When Zhu Yan opened his eyes, he saw Dong Yi standing next to the bed, a pair of smart eyes looking at him shyly, like holding a soft pillow last night.

He didn't sleep, he still remembered last night's events.

Dong Yi stood beside the Xiangnan wood table, lowered his eyebrows, and said in a loud voice: "Your Highness... After the prince is twelve years old, there will be a maid to teach..."

The maid cannot spend the night on the side of the prince, and will be reminded by the female official who is still in the prison.

She went back last night.

"That's right."

Qi ...... His Royal Highness King Qi, can the slave and maid go back? ”

Zhu Yan found that under Dong Yi's snow-white eyes, there was a faint puffiness and haze, and she probably didn't sleep last night.

"I can't tell my mother and my mother a word about last night! Otherwise, this king will send you to the Sect Division, you know that place, right? ”

"Hmm~"

Dong Yi looked at Zhu Yu and asked, "What is the slave going to do today?" ”

"You don't have to do things during the day, you only need it at night."

Zhu Yu got up and dressed, had breakfast under Dong Yi's service, and came to Chunhe Palace after leaving the royal mansion.

The fourth brother is married, and he will not leave the capital in the short term, and when he goes to Beiping Mansion, his father will gradually transfer the military power to the fourth brother.

He came to Chunhe Palace to see if there was a chance to get Liu Bowen back to the court.

The inspector in front of the palace stopped Zhu Rong, "King Qi needs to be notified before he can meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

"There wasn't such a rule before, my eldest brother said?"

The inspector said: "Mao Qianhu just gave the order, and the lowly position is not clear. ”

"Then why are you stunned?" Liu Jiu took out the momentum of a slave and a vicious dog to open the way for Zhu Yu, in the palace, the master was blocked, and the eunuch who was a confidant always had to say a word or two.

The school inspector went in and reported.

Zhu Yu walked to the hall, "Brother, you have to report to the Chunhe Palace?" ”

Zhu Biao was reviewing the mountains of sparse music, when he heard the movement outside the hall and raised his head:

"The etiquette set by my father, all ministers of civil and military affairs who want to see the prince need to meet the emperor before they can come to the East Palace to report, but the seventh brother doesn't have to be so cumbersome."

Zhu Yu said: "Fourth brother, when will he go to Beiping Mansion?" ”

"Don't worry about the affairs of the domain, the northern flag has died down recently, and the fourth brother is afraid that he will stay in the capital for a while...... Seventh brother, you came just in time, accompany me out of the palace. ”

Zhu Biao handed over a sparse book.

Zhu Yan glanced at it, the land near the city is so barren, please beg for a year... If you can't pay the taxes, you will kill the officials.

"Is it the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to pay taxes?"

Zhu Biao nodded: "The foundation of food and clothing, the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the granary of the world, I actually begged to pay taxes, I have suppressed this matter." ”

My father knew that I don't know how many people would die.

"What does the big brother think?"

"I want to go to the palace to visit Yushi Chen Ji, and he presented it."

Zhu Biao didn't want the six auxiliary officers to follow, worried that it would reach Zhu Yuanzhang's ears.

Get in the car.

Zhu Rong knew that Chen Ji, whom they were about to meet, was responsible for supervising the imperial history of Zhejiang, and this time he made a special trip to Beijing to wait for the emperor's reply.

The carriage staggered through Chengxian Street.

Zhu Biao felt and said: "The famine and the famine are in the year, and the imperial court will reduce the amount of annual rent to relieve the people's hardship, I am worried that it is the officials of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they will not report it, seventh brother, you also know that if it is not properly governed, the father will not spare them." ”

Zhu Yu asked: "My brother is afraid that my father will ask them, so I came to visit Chen Ji." ”

Zhu Biao sighed lightly: "Father has really killed too many people...... If the monarch can accept the advice of the ministers, then there will be a very tacit understanding between the monarchs and ministers, which is the law of governing the country since ancient times...... When the father was slightly dissatisfied, he blamed the ministers, and the ministers did not dare to admonish. ”

Zhu Yu was dissatisfied: "If my father hears it, he will definitely hang the eldest brother on the golden beam of the Fengtian Palace, and beat you with the whip driven by the Hu people!" ”

Zhu Biao ignored him and sighed lightly, "It has been difficult for monarchs and ministers to complement each other since ancient times. ”

There was no inspection of the Gong Wei Division to open the road, and the carriage traveled very slowly, turning around and around, passing through many streets such as Chengxian Street, and finally came to Quanjiefang Street.

It is far away from the imperial city, and a few steps further is Qingliangmen, which is about to leave Nanjing City.

Many of the people who live here are not wealthy.

Zhu Rong and Zhu Biao got out of the carriage, and there were many fewer famous inns as far as the eye could see, and there were low houses in the depths of the alley.

Zhu Yan said: "Nine, take these guys in to have a look, find Chen Ji's house and come back to guide the way." ”

Liu Jiu smiled, ran into the alley with a few people, and after a short time, he ran back as if he was invited.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Qi, this is it."

An old house, weeds have become the greenery of the courtyard, there are three broken houses, the rubble that fell in front of the eaves is shattered, and the roof is patched with thatch.

At this time, an old man wearing a hat squatted under the corner of the wall, holding the mud in his hand and pasting it on the wall.

Zhu Biao frowned: "Chen Ji is also a seven-rank official, how can he live in such a place." ”

Zhu Yu sighed lightly.

Zhu Biao looked at him: "The seventh brother has something to say, and I am not like my father, what are you sighing about?" ”

Zhu Yu shook his head: "I said it, it only adds to my brother's troubles." ”

"No, just say it!"

"The court gave the seven officials a lot of money, a month of seven stones, a total of 90 stones, and most of the officials' money and silver were paid to the house."

Officials need houses to live in, too.

Except for Xu Da, Li Shanchang and Li Wenzhong and other founding heroes who got houses, most officials needed to solve the housing problem by themselves.

If you are alone, you can share a guest house with others.

But most of the officials have families, and most of these officials are pawns, the so-called pawn houses, that is, the people pawn their houses to borrow silver, and there is a pledge date on the contract, and during this time, the Yaxing will rent out the house.

Once the imperial court delays the issuance of the money, or folds too much, you will see such a scene in the inn, the official rubs his hands, his face is stiff and embarrassed, and begs the innkeeper for a period of time.

The imperial court stipulated the specifications of the carriages for officials, but did not send a carriage to each official, just as the gentry were not allowed to wear silk and did not distribute silk clothes to the poor people.

At this time, Zhu Biao wanted to refute a few words, but when the words came to his mouth, he changed his tone and took a deep breath: "Seventh brother, how do you know?" ”

As the crown prince and the prince, he didn't even know this.

Zhu Biao felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Zhu Yu knew that this brother was embarrassed by what he said just now, "In the early years, my brother was not allowed to preside over the government, and he didn't know it.

"It's not my brother's fault, Chen Ji has three houses, which are already sufficient, so why blame yourself?"

"Seven Stones...... Isn't it enough to live? Zhu Biao asked blankly.

Zhu Yu said seriously: "My father has carefully calculated the living expenses of each official...... It is enough to live alone. ”

"Still, only if... It is paid in full, on time, and without arrears. ”

This is true even in the afterlife...... In other dynasties, it can't be done either!