Daming: My brother-in-law is Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 154 The gentry are obedient, the number one minister of Ming Dynasty!

Tianqi was also surprised by this.

Qian Longxi felt a little sad.

Because he once said before the emperor that Xia Yunyi can only be regarded as the number one cruel official.

Therefore, he didn't want to see that Xia Yunyi's Suizhou would be really good.

However, the small village in Suizhou that he is passing by now seems to be "living and working in peace and contentment". Why doesn't this make him feel sad?
Tian Qi himself had a rare smile on his face: "I finally saw so much cooking smoke."

"Yes! I seem to have smelled the aroma of rice."

Sun Chengzong also said with a smile, and said: "On this way, Suizhou has only seen so many villages with cooking smoke!"

Tianqi nodded: "It seems that the New Deal is not impossible to implement."

Zhang Gui also said: "What Your Majesty said is that the key still depends on the person."

But Qian Longxi remained silent.

It just so happened that at this moment, Qian Longxi who observed the surrounding environment most seriously suddenly found that there were many refugees in the woods in front of him, all of them were in rags, and many children were still naked.

"Why are there no refugees?"

When Qian Longxi discovered the treasure, he hurriedly asked a question, and pointed excitedly at the place where a large number of refugees gathered: "Your Majesty! Look at the woods over there, there are many refugees, even more than Yongcheng." !"

"No way? Could it be that Xia Yunyi is colluding with the local gentry to exploit the common people?"

Zhu Guozuo, the second assistant, asked a question first, and then walked over.

Tian Qi also squinted his eyes and looked over and said: "There are indeed many refugees, but why are they hiding in the woods?"

Qian Longxi took a look at Zhang Gui and said, "Maybe someone wants to cover it up, because they learned the news that His Majesty is going to Suizhou in advance, so they don't let the refugees gather on the road, and send some people to make trouble in the village." Create a false appearance of living and working in peace and contentment, in order to deceive His Majesty."

Sun Chengzong didn't say a word.

He no longer dared to draw conclusions easily.

After all, Wu Xing hit him too hard.

But Tian Qi asked Sun Chengzong: "Mister, do you think Xia Yunyi will be this person?"

Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to believe that Xia Yunyi is not such a person, and no longer be like most Qingliu, who are prejudiced against him who came from Juren and was recommended by his relatives!"

Tianqi nodded after listening.

Zhang Gui said at this time: "Your Majesty, I think it's better to call those refugees here for questioning."

Tianqi ordered people to send some refugees.

Not long after, Jin Yiwei brought a few refugees over.

Tian Qi personally asked a refugee named Gao Zenghe: "Where are you from?"

Gao Zenghe replied: "The grass people belong to Yongcheng."

"It turned out to be from Yongcheng."

Tian Qi said something to himself.

Then, Tianqi asked the first-class people again: "Where are you from?"

"In Yongcheng."

"What about you?"

"In Yongcheng."

"You?"

"Yongcheng!"

"Are there any from Suizhou?!"

After Tianqi asked around, he asked aloud.

After a while, no one answered.

And because of this, Tian Qi glanced at Qian Longxi.

Qian Longxi's complexion gradually froze, and he slandered: "How come there are no local people from Suizhou?"

Zhu Guozuo said: "It seems that these refugees are all from Yongcheng, we misunderstood Xia Zhizhou."

Zhang Gui nodded: "So you can't think of a villain. As a gentleman, you should first think of the good side of people."

Hearing this, Qian Longxi felt a little uncomfortable.

But Sun Chengzong breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: "Fortunately, I didn't rashly prejudice Xia Yunyi this time, otherwise, I don't know where to put my face."

"Why are you in the woods?"

Tianqi asked these refugees again.

Gao Zenghe, a refugee, replied first: "There are a lot of wild vegetables in the forest, and there are also a lot of bark. The ones on the side of the road have not been picked, and they have been peeled!"

Only then did Tian Qi and the others realize that the trees beside the official road had indeed lost their bark, and the road along the road was also bare.

Immediately, the emperor and his ministers, who were usually well-clothed and well-fed, realized why the refugees all went to the forest.

"It seems that the locals don't eat wild vegetables."

Tian Qi said something.

Sun Chengzong also said: "That is to say, the people in Suizhou are very prosperous, and they don't eat wild vegetables and bark for a living. It seems that Xia Yunyi really governs well."

"Go to Suizhou City immediately!"

Tian Qi immediately gave an order.

Immediately, Tian Qi and his party continued on their way to Suizhou City.

And on the way.

Tian Qi and his team still saw many refugees, but they found that the closer the city was to Suizhou, the more local officials in Suizhou organized these refugees to go to a fixed place to receive porridge, take a bath, and accept government registration. .

"They are actually distributing cotton coats to the refugees!"

Sun Chengzong seemed to have discovered some wonder, and couldn't help but speak first.

At this time, Zhang Gui said: "Your Majesty, the cotton coats in Xishan are currently unsalable and worthless. The Suizhou government has also ordered tens of thousands of cotton cloths in bulk in the name of the government for use in relief. The cotton coats they distribute now must be Because of this."

