Under the guidance of the young man of the Xu family, everyone traveled all the way, admiring again and again, and even a few brocade guards were rarely not so serious, and the slaughter in their hearts was diluted a lot by the scenery of the garden.

"Everyone, please see," the young man of the Xu family pointed to a strange stone in the garden, "This stone is called Ruiyun Peak, which is the famous 'Flower Stone Gang', and Yan Qiaojia is in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"How do you know?" Chongzhen asked casually, and then asked Chen Hongmi, "In addition to Song Huizong, are there any other emperors who also have this 'Huashi Gang'?" ”

The young man led Chongzhen to see: "Childe, please look here, there is the words 'Minister Zhu Mianjin'." ”

Zhu Mian was the favorite of Huizong of the Song Dynasty, in order to satisfy Huizong's crazy hobby of exotic flowers and stones, Zhu Mian set up a bureau in Suzhou, spent a lot of public property, searched for flowers and stones, and transported them to the capital by boat from the Huai River and the Bianhe River.

Chen Hongmi replied on the side: "Why do you have to spend Shigang? 'A ride on the red dust concubine smiled, no one knew that it was a lychee', how far is Lingnan from Chang'an? A small lychee can also cost people and money. 'The king of Chu has a thin waist, and he starves to death in the palace', in the final analysis, it is still good at the top, and it will be very bad at the bottom. Although Song Huizong was stupid, how could it be his intention to work hard and lose money? Maybe he also thought that the palace would pay for it, which could benefit the people and increase the income of the people in Jiangnan. But no matter what kind of purpose Song Huizong has, in the final analysis, he still has to send someone to implement it, as the executor, Zhu Mian is greedy and excessive, no matter how good the policy is, it can only be harsh when it comes to implementation. ”

Chongzhen glanced at Chen Hongmi, this is obviously something in the words, he never forgets to advise, and he is also cheap, asking him what he is doing here?

He asked the young man again, "Shouldn't Hua Shigang be transported to Bianliang?" Could it be that Song Ting crossed to the south and brought this flower and stone gang with him? ”

The young man seemed to know that he would ask this, and said proudly: "I really know this, when Zhu Mian wanted to dedicate this Ruiyun Peak, it was during the Jingkang Rebellion, so he failed to make the trip, so he sank this Ruiyun Peak into the lake, and it was not until this dynasty that someone fished out of the lake." ”

"Jingkang?" Chongzhen heard this word again, and remembered Hua Xue's judgment of his own king's death, and couldn't help but be a little distracted.

On the side, Chen Hongmi's research said: "Zhu Mian was deposed after the Jin soldiers went south in the seventh year of Xuanhe, so what you just said is actually not right, Ruiyunfeng was not transported away, it should be the Jin soldiers who should have been Xuanhe for seven years to go south." As for the Jingkang Rebellion, Zhu Mian had been dismissed by Song Qinzong and exiled, and then he was executed halfway through the edict and his family was confiscated. At that time, the news came to Suzhou, and the people who had been resentful for a long time rushed into his house and smashed the same paradise that he had built by looting the people's fat and ointment. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the southeast, and then said, "Now the ruins of the same paradise are called the Secret Garden, and in the southeast of this garden, but you can hardly see the old view of the same paradise. ”

"Same Paradise?" Chongzhen muttered twice, "Do you want to have fun with the people?" How ironic it is to be called to enjoy with the people, but to be hated by the people! ”

The young man only asked the elders when he was curious before, but he knew that Chen Hongmi was the prefect, and what he said must be well-founded, so he hurriedly gave a salute to show that he was taught.

Chongzhen thought of another question: "Since this Ruiyun Peak was sunk into the lake, how was it fished up?" I, the first emperors of the Ming Dynasty, should not be so extravagant, right? ”

The young man was startled, and said in his heart that this is worthy of being a child of the clan, and when he opened his mouth, how could the emperors of the past dynasties be, how could he dare to comment casually?

Chen Hongmi knew a lot about this, and explained: "Of course not! This Ruiyun Peak was not salvaged by the government. ”

"Not the government?" Chongzhen's face was solemn, "If this boulder is so heavy, I'm afraid the manpower consumed to salvage it from the lake is not a small amount, right?" Isn't it the government? ”

Chen Hongmi glanced around, saw a nearby pavilion, and said, "Childe, this matter is a long story, you and I might as well go to that pavilion to sit and talk?" ”

Chongzhen nodded, and said to the young man of the Xu family: "I have been tired of the little brother leading the way for a long time, and I think the little brother is also tired, so it is better to find a place to rest for a while, and then we will trouble the little brother to continue to guide the way." ”

The young man also had a good eye, knowing that the prefect and the children of this sect had something to say, so he even claimed that it was, pointed to another pavilion and said: "That son, you take a break, I will rest there for a while, the forest is dense here, the sound insulation effect is very good, when the son needs it, you might as well send a servant to find me." ”

Chongzhen and Chen Hongmi went to the pavilion to sit down, and Chen Hongmi explained: "The one who salvaged Ruiyun Peak is called Chen Ji, a scholar in the ninth year of Hongzhi, and he was awarded the editor. In the ninth year of Zhengde, he was promoted to the bachelor of Nanjing Hanlin Academy, served as a lecturer at the banquet, and supervised the sacrificial wine of the final country. Zhengde was impeached and dismissed in the thirteenth year, and Jiajing died in the eighteenth year. His family lives in Hengjing, Wu County, Shangbao, and the number of the scriptures is 5,480. ”

"Huh." Chongzhen smiled coldly, there are less than 10,000 houses in Bauhinia City, what do you want to do with a private house with more than 5,400 rooms?

Chen Hongmi continued: "In order to salvage Ruiyun Peak, we built embankments on all sides with mud, and used water trucks to dry them. Afterwards transported, in order to make the ground slippery to save manpower, pound the green onion leaves to cover the ground, where the green onion is used more than 10,000 catties, and the green onion can not be bought on the market within a few days. ”

"Who gave him the power to levy a thousand people into conscription?"

"It's not just a levy to drive them away. As long as the people report in advance, the local officials will not stop it, and at most they will send officials to maintain law and order and monitor at the same time. ”

"Gather a thousand people at will, if you want to make a mess, what can you do?"

"The ministers are not worried about these people making trouble, the people are at peace, and the untrained people who have gathered temporarily cannot be united, and it is difficult to do anything unless there are special circumstances."

Chongzhen nodded, this judgment is also correct, the difference between the combat effectiveness of the temporarily gathered people and the army is significant, and he is indeed sensitive because of the frequent civil turmoil in recent years.

Fu was puzzled again: "What does Qing Yan mean by this?" ”

"I have a good treatment for scholars, but if they are in the middle, their families are tax-free, and the ministers are also one of the beneficiaries. But over the past few hundred years, some squires have owned thousands of acres of fertile land, with mountains of gold and silver. However, he did not pay half a cent of taxes in the imperial court, and he could not benefit the people at all. If it is an ordinary year, it will be fine, but now under the natural disasters for many years, the imperial court can no longer take out enough food for disaster relief, and it is time for these squires to contribute money and efforts. ”

Chongzhen remembered the reforms of the Ming Dynasty, but whenever the tax system is involved, it will be obstructed in every way, and no matter how good the tax reform is, it has become a harsh government because of the implementation of the problem, and it will fail in a few years. Isn't it all about implementation? Only then did I think of Chen Hongmi's feelings about Hua Shigang just now, and understood that he really brought himself here today to talk about this matter.