"Your Majesty, come and take a look!" Wang Chengen had been standing by the window. Suddenly, he felt a little surprised by the situation on the street outside the window, and turned to Emperor Chongzhen who was drinking tea.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little curious. If Wang Chengen wasn't much more experienced, how could something still surprise him?
Thinking this, he turned his head and looked out the window. I saw a grain truck on the street outside the window, filled with grain. However, there was no flag, and no one shouted that it was from a certain house.
This situation is indeed rare to see! Emperor Chongzhen thought in his mind and took a closer look at the grain cart.
The driver was probably a team of father and son, and they were all poorly dressed. It even seemed like the son's clothes had some dirt on them.
While Emperor Chongzhen was taking a closer look, Wang Chengen had already explained: "Your Majesty, this father and son should be butchers of pigs. Judging from the clothes of his son, they should be similar. It is very likely that his father is the shopkeeper and is dressed better. "
After his reminder, when Emperor Chongzhen looked again, it was indeed the case, and he couldn't help but agree in his heart that this father and son should not be the residence of a civil servant or military general, nor a royal noble, but just an ordinary butcher shop businessman. But it seems that they should be richer than ordinary people, and their business should be pretty good.
Emperor Chongzhen's measure of raising grain did indeed come from the millions of migrant workers in later generations who supported the frontline in the war of liberation. However, in the Ming Dynasty, he only used this idea to let those who received the imperial salary to borrow their surplus grain first. Just come out. Even those wealthy businessmen were supported by royal salaries, so it was his idea to let them lend their surplus grain.
However, for ordinary people, he never thought that they would also borrow it. Now I see ordinary people lending food. I don't know why, but I suddenly feel a little moved in my heart. A sentence flashes in my mind: Every time a dog is slaughtered for justice!
At this time, the father and son were caught in the motorcade of various governments beating gongs and drums, and seemed to be very unnoticed. However, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, it was the most attractive to him.
Of course, Emperor Chongzhen had no dissatisfaction with those who played gongs and drums. After all, it is reasonable and completely understandable that someone wants to make a name for themselves after lending so much food.
However, no matter what, relatively speaking, he was still shocked that ordinary people were willing to lend their surplus grain.
Emperor Chongzhen was watching. Suddenly, Wang Chengen sounded again with a slightly surprised voice: "Your Majesty, look over there again!"
Emperor Chongzhen heard the sound and looked around. He saw someone pushing a wheelbarrow walking downstairs not far away. They seemed to be a family of three.
There are piles of grain bags on the left and right sides of the wheelbarrow. The head of the family has a rope tied to the armrest hanging on his shoulder. He is still holding the armrest with both hands to control the balance. His wife and half-grown son are pulling the ropes in front. Just like that, he pushed a cart full of grain to the warehouse.
On their wheelbarrows there were only grain packets and no slogans.
This time, there was no need for Wang Chengen to explain. Emperor Chongzhen could naturally see that this family was not rich, and it was definitely related to people who received state salaries, but he still lent them food.
Looking up again, Emperor Chongzhen saw more than one wheelbarrow, and they were not necessarily husband and wife, brothers, father and son...
"Your Majesty, it seems that it was too early and everyone hadn't prepared the food yet." Wang Chengen looked out the window and praised, "Now the street is lively!"
Emperor Chongzhen ignored his flattery. He was a little shocked by the scene outside the window.
He stood up and looked out the window for a while. At this time, the convoys of those high-end mansions were like boats in the sea on the street, and they were all overwhelmed by the food delivery teams gathered by ordinary people.
After standing for a while, he immediately turned around and said at the same time: "Let's go down and take a look!"
He didn't know why, but he had an impulse in his heart to ask why they were willing to lend food if the emperor didn't force him to do so.
After a while, we arrived on the street downstairs. At this time, there were many people watching on both sides of the street. After the small car team became the mainstream of food delivery teams on the street, many people came out to watch the fun like Emperor Chongzhen, and there were even more people.
However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't have to worry about not having a seat to watch. The plainclothes factory guards of his own squeezed out the seats, giving Emperor Chongzhen an ideal position to watch all this.
When Emperor Chongzhen came to the street, there happened to be a family of three in a wheelbarrow. They stopped to rest next to him. Everyone was sweating profusely. The head of the family pushing the wheelbarrow said to his wife and son: " It’ll be there soon!”
Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen took two steps forward, approached them, and then asked with a hint of curiosity: "Why did you also lend food to the court?"
