintianfu and Tiannan Continent."

Liang Yunying finally smiled and said:
"It's almost there."

(End of this chapter)