On the morning of June 1, the third year of Ankang.
Two girls, Wang Ya and Li Erni, were led by palace servants to visit Zhu Jingyuan in Ciqing Palace.
This is considered a formal direct meeting between the two parties, and is actually the last confirmation.
The two parties had a simple conversation to deepen their impressions of each other, and confirmed on the spot that there was no dissatisfaction with each other.
Only then will the formal wedding ceremony begin.
When formally meeting Zhu Jingyuan, Li Erni changed into a pink girl's coat and skirt.
The farmers in Xintianfu live a good life, and their standards of food, clothing, housing and transportation are on par with those of the previous mid-level landlords.
The children basically have new clothes to wear every year, and they also all have high-end satin clothes.
Now Li Erni is in a radiant state.
Although she tried hard to stabilize her posture and expression, the corners of her mouth and eyebrows slowly changed into a smile.
Her big, bright eyes were always watery, revealing the infinite joy in her heart.
Liu Muyun and Yu Muxue had similar reactions at first.
After all, Zhu Jingyuan's conditions are really impeccable, and girls who don't have a partner are always satisfied with him no matter how they look at him.
As an orphan, Wang Ya still wears school clothes. She has lost her family and has no other clothes now.
Wang Ya was also very excited when she saw Zhu Jingyuan, but unlike her companion who was overflowing with pure joy, her expression and demeanor looked like she was about to cry.
This surprised Zhu Jingyuan, and he subconsciously speculated, didn't this girl come here voluntarily?
"No need to be polite, Wang Ya, are you feeling uncomfortable? Or you don't want to come, are the people in the clan forcing you?"
Wang Ya immediately saluted again and explained nervously:
"No, no one is forcing me, I am willing to marry His Highness, and I am very happy.
"It was His Highness's proposals and arrangements that saved me from the most desperate life and made me feel alive again.
"So when I saw you, I was so excited that I lost my temper..."
She has a complex experience and is already seventeen years old. She has been sensible since she was a child and knows how to express her feelings.
From Wang Ya's simple words, Zhu Jingyuan vaguely understood the pain she had experienced.
Zhu Jingyuan once again recalled what he knew about her experience, feeling that there might be unstable factors hidden in it.
She now seems to have no resentment towards herself, the Ming royal family, or the Ming court.
But when you are hit in the future, when your emotions fluctuate violently, those memories may not breed resentment.
Zhu Jingyuan thought for a few seconds and decided to enlighten her on the spot. This was also a part of getting familiar with each other.
But there is no need to ask Wang Ya specifically, you can chat with the two of them::
"Have you two ever thought about why the Ming Dynasty went to war?"
Wang Ya shook her head directly:
"I haven't thought about it, and I don't know why..."
Li Erni said naturally:
"Only by fighting can we have more land, more food and meat..."
After listening to the two people's words, Zhu Jingyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The mentality of the people in Xintianfu was indeed different from that of the local people in Ming Dynasty.
However, this should also be caused by the different experiences of the two.
Wang Ya's father died because of the war, and her mother died indirectly because of the war.
She herself also suffered a lot because of the war.
She had never thought about why the Ming Dynasty went to war before, and she might suddenly start thinking about this issue at any time in the future.
If she starts to think about these questions without anyone's influence, the answers will be uncertain.
If someone deliberately leads her again, they may even blame the royal family and the Ming Dynasty for these reasons.
This is the unstable factor that Zhu Jingyuan thought of before.
As a prince, if his own concubines and concubines were screened by the clan mansion instead of watching and selecting them on the spot, Wang Ya's background would be eliminated during the investigation stage.
To be a prince's concubine or even a princess, a happy family is a very important condition.
Because human thinking cannot be directly verified, we can only eliminate external factors that may affect the way of thinking as much as possible.
People with happy families will most likely not have any resentment, and most likely will not have any major psychological shadow.
People with resentments and psychological shadows may make extreme choices under unknown special circumstances.
Mental health is also health.
Zhu Jingyuan followed the two people's answers and asked:
“Then have you ever thought about what Ming Dynasty would be like if it didn’t fight?
"Since the time of Emperor Shizu, have we not fought with foreigners?"
Li Erni is young and has not learned enough history, nor is it detailed enough, but she has a clever mind:
"If I don't fight with foreigners and can't get these overseas lands, then I should still be living in the Ming Dynasty?
"There is not much land in the mainland. If everyone lived in the mainland, there would definitely not be so much land, and they would not be able to eat well or clothe themselves well."
Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly and looked at Wang Ya beside him.
Most of Wang Ya's grades are very good, and she also has a relatively good understanding of history:
"Without Emperor Shizu's efforts to turn the tide, our entire Ming Dynasty might have fallen into the hands of the barbarians again, and the Chinese people would have become slaves, let alone overseas expansion..."
Zhu Jingyuan sighed and said:
"We may no longer exist, or we may be serving as slaves to the Hulu chiefs. Life and death are in the hands of the Hulu masters.
“So if we didn’t fight at that time, we wouldn’t be able to save our own home.
"Even if there were no Hulu to cause trouble, we still wouldn't be able to survive without fighting.
“Without war, there would be no granaries of Nanyang and Yinzhou, no minerals of Tiannan, and no oil of Dashi.
"If our Ming Dynasty has a population of 40 million, crowded into two capitals and thirteen provinces, we can only struggle to survive.
"Most ordinary people must be in a state of not having enough clothes to cover their bodies and not having enough to eat, let alone the luxury of food and clothing.
“From a wealthy family to a humble citizen, everyone has to work all day long and fight against each other.
“The emperor also had to scheming with civil servants to obtain resources to maintain the stability of the court.
“In the event of floods, droughts, or famines, the tragedy of cannibalism may reappear, and human lives may not be as good as those of pigs and dogs.
"The Ming Dynasty will most likely die. After the establishment of the new dynasty, there may be signs of prosperity again.
“But that’s just because the war destroyed too much of the population and made living space abundant again.
“The limits that the new dynasty can reach will hardly surpass the peak of the previous dynasty.
“It’s just that the princes and nobles have changed.
"So it is said: 'When prosperity occurs, the people suffer; when it perishes, the people suffer'."
"Even in the Taiping Dynasty, if Ming Dynasty did not want to fight a world war, that would not work.
“The world war was not started by the Ming Dynasty’s royal family and court. To a certain extent, Ming Dynasty was passive and had to fight it.
“If the Ming Dynasty surrendered directly, of course it would not be able to protect overseas land, overseas food and resources.
"That would be handing over the wealth and colonies of the Ming Dynasty to the Western Yi, and leaving the mainland to be exploited by the Western Yi.
"The people of the Ming Dynasty are just like before, struggling in their own country, and at the same time they have to worship the Western Yi.
“So whether you rise or fall, it’s all suffering.
“Then the question is not whether we are suffering anymore, but whether we can be happy. Only when we are happy can we feel less miserable.
"Fortunately, Ming Dynasty won and became prosperous.
"In the foreseeable future, the people of Ming Dynasty will not need to experience that kind of pain.
“If you want prosperity, you have to fight, and to fight, you need people.
“Someone among us has to go to war, to protect our country and our people, to seize land, food, resources.
“Your Majesty and the imperial court will not appoint anyone to bear this kind of obligation.
"But anyone who is willing to take on this obligation is a hero to our country and our community.
"Just like Wang Ya's father...
“Without their heroic fighting, without their garrison at the borders, without their siege of cities, we would not have a stable and prosperous life in the rear.
"Of course we don't want them to sacrifice, and we have been working hard to improve our equipment and reduce the possibility of sacrifice.
“But this kind of thing still cannot be completely avoided.
“So we want to give him honor and wealth, and we want him to have no worries.
“What the court did before was obviously not good enough.
"Wang Ya, although your mother's illness is not directly related to the imperial court, it was indirectly caused by your father's sacrifice for the country.
“The imperial court should assume the responsibility of supporting and caring for her and you.
“So I made such a request and simplicity, and I hope we can do better in the future.
“Having had such personal experience, you can give me some advice in this regard.
"Let the pain you have suffered never happen again."
When Zhu Jingyuan said the first half, Wang Ya was listening and thinking carefully.
I understand that war cannot be completely avoided, and I also know that my father's death is not inevitable.
This kind of situation can only be regarded as an accident when it happens to me. This pain happened to me unexpectedly.
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At the end of Zhu Jingyuan's words, when he mentioned herself, Wang Ya finally couldn't bear it anymore and her tears fell uncontrollably.
Many times, it’s okay to just cry out when you feel uncomfortable, but if you hold it in your heart, something may happen.
Zhu Jingyuan looked at Wang Ya's condition, took a few steps forward, and hugged the girl gently.
This action is not very appropriate in this era, but it is still appropriate in this situation.
Wang Ya felt Zhu Jingyuan's movements, and she subconsciously wanted to break free as she had never experienced anything like this before.
