golden scales

At the beginning of November of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Xiao Mo finally led the guards of the East Palace to retreat to the garrison of Longmen County at the south gate of Luoyang. After several vicious battles, Li Zicheng's army captured Ruzhou City, which made his heart ache.

According to the prince's order, Xiao Mo took away food and winter supplies, and left a lot of money.No one knew the consequences of this kind of partial inflation. Presumably it was impossible for Li Zicheng to bring a large amount of civilian supplies to Ruzhou in advance.The result can only be that Donggong spent money to buy prestige, leaving Li Zicheng a city full of soaring prices and complaints.

The same inflation was happening in Luoyang at the same time, just because the grain for the winter had already been collected in the granary, and Zhu Cihong's army could allocate grain from the east of Henan, so the impact on people's livelihood was not very great.On the contrary, because of the bubble in Diyin, Luoyang looks a little prosperous, and even the business of brothels and restaurants has improved a lot.

Zhu Cihong originally planned to leave Luoyang before the ground bubble exploded, leaving the Liao family behind to inherit the anger of the people.He even thought about compensation to the Liao family, let them choose a piece of good land in Shandong, and live a good life without worrying about food and clothing for three generations.However, it turns out that he did not study economics after all, and completely underestimated the market bubble.

Even after investing a lot of land quotations, the big households in Luoyang City still refused to accept the fate of being slaughtered, and they even joined forces to swallow it, and continued to release all kinds of good news that seemed true or false, raising the price of land quotations.Zhu Cihong even killed a few brokers who were driving up the market, but he still couldn't stop the underground ghost market business.

After a short period of fermentation, Diyin completely transformed into the thing that Zhu Cihong hated most in her previous life - A shares.

Just as the common people who entered the stock market in later generations did not expect those listed companies to pay dividends, the common people in Luoyang only hoped to make successful speculations and earn the difference.

Zhu Cihong released a large amount of land, hoping to end this underdeveloped and premature stock market, but unexpectedly ushered in a collective boycott from all walks of life in the city.

No one is willing to use the land to attract the purchase of land!

Because of the increase in the price of land guides, people holding land guides naturally watched their wealth increase day by day.Waking up each day richer is definitely more intoxicating than owning a piece of land.

The birthday of Confucius, which falls on the fourth day of November, was originally a festival for Confucian scholars, but in the end it caused a carnival in the whole city.The same day is also Taiyi Tianzun's Christmas, and the Taoist temples in Luoyang are also overcrowded.Because the sixth day is also the Christmas of the Supreme Jade Emperor, the joy continued until the early morning of the seventh day.

I heard that some people have started to book banquets and troupes for the [-]th day to celebrate the Christmas of Nine Lotus Bodhisattva.

These people are thinking that the land quotation in their hands has increased a lot of money, and they spend it as if they picked it up.

The frenzy in Luoyang naturally attracted traveling merchants from all over the world to sell their goods in Luoyang. The trade route that had been dry for many months was opened up because of this, and the magistrate's office also received business taxes.

During Zhu Cihong's second visit in incognito, a group of people followed behind him. They were no longer rich sons, but wealthy masters.The extra people were naturally Xiao Mo, Chen De and other military officers. Although they changed into civilian clothes, they couldn't hide their blood.

"This is almost catching up with the capital." Xiao Mo's understanding of the capital is under the cloud of plague, and Luoyang is the second largest city he has ever been to. Seeing such a frenzied scene, it is inevitable that he is not used to it.

Zhu Cihong was also very uncomfortable.He has suffered in the Forbidden City for more than ten years. When will he not be living in the shadow of ruining his family and ruining his country?Even if the bright sun hangs high above his head, it is difficult to dispel the haze in his heart.However, at this moment, Li Chuang's army is only 150 miles away from Luoyang, and the two armies will fight an encounter from time to time without closing at night, but the ancient city of Luoyang is like a dead tree in spring, blooming with such a strange brilliance.

"These people really don't take Li Chuang seriously." Chen De looked at the lively scene in front of him, feeling very unhappy.

After Jiaxian's defeat, Chen Yongfu lost his voice.Some say that he has withdrawn to Kaifeng, others say that he was captured and surrendered, and some say that he died in battle... All kinds of rumors are so eloquent, as if they saw it with their own eyes.Chen De thought that his father's life and death were uncertain, so why would he want to go shopping and see the scenery?I can't wait for the streets to be bleak, and the whole people are preparing for war!

