026 gloom and laughter

The brutal late Ming Dynasty showed Zhu Youzhen his truest side, and this immersive experience and extremely impactful feeling cannot be experienced in reading.

The insensitive low-level soldiers, with all their enthusiasm and murderous spirit completely worn out. For them, trying to survive by all means and exchanging all their skills for a little money for themselves is the biggest goal of these people.

Zhu Youzhen could fully believe that even if he spent a huge amount of money to equip such an army with the best muskets, cannons, and firearms, as long as it could be exchanged for money, they would not hesitate to sell it. What is invincible, such a team is not to mention Houjin, but if it encounters a little setback, it will be a rout like a landslide and tsunami.

Fat-headed, big-eared, all interested in how to pay money and embezzle money for middle-level officers. These nobles and officials introduced by bureaucratic backgrounds or connections have completely blocked the channel for promotion by virtue of seniority or ability. They formed a circle, just like what they had seen in the barracks in the past two days, and killing their heads was not enough to shock these people. In their minds, it was just bad luck to be caught, imprisoned, and killed for defeat, corruption, and corruption. Finding a relationship to avoid punishment is their only thought, and returning the money official to restore his position, and then it is revenge corruption.

Greed has no bottom line, and the nobles who are already fearless at all, they are the highest level of this society, and they are supported by the whole people. But the strange thing is that they wield big knives and slash desperately at the bottom of the crowd that supports them. On the contrary, they have become the most short-sighted generation of this era, enjoying a luxurious life as if they don't want to die tomorrow. Dingguogong's experience not only did not wake up these people, but inspired them to revelry in the end of the world. I heard that in the past few days, five new Chunfeng Towers have been added to the Jingshi.

On the way back to the palace, Zhu Youzhen did not try to ride a horse again, but chose to take a carriage.

He leaned against the window of the carriage, letting the bumps in the road make his head collide with the window, as if this was the only way to make himself more conscious. Wang Chengen squatted next to him, if it weren't for Zhu Youzhen's eyes, he would have been eager to put his body under the emperor's head.

Surrounded by everyone and returned to the Forbidden City in the twilight, Zhu Youzhen strangled his forehead with a brocade ribbon, sat in front of the window of the Wenhua Palace, looked at the drizzle outside that was about to enter autumn, and was reluctant to speak for a long time.

The current situation of the Ming Dynasty is worse than Zhu Youzhen imagined.

Today's Ming Dynasty is an absolute tax exemption for officials, scholars, and royalty who possess a large amount of resources, and a powerful exploitation of farmers and craftsmen to create wealth. Coupled with the various natural disasters that will continue to appear from next year, it will finally become a tight rope around the neck of this empire.

Waving his hand to shut up the eunuch who was about to make a loud announcement, when the tiptoeing Empress Zhou walked in, she could even see that Zhu Youzhen's face was gloomy and almost dripping.

"The concubine found more than 10 million taels of silver for the emperor." The empress knew what could make the emperor happy, but she didn't expect to miscalculate this time. The emperor did not become as happy when he heard the silver as he did when he was a king. Moreover, the emperor didn't seem to hear her voice either.

"It's better to rebel."

The emperor gritted his teeth and muttered in a whisper that sounded like a thunderclap in Queen Zhou's ears. She also grew up in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, Shuliang and gentleness, I don't know what's going on, the more I look at the current emperor, the more frightened I feel, how can this rebellious language come out of the emperor's mouth.

Only Zhu Youzhen knows that there is no such thing as the desire of the people and the destiny of heaven in this world, and there are only interests. Whoever can keep the people of the world fed and clothed, and who gives the benefits of the people with the largest number of representatives, the people will be of the same mind as whom.

If he does not rebel, then Zhu Youzhen will now bring intuitive benefits to the Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible, so that his rights can become real and substantive rights. And only substantive rights can ensure that the carriage of the Ming Dynasty runs according to its own ideas.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen raised his head, and then saw his own Queen Zhou.

The face that had been gloomy just now quickly became happy. Zhu Youzhen knows that it is now necessary to make everyone who believes in himself more confident, instead of seeing a burnt self and making it more painful.

"The rain has stopped, and today I will accompany the queen to the street outside the palace?"

"Is that okay?" When the queen saw the smiling Zhu Youzhen, she seemed to have forgotten all about what had just happened.

"Chunhua, Chunhua, I want to go to the street outside the palace with the emperor to play, you hurry up and help me change clothes."

When the lights were just lit on the street, two young couples dressed as rich businessmen, under the escort of their rough housekeepers, appeared in the market east of Jingshi.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the little queen, who had just finished the last bite of the hot baked cakes, and then turned his head to stare at the small porcelain bottle full of white cheese on the side of the street.

A few copper plates were thrown over, and Wang Chenen, who was about to take a sip next to him, was pushed away, and handed it to the queen after inserting the wheat straw. If you ignore the quaint streets on both sides, but looking at the queen wearing the dress of the official eunuch, it is like seeing a little girl shopping in Hanfu in later generations.

Spending money can really get rid of the mood of melancholy and make people happy.

saw the dazzling silver hairpin, regardless of the modeling materials, let Wang Chengen pay for it, and then threw it to the palace maid Chunhua who was only following behind.

Look at the roasted golden quail, boiled whitish syrup, and throw out a few copper plates.

I saw a child begging on the street, and I was pitiful. Regardless of the unkempt and dark little hands, he took out a large handful of copper plates and put them on his hands. Not enough? Then let people hurry to the noodle stall next to them to buy a few snow-white steamed buns, no matter what kind of filling, just put them in front of the little beggar.

Two young couples, gorgeously dressed and with a group of slaves, are generously skilled, and before they know it, they are followed by a large group of small traders doing business.

"There were ready-to-wear clothes in the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Youzhen had to follow up, but was kicked out by the female boss. In the laughter of Queen Zhou, she and Li Ruolian sat side by side on the street stall and waited like later generations.

finally came out, and there were a few more clothes of various styles on his body.

At this time, Jingshi was still one of the largest cities in the world, and it also radiated the last prosperity of the empire.

It is obvious that they are the main staff of various large merchants' silver shops, pawnshops, and ticket numbers, and they are also generous. There were also a few Westerners who spoke a language they didn't understand, and they didn't know where they came from, and they hurried with crosses.

"Sister, sister, drink a bowl of chaos? My mother's Chaos is also delicious. ”

A young girl like a New Year's painting pulled the sleeve of Queen Zhou's coat. A middle-aged sister-in-law who ran up from behind picked up Xiao Nan and looked at the two rich and noble people, afraid of disturbing the nobles and affecting their business.

Queen Zhou, who looked at the little girl, was full of stars. After a while, the rock sugar gourd in her hand had already reached the little girl's hand, and the hairpin was also given to the little girl's head.

Holding her hand, the two of them came to the inside of a small street, and immediately received the VVIP treatment of consuming fifty bowls at a time. The wontons are really good, and under the skillful operation of the middle-aged aunt, a bowl was soon served in front of Zhu Youzhen.

Not yet an hour. Both of them ate with round bellies.

"Go to that teahouse to drink tea and rest your legs?"