The so-called "dragon chair" is wide and tall, sitting upright in the middle, and the armrests on both sides are actually in the room to remind the person sitting on the dragon chair, so that he can experience the taste of a lonely person who "does not rely on the four sides".

The monarch is a lonely man.

It is never possible for a monarch to enjoy life like ordinary people.

For the emperor, the emperor has no friends, it is impossible for him to drink and have fun with his friends, and it is impossible to eat hot pot and sing songs.

It is lonely for you.

Only as an emperor can I know that this kind of loneliness for a monarch, and even many times, Zhu Mingzhong is often just a person enjoying dinner, and the dinner is not rich, four dishes with meat and vegetables, plus a millet porridge.

Just when Zhu Mingzhong was about to eat, there was a female official wearing a gorgeous palace costume preaching.

"Yao Qisheng asks for a meeting."

Now that the Xinglong Dynasty has abolished the eunuchs, after all, for Zhu Mingzhong from the twenty-first century, it is difficult for him to accept being waited by a group of eunuchs, not to mention that castrating a good man into a eunuch is a matter of destroying human nature, so it will naturally be abolished at the first time. Now the eunuchs in Beijing Zicheng have been dismissed. As for the imperial palace in Zhongdu, it is divided into two parts, one part is the harem, which has both palace maids and female officials, but there are no eunuchs. As for the front of the palace, there were naturally court officials, who were both military officers, civil officials, and ordinary maids. But they are not allowed to enter the harem.

The only contact between the harem and the front of the palace is the imperial study, where the attendant officials and maids in front of the palace can only enter, and the female officials of the harem also stop here, which is the junction of the two, which is not only an office, but also a home, or a part of the two.

"Isn't Yao Qisheng in Hunan, and he arrived in Beijing so soon?"

Zhu Mingzhong looked at the food on the table and frowned slightly. Of course, it is not because the meal is not rich enough, but because of Yao Qisheng, for Yao Qisheng, Zhu Mingzhong's feeling is quite complicated on the one hand, he is a famous minister of Kangxi in history, but on the other hand, the stain on his background cannot be washed away.

The reason why Yao Qisheng is now an official in the court is because after Li Ziyuan's death, he led a province in Hubei to surrender, and his surrender was exchanged for his official position in Daming. However, when facing this person, Zhu Mingzhong always can't help but think of his past.

"Your Majesty, he arrived in Jingshi yesterday."

Ning Yunting said politely, she was born in a scholarly family, she never thought that one day she would become a court lady, two years ago, an edict made her enter the palace at the age of sixteen and be selected as a female official, serve the emperor and help the emperor manage daily affairs.

Of course, there is a big difference between the female officials of the Ming Dynasty and the female officials and palace maids in history. In Chinese history, court maids were women who were drafted to serve in the court, and their status was equivalent to that of slaves, and there was no personal freedom at all. The so-called female officials refer to high-ranking palace maids, female officials, also known as palace officials, who have a certain rank and have a salary. The scope of his work includes managing lower-level court maids, training new palace maids, and taking care of princesses and princes.

The female officials of the Ming Dynasty were employees of the royal family, and their movements and persons were free. You can leave the palace at any time to marry or resign. In the establishment of female officials, Zhu Mingzhong borrowed from the female official system of the Tang Dynasty, as a female official of the "palace official", mainly responsible for handling political affairs and etiquette matters related to the emperor and empress. The palace officials are open to the people, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for the assessment and selection. Female officials come from different sources, either by recommendation to serve in the palace, or by the promotion of palace maids. Then there is the "Gong'e", who is engaged in miscellaneous work in the palace, and is also recruited from the people. and imitated the Tang system to formulate the grade of female officials. In addition to enjoying various ceremonial treatments, these female officials also have a salary corresponding to their rank.

In fact, there were female officials in the Ming Dynasty itself, and during the Hongwu period, after many revisions, female officials were set up in full accordance with the Tang Dynasty system. However, after Yongle, most of the female official positions were usurped by the eunuch yamen, and although the female official system existed, there was a shortage of staff. Now Zhu Mingzhong has only restored female officials and abolished eunuchs.

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Mingzhong's words were not loud, but he asked casually. This Yao Qisheng is quite good at picking the time, so he came over in time for dinner.

Actually, he was just late.

"It is said that before going to Dingnan, I said that I said that I would resign to Your Majesty......"

