My Daming New Empire

In addition to the fiefdom, the Ministry of Rites also needs to establish a genealogy for Meng Meng and his family, register it in the register, and announce the credits he has made to the world one by one.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of European countries, the imperial court must establish a complete set of meritorious service for Monte's canonization.

The Secretary of General Administration and the Ministry of Rites have also communicated well. The credit for connoisseurship of Monte is that he encountered a local plague on Bago Island on his way to Europe this time. Because of his active efforts to treat the local natives, he won the hearts of the natives and won the favor of the whole world. The island was attached to Ming Dynasty.

Because of this, the imperial court handed over the commercial and economic rights of Bago Island to Monte, and designated a small island with fresh water as their family fiefdom.

Bago Island is also the Andaman Islands of later generations, and it is still dominated by natives today.Apart from mahogany, the island is not rich in other resources.

This island was actually taken by the Mu family of the Duke of Guizhou. Their family's fiefdom was moved from Yunnan to Burma in later generations, turning it into the southern border of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Mu family has done enough, and the contribution of an island belonging to Daming is not important to their family.

Zhu Zhanji was still chatting with Monte and his son, and the servant reported again: "Your Majesty, Duan Renzhi, the viscount of Huyang, brought his granddaughter to kowtow."

"Xuan..."

Meng Zheng had been listening to his father and Zhu Zhanji with lowered eyebrows, but at this time he couldn't help but raised his head, glanced at Zhu Zhanji, and then turned his gaze to the outside of the hall.

Duan Renzhi, a former imperial hero and the first generation football star of Ming Dynasty, is also in his 60s this year, but he has been exercising for a long time, and his body has always been in good health. He still looks like he is in his 60s in his 40s.

Now that he has retired from the army, he is restless and coaches the polytechnic football team.

He was suddenly summoned by His Majesty today and asked him to bring his granddaughter with him, which made Duan Renzhi feel at a loss.

When I came here, I was still wondering whether my granddaughter was favored by the prince, and His Majesty wanted to marry her.

But this reason is not reasonable, because my granddaughter is a little fat, which does not meet the aesthetics of Daming people.

That's why Meng Zheng, a boy with a different race, likes his granddaughter who is tall and plump, so he wants to betroth his granddaughter to Meng Zheng, a proud disciple.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw the Monte father and son standing up before His Majesty, and the doubts in his heart were relieved.However, even greater doubts arose again. How could His Majesty pay attention to this marriage between the two of them?

"Minister Duan Renzhi and granddaughter Duan Qi pay a visit to His Majesty..."

Because he didn't see the emperor often, Duan Renzhi came to the stage, knelt down respectfully and kowtowed three times.

When Duan Qi saw her fiancé present, she was extremely happy, but at this moment, she didn't dare to go beyond the rules and kept her eyes fixed.Following behind his grandfather, he kowtowed three times.

"Be flat, give me a seat." Zhu Zhanji hooked his hands, and a female official came to Duan Qi who got up, and said softly: "Miss Duan, Concubine Ma is waiting to see you in the back hall, please come with me. "

Duan Qi recognized that the other party was the lady of Cao Guogong's family, and she didn't dare to neglect and saluted in a low voice, "Please trouble Li Shangyi."

Nowadays, the maids in the palace are not selected from the folks in the past. Most of the court ladies are the daughters of honorable and ministerial families.

They enter the palace at the age of 16, serve in the palace for three years, and leave the palace before the age of 20.

In the beginning, these court ladies were only selected from the families of low-ranking officials, but because they had to be carefully served after they entered the palace, the environment in the palace was very training.

After these maids left the palace, they were trained one by one, and they were favored by the big families.The female officials who can stand out in the palace are all very capable, even if they become the head of a big family, it is not a problem.

For this reason, when the female officials were selected in the palace, no one was willing to enter the palace at the beginning, but everyone wanted to rush to enter the palace.

Not to mention ordinary small families, even the duke's mansion and the marquis' mansion are rushing to send their own daughters to the palace to exercise.

So much so that the [-] new female officials recruited by the palace every year have become a struggle to enter the palace.

Duan Qi followed Li Shangyi to the apse, and saw the graceful and luxurious Concubine Ma.

She is the highest-ranking concubine in the imperial palace besides Concubine Lan.The Ma family is now a rich and powerful family in Daming, and is highly valued by Zhu Zhanji. Not to mention the small family of the Duan family, even ordinary clans dare not underestimate this seemingly gentle Concubine Ma.

Duan Qi met Concubine Ma Gui this time as a lady, and was then intimately arranged by her on her left. "Your Majesty asked me to comfort you today, but I'm not a good talker, so I can only chat with you a few words."