But in the end, he held back and leaned directly on Zhu Jingyuan's chest, with a thought in his mind:
"If I didn't have these experiences and pains, I wouldn't have the chance to come to him..."
Li Erni was also standing next to her. She was also very fascinated by what she heard and felt that what His Highness said made sense.
As a result, looking at the reactions and actions of these two people, my cheeks immediately turned red.
While I feel this is too bold, I also feel a little yearning for it.
After Wang Ya's mood stabilized, today's meeting was basically over.
The two girls were taken away from Zhu Jingyuan's palace and placed in a royal garden outside the palace.
Before the Renwu Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites was responsible for the marriage of princes, especially etiquette issues.
After the Renwu Dynasty, everything was handed over to the Zongren Mansion, and the Ministry of Rites no longer took care of the emperor's family affairs.
Xintian Mansion also has a branch of the Clan Mansion, which is responsible for explaining the rules to Wang and Li, arranging the wedding date, and preparing etiquette.
The clan government consulted Zhu Jingyuan and the two girls themselves and changed their names.
Wang Ya changed her name to Wang Ya, which was obviously a more elegant word with similar pronunciation.
Li Erni was named Li Shuangni. Ni also changed the word "ya" with a similar pronunciation, but changed the word "二" to "shuang".
Double rainbows are also a good image. When two rainbows appear in pairs, the outer one is neon and the inner one is rainbow.
In the next month, Zhu Jingyuan, Wang Ya and Li Shuangni got married one after another.
Liu Muyun and Yu Muxue also gave birth to their second children smoothly.
Both of them gave birth to a daughter this time, and Zhu Jingyuan named them Xiaolu and Chenxi respectively.
The location of Zhu Jingyuan’s test garden has finally been decided.
To the east of Sanqing City, there is a lagoon of more than 40 square kilometers in the land that Zhu Jianyan granted to Zhu Jingyuan.
The sand bar on the coast of this lagoon is already relatively thick, with a width of more than two kilometers, completely isolating the lagoon from the sea.
Now the lake water can only flow into the sea through a very narrow channel.
This lagoon has completely become an inland lake, and the salt content of the lake water is much lower than that of sea water.
Now it is planned to build another small canal of more than ten kilometers to lead another relatively large local river into the lagoon.
With more river water continuing to flush the lake, it should eventually turn into a Danshui Lake.
The soil and stones excavated to build the canal were piled up to create an artificial island in the lake.
In fact, the West Lake in the Ming Dynasty was originally a lagoon.
Taihu Lake is also at least partly composed of lagoons, and the lakes east of Taihu Lake are also composed of lagoons.
The Yangtze River Delta where Songjiang Prefecture is located is basically composed of Yangtze River sediment, plus sand bars on the coast, which have been piled up over thousands of years.
Zhu Jingyuan's manor project was placed on the sand dam between the lagoon and the sea. Now it is flat land.
In this way, if you go out to the south of the manor, you can go to the beach to play in the sea water, and if you go to the north, you can go to the lake to play in the water.
Entertainment facilities such as the amusement city are built on the sand dam where the manor is located.
The total area of this land between the sea and the lake exceeds twenty square kilometers, which is enough to build all recreational facilities.
In fact, the area is still at the end of low hilly terrain, so there is ten meters of water two kilometers away from the beach.
Therefore, if a trestle is built outward, large warships can dock directly.
Although it is very close to the ocean, there is no concept of typhoon or hurricane in the entire Nanyinzhou area.
You can even count the number of typhoons that have occurred in history.
So there is no need to worry about environmental safety issues.
Once the address is confirmed, work will start immediately, starting with building the canal and tidying up the surrounding environment of the lagoon.
Modern people like mountains and rivers, but virgin forests and water ponds are basically not suitable for direct human habitation.
Parasites and wildlife are big problems.
Wild vegetation can even be toxic and harmful, not to mention aesthetically pleasing.
The beautiful environment where modern people live has been comprehensively cleaned and repaired manually.
Most of the land that Zhu Jianyan gave to Zhu Jingyuan as a reward was wasteland, not built-up areas.
Originally there were no regular farmlands, let alone cities and residential areas.
Now this land is basically being developed from scratch.
When the entire manor is completely built, Zhu Jingyuan will definitely no longer be in Xintian Mansion.
Therefore, priority management must be done.
First, build a small-scale area in the middle that can be lived in and used as quickly as possible.
Let Zhu Jingyuan use it before he leaves, and let the Supreme Emperor use it as soon as possible.
The rest will be figured out later.
