Chen Yixing pondered calmly for a while, and then turned to Chen Kaizhi's positive color and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that His Majesty will pacify Guanzhong and shock the world, and at this time it is a God-given opportunity to summon the envoys to Beijing and talk about the matter of tui'en, so the minister discussed with Chen Gong and suggested that the envoys should be summoned to Beijing at this time."

He looked distressed and worried: "As for the matter of the Jiedu envoys making trouble with the military department, the ministers were caught off guard, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

When Chen Kaizhi heard this, he shook his head gently at Chen Yixing.

"Make a fuss, in fact, it's okay, don't make a fuss, if this resentment stays in your heart, it will cause a big incident."

"One more thing." Chen Yixing sighed, his whole face was slightly heavy, and while observing Chen Kaizhi's complexion, he said: "A few days ago, a lot of gunpowder stocks on Feiyu Peak were stolen, and Jinyiwei has been invited to supervise this case......"

Chen Kaizhi frowned, a pair of eyes as clear as water swept a trace of coldness, and asked with some astonishment.

"Gunpowder stolen?"

"Yes." Chen Yixing hung his head in shame and paused word by word.

"The stockpile of gunpowder on this Flying Fish Peak has been kept extremely safely, and the minister is in charge of the logistics of the warrior camp, where do you dare not do your best, but ...... Unexpectedly, just three days ago, when the inventory was checked, it was found that the gunpowder in the warehouse was less than 300 catties, because this number is not much, it is said that it is not much, although it has been reported, but I think about it, Jinyiwei has not yet been presented to the emperor, His Majesty has not seen it, this is a huge negligence of the minister, the minister has temporarily controlled all the personnel on duty, inventory and inspection in the warehouse, think about it, these days, there will be results. ”

More than 300 catties of gunpowder doesn't seem to be much, but once it is taken away by someone with a heart, it will create a big mess.

How can this not be worrying, this Chen Yixing frowned.

Chen Kaizhi was also thinking deeply.

Perhaps for some people, this may be just a trivial matter, because someone is greedy for the gunpowder in the library.

After all, now the demand for gunpowder in various countries is huge, and the gunpowder trade between Dachen and other countries is mostly a lion's mouth, often peddled at more than ten times the price, gunpowder can be made by anyone, but everyone knows that Dachen's gunpowder is full of power, so countries are vying to buy first, and because of this, this has given birth to the business of smuggling gunpowder, and businessmen from various countries are willing to pay a high price to buy it in secret.

Of course, for Chen Kaizhi, once the three hundred catties of gunpowder that were suddenly lost in this eventful autumn were used for something, it would inevitably cause great hidden dangers.

Thinking of this, Chen Kaizhi's face turned pale, and he said sharply: "Immediately investigate thoroughly, search the whole city, this matter, let the Jinyi Guard command Zeng Guangxian personally lead the team, and the gunpowder must be recovered as soon as possible, on Feiyu Peak, it has always been heavily defended, how could such a thing suddenly appear, it is really unreasonable!" ”

He flicked his sleeves and looked extremely ugly.

Chen Yixing hurriedly pleaded guilty: "This is the negligence of the old minister, and the minister should be fully responsible, and the old minister should ...... the stakes."

Chen Kaizhi had calmed down at the moment, and he waved his hand at Chen Yixing and reminded.

"Next time, be cautious."

Immediately, Chen Kaizhi looked at Chen Yishou and asked very seriously: "Chen Qingjia, I heard that there are people outside who are dissatisfied with me, and, interestingly, it is the scholars who are dissatisfied?" ”

Chen Yishou sighed, his expression showed embarrassment, and he said lightly.

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has attached great importance to Jibei, and now Jibei is prosperous in commerce and trade, and many businessmen also feel that they are proud of themselves, and most of the scholars are from the families of the gentry, and they are inevitably affected. Your Majesty, now...... In the countryside, there are too many rung-off tenant farmers, and in Jibei, there are workers everywhere, and a lot of coolies are needed, and in the countryside, the young and strong people can't keep them, and the gentry have a lot of land, but if these lands are not cultivated, it will naturally cause a lot of dissatisfaction. ”

Chen Kaizhi pondered for a moment, then pursed his lips and said with some displeasure.

"This is an exaggeration, even if many young people go to Jibei, but after all, there are only hundreds of thousands of people, and the loss of population is also blamed on Jibei? In the final analysis, it is nothing more than that the gentry refused to let the tenant farmers be fed and clothed, and they worked hard for a year, but they could only eat for half a year, and at other times, they could only drink porridge to survive. But now, it's the other way around, in some places, you need to hand over seventy percent, eighty percent, why is this? That's because, when Taizu had a lot of people and little land, the gentry had to make concessions if they wanted to recruit people to farm, but now, it was overcrowded, and most of the land was in the hands of the gentry. ”

He paused before continuing.