"Resignation?"

The chopsticks in Zhu Mingzhong's hand were immediately put away.

Only then did he remember that Yao Qisheng, who was recruited from the post of governor of Hunan, had been designated by the cabinet as the governor of Pingnan, that is, the governor of Burma, which was equivalent to exile in disguise. Several ministers understood his thoughts.

"Yes, I heard it was a week from now."

"Let him ...... Let him come over and let the Imperial Dining Room prepare some more meals!" He is from Zhejiang, so he prepares a few Zhejiang dishes. ”

Even if he is dissatisfied with Yao Qisheng, Zhu Mingzhong knows how to control his majesty and how to win people's hearts.

"Obey the minister!"

Ning Yunting immediately passed on this will. Soon, this will was passed on to Yao Qisheng of Hou Jian. His Majesty's exceptional summons not only reflects the importance he attaches to him, but also shows his affection for the minister. Yao Qisheng, who had dealt with the emperor for two years, thought about it like this, and finally felt a little comforted in his heart.

The banquet itself is a kind of grace, for Yao Qisheng, when he sat at the table and looked at the food on the table, the whole person was immediately moved, several dishes were Zhejiang dishes that had not been seen for a long time, and what was even more unexpected was that the emperor's banquet was actually sitting at the same table with him, sitting opposite His Majesty. This made Yao Qisheng even more uneasy.

Although he knew that His Majesty's banquet had always been like this, he was inevitably so nervous when he sat in front of His Majesty that he completely forgot his intention when he came, forgot how to show loyalty to His Majesty, and after a meal, he only listened to His Majesty tell him the importance of overseas territories such as Pingnan.

“…… In short, in the future, it is bound to be used as a province, and it is bound to be changed and returned to the stream, as the governor, you can be said to have a long way to go, how about it, Yao Qing, if there is anything that needs my help, you can put it forward now......"

Looking up at Yao Qisheng, who was absent-minded, knowing that at this time, it was difficult for people to adapt to Zhu Mingzhong, who was eating at the same table with the emperor, just smiled slightly, ignoring his nervousness.

"This, this ......"

How to answer?

Yao Qisheng, who was restless, thought of the report he saw in the newspaper a few days ago, and said.

"Please give an edict to your majesty to prohibit people from begging!"

Forbidding people in the world?

Yao Qisheng's suggestion made Zhu Mingzhong slightly stunned, and then said,

"Some time ago, Zhao Guobin, an official of the Ministry of Rites, published an article in the newspaper, but it caused a lot of controversy!"

As the emperor, perhaps now Zhu Mingzhong rarely has direct contact with the outside world, but through the newspaper, you can learn about the outside world, Zhao Guobin in the Ministry of Rites, on the way to leave Beizhili and enter Beijing to take up his post, investigated the beggars along the way, and finally came to a conclusion that begging should be prohibited, so as not to harm people.

In order to achieve the purpose of defrauding people of money, they artificially create some cripples or "monsters" to win the sympathy of the world, or to solicit money from passers-by, so as to obtain a large amount of money from passers-by. "Picking" means taking, collecting; "Sheng" is raw raw materials and raw materials, which are generally young children with normal development; "Folding" means cutting with a knife and an axe. To put it simply, it is to seize a normal living person, especially a young child, and use knives, axes, and other methods to turn him into a strangely shaped monster with a disability or a combination of man and beast.

This kind of evil is very common in the 17th century, and even in the 21st century. If the government encounters such evil beggars, it will naturally crack down hard, but it will never be able to prohibit it. Zhao Guobin's proposal in the newspaper was to solve the problem at the root of the problem - ban begging.

"No ...... begging"

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong said.

How can "no beggars in the world" rely on "prohibition of begging"? If it weren't for the urgency, who would be willing to be a beggar? ”

Zhu Mingzhong's answer was borrowed from someone else's answer in the newspaper.

"Your Majesty, a able-bodied beggar, needs a job, not a handout."

Taking a deep breath, Yao Qisheng continued.