Duan Qi has been perplexed all day, and has no idea what happened.At this time, she could only suppress the doubts in her heart, and said softly: "The little girl is lucky enough to see the imperial concubine today, and she is lucky in three lifetimes. Whatever orders the imperial concubine has, the little girl will definitely obey."

Ma Xin nodded and asked, "From what you've seen, what is the root cause of our great Ming's prosperity?"

"The common people live and work in peace and contentment, the government is clear, and the business is prosperous. The little girl knows this because she is short-sighted."

Ma Xin asked again: "Then do you think that if we want to maintain our current strength, do you still need talents from all walks of life to continue to work hard?"

"It's natural, it's just the imperial concubine, the little girl is just an ordinary person, I don't know what the imperial concubine is saying to the little girl."

Ma Xin smiled and said, "If I say that Daming also needs you to work, would you be willing?"

Duan Qi didn't expect such a result, she looked at Ma Xin in surprise and disrespectfully, then quickly lowered her head. "The little girl is naturally willing."

Ma Xin then said: "Now Your Majesty needs Mengzheng to serve, and in the future he will send Mengzheng to stay in Europe. Your Majesty knows that you and Namengzheng have an engagement. Since you want to send Mengzheng to go out, of course you must get married first." After that, I’ll go. From now on, I’m afraid you will have to stay away from Daming and live in a foreign country.”

Duan Qi was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and said: "The so-called marrying a chicken as a chicken and marrying a dog as a dog, even if you suffer hardships with Meng Lang, it is the life of a little girl."

Ma Xin smiled and said: "The Meng family is considered rich, not to mention that His Majesty wants to confer them as earls. It is not necessary to endure hardships, but in the future, Meng will be responsible, and he will inevitably show some ostentatious behavior in the future. Your Majesty is afraid that you will be wronged, so Let me comfort you first."

This made Duan Qi even more puzzled.I don't understand how Mengzheng works for Daming, so she will be wronged.

But Zhu Zhanji knew very well that since he wanted to turn Mengzheng into a first-class spy of Ming Dynasty, Mengzheng would inevitably have some popular ways in order to integrate into the upper class of Europe in the future.

In this era where wives regard their husbands as the heavens, today's women generally don't care too much about their husband's flirtatiousness, but if they are too ostentatious, it will inevitably affect their reputation.

Zhu Zhanji was not afraid that Duan Qi would be wronged, but he was afraid that she would not know the depth and cause too much trouble, which would affect Meng Zheng's plan.

So let Ma Xin explain to Duan Qi, and don't let her hold her back in the future.

Ma Xin waved his hand, and all the female officials who were serving at the side withdrew, and then he told Duan Qi in detail about Zhu Zhanji's arrangement for Meng Zheng.

Only now did Duan Qi understand why the imperial concubine and empress would meet her in person today.His Majesty wants to use Mengzheng again. For this plan, he even conferred the title of earl on Mengzheng, just to give Mengzheng the status of the son of an earl.

Duan Qi is also honored that her future husband is so valued by His Majesty. Although she knows that she will suffer some grievances in the future, she doesn't care about her at this time.

"The little girl already understands the meaning of the empress. Since Meng Lang has a heavy responsibility, the little girl will naturally not hinder him. It is also an honor for the little girl to be able to work for Daming."

"It's fine if you can think about it, but Your Majesty and I will not let you be wronged. Your Majesty will not care about Monte's playful, but will only recognize you as the mistress of the Earl's Mansion in the future."

The two talked together for a while, until the female officer came to report that His Majesty had seen everyone, and Duan Renzhi and the others were leaving the palace, so Ma Xin left.

After coming out, a female official told that at Xi'an Gate, His Majesty and Concubine Ma gave Duan Qi a cartful of gifts as a wedding gift.

After returning home, Duan Renzhi and Duan Qi discovered that the presents were all expensive silks and satins, as well as a box of royal jewelry.

Those silk phoenix ornaments can only be worn by concubines and princesses, and noble daughters of the clan.

Duan Renzhi was puzzled. When he saw His Majesty today, he only knew that His Majesty was going to send Mengzheng to work in Europa. Since he was working for the Secretary of General Administration, Duan Renzhi also knew what Mengzheng was going to do.

Duan Renzhi didn't take it seriously that his granddaughter was also going to Europa. Since the husband is going to Europa, it's only natural for his wife to go with him.

He asked why, but Duan Qi didn't want to make his grandfather worry, she just said: "Your Majesty is sorry that I want to go to Europa with Meng Lang to suffer, this is to make up for my granddaughter, and my granddaughter deserves it."

At this time, Monte and his son came to see him.