Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 123 Revisiting Dantu's Listening Book (First update!)

Zhu Youjian resumed the payment of grain by salt merchants, and Zhiyanyin continued to use his interests in the salt industry to exchange for more grain and reduce the cost of grain transportation during the war.

After this decree, the salt merchants will purchase a large amount of land, especially in Shandong, Huaiyang, Henan, Huguang and other places where future wars will mainly take place. Shiobiki.

However, although this system is effective, it must require the officials to be clean, otherwise it will be a disaster for the country and the people.

First of all, Zhu Youjian has to control himself, and cannot interfere with the Ministry of Household Affairs' release of salt, achieve reasonable macro-control, and do not give any high-ranking officials the slightest chance of rent-seeking power.

Secondly, neither the royal relatives nor the meritorious officials are allowed to reward Yanyin, so as not to mess up the Yanyin system.

Outside the city of Yangzhou is already a vast expanse of whiteness, and the 17-year snow in Chongzhen seems to have no intention of stopping.

Zhu Youjian boarded the imperial boat again, and continued to go down the river. Although it was already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the river was still chaotic with boats.

Food, timber, iron ore, and coal mines, the basic means of life and production, are almost never cut off from Yangzhou to Nanjing to Hangzhou.

Looking at the prosperity in front of him, Zhu Youjian couldn't help feeling a little melancholy when he thought about the Spring Festival travel in his previous life.

For future generations, after the Chinese New Year, it is the time when birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, peaches and apricots are all over the sky, or spring, or outing, or take off your thick clothes to go shopping, and go to the square to find a home cafe.

But after the 18th Chinese New Year in Chongzhen, no one knows whether the hell mode will start or the blood and fire will intensify.

As soon as I saw it, I arrived at Zhenjiang Dantu.

Yuzhou parked here, it was already dusk, Zhu Youjian passed through the same alley as when he first went south, but there were already more teahouses in the alley at this time.

Zhu Youjian, who was in micro-clothes, simply sat down in the teahouse, and there were still pedestrians stepping on the snow in the twilight on the snow-covered bluestone slabs, making crunching noises.

After Zhu Youjian moved to the south, many people in the north followed him to the south of the Yangtze River, which caused the population in the south of the Yangtze River to increase dramatically.

The increase in population has promoted a more prosperous commercial market, coupled with the stimulus of Zhu Youjian's one-year tax exemption policy, making Chongzhen's 17th year of this cold Jiangnan winter more prosperous than ever.

It is really flowers blooming brocade, fire cooking oil, as if it is the last splendid chapter of the prosperous age, or it is intentional to forget the darkness of the future.

Drunk princes and grandsons are hugging one or two beautiful girls and making love to each other in the attic with red sleeves and windows.

The sound of yelling, drinking and rolling dice still came from the gambling hall next door.

The elegant Kunqu opera came from the courtyard of some gentry.

Zhu Youjian almost didn't splash the tea on the ground with a bang on the table.

Zhu Youjian looked up, but it was a storyteller with a pockmarked face who was telling a story in the middle of the teahouse. Being able to sit outside the hall, Nuo Da's teahouse was crowded without a single gap.

"By the way, it was the fifth day of March, and there was no sunshine in the gray capital. His Majesty appeared on the top of the Forbidden City in a dragon robe. After bowing to the sky three times, he ordered to start moving south. As soon as he left the capital, there was a bandit Xi Zuo who wanted to attack His Majesty, thanks to His Majesty's plan, he just tricked the bandit Xi Zuo by tricking him..."

"This man's name is Liu Jingting, a well-known storyteller in Yangzhou, nicknamed Liu Mazi, and he is fluent in speech. This man's storytelling never fills up all the seats, and everyone from high-ranking officials in the south of the Yangtze River to traffickers and pawns knows him!"

At this time, Shi Kefa saw that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian had been watching this person, and while changing Zhu Youjian's cup of hot tea, he introduced the storyteller for Zhu Youjian.

"it is good!"

Sudden applause interrupted Shi Kefa's words.

Zhu Youjian became very playful, and sang along, and even ordered Jin Yiwei Li Ruolian to reward him with some silver dollars.

Back then, in my previous life, I also relied on writing web articles to write stories for readers to ask for rewards and meals, so Liu Jingting could be regarded as a fellow traveler.

It's just that Liu Jingting may have been regarded as a platinum god with a lot of loyal fans in the late Ming Dynasty, while he himself was a small street wandering on the poverty line, so it is naturally incomparable.

However, in this life, I naturally don't have to grab the job of Platinum God Liu Jingting.

"After the meeting is over, you go to visit him and bring him to Li Xiangjun's attic to meet me. This person is very good at keeping up with the heat. He actually made up a story about what happened in March. The news is better than that of Jin Yiwei! I am afraid Want to meet this guy."

After speaking, Zhu Youjian left his seat and got up. Suddenly, a rich man came to sit in the teahouse with a concubine who was a prostitute. Jun, it is even more difficult than meeting Liu Rushi in Nanjing."

"It's just returning after being exhausted, why bother to ask more questions!"

After Zhu Youjian said that, he left the teahouse in the dark, and the storyteller stopped within two steps.

Some people's complaints also came to Zhu Youjian's ears: "What's the matter, it was so wonderful to listen to, why did it stop, why did Jin Yiwei suddenly think of coming to Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu is just talking, is it possible Are you not even allowed to tell a book now?"

Zhu Youjian couldn't help smiling, it seems that Liu Jingting's reputation is not low, he can be regarded as a public figure in the Ming Dynasty.

Sitting alone in front of the window, Li Xiangjun saw that the green bamboos outside were covered by heavy snow. Although the environment was peaceful and quiet, her heart was full of complications.

Ma'am.

Li Xiangjun who sighed deeply did not expect that his little Qinhuai daughter would meet the emperor that night, and because of this, she broke her relationship with Hou Sheng, and now she has been tossed around in Yangzhou, Nanjing and other places, but she did not expect to get an order again. Go to the old place here.

Maybe Zhu Youjian just wanted to find a sense of freshness in the boring and tedious government affairs. For a famous Qinhuai celebrity like Li Xiangjun, he didn't have the heart to accept the harem. Of course, even if he wanted to, the courtiers would not agree. Seeing that he was outside the palace, he naturally wouldn't be a Taoist priest and ignored Fang Chen.

Shi Kefa was the only one with a straight face, but now Shi Kefa has learned how to be good, and he didn't try to persuade him, and he also knew that His Majesty was just trying to have fun, and he didn't indulge in beauty, so he forced a smile to accompany him. Zhu Youjian stepped into Li Xiangjun's boudoir, and he only secretly scolded the Yangzhou salt merchants for using this to flatter His Majesty, which is too hurtful.

It is unknown if there is beauty but not reward.

As soon as Zhu Youjian entered Li Xiangjun's boudoir, he smelled a scent of orchids. Suddenly, Li Xiangjun came out wearing a white-haired cloak, and he couldn't help smiling:

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but Miss Xiangjun is still pristine and clean. The journey was exhausting. I don't know if there is light wine and light food to sacrifice to my five viscera temple?"

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