The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1162

[1162. Chapter 1110 Long live my emperor!]

Wu Kuan spoke sincerely.

Tears are about to come out.

This love for the people is clearly visible on his face.

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

As the emperor, he desperately wanted to refute.

Why do I have to have so little money left in my internal funds to show that I am wise?

You love the people so much and have been favored by the country. Why don’t you use your own money to help the people?

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi would not argue with Wu Kuan.

He just smiled slightly: “I have Wu Qing’s family as my humerus, and I use Wu Qing’s as a mirror to dress my clothes. Wu Qing’s family, you are right.” It

was just an understatement, and it was revealed.

After all, I am still not as good as these ministers.

All of them… are sincere in their feelings, speak sincerely, and have a lot of great truths.

Fang Jifan was looking silly and happy, but actually… seeing someone staring at His Majesty’s money actually made him feel quite happy.

It seems that rich dogs are hated by others.

After hearing this, Wu Kuan seemed not satisfied with His Majesty’s praise.

Wu Kuan said: “Your Majesty loves the people, but also feels that what Wei Chen said is quite reasonable. Wei Chen dares to say something, why don’t Your Majesty distribute the money from the internal funds to the poor so that they can be self-sufficient?”

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Wu Kuan. , but said nothing.

The other ministers remained silent.

Wu Kuan was very famous, and His Majesty was the Emperor. Both sides were in trouble, so no one said anything.

Ma Wensheng saw this in his heart, and thought even more, Wu Kuan’s future prospects are probably limitless. If he questions Your Majesty in front of His Majesty today, once it spreads, he will definitely become famous all over the world. I don’t know how many scholars and people will do it for him. He clapped his hands and applauded.

Emperor Hongzhi looked unhappy, but he didn’t want to show it. He just smiled and said, “It’s cold here. I’ll take a ride.”

Xiao Jing had been waiting for His Majesty’s words, and he was busy helping Emperor Hongzhi get into the carriage.

In his heart, Fang Jifan sympathized with Emperor Hongzhi. Sure enough… people are good and can be bullied. If Emperor Gao had been Emperor Taizu, there would never be Wu Kuan in this world.

Fang Jifan stepped forward and said with a smile: “Your Majesty, I will help you get into the car.”

Emperor Hongzhi let go of Xiao Jing’s hand and grabbed Fang Jifan’s forearm. This grip was very strong, and Fang Jifan’s forearm He was in pain from being caught and almost screamed out. He glanced sideways at Emperor Hongzhi, but Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have a smile on his face and was calm on the surface.

Underneath this peace, there are such turbulent waves.

Hey, why do you think of Bo? Could it be that he was inspired by His Majesty and reminded him of General Fubo?

In this way, the man’s pride boils in Fang Jifan’s blood. The title of prince is not my intention. I hope the sea will be peaceful. Good poem, good poem!

Emperor Hongzhi boarded the carriage, Fang Jifan was still smiling, but saw that all the ministers were looking at him with disgust.

This is understandable. Ministers don’t like people who flatter others. They like strong character and uprightness.

Fang Jifan glanced at them indifferently, got on his horse, and shouted: “Let’s go.”

The mighty team was still heading south.

Facing the scorching sun, Fang Jifan suddenly came up with a bold idea. If Emperor Jiajing had become the emperor in the previous life, then… this Ming Dynasty must be very interesting.

…………

Tongzhou.

The Holy Spirit is coming.

Tongzhou is already busy.

The canal is temporarily closed to the passage of ships. The Xiaoqi battalion that went ahead has begun to assist the officers and expel irrelevant people.

Yang Yiqing took the lead, and the magistrates from other counties came one after another. They were waiting outside the post station outside the city as early as a day ago.

The entire Tongzhou area is as solid as gold, with a post every three steps and a sentinel every five steps.

In order to welcome the Holy Emperor, the tributes collected from various places have already been prepared.

Yang Yiqing is doing his best in Tongzhou.

And he must have a group of capable officials around him. With their help, he can be said to be at his command.

At this moment, the officials were resting in the post station.

Yang Yiqing seemed quite anxious. He stood up repeatedly and inspected the team waiting for him to see if there were any mistakes. Then he returned to the hall of the inn. The tea on his desk was cold, so he changed it again. One pair.

At noon, he had time to take a sip of tea, and then, frowning, he couldn’t help but smile bitterly: “Your Majesty’s tour has cost a lot of people in Tongzhou.”

“Yes, Mr. Ming.” It was Wu who spoke. Qing County Magistrate Zhu Jie, Zhu Jie smiled bitterly: “The place is really in a state of chaos, but what can be done? Your Majesty’s tour this time seems… to observe the public sentiment. Ming Gong, what do you think?”

Others The county magistrates, as well as all the officials in the prefecture and yamen, all smiled.

For more than a year, they have been working hard, and the implementation of the New Deal has been very smooth, especially in Tongzhou, which already relies on the canal and has a large number of merchants. The innate conditions are many times better than those in Baoding Prefecture.

When they heard that the New Deal was coming, the merchants were not afraid, but rather excited.

This business tax was actually collected very smoothly.

This year Tongzhou paid a lot of money to the treasury… a lot.

And Yang Yiqing is even more capable of having a breeze with both sleeves. The other officials also know that they have high hopes from the temple officials, so they have worked hard and can probably achieve a breeze with both sleeves.

The whole of Tongzhou has a new atmosphere.

