Chongzhen chat group

Chapter 138
When Hu Guang heard it, he didn't even think about reading the memorial, and asked directly: "What's the matter?"

"Jianlu troops have retreated, and the current martial law has affected people's livelihood, so please lower the martial law." Wang Dehua replied with a bow.

When Hu Guang heard this, it was true.Nowadays, officials have to go to Dongchang to register first when they go out, let alone ordinary people, which will indeed cause inconvenience to the lives of everyone in the capital city.

He thought for a while, and then issued an order: "Martial law can be lifted in the capital city during the day, but people are not allowed to enter or leave the city gate without orders. In the evening, the martial law will be reinstated."

Judging from the information fed back from Cao Huachun, the Shanxi merchants in the capital city are still doing well.These Shanxi merchants may have acted treacherously, but if it is said that they overthrew the Ming Dynasty and sold the capital to Jianlu on their own initiative, judging from the current signs, there is no such thing.What they prefer is that Jianlu can continuously obtain property from Daming, and then they can trade with them, allowing them to make huge profits.

For the control of the capital, it is not enough to rely on the East Factory alone.Jinyiwei must also be rectified and used.

Thinking of this, Hu Guang began to consider whether to transfer Liu Xingzuo here first.However, if Liu Xingzuo was not there at Shanhaiguan, he would not be able to obtain information in time and understand the developments there.

Ah, the number of people in the chat group is still too small.Hu Guang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the current bottleneck of increasing the number of people in the chat group is the consumption in the working group.

However, if the personnel are not drawn into the working group and just stay in the elementary group, there will be no such consumption problem.It's just that the identity is not confirmed, and the personnel are complicated, which is troublesome.

"Your Majesty, here is also a memorial from Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs." Wang Dehua waited for a long time, and seeing the emperor standing there, he had no choice but to play aloud, "It is said that the soldiers of Jianlu are retreating, is there an order to revoke the order of King Qin?" , all Qin Wangjun who are still halfway will return to their original places, otherwise the amount of money and food consumed in the capital will be even greater!"

After hearing this, Hu Guang nodded after thinking for a while and said, "Yes!"

After Wang Dehua finished his report, he went back to the prison of ceremonies.After he left, Hu Guang suddenly remembered something. After thinking about it, he immediately summoned Cao Huachun and asked him to send someone to bring a secret decree and send it out of the capital immediately.

In the afternoon, the capital, which had been quiet for a long time, finally became lively, and there were finally people on the empty streets.No matter how cold the weather is and how biting the wind is, it can't stop these suffocated people from walking around the streets.

On the street, officials passed by from time to time.It's just a strange phenomenon that most of these officials headed in the same direction, and finally converged on one street.

Looking at those sedan chairs lined up in front of one of the mansion gates, they all lined up almost to the end of the street. The length of the line was very spectacular, and the people who passed by all looked sideways at it.

These people and their companions didn't dare to stop and watch, they just talked and sighed in a low voice as they walked: "Wow, what are they doing? If you don't know, you would think this is the Forbidden City!"

"That's right, there was no such situation here before!"

"Don't you know? Look where they are lined up, it's Wen's mansion!"

"What Wen's mansion, is the Minister of Rites, Wen Tiren and Mrs. Wen? Why is it so lively?"

"It seems that you only know how to hold your mother-in-law at home these days? Mr. Wen has been promoted, and now he is the chief assistant of Ming Dynasty, and..."

"The restaurant is just ahead, come, come, let's go to the restaurant!" Someone saw the sign in front, his eyes lit up, and he greeted immediately.

There is a big difference between the capital and other places, that is, ordinary people like to talk about political affairs, or are very interested in political affairs.If anyone goes out and meets acquaintances, he will feel ignorant and lose face if he doesn't make a fool of himself.

In today's Ming Dynasty, this kind of atmosphere of talking about political affairs has long been spread.But in other places, it is still limited to scholars.Among them, there is the credit of the famous Donglin party members. Before changing, not many people would be so interested in the court situation and political affairs.

When these people entered the restaurant, they found that the business of the restaurant was surprisingly good.It was almost full, and at every table, there were familiar friends of three or five, chatting about the current situation while drinking and eating.

This restaurant may be close to Wen's residence, so the drinkers at many tables started from a long line of sedan chairs and expressed their opinions.

"It's really unexpected. When the martial law was lifted in the blink of an eye, it turned out that the chief assistant had been changed. What's even more rare is that the minister of the Ministry of Rites became the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty after he directly entered the cabinet. Tsk tsk! No wonder there are so many visitors in front of the door. Officer!"

This person's tablemate listened, with that expression on his face that you are too ignorant, holding chopsticks in his hand, shaking the previous person and saying: "You don't know yet, the emperor even recommended Wen Shoufu to directly recommend cabinet ministers." Do you understand, this is the key point, in the future, Wen Shoufu must have the final say in the cabinet, it would be strange if there are no officials to curry favor!"

Someone at the next table heard it, turned around and interjected: "There is a fart for flattery. Wen Shoufu has never let anyone in. They all got shut up, and no one came! Otherwise, there is such a long line. ?”

"This is not good, if you don't give face, if you offend your colleagues, if the emperor has a small opinion about the chief assistant later, you will definitely be attacked by the crowd, and there will be no one to speak up for him. Would not it be……"

These words seemed to have touched many people's itches, and someone immediately replied: "You don't understand this, the chief assistant is going to be a lonely minister..."

Before he finished speaking, someone's voice covered him immediately and interrupted his speech: "Everyone, everybody, you say this because you don't understand our current emperor too much!"

"You understand? Did you come from the palace?"

"Can you say one more thing?"

"..."

Well, I almost got into a fight while talking, and after everyone persuaded me, the man began to break the news: "You don't know, during the court meeting a few days ago, the emperor issued an order to increase the court's tax revenue, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty Wen Shoufu let the emperor satisfy……"

"Hey, this treacherous minister wants to search for the people's fat and anointment, and the emperor is also..."

The whistleblower was interrupted by him, and couldn't help glaring and shouted: "Shut up, do you know why the emperor wants to increase taxes? At that time, no one in the civil and military courts dared to say that this is a search for people's fat and people's anointing, and you are the only one?"

Upon hearing this, some people became curious, and immediately asked the reason with a humble attitude.

So, the man told them all the things the emperor said, nothing more than military pay, refugees, etc. There is a rare saying that the tax that the court said was collected from the people and used by the people.

Many people were thoughtful after hearing this, but some whispered: "Who knows, maybe the money will be collected, and then the court will be fed again!"

"Huh? Haven't you heard of it, or haven't had time to visit the Meridian Gate? There are two heads hanging there. Do you know who they are? Yuan Chonghuan, the former governor of Jiliao, and Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, are they worth enough? "

(End of this chapter)