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Chapter 1147
Yingtian Mansion was the original capital of Daming, and it is now the capital of Liu.

All those in the capital were built on the basis of Yingtian Mansion.

The palace city inside Yingtian Mansion has six gates in total; outside the palace city is the capital city, which has a total of thirteen gates and a circumference of 96 miles; and outside the capital city, there is an outer city with a total of sixteen gates and a circumference length of 180 miles away, it was one of the largest cities in the world in the seventeenth century, with a population of more than one million.

Looking at the tall and majestic Yingtianfu city wall, watching the crowds flowing under the city gate.Hai Lanzhu, who was beside Emperor Chongzhen, couldn't help but exclaimed: "It turns out that besides the capital, there is such... such a prosperous city!"

To be honest, if it is only from the face-to-face experience, the impact of Yingtian Mansion is greater than that of Jingshi.After all, the capital is in the north, and its business, population, etc., are all better than Yingtianfu in the early seventeenth century.

Hai Lanzhu is from the northern grasslands, she has seen the capital, and seen many prosperous cities on the way to Laide, but at this moment, she feels that Yingtian Mansion is the number one.

Although Hai Lanzhu is also a Ming person, and she is still the emperor's concubine.But her background made those around her subconsciously treat her as an outsider.Listening to her exclamation at this time, everyone was very proud.

This is my Daming city!

Outside the city of Yingtianfu, there are still many buildings, forming a peripheral market town, which is also bustling and bustling.

At this time, it was almost noon, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the sky, smiled and pointed to a conspicuous restaurant not far from the port and said: "Come on, let's go there for dinner, and then go to my disciple's Zhuangzi to settle down!"

Upon hearing this, Tian Guifei immediately pursed her lips and laughed.She witnessed the scene when Emperor Chongzhen was forced to accept disciples.

But Hai Lanzhu was very surprised to hear that the emperor accepted an apprentice, so there is such a thing?
Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about others, and immediately got off the boat.

From the capital to the south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, I would have to vomit by boat.Keeping your feet on the ground feels good.

When Hai Lanzhu and Concubine Tian saw it, they hurriedly followed, one on the left and one on the right, accompanying the emperor.But their eyes were looking around.Especially Hailanzhu, I feel that everything is new. In the southern water town, which is completely different from the northern grassland, I am a little dazzled!
Of course, behind them, on the left and right, the plainclothes Jinyiwei Xiaowei followed the guards without any trace.Ordinary people can only see Emperor Chongzhen with seven or eight servants as guards.This kind of situation is not uncommon in this place where there are so many noble people in Yingtian Mansion.

The restaurant that Emperor Chongzhen was referring to was very conspicuous, and the signboard with the name of the restaurant was fluttering in the wind. It was called "Four Seas Piaoxiang Building", or it was because it was outside the city, and it occupied a large area.

As soon as you enter the store, you can see that the lobby on the first floor is very large. Although many people are eating, there are still many seats vacant.

The waiter in the shop saw someone coming in, his eyes lit up immediately, a son brought two beauties, and a servant followed, this is a high-ranking customer!
A chubby boy rushed up to greet him, showing a professional smile, and said hello: "This guest officer, please come upstairs to the private room!"

In his opinion, this kind of person is a person of status, so naturally he would not eat in a noisy place like the lobby on the first floor.Therefore, this opening is to walk upstairs to the private room.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen naturally glanced upstairs, and with the two concubines, he prepared to go upstairs without thinking too much.

But at this moment, someone in the lobby sighed loudly: "Ah, the atmosphere of our Ming Dynasty can be said to be in decline!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head and heard the sound, and found that it seemed that a scholar was sighing with his deskmate.With a thought in his heart, didn't he just want to hear more about the situation of the people?It's not okay for this trend to go from bad to worse!
Emperor Chongzhen immediately frowned. He knew that the atmosphere of Jiangnan Shilin was not good. He had already understood the situation when he went to Jiangnan in low service last time.For this reason, he has been working hard to change, but he didn't expect to hear such emotion when he went ashore.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen said to Fat Xiao Er: "If you don't go to the private room, we can just have dinner in this lobby!"

After finishing speaking, he took a fancy to an empty table, and walked over to it in the middle of the wall on the left side of the door.

