I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that the trip by himself would have such a significant effect on the economy along the way, and even make a group of poor people rich.

This is really, "unintentional mistake"!

Some businessmen are smarter. They make friends with the local dignitaries in Fengyang. They rent land on the side of the river, set up seats along the way, and set prices according to the number of seats and the distance between them.

The seat closest to the time when the emperor and his party passed by often had a high price of two silver, which was specially prepared for the children of the big families.

Even some rear seats are worth two or three thousand Wen.

Under such circumstances, many originally poor people made a small fortune as a result.

Small merchants and hawkers rented out their stalls, and took advantage of the time when houses in other places near Fengyang were far below the market price, bought other houses and opened small shops.

Accompanied by bright yellow banners fluttering, horseshoes bursting in the distance, but it was the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion in front of Emperor Tianqi who arrived first.

These cavalrymen were sharp soldiers who had accompanied the emperor to conquer the southwest. They all wore eight-petal pointed helmets on their heads, and the sabers hanging from their waists were also shining coldly.

The most surprising thing is the stainless steel lances and three-eyed guns on their backs, which can be described as fully armed.

This group of two thousand cavalry troops was headed by a military general, the right-hand man of the general of the Yongwei Battalion, Chen Ce - Liu Yuanbin.

Perhaps because of years of horse racing and training, Liu Yuanbin's face was darker than the last time he appeared in the Southwest War, but there was a bit of tenacity in his expression.

His appearance attracted many young and pregnant girls.

Looking at his age, Liu Yuanbin was in his twenties. Many students at this time were still studying hard and hadn't obtained any honors.

However, Liu Yuanbin had commanded [-] cavalry alone, and he had already made military exploits in the Southwest War. He was also on the list that was announced to the world.

At a young age, Liu Yuanbin was already an indispensable general in the cavalry team of the Yuqian Yongwei Battalion. As a member of the emperor's direct lineage, his future was even more limitless.

Young, promising, handsome, and yet to have a family, which young woman would not like it?

Among the crowd, many students saw that Liu Yuanbin was about the same age as them, but the disparity in status was so great, they all clenched their fists and cursed secretly:

"Warrior common man."

Out of indignation and jealousy, a certain student also followed the crowd and said this sentence. At that time, no one was talking nearby, and it happened to be heard by Liu Yuanbin who was passing by.

Liu Yuanbin immediately looked at this man, and seeing his scribe's attire, he knew it was those self-proclaimed nobles again, and asked:

"What did you say?"

After he finished asking, the rest of the generals of the brave guard cavalry team looked sideways, pulled their horses over, and saw these generals who were full of murderous looks, the scholar was scared.

He groaned for a while, his face turned pale, and he didn't say a word.

Liu Yuanbin turned around and saw that the infantry from the rear of the Yongwei Battalion was about to arrive, so he stopped talking to him, sneered, turned around and shouted:

"The whole team, move forward!"

With an order, the cavalry team of more than [-] people re-arranged into two rows, walked in front of the infantry, and slowly entered Fengyang City, carrying bright yellow banners.

And that scholar, listening to the sound of horseshoes echoing in his ears, and looking at the cavalrymen of the brave guard battalion who were passing by him, his legs softened, and he almost fell backwards.

The sound of footsteps, galloping like thunder, an elite division, guarding the man in the middle of the bright yellow armor, appeared in front of everyone.

Compared with the previous young general Liu Yuanbin, this Emperor Tianqi is obviously younger.

Zhu Youxiao was dressed in bright yellow armor, with the sword taken from the Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace on his waist to accompany him to pacify the barbarians in the southwest.

Chen Ce, Qi Jin, the generals of the brave guard battalion, guarded Zhu Youxiao's left and right sides, followed closely by Huang Degong, Sun Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji, these young generals who stood out for their exploits in the Southwest.

The infantrymen of the Yongwei Battalion were also veterans selected from the three major battalions and the Beijing Army. They quickly replaced the local officials with swords in their hands, and lined up on both sides along the way, keeping the onlookers out.

If those young scholars were still a little jealous when facing Liu Yuanbin, then facing Zhu Youxiao, they were completely out of breath.

No matter how young he is, he is still the son of heaven, the current emperor.

When Zhu Youxiao came to Fengyang, none of the local officials didn't feel frightened. The bigger the official, the more powerful he was before, but now he is terrified to death.

They were waiting for Yujia at the south gate, nodding and bowing on the bright face, but their hearts were overwhelmed.

Liu Chao, the eunuch guarding the imperial mausoleum, also came to greet him this time.

He is Wei Zhongxian's godson. Back then, Wang An's confidant eunuch Wei Chao couldn't fight with Wei Zhongxian, so he was dispatched to the imperial mausoleum.

