At the beginning of November of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Xiao Mo finally led the East Palace guards to withdraw to the Longmen County garrison at the south gate of Luoyang.

Xiao Mo followed the prince's instructions and took away the grain and winter supplies, leaving a large amount of silver. No one knew the consequences of this local inflation, and it was unlikely that Li Zicheng would have taken all the necessary measures to bring a large amount of civilian supplies to Ruzhou in advance. As a result, the East Palace spent money to buy prestige, leaving Li Zicheng with a city full of complaints about soaring prices.

The same inflation was staged in Luoyang at the same time, only because the grain for the winter had been collected in the granary, and Zhu Cihong's army could allocate grain from eastern Henan, so the impact on people's livelihood was not very great. On the contrary, because of the bubble introduced by the land, Luoyang looks a little prosperous, and even the business of the Qinglou Liquor Store is much better.

Zhu Cihong originally planned to leave Luoyang before the bubble exploded, leaving the Liao family as the mastermind behind the scenes to inherit the anger of the people. He even thought about compensating the Liao family, so that they could choose a piece of good land in Shandong and live a good life without worrying about food and clothing for three generations. However, it turned out that he did not study economics after all, and completely underestimated the market bubble.

Even if a large amount of land was invested, the big families in Luoyang City still refused to accept the bad luck of being slaughtered, and even joined forces to swallow it, and continued to release all kinds of good news that seemed to be true and false, raising the price of the land. Zhu Cihong even really used a knife to kill a few brokers who coaxed the ground, but he still couldn't stop the underground ghost market trading.

After a short period of fermentation, Diyin completely transformed into the most hated thing in Zhu Cihong's previous life - A shares.

Just as the people who entered the stock market in later generations did not expect those listed companies to pay dividends, the people of Luoyang only hoped that the speculation would succeed and earn the difference.

Zhu Cihong released a large amount of land, hoping to end this underdeveloped premature securities market, but unexpectedly ushered in a collective boycott from all walks of life in the city.

No one wants to buy land at all!

Because of the rise in local prices. The person holding the ground guide naturally also watched his net worth increase day by day. Waking up every day and discovering that you're richer is definitely more intoxicating than having a piece of land.

Confucius's birthday on the fourth day of November was originally just a festival for Confucian scholars, but it turned out to trigger a carnival in the whole city. The same day is also Taiyi Tianzun Christmas, and Luoyang Taoist temples are also overcrowded. Because the sixth day of the first month is the Christmas of the Jade Emperor, the joy has continued until the early morning of the seventh day of the first month.

I heard that some people have already started to book banquets and theater troupes on the 19th. Celebrate the Christmas of the Nine Lotus Bodhisattvas.

These people all thought that the land in their hands had risen a lot of silver, and it looked like they had picked it up.

This frenzy in Luoyang naturally attracted merchants from all over the world to come to Luoyang to sell goods, and the trade route that had dried up for many months was opened up because of this, and the prefect's yamen also received commercial taxes.

When Zhu Cihong visited for the second time, he was followed by a group of people, no longer a rich son, but a bold man. The extra people are naturally Xiao Mo, Chen De and other officers, although they have changed into civilian clothes. but he couldn't hide the blood in his body.

"It's almost time to catch up with Jingshi." Xiao Mo's understanding of Jingshi was under the clouds of the plague, and Luoyang was the second largest city he had visited, so it was inevitable that he would be a little uncomfortable when he saw such a crazy scene.

Zhu Cihong was also very uncomfortable. He has been tormented in the Forbidden City for more than ten years, and when did he not live in the shadow of a ruined family and country? Even if the sun hung high overhead, it was difficult to dispel the haze in his heart. However, at this moment, Li Chuang's army was only one hundred and fifty miles away from Luoyang, and the two armies had to fight an encounter from time to time. The ancient city of Luoyang is like a dead tree in spring, blooming with such a strange brilliance.

"These people really don't take Li Chuang seriously." Chen De looked at the lively scene in front of him. It's not a taste to be full.

After the defeat of Jiaxian, Chen Yongfu lost his news. Some say that he has withdrawn to Kaifeng, others say that he was captured and surrendered, and others say that he died on the battlefield...... All kinds of rumors are said to have noses and eyes, as if they were seen with their own eyes. Chen De thought that his father's life and death were uncertain, where did he still have the heart to go shopping and see the scenery? I can't wait to fill the streets. Prepare for war!