Hai Lanzhu saw it, and immediately walked over without saying a word.On the contrary, Concubine Tian Gui frowned slightly. After all, this hall could accommodate everyone, but when she saw that the emperor and Hai Lanzhu had already moved, she didn't show anything and followed them.

Fang Zhenghua, who was personally protecting him, immediately followed, followed by Liu Xingzuo's Jinyiwei guard.Immediately, a group of people were looking for seats in the lobby, and they were very eye-catching.

Fat Xiaoer didn't expect to see such a group of people with status eating in the lobby on the first floor, he couldn't help being stunned, feeling a little unhappy.But there is no way, the visitors are all customers, you can't show contempt just because of the low consumption of others, right?

With that in mind, he followed suit.

With the experience of the last Weibo private visit, everyone knows what to do.

Fang Zhenghua and Emperor Chongzhen sat at the same table, and at the two adjacent tables were Liu Xingzuo and his subordinates, protecting the emperor and concubines on the inside.Unless they saw them coming together at the beginning, those who came in later would not know that they were together.

This restaurant may be because it is on the port side, so there are a lot of river fresh food, even seafood.This is rare in the north.Emperor Chongzhen ordered a lot of river fish, regardless of whether it was expensive or not, and made three copies.

In the past two years, the inner palace has received a lot of income, and the Emperor Chongzhen has a lot of money. Let alone eat some seafood, it is no problem to eat a mouthful and pour a plate.Of course, this is called waste, and it is naturally impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to do this.

The chubby little Er was overjoyed when he saw that although this wealthy guest was eating in the lobby, the dishes he could order were even more generous than the guests in the private room upstairs. His small eyes were narrowed into slits on his chubby face. The waiter is more attentive.

As a result, the movement was a bit loud.The group of people who were already somewhat eye-catching became even more eye-catching.

"Hmph, there are really more and more upstarts in Daming, so you just know how to show off!"

Fang Zhenghua's ears were sharp. Although he said this in a low voice, he still stared at it and found that it was said by a person dressed as a scholar.

Emperor Chongzhen coughed a little, Fang Zhenghua withdrew his cannibalistic gaze.

"What are you looking at?" The man obviously drank, no matter how many people were here, he stared at Fang Zhenghua and yelled, "I am a student!"

Emperor Chongzhen saw that this person was the one who had just said that the world was going downhill, so he said: "The eyes are on us, and you will have an opinion at a glance? Don't you look at us? You are the demeanor that a student should have. Is it?"

The man's tablemate was an older student who hurriedly held down the student who wanted to retaliate, and apologized to Emperor Chongzhen, "Master, my friend drank too much, don't take it for granted!"

Emperor Chongzhen and his party could tell at a glance that they were either rich or powerful, or that rich and powerful people were offended by a trivial matter, either eating too much or losing their minds.

They apologized, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't care, and asked casually: "When I entered the door just now, I heard you say that the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty is going from bad to worse. What do you mean by that?"

Seeing the conflict here, other people around were listening curiously.At this time, hearing Emperor Chongzhen's questioning, someone interrupted: "Don't pay attention to them, it's just a few sour scholars who don't like others!"

Emperor Chongzhen heard the sound and looked over. Judging from his clothes, he should be an ordinary person, at least not a scholar.But the food and wine on his table seemed to be better than those eaten by the scholars at that table.

"Who do you say is a sour scholar?" The student who was too drunk slapped the table, pointed at that person and shouted loudly.

At Emperor Chongzhen's table, they didn't expect that there was a quarrel over there, and they couldn't help being a little surprised. They looked at each other, but didn't speak, but just paid attention to that side.

"It's you!" The man didn't show weakness at all, and yelled in a cold voice, "I eat all this because I earned money with my hands! How about it? Now I live a better life than you with my craftsmanship, so it's sour." What is it if you are not a sour scholar?"

"You..." When the student heard this, his face, which was already flushed from drinking, turned red all of a sudden, but he couldn't find anything to refute. After a pause, he replied angrily, "I am a student. Members have fame and reputation, and in the future they will be selected as candidates, Jinshi, and become officials, but can you compare?"