After hearing this, Tian Qi said: "It's rare to be so."

"Yes, at least it shows that the government treasury of Suizhou has a surplus, and it can directly distribute clothes to the refugees to keep out the cold! This way, we are doing it here."

Sun Chengzong sighed.

After about half an hour, Tianqi arrived in Suizhou City.

Because everything was kept simple, Xia Yunyi did not organize the people to carry the road on the loess, nor did he disperse the people along the street, but only brought a group of officials and gentry to greet them outside the ten-mile long pavilion.

When he saw Xia Yunyi, Sun Chengzong was the first to smile, and now his affection for Xia Yunyi has doubled.

The same is true for Tian Qi, who asked Xia Yunyi with a smile: "How is the implementation of the New Deal in Suizhou?"

Xia Yunyi cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I dare not lie. Now that Suizhou has implemented the new policy, the treasury has indeed achieved a surplus, and the people are not hungry. As a result, the population has increased, and the taxes and food handed over to the court have also increased."

"Take me to see."

Tian Qi asked Xia Yunyi to bring him to the treasury first.

Soon, Tian Qi saw a lot of new granaries in the treasury, and asked Xia Yunyi: "How much grain is there?"

"There are more than 26 shi."

Xia Yunyi replied.

"so much?!"

Tian Qi was surprised.

Sun Chengzong was also surprised.

"Returning to Your Majesty, because [-]% of the land in Suizhou has been owned by the gentry, and now after the implementation of the New Deal, most of the taxes and grains are collected from the gentry, so a lot of taxes and grains have been increased, and a proportion of them will be kept in the state government. After the treasury, the treasury naturally has a lot of surplus."

Xia Yunyi replied.

Tianqi nodded after hearing this, and then looked at Zheng Shanwei and the gentry: "You are also willing to accept such a new deal, no complaints?"

Zheng Shanwei and the gentry all looked at each other without speaking.

Seeing this understanding, Tianqi said: "It's okay, the speaker is innocent, you can speak your mind, and I won't blame you!"

Zheng Shanwei thought for a while and said first: "Return to Your Majesty! Your ministers can be rich because of the grace of the country. Now that the imperial court implements new policies for the revival of the Ming Dynasty, the ministers are naturally willing, not to mention paying for food, even if they sacrifice their families for the country, they are willing! "

After hearing this, Sun Chengzong sighed in his heart: "This is what I think of as a gentry, and he should have the consciousness of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country!"

In fact, Zheng Shanwei said this now because he was really scared by Xia Yunyi. After all, those who dared to oppose the New Deal were dealt with. The gentry who are still alive are very shrewd. The slightest dissatisfaction.

Qian Qianyi was very dissatisfied when he heard this, and said in his stomach, "How can you say that? Doesn't this new policy disturb the people? Doesn't it violate the ancestral precept of treating scholars and bureaucrats well?!"

Here, Tian Qi asked Xia Yunyi again: "Didn't you say that your Suizhou has suffered a severe drought this year? Why did I come today and found that the entire Suizhou is still full of harvests, which is very different from Yongcheng, which also suffered from severe drought? "

Xia Yunyi replied: "Your Majesty, it is all because of the concerted efforts of the people of Suizhou that they overcame the drought and ensured a bumper harvest this year."

At this time, Sun Chengzong took the initiative to ask for instructions: "Your Majesty, I want to hear how Xia Zhizhou did it?"

Tian Qi nodded, and then instructed Xia Yunyi: "Answer your doubts to Elder Ge!"

"Yes!"

After Xia Yunyi agreed, he said: "Return to Your Majesty, I asked the gentry to donate food, and the common people contributed to increase a few canals, thus overcoming the drought."

Sun Chengzong asked: "Is it just the gentry donating?"

Xia Yunyi replied: "Yes!"

"They really want to?"

Tian Qi followed up with a question.

Zheng Shanwei hurriedly asked for credit at this time: "Your Majesty! Of course I am willing to wait!"

Tian Qi asked again: "Why are you willing?"

"Because Xia Zhizhou will give us honor cards for disaster relief households, we are willing to exchange food for this honor that belongs to the whole family."

Zheng Shanwei did not explicitly say that Xia Yunyi and others forcibly granted the honor of the honorable households for disaster relief. In order to make the emperor happy, he said against his will that these people actively donated food for the sake of honor.

After hearing this, Tianqi was full of disbelief, and only asked Sun Chengzong: "Do you think it is credible, sir?"

Sun Chengzong was willing to believe it, and he laughed sincerely, and said: "Your Majesty, a gentleman means profit, and a villain means righteousness. I have to admit that Xia Zhizhou is the real gentleman, not Wu Xing, a hypocritical villain. The reason why Wu Xing failed to implement the New Deal is because he talked about benefits with the gentry and went astray from the beginning, instead of giving honor to the gentry and guiding them with righteousness like Xia Zhizhou, so that the government is smooth and the people are harmonious! Now it seems , you have to see everything to see the truth, the minister was wrong in the past, Xia Zhizhou is the most capable minister of my Ming Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)