One of the purposes of Zhu Youzhen's visit to Xishan this time is to visit and comfort the workers, peasants, and military masses in Xishan, and the other purpose is to develop honeycomb coal and corresponding stoves to improve the problem of heating the people in winter.

But it had to start a few days ago.

A few days ago, Zhu Youzhen took advantage of the leisure time of the Xiu Mu cabinet to lead the elders to visit the homes of ordinary people in the outer city.

Of course, at the beginning, the cabinet ministers were against it, and the reason was naturally that the son of the daughter was the ring, and if there was any accident, they would be the sinners of the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Liji and Shi Fenglai even threatened to die on the imperial steps, but they were stopped by other pavilion elders.

In the face of the cabinet's righteous exhortation, Zhu Youzhen finally said lightly.

"I've often gone out on patrols in micro-clothes this year, and I'm about to go all over the capital, and even I've been to your elders' homes, but you don't know it."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, the cabinet ministers were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground, counting nine cold days, with a layer of cold sweat on their backs, and their heads were spinning rapidly, thinking about whether the little rabbit cubs at home had caused trouble recently.

Then he was ruthless in his heart, and he was ready to go home and teach his family and subordinates a lesson again, so as not to bump into the Son of Heaven who often went out on patrol, of course, he had to strictly guard the door, and for irrelevant people, don't let them in.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the frightened expressions of the elders, and secretly felt funny, and then said.

"But Han Qing's house, I didn't go, I just looked outside."

However, this sentence did not cause Han Yi to panic, compared to other pavilion elders, Han Yi was much more at ease.

Han Yi was reinstated after stepping down, and he was persecuted by the eunuchs, and the family didn't even have a home of their own, so they had to live in the ancestral hall.

If it weren't for Zhu Youzhen's revenge, Han Yi would have died of illness and starvation by now.

Therefore, after this difficulty, Han Yi's temperament changed greatly, and after entering Beijing, he lived in the house given by Zhu Youzhen, and then hired two old servants, one followed his old wife to run the house, and the other went out with him.

Even the sedan chair that went out to the government was rationed by Zhu Youzhen, and even the sedan chair driver and honor guard were all spent by the imperial court.

Because there were too few people in Han Yi's family, Zhu Youzhen couldn't get in, so he could only look outside and leave.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, no one dared to object anymore, and Zhu Youzhen took the opportunity to say again.

"Don't think about it, I and you left the palace this time, mainly to let you and others take a look at the real life of the people in the capital, and know what the people are worried about, what they are looking forward to, and what they are thinking about all day long."

"Only by knowing what the people need, will the decrees of the imperial court be targeted, will they not be deceived and coaxed by the performance of the officials below, and the decrees issued will not harm the people."

"There is a saying in military affairs that a general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies, and the saying also says that the Son of Heaven is angry and ambushes millions of corpses, and every will issued by me is very important, once it is lost, it is to work the people and harm the people."

"That's why I have to go out and see it often, understand the world, and know that behind the cold numbers and words on the song are all living people, and I will be cautious when I make a will."

When the ministers heard this, they bowed and shouted "Son of Heaven Shengming, Son of Heaven Rende", Zhu Youzhen waved his hand impatiently, signaling that there was nothing to do, don't keep patting on the back.

"I only have one person and two eyes, and I lack skills, so I asked you and the others to go to the people to take a look, to know how difficult the people of the Ming Dynasty are now, and they will know what to do and what not to do when they are governing."

"You and others are the dry cities of the country, the big and small decrees are all from the cabinet, every word and deed is related to the livelihood of tens of millions of people in the world, and the truth that water can carry a boat and can overturn a boat does not need to be talked about, and the people's livelihood is no trivial matter."

Zhu Youzhen sometimes pops up some new words, and for more than a year, the ministers have also gotten used to it, and this is not the first time that the word people's livelihood has been said, and all the ministers know what it means.

Seeing that the ministers had been taught a lesson again, Zhu You's goal of leaving the palace had also been achieved, so he asked everyone to get up, and then beckoned Wang Chengen to come up and lead the elders to the side hall to dress up.

After a stick of incense, the elders returned to the Qianqing Palace, but it was no longer a python robe and jade belt, and the hall was full of vermilion, and Zhu Youzhen also changed into a son-in-law dress.

Pavilion elders, look at me, I look at you, some want to laugh but don't dare to laugh, and then they bow their heads and hold back, but Zhu Youzhen doesn't care about this.

"Haha, the elders of the pavilion are still pretending to be true, if you walk outside, outside the proper old man, if you don't meet acquaintances, no one will know that this is the old man of the court."

When the elders heard this, they also smiled awkwardly, and then waited for Zhu Youzhen's next move.

"Let's pretend to be a rich man who is kind and charitable, one person has a cart of rice noodles, two people in a team, each go to the outer city to find an ordinary alley, until the delivery is finished, tomorrow morning to meet in the Qianqing Palace, I want to listen to your thoughts."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen thought about it and said.

"I and Han Qing are in a team, you are waiting to find a companion by yourself, and the guards of the car and the Jinyi guard are waiting at the north gate of the West Garden."

With that, Zhu Youzhen led Han Yi to set off.

And the remaining five cabinet ministers, you look at me, I look at you, they all spread their hands and looked at each other.

However, they didn't dare to delay any longer, and soon found a good partner, Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu were on the team, Huang Liji and Sun Chengzong were on the team, and Li Guopu was on his own team.

Wang Chengen, who was standing on the side, silently wrote this down, and when the emperor came back, he had to report it.

Everyone broke up at the north gate of Xiyuan, and each took a cart of grain to the outer city.

"Han Qing, how do you feel about this approach of mine?"

On the way to the outer city, Zhu Youzhen and Han Yi sat in the same carriage and talked.

"The Son of Heaven is benevolent and loves the people like a son, and the minister thinks that His Majesty's move is very good, but the minister feels that it is not easy to promote it in the Ming Dynasty."

"Oh? Let's talk about it. ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little surprised, so he continued to ask.

"The Son of Heaven is benevolent, and our cabinet ministers are also deeply influenced by His Majesty's teachings, and it is true that they are really visiting and asking questions, but there are thousands of officials in the world, and the good and the bad are uneven, and the petitioners have to be prevented from disturbing the people, and even the interference of low-level officials, the real visit may not be able to get the truth."

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he took a closer look at Han Yi, and didn't realize that his revenge on Han Yi was really a stroke of genius.

People who have lived in the lower ranks of the people are indeed different from those officials who were born from bureaucratic gentry.

Han Yi's experience in those years really understands what the state of the people and officials at the bottom is in his bones.

"What Han Qing said is very true, the sage has passed Mount Tai, and once said that the harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, but I think today that the harsh government may not come from the imperial court, and no son of heaven does not want the people to have enough food and clothing, but the officials are not clear, and the good scriptures will inevitably be read crooked by the crooked monk."

When Han Yi heard this, he immediately sat upright, knowing that the Son of Heaven had another idea about the rule of officials.