The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Yan Chengjin didn't say anything, but Zhu Houzhao became suspicious and pinched Yan Chengjin's neck.

"No, this is a good thing that will benefit all people in the world. Besides, I have already asked the empress and Mr. Li to write a document, so I will not be guilty."

"Hey, you're still calm, why don't you go with me?"

"Your Majesty does not want to see me." Yan Chengjin stood far away and whispered: "Your Highness, don't forget what I said on horseback."

With the support of his mother, there is nothing to be afraid of. Zhu Houzhao walked up to Emperor Hongzhi and cursed: "Emperor Dog! I have long said that you are a self-righteous big ass! You have been deceived and you don't even know it." , thinking that we have opened up a prosperous age, I am really laughing my head off. The people of the world do not know that the virtuous king they praise is no different from them, he is just an ordinary person who can cry and laugh! "

Emperor Hongzhi's face froze and he was a little stunned.

Outside the door, the ministers were sweating coldly.

But Zhu Houzhao continued to scold: "You are still a coward. You have obviously made a mistake, but you try to hide yourself in the palace and do not dare to face your own mistakes. Those who place their hopes on you are really blind to believe that you are like this." "Hunjun."

Everyone believed that the emperor was the Son of Heaven, so he could not make mistakes. It was this restriction that made Emperor Hongzhi suffer.

He has done something wrong and feels guilty. If someone stands up and scolds him, he will feel better.

But he is the emperor.

No one dared to scold the emperor.

He made a mistake but no one dared to scold him, which made him feel even more guilty.

Zhu Houzhao never imagined that one day he would point his father's nose in his nose and scold him so happily.

There were twinkling tears in the corners of Emperor Hongzhi's eyes, but they did not flow down. His eyes were red: "Stop! Do you really think that I won't deal with you?"

Zhu Houzhao shrank his neck and suddenly became weak.

Yan Chengjin puffed out and knelt down in front of Emperor Hongzhi: "Just like the beggar your Majesty saw that day, there are many such refugees in the world. They were originally people who owned fields, but because of the evil officials who bullied them, they were displaced and their lives were like this. They regard the court as their parents, but the evil officials regard them as slaves. There are many such injustices in the world. Although I am cautious and steady, I am not willing to live, let alone turn a blind eye to these injustices.

If Your Majesty wants to abandon these lives, I'm afraid...I can no longer follow Your Majesty. If Your Majesty wants to chop off the heads on my neck, I will not need a death medal, and my blood will be spilled on the execution platform, and I will never complain. "

Yan Chengjin spoke from the bottom of his heart every word, as if he was a different person.

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, and so were Li Dongyang and others.

Is this still the always cautious Yan Chengjin?

Yan Chengjin's face did not change: "What the emperor holds must be what the world wants. If what your majesty holds is justice, then the world will be righteous; if what your majesty holds is evil desire, the world will be filled with evil."

The person who embezzled the salary of the Beijing army has been found out. With the presence of three cabinet ministers, including the British Duke, Wang Shouren, and his ministers, he will surely be able to revive the power of the Beijing army! Your Majesty, please make the decision for all the people, and don’t... pretend to be confused anymore! "

Outside the palace, the ministers suddenly knelt down: "I have neglected to observe the shortcomings of the capital camp!"

Emperor Hongzhi silently shed two lines of clear tears.

Yan Chengjin continued: "Your Majesty works hard day and night, and it is not without merit. Under His Majesty's rule, excessive taxation and extortion rarely occur, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. During those three days, I was extravagant and lustful. I know that Your Majesty was not happy in his heart. I dare to ask Your Majesty , come out of the palace with me now!”

Emperor Hongzhi's teary eyes regained some clarity and looked at Yan Chengjin: "Where are you taking me?"

"Your Majesty will know after you leave the palace." Yan Chengjin said.

Emperor Hongzhi changed into casual clothes and walked out of the palace. The ministers stood up and Yan Chengjin said: "Your Majesty, please except the Crown Prince and Lord Mou, no one else is allowed to follow."

