Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 1227 Postscript 83: Princess is Pregnant

The main hall of the Luoyang Imperial City rebuilt by Zhao Kuangyin was called Taiji Hall.

When the Ming Dynasty moved its capital here, the name of Taiji Hall was changed for a time, but it was changed back at the end of Zhu Ming's reign.

Because "Taiji Hall" is the ancestor of the main hall in China, it has been called this name since the saying of the main hall of the imperial city was introduced.

Jianzhong Liji!

Even the main halls of several capitals in Japan are called "Daji Hall" - Taiji was changed to Daji, originally to avoid the Tang Dynasty, and later became a Japanese tradition.

Today, the main halls of the royal cities of Nanyu, Dayuan, and Tianzhu are all called "Daji Hall".

Even the Kingdom of Ceylon in Sri Lanka and the Great Han Kingdom in Northwest Africa have continued to use this naming method.

The Great Han Kingdom is very strange. A group of rebels who fled to Northwest Africa also automatically avoided the word "Taiji" of the Ming Dynasty.

Amid the music, Xie Yan followed a group of purple-robed nobles and officials, lined up to enter the Taiji Hall and bowed to wish Empress Dowager Ye a happy Christmas.

Xie Yan always felt a little awkward with the word Christmas.

If he read more ancient poems and articles, he would not feel awkward anymore. Not only does the word "Christmas" often appear in articles, but there are also a lot of "God" in poems of all dynasties.

"No need to be polite, please take a seat!" Empress Dowager Ye was very happy today.

Chairs had been placed one by one.

Xie Yan sat in the corner of the second row. Although he was a second-rank official, his rank was equal to that of a first-rank official, which came into play at this time.

But many of the ministers of the cabinet and the ministry had additional titles, and Deng Gongwu's honorary official position had even reached the super-rank.

This was also the first time Xie Yan came to the Taiji Hall. After sitting down, he couldn't help turning his head to look around.

It's so fucking big!

The length of the hall is probably about 200 meters?

Looking up again, the height of the hall is estimated to be about 20 meters.

20 meters, that is, six or seven stories high!

The pillars supporting the hall were so thick that they didn't look like natural logs, but more like reinforced concrete.

Xie Yan, a civil engineer, could hardly imagine that a pure wooden building could be built up to 20 meters high.

At this moment, the red-robed officials came in and bowed in unison to wish Queen Mother Ye a happy Christmas.

Royal relatives, nobles, civil servants and military officers came in batches.

Even the seventh and eighth-rank officials in Beijing came to join in the fun today, making the spacious Taiji Hall unable to accommodate them.

Officials of too low a rank could only enter the hall to pay homage and then retreat to the square outside to stand.

Finally, the envoys from the vassal states came in.

Except for Koko Kaba, everyone else spoke Chinese.

Zeng Jiuyou introduced to the ministers: "The land of America is more vast than Australia, with countless states and tribes. This Kokokaba is the envoy from the Mayan country. They know how to farm and weave, build cities, have their own writing, and are proficient in astronomy and mathematics."

A marquis without military power asked: "How far is the Mayan country from the Ming Dynasty?"

Zeng Jiuyou said: "It takes four or five months to reach the west coast of America from Yingzhou. Continue to sail south and then land. It takes one month to reach the Mayan country. If it is a return voyage, three It takes 1 month to reach Luzon. The road is all ocean, and there are few islands. "

"That's too far!"

"It's more dangerous than going to the Arabian countries, after all, there are lands all the way west."

"No wonder His Majesty Taizong sent three sea exploration fleets in succession, and the first two fleets all disappeared."

"..."

Zeng Jiuyou continued: "This time we returned, we also brought back many remains, all of them were loyal officials who disappeared during the Taizong Dynasty."

Zeng Jiuyou began to tell the stories of those loyal officials, and many officials were deeply moved.

Xue Shan immediately stepped forward to greet them: "Xue Shan, the descendant of the criminals of the Ming Dynasty, greets His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress Dowager. I wish the saint a long life!"

