As soon as Ren Yong heard what his son said, he looked at his wife Ruiya and asked, "Is there such a good thing?"
Then, Ren Yonggang said to Ren Aiming: "What do you know? The emperor hopes that you will be successful, so he gives you books and examination papers! If I had someone to give you these back then, it would be my husband now!"
Ren Aiming asked with tears in her eyes: "But if this happens, will I no longer have time to play?"
“You can do it while playing.”
Ren Yonggang said.
Ruiya looked at these papers and said with a smile: "They are from Xingming Academy. They are difficult to buy outside. It is said that only the children of noble clans can use such papers."
"The emperor is really wise. He knows that giving gold and silver to ordinary people like us is not as good as giving some points to help us have a chance to make a difference."
Ren Yonggang started to praise him at this time.
"You are all in the same group!"
Ren Aiming only complained this sentence at this time.
Ren Yonggang glared at his son: "You bastard, if anyone in the world doesn't join the emperor, wouldn't it be considered a rebellion?"
Ren Aiming pursed his lips, then took out a bundle of silver coins from his sleeve: "I was also rewarded with gold and silver."
"You don't need it, just give it to me and I'll save it for you to use for your future wife."
Ren Yonggang glared, and as he spoke, he took the silver reward from his son's hand.
Ren Aiming gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"
"The Emperor is passing by our place, come out and take a look!"
"The Emperor is here, come out quickly!"
At this time, the shouts of many neighboring military households came from outside.
Ren Yonggang and Ruiya hurriedly ran out after hearing this.
Aiming was left sulking in the room.
Zhu Yijun did pass by here in a car at this time, and also collected a few more cars of gifts from the people before leaving.
Therefore, after seeing the emperor's car, Ren Yonggang couldn't help but said to Ruiya:
"When Aiming has a holiday, let's go south for some fun."
"You go back to your hometown and have a look. I will also go to Qingjiangpu to see Lao Wangtou and my old friends who used to work with me. Wherever the emperor goes, we will also follow him."
"We can't make so many years of money in vain. It's still boring if we don't go have fun and let Lao Wangtou see how good our life is now."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Ruiya replied with a smile.
…
Zhu Yijun also said to the queen here: "Let's go to your hometown first and give you, the queen, a chance to worship your ancestors at home."
"I thank you, Your Majesty."
The queen smiled and stood up and bowed in reply.
Queen Du's hometown is in a village at the intersection of Liuli River and Huliang River not far from Xingzhou Zhongwei.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun proposed that the queen return to her hometown to pay homage to her ancestors and visit her relatives.
For Queen Du, this is naturally something to be happy about.
After all, being able to return to his hometown as a middle palace can be regarded as a glorious return to his hometown.
Zhu Yijun then asked Princess Rongyi: "How did you and your mother go to inspect the girls' school? Are the daughters of military families interesting to get along with?"
"My daughter thanks her father for them!"
Princess Rongyi also stood up and bowed to Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Why do you want to thank me for them?"
"Because it is because of His Majesty's new policies and new etiquette that they now no longer need to bind their feet, can study in school and practice martial arts, and can make many friends without being locked in a room."
After Princess Rongyi said that, she said: "Rongyi himself should also thank his father. Without his father, Rongyi can only stay in the palace and learn the rules now, and it is impossible to come out to meet them."
Zhu Yijun smiled slightly after hearing this: "Although I brought this to you, whether you can keep these rights depends on you."
Princess Rong Yi nodded.
Zhu Yijun looked outside. Outside, there was still a steady stream of people following the emperor's car, even though his car was far away from the Acropolis.
Because like Ren Yonggang, many people simply decided to travel south with the emperor while the emperor was on tour to the south.
Among these people were literati, monks and Taoists, so-called knights, as well as famous prostitutes who still did not want to marry commoners because they could no longer make a name for themselves in brothels, and even commoners with families.
Although they were chasing the emperor's itinerary like the star chasers of later generations, waiting at places where the emperor must pass through, they also had the intention of traveling with the emperor.
Because no matter what, traveling with the emperor's southern tour team is naturally the safest and has more profit opportunities.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun saw many civilians accompanying him at this time.
As for why so many people choose to follow the emperor to travel to the south instead of making money or doing their own things.
Do not ask.
Asking means having money.
In today's prosperous Wanli era, the prices of food and other necessities are very low. In addition, everyone's tax burden has been greatly reduced, so naturally there are many people who have leisure time.
Some people therefore devoted all their attention to traveling with the emperor, and even paid a high price to inquire about the emperor's itinerary, or hired someone to predict the emperor's itinerary at a high price.
Even when the queen wanted to return to her hometown to worship her ancestors, someone made accurate predictions based on her itinerary.
There are also literati who write travel notes while following the Holy Driver.
At this time, the scholar Xu Youmian asked several Korean slaves to take turns to carry him behind the holy driver. At the same time, he wrote various experiences about his travels with the holy driver while resting in the shop. Because of his good literary talent, he provoked more people. After seeing it, people also followed.
