Yingtianfu is the original capital of the Ming Dynasty and the current capital of Liu.

All those in Jingshi were built on the basis of Ying Tianfu.

The palace city in Yingtianfu has a total of six gates; Outside the palace is the capital, with a total of thirteen gates and a circumference of ninety-six miles; Outside the capital, there is also the outer city, with a total of 16 gates and a circumference of 180 li, which is one of the largest cities in the world in the 17th century, with a population of more than one million.

Looking at the tall and majestic city wall of Yingtianfu, and looking at the endless flow of people under the city gate. Hai Lanzhu, who was beside Emperor Chongzhen, couldn't help but exclaim: "It turns out that in addition to Jingshi, there is such a ...... Such a bustling city! ”

To tell the truth, if you just feel it from the face, in fact, the impact of Ying Tianfu on people is even greater than that of Jingshi. After all, Jingshi was in the north, and its commerce, population, etc., were all superior to Ying Tianfu in the early seventeenth century.

Hai Lanzhu is from the northern grassland, she has already seen the Jingshi, and she has seen a lot of prosperous cities on the way here, but at this time, the feeling is that Ying Tianfu is the first after all.

Although Hai Lanzhu is also a Ming person, and she is also the emperor's concubine. But her background made these people around her subconsciously think she was an outsider. Listening to her exclamation at this time, everyone was very proud.

This is my Ming city!

Outside the city of Yingtianfu, there are still many buildings, forming a peripheral market town, which is also lively and prosperous.

At this time, it was almost noon, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the sky, and pointed to a conspicuous restaurant not far from the port with a smile: "Let's go, let's go over there for dinner, and then go to my disciple's Zhuangzi to settle down!" ”

As soon as she heard this, Tian Guifei immediately pursed her lips and laughed. She witnessed the scene when Emperor Chongzhen was forced to accept apprentices.

But Hai Lanzhu was very surprised when he heard it, the emperor accepted an apprentice, and there was such a thing?

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about others, and immediately lifted his foot on the boat.

From Beijing to the south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, you have to vomit when you take a boat. It's a good feeling to be grounded.

When Hai Lanzhu and Tian Guifei saw it, they hurriedly followed, one left and one right to accompany the emperor forward. But their eyes were looking around. Especially Hai Lanzhu, I feel that everything is novel, in the southern water town, and the northern grassland is completely different, it is simply a little dazzling!

Of course, behind them, left and right, followed the plainclothes brocade guards without a trace. Ordinary people can only see Emperor Chongzhen with seven or eight family guards. This situation is not uncommon in this place where there are so many nobles in Tianfu.

The restaurant that Emperor Chongzhen refers to is very conspicuous, and the signboard with the name of the store fluttering in the wind, is for the "Four Seas Floating Fragrance Building", or because this is the reason outside the city, and the area is not small.

As soon as you enter the store, you can see that the lobby on the first floor is very large, and although many people are eating, there are still many empty seats.

When the shopkeeper saw someone coming in, his eyes suddenly lit up, a son with two beauties, and a family member followed, this is a high roller!

A fat junior hurriedly greeted him, showed a professional smile, and greeted: "This guest officer, please go upstairs to the private room!" ”

In his opinion, this kind of person with status will naturally not eat in a noisy place like the lobby on the first floor. Therefore, this opening is the upstairs private room.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his eyes naturally glanced upstairs, and with the two concubines, he didn't think much about it, and prepared to go upstairs.

But at this moment, I heard someone in the lobby sighing loudly: "Ah, our Ming Dynasty is in decline!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head and looked over, and found that it seemed that a scholar was sighing with the same table. His heart moved, didn't he just want to hear more about the situation of the people? It's not good to go down!

Emperor Chongzhen immediately frowned, he knew the atmosphere of Jiangnan Shilin, he knew that it was not good, and he had already understood the situation when he went to Jiangnan last time. For this reason, he has been working hard to change, but he didn't expect to hear such emotion when he just went ashore.

So, Emperor Chongzhen said to Fat Xiaoer: "If you don't go to the private room, we can eat in this lobby!" ”

When he had said that, he took a fancy to an empty table, and walked over to the middle of the wall on the left side of the doorway.

