Go to Baoding ......

Emperor Hongji was silent.

He looked at the man in front of him.

This is a very ordinary person, inconspicuous.

But now, his eyes were red.

The two women in the family were already crying and their eyes were red.

In this small wooden house, there is also a spiritual seat, and incense is burned in front of the spirit tablet, and words like the ancestor can be vaguely seen.

In other words, this man's father has passed away.

In this family, he is the only man.

This is the pillar of the family, nine times out of ten, and the only one.

No one likes to leave their home from home, especially their mother and wife.

Not to mention, how much inconvenience there will be for two women here, and how can a man bear to leave home.

Emperor Hongji was silent.

He has a great-grandmother and a wife, and he can't imagine how painful he will be when he needs to leave them, and how the Zhou family and the Zhang family will be broken.

Want...... If it weren't for the fact that he had reached the end of his life, he would never have run away from home.

"Baoding?" Emperor Hongzhi's tone was unusually calm: "What are you going to do in Baoding?" ”

"Paving a road for a man is paid three taels of silver." The man doesn't seem to like being asked too much.

Emperor Hongzhi stared at the man: "Isn't Tongzhou bad?" I...... I've heard...... In Tongzhou, the poor people will give out silver coupons......"

The kanji glanced at Emperor Hongzhi strangely: "You are a foreigner, right?" ”

Emperor Hongji: "......"

Xiao Jing couldn't help but say: "Bold, you are so ......"

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly had red eyes, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, and he was angry.

So he said to Xiao Jing sharply: "Get out!" ”

Xiao Jing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he didn't dare to come out, so he hurriedly retreated.

Fang Jifan stood aside, looking at Xiao Jing as if he was mentally retarded, this Xiao Gonggong is really getting older and more confused.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I am from Jingshi. ”

"It's no wonder." The man seemed to see something strange, and the person in front of him was very extraordinary.

Fortunately, the man did not suspect anything else, and with his knowledge, it was impossible to suspect that the one standing in front of him was the monarch of the world.

The man said: "What kind of silver coupon, it is clearly a harmful coupon." ”

When Emperor Hongzhi heard the word harmful, a look of guilt appeared on his face.

The man gritted his teeth and said: "Originally, in this Tongzhou, the small one can still have a bite to eat, once upon a time at the dock, to make people do foot strength, although barely satisfied, but not to let the family starve to death, I heard that Baoding Mansion is a good place, but in the end it is reluctant to give up the wife of the mother and the dregs of the family." But since those dog officials issued some coupons, this day has not been able to live. ”

"At first, they collected business taxes, and the merchants in the canal paid the taxes, but they didn't get any benefits, and some small merchants felt that the trade could not be maintained, so they simply stopped and didn't do it. The rest of them desperately lowered their wages, and this commercial tax was finally received from people like villains. ”

After that, he said that the people were having a hard time, and issued silver coupons, and many people were grateful to Dade, and they all said that this Zhizhou and Zhixian are really a good official who loves the people like a son. But who knows, the silver coupons were indeed issued, and they said that with the silver coupons, they could buy firewood, rice, oil, and salt, but ...... All of a sudden, so many people have silver coupons in their hands, and within only three or five days, the prices in Tongzhou have skyrocketed, how terrible it is, do you know? In the past, a catty of rice and thirty copper coins could not be bought, but within a few days, a catty of rice, even a tael of silver, could not be bought. ”

Emperor Hongzhi frowned, he couldn't understand: "Why is this? ”

How does the man know, why is this?

Fang Jifan said: "This is inflation. Your Majesty, think about it, there are only so many firewood, rice, oil and salt on the market for the time being, but suddenly, everyone has a silver coupon in their hands, and you can imagine how high this price will be. ”

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to understand whether he understood it or not, and he seemed to feel as if he had seen such a theory in the Wealth of Nations.

There has been no increase in production, no increase in supply, and there has been an innumerable amount of money on the market.

