Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 317 Something Happened

Located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Qingjiangpu is a transportation hub, a grain storage area and a commercial city.

The current situation in Huai'an is that ships in the south and horses in the north, and the thoroughfare of nine provinces.

Huai'an, Suzhou and Hangzhou are also known as the "Four Major Cities" and "Four Capitals of the Southeast" along the canal, and are known as the "Canal Capital of China".

Looking at the busy pedestrians passing by, rows of shops, overcrowded taverns, brothels with winding paths, and casinos full of people.

Zhu Houzhao looked excited and filled with emotion.

This place is even more prosperous and prosperous than the capital city, and the south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous. Zhu Houzhao saw the prosperity here for the first time.

"Wenyi, this place is so prosperous, you can imagine the prosperity of Nanjing!"

Zhu Houzhao said excitedly.

For those in power, under their own rule, all industries prosper and the people live in peace and contentment, which is also a great sense of accomplishment.

"Your Majesty, the prosperity of Jiangnan has been like this since ancient times!"

Jiang Bin laughed.

"However, such a rich place is crying poor every year and saying that it can't pay taxes. I used to think that these local officials are not easy, but now it seems that I really think too much."

While Zhu Hou was happy with the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River, he thought of the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River, but the imperial treasury was empty. Every time he wanted to increase some taxes from the south of the Yangtze River, those ministers were as sad as the concubine in the exam and strongly opposed them, and their faces could not help but be gloomy.

He thought it over, this Jiangnan has to be rectified in the future!

Also, since he came out, he spent a lot of money in his own private treasury for the frontier army in the battle of Yingzhou.

In Zhang Yang's house, Zhu Houzhao lived comfortably.

As an old internal official in the palace, Zhang Yang grew up in the palace when he was young. Although he is regarded as a slave, he will have deep feelings for that place, people and things after being alone in one place for a long time.

Moreover, Zhu Houzhao's father and son treated the internal officials with preferential treatment, not a moody and violent king. Zhang Yang was also very excited when he saw his master coming, and he showed his sincerity to entertain the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao eats delicious food at Zhang Yang's house, and spends his free time fishing and hunting!

Those local officials were calm, the emperor didn't say anything, and they didn't take the initiative to come to the door, as if there was no such thing as the emperor's visit to the place.

Zhu Houzhao caught a lot of fish again that day, and there were a lot of miscellaneous hunting items for the soldiers to hunt.

"Your Majesty, today's harvest is quite a lot. If you can't finish eating these things, they will go bad. I have a cellar at home, and there are ice cubes in it. You can put these things in it."

Zhang Yang laughed.

Zhang Yang has been in the palace for many years and has accumulated some wealth.

Although he is an internal official, he has a smart mind, can read some words, and has a good business sense.

In the past few years after returning to my hometown, I have bought a lot of land and shops, and my life is very prosperous.

"No need! Pass my order to deliver today's hunted goods to the officials of Qingjiangpu, from top to bottom, one by one, until they are all delivered! Fish catch 500 taels of silver each, and hunted goods each 500 taels of silver , let them buy it!"

Zhu Houzhao ordered directly.

"emperor!"

Jiang Bin cried out in surprise.

Zhang Yang also opened his mouth wide, but didn't speak for a while.

God!And this kind of operation!
"Your Majesty, those people..."

Jiang Bin always felt that something was wrong. Those people deliberately treated them coldly. It was a silent resistance to the emperor's coming to the south of the Yangtze River. If they were forced to buy these things again, I'm afraid...

Jiang Bin felt that the mess in the capital was a bit too much to bear, and he was really worried if something happened in the south of the Yangtze River.

Along the way, although they paid great attention to security work, they always felt that there were forces lurking around them, watching them all the time. Jiang Bin's spirit was tense all the way.

"Don't they want to save money? Don't they just ignore my arrival? I want them to bleed, go! This little money is nothing to them!"

Zhu Houzhao ordered directly.

All of a sudden, officials from all walks of life in Qingjiangpu were talking about it, the emperor bought and sold them by force, and sold them fish at high prices.

Because there were so many things, some officials far away in Huai'an Mansion also received a lot.

……

Looking at the white silver taels on the table, Zhu Houzhao couldn't close his mouth all day long.

"emperor?"

Jiang Bin looked at the money carefully, always feeling that this matter was a little strange.

"Your Majesty, we have also stayed in Qingjiangpu for a while, do we need to leave?"

The destination of their southward trip is naturally Nanjing, the former capital.

Jiang Bin currently hopes to leave early, arrive early, fulfill the emperor's wish, and return to Beijing as soon as possible.

In fact, he could also see that there are indeed many problems in Jiangnan, but with the current strength of the emperor, what can he do if he knows so much?
He has no control over the imperial court, so he can only continue to engage in confrontation. Many problems cannot be resolved, and at most they only intensify conflicts.

He remembered Qin Shao's euphemistic suggestions before leaving, and the southbound trip was basically as he expected.

Before Qin Shao left, he also suggested that he always follow the emperor, safety is very important.

How could Jiang Bin not understand?

Although Zhu Houzhao favored him, he actually needed his help, but this also turned him into a lonely minister. His current situation is similar to that of Liu Jin back then.

It's just that Liu Jin was ordered by the emperor to end up with those ministers directly, and he was just an assistant.

If something goes wrong with the emperor, he himself will be finished!

A strong dragon can't beat a local snake!So what if there are more than ten thousand of them!They are not familiar with the place, and the garrison forces stronger than them are not bad, and many rights are not in their hands at all.

Thinking of this, Jiang Bin couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat!

"Yeah, tidy up tomorrow, and we will continue to set off the day after tomorrow."

Zhu Houzhao felt that he had really stayed here for a long time, and he needed to leave early and arrive in Nanjing as soon as possible.

……

At night, it began to rain suddenly.

The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is changeable, and Zhu Houzhao really understood it.

The previously clear weather suddenly began to rain, and occasionally there was the sound of thunder and lightning.

Despite the bad weather, Jiang Bin still didn't dare to relax, and directly told people to pay attention to patrol to avoid any unexpected situations.

When everything was safe, Jiang Bin explained to his subordinates and went to the room to rest.

On the second day, at Yin time, it was just Ping Ping Dan.

A loud knock on the door woke Jiang Bin from his sleep.

"Captain! Commander!"

The voice of Yuan Lang, the personal guard outside, sounded.

Jiang Bin was dreaming, a nightmare, in the dream he was being besieged by people, he wanted to shout but couldn't.

The cry woke him up from the nightmare, and with a jolt, he jumped up and picked up the big knife in his hand.

"Captain! Commander!"

The familiar cry woke Jiang Bin up from his daze.

He opened the door quickly.

"Captain, something has happened!"

Yuan Lang came in outside and reported in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)