Liu Chao first refused to feed Wei Chao, and wanted to starve Wei Chao to death and torture him, but after a few days, Wei Chao was still able to live tenaciously by eating turf.

Liu Chao completely lost his patience. On the other hand, he also felt that he could not delay any longer, and changes would inevitably occur over time. After all, Wang An had not yet fallen from power at that time, and his power was not small.

So he didn't play any tricks, and directly strangled Wei Chao to death in the imperial mausoleum.

Originally, in Fengyang area, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. As the guard eunuch of the imperial mausoleum, Liu Chao also had a high status, and he had dealt with many defeated opponents for Wei Zhongxian.

Right now the emperor is coming to Fengyang to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum. Although Liu Chao has received the news in advance and has made preparations, he still has a guilty conscience after all.

Like him, Meng Ran, the commander of Fengyang Guard, also had a guilty conscience.

As the commander of Fengyang Guards, he was in charge of the prison in the Imperial Tomb, and those who Liu Chao had handled for Wei Zhongxian in these years were all sent to the Imperial Tomb by him.

That time when Wei Chao was strangled to death, it was he who offered to take advantage of the towering tree Wei Zhongxian in order to show his favor to the guard eunuch Liu Chao, and then sent someone to do it.

Except for these two people, the civil servants in Fengyang area, except for the eunuchs, a large number of them are also self-sufficient, and everyone has something to do more or less.

No one cared about it before, but now that the emperor has come down in person, can you not panic?

Chapter 267

After nightfall, all the gates of the capital were locked, the lights were dimmed, and the voices of the people gradually died down. Due to the emperor's southern inspection, the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the Yamen of Shuntianfu sent twice as many people to inspect it as usual.

The purpose is to ensure the stability of the capital.

Fengyang is just the opposite of the capital, and it is the most exciting and lively time of the day.

Was it like this in Fengyang before? That's fart. Although Fengyang in the past was not deserted, it was far from the bustle of people it is now!

Fengyang was the first stop of Zhu Youxiao's southern tour, and the large troops would stay for a few days to prepare for the sacrifice.

It is precisely because of this ceremonial ceremony that has been widely spread that it has driven the flow of people and the local economy. Although Zhu Youxiao only stayed for a few days, it is also very important for the development of Fengyang.

On Qipan Street, next to the Drum Tower, within two or three streets and alleys, the meat market, salted fish mouth, grinding factory, jewelry market, as well as inns, warehouses, teahouses, and taverns are all open all night.

In Fengyang City, the lights are bright and the voices of people are noisy.

Buying and selling, shouting, boxing orders, and many night opera gongs and drums from Fengyang opera troupes from other places, gathered into a special scene of a night market.

As the central capital of Fengyang, the scale of the city is larger than that of ordinary prefectural cities and prefectural cities. There are also various official offices such as Fengyang Guard, Imperial Mausoleum Supervisor, and Garrison Mansion in the city.

There is a big theater building and a big brothel in the city, which is the gathering place for wealthy businessmen, tourists and scholars.

The theater building is called Chajia Building, and the brothel is called Yueming Building. Both are due to the melodious sound of the flute, and the beautiful scenery of spring flowers and autumn moon.

Chajialou, located next to the meat market outside the south gate, is mostly a resting place for rough eaters and luxury business travelers.

Yueming Tower is located in the Chess and Cards Street in the middle of Fengyang City. Scholars from all over the world come here to recite poems and compose Fu, watch songs and dances, and show off their talents and learning whenever they come to Fengyang.

Between Chajialou and Yueminglou, Yuhuangmiao, Nanzhu City, Xianyuchang, and then north into the city, passing through Ersan Street and Lane, you will arrive at the temporary barracks of the Yuqian Yongwei Battalion.

The flags were flying there, and even in the middle of the night, the shouts of the generals and school drills echoed. Pedestrians walked by, often with excitement in their hearts, and a sense of mission to defend their homes and the country spontaneously emerged.

Outside Cha's Building, people shouted horses on the street, and the sound of wheel ruts came straight to the door. Under the dim light of the lantern with three big golden characters "Cha's Building" written on it, a beautiful carved carriage stopped up.

The chajialou boy in the door hurriedly stepped forward, raised the curtain, and smiled naively at Liu Chao, the guard eunuch who walked out of it.

Liu Chao didn't say much, just walked in and went straight to the private room on the third floor.

After a while, a eunuch of the Imperial Mausoleum Superintendent led the servant to the side, and whispered: "The tempers of the masters are not very good today, you have to be careful in serving them."

The boy frowned, and when he received a small piece of silver ingot, he was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear.