"But...... These silver coupons can be exchanged for real money in the future. Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

Fang Jifan smiled: "For ordinary people, they can't wait to exchange real money and silver, think about it, it won't be long before these silver coupons will snowball into the hands of a few people." ”

"Not bad." The man still gritted his teeth: "On the market, prices are soaring, a pound of rice, it takes a silver coupon or two silver, you can buy it, the so-called distribution of silver coupons, in the end, maybe a family of old and young, even half a catty of rice can not be bought, the rich in the city, as well as the gentry outside the city, only use a little grain, and hold a lot of silver coupons in their hands." The people don't know that the silver coupons can be exchanged for silver in the future, but soon, everyone found that not only the silver coupons shopping, the price of goods skyrocketed, that is, real money to shop, the price has also risen a lot, everyone is full of hunger, do not eat food, will die, except for those rich and gentry, who still has the leisure to save the silver coupons. ”

"As soon as the price of goods skyrocketed, those who had grain in their hands became even more hoarded, and they could mix eight taels of sand and incense ash into two taels of grain, ordinary people's homes, even if there were some family backgrounds in the past, had to be taken out in order to survive, you say, can you still live this day?"

Emperor Hongzhi's face was already covered with dark clouds.

He clenched his fists and was silent for a long time: "Why didn't anyone go to the nearby states and counties to buy grain?" ”

"Where is it so easy." The man said: "Not to mention, the local gentry, how can they allow foreign businessmen to stir up here, do these ordinary people have to walk hundreds of miles back and forth in order to buy a few catties of rice?" Ay...... I can't get by...... In the past, I could barely keep the family from going hungry by doing leg strength in the dock, but now I ...... It's hard to feed yourself. ”

"People say that only when you get to Baoding Mansion will you have a good life, and if you don't go to Baoding Mansion, you really can't live this day."

Emperor Hongzhi was already trembling with anger.

He suddenly remembered something: "Zhizhou Yang Yiqing, I heard that he is a good official who loves the people, how could he allow ......"

The man took a sip and said disdainfully: "What good officials, no matter what officials come, it's not those little officials who really do things, under his nose, what happened, who knows?" Which of the gentry who can deal with him is not the gentry, these gentry, buy a large number of silver coupons, and then exchange them from his hands for real money, what a huge profit, how many people have made a lot of money, they will naturally praise this is good governance. Those little officials have long been in cahoots with the gentry, these dog officials who have taken office are not all governed by something, what the little officials say, what they believe, these people up and down are either rich and oily, or deaf and blind......"

The man said: "It's not early, I'm leaving, no matter how late it is, I won't be able to get to Baoding Mansion tomorrow......"

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't imagine that the sky was brighter at this time, and he could already see the man's face, this man had a vegetable face, and the two women were also yellow and thin.

This Tongzhou is a thoroughfare, who would have thought that at the foot of this Son of Heaven, there were people who were hungry and cold here.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I also want to go to Tongzhou, so I might as well go along." ”

Saying that, Emperor Hongzhi wanted to take out a little silver, but after thinking about it, he ...... here I was afraid that the use of silver would not be much for the time being, so he turned his head and looked at Xiao Jing: "Can you bring dry food?" Give them some home. ”、

Emperor Hongzhi sighed, but felt that his eyes were a little red, and a cloud of tears was rolling.

There are many things that he can't imagine.

He thought that maybe Tongzhou had become better, but it was by no means as good as the Manchu Dynasty civil and military boasted.

But where did you think of it...... New...... It has become a harsh government.

The business tax came and eventually ...... But it's a mess of chicken feathers.

Xiao Jing hurriedly took some dry food and stayed.

Seeing this, the man was no longer hostile, and he was very grateful.

He said goodbye to the women, and then went to Baoding with Emperor Hongzhi.

Out of Baoding City, I found that on the bumpy road towards Baoding, there were countless ragged people, dragging their families and mouths, and they were also on the same road.

Emperor Hongzhi's face was pale.

Fang Jifan just smiled bitterly, but he was worried in his heart, Baoding Mansion ...... What will it be like, Ouyang Zhi, don't be a teacher.