Daming 1805

Chapter 500 "The Economic Crisis Won't Happen"

At the gate of Buckingham Palace, Charlotte met her father, His Majesty King George IV.

The Prince of Wales has ascended to the throne and became the official king of the United Kingdom, but the coronation ceremony has not yet been held.

According to the tradition of Ming Dynasty, George IV was the new king and the filial son, who had to stay by his dead father's side.

Now it's time to greet the guests at the door, that is, the condolence staff from Daming, and at the same time come out to greet his daughter.

George IV first greeted Niu Jian and other representatives of Daming, and then looked at his daughter.

Charlotte has been looking at her father, the 58-year-old new king, who is now described as quite haggard.

Seeing his daughter's arrival, he had a smile on his face, but it was still difficult to hide the deeper grief and suffering.

In Charlotte's impression, his father was not very obedient to his grandfather, and it could even be said that he often made him angry.

It's just that the eldest son gave him a legal child after all, so they can barely get along with each other.

I didn't expect my father to be so sad when my grandfather passed away.

Charlotte stepped forward and hugged her father:
"Father... Royal Father, I'm back..."

George IV also hugged his daughter and patted her back gently:
"My baby, you are finally back..."

Charlotte nodded lightly, and then asked in a somewhat complicated tone:

"Is mom back?"

George IV's expression was a bit ugly, so he didn't answer the question directly, but asked the boy next to Charlotte:
"These two children are the children of you and His Majesty the Emperor Ming, right?"

Charlotte had already got the answer, so she stopped asking about her mother, since she hadn't seen her a few times since she was a child.

Charlotte introduces her child to her father:
"This big kid is the Diyu I mentioned in the telegram.

"Di Yu is his Ming name, and the English name I gave him is George.

"George, this is the grandfather I told you about. You can call him Grandpa in England."

Charlotte hugged her son to her father.

Zhu Diyu has an outgoing personality. Although he saw his grandfather for the first time, he was not crying and afraid, but rather curious.

Also according to his mother's request, he greeted with Daming elegant words:

"Grandpa, do you have a red envelope..."

George IV hugged Zhu Diyu, and when he heard his voice, he seemed to feel better:
"Okay, George, we have another George in our family.

"Then your full name is: George Dew Jue Hanover.

"My dear grandson, grandpa will give you a red envelope right away..."

George IV really prepared a red envelope, but it was not a red envelope, but two wallets.

One was handed to Zhu Diyu, and the other was handed to Yue Wei who was being held by the servant next to her:
"This little baby is Yuewei, right?"

Charlotte also introduced her daughter here:

"Her name in Daming is Yuewei, and I plan to call her English name Amelia, using my little aunt's name.

"But His Majesty, he will occasionally say a Peggy, so she has a nickname of little Peggy."

Thai and Western people choose their names so casually, they first use the names of their relatives.

Therefore, several generations of a family often use the same name, and names with special meanings will be passed down from generation to generation and become family symbols.

Like Georges of Hanover, Louis of Bourbon.

However, they will have different middle names, which are often used within the family, and are used by family members and close friends.

Just like Zhu Yuewei, her full name obviously became: Amelia Yuewei Zhu Peggy Hanover.

If the full name was written out, it would not be confused with Charlotte's little aunt, Amelia.

Charlotte's two children both added Zhu to their names and used Hanover directly.

Strictly speaking, this is actually not very in line with the rules.

Regardless of the traditions of China or Europa, doing so is actually very out of the ordinary.

In Taixi, Di Yu and Yue Wei are both illegitimate children, and logically they cannot inherit their parents' surnames.

But Charlotte is the de facto princess. She gave her son the surname of Hanover, which means that she will not marry again.

This means that he has regarded Zhu Diyu and Zhu Yuewei as his heirs.

This is a tradition formed after the second round of religious reformation in Western Europe.

More importantly, he was the son of the Ming Emperor, even if he was strictly counted as an illegitimate son, he would still be superior in status.

Moreover, in addition to the illegitimate son of Emperor Ming, he is also the legal child of King Dashi.

Now all countries in Thailand and the West recognize that the children of the Ming emperor and the king's concubines are also considered legal children.

Even if it is a big food country, its status is enough to be compared with the countries of Thailand and the West.

Therefore, Zhu Diyu's identity as a child of the royal family is not pure enough, and the identity of a child of the royal family is completely sufficient.

In Shenzhou, it was difficult for the children of their two outer rooms to enter the genealogy.

It was Zhu Jingyuan's special request to give Zhu Diyu an official name, which was assigned the character of seniority within the royal family.

Because this child has the opportunity to become the king of England, and he can bring Britain into the Ming system through him.

Daming people are all about practicality...

Moreover, he is indeed Zhu Jingyuan's serious son, who was raised at home and born normally, not raised outside.

If it wasn't for Charlotte to go back to be king and live in England and the United States for a long time, she would be given the official status of princess.

