Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

In the evening, the capital is a little less hot and a little more popular. The streets are busy with traffic and noise, and the air is filled with various fragrances.

The sunset on the horizon is very red, like a fire.

"This is the fireworks in the world."

On a street in a certain square in the inner city, Zhu Youxiao, who had changed into casual clothes, held a folding fan and looked at the scene of people coming and going. The merchants on the street yelled with all their strength, with a faint smile on their faces, "This man! , it is better to have more contact with the outside world, otherwise, it is easy to become isolated from the world."

The originally unhappy mood became much more comfortable at this moment.

The Forbidden City that everyone yearns for is indeed the most luxurious and majestic place, but in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, it is nothing more than a prison.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he indeed had the dignity of being uncompromising. Whatever he wanted, he could get it without waiting at all.

But if you stay in the same place for your whole life, no matter how luxurious the place you live in, you will eventually go crazy.

He looks a lot like Emperor Wu Zongyi today!

Zhang Weixian, who was standing nearby, looked around cautiously, and then saw the smile on the young emperor's face. For some reason, this thought came to Zhang Weixian's mind.

Without warning, the emperor suddenly summoned him and asked him to leave the palace to relax. This made Zhang Weixian's heart twitch. The emperor's private visit in disguise was no small matter.

If anything happens during this period, even if he is a great Ming Dynasty noble, he cannot bear the responsibility, so Zhang Weixian's first reaction is to persuade the emperor.

It's just that Zhu Youxiao didn't give Zhang Weixian this chance at all.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao could not stay in the Forbidden City all the time and have no contact with the people. As time went by, he would not be able to understand the sufferings of the people.

As for what Zhang Weixian was worried about, Zhu Youxiao could see it at a glance.

A special Royal Guards House was set up to oversee all the direct guards and control the Imperial City and Palace Guards. One of the ideas was to facilitate his entry and exit from the Forbidden City.

You can't stay away from the Forbidden City for the rest of your life just because you're worried about problems.

"Emperor...eldest brother, where should we go next?"

While Zhang Weixian was thinking, Zhu Youjian, who was wearing a Confucian robe, looked at his royal brother and said, but the look between his eyebrows was a bit worried.

It's really depressing.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at him and tapped the folding fan in his hand. The civil servants had too much involvement in the royal education. Compared with the royal education in the early Ming Dynasty, it was like heaven and earth.

"Let's take a stroll first."

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said, "I heard that the Ming Times is on sale?"

"Yes, Emperor...Young Master!"

Liu Ruoyu, who was standing behind him with his head bowed, said slightly nervously at this moment: "The first issue of Ming Times has been urgently published and sold. The time is still a bit tight, so it is only sold in shops in the inner city for the time being."

"Let's go."

Everyone around him was so nervous and reserved, which made Zhu Youxiao find it quite boring, but there was a first time for everything, and the more experience he had, the better.

As Zhu Youxiao moved, at Li Ruolian's signal, more than a dozen imperial guards in casual clothes began to guard the surroundings one after another, while more guards hidden in the crowd were on guard according to their respective duties. Although there were many people on the street, There was a huge crowd, but no one could get close to where Zhu Youxiao was.

Because of this private visit incognito, Zhang Weixian and the others had put in a lot of effort to ensure that nothing went wrong, and the palace had no idea that the emperor had left.

Loyalty is not just something you say with words, it must be proven by actual actions.

Zhu Youxiao decided to conduct a private interview incognito this time. One reason was that he really wanted to relax. After experiencing so many embarrassing things, even if the people being investigated were arrested in droves, it was true that he was in a bad mood. He wanted to go out for a walk, and by the way Looking at the real situation in the capital, this is good for Zhu Youxiao.

The other is to find out the background of the Royal Forbidden Army, and at the same time express my attitude to Zhang Weixian and others. I have absolute trust in you.

It is impossible for Zhu Youxiao to stay in the Forbidden City all his life. Many things require him to leave the besieged city to do many things, so getting vaccinated in advance and allowing Zhang Weixian and others to adapt in advance will do no harm to him.

The more you fear something, the more likely it will happen.

"It would be great if other places in the Ming Dynasty could be as lively as the capital, without wars or disasters."

Walking on this street, it was getting dark. Seeing many shops coming in and out, Zhu Youxiao said with emotion: "Mr. British, do you think my vision is a luxury?"

"No...no."

Zhang Weixian said nervously: "The territory of the Ming Dynasty was vast. There are some places that are plagued by wars and disasters, but most of them are stable. As long as everyone in the imperial court can work together, we can definitely maintain this prosperous age. of."

A prosperous age?

Zhu Youxiao smiled and felt sad in his heart. It was not because he understood the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would have mistakenly thought that it was still a prosperous age just by looking at the various events in the capital.

Regardless of the present-day Ming Dynasty, the Jianbu ravaged Liaodong, the Mongolian Tatars invaded the northern border, and the chieftains wreaked havoc in the southwest. Disasters or civil unrest were reported from time to time, but under the emperor's feet, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it was not greatly affected at all. More than a million people live here. A giant city of this size is rarely found in the Ming Dynasty. Even if you look at the world, there is no second one.

This is the most authentic Ming Dynasty.

One side is prosperous.

One side is defeated.

During this period, the Ming Dynasty could still be called powerful. Although there were many internal problems, the Ming Dynasty was simply too big.

“This Ming Times is just nonsense!!”

Just when Zhu Youxiao was sighing, an indignant voice sounded, but it attracted Zhu Youxiao's attention. He saw many scholars gathered in a teahouse facing the street.

“Who says it’s not?!”

A scholar frowned and said: "If this article about the long-term evils in the capital camp is true, doesn't it mean that what Xiong Manzi did in the capital camp was not a hidden evil intention, but he became a loyal and good man who helped the country?"

"To say that the internal officials of the inner court and the generals serving in the Beijing camp are all greedy, I don't think this can be true."

Another scholar followed closely and said: "But this article discusses the long-term shortcomings of the Beijing camp and says that all the civil servants in charge of the Beijing camp are greedy. This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!!"

Indignant denunciations resounded in the teahouse, which made Zhu Youxiao stop. Seeing this, Zhang Weixian and Zhu Youjian knew that the Ming Times that the emperor cared about did not seem to be recognized.

"Let's go inside, have a cup of tea and rest."

Under this situation, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand to signal, and then walked towards the teahouse, and the people accompanying him hurriedly followed behind the emperor.