Since he was ordered to care for the people, Zhu Cihong could not return to the palace every day, and he could only return to the palace to restore the decree when he completed the will, so he took a group of guards from the East Palace to live in the Duanwang Mansion in the outer city.

The master of Duanwang's Mansion is Duanwang Zhu Changhao, the fifth son of Emperor Wanli, two generations higher than Zhu Cihong's generation, and went to the Hanzhong fiefdom twelve years ago, leaving only a housekeeper and a few servants to take care of Duanwang's Mansion.

According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the royal family can not live in the yamen at will when traveling, the yamen is a place for office affairs, belongs to the public, not the private property of the royal family, even if it is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he can only live in the palace or live in the palace nearby.

Unlike the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, the state was used for private purposes, and the whole world was a royal servant.

Zhu Cihong originally wanted to live in the Xinwang Mansion before Chongzhen became the emperor, the Xinwang Mansion was very large, twice the size of the Duanwang Mansion, and the Xinwang Mansion was still in the imperial city, the distance was too far, and it was inconvenient to come and go.

This Duanwang Mansion covers an area of less than 100 acres, not even a fraction of the Forbidden City, just the specifications of the general palace, perhaps because the Duanwang was not favored by the Wanli Emperor at the beginning, so he only built an ordinary palace in the outer city.

Because there are people cleaning all the year round, Duanwang's Mansion does not look old, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to live in, and the housekeeper of Duanwang's Mansion hurriedly arranged for someone to clean Duanwang's Mansion inside and out.

Duanwang Mansion is built in strict accordance with the Ming Dynasty vassal palace system, the front is the Duanli Gate, one front and one back, one left and one right four portals, the main hall in the middle is called the Carrier Palace, which is the common name of the main hall of all the vassal kings.

Behind the carrier hall is the sleeping palace, and finally is the imperial garden, in addition there are more than 50 places such as four halls, four pavilions and platforms, pavilions, pavilions, rooms, offices, etc., the scale is grand, and it is much more high-end than the mansion of the officials and nobles in the general capital.

Zhu Cihong briefly watched it in the Duanwang Mansion, then went to the carrier hall to rest for a while, ate the desserts brought by the entourage from the palace, and thought about the plan.

After a while, Zhu Cihong called his personal guard Xu Sheng and said, "Xu Sheng, you go and ask the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Command Division to send some people to open ten porridge factories in a wide area with few people in the city, and give porridge to the homeless people twice a day in the morning and evening, so as to ensure that the chopsticks are inserted in the porridge and do not fall." If anyone dares to be greedy for a grain of grain and directly kill his head and raid his family, you let Li Tingbiao send some brocade guards to keep an eye on it. Also, remember to let them play the banner of the palace to soothe the people. ”

The 10,000 taels of silver in the household department is enough for tens of thousands of homeless people to drink porridge for a few days, and since he has already left the palace, Zhu Cihong can't delay it, and he must start working.

For the fancy intestines of the officials below, Zhu Cihong knew very well in his heart, if he didn't send someone to keep an eye on it, it was estimated that the ten thousand taels of silver could drink porridge for two days at most.

Xu Sheng took the order and left, and Zhu Cihong called Wu Zhong again and instructed him: "Wu Daban, you go to Beizhen Fusi to send Li Tingbiao to see me." ”

Wu Zhong said: "Master, Master Li is waiting outside Duanwang's Mansion." ”

"Why is he here?" The Fusi Yamen in Beizhen is still in the imperial city, why did Li Tingbiao sneak away to the outer city? Zhu Cihong was puzzled.

Wu Zhong explained: "This time, the young master went out of the palace to take care of the people, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities, the Imperial History of the City Patrol and the Jinyi Guard all sent people to secretly protect His Highness, and the person who the Jinyi Guard sent to lead the team this time was Lord Li. ”

"Well, let him in, I have something to explain." Zhu Cihong nodded, and said in his heart that this Luo Yang is really good at sending people.

After Li Tingbiao came to the carrier hall to greet him, Zhu Cihong didn't talk to him much, and directly sent a task.

Let him count the names of the wealthy officials and wealthy merchants in Beijing within five days, and the standard is that the family assets are more than 100,000 taels of silver, and it is best to find out the approximate family assets of these people.

Li Tingbiao was shocked, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wouldn't be addicted to copying their homes, and wanted Jinyiwei to copy these people's homes!

This idea was only stifled by him for a moment, this is impossible, His Highness is so smart, how can he do something that shakes the country's foundation.

Zhu Cihong saw the strange look in his eyes and said with a smile: "This palace is not stupid, to do those things that set him on fire, this time he just wants to hold a fundraising activity and let those rich people contribute." ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the court was poor and the people were poor, but those landlords, rich businessmen and officials were not poor, but they were all rich, and it can be said that most of the wealth of the entire Ming Dynasty was in the pockets of this handful of people.

Zhu Cihong wanted to take a handful out of these people's pockets, of course, he couldn't grab it, he could only collect donations and beg them to send money, but as for how to 'beg', he still had the final say.

Li Tingbiao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and immediately began to arrange for someone to secretly investigate after leaving Duanwang's Mansion, using someone he could trust.

His philosophy is that safety is more important than efficiency.

After Xu Sheng conveyed the order of the East Palace, the people of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Command Division immediately took action, scattered ten soup kitchens in the outer city, quickly transported grain and set up a porridge factory, and the efficiency of the work was really in place.

In the afternoon of the same day, the ten soup kitchens began to give porridge to the outside world, and when the first meal was served, there was some looting among the homeless, and many homeless people who had not eaten for several days saw the white millet porridge and immediately pounced.

However, what they had to face was some officials of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Command Division, and when these officials saw that someone had robbed them, they directly picked up the big thick stick that had been prepared in their hands, and went up to beat them badly, without mercy.

A few of the people who took the lead in the robbery were directly arrested, and they were tied to the stump behind the sticks, their eyes widened, and they drooled as they watched others drink porridge.

Under the troubled times, the homeless people immediately became honest. In fact, the main thing is that the rice porridge is also very sufficient, and you can get the rice porridge when you come first and then arrive, and there is no need to rob it, so when the porridge is given in the future, the displaced people also consciously line up, and the order of eating is much better.

A patrol captain of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Command Division said loudly while scooping porridge for the homeless people with a spoon: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been ordered to soothe the people, and he has specially ordered me to give porridge here, don't forget to thank the Son of Heaven and His Highness for their kindness!" ”

A group of homeless people just didn't have a mouthful to agree, one by one they came up with bowls and lined up to receive porridge, and the people in the back were just constantly probing their brains, waiting very anxiously, no matter whose kindness he had, he hadn't eaten it yet.

The person in front of him who was full of porridge was holding a bowl and looking for a place to squat down and devour it.

These days, they live a day of gnawing on the bark of the bran tree, even if they come to the capital, they are eating some leftovers, many people look at the pure and thick rice porridge in the bowl, tears are flowing, and then they remember what the inspector just said.