The Ming Dynasty started with caution

"I didn't know he was the new emperor, so I beg your pardon."

What a fool!

The people were not wrong at all.

Instead of reading the memorial in the palace, he secretly came to Gu'an County to enjoy a wild bath. Today it was confirmed that the people's scolding was not unjust.

Li Chao looked up and saw Zhu Houzhao still soaking in the soup, grinning happily, and frowning a little more.

"Has the new emperor read the memorials of his ministers? Should he give him some silver, or should he ask his ministers to forcibly settle the people?"

"I didn't see it, Lao Gao. Emperor Mutang was disturbed. What crime should he be convicted of?"

Li Chao's face trembled and he was furious. Based on his intuition, Zhu Houzhao didn't want to care about this matter at all.

Perhaps, after seeing Shuzuo and knowing about a place like Gu'an County, I came here specifically to play.

However, he didn't point directly at his nose and scold.

Instead, he stayed by the side, patiently waiting for Zhu Hou to take the photo, and focused on Yan Chengjin next to him. The broken sedan chair, the young man, and the old man... were consistent with the rumors. Could it be that he was...

"Have Lord Yan read the imperial memorials?"

Yan Chengjin was just about to take a drink when he saw Li Chao looking at him, frowning and thinking for a moment.

"What kind of memorial? I will tell Mr. Li after I return to Beijing to see it."

"..." Li Chao.

The things reported in the capital sounded very ridiculous, but now that I heard it, I believed a little more about Yan Chengjin's flattery of the new emperor.

"If the new emperor ignores it, then...that minister will go to court again and report to the emperor."

Li Chao bowed towards Zhu Houzhao, trying to attract Zhu Houzhao's attention.

It would be best to take Zhu Houzhao to the government office for a visit.

But Zhu Houzhao turned a deaf ear, looked at the figure in the soup, and angrily left with the Yamen servant.

…

After washing up in Qianqing Palace, I went to Kunning Palace for dinner, but Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Zaikun were nowhere to be seen.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi turned his head and Xiao Jing said, "Leaving the palace."

"..." The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi.

Half an hour later, sitting on the throne of Fengtian Hall, Yan Chengjin came to court.

Li Dongyang knew about the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi, so he spoke first: "Yan Chengjin asked for a day's leave, and the Gu'an County Magistrate came to the throne. The new emperor had sex in the outdoor soup pool yesterday, and he must have gone to Gu'an again."

The officials became more and more curious.

There is a soup pool in Gu'an, in Niutuo Town, which is as hot as hot soup and there are no buildings around it.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi gritted his teeth and thought for a moment, maybe he hadn't paid a micro visit for a long time.

He just went to see how poor Gu'an County was.

"Retreat from the court."

The princes looked at each other, the Emperor wanted to pay a small visit again?

Several people were waiting in the main hall, changing their clothes after the officials had retired, and then left the palace with them.

On the carriage, the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi held a folding fan in his hand and turned his eyes to the scenery beside him.

Gu'an is under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture.

You can see thousands of miles of fertile fields and canals, but very few people are working in the streets, and the fertile fields that should not be abandoned are also abandoned.

When the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi recalled the memorial, he couldn't help but feel a little angry at the Gu'an County Magistrate.

"In such a fertile land, the magistrate of Gu'an County actually begged the court for alms. He should be severely punished!"

"According to my investigation, it seems that they are all owned by Shanxi merchants."

When Jiang Mian just checked the yellow book, he also felt that there was something doubtful. Counties with a large number of acres should be rich.

But looking at the names on the fish scale album, we realize that they have nothing to do with the common people.

"That's it. That's it."

The ears of the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi were red, which seemed to expose He's stupidity in not eating minced meat, which was a bit embarrassing.

The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became awkward.

"What are the new emperor and Yan Qing's family doing in Gu'an?"

There was a shadow on the curtain of the carriage, and then Mou Bin's voice came in from outside.

