At this time, Zhu Youxiao saw that the crowd outside Chengtian Gate was so large that it seemed so dense that even a needle could not penetrate.
This made him raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
There were indeed many people coming and they were very enthusiastic.
Many people even brought local rare treasures with them, intending to present them to their beloved emperor.
Because they truly felt that during the more than forty years of the Tianqi Dynasty, their material and spiritual lives had been greatly improved.
They knew that this was not only related to his hard work, but also to the current emperor.
After all, they were very diligent when the previous emperor was in power, even much more diligent, but they were not as wealthy as they had been in the past forty years.
Therefore, some people carry pangolins, some people hold ginseng stained with soil, some people carry rhinoceros skins, tiger skins, and crocodile skins on their backs, and some people directly lead iron-eating beasts, and even some people ride big horses. The elephant came.
But because there were too many people, these people moved very slowly, as if everyone was frozen.
If there were an assassin at this time, it would be difficult to even raise his hand and raise his gun to aim at Zhu Youxiao.
The voices were also very noisy. Some were waving to say hello to Zhu Youxiao and shouting something. However, because of their different accents and different contents, every time a sound was uttered, the vibration wave generated seemed to be suddenly blown by another person. The vibration waves were canceled out, so that everyone's voices were blocked.
Standing on the Chengtian Gate, Zhu Youxiao couldn't hear clearly what everyone said.
At this moment, Geng Zhiyuan really wanted to shout out his wish to reform the imperial court to His Majesty the Emperor, who was very close at hand, but he knew that his voice would also be offset.
He also knew that there were many people between him and the emperor, and these people would be obstacles that he could not eliminate.
Geng Zhiyuan felt very desperate about this.
"Long live the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty, thank you for allowing me, old man, to not starve to death more than forty years ago. Now I have a whole family and have not cut off the incense of my ancestors! Woo woo!"
"Your Majesty, I want to ask why you don't have to pay the emperor's rations now. If you don't pay the emperor's rations, what will you eat? Isn't it because you are really a god and don't need to eat anymore?"
"Your Majesty, this is my new rice. It's delicious. Try it, but I don't know who hands it to you. Hehe."
"Your Majesty, you are so soft-spoken. What those officials and newspaper writers say may not be true. No matter how poor the performance of the factory is, it is still our workers' own factory. But if we really sell the factory to them, then It’s not our factory anymore! As the saying goes, no matter how hard life is, children only want to live with their parents, and we just want to work with you, the emperor!"
…
Although Zhu Youxiao, who was standing on the Chengtian Gate, could not hear everyone's words clearly, there were still many people in the crowd below actively speaking loudly.
There are smiling faces.
Some are even crying.
Others opened their mouths to Zhu Youxiao with serious faces to express their opinions.
Although Zhu Youxiao couldn't hear clearly, he seemed to understand what these people meant, so he asked the princes beside him: "Can you hear clearly the sound of any reforms now?"
Zhu Ciwei and other princes all shook their heads and said they couldn't hear it.
"So, this only shows that the voices for reform heard before are not the aspirations of all people, but can only represent some people!"
Zhu Youxiao said with a smile, and then asked the princes: "Tell me what you think after seeing this."
Zhu Ciwei first took a look at the sea of people outside and said: "Friendly! Each of them smiled very really, and the expressions they wore were very real. If an artist could paint this scene, it would be appreciated by my children. You see, if the painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival shows the grand occasion of the Northern Song Dynasty, then if you make a painting at this moment, it can show the prosperous times of the Qing Dynasty."
Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this: "You reminded me! Wang Cheng'en, sent an order to let the palace painter come here to paint the grand scene at this time."
"What I see is fear. There are too many people, so many that they can drown out all sounds, making it difficult to control."
Zhu Cican glanced at Zhu Ciwei and thought to himself: "What a grand scene this is!" Then he answered Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao just smiled slightly.
At this time, Zhu Cikai frowned and replied: "Father, I feel that the people are very disorderly and messy. There is no distinction between men and women, old and young. The butcher is staying with a few scholars, and the hunter who criticizes animal skins is actually with Confucian scholars holding books stand crowded together, what a rabble!"
…
While Zhu Youxiao was listening to the remarks of the princes, the ministers also looked at the sea of common people outside and started talking quietly.
"Mr. Wen, how do you feel about this?"
Liu Hongxun asked Wen Tiren about this.
Wen Tiren sighed: "My emperor has won the hearts of the people!"
"How can I see it?"
Liu Hongxun asked with a smile.
"If it were unpopular, so many people pouring into the capital today would not look like this. They would just be a bunch of chaotic people, like locusts crossing the border, grabbing and stealing whatever they see, and now they come with all kinds of rare treasures. , the business is in order, and a child can actually squeeze in the crowd with cakes to sell without being taken away, which fully shows what it means to have a solid warehouse and know etiquette, and to know honor and disgrace when you have enough food and clothing."
Wen Tiren replied.
"Sun actually saw a kind of power."
Sun Chuanting suddenly interjected at this time.
Liu Hongxun and Wen Tiren both turned around and looked at Sun Chuanting.
Lu Xiangsheng also looked at him and asked, "What power."
"The power of the common people!"
Sun Chuanting looked at these people and replied.
Then, he added: "This force can silence the voice of tens of thousands of people for reform without the need for a single soldier or bloodshed. It can make striking businessmen give up the strike and make striking students give up the strike." , even the nobles like you and me can only hide behind the Chengtian Gate now. Don’t you, gentlemen, feel that even if a large army appears now, it will be difficult to eliminate this force, and do you feel a little hairy in your heart because of this? "
Lu Xiangsheng nodded: "Lu has never been afraid of anything in his life, even when he was fighting with the enemy and facing death on the battlefield! Only today, some fear did well up in his heart. At this time, he can't I understand that people can carry a boat or capsize it. Now, where you and I are, isn't it like a ship traveling on the sea? If there is a wind and wave, won't the ship capsize and people die?!"
As Lu Xiangsheng spoke, he looked at Emperor Zhu Youxiao, who was standing in the center.
Other ministers also looked at Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao kept looking at the people outside, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Long live China!"
Looking excited.
The people below became even more agitated because of this, waving their hands and cheering enthusiastically. Although they could not hear clearly what Zhu Youxiao said, they knew that the emperor must have said what they liked to hear.
"It's getting late, go back to the palace! I also sent an order to the Supervisor of Ceremonies to distribute the stock of "Da Gao" and "Huang Ming Holy Instructions" to all the people for free in Jinyiwei. At the same time, more printing is required, as many raw materials as there are. Guards in brocade robes convey my decree to the common people and ask them to review it carefully. In half a month, I will come to Chengtianmen to select people for the exam!"
Zhu Youxiao suddenly gave instructions at this time.
7017k
