After bringing these bastards to the bed, Zhu Youzhen sat on the table and poured two cups of tea.

Zhang Shize sat down tiredly.

"Your Highness, although we defeated Chengguo Gong this time, we also offended the civil officials, and I am afraid that the future will be sad."

After Zhang Shize finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and drank all the tea inside.

Zhu Youzhen put his legs on the table, lay down comfortably, and said indifferently: "What is Emperor Taizu's abolition of the prime minister for?" Isn't it that the prime minister is the head of the civil ministers, and I am afraid that we, the children of future generations, will be bullied. Now the cabinet is like the prime minister, and the ministers are still riding on the heads of our royal families, but we still have to rely on them, you say that this dog's world is really interesting. ”

Zhang Shize listened quietly, he didn't know why His Royal Highness King Xin said this.

"If these Wenchen do a good job, I would like to be a free prince, drunk all day long. But you see, now that tomorrow is thin, the people are poor, the officials are corrupt, the treasury is empty, and the people are struggling to make a living, which makes them continue like this, and in a few decades, I will find a crooked neck tree and hang myself. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhang Shize sharply, and said in a deep voice: "At present, the Ming Dynasty can't go on like this, I said that the royal family is the greatest noble, and only we can fight against the civil officials, change the law, and prosper the Ming Dynasty." This is the great cause I am talking about, and it is also what we have to do, Broad & Bright is willing to help me? ”

Change the law to save the picture, ZTE Daming.

These eight words were like a hammer hitting Zhang Shize's chest, which made him very excited.

"Your Highness's ambition, I am willing to follow it with all my life, and I will never turn around." Zhang Shize said heavily.

"I'm going to ...... too"

A faint low shout turned out to be Chang Yanling who said something drunk.

Zhu Youzhen and Zhang Shize glanced at each other and smiled in unison.

After drinking a lot of wine, Zhu Youzhen also felt a little sleepy, so he went back early to rest.

The next morning, he rarely didn't lie in bed, and got up early for breakfast.

As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, although he is a deputy, he also has to go to see his own territory.

The carriage drove slowly until it reached a low-lying area to the west of the city.

The towering palace walls are gone, and the large mansions with blue bricks and green tiles are rarely visible, and the roads are full of dilapidated houses, and some thatched-roof houses can still be seen inside.

Zhu Youzhen lifted the curtain and watched the pedestrians on the road change from gorgeous clothes to cloth and linen, no matter where they were, there would be beggars in tattered clothes begging on the street corners, some women who did housework poured domestic sewage in front of the door at will, and a pungent urine feed mixed with a sour smell, which made Zhu Youzhen want to vomit.

Only three or four miles away from the imperial city, the bustling and lively capital of the Ming Dynasty has become a dilapidated and dirty slum, and in the same city, Zhu Youzhen seems to be walking in hell and heaven, like two worlds.

Since leaving the bustling inner city, Wu Xiang's hand has never left the hilt, which shows that the order in the city is not good.

Zhu You let out a long sigh, put down the curtain and didn't say anything more.

The carriage traveled for more than half an hour before it stopped in front of a people's square.

Stepping out of the carriage, Zhu Youzhen looked at the dilapidated door, the three words "Ping'an Fang" on it had faded, and he couldn't see the handwriting clearly.

He looked inside, the dirty streets were lined with brick and wood houses, mottled and dilapidated doors and windows were closed, and from time to time people with yellow faces and thin muscles walked by, looking at Zhu Youzhen and the others curiously.

The children in shabby clothes were playing, and after a while they ran around the procession, looking curiously at the gorgeous carriage, and wanted to come forward and touch the snow-white war horses.

"Walk and walk, and be careful of your little life, horses."

Cao Huachun impatiently drove the children, but was hit on the head by Zhu Youzhen.

"Give them the refreshments from the wagon."

Cao Huachun shrank his head, obediently entered the carriage, and brought out the snacks inside.

The children looked eagerly at the delicate snacks, but were too afraid to step forward.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and grabbed a snack and threw it to the child in charge.

The child hurriedly caught it, glanced at the dim sum, and looked at Zhu Youzhen with some caution.

Zhu Youzhen picked up a piece and ate it himself, and the child gobbled up the dim sum into his mouth, his bulging cheeks kept squirming, and the sweet dim sum made his eyes squint into a slit, and swallowed it into his stomach.

The rest of the children watched their companions eat snacks with their saliva in their mouths, and they were as anxious as cats, glanced at Zhu Youzhen, and quickly ran over to grab the snacks and ran.

In a few moments, all the snacks on the plate were gone.

At this time, Wu Xiang brought a chief.

A lame old man looked at the group of gorgeously dressed troops, bent over in disbelief, and did not dare to speak.

After a while, he heard the young man in the lead ask, "Is this the settlement of the Jinyi Wei family?" ”

The old armor commander hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "Report to the nobles, the Jinyi Guard is the upper guard, and most of the families of ordinary sergeants live here. ”

Ping'an Fang is located in a depression, far away from the inner city, and the officials of Jinyiwei will move out of this place if they have a little strength.

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and asked again: "How many people live in Ping'an Fang?" ”

The old armor chief looked at Zhu Youzhen hesitantly, but did not reply.

Wu Xiang shouted angrily: "This is the newly appointed deputy commander of Jinyiwei, don't say it quickly." ”

Hearing that it was the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard, the military attache of the third grade, the old commander was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a "poof" and begged for mercy: "The old man has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he is blind to the dog's eyes, so please forgive me." ”

Zhu Youzhen said helplessly: "Get up and talk back." ”

The old commander hurriedly stood up and replied: "Ping'an Fang not only lives in Jinyiwei and his family, but also the rest of the guards and soldiers, Dongchang Fanzi and some military craftsmen. It covers an area equal to three or four other people's squares, with a population of more than 1,000 households and nearly 3,000 people. ”

Hearing that there were 3,000 people in Ping'an Fang, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but gasp.

"Isn't it recorded in the documents that there are less than 400 households in Ping'anfang?"

The old man looked around weakly, and said cautiously: "My lord, a person is a tax and a servitude, so many people are hidden, living secretly, and not on paperwork." ”

Zhu Youzhen was speechless, isn't that a black household?

These black households are willing not to study, do not take the imperial examination, have no land, and are unwilling to pay taxes and serve in forced labor, which shows how hard the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty live.

"Come with me."

Zhu Youzhen didn't ask any more questions, and wanted the old captain to accompany him to visit Ping'an Fang.

Although it has not rained for several days, the people's domestic sewage is poured on the road, and the muddy two steps are a foot of mud, not to mention the smell of urine and rot everywhere, Zhu Youzhen just took two steps and was smoked back.

The old armor chief nodded and accompanied him until Zhu Youzhen left.

A fat man wearing a flying fish suit with a thousand household waist cards on his waist walked out, glanced at the departing carriage, and smiled coldly.

The old captain hurriedly greeted him and said, "Wang Qianhu, the little one sees that the noble man is from a rich background, and he definitely doesn't want to come to this dirty place again." ”

Wang Qianhu smiled, "You old monkey, you really have a lot of eyes." ”

"The villain just wants to share the worries of the adult."

"Don't worry, this errand is done, Lao Tzu will not treat you badly."