Empress Dowager Ye nodded in approval, and the little emperor said, "There is a reward."

Zeng Jiuyou introduced: "This is the descendant of the criminals who moved to the west coast of central America. His father is a Chinese and his mother is a Mayan. Hundreds of criminals have worked hard on the seashore and now have formed an alliance with six tribes to fight against a country in the north. There is a gold mine there!"

The Japanese student who temporarily served as an envoy heard the word "gold mine" and immediately thought: These natives are finished!

In fact, they are not finished.

The six tribes that have already formed an alliance with the Han people have no need to use force.

Instead, they can take those friendly tribes and go north together to capture hostile natives as slaves. While using slaves to mine, they can trade with friendly tribes.

The Chichimecs entrenched in the Mexican region and the Toltecs under their rule can be said to be the common enemies of the Han and Mayans.

There are countless slaves to capture, so there is no need to attack friendly forces!

We can even assimilate the surrounding friendly tribes, since they have been intermarrying with the Han people for 20 to 30 years.

The cabinet has agreed to go to America once a year.

When we go, we will bring goods and immigrants. When we return, we will bring gold, rubber and furs.

We will probably lose money in the first few years, but it will be pure profit in the future.

The current Ming Dynasty has no shortage of people, and the population is about to explode. America is also a good place to deal with the population.

Zeng Jiuyou continued: "In addition to the village where Xue Shan is located, there are several Han settlements on the west coast of northern America. In one place, gold was discovered, and the court has already sent garrisons to mine. In another place, silver was discovered, and troops and immigrants must be increased."

Deng Gongwu stood up and said according to the script written in advance: "A lot of gold and silver have been found in America, and there are envoys from America coming to congratulate. It is the heaven's praise for the saint's presence. I request to establish the Governor's Office in America!"

Empress Dowager Ye nodded and said: "This is feasible. Order the cabinet and the ministry to prepare for it."

At this time, the economy of the Ming Dynasty was very strange.

With a trade surplus for more than a hundred years and continuous imports of gold and silver from overseas, there should be serious inflation under normal circumstances.

But the places where inflation is more serious are only limited to coastal provinces and inland cities.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty is too vast, and the population is too large!

Depositing money in the bank to earn interest is a common phenomenon in cities.

But in the vast rural areas, especially inland areas, people still don't like to deposit money in banks. There are even many merchants and gentry who only do two things when they have money: annex land and deposit money in the cellar.

It is unknown how long this situation can last. Too much surplus is not necessarily a good thing.

In recent years, even the Ming Baochao has been reducing the issuance volume because the inflation in Guangzhou is too serious.

Now the Governor's Office of America is to be established, and a large amount of gold and silver will be imported from America in the future. Who knows if it will lead to the silver inflation in Europe in history.

Maybe, the Ming Dynasty will change from the copper standard to the silver standard, and finally come up with a gold standard.

Empress Dowager Ye said some words to encourage the ministers, and today's grand court meeting was over.

Buckets of food were carried over by eunuchs and guards.

These foods were prepared by the Guanglu Temple and ordered directly from major restaurants and restaurants in Luoyang. There was not much soup, mainly cakes and snacks, which were given to the ministers to take home and share.

It was considered that officials and family members celebrated the empress dowager's birthday together.

This kind of food gift usually occurred on various festivals. Although Empress Dowager Ye held a birthday court meeting, it was not too expensive. It was just treated as an ordinary festival, without a whole world celebrating.

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Xie Yan got up in the middle of the night and did not go home until near noon, carrying many cakes and snacks in his hands.

"Come and eat, it's a reward from the Queen Mother." Xie Yan felt that the Ming Dynasty royal family was so stingy.

Zhu Tangxi picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and called a few personal maids: "Take it and share it."

After taking a bite of the cake, Zhu Tangxi handed Xie Yan a letter: "The old president sent someone to send it."