"Um."

Zhu Houzhao came up and whispered to Yan Chengjin: "Old Gao, I still have a lot of things to say. It's so fun to scold my father."

Do you think I don’t know how satisfying it is to scold the emperor in front of him?

Do you think I don’t want to scold you?

If he scolded him again, he would be seeking death. Yan Chengjin didn't want to pay attention to him.

Emperor Hongzhi coughed dryly and glared at him. Zhu Houzhao did not dare to be presumptuous again.

The moonlight was extremely bright, the streets of the capital were busy with traffic, and Emperor Hongzhi rarely left the palace at this time.

Yan Chengjin took Emperor Hongzhi and others to an abandoned courtyard in the southeast corner of the capital. This was where Chunxiao and the others had stayed, and there were still hundreds of refugees gathered there.

"They were all well-dressed people who had no choice but to be displaced because their fields were occupied or oppressed by evil officials."

Seeing them starving and barely clothed, Emperor Hongzhi was very worried and his eyes suddenly became cloudy.

Zhu Houzhao was tired after leaving: "Lao Gao, show us what these refugees are doing."

Yan Chengjin said nothing and only let Emperor Hongzhi see that a dozen refugees were hiding under the dilapidated eaves, cooking porridge in pots, picking up broken bowls from unknown places, and eating the porridge one by one.

Seeing Yan Chengjin and others coming, the refugees all became vigilant as if facing a formidable enemy.

Emperor Hongzhi wondered: "Why are they doing this?"

"They are afraid of being deported and being held as slaves, so when someone from a wealthy family like Mr. Zhu comes, they will feel uneasy," Yan Chengjin said.

Emperor Hongzhi watched here for a long time, took some silver from Mu Bin and put it on the ground.

I walked around several places in the capital where refugees gathered. There were hundreds of refugees gathered in each place, sometimes even hundreds.

This is where Wang Shouren found them.

Emperor Hongzhi never expected that in the prosperous capital, in the dark and damp corners, there were still so many refugees hiding and struggling to survive.

"Your Majesty, please follow me to the last place."

"Where to."

"Your Majesty, follow me and you will know."

Yan Chengjin brought Emperor Hongzhi to Shuntian Prefecture.

It was already night, and the gate of Shuntian Prefecture was closed. He went forward and knocked on the door, but unfortunately no one opened it.

Mou Bin sent the Jinyiwei who followed him secretly to find Liu Qing, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture.

Hearing that the emperor had come to Shuntian Prefecture, Liu Qing hurried out to greet him.

Yan Chengjin got straight to the point: "Master Liu, do you know how many refugees fled to the capital in the previous dynasty?"

Although Liu Qing was not the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture in the previous dynasty, he could infer the approximate number from the prefectural records of Shuntian Prefecture and the records left by the clerks: "No less than 10,000!"

Yan Chengjin knew that what he said was still too conservative. The number of refugees in the previous dynasty was unprecedented. The number of refugees pouring into Jingxiang reached a maximum of one million, which also caused the Jingxiang riots in the Ming Dynasty.

There were also many people coming to the capital.

Where did the local refugees in the capital come from?

It was the imperial farms.

The imperial farms in the Chenghua Dynasty were so rampant that it was outrageous. Zhu Jianshen would often grant imperial farms to eunuchs and ministers. These imperial farms were obtained by forcibly occupying the fields of the people.

The people lost their fields and wandered around, becoming refugees.

Yan Chengjin asked again: "How many refugees and beggars are there in the capital now?"

Liu Qing said: "About a thousand people."

Yan Chengjin knelt on the ground: "This is the merit of your Majesty's hard work day and night. Your Majesty's diligence is not useless. It is thanks to your Majesty's grace that many people can live and work in peace and not become refugees. If your Majesty ignores state affairs and indulges in pleasure, the world will probably repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty."

Emperor Hongzhi had tears in his eyes, raised his head slightly, and took a deep breath: "My efforts have not been in vain."

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