Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 153, Zhu Houzhao is a good person
The convoy walked very slowly in Tianjin City. Because there were palace guards opening the way, it was also very smooth. Everyone in Tianjin City looked at this huge team curiously.

Liu Jin lifted the curtain of the window and looked outside. Because of the heater inside the carriage, it was as warm as spring, but outside the carriage was still relatively cold.

A gust of cold wind was also blowing head-on, making Liu Jin shiver uncontrollably.

Looking carefully at the city of Tianjin in front of me, it was the first time for Liu and Jin from later generations to come to Tianjin, and the most memorable thing in my mind should be Tianjin Goubuli steamed stuffed bun.

"I don't know if there are Tianjin Goubuli steamed stuffed buns now, but probably there aren't any."

Looking at the slightly dilapidated Tianjin city in front of me, everything here is far less prosperous than the capital city, the city walls of Tianjin city are not high, most of the buildings in the city are relatively low, and the streets are not wide. Half full of people.

Most of these people are sallow and thin, unkempt, and their clothes are very tattered. They are similar to the refugees I saw in the capital before. The eyes of many people look very empty, and they are spread directly in the corners of the streets and alleys, and they seem to be very hungry. .

"Why are there so many refugees in Tianjin Guard?"

Liu Jin frowned all of a sudden.

This Tianjin city is a city anyway, and people who can live in the city, whether they are from this era or later generations, are basically considered acceptable.

But among the people in front of them, there are very few people in clean clothes. They don't look like city people at first glance, they belong to refugees.

"I also saw a lot of refugees on the way here. I thought these refugees knew that Xishan was recruiting people, and that mining coal in the capital required a lot of labor, so they went to the capital to make a living."

"It doesn't look like this now. There are so many refugees even here in Tianjin. Could it be that there is a famine?"

Liu Jin thought quickly in his mind, and soon thought of a possibility. Only when there is a famine can there be so many victims, otherwise it is absolutely impossible for large-scale refugees to appear.

You must know that the Xishan Coal Industry and other large and small coal industries have absorbed tens of thousands of people to mine and work. Many of them are former refugees. It stands to reason that after absorbing so many refugees, there should not be so many refugees in the Beijing-Tianjin area. , but we can still see so many refugees now, it must be a famine.

Gently lowering the curtains of the car, Liu Jin also sighed in his heart. In this traditional small-scale peasant economy and society, the ability to resist disasters is really weak. survived.

Looking at the yellow and thin people on both sides of the street, the whole picture is black and white, without a trace of color, and I am more determined in my heart to do something in this era.

"Old Liu, what are you thinking?"

Zhu Houzhao's voice awakened Liu Jin from deep thought.

"Your Highness, look outside, it seems that there is a famine."

Liu Jin lifted the curtains of the car and signaled Zhu Houzhao to come and have a look.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao also got up from the comfortable cotton pad and looked out the window. Seeing the huge number of refugees on both sides of the street, he couldn't help but frowned, then thought for a while and said, "I remember, this The emperor seems to have been worrying about the famine for a few days, it seems that because this winter is too cold, there is no food harvest in Beizhili, Shanxi, and Shandong, and famine occurred."

"Old Liu, do you have any good ways to help? You can see that all these disaster victims are all sallow and emaciated, and they look very pitiful."

"Why don't we open a Xishan Coal Industry here in Tianjin and recruit a large number of these victims to work?"

When Liu Jin heard Zhu Houzhao's words, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao again. The Zhu Houzhao in front of him had a very low evaluation in history. A rare foolish king.

Among the emperors in history, this kind of evaluation is estimated to be comparable only to Emperor Sui Yang.

But after being in contact with Zhu Houzhao for a long time, Liu Jin knows that history is worthy of being a clown who can be dressed up by others. It is difficult for future generations to know what the real history is like.

At least for now, the Zhu Houzhao in front of him is very good. Seeing the miserable appearance of the victims, he was not afraid. The first thing he thought of was to ask Liu Jin to find a way to see if he could help the victims.

If you really want to be a senseless and stupid king, how can you care about the lives of these disaster victims?
I guess I won't even take a look at it. Even if I saw it, I would only secretly say that it is bad luck. I wish I could stay away from these disaster victims, so how could I find a way to help them.

"His Royal Highness is kind-hearted and loves the people like a son. It is really a blessing for Ming Dynasty and the country!"

Liu Jin flattered Zhu Houzhao first, then thought for a while and said: "I originally planned to start some industries here in Tianjin, such as this shipyard, the construction of a port, the construction of a wharf, etc., which will definitely need to be used. With a large number of manpower, we will be able to hire a large number of these disaster victims at that time, but it may cost a lot of money, it depends on your Highness whether you are willing to part with it or not."

"Isn't it just money, flowers, it doesn't matter how much you spend. I don't have anything else now. This money is a lot. Anyway, if the money is not spent, it will be lumpy. It's great to be able to help these victims. "

Zhu Houzhao spoke very grandly without any hesitation.

"With His Highness's words, I am relieved."

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately laughed.

The reason why I asked this question just now is also a small test for Zhu Houzhao, to see if he really wants to help these victims.

It is sometimes difficult for the superiors to truly sympathize with the people at the bottom and really help the people at the bottom. Whether the prince of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, the future Emperor Zhengde, really wants to help these victims, or to see Would he be willing to take out his real money?

Looking at it now, he may have an out-of-character personality, and he may seem unreliable in many cases, but in essence, he is definitely a good person, just like his father Hongzhi, he is a kind person.

"Old Liu, I know you have the ability, just do it freely, don't be afraid of spending money, and don't be afraid of your hands, you can help a person is a person, the father is hurt because of this famine. brain."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin, and said very seriously, which is rare, he is still a filial son, seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was troubled by this matter, he also wanted to be filial.

　The Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao in history was a controversial person. The real history is estimated to be difficult for us descendants to know.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)