The county town of Changping at night is cold and windy.

It's full of guards, and the lights go out at night, like a dead city.

In this deathly county, the guards are three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry.

Whenever someone checked, Xiao Jing stepped forward, a token, and retreated with fear of the instant noodles.

Factory guards do things, idlers don't ask.

After all, Emperor Hongzhi got into the carriage, sat in the carriage, looked at the swarthy piece, and couldn't help but say to Fang Jifan in the car: "It's strange to say, it's lifeless here." ”

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, chickens and dogs smell each other, look, isn't there really a rooster and a dog barking here?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi made a tiger face: "Don't talk nonsense." ”

He looked out the window of the car and ordered, "Go and talk to Xiao Jing and go out of the county seat." ”

The carriage arrived at the east gate of the county seat, and someone immediately took Xiao Jing's waist card to negotiate.

Where did the city gate guard dare to slacken, knowing that the factory guards had something to do to go out of the city, they quickly opened a corner of the city gate, and ordered Emperor Hongzhi's carriage and dozens of guards to go out.

Emperor Hongzhi was a little tired, took a nap in the carriage, and after falling asleep, when he got up, he couldn't help coughing: "When?" ”

Fang Jifan lay on the small sofa next to him and slept soundly, snoring.

Xiao Jing, who was outside, heard it sincerely, knocked on the door of the carriage, and said outside: "Your Majesty, it's time to go." ”

Emperor Hongji opened the curtain of the car, and a ray of sunlight shone in.

Fang Jifan felt that his eyes were stinging, and he was busy rubbing his eyes with his hands.

So Fang Jifan began to grit his teeth, and scolded half-asleep: "Dog-like things......"

"Succession."

Fang Jifan opened his eyes and looked at Emperor Hongzhi, the murderous aura on his face turned into gentleness, and he smiled: "Ah, Your Majesty, you are awake." ”

Emperor Hongzhi said: "This sentence should be said by me." ”

Fang Jifan was speechless, when the person just woke up, his brain had not yet been turned on, and he was a little confused at this time.

Emperor Hongzhi ignored Fang Jifan: "Xiao Banban, where are you now." ”

"I've been out of the city for fifteen miles, and there is snow on the road, so I don't dare to go fast."

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "Don't you see the village?" ”

Xiao Jing hesitated.

"Speak."

Xiao Jing said: "I passed by two villages and saw that there were no people. ”

"How is this possible, this is Changping."

"Or, Your Majesty, we'll just be in a village."

"Let's go, let's take a look."

Emperor Hongji's jaw.

Since he came to Changping, he has been uncomfortable, and he doesn't know why.

The carriage moved again, and after a while, the sound of reading could be heard in the distance.

The sound of reading sounds very kind.

Emperor Hongzhi's heart moved, stopped the carriage, and got off with Fang Jifan.

This is the entrance to a village.

The snow had stopped, and the snow had covered the path in front of the village, but at this time, there were still not many people.

Emperor Hongzhi led people into the village, and there was a school in the village, and in the school, an old Confucian was teaching children to read.

Emperor Hongji's heart warmed.

Looking at these children, Emperor Hongji couldn't help but get excited.

The Confucian students in the school seemed to see someone coming.

So, he put down the ring ruler, paced out, and looked at Emperor Hongzhi and others hesitantly: "You ...... Who to look for? ”

Emperor Hongzhi stepped forward: "Dare to ask the surname Gao." ”

"The surname is Lu, Lu Wenli."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Contemptible Zhu Dashou." ”

"Zhu Dashou." The old Confucian shook his head: "This name is indecent and vulgar." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face twitched, and then he smiled: "Vulgarity is elegance." ”

"Reasonable." Lu Wenli's eyes lit up: "Dare to ask you ......"

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Passing by here, I want to take a break, but here, there are no people. ”

Lu Wenli stroked his beard and smiled: "This is the land of Wenchang, don't you know that the emperor has come to Changping?" The Son of Heaven is knowledgeable and reasonable, and he came to pursue the avenue, Mr. Mao Jimao of Dayang Mountain, you have also heard of it. ”

Speaking of Mr. Mao Ji, the old Confucian student's eyes shone brightly: "Mr. Mao Ji is full of peach and plums all over the world, educating the Quartet, science begins with him, Phoenix Nirvana, born from death, and today the son is also coming, in order to avoid the Son of Heaven being contaminated with vulgarity, the county order has already ordered that there shall be no laypeople within a radius of twenty miles." ”

Emperor Hongji: "......"

Fang Jifan couldn't help but want to give a thumbs up, this county magistrate is really admirable.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "What about the laity? ”

Lu Wenli said: "I don't know, I want to come, someone has already settled it, and the people in the county were in a hurry at that time." ”

Emperor Hongji was silent.

Lu Wenli said: "I think Mr. can come and go here freely, and if I want to come, I also want to go to Dayang Mountain to visit Mr. Mao Ji's scholar, since he is passing through here, he is a friend, do you see that house?" In the big mansion, living is the local noble family Master Zhao, Zhao is a gentry, a family of poetry and books, the best gentleman, go, I will let the children get out of school first, just I will lead you to visit. ”

Lu Wenli actually seemed full of interest.

