The first wind and rain drifted away

In the middle of the western slope of the remnant sun, in the evening, the imperial city of Gyeonggi has begun to be noisy.

In the east corner of the south of the city, Lu Yu Teahouse is one of the more famous teahouses in the capital.

According to popular parlance, it is a prime location, with a strong business atmosphere and convenient transportation.

The teahouse has two floors and is a typical storytelling teahouse.

The guests on the first floor mainly drink tea, listen to books and plays, and eat some small pastries made by the owner.

The second floor is a private seat, the air is fresh, you can drink good West Lake Longjing, Wuyi rock tea, etc., and there are also girls from the surrounding brothels to choose from.

Around the teahouse, there are also various stalls, selling all kinds of snacks, salt beans, vegetable pancakes, fried small fish, etc., customers buy in, and the shopkeeper does not ask.

In the future, it is the so-called permission to bring your own drinks and snacks.

Because of this, the business of this teahouse is very good.

From morning to night, it is crowded and lively.

At this time, the storytelling on the stage ended, and in the applause, Mr. Storyteller went down, followed by a miscellaneous talk about quyi, that is, a program of commenting on bullets.

Taking advantage of the occasion, many guests shouted, "Doctor, add some tea." ”

"Here ......

The tea doctors around him responded to the mouth, holding a huge copper long-spouted teapot in their hands, and came to each person's table.

When you raise your hand, the hot tea water is poured into the tea bowl three times, but it is like a white line. And it's just filled, and there is no drop left outside, and the technique is amazing.

This is also the legendary Phoenix Three Nods.

Obviously, however, all the tea guests were not surprised, and they listened to the Kamima Bangzi and asked about the recent events.

"Doctor, I heard that the factory guards in the capital have been making a lot of trouble recently?"

A tea guest asked.

The teahouse is an information notice place, and many people will talk about it here.

Dr. Tea travels among all kinds of tea guests every day, and naturally learns the skills of astronomy, geography, family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs.

The black and white news of the rivers and lakes, looking for people and asking for directions, can know a little bit or two.

Therefore, tea customers have to ask the tea master if they have any questions, and the tea guests are well-informed and are respectfully called tea doctors.

"Yes, what security fees are they collecting recently, I heard that the shops of the adults in the court are also levied."

Dr. Tea bent down and replied politely.

"It's strange that those factory guards dare to do something to the courtiers."

Another tea guest looked like he had obviously just entered Beijing, and asked with some surprise in order to understand the recent situation.

The factory guard was laid off in the early years of Chongzhen, and the Son of Heaven abolished his martial arts and lost his deterrence and balance against hundreds of officials. At the same time, it also made the people lose their sense of awe.

If this is left in the Apocalypse year, under the leadership of Wei Zhongxian, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, absolutely no one dares to question the power of the factory guard.

Not to mention anything else, even if it is a brocade guard hundred, it is also a ruthless character who shakes the Quartet in the capital division.

"It's not unusual." Dr. Tea turned around and whispered.

Now the factory guards have sitting notes and listening notes, and there are also those who are in charge of sweeping the streets and public security in the capital, and they have their own errands, so they can't be cautious.

"This son, when the emperor recently restored the prosperity of the factory guard, he specially spied on the privacy of officials, and the courtiers can find out everything clearly, what can they do?

In fact, if you want me to say, this is better for us ordinary businesses, at least equally, isn't it?

Don't hide it from the guest officials, the factory guards are now cracking down on the Qingpi Broken Settlement in the Imperial City, and it is our merchants who benefit. ”

"Oh, what's that way to say?"

When Dr. Tea heard this, he whispered: "The people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang received a profit from the first and a half floors of the shop, which is nearly half less than Qingpi.

And I heard that the courtiers' green buildings and pawnshops have high profits, so they have to collect more.

What kind of security fee do they say is this money, and the little ones have little knowledge, and they don't know what kind of charter this is?

However, I heard them say that if there are green skins to collect the monthly examples, or those who eat and drink in the store for nothing, just go to them and let them solve it.

Small business, in the past, there is no way. If you don't pay it, those green skins will come to make trouble twice in three days, and this business will not be done at all.

Now that I have paid this money, it can be regarded as a safe and real purchase.

I heard from other people in the store that the money from the factory guard was really not collected in vain, and if someone made trouble and looked for them, it was really for us.

If this is the case, the money is paid willingly, and the right to pay the protection fee is. ”

In the Gyeonggi Imperial City, business is prosperous, and the green-skinned sticks are easy to make a living. Therefore, the activity is also several times more rampant than in other places.

They are fierce and unscrupulous, and if they are not satisfied, they will add up sticks and hatred.

The government is helpless against these people.

In particular, the lawless officials of the local government colluded with them, and the people suffered greatly.

After all, the imperial court is declining, and the cows, ghosts, gods, and snakes are naturally emerging.

"Then they just took your little shop? Those shops that have a relationship with the adults in the DPRK and China, did they really collect them? ”

Just as he was talking happily, a young man in his twenties in the corner raised his head, he was dressed in a green shirt, wearing a scarf, his face was fair, and he looked polite.

But seeing his eyes twinkle and his demeanor with a hint of depth, it showed that this person was different.

"Back to the son-in-law, naturally it is received.

Of course, there are also a few stores with deep self-sustaining backgrounds that are ignored.

But without exception, the store was closed, the shopkeeper was arrested, I heard that it was a stalemate? ”

Dr. Tea's eyesight is practiced, and he has seen a lot of people of all kinds, and he doesn't dare to snub the little brother in front of him.

The young man put down the teacup, thought about something silently, dropped the broken silver, opened the folding fan, got up and went downstairs.

Soon, several sturdy men around him got up and followed closely behind, obviously looking like bodyguards.

Dr. Tea put away the silver and was overjoyed, there is a lot of reward today.

I don't know which prince is noble, the pomp is really big, at first he hurriedly looked at it, and he found that there were more than a dozen guards alone.

Needless to say, this young man is naturally Emperor Chongzhen in disguise.

It seems that he is addicted to playing private visits in microservices, and he runs out of the palace at every turn.

Is it really so idle to be an emperor?

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Then it depends on what you want to be?" ”

Jiajing, Wanli, and Tianqi belong to the relaxed type, and Taizu, Chengzu, and Chongzhen belong to the diligent type.

Everyone of the Ming Emperors has a lot of character, which also forms their unique style.

It's just that these emperors, Emperor Chongzhen feel that it is not interesting.

Too tired!

Only Emperor Zhengde of Ming Wuzong is the idol of Emperor Chongzhen's mind and the goal of hard study.

The only emperor of the Ming Dynasty who made three factories and one guard, there were polar evaluations in his life.

One side said that he was resolute and decisive, criticized and answered the chapters, and decided major national events in a snap of his fingers.

Punished Liu Jin, peacefully transformed the rebellion of the king and the rebellion of the king of Ning, defeated the little prince of Mongolia, and was exempted from disaster relief many times.

Moreover, there were many virtuous people under his subordinates during his reign, which also reflected the commendable aspects of this emperor's rule.

On the other hand, he said that he was unscrupulous during his political years, and he was greedy, martial, scoundrel, and fun-loving all his life.

Many people think that he is absurd and violent, grotesque and shameless, and he is a rare unscrupulous gentleman.

But in any case, although Wu Zong frolicked and had fun, he never neglected to resist the border bandits and never slackened in major matters, which was recognized by everyone.

This is the ideal of Emperor Chongzhen.

To be an emperor is to be willful.

Therefore, in the future, he will often go out of the palace and pay private visits, not to make trouble, at least to come out and let loose his mind, right?