Jinyi Music

Chapter 340

Zhu Houzhao looked aside and just smiled,

"Xiao Lin, this can be regarded as a great deed, why not ask them to set up a longevity tablet to enshrine you?"

Mou Biao waved his hands and smiled,

"My lord, don't laugh at me, I just got up by chance, I just did it by chance, I can't stand it at such a young age!"

As they spoke, a group of people rushed over from the top of the city, the leader was a man in a crimson official robe, with clouds and geese leading his neck in front of him, it was Lei Bingrong, the prefect of Kaifeng,

"His Royal Highness... Thousands of years!"

Lei Bingrong led all the officials to kneel down to salute, Mou Biao and others stood sideways three steps away, Yinger and Liu Jin stepped aside and looked down at their feet, Zhu Houzhao smiled gently at everyone,
"My lords, please stay calm, I've come in a hurry, and I've disturbed you all!"

Everyone hurriedly bowed and said,
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to Kaifeng in person, but the officials and others were unable to welcome him from afar. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

After exchanging pleasantries, Lei Bingrong invited Zhu Houzhao to step down the tower, and eight official sedan chairs came up to greet him.

"Before preparing the chariots and horses, I can only ask His Highness the Crown Prince to condescend. It is really a dereliction of duty by the lower officials. Please don't blame your Highness!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and waved his hands,
"I rested for a long time when I was outside the city. I'm not tired at this time. Why don't I just take a stroll and take a car? How about we walk all the way to the Yamen?"

Naturally, everyone did not dare to object, so they all nodded at once, and Lei Bingrong was half a step behind, bowing his body to accompany His Royal Highness. Zhu Houzhao walked all the way, and saw that the street was sparsely populated and there were few shops on the street. Said that half of the doors were closed, and asked,

"Prefect Lei, I don't know what's going on in the city of Kaifeng. Do the people still have enough food and clothing?"

Lei Bingrong let out a long sigh when he heard the words, and said solemnly,

"Don't dare to hide this from His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness has seen all the way here, and now Kaifeng is full of disaster victims, and the food in the city is exhausted, and four doors are closed to enter and exit, and many shops in the city are out of stock. , half of them have closed down..."

Lei Bingrong told the truth and told the situation in the city again, Zhu Houzhao asked again,

"Is there really no food left in the city?"

Speaking of this, Lei Bingrong's face was a little weird, and he nodded for a while and said,

"That's true. The granary in Kaifeng's mansion has bottomed out. Now... the granary is now able to run horses..."

Zhu Houzhao frowned when he heard the words, looked around, worried about where he was at this time, but didn't say anything, so he walked all the way and saw the Kaifeng mansion, because of his sudden arrival, Lei Bingrong had to First tidy up the government office in Kaifeng to give the prince a temporary rest, and then send people to the homes of several wealthy families in the city to requisition the mansion. The prince can come and hang around for a few days and live in his own home, so that the whole family can get a taste of the dragon. , that is a blessing that cannot be cultivated in a few lifetimes. The richest family in Kaifeng City is the Mu family. The main courtyard was given up, and the family crowded into the side courtyard.

The crown prince came out of the Kaifeng yamen and took Liu Jin and Yinger to live in Mu's mansion. Zhu Houzhao called Mou Biao and others to the study that night to talk.
"Lei Bingrong, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, said that there is no food in the warehouse. This statement... I really don't believe it!"

This is Kaifeng!

You must know that when Daqing was founded, the first Beijing that Taizu decided was not Beiping, but Kaifeng. It was not until the [-]th year of Hongwu that the title of Beijing was abolished, and it was only in the third year of Yongle that Beiping was promoted to Beijing. The head of the eight prefectures, the capital of Henan Province, has jurisdiction over four prefectures and thirty counties. You must know the thoroughfare of the eight provinces. It’s not just a joke. Will there be no food here?

He wouldn't believe it even if he killed the crown prince!
Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, the prince didn't want to be fooled by others, so he called Mou Biao and others,
"You try to ask around, why is the granary in Kaifeng city empty?"

Is it true that, as Hao Guangxian said, he was sold to grain merchants in the city for huge profits, but left the disaster victims and the common people hungry?
Jin Yiwei is very good at things like scouting for news. It doesn't even need Mou Biao to go out, just send his subordinates out. Mou Biao said to Zhu Hou,

"The prince wants to inquire about the news, but you can ask the owner of this house. It seems that the Mu family started out as a grain producer..."

Zhu Houzhao laughed when he heard the words,
"It's true... I forgot about it!"

After thinking about it, I ordered,
"Tomorrow night, why don't I invite the gentry and celebrities in the city to a banquet, and talk to them about the national economy and the people's livelihood!"

When there are too many people, there will always be those who talk too much, and they are not afraid that they will not hear the real news!
As soon as the news spread that the prince was going to treat guests, all the famous people in Kaifeng City were naturally enthusiastic, but there were also people who secretly murmured,
"Now that the disaster has become like this, what kind of guests does the Crown Prince invite? This...couldn't be some grand banquet?"

It's no wonder they think so. In this calamity year, when the imperial court can't provide food or money, they will hold a banquet in this way, calling on the wealthy households in the city to contribute money, food and people.

"Hmph! On weekdays, Lishi, farmers, and businessmen regard us merchants as low-class people, and they look down on them the most, but every time they encounter problems, they like to pick us out the most, just like the one who cut leeks." Generally speaking, after harvesting one crop after another, the prince came to Kaifeng for the first time and saw the tragic situation outside the city, and he wanted to gain some political achievements so that he could go back and give himself a good reputation for succession!"

They murmured in their hearts like this, but His Royal Highness invited them, so they had to go, and all of them had to put on smiling faces. Everyone had a respectful attitude, and everyone still had to worry about their own identities, and they didn't dare to wear the clothes they were used to wearing on weekdays. The silk and satin, all of them got a cotton clothes to wear, but they didn't dare to take too many servants out, so they only led a young servant by their side, and walked to Mu's residence.

On the other hand, those poor scholars and poor mad students in the city on weekdays, because they have a fame on their heads, borrowed or begged to get a suit of clothes made of good materials, and if they had a way, they even got a small sedan chair to sit in. Yes, and swaggered to the Mu Mansion.

This made the hungry people in Kaifeng Mansion see the scene once. The wealthy businessmen who are usually dressed in luxury and eat big ears, walked on the street with only a young servant. , and those sour poor who would be spit out by the waiter when they entered the restaurant on weekdays, actually sat in the sedan chair, and put on satin clothes one by one, and passed by those rich businessmen. Lifting the curtain and grinning at people,

"This...what's the matter?"

The common people are confused, but they might as well invite everyone to attend the prince's banquet, and the head of the Mu family, Mu Liancheng, is both the landlord and the number one richest man in the city. Introduce people from all walks of life.

Everyone saw His Highness the Crown Prince's first face, and they all felt that His Highness the Crown Prince was very approachable, very amiable, very understanding of people's feelings, very familiar with people's livelihood, and when talking about merchants, he was very straightforward, and he did not use business at all. Ashamed, this surprised all the wealthy businessmen, their admiration for the crown prince was endless, and their flattery was endless.

Mou Biao saw Zhu Houzhao interacting with everyone with a gentle smile on the venue, and felt that the prince in this life was much stronger than the prince in the previous life. Even if the prince in the previous life became emperor, he was also a Naive and self-willed from time to time, it is like the city man in front of me is profound, and his emotions and anger are invisible. If I didn't know a little about what he did behind the scenes, I would almost believe that this gentle and kind-hearted prince is the prince. It's true!

Thinking of this place, Mou Biao couldn't help feeling chills in his heart. He turned around and patted the shoulder of the person beside him, motioning him to look at it, and walked outside to the back garden to get some air. There are dark hills everywhere in the back garden. He walked around casually and inspected by the way, but he heard a rustling sound at the corner door,
"who!"

A guard from the backyard shouted, since the crown prince moved into this house, except for the side courtyard, the rest of the place has been taken over by Jin Yiwei and the guards of the East Palace. At this time, the front hall is brightly lit, but the backyard seems much quieter , Mou Biao followed the sound and saw the corner door was pushed open by the guards. Where the light illuminated, two panicked girls appeared. The sword in the guard's hand was out of its sheath. shivering,
"Who are you and why are you peeping at the door?"

The guard asked, the two girls were just trembling and unable to speak, Mou Biao went over to look at the two of them, motioned the guard to take back the knife, and asked softly,
"Are you from the Mu family?"

When the former crown prince moved into the Mu family, he went to the Mu family to inspect the security ahead of time. He seemed to have seen one of the family members in the Mu family. He thought for a while and said,
"But the third lady of the Mu Mansion?"

Among the two girls, the girl in the yellow shirt nodded and blessed him,
"My lord... Minnv... Minnv's kitten is gone, it... it must have gone back to sleep in its own nest..."

Presumably the Mu family gave up the main house, and the kitten was not used to living in a side courtyard, so he ran back to the original courtyard.

Mou Biao nodded upon hearing this,

"You can't enter here, I'll find you a cat, what does your cat look like?"

Ms. Musan replied,
"It's a pure white Persian cat with mandarin duck eyes!"

Miss Sixth of the Mou family has one of these cats, which was bought at a high price. The pure-colored hair and mandarin duck eyes are top-grade. The price is not cheap outside, and only rich ladies can afford it. Mou Biao points out Nodding his head, he asked where Miss Mu San's boudoir was, and went with his hands behind his back.

The third Miss of the Mu family is very favored at home, and lives in the most beautiful courtyard in the backyard. When he got inside, the fragrant wind was blowing, he was used to the tunes of these rich ladies, and he didn't think there was anything good, instead he thought to himself,

"With so much incense, I'm not afraid to smoke myself into a piece of bacon when I live in it!"

(End of this chapter)