Hai Lanzhu saw it, and immediately walked over. It was Tian Guifei, who frowned slightly, after all, everyone in this hall has it, but when she saw that the emperor and Hai Lanzhu had already moved, she didn't show anything, and followed along.

Fang Zhenghua, who was close to him, immediately followed, followed by Liu Xingzuo's brocade guard. Suddenly, a group of people found a place to sit in the lobby, which was also very eye-catching.

Fat Xiaoer didn't expect to see that such a group of people with status would actually eat in the lobby on the first floor, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and he was a little unhappy in his heart. But there is no way, everyone who comes is a guest, and you can't show contempt because of people's low consumption, right?

Thinking so, I also followed the reception.

With the experience of the last private visit to WeChat, everyone knows what to do.

Fang Zhenghua and Emperor Chongzhen were at one table, and the two adjacent tables were Liu Xingzuo and his subordinates, protecting the emperor and concubines inside. Unless they came together at the beginning, the people who came in later would not know that they were together.

This restaurant may be on the port side, there is a lot of river fresh, and even seafood. This is rare in the north. Emperor Chongzhen ordered a lot of river fresh, and he didn't pay attention to whether it was expensive or not, in triplicate.

The inner palace has earned a lot of income in the past two years, and in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen, it is also very rich, not to mention eating some river fresh, even if you eat a bite and pour a plate, there is no problem. Of course, this is called waste, and Emperor Chongzhen naturally can't do this.

As soon as Fat Xiaoer saw that although this high-roller was sitting in the lobby for dinner, the dishes he could order were even more generous than the guests in the private room upstairs, and he was immediately overjoyed.

In this way, the movement is a bit big. The group of people, who were already a little eye-catching, was even more eye-catching.

"Hmph, there are really more and more nouveau riche in the Ming Dynasty, and you know how to show off!"

Fang Zhenghua's ears were sharp, although he said this in a low voice, but he still stared at it and found that it was said by a person dressed as a scholar.

Emperor Chongzhen coughed slightly, and Fang Zhenghua's cannibalistic gaze was retracted.

"What are you looking at?" The man was obviously drunk, and he didn't care how many people there were, so he stared at Fang Zhenghua and shouted, "This son is a student!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen saw that this person was the person who was in the world just now, so he said: "The eyes are on us, and there is an opinion at a glance?" Don't you look at us? Is this the demeanor that a student should have? ”

The person's tablemate, an older one, hurriedly pressed the student who wanted to fight back, and said to Emperor Chongzhen's side to apologize: "This son, my friend has drunk too much, don't be surprised!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen and his entourage, at a glance, knew that they were either rich or powerful, or rich and powerful people, just offended because of a little fart, either they ate too much or their brains were in water.

The people apologized, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't care, and asked casually: "When I entered the door just now, I heard you guys saying, the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, the rivers are declining, what does this mean?" ”

The others on the side were listening curiously when they saw the conflict on this side. At this time, when he heard Emperor Chongzhen's question, someone interjected: "Don't pay attention to them, a few sour shows can't see others well!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked over when he heard the sound, judging from his clothes, he should be an ordinary person, at least not a scholar. But the food and wine on his table seemed to be better than what the scholars at that table had eaten.

"Who do you say is Sour Xiucai?" The student who had drunk too much slapped the table and pointed at the man and shouted.

Emperor Chongzhen's table, I didn't expect there to be a quarrel over there, I couldn't help but be a little surprised, looked at each other, but didn't speak, just paid attention to that side.

