After Zhu Jingyuan took notes, he continued to watch An Xiaona and the others display their clothes.
After getting a real feel for the upper body effect of the "capitalist suit", An Xiaona and the other three were asked to change into other clothes:
"You don't have to come out after changing, I'll go in and take a look..."
The three little girls didn't react at all, so they agreed naturally and went back to change clothes.
Chu Yuqiang and the craftsmen all had smiles on their faces.
When they made the 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 knee are definitely not suitable for women to wear directly out of the house.
It was probably used in the backyard of the palace.
In fact, Zhu Jingyuan himself was originally planning to let An Xiaona and the others wear it out, 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.
Of course, I can't let my company's subordinates wear immodest clothes to show to outsiders.
Although I don't feel anything wrong 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 more slowly. Zhu Jingyuan waited for nearly ten minutes before grandma came out and invited him in.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw three completely modern girls standing in the middle of the antique room.
Slim-fitting white shirt and short suit, knee-length slim-fitting skirt, simple pumps, silk tie and silk knee-length stockings.
Wearing this modern female business attire, the three little girls felt even more self-conscious.
Although the whole body was covered tightly, there was nothing directly exposed.
But the clothes are all slim-fitting, 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 we are in the room. There are only the grandma in charge and the prince, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
So they all stood there calmly, letting Zhu Jingyuan watch the effect of his clothes.
An Xiaona, the liveliest person, even took the initiative to comment:
“Your Highness, your design of this high-heeled shoe is much better than anything we have seen before.
"Although the heels are of the highest quality, they are not uncomfortable to wear..."
Zhu Jingyuan looked at the three of them and felt very strange in his heart.
This kind of clothes was originally meant for modern mature women, and can show off their feminine charm very well.
But the clothes themselves are not revealing at all, so they can be worn in formal public settings.
These three little girls are still in the figure of a child, and their bodies can basically be regarded as "straight". Of course, they have no feminine charm.
However, there is a very special feeling when a little girl wears a men's suit.
When a little girl wears a suit worn by a mature professional woman, she has another special feeling.
But no matter which one it is, it is very interesting.
After hearing An Xiaona's words, Zhu Jingyuan immediately asked with interest:
"How old are you before you wear high heels?"
An Xiaona immediately explained eloquently:
"I've seen it at home before. The structure of that kind of shoe. When you put it in, you have to grip the ground with your toes.
“It’s hard to walk even a few steps, so almost no one goes out wearing them.
“Your Highness designed this kind of shoes so that the posture is just like standing on tiptoes normally, and the entire sole of the foot is supported.
“I feel like I can just wear it and go out.
"It's this skirt...hehe...it's really too short..."
An Xiaona laughed as she spoke and reached out to stroke the hem of her skirt at her knees:
"If we go out dressed like this, we will probably be arrested by the police..."
Zhu Jingyuan immediately sighed again, these two merchant girls really have seen too much.
This lively character is really lovable.
But it’s still too small, and it will take several years before it can be used...
Zhu Jingyuan smiled and shook his head and said:
"Then don't wear it when going out. Just wear it at home and change into another skirt for me to see..."
Zhu Jingyuan said and entered the bedroom inside without going to the living room to wait again.
The three little girls immediately started moving. Simply changing their skirts was done in less than three minutes.
This time, the professional attire turned into college uniforms, but the three of them forgot to change their shoes and still wore high heels, which looked nondescript.
Zhu Jingyuan came out again, asked them to change their shoes into student leather shoes, and looked around them again.
He nodded lightly with satisfaction and asked them to change into the last tops.
The last set of clothes is a sailor suit, pleated skirt, and student leather shoes.
The fit is no longer slim, it is easier to put on and take off, and the pleated skirt is also convenient for movement.
However, the top of the sailor suit is relatively short, so it won't make a difference when standing normally, but as long as you raise your arms and move, you will occasionally expose a little tender flesh on your waist.
However, as long as there is no particularly large-scale activity, the belly button will not leak out.
That’s the wonder of a sailor suit tailored just right.
The hem of the skirt can cover the knees and thighs when lowered, but a little movement can reveal part of it.
This is also the subtlety of a knee-length pleated skirt.
The three little girls had obviously discovered these problems, so they did not dare to move. They stood there with red faces and lowered heads without speaking.
