Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 549

"Your Majesty, come and take a look!" Wang Chengen had been standing by the window, suddenly he was a little surprised by the situation on the street outside the window, and turned his head and said to Emperor Chongzhen who was drinking tea.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little curious. If Wang Chengen wasn't much more experienced, how could something still surprise him?
Thinking this, he turned his head and looked out the window.I saw a grain truck on the street outside the window, which was piled full of grain. However, there was no flag, and no one shouted that it was from a certain house.

This situation is indeed rare to see!Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, so he took a closer look at the grain truck.

There should be a team of father and son driving the car. They are not well dressed, and it seems that the son's clothes are dirty.

While Emperor Chongzhen was looking closely, Wang Chengen had already explained from the side: "Your Majesty, this father and son should be butchers. Judging by his son's clothes, they should be similar. It is likely that his father is a shopkeeper, so he should dress better. "

After his reminder, when Emperor Chongzhen looked at it again, it was indeed the case, and he couldn't help but agree in his heart that this father and son should not be the mansions of civil servants and generals, nor nobles in the palace, but ordinary butcher shop businessmen.But from the looks of it, it should be richer than the average family, and the business should be pretty good.

Emperor Chongzhen's move to raise food came from the fact that millions of migrant workers in later generations supported the frontline in the war of liberation. However, in the Ming Dynasty, he only had this idea to let those who receive the imperial salary borrow their surplus food first. Just come out.Even those rich merchants are all paid by the imperial court behind their backs, and it is also in his idea to ask them to lend the surplus food.

However, for ordinary people, he never thought that they would also borrow.Now I see ordinary people lending food, I don’t know why, I suddenly feel a little moved, and a sentence flashed in my mind: Every time more dogs are slaughtered in righteousness!

At this time, the father and son were caught in the convoys beating gongs and drums in various prefectures, as if they were very unnoticed.However, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, it was the one that attracted him the most.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen was not dissatisfied with those who beat gongs and drums.After all, it is reasonable and completely understandable for someone to make a name for themselves by lending so much food.

However, in any case, relatively speaking, he was still shocked that ordinary people were willing to lend their surplus food.

Emperor Chongzhen was watching. Suddenly, Wang Chengen rang again with a slightly surprised voice: "Your Majesty, look over there again!"

Emperor Chongzhen heard the sound, looked at it, and saw someone walking downstairs not far away, and there was even someone pushing a wheelbarrow. This seemed to be a family of three.

The left and right sides of the wheelbarrow are full of food packages. The head of the family hangs a rope tied to the handrail on his shoulder, and holds the handrail with both hands to control his balance. His daughter-in-law and half-old son are pulling the rope in front, Just like that, he pushed a cart full of grain to the warehouse.

On their wheelbarrows, there are only grain packages without any slogans.

This time, there was no need for Wang Chengen to explain. Emperor Chongzhen could naturally see that this family was not rich and had nothing to do with being a recipient of state salary, but he still lent them food.

Looking up again, Emperor Chongzhen saw more than one wheelbarrow, and it wasn't necessarily husband and wife, brothers, father and son...

"Your Majesty, it seems that it was indeed because the time was too early and everyone hadn't prepared the food yet." Wang Chengen looked out the window and praised, "Now the street is lively!"

Emperor Chongzhen ignored his flattery. He was a little shocked by the scene outside the window.

He stood up and looked at the window for a while.At this time, the convoys of those high-end mansions were like boats in the sea on the street, and they were all overwhelmed by the food delivery teams gathered by ordinary people.

After standing for a while, he immediately turned around and said at the same time: "Let's go down and take a look!"

I don't know why, but there was an impulse in his heart, and he wanted to ask, why are they willing to lend food, since the emperor didn't make a mandatory request?

After a while, we arrived at the street downstairs.At this time, there were many people watching on both sides of the street.After the car team became the mainstream food delivery team on the street, many people came out to watch the fun like Emperor Chongzhen, and there were even more of them.

But Emperor Chongzhen didn't have to worry about not having a place to watch. The factory guards in plain clothes squeezed out the place, so that Emperor Chongzhen had an ideal place to watch all this.

When Emperor Chongzhen came to the street, there happened to be a family of three in a wheelbarrow, and they stopped to rest beside him. Everyone was sweating profusely. The head of the family pushing the cart said to his daughter-in-law and son: " It will be here soon!"

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen took two steps forward, approached them, and then asked with a hint of curiosity: "Why did you also lend food to the court?"

