The first thing Ning Yu did when he went down to the dynasty was not to look for his two wives, but to go directly to Renshou Palace, where his old father Ning Zhongyuan and Mrs. Ning now live there as the emperor and the queen mother.

When he walked into Renshou Palace, Ning Yu saw that Ning Zhongyuan was pulling Lu Yizhong to play chess, and he was a little funny in his heart at the moment.

It's just that after Ning Yu laughed, he felt a little emotional in his heart, although he laughed at them, but after becoming the emperor, he was also trapped in this shell invisibly, and there were many things that he couldn't do casually - such as leading troops to fight again......

Seeing Ning Yu coming, Lu Yizhong hurriedly got up and wanted to kneel down and salute, no matter what, the young man in front of him was the emperor, and he was also a king who set off a bloody storm in the south of the Yangtze River.

Ning Yu picked up Lu Yizhong, who was about to kneel, and said in a low voice: "Why does Mr. Lu need a big gift? Now that the time has passed for the enthronement, there is no need for any more great gifts. ”

"How's it going, how does it feel to be an emperor?" Ning Zhongyuan threw down a black chess piece, looked at Ning Yu with a complicated face, and a little smile appeared on his face, but he just looked at it with a look of schadenfreude.

Ning Yu sighed with emotion: "I didn't feel it when I didn't become an emperor, but after I really became an emperor, there were only eight words left in my son's heart, walking on thin ice and trembling. ”

"Walking on thin ice, trembling...... Well said! ”

Ning Zhongyuan laughed, "There is nothing to teach you as a father, but I have occasionally gained something recently, so I will tell you." ”

Seeing that the father and son of the Ning family put on a posture of teaching to be the emperor, there was something bad in Lu Yi's center, and he hurriedly saluted: "Emperor Qi, Emperor Qi, the old man will retire first." ”

Ning Zhongyuan waved his hand gently, "Mr. Lu doesn't have to go first, this matter has a lot to do with you, so you can stay and listen to it and see if what I said is right or not." ”

"Be taught."

Ning Zhongyuan stood up, took out a copper coin from his arms, and a handful of millet came out, and sprinkled it on the table, and then looked at Ning Yu with a serious face without saying a word.

Ning Yu sighed, how could he not understand his old father's simple and practical thoughts, but how difficult it was to do these two.......

"No farming, no stability, no work, no wealth, no business, no life. What my father meant, but I understand now. ”

Ning Zhongyuan laughed, "You always have to remember one thing, there are not so many big truths to talk about governing the world, the common people don't recognize those big truths, they only recognize the copper plate in their hands and the millet that can be eaten, these things are their lives, so as long as you don't take away the last copper plate and the last handful of millet in the hands of the people, the world will not be chaotic." On the other hand, if you do this, then no one can save our Ning family's world. ”

The loss of the former Ming Dynasty is not only the object of learning from the Qing court, but also a reference template for today's Great Chu, Ning Zhongyuan's words, in fact, are nothing more than summing up those drawbacks, and the people at the bottom cannot be forced to the point that they can't afford to eat, otherwise resistance will be everywhere.

Lu Yizhong also sighed, "If the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can always understand this truth, the Ming Dynasty will not die, and if Kangxi can understand this truth, the world will not be chaotic now." ”

Ning Zhongyuan said with deep meaning: "Now that you are an emperor, you can't stay in the palace all the time, go out for a walk more, maybe you will have a different feeling." ”

If it were an ordinary emperor, I am afraid that he would be confined to the small Forbidden City for the rest of his life, but for Ning Yu, he would not only care about this small world, but only the larger world could keep him awake.

After a few busy days, Ning Yu thought about what Ning Zhongyuan said, and immediately decided to go out for a walk, at least to listen to the thoughts of the people, and not to be an emperor who only stayed in the palace.

So Ning Yu changed into civilian clothes under the service of the maid, wore a wing crown on his head, and under the escort of the guards of the middle court, he went directly out of the palace and came to the big street of Nanjing.