"That's you!" The man didn't show weakness at all, and shouted coldly, "Lao Tzu eats all this, and he earns money with Lao Tzu's hands!" How is it? Now that Lao Tzu is living a better life than you with his skills, he can't pull a few sour, isn't it sour show? ”

"You ......" When the student heard this, his face was suddenly flushed, but he couldn't find the words to refute, and after a pause, he replied angrily, "This son is a student, he is famous, and in the future, he will be promoted to the people, and he will be the official, but you can compare?" ”

"Hehe, Lao Tzu's ancestral craftsmanship, unique skills! Go back and hang the title of master at the door, eat fragrant food every day, drink spicy food, and go to the chicken intestines with a small belly! The man did not show weakness at all, and immediately pushed back, and after speaking, he also sandwiched an abalone, which was eaten very exaggeratedly, and the sound of smashing his mouth was heard clearly in the whole hall.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he understood something a little. It seems that this place in the south of the Yangtze River, with the improvement of the treatment of craftsmen, etc., has greatly improved some craftsmen with craftsmanship, and the original darlings of the times, some narrow-minded scholars have become jealous.

Of course, here in Jiangnan, as long as the craftsman has good craftsmanship, he has already been a guest of a wealthy family before. However, there is still a difference between the past and the present. In the past, it was a reward from a wealthy family, which looked up to you and made you a guest. The key to this is to look at the owner, in the final analysis, or to be attached to a wealthy family, and the status has not improved much. If you're not happy that day, you can still treat him as a beggar!

But now, these craftsmen are given by the emperor, especially the master craftsmen, which is an honor appointed by the emperor. Your wealthy family can't afford it, and the status of the craftsman has been significantly improved, which is an ironclad fact.

Readers, especially those who have not read out, those who have not been lifted, and those who have not been in the Jinshi, are the masters of spending money, but the craftsmen who have craftsmanship, and the masters who make money. What's more, the atmosphere in Jiangnan has a side of looking at people when it comes to money.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen figured out the key point in this, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly. Sour Xiucai Sour Xiucai, even in later generations, has this kind of detrimental title, which seems to be not unreasonable.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was happy to see this situation. Improving the status and income of the craftsman is the result of his efforts, and it is also what he wants.

When the student listened to the craftsman's words and saw the craftsman's way of eating, his face immediately turned even redder, and despite the whispered dissuasion of his tablemates, he stood up at once, pointed at the craftsman and scolded loudly: "Bah, a group of shift craftsmen, generations of craftsmen, what can you have besides a little money?" ”

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the people eating in the lobby again, pointed to it, and continued to say loudly: "Ask them, see if there are more people who want to be craftsmen or more students?" I don't know how many pounds and taels I have, but I know that I am showing off here with a little stinky money, this is not looking for scolding! ”

When the man heard this, he paused for a moment, turned his head to look in the lobby, and there were more and more people coming to eat at this time, but he didn't see anyone standing up and saying that he was willing to be a craftsman. Feeling that the momentum on his side was suppressed, he was a little unwilling, and replied loudly: "There are regulations in the imperial court, as long as we pay silver, we don't have to go to work!" You think it's before? ”

In the past, shift craftsmen were craftsmen for generations, and when the court needed them, they directly let the craftsmen serve, or the kind of free work. This kind of treatment is so bad that the shift craftsmen have repeatedly fled to fight. In the Jiajing period, there was finally an innovation, allowing craftsmen to pay silver to the imperial court when they were about to serve, so that the imperial court could hire others to replace them, and it also gave skilled craftsmen more opportunities to be independent.

From a certain point of view, the living standards and status of craftsmen began to change slowly from the Jiajing period. By the time of the Chongzhen Dynasty, there was a great improvement.

"Huh!" The student smiled sarcastically, as if he had found a mental balance, and sat down before saying, "What if you don't have to go to work?" Not a craftsman yet! The origin of this craftsman, the descendants are hereditary, and they deserve it! ”

Hearing this, the craftsman surprisingly did not refute, but was silent for a moment, and then suddenly grabbed the flask and drank it.

"You can't say that!" At the other table, judging from the clothes, it seemed that a businessman interjected, "In the past, military households were also passed down from generation to generation, but since the reform of the military system of the guard, haven't many military households been converted to civilian households!" ”

As soon as he heard this, the craftsman's eyes lit up just now, and he immediately raised his head and echoed: "Yes, yes, yes, the emperor is wise and martial today, maybe we craftsmen will also change!" ”

"Ding, achievement +2, from carpenter Zhao Cheng."

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the prompt sound of this system.