"The little man understands."

"Go."

……

"Have you ordered everything to go on, the emperor will stay in Fengyang for a few days, won't there be any problems?"

As soon as he entered, Liu Chao asked a middle-aged man who was standing by the window with his hands behind his back, and found a seat to sit down.

This man was dressed in a white satin sable robe, and he was Meng Ran, the commander of Fengyang Guard. When Liu Chao entered the door, he was frowning, looking at the official post where Yu Jia was staying, and sighed, turned around and said:

"The order has been ordered, but if the emperor wants to investigate, he can't hide it."

"Too many people and things have been dealt with in the past two years." Liu Chao also knew this, but he didn't feel panicked, and said:

"After this time, if my godfather has some affection, it's time to transfer our family to the south."

"What about the civil servants, what happened to them?"

Hearing Liu Chao's words, Meng Ran sneered coldly:

"them?"

"We are also discussing in Yueming Building right now. We are just killing people for the factory owner, dismembering the corpses and eliminating traces. I am afraid that there are many dirty places for them."

As he said that, Meng Ran seemed to suddenly think of something, and continued:

"Last time when there was a drought in Suzhou, I asked the imperial court for 20 taels of relief money. It seems that they swallowed [-]? They are really courageous..."

"Eighty thousand?"

Liu Chaohe sneered: "Your news is too closed, they divided 15 yuan! They also said they would send [-] yuan to our family, but who is our family?"

"Although our family is greedy, we also know that these silvers are life-saving money for ordinary people."

"Can I ask for this money? Can I fall asleep holding this money? Now that the emperor is here, our family wants to see if they can hold it or not."

Meng Ran looked at Liu Chao with a smile on his face, but he became vigilant in his heart, and he also knew that this product was not a good thing.

This group of eunuchs may be missing something, and when they started killing people, their hearts became more and more ruthless, and they sounded high-sounding. Who didn't know, they dared not take it!

Even Wei Zhongxian dare not be greedy for disaster funds, let alone Liu Chao!

This group of eunuchs who follow Wei Zhongxian, as long as they want to punish you, they will be better than each other. The Donglin Party is the best example.

Wei Zhongxian ran Donglin, and because of the emperor's support, how many people were killed overtly and secretly?

Speaking of it, this group of civil servants was blinded by the desire for profit. You said that it is not good for you to be greedy for something, and it is not the money issued by the court to the victims of the disaster.

There is a reason why the eunuchs dare not touch disaster silver. It is very likely that the bottom line of the emperor's corruption of the eunuchs is this.

The two discussed it for a while, and suddenly realized that they should not be the ones who were worried.

Although the two of them worked hand in hand and did a lot of bad things in Fengyang, they didn't do much to bully the common people.

Most of what they did was to use their power to help Wei Zhongxian wipe his ass and throw those who dared to oppose Dongchang into the imperial mausoleum to be killed.

Just like the Wei Dynasty, the power in the palace is not small, right?

Throw it into the imperial mausoleum, and die inexplicably the next year. Don't treat the emperor as a fool. The old man must know about this, but have you taken care of it?

If it is said that the emperor came down this time to get rid of them, it obviously doesn't make sense. In Beijing, a word is enough, so why bother.

If nothing else, the emperor this time was targeting those civil servants and local tyrants who had joined forces to embezzle the money for disaster relief.

After discussing here, the two of them felt relieved.

Meng Ran turned his gaze to the stage, and it was no surprise that "Peach Blossom Face" was being performed, which was the best play of the Cha family troupe.

Today the emperor came to Fengyang, accompanied by a large number of people from all walks of life, and there were many people who stomped their feet, and the whole Fengyang would shake three times. Naturally, the Chajiaban knew that this was a good opportunity to develop the source of customers.

I didn't say anything, I kept singing with my unique skills!

Coincidentally, when he looked downstairs, the Cha family troupe was singing to the climax of the play. A woman played the role of a character and danced gracefully.

All the guests present stopped talking and waited for the most famous three orders of the play.

Accompanied by the melodious sound of the flute, the rhythm of the sandalwood board became faster and faster. The sweet water order, the victory order, and the Guigui order were sung respectively.

There was a moment of silence in the arena, and there was a burst of applause.

"it is good!"

"Singing is really good!"

There are even high-rollers who spend a lot of money and applaud endlessly.

Chapter 268 A Strong Dragon Doesn't Overwhelm a Local Snake

After Cha's troupe sang a song, the opera troupe stopped, the flute master stopped flute, and the sheng master also slowly put down the jade sheng.

The diners came and went, one group left and another group came. At first, the rich guest who rewarded a thousand gold still looked at the stage with drunken eyes, sighed, and shouted: