Zhu Gaoxu is out of the palace again today.

After seeing Xia Yuanji, he changed his clothes, took Zhong Xian to prepare to leave the palace, and before leaving the Huagai Palace, he looked left and right, and then said to Hu Guang: "After the folding is finished, it is still on the table as before, and you can go back." ”

Hu Guang immediately responded happily.

Several other people looked at him with envy, Yang Pu was not here today, the emperor used to talk to Yang Pu, and this time the emperor talked to Hu Guang, which proved that in this group of people, he was temporarily the head.

Huang Huai, as the first to surrender, was still a little depressed in his heart.

As the emperor spoke, Zhong Xian followed behind two eunuchs.

The two little eunuchs, both fifteen or sixteen years old, stood at the table when they came in, and did not speak, watching them approve the transcript.

After they have completed their approval, the eunuchs will verify the number.

For example, the General Administration Department sent thirty-eight copies of the household department, and the little eunuchs would count them, and then put them on the table, and wait for the emperor to come back to make the final reply.

Here, there is also a faint meaning of monitoring and viewing.

The emperor still has a will, and the cabinet secretaries and the little eunuchs cannot speak.

The emperor left quickly, Huang Huai and the others looked at each other, and continued to bury their heads in reply, regardless of the little eunuchs.

The hall was very quiet, and the people stopped talking.

But everyone understands in their hearts that the emperor has a lot of routines, and although the emperor is not here, it is actually more terrifying than here.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhong Xian came to the noon gate, and the hundred households and Wanshan who were stationed in Jinyi immediately stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Who's on duty today?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it is Song Changlin, the pacification envoy." Zhong Xian said: "He went to find Song Butang." ”

Only then did Zhu Gaoxu remember that he had something to find Song Li and asked Song Changlin to pass the word.

Wan Shan is only nineteen years old, and his father Wan Xiong was born in the former Gaoyang County Palace, and now serves as a commander in the military guard of other provinces.

"Wanshan, you pick two people to go out with me and change clothes." Zhu Gaoxu didn't look for Zhou Hu and them, and directly named Wan Shan.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wan Shan was very happy, found two henchmen, changed into civilian clothes, and followed the emperor out of the palace.

When Zhu Gaoxu first entered Beijing, there were a lot of people on the streets, but now that it has been a year, there are fewer and fewer people on the streets.

Not to mention that with his strength as the first fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, it is true that no one will assassinate him now.

The main thing is that after he successfully rebelled, he didn't kill anyone, so he executed Yao Guangxiao and Yuan Heng's families, and the rest of Zhu Di's people were exiled to Daao.

Compared with Zhu Di back then, he is much more at ease.

After Zhu Di entered the palace that year, he didn't dare to go anywhere, he either slept alone at night, or accompanied Queen Xu, and many palaces did not dare to go there, for fear that Emperor Jianwen's subordinates would plot against him.

After experiencing Jingqing and other assassination incidents, Zhu Di didn't even want to go out of the imperial city, and really wanted to go out, all with a large number of soldiers and horses.

This is the difference between being a tyrant and being a benevolent king.

If he could choose, Zhu Gaoxu would definitely not be too brutal.

"What time is it today?" Zhu Gaoxu walked on the streets of Beijing and felt a strong Spring Festival atmosphere.

"Back to the high shopkeeper, it's twenty-eight." Zhong Xian whispered.

There are still two days to go until the Chinese New Year, and the atmosphere of the people in the capital is obvious, and red lanterns are hung in front of some large families and officials.

Zhu Gaoxu originally wanted to give ten taels of silver red envelopes to each of the officials in the world during the Chinese New Year this year.

Because this will be the whole world, there are only more than 14,000 officials.

Unexpectedly, Xia Yuanji strongly opposed extravagance and waste, and Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to forget it.

"After you go back, you inform Huang Yan that from tomorrow onwards, you will send New Year's red envelopes to the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace one after another, and pay money from the inner carrier, five times per person, with copper coins or silver, not treasure money."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Zhong Xian said with a smile.

"Then give five times to all the soldiers in the palace who are guarding everywhere."

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty is kind." Wanquan immediately said.