"I have been thinking that when the country was founded, they only collected 30% of the rent, which was enough, but now, the harvest is 60%, 70% or even 80%, so many people work hard, but they can't eat enough, now people go to higher places, the tenant farmers have a new way out, they refuse to lower the rent, so that people can cultivate with peace of mind, but they have to make people have to leave their hometowns as a last resort before they are willing, people can't stay, it's not the responsibility of the court, it's not my responsibility, it's their own responsibility, they are dissatisfied, I have long been dissatisfied, Dissatisfied with why they are now, I don't want to think about why the people don't want to stay, I don't want to think about why some people want to go away, but what I think about is that the merchants have robbed them of their manpower and made them less rent, so they have to be resentful, and they are not convinced, these people, they have all studied, and they also claim to be the disciples of the saints, and the saints advocate benevolence and righteousness, advocate leniency, and advocate that scholars should be ashamed; Do they read, read into the belly of a dog? ”

Chen Yishou and Chen Yixing glanced at each other, were silent for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "But Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven has always ruled the world with scholars, not with the people, ordinary people are hungry, it's okay, but if the scholars are angry, but if there is a big mess, the money and grain of the imperial court, in the locality, who will collect it, isn't it the local gentry?" The decree of the imperial court has arrived in the county, and there are only a few officials and dozens of officials in this county, who will tell the Quartet? ”

They carefully analyzed Chen Kaizhi.

Take the minister's hometown as an example, a small county, respectively Chen, Liu, Wang, Zhang, these four surnames of the gentry, occupy nearly forty percent of the county's land, a county has 50,000 households, 190,000 people, but more than 10,000 of them, they all have to rely on the four surnames, some are doing short-term labor for them, some are squeezing oil for them, some are working in their shops, some are renting their land, some are in charge of their accounts, some are sent in the house, they are four, Each has its own ethnicity, and half of the people with meritorious names are their children, that is, the local land protectors and the first chief, and most of them are the same clan they assigned...... Can you be separated from these four surnames? ”

Chen Yishou said eloquently, and then continued: "Not only that, these four surnames have been operating in the county for many generations, and they have long had in-laws with each other, carefully calculated, these four surnames are all relatives, the daughter of the Zhang family may be the wife of the Wang family, the nephew of the Wang family, may be the children of the Chen family, their four surnames, not only in this county, but also in the house, there is already a layout, let's say the Zhang family, the three generations of the Zhang family, out of a jinshi, four people, this jinshi has been an official early, and now in Jingzhou Ren Tongzhi, those four people, also relied on the relationship of the Zhang family, each of them sought an official and a half position, some became a teacher, and some became a county minister, Your Majesty think about it again, the county order of the county, once it arrives at the place, should it listen to the imperial court, or listen to the four surnames? ”

Chen Kaizhi was silent, he started from the bottom and came from the folk, so he naturally knew that this kind of intertwined relationship could be said to be intricate, and almost all the people around him were relatives.

Seeing that Chen Kaizhi was silent, Chen Yishou couldn't help but sigh before continuing: "Your Majesty must have thought that the magistrate must listen to Your Majesty and the imperial court, hey...... After all, Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five, and they are Your Majesty's courtiers, how dare they disobey Your Majesty. But in reality? The old minister dared to speak, but in fact, it was not the case, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, what they did, how could His Majesty know, even if they knew, they could also argue, after all, no matter how the court is, it is still reasonable, and it needs to act according to the law; But when you get to the place, it's different, if the magistrate ignores the four gentry, or even fools them, the four surnames can be seen at a glance, if they want to retaliate, they can definitely make you anxious, make your official reputation bad, on the one hand, you can find a way to dredge the prefect's yamen, on the other hand, you can instigate the people below, give you an ugly look, even the small officials in the official office, most of them are in the same breath as them, this is actually understandable, after all, the iron battalion and flowing soldiers, although the magistrate is the head of the subordinate officials, But the magistrate changes every three or five years, and the local family, once you are guilty, you will not be able to live in peace for the rest of your life, and even harm your children and grandchildren, who will not count this account? ”

Saying that, Chen Yishou frowned deeply and reminded Chen Kaizhi with a worried face.

"This is the case with a small county, to say big, how many such counties in the whole world, and how many such prefectures, they are dissatisfied, for the imperial court, there may be endless disasters, Your Majesty must be cautious."