After hearing Lu You's question, Wang Qi turned his head to look at Lu You and nodded.
"His Majesty abolished the city gate tax in the second year of Hongwu. From then on, the people of the Ming Dynasty no longer need to pay the city gate tax when entering the city, and can enter and exit freely..."
Lu You was a little surprised.
"That's a huge amount of tax. Why don't you give it up if you don't want it? The Ming Dynasty is really rich!"
"The Ming Dynasty did not lack this small amount of tax revenue. The Ming Dynasty had more legitimate ways to collect taxes. It did not require the people to bear this part of the tax, so it was abolished."
Wang Qi smiled and said: "The Ming Dynasty abolished many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. This [a lot] is really a lot, not a fake lot. Your Majesty has compassion for the people and cares for the people, and it is not just talk."
Lu You was silent for a moment, nodded, and said nothing more.
Others can be reasonably doubted, after all, I have not seen it with my own eyes, but there is no need to doubt this kind of thing that I have seen with my own eyes.
Lu You sighed unconsciously and looked up, only to see Yu Yunwen looking at him with strange eyes.
His heart tightened, a stiff smile appeared on his face unconsciously, and he nodded to Yu Yunwen.
Yu Yunwen looked at him for a while and made no other moves, then withdrew his gaze and continued to watch the Ming City Gate Guards inspecting the belongings of the Southern Song Dynasty envoys.
It took about two sticks of incense to check. After the inspection, everything was normal and passable.
Chen Guangyuan smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Chen, for your cooperation. Everything is normal. You can enter the city."
Chen Kangbo smiled lightly and said: "It doesn't matter, we understand the rules of the country."
Chen Guangyuan laughed and didn't take it seriously. He led Chen Kangbo and others into Zhongdu City, and arranged for them to stay at Sihai Pavilion, the official diplomatic post of Zhongdu City managed by Honglu Temple.
Sihai Pavilion is located in the southeast of Zhongdu City, next to the business district, and close to the commercial street in the southeast of Zhongdu City. It is a large three-story building with a large area. There are more than 300 rooms in total, including single rooms, double rooms, and With a multi-person room of five or six people, it was effortless to arrange the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty.
After arranging the staff of Sihai Pavilion to handle the check-in of the Southern Song Dynasty envoys, Chen Guangyuan found Chen Kangbo.
He told Chen Kangbo that Su Yonglin would receive them in three days. During these three days, the Southern Song Dynasty envoys could have a good rest, recharge their batteries, and wash away their fatigue. If they had any needs, they could talk to Wang Qi, the director of Honglu Temple.
Accompanied by him and the staff of Sihai Pavilion, members of the Southern Song Dynasty envoys could go to any place open to the outside world in Zhongdu City without restrictions and without too many taboos.
He also specially introduced the commercial street near Sihai Pavilion.
"After Xin Qiji, the chief of the General Staff of the Ming Dynasty, went to Lin'an City in the Southern Dynasties, he never forgot about the bustling streets of Lin'an City. After this street became prosperous, Chief Xin went there several times and said that this street had quite the scene of Lin'an City in the Southern Dynasties. If you If you are interested, you can go and have fun, it’s best and most lively at night.”
Chen Kangbo nodded and expressed his gratitude.
Chen Guangyuan gave Wang Qi some instructions and then went to the palace to resume his duties, while Wang Qi stayed to continue handling the check-in affairs of the Southern Song Dynasty envoys.
After a whole day of running around and working hard, the people in the envoy were already hungry and exhausted by the sunset. Wang Qi quickly arranged their dinner and bathing. The group had dinner and took a bath. Then he went back to his room and went to sleep.
Even if you want to go out and travel in style, you can leave it after tomorrow. Anyway, there is still a lot of time, so it is better to go to bed today.
Chen Kangbo was very thoughtful, but he was already sixty-seven years old. This time he was tired from traveling and traveling as an envoy. After eating and bathing, he couldn't support his tired body and fell asleep in bed.
Yu Yunwen was also very thoughtful, but he was also fifty-four years old, and his energy was not as good as before. Under fatigue, he could not support himself to continue calculating, so he could only lie on the bed, and soon fell asleep.
