West Street of the Imperial City, there is a blessing building. 【Reading.com】

"There are a lot of carriages and horses parked outside the Chengtian Gate today, it seems that the Long Live Lord is holding a court meeting again, maybe the court has set a relief policy, right?" Standing at the door of his shop, Boss Bao looked at the Forbidden City with blank eyes, and tiptoed twice from time to time, as if he could see the scene in the Zhonghe Palace.

"I think it's a bit mysterious." Tailor Sun sighed and sighed: "The price of grain in the capital has not risen in a day or two, and during the autumn harvest last year, many disasters and famines were reported in various places, and if it is ...... again this year."

"I said, Brother Sun, why are you raising the bar with me again? Can this year be the same as last year......" The fat man's rebuttal swirled around his mouth, but he took it back, he also felt that his own reasons were not sufficient, but his point of view was quite distinct, "Liaodong has suffered a catastrophe, and people's hearts are full of flesh, why do you say that?" ”

"Brother Bao, look at what you said, if Lao Sun said a word, he would be able to make the court make a decree, I would have said it a long time ago, how could I use it to raise the bar with you for such a tragic thing in Liaodong? I'll be honest with you......" Tailor Sun looked around, and then he came to the fat man's side and whispered:

"Do you know the rice shops in Fu Ji and Zhao Ji? Originally, the goods should have arrived today, but this matter was decided a month ago, but the result ......"

"The result?" The fat man asked urgently.

"Didn't come!" Tailor Sun spread his hands, "I have a little friendship with the display cabinets of those houses, when I came to the door yesterday, I saw that their expressions were a little strange, this morning I went to Guangqumen to take a look, not only the two of them, a whole morning, there was not a grain truck into the city, but there were many ...... out of the city."

"Oh my God! These people are really black-hearted, do they want to see death and not save them? The fat man's face was pale, and his body shook a few times, if it weren't for Tailor Sun taking it in time, he would almost not have sat on the ground.

"Brother Sun, that's hundreds of thousands of people!" When he came back to his senses, his voice was already shaking.

"Who's to say it isn't?" Tailor Sun smiled miserably: "There are people above those grain merchants, and those people are in the Zhonghe Hall right now, and they are going to put the marquis to death...... As long as the Hou Ye can be brought down, how can the adults care about the life and death of our small people? ”

"Then the guards and the academy are also ......" The fat man was frightened, and the movement was not small, and many neighbors were alarmed by him, and surrounded him, and when they heard Tailor Sun's words, their faces were also pale.

"It's hard to say that the Guards may not be disbanded, but they should not be expanded, but the academy must be gone......" Tailor Sun said quietly:

"There are no tuition, no lunch, and even some scholarships...... This kind of good thing, except in the current Zhengde Dynasty, even when the legendary saints ruled the world, it was unheard of, if it wasn't for the Long Live Lord, if it wasn't for the Hou Ye, how could it be ......"

"But isn't it, Long Live Lord is the son of the Holy Tomorrow, and Lord Hou is also a good person, both of them are rare to see in a hundred years, why are good people not rewarded? Is this God blind? ”

"That's it, that's it!"

With the expansion of its scale, the influence of the academy is increasing, and it is now the most influential of the various institutions of the royal family.

Although the future of graduating from the academy is not yet known, at least the children of the family have already read and read in it, and many of them have gained a skill.

The most important thing is that in this process, what they pay is only one less labor in the family, and it is a relatively unimportant labor.

Although the Chinese people are simple and hardworking, everyone knows that they will never be able to make any difference just by facing the loess with their backs to the sky, otherwise the scholars will not be so sought after and respected.

So, the favor is real. In the past, if the children of ordinary people wanted to study, where would it be so easy?

Except for a few talented and intelligent teachers, the kind that teachers fall in love with at a glance, other people want to go to the academy, of course, the tuition is indispensable, and the filial piety to the teacher during the New Year is also a custom, but it is not only a problem of less labor in the family.

As for the official school, there are only a few places recruited every year, but there are many people who want to enter, and the competition is more serious than the famous universities in later generations.

Wait until the next day to catch the exam, visit teachers and friends, and the journey consumption is countless, which is why knowing that readers have a future, the proportion of private readers is always not high, no money, that is absolutely impossible.

In contrast, the various measures of the Ivy League College are precious, and the people of the capital have benefited from them, and of course they support them. The people in other places, as long as they heard the rumors, all yearned for it, and they all hoped that this good government would be spread as soon as possible.

Therefore, after the news of the natural disaster in Liaodong spread, the scene in the teahouse yesterday happened in many places in the capital.

Most of the people who can live near the imperial city have some net worth, but on the periphery of the capital, even outside the city, most of them are poor, and the same favor is placed on people with different statuses, and the role is not the same.

The poor people have a higher degree of support for Zhengde and Xie Hong, and their reaction after hearing the news is also greater, and the backlash is of course more intense. At the end of this day, quite a few scholars were beaten, but they could only ask for help, involving the champion Hou, where did Shuntianfu dare to speak up?

