The emperor's gift of royal meals is a very rare favor for ordinary people and even ordinary ministers, but for Gao Pragmatic, it is quite common. But since Zhu Yijun had something to do with him, he finished eating as quickly as possible and then went to see him.
When I saw Zhu Yijun, I saw him pacing in the room, looking quite anxious.
Gao Pingshi was a little surprised, and stepped forward and bowed, saying, "The emperor summoned his ministers to come here for something."
When Zhu Yijun saw him, he immediately showed joy, stepped forward and grabbed Gao Pingshi's arm, and waved to the young eunuchs beside him, "You guys step aside first." The young eunuchs quickly bowed and left, leaving only Chen Ju beside him. .
Zhu Yijun looked at Gao Pragmatic with a smile, "It's not an urgent matter. I mainly want you to go out with me for a walk."
Gao pragmatic stayed for a while and said, "Go out for a walk and go somewhere?"
When Zhu Yijun saw his appearance, his face suddenly fell and he said displeasedly, "At the beginning of this year, I also went to Tianshou Mountain, but that time I paid homage to the mausoleum with the empress dowagers of the two palaces, so I couldn't move freely. How are you now? It’s easy to get the chance to be alone, why can’t I just be surrounded by these people all day long and not be able to see anything I want to see?”
Gao Pragmatic frowned slightly, "The emperor means that there seems to be some hidden concerns about the safety of the White Arowana suit."
Zhu Yijun glanced at him, "If there are any concerns about safety, I didn't say that I wanted to be like Emperor Wuzong. I just walked around the palace. Why is it not safe?"
"How many guards does this emperor bring?" Gao pragmatically said, "I don't know martial arts. If something happens, I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect him properly."
Then this was basically a compromise. Zhu Yijun suddenly laughed and stopped pretending to call himself me. He smiled and said, "I don't bring guards. Didn't you bring servants? Just bring a few of them and we'll just pretend... , you might as well stop pretending, you are still a high-ranking scholar, as for me, do you have any brothers, I can just pretend to be one."
Gao pragmatic glanced at Zhu Yijun. His face was originally a Chinese character, but because he had always had some baby fat, he looked a bit round, making him look younger. So Gao pragmatically said, "I have a powerful family. My second brother, Gao Wuguan, is less than two years younger than me. Your Majesty can temporarily take over."
Zhu Yijun was overjoyed and patted Gao Jingshi on the shoulder, "Okay, okay, now you are my eldest brother. Let's go to your place to change clothes first. My clothes have the wrong emblem, and my clothes will be exposed when I wear them. Fortunately, our bodies are not very different." Duo, please lend me a set of clothes to wear first."
That is, if your clothes are embroidered with various five-clawed dragons, if you wear them alone and walk on the street, you will probably be arrested and brought to see the official in less than an hour.
Gao Pragmatic secretly thought that taking the emperor for a stroll was not a good job. Safety was only one aspect. This was the Imperial Manor after all, and now that the accompanying Beijing camp was stationed nearby, there would be no chance of encountering thieves like I did back then. But the key is what he wants to see in Huangzhuang
However, after all, Gao Pragmatic was not a native official, and he did not regard the emperor's incognito as a treason. Since safety was not a problem, he just agreed to visit the imperial palace.
Chen Ju immediately made arrangements, saying that the emperor would go to the courtyard where Gao Xiuzuan lived and discuss the memorial speech with Gao Xiuzuan. Several people immediately rushed to Gao Xiuzan's small courtyard.
Gao Jingshi asked Gao Mo to bring out several sets of his own clothes for Zhu Yijun to choose from. He also took off his official uniform and changed into a navy blue Taoist robe and a handkerchief, dressed like a young scribe.
Zhu Yijun also chose a set of Taoist robes, but they were moon white. It was convenient for Chen Ju. He had his own ordinary clothes, but at this time he did not dare to dress at the same level as Zhu Yijun, so he had to find a brown straight dress to change into.
Gao Jingshi called Gao Mo, Cao Ke and Hou Gongchen, and asked Gao Mo to arrange for several servants from the Internal Affairs Department to follow him secretly, and then took Zhu Yijun out.