"They don't take Li Chuang seriously." Wu Chen sighed, "They don't take Daming seriously. For them, whether the official sitting in the government office is Huangming's official or Li Chuang's is the official." It doesn't matter, as long as one's life is good, the sky and the earth are good. The 300-year education of the Kingdom has taught this kind of people!"

"No wonder they." Zhu Cihong shook his head and said.

Everyone was used to His Royal Highness saying embarrassing things.Of course, as the crown prince, he would definitely not have the heart of "rebellion and injustice". It can only be said that he is benevolent and generous, self-reflection, and he has definitely inherited the demeanor of the current emperor who "treats others leniently and is strict with himself".

Take the right to listen to the "edict of guilt"!

"A stick of real incense is natural, and there is auspicious smoke in the Huangting furnace; clouds and seals are formed in the air, and I wish you a long life~!"

When everyone was silent, a group of Taoist priests rang their bells and chanted Tico.It just fell on the track of "I wish the present a long life".

"Hey, Mr. Wu," Zhu Cihong and other Taoist priests passed by, turned their heads and said to Wu Sheng, "It is said that after Lu Xiufu jumped into the sea with the little emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty on his back, [-] scholars and common people jumped into the sea to die for their country. Is it true?"

"It is indeed written like this in the book." Wu Tong said without leaking, "I also thought it was true."

"Why?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"I, Huaxia, have my own backbone, how can I live with my hair on my left lap?" Wu Zhen said lightly.

Zhu Cilang sighed and said, "So, it's my Zhu family's fault."

Wu Zhen's face was expressionless, but his ears were pricked up.

"Huaxia has its own backbone. If this spine is gone, isn't it my Zhu family who is at fault?" The more Zhu Cihong thought about it, the more disappointed he felt, only feeling that he was out of place in this lively scene.When the Mongols and Yuans invaded, [-] Song people died.When it came to Dingding in the Qing Dynasty, even the so-called great Confucian Huang Zongxi called the chieftain of the Qing Dynasty the "Holy Son of Heaven".

"Your Highness..." Seeing that Zhu Cihong suddenly became depressed, Wu Xuan hurriedly woke him up.

"It is said that 'the sun and the moon will re-open the Great Song Dynasty', if you only learn the rules and etiquette, can it be regarded as the re-opening of the Great Song Dynasty?" Compared with Song Confucian self-respect and self-love, how can you be worthy of these seven words?"

Wu Sheng said solemnly: "Your Highness, when I was in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, I was originally much stronger than the people of the Song Dynasty. Even the people of the Song Dynasty were incomparable to the people of the Song Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty is in a difficult situation, His Highness should not underestimate himself."

"Yes, sir is right." Zhu Cihong didn't get entangled in this question, and added in his mind: Daming still has the emperor guarding the gate, and the king died in Sheji! ... I hope that there will be no more dead kings in this world.

"However, to accuse the people of not loving the court, it is better to see whether the actions of the court are worthy of the people's love." Zhu Cihong turned to Chen De and said: "In this world, the people come first and then the court. When Emperor Taizu Gao was able to found the country, Thanks to civil and military ministers, but also because of winning the hearts of the people. Why did the people at that time welcome my banner with the word "Zhu" in the word "Zhu", but now they regard thieves like Li Chuang as their destiny? Think about it, you generals are leading troops outside, you have to think about it too."

Chen De only felt that cold water was poured down his head, and the evil fire in his heart was instantly extinguished.When the other people heard the words, they also bowed their heads one after another, somewhat thinking about the current situation in their hearts.

"Tang Taizong said that water is used to describe people, and boats are used to describe a family." Zhu Cihong thought for a while and said: "But I think this metaphor is more appropriate than fish and water. Since today is a festival, we can't do without a program. Everyone Let’s make an article on ‘like a fish in water’, and bring it to me tomorrow.”

Everyone agreed one after another, but secretly slandered the crown prince wherever he thought.

This topic was sent to Zhang Shiqi. Zhang Shiqi, who was soaking his feet, was too lazy to think about it. It happened that Hou Fangyu walked by the hall, and he caught a strong man.

"You should take the title 'like a fish in water' and think about it carefully." Zhang Shiqi told Hou Fangyu about the topic, and then said: "It's good to read Liuhe Dong's Theory of Public Servants and write it together with this topic. Tomorrow morning Bring it to me."

The allusion of "like a fish in water" flashed in Hou Fangyu's mind: it was Liu Bei who said in "Three Kingdoms" that "there is Kongming in the lonely, just like water in the fish." But how is it related to Liuhe East's theory of public servants?The great talent who was famous all over the south of the Yangtze River for a while was also stumped. (To be continued.)