Zhu Xu left the palace and walked slowly on the street.

This year's summer is hotter than last year's, the concrete floor is hot, every step you take, you feel like you are walking on a soldering iron, there is no trace of wind, the air is hot, and it is uncomfortable to breathe.

Cao Huachun's body was fat, he was already sweating profusely, his eyes were dizzy, and he kept wiping his sweat.

The guards behind him were a little calmer, though they wore more and thicker clothes.

Zhu Xu likes to walk quietly on the street and feel the popularity, so that he can have a little real feeling.

He sat too high to see the real situation, so he would look for an opportunity to come out every once in a while.

"If you want me to say, it's crazy to go hunting this summer!"

"Yes, those pavilion elders, the hall is all seventy or eighty, if something bad happens, there will be a good show......"

"But no, this time it is said that I will go to the third grade or above, because I am afraid that the government affairs will be delayed, and the three grades and above will go, if something really happens, then the fun will be great......"

"Don't say it, I heard, someone is really going to make trouble, you think about it, this hunt hasn't happened for many years, if something really happens, there must be a good show to watch......"

Zhu Xu listened, looked up, this is a small restaurant, there are many people sitting on it, all of them are loud and a little unscrupulous.

His expression was slightly strange, the outside world's views on the court and him have always been polarized, and causing trouble to him has always been the most enthusiastic thing for some people, but it was the first time he had seen it so blatantly.

Zhu Xu turned his head to look at Cao Huachun and said, "Now, that's how everyone looks outside?" ”

Cao Huachun took a step forward and said: "Recently, the reform of the imperial examination has been relatively large, and there are more than 100,000 scholars who have been excluded from the imperial examination in recent years. ”

As soon as the fan in Zhu Xu's hand was closed, he thought about it in his heart, and then said: "Let's go, go up and sit down, and rest for a while." ”

Cao Huachun looked at it again and followed Zhu Xu's side.

Zhu Xu went straight up to the second floor and sat down at a table not far from a few people. There were not only a few heroic young men in their early twenties at this table, but also two women with their backs to him, wearing veils, sitting together, but they did not speak, and from the back, they were a graceful woman in their twenties.

The people at this table glanced at Zhu Xu and didn't care, one of the men spoke: "This big hunt, it is said that the minimum cost is hundreds of thousands of taels, hundreds of thousands of taels, I don't know how many victims can be saved, so it was wasted......

"It's not, I usually say that we are more frugal, how much money we save in this way, and we don't want to eat and drink, live diligently and thriftily, look, the court doesn't know how much to waste this time......"

"Not only that, the court released a rumor, saying that the emperor is going to go down to the south of the Yangtze River again, you think about it, the emperor left the palace, Luan drove with him, and how much silver he got in every move, this is simply a waste of money for the people......"

"You don't know, the Ministry of Industry has used tens of millions of taels of silver in recent years, and it is to pave roads, build bridges, and pass thoroughfares all day long, although this is considered a moral policy, but I don't look at when, now the whole Ming disaster is like fire, or such a fanfare waste......"

Obviously, a group of enthusiastic scholars are talking about political affairs, and they have a considerable prejudice against government affairs, and the majority of the words are critical.

Zhu Xu picked up the herbal tea on Xiao Er, drank it gently, and listened with interest.

Cao Huachun sat next to Zhu Xu silently and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, they are all ignorant scholars, don't pay attention to them." ”

Zhu Xu smiled, did not speak, and continued to listen quietly.

"Speaking of which, there is another thing that makes people angry, you should also know that now the chambers of commerce all over the country are popping up like rain, I don't know how many people don't want to farm, and they have done business, that Shenlong Mansion heard that ten people and nine businessmen are all with foreign Yi, and the world is ridiculous......"

"I did hear that silk, porcelain, cloth, and tea are now being sent in queues, and the ships there come and go all day long, and the goods are like mountains.

"The disaster is already full of disasters, and the people are hungry and poorly clothed. The imperial court continued to ignore it, but also encouraged, and also introduced a lot of policies, saying that it was a 'normal' business environment, which is ridiculous......"

Zhu Xu listened, the smile on his face gradually decreased, and he rubbed the teacup in his hand, and he was also thoughtful.

Although newspapers have been spread out in major cities, it is not that others will listen to you if you write it, and some people are used to a certain direction, and no matter how hard they try, they can't resist it.

We need to get more out of the way. Zhu Xu said to himself in his heart, if he can save one, he still has to save one.

At this time, one of the women suddenly said, "Little sister doesn't think so, the project of the Ministry of Industry is ostensibly to build bridges and pave roads, but in fact, how many victims have been fed and how much farmland has been irrigated?" This is a grand event for thousands of generations, how can there be a waste of money and food? ”

"My Ryukyu is based on commerce, and if the dynasty bans the sea again, my Ryukyu may not be able to last long. Speaking of the Great Hunt, if I have such a martial heart in the Ryukyus, how can I be bullied by the Wa Kingdom three or four times? ”

The woman's voice fell, and the noise at the table suddenly stopped, and everyone looked at the woman.

Perhaps sensing that the blow of this group of people was not enough, another woman said in a crisp voice, "Our young lady is right." ”

These young people are talking here, in addition to venting their dissatisfaction, the most important thing is to behave in front of this woman.

Listening to her completely different views now, everyone intuitively felt that a mouthful of blood was stuck in their throats and was about to squirt out.

According to common sense, isn't everyone talking with one heart and one mind on the same topic? In this way, the guests can enjoy themselves and have a next time.

Miss, if you talk like this, how can we pick it up, how can there be a next time!?

Several men didn't know what the expressions on their faces were, and they couldn't speak for a long time.

At this time, the woman suddenly got up, walked to Zhu Xu's table in full view of everyone, bent slightly and said, "Shang Jing has seen Zhu Gongzi." ”

Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows, looked at her exposed eyes, and said curiously: "You already recognized me?" ”

Shang Jing bowed and said, "Yes." ”

Zhu Xu looked at her, his heart turned, and said, "Sit." ”

Shang Jing couldn't see her expression and sat down as she said.

As soon as she sat down, the four young people behind her also came over, and the four of them surrounded Zhu Xu, looking up and down.

"I don't know the name of the child? Where is the Mansion? A young man who seemed to be the leader raised his hand and asked with a polite expression that could not hide his arrogance.

The other three had almost the same expression, surrounding Zhu Xu, constantly glancing.

Shang Jing's eyes kept looking at Zhu Xu, and the others were not in her eyes.

Zhu Xu didn't look at these people, listened to their questions, and said casually: "The surname is Zhu, the biggest one in the east of the city." ”

The young man in the lead was stunned, there were more large courtyards in the east of the city, who dared to say that his own was the biggest?

The others were frowning and pondering, as if they were filtering the size of the courtyards of the big men in the east of the city.

Shang Jing pursed her lips, as if she was holding back a smile.

The biggest thing in the east of the city is not the courtyard, but the imperial palace!