When he came out of the courtyard of Huangzhuang, Gao pragmatically asked, "Where is the emperor going?"
Zhu Yijun glanced at Chen Ju and said, "I've always heard Ke Dao officials say something bad about Huangzhuang. I want to see what the situation is like in Huangzhuang." He then said pragmatically to Gao, "By the way, you have been compiling the ceremony recently. , we can know the origin of Huangzhuang.”
Gao pragmatically said, "The origin of Huangzhuang is as early as when Chengzu was King of Yan, he owned Wangzhuang in Huangfan, Dongzhuangying and other places in Wanping, Yanjing. After Chengzu ascended the throne, he renamed the Wangzhuang he owned in Beijing According to historical records, the capital of Huangzhuang was moved to Beiping, and Wanping was promoted to the capital county. Then there was an imperial edict to return Huangzhuang to Wanping, and a warehouse was built on the land, so it was named Huangcangyun.
However, Huangzhuang officially appeared in the eighth year of Tianshun. The land that was submerged in Cao Jixiang was used as the farmland in the palace, and the name Huangzhuang came from this. In the second year of Emperor Xiaozhi's reign, there were five imperial villages in Jinei, covering a total area of more than 12,800 hectares. By the time of Zhengde, the development of Huangzhuang was faster, and Emperor Wuzong came to the throne. Within a month, seven Huangzhuangs were built, which later increased to more than 300. It is useless for kings and relatives to ask for petitions and seize people's fields. In the ten years from the 18th year of Hongzhi to the 8th year of Zhengde, a total of 33 imperial villages were built, covering a total area of 37,595 hectares and 46 acres. "
Zhu Yijun looked at Chen Ju again and asked, "How many hectares does the imperial village have now?"
Chen Ju is the handprint of the Royal Horse Supervisor. The Royal Horse Supervisor not only manages part of the capital camp, but also manages the Huangzhuang, Huangdian, Caochang, etc., so Zhu Yijun has this question.
"About 50,000 hectares." Chen Ju lowered his head and replied.
"One hectare is one hundred acres, fifty thousand hectares, that is, five million acres." Zhu Yijun asked Gao pragmatically again, "Mr. Gao checked the acres in the past few years and found out that the total cultivated land in our country's two capitals and thirteen provinces is about 800 million acres. , now the Imperial Village has five million acres, which is not a large proportion. Why do some censors say it is so unbearable? "
Not long ago, Gao pragmatic was compiling the land and acres system. Hearing this, he said: "In February of the first year of Zhengde, Wang Jing, the censor of the governor's capital, asked for the removal of Huangzhuang, but there was no edict. The courtiers discussed it and all advocated its removal. University scholar Liu Jian and others made suggestions It is said that if the officials in charge of the village use their power to bully the common people, their duties will exceed the normal quota. What's more, the officials and schools they lead are like hungry wolves, causing great disturbance to the people, even squandering their property and children, and causing complaints to the ground. , fled all over the road. Thieves were rampant inside and outside the capital, and it was also because of this.
However, Duke Wenmin of Xia said in the book that since our ancestors, everything in the palace has its own rules and regulations, so why not fail to fulfill your wishes within the nine layers of the palace? Gu Ke surrendered the dignity of ten thousand chariots and joined a common man, in order to invade the land and acres of property, humiliate the nobles of officials and pots, and mingled with Lu Yan in order to compete for the advantage of promotion. How can it be used to show the world and teach future generations?"
"You remember clearly." Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "But I doubt very much that my five-million-acre imperial estate can really cause such great harm."
Gao pragmatically said, "But Your Majesty, the imperial estates are all concentrated near the capital, not to mention the capital. How many fields are there in the entire Beizhili? Before the Qing Dynasty, the yellow list was about 81 million acres. After the Qing Dynasty, it happened to be Very soon, about five million acres were added, making it 86 million acres. This means that even for the entire Northern Zhili, one of every seventeen acres is an imperial village, and if only Looking around the capital, the ratio is about one acre for every five or six acres of land is an imperial village."
