Tang He is more special among the founding ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

First of all, he is Zhu Yuanzhang who has played since he was a child, and the two have a good relationship, and their relationship is naturally extraordinary.

Secondly, he is very clear about his position, knows how to protect himself very well, and never works against Lao Zhu.

Even if there is advice, it is subtle persuasion, and the other party likes to listen to it or not.

In the end, as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, the whole family has long been bound to the Ming Empire, and he really hopes that the Ming Dynasty will always be strong.

Based on all of the above, Tang He has said a lot today.

Many of the things Tang He said today were fair from his standpoint.

For example, he vaguely advised Lao Zhu, thinking that Zhu Yunxi went to attack the Western Regions in order to solve the dilemma of not having enough points for the future vassal kings.

Another example is that he openly said that Zhu Yunxi was too tolerant of his courtiers, which was not conducive to the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Lao Zhu basically listened to Tang He's advice, because he had also heard many questions.

After all, the workshop he stayed in before was also a very characteristic place, and there were also many problems unique to the Ming Dynasty.

For example, officials ask for cards to eat, forcibly apportion, find various reasons to ask for money, and so on.

But the officials over there didn't do too much, and there were many workshops over there, and a little bit from each family was enough for those officials to eat, so there was no big trouble.

But today, Tang He mentioned several issues that must be paid attention to, such as the mixing of officials and businessmen, as well as the confusion of uniforms, and the distinction between dignity and inferiority. Mixed races, messy Chinese ancestry, and so on.

If they are not dealt with in time, these problems will not be exposed in a short time, but after more than ten years or decades, Daming will definitely develop the habit of being martial and not enterprising.

When it really comes to that time, the alien race that is now temporarily suppressed by Da Ming will take a cold hand and give Da Ming a knife?

"It's still Brother Tang's long-term thinking!"

Tang He Wenyan smiled and said.

"The superior can listen to our nagging for so long, and it also gives the old minister enough face!"

"Tang He, what else do you want us to see?"

"Yes!"

"Where?"

"The superior, please come with the minister......"

"With you?"

In Lao Zhu's surprised gaze, Tang Fei not only stood up from the wheelchair, but also walked very steadily!

"Old boy, can you go!"

Tang He laughed when he heard this.

"Superior, we didn't say that we couldn't walk, it's just that our legs are old, and it should hurt again if we walk too much."

"Oooh......"

"In that case, let's continue to sit, let's change someone else to push."

Tang He thanked Lao Zhu for his kindness.

"Out of the way!"

"Zhang Zhenren, they said, we still have to take a few steps from time to time in this situation, which can promote blood circulation, relax muscles and activate the nerves."

"Oooh......"

Lao Zhu saw that Tang He and even Zhang Zhenren had moved out, so he no longer insisted, and followed Tang He into a courtyard in the style of Goulan.

Tang He is obviously a frequent visitor here, and as soon as he enters the garden, Xiao Er and regular customers greet him warmly.

"Xin Guogong brought his friends to the play again!"

"Yes!"

"There is an old guy from the countryside, who said that let's take him to see the elegance of Jinling, and we will take him over to see the excitement!"

When the owner of the opera garden heard this, he greeted him with a smile.

"It's right for Gong Xinguo to come here, we have recently arranged a few new plays, not to mention that there are no other realms in Daming, even our Jinling City, which is the only one in our family!"

"Xiao Er, give Xinguo Gong an extra fruit plate in a while, and count us as filial piety to Grandpa Guo!"

"Okay!"

The boss sang and harmonized with the guys, giving Xin Guogong enough face, and Xin Guogong waved his hand and said to the officials in the room.

"Boss Wang is so stingy!"

"What's the point of adding to us, add a fruit plate to all the distinguished guests today, and record it in our Xinguo public account!"

As soon as Tang He's words came out, the entire theater garden, both upstairs and downstairs, suddenly resounded with cheers.

Several guests from the private room on the second floor hurriedly came down to say hello and expressed their willingness to let the private room out.

However, Tang He didn't plan to sit in a private room today, he just wanted to take Lao Zhu to see how ordinary people in Daming live now.

"Thank you for your kindness!"

"Our friend can't stand it, so let's find a secluded corner in the hall on the first floor and sit comfortably!"

"Since Xin Guogong doesn't want to go upstairs, then I'll just trespass, hahaha......"

Tang He greeted a group of people he knew and didn't know, and pulled Lao Zhu to sit at the front of the hall.

Although Tang He wanted Lao Zhu to feel the liveliness of the hall, for the sake of Lao Zhu's safety, he still thoughtfully asked people to put a screen behind the two of them.