Conversely, for Charlotte and the royal family of Hanover, adding Zhu to the full names of their sons and daughters is an absolute honor.

Both of them would also be hot marriage candidates.

Especially Zhu Yuewei, once her identity is made public, the royal family of the whole Taixi may follow her.

This is the daughter of the Ming emperor and the future king of England!

George IV hugged Zhu Diyu for a while, and after handing over his grandson to the servants, he took over his granddaughter Zhu Yuewei.

As an orthodox king of Western origin, George IV has been keenly aware of this.

Even, George IV went deeper than most people think:

"Charlotte, did the Emperor Ming say that Yue Wei can marry the Taixi royal family?"

Charlotte answered naturally:
"Obviously not, Yue Wei can only marry mid- and low-level officers and officers of Ming Dynasty in the future."

George IV felt very uncomfortable when he heard this:
"It's really a pity, she is now the most valuable marriage partner in Taixi...

"There is no Taixi prince who does not want to be the son-in-law of the Ming Emperor.

"It's a pity that she is destined to become the wife of ordinary officials and soldiers of Ming Dynasty..."

Speaking of this, George IV thought of his grandson again:

"What about Di Yu? Will he marry princesses from Western countries in the future? Or will he marry a girl from Ming Dynasty?"

Charlotte didn't hesitate this time either:

"If nothing else happens, I still want to marry a Daming girl.

"According to the way the prince of the Ming Dynasty chooses his concubine, select the best female students from all over the Ming Dynasty.

"Also, according to the rules of Ming Dynasty, the prince can marry at least four concubines.

"Your Majesty has already said that as long as Di Yu can become the King of England, he will give Di Yu the title of Prince of Ming Dynasty, and he will be matched with the title of prince-level king of the vassal state.

"If you have the status of a prince, you can marry ten concubines of the Ming Dynasty.

"With the status of the king of the vassal state, the number will be even more.

"We don't have to worry about Di Yu's children at all.

"Of course, if other princesses of the Taixi royal family are willing to marry Di Yu, they can also be given the status of a princess.

"It's just that most of the royal family will not be willing.

"Because Diyu's queen must be from Daming, the heir will definitely choose the child of a Daming girl.

"In the future, Di Yu's children will have three-quarters of Ming blood, and there is a high probability that they will have no body odor at all.

"If their descendants marry Daming wives and concubines, their bloodlines will be further purified.

"Our royal family of Hanover will become more and more like the people of Ming Dynasty.

George IV could hear that Charlotte was very proud of this matter.

She seems to yearn very much for her child to become a Daming person.

To be honest, George IV was also a little proud.

Charlotte's child is also her own child, no matter how much Ming's proportion is in her bloodline in the future, the part from her will never completely disappear.

It just feels a little weird at the same time.

If my future descendants look exactly like the people of Ming Dynasty, and live according to the tradition of Ming Dynasty.

Even, the Emperor of Ming had to give them the title of King of the Ming Kingdom.

What should this kingdom be called?Is the "King of England" written in Ming characters?

Didn't Britain become a vassal state of Ming Dynasty?
Is that still the royal family of Hanover?
But George IV soon realized that it seemed pointless to think so.

According to Taixi's tradition, he has no son, and after his daughter succeeds to the throne, the name of the royal family should have changed.

Now the daughter has given her son the surname of Hanover, so that the royal family of Hanover can continue to inherit it.

Or it should be said that it is the "Zhu Ming Hanover" royal family.

This family name seems to have a lot of flavor.

The point is, Di Yu has no chance to inherit the status of Emperor Ming.

Because the succession to the throne of the Ming Dynasty is a selection system, it is impossible for Di Yu, who has Hanoverian blood, to be selected.

He can only be his grandson.

Time to design a new family crest for him.

So George IV also let go of that scruple, and let go of his pride.

George IV kissed his grandson and granddaughter, and the two children struggled so much that they couldn't help it.

George IV gave the child to the servants.

Then he took Charlotte together, accompanied Niu Jian and representatives of Daming, to formally mourn George IV's father, Charlotte's grandfather, His Majesty King George III of the United Kingdom.

A group of sons and daughters of George III also stood in front of George III's tomb, and Charlotte went to say hello to his uncles and aunts.

After the group mourned King George III, Charlotte said goodbye to Niu Jian and others, and went to rest in the room prepared by her father.

Niu Jian also led the Ming delegation, also led by officials of the British court, to rest in other palace areas.

After sleeping for most of the day, Charlotte basically recovered from the jet lag, and then made a special trip to visit her father again. Charlotte wanted to ask something.

George IV also wanted to talk to his daughter, because her daughter was his only immediate family member.

The two haven't seen each other for several years. George IV, as king, can only discuss many things with his daughter.

In the king's room, Charlotte asked her doubts:

"Father, the situation in the western and western countries does not seem to be very good?

