Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 507 Because of a Good Emperor

About the eve of dusk, Zhu Youxiao and other talents arrived at Yangjia Pass, which is "full of forests". Pass is a geographical term, referring to a narrow and relatively flat place between two mountains.

And Zhu Youxiao is now arriving at such a place, the terrain is shaped like a saddle, a small village happens to be in the middle of the saddle, and from time to time a cow can be heard mooing, when he looked back, he saw a shepherd boy riding backwards The buffalo is walking towards the entrance of the village.

What made Zhu Youxiao curious was not the picture of a shepherd boy riding a bull in the quiet and vivid countryside, but that the shepherd boy was wearing clothes made of smooth and shiny satin fabric.

It stands to reason that in western regions like Guangxi, the gentry group is not strong. Even now that the Ming Dynasty has been in existence for more than 200 years, most of the existing peasants are still mainly self-cultivating farmers. There are very few rich and gentlemen like that, but why is a shepherd boy riding a buffalo dressed so luxuriously today?

Take another look at the surrounding farmhouses surrounded by fences, all of which are made of blue bricks and black tiles. The roads in front of and behind the houses are all covered with bluestone slabs. The old trees in the village still have green leaves. Because it is dusk and the sky is dark, Zhu You Xiao couldn't observe that these were all forests that had been sprayed with dye solution, but he just felt that he couldn't feel the slightest feeling of bleak autumn when he came here.

But Zhu Youxiao still picked up a leaf, picked up the leaves with his hands, couldn't help laughing, and didn't expose it directly, but walked up to Fang Zhenru, the governor of Guangxi: "You have to behave well in front of me!" , I understand, but there is no need to let autumn become spring. In addition, let the whole village, men, women, old and young, whether in clothing or in the decoration of the houses they live in, not look like ordinary people but like rich landowners or rich peasants. The Ming Dynasty has not yet It must be so prosperous that even a boy who herds cows can dress better than the young master of the landlord's family.

Fang Zhenru couldn't help but blushed, and looked awkwardly at Zuo Buzheng Yang Honggui and Youjiang branch inspector Chai Zengyong, because this time the repair and reconstruction of the Yangjia Pass was due to the return of Ning Concubine Luoruo. The decoration is the responsibility of these two officials.

At this time, Yang Honggui was also sweating. According to the instructions provided by the governor Fang Zhenru, he said that His Majesty is an aspiring emperor who loves the people the most. In front of him, he deliberately spent the funds originally prepared for His Majesty to enjoy luxurious treatment on improving the living standards of these villagers, but he did not expect to be spotted by His Majesty, but he could only look at Chai Zeng, the sub-inspector of Youjiang Road Yes, I hope Chai Zengyong will stand up and explain to His Majesty.

Chai Zengyong had no choice but to stand up. Before he could speak, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "No need to say any more, I know what you are going to say. As a minister, you should focus more on benefiting the people and making contributions to the country. Above, if you do something vain like this time again, don't blame me for not being polite anymore."

Zhu Youxiao asked Chai Zengyong and other officials to lead him into the village to meet Yang Laomao, the father of Concubine Ning Luoruo.

Concubine Ning Luoruo was already in a state of tears in her eyes at this time, when she entered the village entrance, she hurriedly saluted Zhu Youxiao, and then hurriedly walked towards the door of her house.

However, at this time, her house had already been occupied by soldiers from the Fifth Army, and there were even a few marksmen with rifles lying on the roof of her house and on a camphor tree next to her house.

And her father Yang Laoyao and his weak brother Yang Yi'er were already dressed in brocade clothes and waiting outside the house.

When the youngest Yang and his son saw the concubine Ning Luoruo, the youngest Yang was already in tears, her palms were waving non-stop, and she really wanted to stretch out her hand and run over to take a good look at her daughter, but suddenly realized her current identity. After being different, he hurriedly knelt down: "I have seen your mother."

"Sister", Yang Yier just yelled and was about to run over, but the youngest Yang pulled her back directly, and pressed Yang Yier's head hard to make him kneel down.

Concubine Ning Luo Ruo couldn't help feeling sad, and burst into tears, but because she thought that behind her was the current His Majesty, the Cabinet Master, the Chief of Ceremony and other big figures, so she pretended to be calm Holding back the tears, he hurriedly helped the youngest Yang and Yang Yi'er up, and bowed to the youngest Yang.

Although father and daughter met each other, due to the disparity in status, the youngest Yang at this time did not dare to call her daughter affectionately, and Concubine Ning Luoruo did not call "Father", and her younger brother seemed to be aware of it. Now it is different from the past, and she no longer naughtily wants to get close to her sister, but has been following behind Yang Laoyao, even after entering the house, Yang Laoyao personally brewed a cup of rough tea for Ning Concubine Luo Ruo tremblingly Naturally, Concubine Ning Luo Ruo didn't dare to pick it up, so she hurriedly supported Youngest Yang to sit beside her.

Zhu Youxiao didn't go there, because he felt that if he went there, he would put even more pressure on the father and daughter.

Zhu Youxiao casually walked to talk to a farmer, because he had already changed into civilian clothes when he entered the mountain, so these farmers could not guess what he was doing, but they saw that behind him were those who often come these days The officials and gentlemen in the village thought that Zhu Youxiao might just be a high-ranking official visiting in disguise, so they didn't feel very restrained.

Most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty liked to understand the people's sentiments and get in close contact with the people. Perhaps this is a good habit inherited from Emperor Gao, as did Zhu Houzhao later, so Zhu Youxiao is also used to go to the bottom people to understand The situation of the whole society, to experience their feelings.

In fact, Guangxi Governor Fang Zhenru and other officials were still worried that His Majesty would get something out of the mouths of these low-level people, even though they had made these villagers unify their voices before.

"How much land does the family have, how much tax is paid each year, has the yamen ever apportioned corvee, has the wages owed been paid, etc."

Because Zhu Youxiao is not allowed to approach within hundreds of steps, except for the guards of Zhu Youxiao, when Zhu Youxiao asks this question, there is no need to worry that the local officials in Guangxi who are standing far away will hear them what are you talking about.

But the farmer was honest and told Zhu Youxiao about the situation at home in detail:

"There are a lot of fields. Many people don't want to farm anymore. They all go to the city to earn wages for some master or workshop. I am planting the fields of three families now. One is my brother's and the other is My cousin’s family, they all gave me to plant, so we don’t have to worry about the lack of harvest and we never say that we don’t have enough to eat. The tax is much lower than in previous years, and there is no such noise. , Naturally, life is much easier. These days in the Yamen let us do a lot of work, but we also earn a lot of wages, and we can owe taxes first. Now the court is getting better and better, better than me Even better when I was a kid."

The farmer couldn't help but sighed: "It's all because my Ming Dynasty has a good emperor again!"

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