Forbidden City, Fengtian Temple.

It was another day of early court, and after the ministers saluted Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi spoke directly:

"Li Aiqing, how is the abolition of the Beizhili Baojia system?"

Regarding the abolition of the Beizhili Baojia system, Emperor Hongzhi has been very concerned recently, because he has discovered the benefits of population mobility.

During this time, Emperor Hongzhi paid a private visit to the capital and found that the capital was becoming more and more prosperous.

Although many people in coarse linen clothes and yellow muscles do not look very good when walking on the streets of the capital, their mental state is very different from those who have fled.

The fleeing homeless people had a frightened and desperate look on their faces.

And they are full of hope.

Now it seems that their state is indeed not good, but this hopeful expression gives people a high-spirited feeling, and their future is promising!

"Back to Your Majesty, the current progress in the abolition of the armor protection system in the North Zhili region is good, and the people have praised this as a good governance, and the people in many places, hearing that the armor protection system has been abolished, have faced the direction of the palace, and bowed three times and bowed nine times, and the mountain calls Your Majesty Shengming!

At the same time, the vast majority of the gentry in the Northern Zhili region also welcomed the abolition of the armor protection system.

It's just ......"

Li Dongyang's hesitation made Emperor Hongzhi's heart chuckle and he seemed a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, in the Northern Zhili region, the abolition of the armor protection system is very popular, but in the areas outside the Northern Zhili, according to the investigation of Jinyiwei, there is a polarized situation."

"Mu Bin, what's going on?"

Hearing Li Dongyang say that it was based on Jinyiwei's investigation, but Emperor Hongzhi did not get news from Mu Bin, which made Emperor Hongzhi a little dissatisfied with Mu Bin.

After all, Jinyi Wei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and he is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, and he should summarize and inform the emperor of all the big and small things that happen in the people.

If you want to say that the emperor is lazy and doesn't want to see it, then forget it, but Emperor Hongzhi is not lazy!

But Emperor Hongzhi didn't know about this matter in front of him.

This couldn't help but make Emperor Hongzhi begin to doubt Mu Bin's loyalty.

"Your Majesty, this matter has little to do with Jinyiwei, and it was the old minister who asked Jinyiwei to assist in the investigation in his private capacity.

Because the current abolition of the armor protection system is only implemented in the North Zhili, it stands to reason that the areas outside the North Zhili can be temporarily ignored, but the areas outside the North Zhili are also the land of my Ming Dynasty, and the people there will also express concern about the abolition of the armor protection system in the North Zhili area.

And their every move is related to my Ming Dynasty's society. ”

Before Mu Bin could answer, Li Dongyang stood up first.

Because of this matter, it was indeed Li Dongyang who asked Mu Bin to send Jinyiwei to assist him in the investigation, so when he saw Emperor Hongzhi's unkind tone towards Mu Bin, he immediately stood up.

After all, Mu Bin is not his political enemy, and he can't trap other Mu Bin.

Moreover, if it is not pitted, this is to set up an enemy for yourself.

"This matter will be taken over, no matter what form it is, next time, the news investigated by Jinyiwei will need to be sent to me. Moreover, no one is allowed to request Jinyiwei to assist in the investigation in a private capacity. ”

Emperor Hongzhi is magnanimous, and in addition, he also believes that Li Dongyang and Mu Bin will not plot anything this time, so this time, he will let Mu Bin go, but next time, it will definitely not work.

"Li Qingjia, let's talk about it, what kind of polarization situation is there in the areas outside Beizhili?"

Li Dongyang bowed down and replied:

"Your Majesty, according to Jinyiwei's investigation, in areas outside of Beizhili, the gentry are very opposed to the abolition of the armor protection system, especially those big families, who are the most opposed.

And the ordinary people are in favor of abolishing the armor protection system, among them, the tenants and the ordinary people in the area near Beizhili are the most supportive! ”

"Why is there such a polarization, which is rarely the case in the Northern Zhili region?"

Emperor Hongji expressed his incomprehension.

"Your Majesty, this question, the old minister has thought about it, and the old minister believes that this is because the vast majority of the gentry in the North Zhili area, the main income, is no longer agriculture, but the establishment of commercial houses, workshops to do business, so the abolition of the armor protection system is beneficial to them.

In the areas outside the North Zhili, the squires and wealthy families, their main income, is still agriculture, and agriculture requires a lot of manpower input, once the abolition of the armor protection system, it will inevitably cause the loss of local people, thus affecting their income, therefore, the squires and wealthy families in those areas strongly oppose the abolition of the armor protection system. ”

Li Dongyang has communicated with Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Zhaotong for this answer, so he is still more sure of his opinion.

In addition, Li Dongyang is not afraid of offending anyone by saying this matter clearly.

For he who should be offended, he has sinned.

After all, the abolition of the armor protection system was proposed by Li Zhaotong, and Li Zhaotong was his son.

If you don't teach, it's your father's fault.

He had to carry this pot.

After listening to Li Dongyang, Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a moment and did not speak.

Because, in fact, Emperor Hongzhi knew very well in his heart that the abolition of the armor protection system would hurt the squires and even the royal family, and he had already felt this harm.

He got a report from Xiao Jing that there were many farmers in the Huangzhuang who left the Huangzhuang and went to work for the workshop.

Because now that there is no restriction on armor protection, they can leave without punishment, and go to work in the workshop, and they can earn more.

Therefore, the farmers in the Huangzhuang are all outflowing.

Not to mention, those ordinary gentry.

Emperor Hongzhi knew about this situation, but he couldn't make a choice about it now, because the vast majority of the people who assisted him in governing the world today were these gentry and wealthy families.

Once these people are attacked, it will inevitably cause chaos in the world.

Now, the vast majority of the gentry and wealthy families in the Beizhili region do not object, and they can abolish the armor protection system in the Beizhili region first, and Emperor Hongzhi feels very satisfied.

His main goal now is to open the sea, and it is not a good thing to spread the stall too much at once.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi decided to change the topic and avoid talking about this matter.

But for a while, Emperor Hongji's head was stuck, and he didn't know what topic to shift.

It just so happened that outside the Fengtian Palace, there was a little eunuch who was probing his brain at the entrance of the hall.

Emperor Hongzhi sat in the center of the hall, and it was located in a high place, so he could see it clearly, so Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiao Jing and said:

"Let that little eunuch come in and report, I see that he seems to be in a hurry, as if something big has happened."

"Whoa!"

Xiao Jing immediately went to the gate of Fengtian Palace.