The southern tour has its political purpose, but one of the more important aspects is indeed to support the combination of work and rest.

The fatigue of days of traveling gradually dissipated in the gentle township.

Zhu Houzhao fell asleep with his concubine at night, Concubine Xian was unwell and had no choice, and Concubine Jing played with him for a little half of the night. The clouds on the pillow are clear, and there is a delicate scene.

The night was extremely sweet until you woke up in your natural state.

The young body had such a rest, and it was suddenly refreshed, as if the fatigue of the past had gone with last night, and the body seemed to be much lighter.

Without much to worry about, Zhu Houzhao came again as presumptuous as the emperor did not go to court, and quietly counted the passage of time with this good man in his arms.

Concubine Jing is different from others, everyone else has chosen a concubine recently, even if she is smiling, it is a mistake, but Concubine Jing was summoned into the palace by himself.

So he still cherishes it.

"The concubine heard the emperor's stomach ringing, are she hungry?"

"No, don't be disturbed." Zhu Houzhao's fingers slowly drew circles on her stomach, and her body was attached to one place.

"Your Majesty."

"Huh?"

"I wonder when Your Majesty will return to the capital?"

"What? Homesick? ”

"No, I just feel that the weather is getting hot, Your Majesty is always afraid of the heat, there is still a way to return to the capital and concubines, but it is always inconvenient to be outside."

"It's okay, they'll try to figure it out."

Concubine Jing half-propped up her body, revealing a snow-white color, "The concubine inquired that there is an excellent place to enjoy the cool in the West Lake of Hangzhou, and if Your Majesty feels hot, it is good to leave for Hangzhou as soon as possible." ”

"That's fine. Kui'er, have you been to Hangzhou before? ”

"Nope."

"Where's Fengyang?"

"Not either."

"Take advantage of this time to take a good look."

Concubine Jing said: "The concubine wants to bring some gifts to the queen mother, the queen mother and the sisters in the palace. None of them have ever been here. ”

"There should be good things in these places. The water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River nourish people. ”

Perhaps there is ambiguity in this statement.

provoked Concubine Jing to stare at him for a while.

Zhu Houzhao was puzzled, "What's wrong?" ”

"Concubine...... I also heard that the little lady fish in Jiangnan is better. ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed, "Kui'er is still jealous." ”

"The concubine doesn't dare." Concubine Jing was also joking, she didn't dare to bear the name of jealousy.

Privately, however, I do hear that some people have bad intentions. Secretly collect beauties from all over the world, waiting to be presented to the emperor.

"Will Your Majesty like it?"

Zhu Houzhao was surprised, "You still ask me this kind of question?" ”

"Sister Xianfei said that she wanted to ask, but she didn't dare, so the concubine asked for Sister Xianfei."

"Virtuous concubine? Why are you talking about this? ”

"Because ......" Concubine Jing thought about it, and simply said, "Because Sister Xian went back to her parents' house this time, she wanted to bring someone back with her, so that she could have more people to talk to in the future." She spoke this to her concubines. ”

But it is impossible for a man to bring people to the palace, and a woman must be the emperor's woman.

"It's not so simple to bring people to the palace." Zhu Houzhao scratched her nose, "You could have been so easy at the beginning, because you had a doctor as a guarantor, and the queen mother and the ministers of the court knew about you." The rest of the people of unknown origin ......"

"How can the person Sister Xianfei know be a person of unknown origin?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it, this is also true.

"Does she really have such thoughts?"

"I've said it once or twice."

"Oh."

……

……

Zhu Houzhao didn't get up until almost noon, because he was really hungry.

The courtiers were not in a hurry to find him.

There was nothing else important today, and the sacrifice was arranged later. The most important thing was to meet with the governors of Huguang, Henan, and Jiangxi and listen to their reports on their respective government and military affairs.

But as soon as they met, Zhu Houzhao went straight to the point, he said: "Since I left Beijing, that is, Shandong, it is better, and the rest of the people will inevitably encounter some grievances from the people wherever they go." The local clans, heroes, gentry, etc., no matter what the title is, are always powerful people, they oppress the people, and the oppression is not terrible, what about you, it shouldn't be much better, right? ”

The governor of Henan is still Peng Ze, and Zhu Houzhao has used the governor for a long time in several places, and the effect is better, so the person with a good official reputation, he has not moved for the time being, and Peng Ze is one.

This gives them a longer time to heal a place.

The governor of Huguang is Xie Qian, which is also the case.

The governor of Jiangxi was appointed in the eighth year of Zhengde, named Jing Shaokui, and he sat all the way up from the prefect and the political envoy.

The emperor has mainly promoted such officials over the years, and Jing Shaokui is one of them, probably in his early forties, but his image is not good-looking, he is a little short, and his face is round.

Yes, he's just a lifter.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he is indeed a cadre and a capable minister, Emperor Zhengde dares to appoint him boldly.

A feudal dynasty, at this time, the biggest problem is land annexation, solve the problem of peasants farming, basically can continue to live for half a century.

Jing Shaokui's characteristic is that wherever the official goes, he will solve this problem, which is a very significant matter, Zhu Houzhao has always attached great importance to it, and has always supported this person behind his back, supporting him to the current governor's position.

Peng Ze, Xie Qian, and Jing Shaokui were all considered to be the emperor's confidants, but they had no confidence in the face of this new problem.

Peng Ze said: "When the minister heard about this in Henan, he also secretly learned about the situation in the provinces of Henan...... Not optimistic. ”

Xie Qian and Jing Shaokui couldn't say anything different.

Zhu Houzhao sighed, "So I've been pondering a question for the past few days. Many of these people were local gentry, and when I looked at the case files, the issue of land donation was already shocking, and the court was helping them in this matter. ”

Xie Qian was puzzled, "I don't know what Your Majesty means by this?" ”

"Because they can be exempted from money and food, ordinary people want to hang the land in their names, this is a matter of asking people, how can they not give some benefits? If one family is like this, every family is like this, and in the long run, isn't it the imperial court that fuels their prestige? ”

Jing Shaokui agreed, "Your Majesty's words are to the point, Weichen remembers that the court of the ninth year of Zhengde has also discussed the issue of land contribution, but it is particularly difficult to put an end to this matter, this is a private behavior of the people, and the government is often beyond the reach of the whip, so before Zhengde, in fact, the court also knew about this situation, but it was difficult to effectively prevent it." ”

"I'll tell you the truth, I've been thinking about this issue all the way through." Zhu Houzhao was originally carrying them on his back, but suddenly turned around at this moment, "Talk behind closed doors." You say, what if the court abolished the gentry privileges? ”

The three of them were shocked at the same time, which is a big deal.

"Your Majesty, this matter must not be taken lightly!" Peng Ze said very seriously.

"I know. But the gentry are all rich lords, and if I collect a little tax from them according to the land, they will not fight the court to the end for this little wealth, right? ”

Xie Qianyan said: "I'm afraid that if this is the case, it will make the gentry and the court separate." Folk, there is still a saying that Shengmi en's fight against rice. ”

This is the first time Zhu Houzhao has tested his courtiers, and this step is always taken, "There is always difficulty...... But the pros and cons are accompanied, and the pros are not small? ”