"Hehe, my ancestral handicraft is a unique skill! When I turn back, I will hang the title of master on the door. I eat delicious food and drink spicy food every day. I will be so angry!" The man did not show weakness at all, and immediately pushed back. I ate an abalone and ate it exaggeratedly. The sound of smashing my mouth could be heard clearly in the whole lobby.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he understood a little bit.It seems that this place in the south of the Yangtze River, with the improvement of the treatment of craftsmen, has greatly improved some skilled craftsmen. The original darling of the times, some narrow-minded scholars are jealous.

Of course, on the Jiangnan side, as long as a craftsman with good craftsmanship has already been a guest of a wealthy family before.However, there is still a difference between the past and the present.In the past, it was a reward from a wealthy and aristocratic family, and they looked up to you and made you a guest.The key to this is to look at the master. In the final analysis, he is still attached to a wealthy family, and his status has not improved much.If he was in a bad mood that day, he could still be treated as a beggar!

But now, these craftsmen are given by the emperor, especially the master craftsman, that is the honor appointed by the emperor, if you don't worship an official, don't talk about your status, and you will definitely earn a lot of money.It is an iron fact that the status of craftsmen has been significantly improved whether you are a wealthy family or not.

Scholars, especially those who have not graduated, those who have not won the exam, and those who have not won the Jinshi, are the ones who spend money, but craftsmen with craftsmanship are the ones who make money. These contrasts naturally make some narrow-minded scholars Become a sour scholar!What's more, the atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River has a side that looks at people based on money.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen understood the key point, and couldn't help shaking his head slightly.Sour scholar, sour scholar, even in later generations, there is such a derogatory title, it seems that it is not unreasonable.

But Emperor Chongzhen was happy to see this situation.Improving the status and income of craftsmen is the result of his hard work and what he wants.

When the student heard what the craftsman said and saw how the craftsman was eating, his face immediately turned even redder. Regardless of his deskmate's whispered dissuasion, he stood up, pointed at the craftsman and cursed loudly: "Bah, a group of people!" Shift craftsmen have been craftsmen for generations, what else do you have besides some money?"

After he finished speaking, he pointed at the people eating in the hall again, pointing round and round, and continued to speak loudly: "Ask them, do they want to be craftsmen or raw workers? How much do you want? I don’t know, but I know that it’s not just scolding to show off here with a little stinky money!”

Hearing this, the man was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look in the lobby. There were more and more people coming to eat at this time, but he didn't see anyone standing up and saying that he was willing to be a craftsman.Feeling that the momentum on his side was being suppressed, he was a little unwilling, and also replied loudly: "The imperial court has regulations, as long as we pay the money, we don't have to sit on duty! Do you think it was before?"

In the past, shift craftsmen were craftsmen for generations. If the court needed them, they would directly let the craftsmen serve, or work for free.This kind of treatment is so bad that the shift workers have repeatedly fled to fight.In the Jiajing period, there was finally an innovation, which allowed craftsmen to pay silver to the court when they were about to serve, so that the court could hire other people to replace them, and it also gave skilled craftsmen more opportunities to be independent.

From a certain point of view, the living standards and status of craftsmen began to change slowly during the Jiajing period.In the Chongzhen Dynasty, there was a great improvement.

"Hehe!" The student obviously smiled mockingly, seemed to have found a psychological balance, and said after sitting down, "So what if you don't have to sit on the shift? You're not just a craftsman! This craftsman's background is hereditary, and he deserves it!" "

Hearing this, the craftsman surprisingly did not refute, but remained silent for a moment, then suddenly grabbed the flagon and started drinking.

"You can't say that!" The other table, judging from the clothes, seemed to be a businessman who interjected, "In the past, military households were passed down from generation to generation, but since the reform of the military system in the guard, many military households have turned into civil servants. Are you accounted for?"

Hearing this, the craftsman's eyes lit up just now, and he immediately raised his head and echoed: "Yes, yes, the current emperor is wise and powerful, maybe we craftsmen will also change!"

"Ding, achievement value +2, from carpenter Zhao Cheng"

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard the system's prompt.

　Thanks to Yang Yongxin, the ancient god of thunder, for watching the original version every day, specializing in young wives, Snow Angel will reward you in the future!Calvin, today's post is late. There should be another chapter tonight, but tomorrow morning will be postponed. Anyway, try to keep two updates, and hope to make up for the progress by the weekend.

　　
　
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