Hearing this, the three members of the family all looked over. They didn't know Emperor Chongzhen, but they thought he was a rich man. Therefore, the man pushing the cart smiled and said: "Didn't the emperor put up a notice saying that it was a good time to attack the Jianbu, but he was just short of food. This No, I was frightened by the lack of food in the past, so I usually saved a little food and sent it to the imperial court for construction!"
Emperor Chongzhen had already thought of this answer, so he asked further: "Aren't you worried about whether the court will repay the loan or not? Judging from your appearance, your family must not be rich, right?"
"Haha, if we don't believe the notice posted by the emperor, who should we believe?" The man replied with a smile. After a pause, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen and added, "Besides, it doesn't matter even if you don't return it. There is no food. You can earn more if you work harder, but you can’t miss the opportunity to build a kingdom."
"My grandpa and uncle's family were all killed by the Jianlu." The child next to him suddenly spoke and said to Emperor Chongzhen, "My father said that my family could not go to Liaodong to kill the Jianlu, but now the emperor has given the opportunity, we can If you contribute some effort to kill Jianlu, it doesn't matter if you run out of food!"
"Adults speak, children don't interrupt!" His mother heard this and scolded him, but there was no unhappy look on her face, and she even nodded when Emperor Chongzhen looked over.
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel emotional after hearing this. The saying goes that if you are successful, you will get a lot of help, but if you are not, you will get little help. This is the truth, right?
After hearing their conversation, another father and son from another family also stopped beside them to rest. At the same time, they wiped their sweat and interrupted: "No, we can't go to build captives. It's okay to donate some food to build captives." We finally did our part!”
Seeing this, it was quite lively, and other people came to watch. When they heard the conversation, they all followed suit.
"Yes, the imperial notice said that now is the time when Jianlu is half dead, so it is best to fight. If we don't take this opportunity to send troops, many imperial officers and soldiers will die!"
"The emperor said that this is a temporary loan of food. He will pay it back when the food from the south arrives. So what are you afraid of? The emperor never keeps his word!"
"Actually, it doesn't matter if I don't pay it back, at least I can do my part to defeat the Jianlu."
"..."
Just like this, there was a lot of discussion, and Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be very moved when he listened.
Their reasons are very simple, but how many can really do this? Looking around, do you see many scholars? How many dignitaries are there? Are their consciousness as high as that of ordinary people?
The people of the Ming Dynasty are like this, so why worry about the Ming Dynasty not being able to revive?
Thinking of these, Emperor Chongzhen became even more determined in his heart to seek more benefits for ordinary people. I will not let you down!
He was thinking when suddenly, the child just looked at him and asked: "Master, you look like you are very rich. How much grain did you lend to the court?"
Upon hearing this, the scene suddenly became quiet.
Seeing Emperor Chongzhen wandering the streets with his men, it didn't look like he was delivering food at all. Anyone who saw it would know this, that is, Tong Yanwuji was questioning him face to face.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but be startled and turned to look at the child. Seeing his eyes wide open, staring at her sincerely, waiting for the answer, I couldn't help but feel a little speechless.
To be honest, it’s true, I shouldn’t have borrowed any food...
Seeing Emperor Chongzhen like this, the child's mother quickly scolded her son: "I want you to talk too much!"
Everyone could see that when the man was asking the question, he was worried that he would not repay the borrowed food. He must have not borrowed the food. Asking him face to face would definitely be very embarrassing.
Wang Chengen watched all this and saw that the emperor seemed a little embarrassed, so he wanted to stand up and reprimand him to save the emperor's face.
However, at this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly asked with great surprise and a loud voice: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty? Are you... Your Majesty?"
After all, Emperor Chongzhen has appeared in public several times, the most recent one being the military parade years ago.
However, the number of people who can see the emperor clearly is still very limited, and most of the people can only see a figure.
Besides, they didn't expect that the emperor would pay a private visit incognito and just stand here talking to them. Therefore, even those who had seen the emperor's appearance did not recognize him immediately.
But just now Emperor Chongzhen became the focus of the audience, and the scene suddenly became quiet. Some people looked at Emperor Chongzhen carefully, and then looked at the people around him, and then they had uncertain questions.
As soon as they heard this voice, some people immediately looked more and more like it, and then asked doubtfully: "Really... is it really the emperor?"
Under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen was quite generous, nodding immediately and saying: "Haha, it's me!"
When Wang Chengen saw it, he immediately said: "Your Majesty is here, and you are still not polite!"
The eunuch's voice is very unique, and you can recognize it as soon as you hear it.
So, after he finished speaking, the scene suddenly became very quiet again!