Yongle and before, the guards in the palace were more than 8,000 people drawn from the twelve guards such as the Jinyi Guard and the advance guard of the government army.

After Zhu Gaoxu became the emperor, Jinyiwei dispatched more than 200 people, divided into two batches, and took turns to guard the noon gate.

In addition, two guards were arranged, the front guard of the government army and the rear guard of the government army, and 2,000 people were transferred in turn, totaling more than 4,000 people to garrison the imperial city.

The guards of the imperial city are half less than those of the previous imperial city.

Among them, the commander of the avant-garde of the government army is Zhou Hu, and the commander of the guard of the government army is Song Meng. Another confidant, He Ruhu, was the commander of the left guard of the government army, mainly responsible for the defense of several city gates in Beijing.

Therefore, there are only more than 4,000 guards in the imperial city, plus more than 1,000 palace eunuchs, and if each person has five yuan, the expenditure is not very large, and Zhu Gaoxu's private money can be paid for the time being.

It was the first time for Wan Quan to go out with the emperor, and he was a little excited.

He and Zhong Xian were following the emperor, and the other two brocade guards were ten paces away.

The task given by the emperor to these two brocade guards was to see if there were any three people who would often look at the emperor.

That's right, these two brocade guards don't need to look at the emperor, but to see if there are other people who will always look at the three emperors.

The three of them came to the south of Taiping Street first, which is also close to Tongjimen.

There are many people's stalls in the south of the street, mainly selling vegetables, and there are many shops along the street.

Zhu Gaoxu was shopping around the stalls, asking how many chickens there were, how many catties of pork, and would enter the shops and ask what the price of silk, satin, and silk was.

Sometimes when the mood comes, I will buy some fat gouache, and pay for treasure money.

If Xia Yuanji was here, he would be depressed, because he knew that the emperor planned to cancel the treasure money and slowly take back the treasure money in the world in the form of taxes, but the emperor himself was using it, which was really speechless.

Seeing noon, Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand: "Let's go, let's eat mixed rice." ”

The dynasty ended at about ten o'clock this morning, and he went out of the palace for more than an hour, and immediately went to Yingtianfu on Sanshan Street.

After Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, he set up Zhili as Jiangnan Province and established the Jiangnan Provincial Chengxuan Political Envoy Department and the Third Division, all of which were responsible for the civil affairs and military affairs of Jiangnan Province.

Ying Tianfu was a Beijing teacher, and now he is an official in Jiangnan Province.

Originally, the officials of Tianfu belonged to the Beijing officials, but now they are under the management of the political envoys and become local officials.

The real Beijing officials are the institutions directly under the ministries of the imperial court.

The current prefect of Yingtianfu is called Diansheng, and he is also the political envoy of the Jiangnan political envoy.

Dian Sheng was born as an old brother in the Gaoyang County Palace, and he made contributions to Zhu Gaoxu in the Jingjing and the rebellion war.

However, before the Jingjing, Dian Sheng was just a small official of the ninth grade, and after the Jingjing, he jumped a few levels to the fifth grade, and then after the rebellion, he jumped again to reach the second grade.

This skipping grade is a bit fast, and it is also the same experience of many old people in Gaoyang County's royal mansion.

Zhu Gaoxu was afraid that they would not be able to do it, so letting him concurrently lead the prefect was also to exercise his ability and improve his experience.

Zhu Gaoxu was pinching the time to go to Yingtianfu, and Dian Sheng was on duty to go home.

Seeing the emperor from a distance at the door, he was stunned at first, and then said to a person beside him quietly: "You go back quickly, let Mrs. prepare lunch, the meal should be richer." ”

"Sss The henchman didn't say a word, and turned over and got on the horse.

The emperor had already been here before, so it was natural for the ceremony to be arranged.

After Zhu Gaoxu came over, he first greeted the emperor, and then said hello to Zhong Xian and Wan Quan.

Wanquan's father, Wan Xiong, also knew Dian Sheng when he was in the palace of Gaoyang County.

"Let's go, go to your house." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "The few dishes made by Mrs. Sister-in-law are really much better than those in the palace." ”

Dian Sheng smiled: "Then Your Majesty wants to drink more today." ”

Dian Sheng's house is very close to Ying Tianfu, and it is also a special reward from the emperor.

