Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Guo An slightly raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know when it started, but this kind of cannibalism has become a common practice from top to bottom.

If you use Beiping Mansion's method, it should be effective.

However, there are many noble officials in the capital, which can easily cause turmoil in the court..."

"eat human?"

Zhu Di murmured to himself, and then said bitterly: "What Guo Qing said is true, those gentry are all cannibals!

The most annoying thing is that the common people allowed the gentry to oppress and exploit them! "

Guo An said helplessly, "Your Majesty, those common people have no power, no money, and even no chance to file a complaint. They have no choice but to swallow their anger.

Moreover, if they suffered a disaster, they would have to rely on the gentry for relief. Even if it was a loan, they would be able to live a few more years! "

Zhu Di looked at Guo An and asked slowly: "What should I do according to Guo Qing's wishes?"

Guo An bowed his hands slightly and saluted, "Report to Your Majesty, I can report my humble thoughts to the bank!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but wonder, "How can Dibao and the bank help these people?"

Guo An said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, those common people can no longer survive. Borrowing grain from those gentry is also borrowing, and borrowing from banks is also borrowing. It would be better if the banks pay less interest to these people!
As for the Di Bao, we can write more officials to catch the gentry or officials who exploit the people, let the people everywhere know about it, and give them some confidence to dare to resist! "

"confidence?"

Zhu Di couldn't help but narrowed his eyes again.

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded slightly and said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, officials protect each other. Now the people are afraid of being enslaved. When they encounter the gentry and officials who exploit them, they don't dare to resist.

This situation is not good...

The less the people dared to resist, the more unscrupulous the gentry and officials became.

However, the more unscrupulous they are, the more people they exploit and harm... In this way, it was easy to say in the first few decades, but in the future more and more people will not be able to survive, so they can only unite and find solutions for them. There is a way to survive..."

Guo An didn't say anything about the treachery later.

However, the expressions of Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi had darkened.

Isn’t this how their Ming Dynasty came about?

Zhu Dihan said in a loud voice: "Chi'er, in every issue of Di Bao from now on, we need to write some examples of killing corrupt officials or evil gentry!"

"Yes, Dad!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded repeatedly.

Zhu Di added: "We must also pay close attention to the bank affairs!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded again, "Yes, Dad!"

At this time, Jiang Hu's report came from outside the carriage.

"Your Majesty, General Mountain has arrived!"

Zhu Di said: "Go directly to a village!"

"Here!"

Jiang Hu responded, and the carriage accelerated again.

Zhu Di said: "We want to see how big the gap is between the people in Guo Qing's Jiangjun Mountain and the people outside?"

"..."

Guo An smiled slightly, very confident.

On the side, Zhu Gaochi had a flash of expectation in his eyes.

Less than a moment later.

The carriage entered a village.

After getting off the carriage, Guo An looked up and looked around, but he didn't recognize which village it was. Of course, Guo An had not been to many of these villages in Jiangjun Mountain.

Zhu Gaochi looked around and said with some confusion: "These villages are as depressed as the villages we have seen along the way!"

On the side, Zhu Di's eyes lit up. Although this village looked depressed, the inside and outside of the courtyard were much cleaner and obviously much better than the village they had seen.

Suddenly, a group of half-grown boys jumped out from one side, each holding a bare wooden stick in their hand. They wore thick cotton shoes on their feet. Although the clothes on their bodies had many patches, they looked It was also very thick, revealing a purple face, looking at Zhu Di, Guo An and others curiously.

"I wonder who you nobles are, and why are you here in our village?"

Zhu Di carefully looked at these village boys, and finally felt a little more at ease. He couldn't help but said with a gentle face: "I am a wealthy businessman from afar. I heard that Dinghai Marquis managed this Jiangjun Mountain well, so I came here specially to take a look. Look, are the rumors outside exaggerated?"

"It's definitely not an exaggeration!"

Hearing that Zhu Di actually questioned Marquis Dinghai, the village boys suddenly became anxious, "Master Marquis is much more powerful than those officials outside!"

"If you don't believe it, look, we all wear cotton shoes. Even if we run in the snow, we won't get swollen or cracked by the cold!"

"That's it, look at our clothes. Before the Marquis took care of our place, we didn't dare to run outside in the winter, otherwise we would get sick from the cold, or even freeze to death..."

"Also, we also have social studies. We can write our names and do arithmetic..."

As he spoke, a child waved the wooden stick in his hand and wrote his name on the ground.

Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi and others could not help but widen their eyes with shock on their faces. "You are actually so powerful?"

"hey-hey!"

A child smiled sheepishly and said quickly: "This noble man misunderstood, it's not us who are great, it's the Marquis who is great. The Marquis brought these to us.

Now, no one dares to call us barbarians..."

"Very good. With that said, Marquis Dinghai is really powerful!"

Zhu Di praised.

"Yes, yes, Master Hou is awesome!"

All the children nodded repeatedly, then thought of something and said, "Of course, Your Majesty is also powerful. If Your Majesty hadn't asked Mr. Marquis to take care of us, we would still be bullied by those outside!"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly.

"Hahaha, what you are saying is that His Majesty is also powerful!"

Then, when he saw a few old men coming out of the courtyards ahead and looking at them with surprise, Zhu Di walked forward.

"I've seen a few old men!"

Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Guo An and others were all wearing brocade and satin clothes. They were all white and fat, and they were full of nobility.

In addition, Jiang Hu and the internal guards behind him were all full of evil spirits. A strange light flashed in the eyes of these old men, and then they stared at the cloudy eyes and saluted Zhu Di with fear on their faces.

"The untouchables have seen this noble man. I wonder why the noble man came to the mountains, but took the wrong road?"

"We heard that General Shan was quilt..."

At this moment, Zhu Di was in a good mood, so he repeated what he had just said to several village children.

"Your Majesty, what you heard is correct. The Marquis has indeed managed the untouchable area very well. In the past, we never thought that we could live such a comfortable life..."

All the old men felt relieved and quickly praised him.

"That's good!"

Zhu Di felt more at ease and walked into the house with curiosity on his face.

The old men were suddenly startled, but looking at Jiang Hu and the internal guards beside them, they did not dare to say anything. They could only follow Zhu Di closely and watch timidly.

Entering the room, Zhu Di nodded slightly again.

The furniture and objects in these common people's houses are much more complicated than those in the common people's homes before.

Then, after finding the rice vat in the corner, he walked over and opened it.

Inside the rice vat, most of the clean rice vat was placed.

Zhu Di nodded with a smile on his face, "Marquis Dinghai really manages your place very well!"

"I wonder who these nobles are?"

The old man couldn't help but ask again.

"They're just people who come here because of their fame!"

Zhu Di smiled slightly, cupped his hands towards the old man, and walked out.

Then, he walked to another house again.

Behind him, Guo An smiled helplessly. The majestic Emperor Ming and his prince were so rude. They were about to catch up with the robbers!

All the old men were also nervous, but there was nothing they could do.

Until, when an old man couldn't help but look at a house frequently, he was noticed by Zhu Di.

Then, Zhu Di opened it directly and walked in.

Inside, there is actually a small granary, containing at least five stones of grain.

"My noble man, what are you doing?"

Behind him, a group of old men couldn't bear it any longer and hurriedly gathered around, looking at Zhu Di warily.

Zhu Di smiled awkwardly and explained: "I've frightened you old men, but we don't have any ill intentions. We just want to see how Dinghaihou has managed this place for more than a year!

We came all the way from the capital. The rice jars in the homes of the people outside the capital were empty, and they didn't even have enough food for a few days.

And the men in the common people's families still need to perform corvee service.

Unexpectedly, not only do you have so much food here, but the men in your family..."

"Ok?"

After saying that, Zhu Di was stunned, "Where have all the young men and young women in your family gone?"

All the old men couldn't help but become vigilant again and looked at Zhu Di with wary faces.

"Who is this noble man?"

... (end of this chapter)