Zhu Yijun did not stop him from doing so. Anyway, this was considered as sharing the joy with the people.
"Tell me, why doesn't His Majesty take the boat?"
And soon, because the scholars and common people were very concerned about the emperor's southern tour itinerary, they also noticed that the emperor only used boats to transport various supplies, but did not use boats to patrol the south.
On this day, Xu Shimian, a scholar who accompanied the driver, took the initiative to ask about his friends on the boat.
"Because the emperor did not want to imitate Emperor Yang of Sui and build a giant boat, and wanted to see the living conditions of the common people more closely."
Among Xu Shimian's friends, Xiong Tingbi, a friend who admired Zhu Yijun very much, answered this question with a smile.
At that time, another friend of his, Yuan Zhongdao, said with a smile: "Fei Bai's words are reasonable, but there is actually another reason, that is, the emperor of this dynasty has never been suitable to stand on the water, but is only suitable to be down-to-earth and benefit the people." Things."
When Yuan Zhongdao said this, everyone in the group nodded.
Zhu Yijun did continue to do things to benefit the people on land.
Because Zhu Yijun received too much chicken, duck, and fish as gifts from the people during his trip, and he couldn't finish them all, and many of them were not salted, so he ordered that the chicken, duck, and fish meat that should not be stored for too long be distributed to Working as a boat puller along the river, as an added benefit to contributing to the emperor's southern tour.
Although the Ming Dynasty is very prosperous now, there are still many fiber workers.
Because water transportation is still very busy, and many people are used to doing this work. Moreover, even though the world is rich, there are still people who live in poverty, either because the family has a large population, or because they are located in a remote location and do not want to I emigrate overseas, so there are still people who work hard.
Xu Shimian, Yuan Zhongdao, Xiong Tingbi and other scholars who took the initiative to follow the emperor to study south soon saw many fiber workers in Linqing Prefecture lining up to receive various types of meat, grain and oil after boarding the ship and landing under the pro-military guard organization. scene.
"It is truly a gift from the people, and it benefits the people. The virtue of the emperor of this dynasty can be seen in the sun and the moon!"
Xiong Tingbi sighed at this time.
Yuan Zhongdao also nodded solemnly and said: "Although it is not a great favor, you can still see his love for the people. Your Majesty can be called the Holy Lord and the Benevolent King. It is our blessing to be able to meet the Holy King in this era."
Xu Shimian also followed up and said: "If you can witness this scene with your own eyes, the red sun rising in the morning glow and the bright moon hanging over the east mountain will be intoxicating! You should worship this scene, for such an emperor Pay homage!"
After Xu Shimian said this, all the scholars accompanying him started to bow to Zhu Yijun's chariot.
"I made a decision!"
Xiong Tingbi even said something at this time, and looked at his close friends who were scholars:
"I have decided not to travel with you! I will go back to my hometown to study hard and try to climb the Dragon Gate as soon as possible. The most rare thing in a person's life is to meet a prosperous age, and the even rarer thing is to have a wise king. Now I have both. , How can you spend your time admiring spring and singing autumn when you are really serving in the temple?!"
Xiong Tingbi said, cupping his hands and saying, "Farewell!"
Then, Xiong Tingbi straightened his chest and headed west.
"rational!"
Yuan Zhongdao nodded, and then followed him: "Brother Fei Bai, I will go back and study hard with you!"
"And me! I also want to go back and stop playing."
…
Zhu Yijun didn't know that he showed some kindness to the people, but it also inspired some scholars who still cherished their family, country and world to ignite their fighting spirit.
He then only continued to go south, and was close to Qufu, where the residence of Yanshenggong Confucius was located.
At this time, the Kong family in Qufu was holding a meeting because the emperor was coming.
Kong Shangxian, the Duke of Yan Sheng, took the initiative to say to all the people in the Kong family:
"The Holy Master is coming now, and he may come to our Kongfu Mansion. If he sees that we are enshrining the tablet sealed by the Yuan Lord, it will not be a good thing!"
"So, I'm calling you here now to discuss whether we should temporarily take out the tablets sealed by Ming Ji Taizu and use them in the temple to avoid making Long Yan angry?"
"Today, there are only three aristocratic families in the world, namely our Shandong Kong family, Jiangxi Zhang family, and the Fengyang Zhu family. But although the Fengyang Zhu family is a royal family, they are just the descendants of thieves! Use the memorial tablet sealed by the Zhu family, It’s really an insult to our ancestors!”
Kong Shangtan, a student of Taipei University, first expressed his opinion at this time.
Kong Shangli, another cousin of Kong Shangxian, also echoed: "That's right, what's more, the Yuan leader was granted the title of king, and the Zhu family only granted the title of duke. Now they suddenly changed the title of king to duke. It is really a shame for the ancestors! So, I think , this tablet cannot be changed!"
"Can't change!"
"If you change it, you will be sorry for your ancestors!"
Many Kong family members followed suit.
(End of chapter)
