Yaxing rented a car and ran outside the capital.

There are many tenants in the south of the Yangtze River, standing in the rice fields with their heads bowed, and in the middle of a yellow rice field is a deserted post road, and luxurious chariots and horses drive by, attracting the tenants to look up curiously.

As for why Zhu Biao appeared here,

Because, some people say that Chen Anran is here.

Zhu Biao got out of the car first, and then pulled Zhu Rong down, "Big brother, what do you say they are doing?" ”

"This is to use bamboo tools to scoop up the river mud in the river, use it as fertilizer for the fields, and after harvesting the early rice, turn over the rice fields, and then raise late seedlings."

The old man in the field said.

He was barefoot, with trousers pulled up to his calves, and was dressed in a white obscene robe, and unlike ordinary peasants, his wrinkled eyes were very attentive.

"The harvest should be a happy event, why are they all lifeless?" As Zhu Biao, he naturally pays more attention to the people's grievances.

The old man snorted coldly, with a look of disdain: "You are blessed, you are blessed, what else is there to worry about, the peasants eat rice porridge twice in the morning and evening, work in the fields for many years, and the autumn grain planted with a year's hard work is not a few percent, how happy?" ”

Seeing that the eldest brother was blushing, Zhu Rong smiled and said: "You old man, you are so bold, say a few more words, I haven't heard anyone talk like this for a long time." ”

The palace is all submissive.

As if he was not afraid of the gentry's children, the old man was very confident: "Why can't I say, Jiangnan is mostly tenants, and the private rent is very heavy, more than one stone, two or three buckets, and less than eight or nine buckets, which is higher than the imperial court tax, and the tenants have little left over from a year's hard work, and the green rice money in Jiangnan is released from the homes of you rich and rich households!" What kind of face is there to joke about here? ”

Zhu Biao turned his head blankly.

Zhu Yu explained to him that the green rice money was usury, and the tenants could not pay the rent, so they used the rice in the field for the next year as collateral, similar to futures, but the interest was charged in the middle.

Zhu Biao suddenly had the idea of inviting the old man to join the court as an official.

"Sir, why don't you join the court?"

"The old man is an official!"

"Huh?"

"Yushi, Li Anran."

"It turns out that what Zhu Biao wants to invite is Mr."

The old man was stunned, hurriedly took off the hat, walked to the ridge, and knelt down in front of Zhu Biao.

He originally thought that these two people were the sons of wealthy gentry from the nearby grange, and they came to urge the tenants to pay the rent, and they wanted to teach a lesson, but they didn't expect to be the crown prince.

"What the minister said just now is true, and I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not to blame."

Zhu Biao helped him up, and then bowed his hand: "Mr. Zhongbing, I came this time to ask Mr. to serve as the imperial doctor." ”

Li Anran shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the minister is not competent." ”

Chen Ning was promoted by Hu Weiyong, Hu Weiyong appointed his cronies at will in the imperial court, and now the entire imperial court civil ministers and military generals are all members of the Huaixi Party.

Even His Majesty.

Who's going to turn this on? He was oppressed by Chen Ning in Yushitai, not because of how high Chen Ning's authority was, but because he was a member of the Huaixi faction.

Although Li Anran is upright and outspoken, he knows that his talent is only the first Yushi Zhongcheng, the person who made all Huaixi officials jealous and disgusted.

Seeing Li Anran's resignation left and right, Zhu Biao said: "That gentleman recommended someone to me." ”

"Liu Bowen."

On the carriage back, Zhu Biao couldn't hide his loss, he thought that Li Anran would gladly accept his edict, and he was grateful, so many officials in the DPRK and China were staring at Liu Bowen, how to enable it?

Huaixi Pengdang, as the crown prince, naturally knows that what Li Anran said is the truth.

Zhu Yu smiled and said: "Big brother, you are the crown prince, you crown him, Li Anran still dares to resist the decree, a stubborn and loyal person like him, even if he is unwilling, he will grit his teeth and accept this errand." ”

"Seventh brother, don't talk about Li Yushi like this!"

Zhu Biao deliberately straightened his face, but it had no effect on Zhu Rong, he sighed lightly: "What Li Yushi means, isn't it that Yushitai is also an official in Huaixi?" …… I'm ashamed not only of this one, but also that the tenant rent is so high, and I have been deceived for so long, and the subordinate officials of the East Palace have never said it. ”

"They must say that the world is safe, it is the result of the eldest brother's diligence, if it were me, I would say the same."

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Rong, "Why?" ”

"Because, it's useless to tell you."

Hearing Zhu Rong say this, Zhu Biao's heart turned guilty.

The carriage creaked back to the capital.

Suddenly stopped, Zhu Rong thought it was to avoid pedestrians, Zhu Biao didn't want the Donggong Yijia to disturb the people, he even brought two guards, and the carriage rented by Yaxing was also taken.

After a while, there was no movement of the carriage.

Zhu Yu angrily asked Liu Jiu to take a look, and after a while, Liu Jiu ran back quickly, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "Your Highness!" The road is blocked, and the guards want us to change it. “

Well?

Zhu Yu thought that the imperial court was going to repair the drainage of the capital, but Zhu Biao was also at a loss, and the two helped each other out of the carriage and asked the people on both sides of the road.

It turned out to be a gentleman in the capital, who was racing cars.

Riding through the city is a long-standing aristocratic entertainment, and the second generation of officials often use the power of their fathers to block a street, and the son of Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of the dynasty, is very fond of this sport.

This young master chose the best war horses and pilots, stood on the carriage himself, whipped the pilots with whips, and galloped at high speed, admiring the panicked people around him.

Whenever someone was killed, the officials would block the news and then report it to Hu Weiyong.

Listening to the people, it has been a long time.

Another vendor sighed: "Sometimes it's Chenshi, sometimes it's Shenshi, if Hu Gongzi is in a good mood, we can still make a few dollars, if he is in a bad mood, we can't do business for a day." ”

Zhu Biao's fists were slowly clenched, gritting his teeth, as a person who was deeply influenced by Confucianism, he was extremely easy to be inspired by morality and become angry.

"I thought that what was deceived was only outside the capital, but I couldn't even see the things inside the capital clearly, so what merit did I have?"

The eldest brother has no eyes and ears of his own, so he doesn't have to blame himself.

Zhu Yan was thinking, there were more squirming people in the capital than him, "I learned archery with General Li, and I haven't shown it to my eldest brother yet, so find a bow for this king!" ”

Liu Jiu smiled and carried a bow of about one stone.

After waiting for a while, there was a rumbling sound at the end of the street, the bluestone ground shook faintly, and five carriages chased each other, speeding towards this side, and the gentlemen shouted excitedly.

Seeing that Zhu Yan's arrow was aimed at the people in the car, Zhu Biao hurriedly said: "Seventh brother! ”

"The elder brother is too weak, the people of the capital will suffer, and the second and fourth brothers will despise the elder brother."

This sentence seemed to stimulate Zhu Biao's blood, and he raised his hand and put it down.

Shout!

I have to say that Li Rong's archery is the best in the Southern Army!

Even if it was a target moving at high speed, Zhu Yu could hit the opponent's chest with an arrow and fall from the carriage.