Zhu Jingyuan sat down behind his desk and looked at the three of them and nodded lightly with satisfaction.
The three little girls all have good looks in their own right, and they look very cartoonish with their outfits.
However, a skirt that covers the knees is considered conservative in modern times, but in this era it seems really too radical.
Their current outfit, whether in the East or the West, is indispensable for being labeled as immoral, and it is even more serious than the one they wore just now.
Probably only in private rooms and romantic occasions, ordinary people will not be criticized.
Obviously it is impossible to wear it normally no matter what.
Zhu Jingyuan rested his chin on one hand and looked at the three little girls, slightly in a trance.
So much so that the grandmothers in the room became nervous.
What she cared about was not the three little girls, but Zhu Jingyuan, the grandson of the emperor.
Zhu Jingyuan is only fifteen years old this year. According to the royal family's rules, he can only become virgin after the new year.
If Zhu Jingyuan makes an exception here, he will never be able to afford it, so he must be careful.
In fact, Zhu Jingyuan didn't think about that at all. Zhu Jingyuan was considering deeper social issues.
Which groups are more beneficial to a relatively conservative social atmosphere and a relatively open enough social atmosphere?
It seems to be relatively beneficial to both traditional aristocrats and ordinary people in the middle and lower classes.
Nobles could take advantage of their privileges to take concubines openly.
Ordinary people can rely on the conservative social atmosphere and the harsh laws enacted by the nobles to ensure the safety of the women in their families.
In this social environment, adultery is an absolute felony.
The laws of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulate that when catching an adulterer, the husband can directly kill both parties without guilt.
The damaged people may include hooligans who spend all their time fighting on the streets instead of doing production, or people like Ximen Qing who covet other people's families.
This kind of person is the most common participant in adultery cases. As long as he is caught, he will die or have to shed his skin.
Or there is a group of businessmen whose families have money but no status. They cannot have more concubines and their money cannot bring them enough enjoyment.
Especially after the Renwu Dynasty, the enforcement of various laws became more and more strict, and at the same time, it was completely prohibited to use Ming people as slaves.
This conservative atmosphere also became beneficial to ordinary women in the Ming Dynasty.
Either she would become a wife in an ordinary family, or she would become a concubine in a powerful family.
Don't worry about being called a concubine but actually being a slave.
In the Ming Dynasty, concubines were not equal to slaves.
But the prerequisite is that she is a truly legal concubine.
According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, only commoners who are over forty and have no children can take a concubine.
A concubine taken by a person who meets these conditions is a legal concubine, has family status stipulated by law, and is a formal family member.
A legal concubine has the same official documents as a wife, but it only clarifies that her family status is lower than that of the wife.
But I am definitely not a slave.
Neither the husband nor the wife can beat or scold them at will, let alone sell or give them away.
Of course, killing a concubine will also be punished according to the crime of homicide.
However, before the Renwu Dynasty, in most cases, many nominal concubines were actually just slaves.
If the man is under forty years old, or if the wife has given birth to a son, any concubine he takes at this time is illegal, and all concubines will be slaves.
Or a man claims to be a concubine, but without official documentation, is still legally considered a slave.
They were even originally bought in bulk by lowly registered music households and raised as children for entertainment at home or as gifts for others.
This practical environment has led to many people's misconception that a concubine's status is equivalent to that of a slave and can be transferred or even sold at will.
It's not that the status of a concubine is equal to that of a slave, but that many slaves are borrowing the name of a concubine. To put it more nicely, it just allows the master and the servant to hypnotize each other.
After the Renwu Dynasty, it was completely prohibited to use Ming people as slaves. Even if the prince did it, he would be punished according to the law.
The situation of being called a concubine but actually being a slave has finally been basically eliminated.
Of course, the ruling class has privileges.
Those with a good reputation can have one concubine, and officials can have two concubines.
The royal clan has ten princes and concubines, four princes and princes, three generals and two lieutenants.
This number was stipulated by Ming Taizu, and it was much lower than the actual number of women these people could obtain.
Therefore, before the Renwu Dynasty, even if they had this privilege, these people would still take concubines illegally and treat slaves as concubines.
It was not until the Renwu Dynasty that these regulations were truly strictly enforced, and the situation of treating slaves as concubines was fully corrected.