Someone mentioned this, and everyone was also embarrassed, and they redoubled their feelings for the good governance of the two monarchs and ministers.

"It's strange to say, in those years, Hongzhi Ye was still there, and all the adults in this court were also very upright? At that time, I often heard people say that the people in the court were in the middle of the dynasty, and there was a sign of prosperity, why did these adults become like this now? In order to fight with the champion Hou, I don't even care about the life and death of our people......"

"Humph! The fart is in full swing! The fat man, who had been silent, suddenly burst out, pointed to the direction of the Imperial City and the Palace with a hideous face, and scolded hatefully: "My lord? These people are well-dressed beasts! From the beginning to the end, they never looked at the life and death of Xiaomin! ”

He turned to the man who spoke and asked in a loud voice, "Have you heard people say before?" Listen to whom? Who did he listen to? Hmph, it's not the people who read the books themselves! Can they believe their boastful words? It's not that those ministers have changed now, it's just that the world has changed, with the Roadside Club and Houdefang, we Xiaomin know more than before, so those people have revealed their true colors! ”

"Why don't they like Long Live Ye, why don't they like Hou Ye?" The fat man didn't pay attention to others, and roared angrily to himself: "Master Hou opened the academy to make everyone in the world like dragons, how can those scholars who treat us like mustards be happy?" If everyone can read, how can they appear to be noble? ”

"There were so many reports of famine last year, and the internal and external troubles were overwhelming, if you don't know, I thought that this country and society could not be saved. But in reality? You're all well-informed, don't you know? It may be too much to say that the wind and rain are good everywhere, but in fact, where did so many disasters come from? It's hard to say in other places, but Huguang has a bumper harvest! ”

It was still early in the morning, and the West Street of the Imperial City was empty, so the fat man's voice seemed even louder, echoing in the streets, shaking everyone's hearts.

"Boss Bao is right, before Master Hou, there were few good people among those who were officials."

"Being able to meet today's Holy Son of Heaven and Lord Hou is a blessing that we have cultivated in eight lifetimes!"

"It's easy for God to open his eyes and come down to Hou Ye, we can't watch Hou Ye fall, we have to find a way...... Boss Bao, you have a lot of ideas, you give everyone an idea, how can we contribute to Hou Ye? Help him get through this? ”

After a period of silence, digesting the fat man's words, everyone's emotions were also excited, scolding, and feeling, and finally some people shouted loudly, thinking that they couldn't sit still and take the initiative.

"Yes, if you receive favors, you should repay them, long live the Lord and the Hou Ye will not forget to repay the kindness, but our masters in the capital can't help but pay attention to it!"

"That's right, Brother Bao, you can get an idea."

Zhi'en Tubao, this is the most simple idea of the Chinese people, this proposal was immediately widely agreed, no matter what the reason for the initial gathering, but after hearing this, everyone nodded, and set their eyes on the most active person Boss Bao.

"Bao Mou is not talented, and it is impossible to say that he has an idea, but I also have an idea, so I just want to talk to everyone." The fat man was also the one who did not give in, and made a square gesture with his fists, "I heard the old man say before, when the country was founded, when the city was built in Beijing, Long live the Lord called on the people of the world to make a strong contribution, have money to contribute, one brick per person, and the city will ...... from the beginning."

He touched the back of his head and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Everyone also knows that Bao Mou is a restaurant owner, this year, the price of grain in the capital has risen every day, and I don't know when he will be a leader, Bao Mou is a little rich, and he has saved a lot of food......

"Hey, who isn't, don't say you're opening a restaurant, even I'm the one who opened a gambling house, haven't I saved a lot of food, it's not careful if you save it, and if you don't save it, it's not heartless, everyone says it's not right?"

"Haha, it's not!"

Everyone laughed, this is really not a cautious eye, but it is just the wisdom of the people's life, whether it rises or falls, if it weren't for such a herd mentality, those merchants would not be able to succeed every time.

"Boss Bao, if you say that, do you mean ......?"

"Yes, Bao Mou takes the lead, I don't do the business of this restaurant, except for the rations of the family, I will take out the rest of the food, directly find Tang Yushi, donate it to the emperor, I don't want anything, just feel at ease! If you have someone who believes in us and has spare strength at home, you might as well ...... with our old bag Help the emperor, help the marquis, and help yourself! ”

"Good! Brother Bao, I'll do it with you. ”

"And me, I have a lot of food at home......"

"Not only here, but we also have to spread the news, so that the neighbors in the capital know and join in, the strength of one or two people is insignificant, but as long as there are enough people, then we can also do something for Hou Ye."

"yes, let's go our separate ways."

People became excited, offered suggestions or expressed determination, and as the crowd dispersed, the tide rising from the West Street of the Imperial City spread to the entire capital.

(To be continued)