Hearing this, all three members of the family looked over.They didn't know Emperor Chongzhen, they just thought he was a rich man, so the man pushing the cart said with a smile: "Didn't the emperor post a notice saying that it was a good time to attack Jianlu, and it was just a lack of food. No, I was frightened by the lack of food in the past, so I usually saved a little food, and sent it to the court to fight Jianlu!"

Emperor Chongzhen had already thought of this answer, so he asked further: "Aren't you worried about whether the court will repay the loan or not? Judging from your appearance, your family must not be rich, right?"

"Hehe, the notice posted by the emperor, who do we believe if we don't believe the emperor?" The man replied with a smile, and after a pause, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen and added, "Besides, it doesn't matter if you don't pay it back. The food is gone You can earn more if you work harder, but you can’t miss the opportunity to build a kingdom."

"My grandfather and my uncle's family were all killed by Jianlu." The child next to him suddenly said to Emperor Chongzhen, "My father said that my family can't go to Liaodong to kill Jianlu, but now the emperor has given us a chance. Do something to kill Jianlu, it's nothing if you don't have food!"

"My lord is talking, children don't want to interrupt!" His mother scolded him when she heard it, but there was no displeasure on her face, and she even nodded when she saw Emperor Chongzhen looking over.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel emotional after hearing this.The saying goes that if you are successful, you will get a lot of help, but if you are not, you will get little help. This is the truth, right?
Hearing the conversation on their side, the father and son of the other family also stopped beside them to rest, and at the same time wiped their sweat and interjected: "No, we can't go to fight Jianlu, so donate some food to fight Jianlu. Finally, we did our best!"

Seeing this was quite lively, other people also came to watch, and when they heard the conversation, they all followed suit.

"That's right, it's said in the imperial court notice that Jianlu is half dead now, so it's best to fight. If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to send troops, many of the imperial court officers and soldiers will die!"

"The emperor said that this is a temporary loan of grain. When the grain from the south arrives, he will pay it back. So what are you afraid of? The emperor never takes anything seriously!"

"Actually, it's okay if you don't pay it back, at least you can do your part to fight Jianlu."

"..."

That's it, there was a lot of discussion, and Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being very moved when he heard it.

Their reasons are very simple, but how many people can really do this.Looking around, how many scholars can you see?How many dignitaries?Is their awareness as high as that of ordinary people?

The people of Ming Dynasty are like this, so why should Ming Dynasty not be able to rejuvenate?
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind even more, he must seek more benefits for ordinary people, I will not let you down!

He was thinking about it when suddenly the child looked at him and asked: "My lord, you seem to be very rich. How much food did you borrow to the court?"

Hearing this, the scene suddenly became quiet.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen wandering the streets with his subordinates, it didn't look like he was delivering food at all. Anyone who saw it would know this, that is, Tongyan Wuji, who was questioned face to face.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help being taken aback, and turned to look at the child.Seeing his eyes wide open, staring at him sincerely, waiting for an answer, he couldn't help being a little speechless.

To be honest, it’s true, I shouldn’t have borrowed any food...

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen like this, the child's mother quickly reprimanded her son: "I want you to talk too much!"

It can be seen that when the master was questioning, he was still worried that the borrowed food would not be repaid. He must have not borrowed the food. If he asked in person, he would definitely be very embarrassed.

Wang Chengen watched all this from the sidelines and saw that the emperor seemed a little embarrassed, so he wanted to stand up and reprimand him to save face for the emperor.

However, at this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly asked in a very surprised voice, "Emperor... Your Majesty? Are you... Your Majesty?"

After all, Emperor Chongzhen showed his face several times in public. The most recent one was the military parade years ago.

However, there are very limited people who can see the emperor clearly, and most of the common people can only see one figure.

What's more, they didn't expect that the emperor would visit in private and just stand here and talk to them.Therefore, even those who had seen the emperor's appearance did not recognize him immediately.

But just now, Emperor Chongzhen became the focus of the audience, and the scene suddenly quieted down. Some people looked at Emperor Chongzhen carefully, and then looked at the people around him, and only then did they have uncertain questions.

As soon as they heard this voice, some people immediately looked more and more like it, and then asked doubtfully: "Really... is it really the emperor?"

Under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen was quite generous, nodding immediately and saying: "Haha, it's me!"

Wang Chengen saw it, and immediately said: "The emperor is here, it is not polite!"

The eunuch's voice is very unique, and you can recognize it as soon as you hear it.

So, after he finished speaking, immediately, the scene became very quiet again!
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