Later, it even went too far, 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 fact he only had four concubines.
Why did ancient dynasties limit the number of concubines that nobles and wealthy merchants could take?
Universal marriage is an important foundation for the stability of a dynasty, and people with wives and children rarely dare to cause trouble.
If too many women become concubines of nobles and wealthy families, it will inevitably lead to a large number of lower-class men without wives. It is difficult to predict what bachelors can do.
In the absence of any management at all, male fertility rates may also tend toward the 80/20 rule.
That is to say, 80% of newborns will be born to 20% of males, and the other 80% of males will only leave 20% of their offspring.
The aristocratic class cannot own a large number of women, wealthy families cannot use slaves as concubines, and 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 comprehensively.
While the people of the Ming Dynasty were prohibited from being slaves, they also allowed the people to purchase and use foreign slaves.
The wealthy industrial and commercial class could also purchase foreign female slaves to meet their needs.
Today's slaves must be foreigners, and besides the common people of the Ming Dynasty, the only concubines are Korean maids and Japanese women.
Regardless of the Ming Dynasty nobles or civilians, men or women pursuing a stable life, they all tend to maintain the original relatively conservative ethos.
Looking at it the other way around, the group that opposes the conservative trend and supports the open trend is actually not that big.
Whether they are hooligans and people with evil intentions, or women who are naturally inclined to seek excitement and experience novelty, they are only a very small minority in society as a whole.
The main force that truly promotes openness in society is actually the owners of manufacturers.
Although owners without aristocratic status and fame can also buy foreign slaves for entertainment, management is more important.
Women account for more than half of all potential workers in society.
The cost of hiring citizen women as workers was actually lower than purchasing foreign slaves to work.
The relatively conservative social atmosphere makes women's families and women themselves not want to work in factories, and even if they are allowed to do so, they will be extra cautious.
Especially with the rapid development of social productivity, the husband can support the whole family by working alone, and women can be full-time wives.
Is there any reason why women should leave the house and work in factories?
The owners of manufacturers, the new elite group, and the bourgeoisie have chosen to spare no effort to promote female prostitution and promote an open and free social atmosphere.
Emancipating women can reduce production costs in two directions.
As more labor enters the market, the bargaining power of workers will be reduced, and jobs that can be done by both men and women will be given to women.
At the same time, since women can go out to work, there is no need to pay men to support the 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, female prostitutes are essentially profit-driven, just like the abolition of slavery.
Only when matters related to actual interests can someone always spare no effort to promote them, can we truly achieve long-term success.
As for the openness of sexual relations, adultery and childbirth are legal and irresponsible, they are just by-products.
Zhu Jingyuan's current status is actually very contradictory. He is the top Ming aristocrat and may even become a ruler.
But Zhu Jingyuan is also a manufacturer operator.
Zhu Jingyuan thought about it over and over again, and four words slowly came to his mind:
“Cure by doing nothing.”
That means neither opposing nor supporting.
What I don’t object to is that women should learn and master knowledge and take the initiative to play a greater role.
We will not punish women who expose themselves to make a living.
Just like many traditions of the Central Dynasty, wearing only trousers when going out, women dressing up as men, or Longyang grinding mirrors are no big deal.
When it comes to the oppression of women and other special groups, the Central Dynasty is really nothing compared to the Western Yi.
What we do not support is anyone who adds fuel to the flames on related matters, or anyone who plays tricks on related topics for personal gain.
Continue to severely punish those who force girls into prostitution and those who induce Hongxing to cheat.
Continue to severely punish those who take the initiative to commit adultery.
To put it bluntly, we want to protect truly honest people. Most of them, regardless of gender, are honest people.
This is the tradition of the Central Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jingyuan's attention returned to his eyes again, he looked at the three girls in front of him and said:
"You can just wear these clothes at home, but don't wear them out..."
An Xiaona said subconsciously:
"Even if His Highness allows us, we don't dare to go out..."
Zhu Jingyuan smiled and nodded:
"Put away the clothes I gave you today and go back to pack other things. You should go home in two days."
The three girls immediately let out a small cheer.
Although the three sets of clothes are all weird, they are also interesting and may be of great use, so the three of them are very happy.
And we are finally going to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and we are finally going to the capital of the Celestial Empire, the largest city in the world.
It’s natural to be happy.