The two of them were walking on the street, and Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look: "Dian Sheng, how old are you, and your hair is a little gray?" This prefect doesn't seem to be easy to do. ”

Dian Sheng is less than forty years old, and he has grown a lot of gray hair this year, and it seems that official business is still quite busy.

Dian Sheng immediately said: "The minister manages a small Yingtian Mansion, and he is busy with affairs every day, and sometimes he is anxious, so the minister is thinking, it is not easy for His Majesty to manage the Ming Dynasty." ”

"It's going to be a sycophant, hey." Zhu Gaoxu smiled.

Dian Sheng can smile and disturb his head.

At noon, the emperor brought everyone to eat at Diansheng's house.

Except for the husband and wife, the Dian Sheng family didn't know that it was the emperor who came to the door.

The three emperors were at the same table with Dian Sheng, and the other two brocade guards and Dian Sheng's family were at the same table.

After the meal, the servants served tea, and Zhong Xian and Wanquan also withdrew.

The emperor drank tea and asked Diansheng: "How many people and how many fields are there in your family now?" How many houses and shops? ”

Although Dian Sheng did not lead the troops to fight, he made a lot of achievements for Zhu Gaoxu in the intelligence system, and after the successful rebellion, he was also meritorious and was awarded the title of uncle.

Zhu Gaoxu has rewarded him a lot, but now that the past year has passed, Zhu Gaoxu wants to see what has changed.

Dian Sheng did not dare to hide it, saying that he now has more than 20 people in his house, including servants and maids, more than 2,400 acres of grain fields, two houses, three shops, and the business is mainly selling salt and sugar.

"Next year, the imperial court will use a new tax law, and both land tax and commercial tax will be levied."

"Your field, it's better not to exceed three thousand acres."

"The minister knows that he didn't dare to buy more this year, all of them were the mother-in-law who wanted to buy them, and the minister didn't buy them in the future, and distributed them to the children, each family only had a few hundred acres."

"If the commercial tax and the real estate tax are levied, you, as a rebel, must take the lead."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will only pay more, and will never dare to pay less."

"No more, no less." Zhu Gaoxu said again: "What do the officials of Ying Tianfu think? ”

He had been blowing the wind for the past few months, and I don't know what the officials below thought.

"Back to Your Majesty, most of the officials actually don't have much real estate, shops and land, and my officials in the Ming Dynasty are still much poorer." Dian Sheng Road.

"Your Majesty's new tax law has no effect on most officials, the only place is -"

Dian Sheng pondered how to say it appropriately.

He mentions the emperor's abolition of the preferential exemptions for scholars and officials.

This is not good for both officials and scholars, but officials now have Zhu Gaoxu's money, and they can still accept it, but I am afraid that readers will not be able to accept it.

For example, in the Wanli period in history, among the preferential exemptions for officials, officials in Beijing can be exempted from taxes of 10,000 mu, and the preferential exemption is still very strong.

Although there are no 10,000 mu now, if Zhu Gaoxu wants to cancel it, the officials will definitely have losses.

Fortunately, he added money to the officials, which may not hurt the officials much.

But it's not the same for readers.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately said: "Do you listen to any rumors?" ”

"I heard that some students want to join forces and raise objections to the court, but I don't know who it is, the minister is investigating thoroughly, and I originally planned to report to Your Majesty after thoroughly investigating the person."

"Reader?" Zhu Gaoxu smiled.

Xiucai rebelled, three years were useless, and the scholars were not afraid to make trouble, just kill a batch.

Do you really think I wouldn't dare to kill?

A hint of sharpness flashed in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, and the implementation of the new tax law is imperative, not only for the sake of the future Ming Dynasty, but also for the normal operation of his own Hongxi Dynasty, and to increase tax revenue.

No one can stop it.

"You have a thorough investigation, I will let the Jinyi Guard cooperate with you, don't do it first, find out the head."

"When the time comes, I will kill a group of them."

But killing people is not the ultimate goal, as a traverser, Zhu Gaoxu understands one thing better, instigating the people to fight the people is the best way.

(End of chapter)