"Where do they not take Li Chuang in their eyes." Wu Fu sighed: "This is not to take Da Ming in his eyes. For them, it doesn't matter whether it is Huangming's official or Li Chuang's official sitting in the palace, as long as they live a good life, the sky is good. After 300 years of education, the Chinese dynasty has taught such a people! ”

"No wonder they are." Zhu Cihong shook his head and said.

Everyone was accustomed to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saying embarrassing things. Of course, as the crown prince, he will definitely not have the heart of "great rebellion". It can only be said that he is benevolent and generous, self-examined, and absolutely inherits the style of the current emperor of "treating others with leniency and strict self-discipline".

The right to listen to the "edict of oneself"!

"A stick of true incense is natural, and there is auspicious smoke in the Huangting furnace; The air knot is floating clouds, and I wish you a long life~! ”

When everyone was silent, a group of Taoist priests who did the work rang the bell and chanted in their mouths. It just fell on the rut of "wishing this day a long life".

"Hey, Mr. Wu," Zhu Cihong and other Taoist priests went over and turned to Wu Fu and said, "Legend has it that after Lu Xiufu jumped into the sea with the little emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty on his back, 100,000 scholars and people were martyred in the sea. Is it true? ”

"That's exactly what the book says." Wu Fu said without leaking: "The old man also thinks it's true." ”

"Why?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"I have my own backbone in Huaxia, how can I wear my hair on the left and make a living?" Wu Fu said lightly.

Zhu Cihong sighed and said, "So, the fault lies with my Zhu family." ”

Wu Fu's face was colorless, but his ears were pricked up.

"Huaxia has its own backbone, if this backbone is gone, isn't it my Zhu family's fault?" The more Zhu Cihong thought about it, the more frustrated he felt, and he only felt that he was out of place with this lively scene. At the time of the Mongol and Yuan invasions, there were still 100,000 Song people martyred. When he arrived in Dingding in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even the so-called Confucian Huang Zongxi called the Qing chief "the Holy Son of Heaven".

"Your Highness......" Wu Fu saw that Zhu Cihong was suddenly in a low mood, and hurriedly woke up.

"It is said that 'the sun and the moon reopen the Great Song Dynasty', if you only learn the rules and etiquette, can it be regarded as the reopening of the Great Song Dynasty?" Zhu Cihong said as he walked: "If you don't let the people live a richer and healthier life than the Song people, and don't let the scholars have more self-esteem and self-love than the Song Ru, how can you be worthy of these seven words?" ”

Wu Fu said: "Your Highness, when I was in the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, I was much stronger than the Song people. Even the Song family cannot be compared. Although the Ming Dynasty is in a rough situation now, His Royal Highness should not be arrogant. ”

"Yes, sir." Zhu Cihong didn't dwell on this issue, and added a sentence in his heart: Daming still has the Son of Heaven guarding the country, and the king is dead! …… I hope that this shijie will not have a dead king.

"However, to accuse the people of not loving the court, it is better to see if what the court has done is worthy of the love of the people." Zhu Cihong turned around and said to Chen De: "After all, there are people in this world first, and then there is the court. At the beginning, Emperor Taizu Gao was able to open the country, thanks to the civil and military ministers, and because he won the hearts of the people. Why did the people at that time welcome me with the banner of the word 'Zhu', but now they regard thieves like Li Chuang as their destiny? Not only do you have to think about this, but you generals also have to think about it when you are leading your troops. ”

Chen De only felt that cold water was poured down, and the evil fire in his heart was extinguished immediately. When the others heard this, they also bowed their heads, thinking about the current situation in their hearts.

"Tang Taizong said that the people are used as a metaphor for water, and the boat is a metaphor for a family." Zhu Cihong thought for a while and said, "I think this metaphor is not as appropriate as fish and water. Since it's a holiday today, we can't do without a program, so let's make an article with 'Like a fish in water', and bring it to me tomorrow. ”

Everyone agreed, but secretly slandered the crown prince where he wanted to be.

This topic was sent to Zhang Shiqi, Zhang Shiqi, who was soaking his feet, was too lazy to use his brain, and it happened that Hou Fangyu walked in front of the hall and was caught by him.

"You should take the topic of 'like a fish in water' back and think about it." Zhang Shiqi told Hou Fangyu about this topic, and said: "Good students read Liu Hedong's public servant theory, write it together with this topic, and send it to me tomorrow morning." ”

Hou Fangyu's allusion to "like a fish in water" flashed in his mind: it was Liu Bei in "Three Kingdoms" who said, "There is Kong Ming in loneliness, and there is water in the fish." "But how does it have anything to do with Liu Hedong's public servant theory? For a while, the famous genius in Jiangnan was also stumped. (To be continued......)