"They don't believe that anyone is so lowly as to be completely willing to beg, they have come to this point, either because they are forced to be poor, or because they are lazy and greedy, so they think that any beggar should be relieved or punished, and if the begging is because of poverty, and poverty may be caused by laziness, or it may be an accident, if the latter, he should be relieved, but the former, he should be punished. The minister thinks that most of the beggars in the world today are because of the former, because they are lazy, and many of them are beggars, beggars who have been begging for generations, and begging is also an excellent shelter for hooligans and robbers, so that among the beggars it can be said that people and ghosts are mixed, hiding filth and dirt. From the hooligans and scoundrels' self-harm and self-abuse, nonsense, arrogance and unreasonableness, finding trouble for nothing, picking quarrels and provoking troubles, to the "forcible rope" of abduction, treacherous and treacherous, so that they can be harvested and cut, killed and oversold goods, it is even more common. Besides......"

Looking up at His Majesty, Yao Qisheng lowered his voice and said.

"He was captured and imprisoned in the Qing Dynasty, and all the sins started from the exiles, and the exiles were all beggars at the beginning of the rise, and when the beggars gathered, they were exiles, and if there were lawbreakers among them to instigate them, the people would be the criminals, and the world would be harmed!"

For people who have gone through the rebellion of the Rogues of the late Ming Dynasty, whenever they mention "Rogue", they always involuntarily have the idea of prevention, even if it is Zhu Mingzhong, the same is true, after all, the Ming Dynasty died in the Rogue.

"If it is forbidden to beg......"

Zhu Mingzhong glanced at Yao Qisheng and asked rhetorically. The beggars and the outcasts are always one,

"So, what about these beggars?"

"Your Majesty, among them, the old, weak, sick and disabled, are sent to a sanatorium, and they are supported by the government, so that they can avoid starvation and cold, and at present, there are almshouses in every prefecture and county in the world, so naturally these people can be accommodated, and as for the strong among them, ......"

Glancing up at His Majesty, Wan Qisheng tried to say.

"Exile abroad...... Or the Northeast, after all, a beggar with a strong body can be whipped to teach him to work, so that he can naturally achieve no beggars in the world. ”

There are no beggars in the world, and it can be prosperous.

Exile...... This is indeed a good choice, both to enrich the population of the Northeast and overseas colonies, but also to solve the problem of the displaced people at home, who are now exiled beggars, and so on in the future.

As long as a mechanism is formed, many hidden dangers can be nipped in the bud.

Zhu Mingzhong nodded slightly, and said after a little contemplation.

"Well, that's fine, but you can't overdo it, but ......"

Glancing at Yao Qisheng, Zhu Mingzhong said again.

"Now there are indeed a lot of beggars in the mainland, and the government can no longer let them do anything!"

In fact, since the Ming Dynasty, beggars have always been under the control of the government, and in the local government, there are often officials who use beggars who specialize in managing the whole city, which is actually the management of "beggars", that is, the so-called "beggars gang leaders". The "beggars" are responsible for organizing the beggars, designating a few beggars, stipulating which group of beggars can stay and beg in which area, and also stipulating that they can "move freely" on the first day, eighth day, fifteenth day and twenty-third day of the lunar month, and on the rest of the days, they can only beg in designated places. The beggars receive a small amount of money in the yamen every month, but the amount is very small, and the main income is to collect "monthly money" from shops in various industries and "festival money" for festivals. The beggars' office made up a roster of beggars every month, and went to the chamber of commerce to receive rice for one bucket per capita per month, as well as a few miscellaneous clothes, which were also provided by farmers and merchants. Most of all these food supplies have been filled by the "group leaders", and very few have fallen on the beggars.

In addition to the beggars controlled by the beggar gang, there are also derivative organizations of the beggar gang, whose members are mainly beggars, and there are also homeless people, thieves, and robbers. For such a beggar, the government is naturally cracking down hard.

Zhu Mingzhong is no stranger to this, but in the past, he has been treating beggars according to the method since the Ming Dynasty - both control and crackdown, the reason why this is so is because for beggars, except for the control of the prisoners who can be controlled, there is no very good solution.

In fact, even if Zhao Guobin published an article in the newspaper before, although it caused controversy, he also did not give any solution, it was nothing more than the cliché "give rice and cattle for free, and give fields", which is not the solution to the problem.

However, now Yao Qisheng's suggestion is a more suitable and not far away choice, compared to the exile of domestic prisoners at least in the Northeast and Nanyang, the number of beggars and displaced people is more sufficient, the whole country is probably no less than hundreds of thousands, if all of them are exiled overseas, it will naturally increase the number of overseas immigrants. It's just that this matter can't be rushed, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of beggars and homeless people in the world.

After all...... The steps are big, and it's easy to pull light!