Lao Zhu smelled the tea in the opera garden and felt that it tasted good, so he took a sip gently.

"The people who greeted you just now are dressed like dogs."

"Which ones?"

Lao Zhu pouted upstairs, causing Tang and a wry smile.

"They......"

"Superior, if Weichen told you that we don't know any of us, would you believe it?"

Lao Zhu almost squirted out when he heard this.

"Then you're still chatting with them!"

Tang He pointed to his face.

"Superior, who are we, we are the Duke of Daming Xinguo!"

"We don't need to know them, but they need to know us so that they can give them a façade!"

Lao Zhu smiled and said.

"That's right!"

"You had friends all over the world in the early years when you were in the rebel army, and we really can't compare to you in this regard, hahaha!"

Tang He smiled smugly.

"That's it!"

"We can eat, drink, and fight, and naturally have more friends!"

"Although I don't know these people, I can probably guess what they do."

"They seem to be the owners of the nearby workshops and the merchants who do trade."

"Merchant, ......"

As soon as Lao Zhu heard this, he could not hide the disgust in his heart.

"When will the merchant be able to enter the house?"

Tang He Wenyan thought for a while.

"It should have been the last two years."

"In the past two years, Yunxi's child has promoted these businessmen, personally held meetings for them, enrolled their children in school, and opened a separate business university for them, specifically teaching them the skills of accounting and trade."

"Moreover, he also encouraged the local government to cooperate with the merchants to set up workshops, as long as they can pay taxes to the imperial court and give the people the opportunity to work!"

"Over time, there has been a boom in business."

"Not only are the people rushing to it, but even some students from county schools and government schools have examples of abandoning Confucianism and engaging in business......"

"What?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he couldn't help but show an angry expression on his face.

"Contrary to Sun An, dare to do this!"

"In the long run, won't our Da Mingshi agriculture and industry be completely messed up?"

When Lao Zhu was complaining, the owner of the opera garden came to the stage to introduce today's play, and after the introduction, there was a burst of blowing, playing and singing, and several young women waved their water sleeves and babbled.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu immediately stopped being mad and began to close his mouth and watch the play.

Speaking of which, he really hasn't seen a play for a few years, and he hasn't even heard much about Fengyang Flower Drum.

The singing is tactful and the music is moving.

Lao Zhu soon immersed himself in the plot and couldn't extricate himself, but with the ups and downs of the relationship between the male and female protagonists, the poor male scholar was tragically divorced by the powerful old prime minister, which caused Lao Zhu to scold.

"How can such a person who does not pay attention to faith and righteousness be the prime minister of a country?"

"Is the emperor mediocre, or are all the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty blind?"

After Lao Zhu finished scolding, he heard a discordant sound from behind the screen.

"This can't be blamed on the old prime minister's snobbery, it's really that scholar is too wasteful, even if he takes the test to show off his talents, the old prime minister won't underestimate him......"

"Blindly studying to death, not seeking progress, not seeking economic training, who is willing to marry their daughter to him?"

"You're right, I also think that poor scholar is a little too toad and wants to eat swan meat, hahaha......"

The more Lao Zhu listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, until he heard the voices of several old people, and his heart became more comfortable.

"You young people know a fart!"

"The most important thing for a man in the world is faithfulness, the two families have a marriage contract, how can they regret marrying and remarrying because the male scholar is downcast?"

"This is not a moral flaw, this is a blatant violation of the law of the Ming Dynasty!"

"You don't want to spit on the treacherous old prime minister, but say that the scholar wants to eat swan meat, it's really unreasonable!"

The words of several old men were refuted by the young ones on the spot.

"Uncle, what you said is not right!"

"It's hard for a poor scholar to raise himself, if I get into such a situation, I will definitely take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage, and I will never drag down the prime minister's family."

"Besides, a manly man, what do you do to make a living and not support your family, do you have to blindly study to death?"

"In our Daming, as long as you have hands and feet, you can find a workshop with a monthly income of three or five taels of silver per month, which is enough to feed the family, so why send people under the fence and be looked down upon by your father-in-law's family?"

The words of the young people directly stunned the old group, and even Lao Zhu felt that what the young people said made some sense, but he always felt that something was wrong.

As those old men said, what the old prime minister did was not just a moral issue, it was bullying people and blatantly violating the laws of the Ming Dynasty!

But today's young people turn a blind eye to this, and only think about how to work and earn money......

Lao Zhu thought of this and felt that this play was boring, but fortunately, this is a continuous play, and it will be performed for half an hour every day, followed by a game adapted from Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in You Heng beating the drum and scolding Cao thief, watching Lao Zhu was so addicted to watching that he finally diluted the disgusting soap play just now.