What’s more, Yang Yiqing loved the people like a son, and the gentry and the common people all praised him. This year, almost all officials in Tongzhou were rated as “competent” by the Beijing inspection, which is really inspiring.

Yang Yiqing’s face softened a little just now. Over the past year, he has indeed been worthy of the word “competent”, and finally… his hard work has not been in vain.

He smiled and said: “A few days ago, a group of common people came to my office and sang praises in unison. I am really ashamed of myself. When I am in office, I only do what I can for the people. “I deserve the praise of the people.”

Everyone laughed, and Zhu Jie, the former magistrate of Wuqing County, smiled and said, “How can I deserve it? It’s just natural.” There is only one thing to say about good governance. The Baoding Prefecture collected all the tax money and turned it over to the national treasury. But the rest was not used to benefit the people, but it was used to collude with the Xishan Bank. Collaborating with merchants… Sigh…”

At this point, he frowned, then looked disdainful, and then said happily: “But Mr. Ming is well aware of the suffering of the people, and the taxes collected by this place are enough. There are 270,000 taels of silver left, all of which are distributed to the people to help them. Isn’t this a great act of good governance? No wonder the people praise Duke Ming.”

Yang Yiqing smiled.

Another county magistrate said: “Not only is this simple, what is even more powerful about Ming Gong is that in order to prevent the money that should be distributed to the people from being embezzled by the officials, he also issued silver coupons for the people to use. This silver coupon can be used to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt… This is very exciting.”

Yang Yiqing smiled, this was indeed his proud work.

In his opinion, if Tongzhou, like Baoding Prefecture, blindly colludes with merchants, then this new policy will only enrich the merchants.

Since it was a New Deal, it was of course meant to benefit the people. Therefore, he used silver as a reserve and used it as silver coupons to distribute to the poor. The people could use the silver coupons to buy goods. After that, he would take back the silver coupons and use them with real gold and silver. proceed to checkout.

This is really a move that benefits the people.

Yang Yiqing said with a smile: “When the New Deal was drafted, Qi Guogong proposed to take from the people and use it for the people. What he said is not wrong, but… Baoding Prefecture did not implement these eight words, but Tongzhou did. If you do it, I only make these promises about good governance, but it makes people laugh.”

Although he said it in a funny way, he looked cheerful.

“Your Majesty and all the officials would be so happy if they knew that Duke Ming loved the people so much.”

Just as he was saying this, a horse came and a servant hurried in: “Here it is, here it is, the holy driver has arrived five miles away. It’s coming soon.”

Everyone looked down and became nervous.

Yang Yiqing hurriedly adjusted his clothes. Although he was nervous, he still showed a calm and unhurried look: “My lords, follow me to take over. Remember, don’t act disrespectful in front of the emperor.”

……

Emperor Hongzhi’s Holy Spirit Drive here.

Since entering Tongzhou, the official road along the way has been deserted.

Emperor Hongzhi felt strange.

Fortunately, he didn’t say much. When he got off the carriage and horse at Tongzhou Beiyi, he saw Yang Yiqing leading all the officials from Tongzhou forward, but he was still far enough away from Emperor Hongzhi to pay homage from a distance.

Emperor Hongzhi, surrounded by hundreds of officials, walked up to Yang Yiqing.

Looking at the officials who were bowing down in the mud, his face was gentle: “You don’t need to be polite to welcome me. You have to work hard. Yang Qing’s family, I see you are thin again.”

Yang Yiqing said calmly: “Thank you very much .

Your Majesty, I am grateful for your concern.”

As he said that, he stood up and looked up, seeing many old acquaintances. The officials all smiled at him and greeted him. He smiled knowingly, and when his eyes accidentally came into contact with Fang Jifan, he saw that Fang Jifan was also there. Seeing him happy, Yang Yiqing grimaced, and then said to Emperor Hongzhi: “Your Majesty is coming from afar, so you might as well go to Beiyi to have a rest first.”

Emperor Hongzhi looked around: “I rarely see people all the way here, why is this?”

Yang Yiqing said: “How can the common people dare to face the emperor’s emperor when they heard about it?”

Emperor Hongzhi said nothing: “Let’s go to Tongzhou City first.”

So Yang Yiqing took the lead and led the emperor into the city, and the emperor arranged for him to enter Tongzhou Mansion directly. Yamen.

There were sergeants everywhere along the way, and everything they passed was in order.

Emperor Hongzhi sat down in the Tongzhou Yamen, with all the officials present.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed: “I came into the city, but I still didn’t see the people…”

Yang Yiqing said: “Your Majesty, the people have arrived.”

When Emperor Hongzhi heard that the people had arrived, he raised his eyebrows: “Oh, where are the people? , I came here just to see the people.”

After a while, I saw a group of people coming in, and there were quite a lot of them.

Emperor Hongzhi was happy and showed kindness.

But I saw these common people, all wearing silk scarves and Confucian turbans, looking polite and courteous. When they entered the hall, they all bowed down: “The common people have seen your Majesty, long live my emperor!”

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Chapter 3, continue…see what the limit is.

At the same time, I would like to express my very, very warm thanks to classmate ‘Cai Shuning’. This classmate rewarded me with a starting price of 400,000 coins. I would like to mention the alliance leader. Thank you very much.

For the sake of you readers, I have no choice but to work hard, continue, continue. It seems that I can’t sleep until I finish five chapters today, and now I have the third update.

(End of chapter)