He explained to Emperor Hongzhi: "Since Mr. Mao Ji came to Changping, the gentry and scholars here have been infected by him, Mr. Zhao has visited Mr. Mao Ji, Mr. Mao Ji is very praised to him, Mr. Zhao is now half a disciple of Mr. Mao Ji, after returning home, he opened this school, recruited some children to study, and donated three hundred taels of silver to the county, and talked about the benefits of Mr. Mao Ji every day. ”

He lifted his scarf, looking proud.

When the group entered the mansion, Emperor Hongzhi looked left and right, and saw that there were still servants here, so he said, "Aren't these people also laymen?" ”

"It's different." Lu Wenli smiled.

Emperor Hongzhi was out for a while, and someone took his name and went in, and after a while, Menzi invited them in.

When you enter this three-fold house, you can see that there are many people in the house, most of them servants, and it seems that some of them are overcrowded.

Emperor Hongzhi was thoughtful, but Fang Jifan said: "No, there are no laypeople in the local area, so these laypeople can only be spared if they enter the Zhao family as slaves." ”

Lu Wenli did not deny it, but sighed and said enviously: "The so-called family of goodness, there must be Yu Qing; Master Zhao usually does good deeds and spreads righteousness, but now, isn't it luck? ”

Emperor Hongji's face was gloomy.

What must be celebrated.

This shows that the government wants to drive people out, and if they want to stay in their hometown, they have no choice but to commit themselves to the family of this person surnamed Zhao.

Just as he was thinking, someone from inside walked out quickly: "I am very happy to have friends from afar." ”

What came out was a pot-bellied, rushan scarf person.

He stepped forward quickly and glanced at Emperor Hongzhi and Fang Jifan, the two of them were old and young, quite generous, in fact, in this era, just by looking at people's faces, they can distinguish the high and low of people.

For example, although Emperor Hongzhi is pale and has a bad complexion, he is a nobleman. And Fang Jifan has fine skin and tender flesh, fair complexion, and must be a son.

As for the ordinary people, all of them have a complexion like the bark of an old elm, with a dark complexion and a rough complexion, and many young people, fearing that they are also premature, look old.

"Contemptible Zhao Yi, come on, come in."

I invited Emperor Hongji to sit down.

Zhao Yi looked at Emperor Hongzhi: "Brother Tai is going to visit my teacher?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi twitched his face, but he still said: "I just want to see." ”

"That's great." Zhao Yi sighed: "Listen to your accent, like a Jingshi person, although Changping is also at the foot of the Son of Heaven, but the accent is still different, think about it, you are admired, but ...... Now I'm afraid it's too late, the emperor has arrived in the county, and he will definitely visit the thatched house and go to visit my master, haha, I'm afraid that I will have to wait for the Son of Heaven to leave, and I will have the opportunity to visit. ”

Zhao Yi seemed very enthusiastic and ordered someone to serve tea.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I have heard that this Changping has become a place of etiquette and music, but I came along the way, but I saw rare people. ”

Zhao Yi smiled: "This ...... Jingli is saying that Mr. Mao Ji is a sage who is rare in a hundred years, since he is a sage, since he is a villain, he is trembling when he sees the battle, and the gentleman comes here...... It's like a brother. ”

"But if everyone is gone, won't there be ten rooms and nine empty rooms in this county?"

Zhao Yi was happy, he glanced at Lu Wenli.

Lu Wenli also smiled at him.

Lu Wenli said: "I won't hide it from Mr., in fact...... These people are just requisitioned. ”

"Requisition?" Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi said: "The county wants to control the river, we are gentry, how can we not take out silver to support, not to mention, we are all saints, so everyone has the money to contribute, and we have the strength to contribute, we donated money and food, the people, of course, we have to contribute, isn't it?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face softened a little.

At least, that's a reason.

Every winter, it is the time for the people to serve in the service, although the Baoding political envoy has adopted the means of tax instead of service, but in other places, as usual, the people are still required to serve.

This is said in the past.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "No wonder there is no one along the way. ”

Zhao Yi smiled and said: "Not to mention those grass people, since Mr. Zhu is here, let's have a light meal here, oh, Mr. Zhu is from Beijing, a few days ago, someone came out with news, saying that it was ...... Let's Changping is also going to build a railway, does Mr. Zhu know about this? ”

Emperor Hongzhi looked surprised, and he looked at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Where do we know, maybe ...... Yes, I guess there is. ”

Zhao Yi said with a smile: "Our Changping, usually no one pays attention, but this time, it is His Royal Highness the Prince who came down to Changping to train the army, and all of a sudden, he said that he wanted to repair the railway, and after that, His Majesty actually came in person, it is really strange." ”

Lu Wenli on the side said: "I heard that Mr. Mao Ji has a lot of complaints about road construction. ”

Zhao Yi nodded and took a sip of tea: "Yes, the people are suffering, once the road is built, it will inevitably disturb the people, and when the time comes, I don't know how much land will be expropriated, and what trouble will be caused, the first thing the people should do is to educate, otherwise, it will harm them." ”

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Chapter II.

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