Even if the theater ended, Lao Zhu was still unsatisfied, and directly signaled Qin Deshun to book a private room for himself for a month, intending to watch the drama of the Three Kingdoms.

When Tang He led Lao Zhu to leave, it was already past the end of the day, and Tang He didn't take Lao Zhu to any big restaurant, so he directly found a wonton stall on the side of the road and ordered two bowls of wonton, plus a few dishes of cold dishes.

"On the top, this wonton is a must, and it tastes better than many big restaurants!"

"Oh?"

Lao Zhu tried to taste it, and found that the taste was really delicious, and the wonton was wrapped in whole prawns!

"This bowl of wonton isn't cheap, is it?"

Tang He Wenyan stretched out three fingers and said.

"Thirty wen a bowl!"

Lao Zhu was taken aback when he heard this.

"Oh, it's not cheap!"

"Let's remember that in the early years, a bowl of minced wonton was less than five cents, right?"

"It's only been a few years, and prices have increased so much?"

This is the third thing Tang He wants to say to Lao Zhu, that is, the prices in the capital are already very high.

"The superior is right!"

"Now the prices in the capital are really a bit high."

"Although this shrimp is not cheap, it can't reach the level of thirty yuan a bowl!"

"However, look at this stall......"

Lao Zhu glanced around the stall, and saw that seven or eight tables were all full, and the boss's busy hands flew up and down, and he didn't even have time to collect money.

"If you sell a hundred bowls a night, that's three taels of silver."

"His cost, I guess it's a tael of silver, right?"

"That is to say, I make a net profit of two taels of silver a day!"

Tang He Wenyan smiled and said.

"That's not how the accounts are calculated!"

"He still has side dishes here, and side dishes can be sold for money."

"Moreover, the cost is not as low as the upper thinks, and his stall is set up on the street, but he also has to give money to the government."

"Don't you see that there are lines drawn in white lime around the stalls?"

"But throwing away all kinds of costs every day, it's no problem for this old couple to make a net profit of one or two silver."

"As long as the two of them work hard for a year, they can settle down and buy a house in the capital!"

When Lao Zhu heard that they were still paying taxes to the government, his heart suddenly felt better. However, Lao Zhu is still a little worried about the fact that a small vendor can earn so much.

Worried that the people of Daming will no longer be willing to work hard to farm and work, and all of them will go to business, won't Daming be finished?

Tang He could naturally see Lao Zhu's worries, but he didn't want to say anything more, so he just buried his head in the soup.

It wasn't until Lao Zhu took the initiative to speak that Tang He echoed and said a few words.

"Tang He, what do you think about this?"

"What's the matter?"

"Don't pretend to be stupid with us, you take us to watch the show, and you take us to eat wonton, really we can't see what you want to say?"

Tang He smiled bitterly when he heard the words.

"The superior is really bright-eyed, and Weichen can't hide anything from you!"

"But this time the upper position really looks down on Wechen, Wechen just thinks it's inappropriate, but there is no solution, so I personally took Your Majesty to see it in person, I want to see if Your Majesty is so wise and martial, can you think of a way to crack it."

"How to crack it?"

Lao Zhu put down his chopsticks and looked around blankly.

Although it was late at night, there were still many pedestrians on the road.

Some of them were talking and laughing along the way with their children in their hands, some were helping the elderly to look at the lights on both sides of the street, and some were leading their daughters-in-law to choose cheap jewelry from the stalls.

Anyone who looks at this is a picture of the prosperous night tour, a beautiful picture that can't be seen enough.

But Lao Zhu thought of the abolition of the curfew policy formulated in the early years, and the utilitarianism of young people looking at money, and his heart was panicked.

What should I do?

Reaffirm the uniform, curfew, and trap people at home, or let them swagger through the market and corrupt the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty?

In addition, even if he does this, can Daming's atmosphere really get better?

Old Zhu shook his head dejectedly.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

Now that the people are accustomed to this kind of life, you are forcing them to stay at home, not only will the government not be able to collect taxes, but the small vendors will also lose their livelihood.

Therefore, this matter is a dilemma.

"At the top, the atmosphere must be changed, but it must not be greatly changed."

"Yun Xi, this kid can still maintain the prosperous scene of singing and dancing when he can mobilize troops on several fronts, and he has already done countless times stronger than the kings of all dynasties!"

"Even if there is a slight mistake, it is still flawed, you just need to remind it and let it realize the problem of the Ming atmosphere."

"Lao Chen believes that with Yun Xi's child's intelligence, he will definitely be able to realize the importance of this issue!"

(End of chapter)