Yun Xi didn't know that Tan Shanggong, who he didn't want to be caught, had successfully escaped from the capital, and he was now carrying out the process of sending the general back to Yun Yan at the West City Gate. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After Zhu Yuanzhang officially founded the People's Republic of China, he ordered his ministers to establish a set of Zhu etiquette system with Ming Dynasty characteristics with reference to the etiquette of previous dynasties. Although this time it is not a formal 'dispatch', it is similar to that, so there is also a non-regular etiquette.

Now Lao Zhu is also old, and he is eager to teach Yun Xi, so he lets Yun Xi do everything. This time it is the return of Mu Chun, who guards Yun Yan, and he wants Yun Xi to be close to Mu Chun, so although Lao Zhu is here today, he still lets Yun Xi perform etiquette on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Yun Xi finished what he had to do, and watched Mu Chun salute below according to the instructions of the Ministry of Rites, and his thoughts drifted to Yun Yan.

Yunlu is a place where there are many other ethnic groups, and even after more than 600 years, the Han people are only gathered in a few areas of Yunyun, and most of the area is still dominated by other ethnic groups. Yun Xi didn't know if Lao Zhu was crowned king in Yun Yan later, but he didn't do it now anyway (Note 1).

Yun Xi plans to let Yun Yan have a king after he succeeds to the throne, and if Lao Zhu does not seal it, he will seal a certain uncle to Yunnan. Then he gave him some of the areas that now belonged to Yun Xuan, and made him a semi-independent kingdom. Expansion to what is now Burma.

It's just that Yun Xi glanced down at Mu Chun, which is not good news for the Mu family. The poor mountains and bad waters are all given out and semi-independent, and the use of the Mu family staying in Kunming is small. Yun Xi hadn't thought about what to do with the Mu family.

Yun Xi was divergent in his thoughts, and Mu Chun seemed to be seriously saluting below, but he was also thinking in his heart. Yun Xi is already a sure prince, and the Mu family has only been in Yun Yan for ten years, which is far from being deep-rooted, if Yun Xi withdraws them, they will have no way to resist. So the people of their Mu family have been studying what Yun Xi will do to him.

But there is no way to determine whether it is researched and studied, so they can only have a good relationship with Yun Xi. Therefore, after Mu Chun finished the salute and completed the process, when he talked to Yun Xi, he said something pleasant to his ears.

Fortunately, Yun Xi has been trained by many people's flattery, and Lao Zhu has also reminded him, so he was not confused. But even if he was confused, it was nothing, it was only temporary, and it was still a long time before Yun Xi became emperor.

After sending Mu Chun away, Lao Zhu drove back to the palace. And Yun Xi remembered the little Zhuangzi given to him by the Chang family, and he hadn't come out for a few days, so he also went to the exchange place in the north of the city to have a look, so he proposed with Lao Zhu not to return to the palace first.

Lao Zhu doesn't mind Yun Xi running around in the capital, at least he can know about the lives of the common people, so as not to make a fuss about 'why not eat porridge'. So it was agreed that Yun Xi would not return to the palace first, but he must go back before dark.

Yun Xi agreed, waited until Lao Zhu's Luan drove off, and said to the left and right: "I told you yesterday, which 'little' Zhuangzi have you ever been to, do you know where it is?" ”

Chen Xing answered: "Back to Your Highness, the minister has already been there with Yang Feng yesterday and knows how to go." ”

Yun Xi said: "Then step forward and lead the way." ”

Chen Xing showed his heart, beat his horse and rushed to the front, and headed towards the 'little' Zhuangzi. Yang Feng followed. Yun Xi led the others to follow the two of them.

It didn't take long for the group to arrive at Zhuangzi, and Chen Xing led them to Zhuangtou's house.

At this time, it is noon, and the fields of the family are close to the house, and they are going home to eat and take a nap; The only way to get away is to ask the mother-in-law to send food to the field, eat some food, take a little rest, and then do it. In this era, Zhuangtou did not bully the other people in Zhuangzi as he did later, and he also worked in the fields himself, but their fields were definitely the closest to Zhuangzi. So the Zhuangzi family is taking a nap at home, and only the youngest son who is only five years old at home is mentally and well-spirited, and he does not sleep, but plays in his own yard.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves knocking on the ground woke up countless people who were taking a nap, and the head of the village was no exception. Zhuang Tou got up from the bed and walked to the gate of the courtyard, and just as he wanted to see what was going on, dozens of horses had stopped in front of him, and he was so frightened that he sat on the ground.

Chen Xing dismounted and said to the head of the village: "Master Lu, don't you know me?" I was here yesterday. ”

Master Lu Zhuang stood up, patted the soil on his body, and said to Chen Xing: "Oh! I remember, you're the one," he lowered his voice as he said this, "the palace guard Chen." ”

Chen Xing said: "The owner of the village has a good memory, I am the Chen guard." Today, my young master is here, come to our Zhuangzi to have a look. ”

The owner of the village knew who the current owner of this Zhuangzi was, so he was shocked: "You mean ......" and then looked up at the other people who came.