Xie Yan bit the cake and opened the letter, and was immediately surprised: "The rubber is back!"

"What's wrong?" Zhu Tangxi asked.

Xie Yan said: "The old president asked me to go to the palace tomorrow, and four other chemists will also go. It is said that rubber was brought back from America, and we need to understand the method of vulcanization."

Zhu Tangxi said: "My father sent a fleet to America that year, it seems to be to find rubber and gold and silver. But unexpectedly, tobacco, peppers and other things were brought back from America."

"By the way, are there any tomatoes?" Xie Yan asked.

Zhu Tangxi asked back: "What is a tomato?"

Xie Yan hurriedly covered up: "I heard that there is a kind of eggplant in America that is delicious."

Zhu Tangxi smiled and said: "No matter how delicious it is, it is still eggplant. If Liu Lang likes it, I will ask the chef to cook with eggplant today."

Xie Yan thought: I have to communicate with the Mayan envoys and the sea exploration officials, but I can't expose my foresight.

Zhu Tangxi said to a maid: "Go and ask the kitchen to cook with eggplant. The prince consort wants to eat tonight... um!"

Before she finished speaking, Zhu Tangxi covered her mouth and forcibly suppressed the urge to vomit.

After a while, she started vomiting again.

Xie Yan finally reacted: "Sister, you are not pregnant, right?"

Qingluan was overjoyed when she heard this, and danced with joy: "I will ask someone to invite a gynecologist right away!"

Zhu Tangxi rolled her eyes at Qingluan: "You are happier than me."

"How long has it been since sister had her period?" Xie Yan asked.

Zhu Tangxi recalled carefully: "It seems that it has never come!"

It seems that she is really pregnant.

Xie Yan was happy and relieved. He was afraid that his time travel would lead to infertility.

He started to have sex with the princess in early summer, and it was already late autumn. If she didn't get pregnant, Xie Yan would feel that there was something wrong with him.

"Sister, take care of yourself. Don't play shuttlecock and Cuju anymore, and don't go to the chemical laboratory anymore." Xie Yan warned.

Zhu Tangxi saw that he looked nervous and smiled happily: "The doctor hasn't come yet. Maybe it's just a cold stomach."

In the afternoon, Luoyang's most famous gynecologist came with a male apprentice and a female nurse.

After feeling the pulse for a while, the doctor said: "Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations to the prince consort, it's indeed a happy pulse."

"How many months?" Xie Yan asked this question, and then he realized that something seemed wrong.

Can you calculate how many months the fetus is by feeling the pulse?

The doctor said, "It usually takes two months of pregnancy before you can feel the pulse of pregnancy. It varies from person to person, some are late, some are early, but it's generally like this."

The doctor prescribed a prescription for nourishing the fetus and told many precautions.

Xie Yan is now a rich man, and in his joy, he gave a lot of rewards, even the male apprentice and the female nurse received rewards.

After sending the doctor away, Zhu Tangxi complained, "It's been at least two months, and you were still messing around the day before yesterday!"

We had to go to court last night so we stopped fighting, but the day before yesterday was indeed quite intense.

Xie Yan was going to be a father for the first time in his two lives, and he was quite scared and said, "I didn't know."

Zhu Tangxi glanced at Qingluan and said to Xie Yan, "Don't touch me anymore, ask Qingluan to help you sleep."

Although Qingluan was ecstatic, she still said: "Your Highness has just been diagnosed with pregnancy, so let the prince consort accompany you for the next two days."

Xie Yan also said: "Today I will accompany my sister."

Zhu Tangxi was even happier after hearing this: "You two have a conscience."

Xie Yan put his ear to the princess's belly: "I want to listen to see if there is any movement."

Zhu Tangxi laughed to death: "How can it be that fast!"

Xie Yan was restless, always afraid of accidents. When the princess ran to the toilet, he wanted to follow her in to help her.

This is how new fathers are.

If the baby is born, he wants to check the baby's breath after a few minutes, for fear that the baby will suddenly die.