Only Lu You was not yet forty years old, and his energy was still good. After eating, taking a shower, and returning to the room, he ate some fruits provided to them, then opened "Hongwu Political Treatise" and continued to study, thinking about it while reading. Everything I saw along the way.
After looking at it, he felt something in his heart. He took out the paper he carried and began to write down some thoughts and experiences.
He wrote about everything he saw along the way, and compared what he knew about the Southern Song Dynasty with what happened in the Ming Dynasty, and finally came to some conclusions that made him very helpless.
The failure of the Southern Song Dynasty to defeat the Ming Dynasty may not be an accidental phenomenon. It is not just the strength of the Ming army and the weakness of the Song army.
Maybe there are deeper reasons inside.
For example, the unity within the Ming Dynasty, etc...
Lu You kept writing, kept writing, and wrote until late at night. Only when he felt sleepy did he stop writing and go to bed.
Before closing his eyes, he was still thinking, if everything that happened in the Ming Dynasty was the same as what was said in "Hongwu Political Theory", then could the Southern Song Dynasty really defeat the Ming Dynasty?
Can a regime that is free of exploitation and oppression, has the wholehearted support of the people, and does not make any serious mistakes, really be defeated?
There is no organized armed force supervision on the huge construction site, and the workers can still eat meat. People do not need to pay city gate tax when entering and exiting the city. They can easily enter the city, and no one makes it difficult...
Can such a regime really be defeated?
Is it really possible to realize the Central Plains Strategy of the radical militant faction?
Lu You fell asleep with such doubts.
The night was very peaceful, and the Southern Song envoys slept soundly and soundly.
In the middle of the night, Wang Qi was called into the palace to see Su Yonglin.
When Wang Qi came to Su Yonglin's study, Su Yonglin was still dealing with state affairs. Wang Qi stood in the study and waited for a while, waiting for Su Yonglin to complete the request for a group of experienced grassroots instructors to come to support the Guanzhong area.
After approving the memorial in his hand, Su Yonglin let out a long sigh of relief. He looked at the high pile of completed state affairs on his right and the even higher pile of more pending state affairs on his left, and smiled helplessly. .
"Being an emperor and holding the power of the world requires such hard work. The state affairs will never be finished. A lot has been handled here, and more will come over there. You must handle it. If you don't handle it, it won't work. If you don't handle it, you won't be able to handle it. , the country will be in trouble."
Su Yonglin stood up and stretched, and then said: "How many times have I wanted to take a vacation for myself, but then I thought that taking advantage of the officials' holidays to deal with more state affairs, I might be able to get more rest time." , so I couldn’t help but deal with state affairs even on holidays. As a result, the more I dealt with it, the more I dealt with it, and there was no end in sight.”
Wang Qi smiled.
"Your Majesty works diligently and loves the people. Although you are tired, people in the world will definitely become more relaxed. The farmers will be able to have enough to eat without having to work so hard to survive."
When Su Yonglin heard this, he nodded and showed a slight smile.
"If this were not the case, it would be meaningless for me to work so hard. Well, if there is any news worth reporting along the way, please tell me."
Wang Qi, who worked part-time in the Skynet Army, nodded, and then told Su Yonglin everything he knew along the way. Su Yonglin nodded slowly after hearing this.
"In other words, among the three leaders, only Lu You showed signs of wavering. The other two are still die-hards and have never been moved?"
"It can be said like this."
Wang Qi said: "My subordinates think that except for Lu You, the other two people are looking at the Ming Dynasty with an attitude that they are unwilling to believe at all. They seem to not want to believe that the Ming Dynasty has really undergone huge changes, and they are becoming more and more powerful."
"People tend to only believe things they want to believe. For things they don't want to believe, even if the ironclad facts are in front of them, they will think that if you use a cover-up method again, you have arranged it in advance and everything is false."
Su Yonglin shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry about these people. These people will die for everything they suspect. They will not repent until the last moment of their lives. This is a superior person, a deep-rooted superior person." thinking.
What we have to do is to win over people like Lu You, people who can waver, doubt and believe. They are worthy of our further efforts. In fact, the impact of this pure ideal is greater than the fine works we bought in the Southern Song Dynasty. More to look forward to. "
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