"On the way I came, I felt that the market was not prosperous.

"It's different from what I've seen in previous years..."

George IV nodded as a matter of course and said:

"It's true that the past two years have not been good, but it's just these two years.

"Your impression is correct, in the past few years, the markets in Thailand and Western countries were very prosperous.

"Da Ming provided us with a large number of new technologies, and a new round of production technology innovation was in full swing.

"Researchers and officials agree that this is a new technological revolution.

"We call it the fuel-powered and electric revolution.

"Once again, the economy of our western continent has experienced unprecedented rapid development.

"A series of new products such as automobiles, airplanes, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines...

"According to Prince Dashi... the current Emperor of Ming Dynasty, it is a new product that can improve the living standards of human beings.

"In the royal family, nobles, and elite families in Thailand, it quickly became popular.

"However, some ordinary workers who do not have enough assets themselves, as well as a large number of middle- and lower-level civil servants and managers, longed for the upper-level nobles and elite groups, and purchased these new products from bank loans.

"They've overdrawn their income for years to come, and now it's time to pay back the money that was spent earlier.

"So the market has not been very good in the past two years.

"Once these people pay off their debts, the economy should grow again.

"Some analysts believe this will last up to three years.

"Because the vast majority of consumer loans are three-year cycles.

"After three years, a new round of prosperity will come."

After listening to her father's analysis, Charlotte's expression and mind were a little confused:
"Will it really recover?"

Charlotte was really a little worried. Charlotte felt that the things his father described were very similar to the situation that made Zhu Jingyuan even afraid.

Although Zhu Jingyuan didn't talk about it systematically with Charlotte, Charlotte still has a certain understanding of Zhu Jingyuan's thinking after being influenced by her ears and eyes since she was a child.

Zhu Jingyuan believes that production and consumption circulate and promote each other, and they are the yin and yang sides of the market.

Only when the two are balanced and coordinated can the cycle go on and on and on and on.

Just like Tai Chi Yin Yang fish.

Therefore, when the production efficiency increases rapidly, we must simultaneously strive to increase the consumption capacity of the market.

Both Zhu Jingyuan and his father Zhu Jianyan, the two emperors of Ming Dynasty, believed that the huge number of ordinary workers was the real main force of market consumption.

Zhu Jianyan, the former emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has always adhered to the policy of his enthronement period, and regularly raised the minimum wage.

Zhu Jingyuan has been working hard to improve the treatment of ordinary workers.

As the income of commercial firms has increased, a sufficient proportion of the money must be spent on processing money for workers.

It cannot all be used to build new factories.

Not to mention that it can't be used to speculate on securities. The two emperors of the Ming Dynasty hated stocks.

They think that borrowing is the bread and butter of ordinary people.

Securities and stocks are what the entire market and even the country need to eat.

They are all consuming future development potential in advance.

Zhu Jingyuan believes that if all factories unilaterally increase production, but consumption capacity cannot be improved simultaneously, the market will fall into a state of yin and yang imbalance.

Products will pile up and cannot be sold, and factories can only reduce production capacity and lay off workers.

Workers are unemployed and unable to get wages, and commodities cannot be sold.

Then the factory owners will go bankrupt, and the so-called economic crisis will come.

And my father, as well as most of the British and Western royal families and officials, probably think that the nobles and elites, that is, businessmen, are the main force of consumption.

Ordinary workers shouldn't aspire to the standard of living of the aristocrats and elites.

Their lifestyle of borrowing and spending is the most important reason for the current market downturn.

I hope their judgment is correct and the economic crisis will not really happen.

George IV nodded as a matter of course and said:

"Yes, scholars of economics now think so.

"Moreover, our state is still better than Lucia, Prussia, and Austria.

"Our royal family and the Ming royal family jointly built a large number of factories and commercial firms.

"The managers of Daming, in accordance with the requirements of the Emperor of Ming, forbid employees to use large-scale loans for consumption.

"So for a large number of employees in our joint venture with Daming, the consumption cycle is staggered from that of ordinary factory employees.

"Now the main consumers in the United Kingdom are the employees of the joint ventures of the royal family and the Ming royal family.

"Their spend is relatively small, but it's there all the time.

"Their actual unit income is also relatively high, and the speed of saving enough money to buy products such as refrigerators and washing machines is also very fast.

"Well, the French are similar, Louis XVII is a loyal implementer of Ming's policy, and Ming is more thorough than ours.

"Some people are already calling France the country of Taixi Xiaoming in private..."

"There is also our colony with the French in Yinzhou, and the involvement of Ming manufacturers is higher than that of the locals.

"In your America, most of the industries are run by Ming people.

"Well, the United States is relatively prosperous now, and I heard that the workers there can make money now.

"Many unemployed workers have gone to the United States."

When George IV said this, Charlotte was relieved a lot:
"Hopefully we can get better soon..."

(End of this chapter)