"The new emperor and Lord Yan seem to be resolving this matter."

Gu'an can provide little livelihood for the people.

Most of the fertile land is in the hands of Shanxi merchants, so there is no reason to buy it for nothing and give it to the people.

When Jiang Mian heard Mou Bin's report, he couldn't help but think.

Will Yan Chengjin and the new emperor want to make a soup pool?

Li Dongyang frowned and thought to himself, I'm afraid Shanxi merchants will be in trouble.

This kid never moves without reason.

Wang Busui went to Jiangnan to do business. Later, Yan Chengjin moved Hui merchants in the capital. Now that he came to Gu'an, he must have wanted to move Shanxi merchants.

Does this kid want Liangshang to become the best business gang in the world?

At this time, a little sunlight shone faintly from the sky. Li Dongyang raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Mian and Zhang Sheng. Except for the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi, I am afraid they all thought of it together.

Gu'an County, Yamen.

"Sir, someone has come to complain again."

At this time, the drum of injustice sounded faintly outside the house.

Li Chao raised his head slightly and saw that as soon as the government office opened, a dense crowd of people lined up waiting to complain, as if they had made an appointment to come together.

"Why bother me?"

The people actually had nothing to do, they just wanted to come to the Yamen to cause trouble for him.

"If I can't live anymore, who will I turn to if I don't look for you?"

An old man glared at Li Chao, as if he was lecturing his son. This dog official's ass was also directed at the gentry.

Most of the land in the fixed county was owned by Shanxi merchants.

In the past, they could still rent and farm, and they could afford the money and food.

But after the commercial tax was doubled, these Shanxi merchants increased their land rent to make up for the commercial tax.

When the harvest is poor and you have to pay money for farming, who dares to farm?

Speaking of which, it was all the fault of the imperial court.

"Taizu said that the poor have no property and no bad deeds. People in the village who are praised as good will be given fertile land, five dou of rice, five kilograms of meat, and three dou of wine as a monthly payment. Why don't you, a dog official, give it?"

An old man wearing green clothes and looking like a scholar shouted violently.

This is the "Policy of Providing Elderly Care to the World" announced by Emperor Gao to the world.

"You must have been greedy for money!"

The people were furious.

Li Chao really wanted to cry but had no tears. He wanted to say directly, "Go to the hot spring in the wild and ask the emperor for it."

But he didn't dare.

Who knew that these people would be so angry that they would tie up Zhu Houzhao.

"I really submitted a petition and told the emperor in person. Please believe me."

"A seventh-rank official can see the emperor. Who are you trying to fool here!"

"..." Li Chao.

...

Gu'an County, a wilderness forest.

Zhu Zaikun and Yan Fanglai were playing in the hot spring. After a while, Zhu Houcong's crying was heard.

Yan Chengjin was lying alone in the small pool, surrounded by the yamen runners of the Duchayuan and Ye Zhun's Jinyiwei.

From the position, every angle was considered.

I didn't experience it in my previous life. I heard that hot springs can prolong life. I don't know if it's true or not, so Yan Chengjin will try it.

"Lao Gao, selling hot soup can help the people of Gu'an?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at the nearby side.

Wang Bushui was working hard to command the laborers to build inns, restaurants and roads.

More than 5,000 laborers, under the command of Liangxiang engineers, built the framework of the inn in half a day.

"The new emperor must trust me. I am taking this hot soup for field investigation."

Taking advantage of the Gu'an incident, he wanted to move the Shanxi merchants.

Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce is still very weak.

There is no Forbes wealth ranking in the Ming Dynasty, so it is difficult to compare whether the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce has entered the three major business groups.

Kill them first and talk about it later.

Zhu Houzhao got serious. The land of these soup fields belongs to the gentry.

Selling the hot soup is also the money earned by the gentry. What does it have to do with the people?

"Even if they sell hot soup, this is the land of the gentry, not the land of ordinary people. How can they receive the money?"