Ning Si was a little nervous, if it was in the past, he would not have such emotions at all, but now his identity is indeed different, so he didn't dare to slack off, and his eyes were staring at the nearby crowd all the time, for fear that an assassin would pop out of it.

"Ahem, let's just do the same today as usual, you still call me the young master like before."

Ning Yu smiled, but he took a step forward, and began to inspect everything on the streets of Nanjing, since the end of the enthronement ceremony, there are many more people in Nanjing, and the big guys are also celebrating, so not too many people dispersed at the first time, but continued to stay in Nanjing.

Speaking of Nanjing, the city of Nanjing is full of traffic, and it looks like a prosperous and prosperous city, but in the eyes of Ning Yu, a person who is used to seeing big cities in later generations, it is nothing more than that, but the days of the people make Ning Yu more curious.

Strictly speaking, many of Dachu's policies have just been implemented, so Dachu has not changed much on the surface, the people are still yellow-skinned, and the clothes on their bodies are still shabby, but it does not mean that there has been no change at all, at least on the streets of Nanjing, there are a lot more small traders selling goods.

From a distance, the Qinhuai River, which has flowed for thousands of years, is divided into two after flowing to the Kowloon Bridge in the east of Nanjing, and a stream of water flows south and west along the outside of the city wall, becoming the Qinhuai River outside; A stream through the east water and west into the city, became the inner Qinhuai River, and at this time there are several colorful boats floating on the Inner Qinhuai River, thinking that it is the place of fireworks in the city.

Ning Yu naturally has no interest in looking for flowers and willows, in fact, he doesn't have much interest in women, it is really Ning Yu who has gone through the battles of later generations, looking at women in this era, there will not be much excitement, even if it is Cui Xi and Chen Caiwei, their own temperament is far beyond their faces, and they have become the existence that makes Ning Yu more excited.

In fact, for Ning Yu, what he wants to know more is the people's views on the new "King James Constitution", which is the real purpose of Ning Yu's travel.

In those days, there were no so-called newspapers or other communication agencies, and the common people wanted to know about some important events of the imperial court, in addition to word of mouth, they also relied on the notices along the city walls and the small teahouses in the streets and alleys.

Ning Yu took everyone into a teahouse, just after sitting down, ordered a pot of Tieguanyin and a few dim sum, before he could start eating, he heard someone start to talk about the articles and provisions of the "King James Constitution", not because of coincidence, but because there are too many people talking about it these days, but the imperial court does not have any intention of prohibiting it, so many people are discussing.

However, it did not surprise Ning Yu, all the scholars generally felt that the "King James Great Chu Constitution" had exalted the status of industry and commerce too much, and that the imperial court had treated the scholars a little lightly, while the businessmen were proud and eager to memorize the "King James Great Chu Constitution" every day.

For ordinary people, on the one hand, they lamented that the imperial court was getting better and better for the small people, after all, the land tax was received in the hands of the big households, but on the other hand, they were also muttering, that is, whether these policies would be changed in the future, if the policy was changed at that time, I was afraid that the people would suffer again.

Ning Yu didn't have the slightest anger or pride in what these people said, he just listened quietly, and wrote down a few strokes with charcoal from time to time, everything seemed to become silent, but Ning Si gradually found that the emperor's whole person seemed to be changing, becoming more like an emperor.

After the promulgation of the "King James Great Chu Constitution", the Great Chu also promulgated a series of decrees, including the "King James Great Chu Civil Law", the "King James Great Chu Commercial Law" and the "King James Great Chu Criminal Law", as well as the most important "King James Great Chu Tax", the provisions of which are officially the national policy of apportioning the land into the mu and the gentry to pay grain as a national policy, which is strictly implemented in various places.

In fact, these laws themselves are reflected to a certain extent in the "King James Constitution", but these regulations are more detailed and easier to understand, which is a great thing for the small people, because in the past, the laws and regulations were not actually for the people, but for the petty officials below, so that they could act according to the law.

It can be said that at this stage, the people do not know that there is a law, let alone act according to the law. In this environment, the rule of virtue has become very natural, it can be said that the county lord at this stage almost grasped the power of the prison in his hands, and the judgment of the case has become a necessary lesson for the county magistrate.

Ning Yu knew in his heart that many things had to be taken step by step, and it was not easy to take too big a step at this time, otherwise it would be easy for problems to occur, so he would not think about stepping towards the rule of law in one step, which was unrealistic and unnecessary.

However, in general, the people's requirements for the imperial court are not high, and Da Chu has actually done a very good job in this regard, and even from the perspective of those who read, the imperial court can take on the word "benevolence", because no dynasty will attach so much importance to the interests of the small people, and even the untouchables who are low to the dust have completely ushered in a new life.

Many untouchables who have returned to normal household registration kneeled at the feet of the imperial city, and did not make any noise, but just knelt quietly, they had no grievances to vent, no grievances to tell, only endless emotion and hope.

This scene is not unusual, because in addition to them, there are many people who are also bowing to the imperial city, no matter what the "King James Constitution" stipulates, they all hope to let the dignitaries and nobles living in the imperial city know that the people are the easiest to be grateful, even if it is a little favor, they will remember.

Ning Yu looked at the scene in front of him and sighed deeply, the corners of his eyes slightly red.

"Summoning the political affairs hall, let them all come and see, look at these people, our Dachu is really not enough...... But for them, it was a sea change. ”

After a while, a large group of officials in red official clothes poured out from Donghua Gate, and their arrival instantly surprised those people, who looked at those sweating officials, but became a little overwhelmed.

Li Fu looked at Ning Yu, who was dressed in civilian clothes, but he was a little surprised, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, why are you ...... here?"

Ning Yu smiled faintly, stretched out his finger and pointed at the people, then glanced back at the officials, and said softly: "You all come with me, see what kind of people our people are." ”

See who the people are. Li Fu didn't quite understand, but Cui Wancai on the side seemed to feel something, he just looked at Ning Yu's back, stroked his beard and smiled.

Ning Yu quickly walked in front of the people with the officials, and he said in a loud voice: "People, get up quickly...... I said that I don't need to kneel and prostrate...... You don't have to kneel before me! ”

The people below looked at the young man in front of them, and then at the officials who followed behind, they were a little suspicious at the moment, but they didn't stand up, whether this person is the emperor or not, there is always nothing wrong with kneeling, of course, in addition to continuing to kneel, the crowd also chanted long live.

Ning Yu ignored Ning Si's obstruction beside him, and personally took a few steps forward and helped up a white-haired old man kneeling in front of him.

"Old man, you don't need to be like this..... This is what I should do, and if I don't do well, you can scold me, but don't kneel, let alone kneel. ”

The old man's face was frightened at first, but after a while, tears flowed again.

"The emperor is kind-hearted, how can the grass people not know in their hearts, but because of this, the grass people will feel guilty, the emperor has not received a penny of taxes from us, so he gave the grass people a great blessing, which is really unrewardable......"

Speaking of which, Ning Yu did not collect a penny of taxes from them, and even after capturing Jiangning, he paid more attention to these untouchables, and after ascending the throne, he immediately removed their untouchable status, which really has the grace of recreation.

Ning Yu sighed softly, he looked back at those officials, "You have seen this scene, I don't know how you feel in your heart?" I believe that the people under the world have never changed, but why did the former Ming Dynasty fall and why did the Qing court become unpopular? It's because they don't really pay attention to what the people think! ”

"Water can carry a boat, or it can capsize a boat. I am willing to be Li Shimin who humbly accepts advice, but you also have to be Wei Zheng who always cares about the people. ”

On the eve of the reform of the official position, Ning Yu took the ministers to take such a lesson together, naturally with deep intentions, he hoped to use such a scene today to convey a message to everyone, whether it is true or false, you need to be diligent and love the people, only in this way can you get the opportunity to be promoted, if you don't care for the people, no matter how high your ability, you can't be a pro-people official.

Maybe Ning Yu's idea is not out of place, and even seems a little naïve, but after all, this is his biggest insistence and original intention.