Yunxi and the others have already dismounted, and Yunxi and the guards have changed their clothes and are wearing the same. But the owner of the Lu Zhuang can be regarded as the owner of the village by the Chang family, and he is definitely not an ordinary person, and he quickly discovered that Yun Xi is different from others. He gestured to Chen Xing with his eyes, and Chen Xing also secretly sighed that his eyes were so good, and said, "That's my young master." ”

As he was talking, Yun Xi came over and said to him, "You are this, the owner of the riverside village?" ”

Lord Lu Zhuang was about to kneel down and reply, but Chen Xing and Yang Feng were already prepared, one of them lifted one of his arms, and whispered, "Don't kneel down to answer." His Highness does not want others to know his identity. ”

Lord Lu Zhuang was in a state of blindfold at this time, he had never seen a bigger person than the Chang family's outer door steward before, and the palace guards may not be more majestic than the Chang family's outer door steward in his opinion, and now let him see such a big person at once, he couldn't think about it at all. Hearing Chen Xing's words, he stood up without thinking at all, and said mechanically: "Back to the young master's words, the grass people are the owners of this riverside village." ”

Yun Xi asked, "How many families do you have in this Zhuangzi?" How many acres of land are there? How many are there in Ueda, Nakata, and Shimoda? How much grain do you need in a year? ”

When the housekeeper of the Chang family came to collect grain, the owner of the Lu Zhuang was a secret, anyway, it was impossible to say about farming, and the difference between two or three buckets per mu of land was nothing; But today, the owner of Lu Zhuang was delirious, and said very sincerely: "There are three hundred and ninety-six families in the Zhuangzi; There are 3,342 acres of land, 2,410 acres of upper fields, 770 acres of middle fields, and 162 acres of lower fields. ”

Yun Xi thinks it's not bad, and when this period of time passes, the grain is worth more than 2,000 yuan, which is already a huge amount of money in this era, and it can be used to do a lot of things. He then asked, "Is there any vacant land in Zhuangzi?" ”

Master Lu then replied, "Yes, yes." There's a big one. ”

Yun Xi knew the bottom of his heart when he heard this, and then asked the owner of Lu Zhuang to accompany him around the Zhuangzi and ask some questions from time to time. Lord Lu Zhuang replied one by one.

Noon had passed, and all the villagers had begun to work hard again. Although it is already October, the grain will have to wait until the beginning of spring next year, but some vegetables can still be planted. Coming out of the door of the house to the people's house in the field, I looked strangely at the owner of the farm walking around the streets with a large group of people, and I didn't know what he was doing.

Although Yun Xi has been to the countryside in his previous life, and he has also farmed in the palace with Lao Zhu in this life, he knows that farming is a very hard thing, but in later generations, there are at least all kinds of agricultural machinery, and hard work and very tiring work are done by machines, so although it is hard, it is not much worse than being a worker in the factory; But in this era, there is no machinery at all, it is all up to the farmers themselves. Yunxi knows that growing vegetables is not very hard work now, and when the spring starts next year, rice planting is the hardest and most tiring thing, and it feels like my waist will be broken after working for half a day.

So Yun Xi couldn't help but say to the left and right: "Who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work." How hard the peasants and the common people are, from morning to night, from spring to autumn, they can't stop for a moment, and they can only be hungry. After that, you shall not waste food when you eat. The crowd could only answer "yes" in unison.

Lord Lu said: "It's okay now. I heard the elders say that when the former Yuan was in the past, it was okay, but after the Huai River flooded, the tax on our side was increased by 30% per acre, and later increased by 50%. At that time, everyone was very panicked, for fear that they would be caught and their heads cut off. There are also many displaced people, and people must be arranged to keep watch all night when the grain is harvested, otherwise the grain will not be harvested at all. ”

"Now under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, the people are healthy, there are no homeless people every day, there are no thieves at night, and life is already very good."

Yun Xi knew that what he said was the truth, and the current Ming rule was indeed better than that of Meng Yuan, but as a person with memories of later generations, he still thought that the current people were really too hard. But for a while, he couldn't change it, so he could only sigh and stop saying anything about it.

Compared with later generations, Yun Xi inspected this Zhuangzi in detail, and felt that it was very close to the capital (it is a very small number of villages belonging to Jiangning County), the fields were good, there were vacant land, and the owner of the village was honest, so he was very satisfied, and felt that the Chang family had done a good job.

He didn't have time to stay here for long, and he was going to leave when he was done. Before leaving, he asked the owner of the village, "What is your name?" ”

The owner of Lu Zhuang was still sleepwalking, and replied: "If you go back to the young master, the grass people are called Lu Chengfeng. ”

Yun Hee gave him a strange look, smiled, and turned to leave.

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Note 1: Zhu Yuanzhang later named his eighteenth son Zhu Qian (Pian) as the king of Min in the 28th year of Hongwu (1395), and he was crowned Yunyun.