After Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes for a while, he suddenly asked, "Is today the day of the founding of the Daming Times?" Wang Chengen replied cautiously: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"What's wrong with your arrangements regarding the issue of newspaper distribution?" Zhu Youzhen opened his eyes and looked at Wang Chengen and said.

"According to His Majesty's instructions, the minister has ordered Dongchang to find all the teahouses in the capital, so that those artists who make a living by telling stories in the teahouses can read the content of the last newspaper before telling stories every day, and also arranged for Dongchang's fans to sell newspapers on the street, I believe that the Daming Times established by His Majesty will inevitably cause a sensation in the capital."

Zhu Youzhen was not confused by Wang Chengen's compliments, he had lived in the Ming Dynasty for so long, he only understood one thing, if he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, basically what these eunuchs said, they could believe that a score of seven or eight was already very high.

And the higher the status of the eunuch, the more water, this is not that Wang Chengen deliberately deceived himself, but there are some things he just listened to the reports of the people below. Every time I report, the moisture increases a little, and under the layer of weight, when I get to Zhu Youzhen, the truth is less than half.

Zhu Youzhen rolled his eyes for a long time before he asked Lu Qi, "Are you ready for what I asked you to prepare a few days ago?" ”

Lu Qi bowed and responded, "The minister is ready. Zhu Youzhen suddenly stood up, "Very good, then take something and go with me." ”

Wang Chengen didn't understand what Chongzhen asked Lu Qi to prepare, which made him a little unhappy, but he still followed Chongzhen out of the Qianqing Palace.

In the inner hall of the governor's prison, Wang Chengen finally saw what was in the package in Lu Qi's hand, which turned out to be two sets of clothes worn by the people of the capital on weekdays.

Zhu Youzhen changed his clothes with the help of Lu Qi, and said to Wang Chengen: "Don't worry about it, change your clothes quickly." ”

Wang Chengen was a little overwhelmed with the clothes in his hand, the last time he ventured to accompany Chongzhen out of the city, he had been worried for a long time, but he didn't expect that it wouldn't be long before Chongzhen couldn't help it again. If this continues, will Your Majesty become the second Emperor Zhengde?

Zhu Youzhen, who was tidying up his clothes, looked at Wang Chengen standing aside and was stunned, so he shook his head and said, "Why don't you guard the door here and let Lu Qi follow me out?" ”

"No, no, it's more appropriate for Weichen to follow His Majesty." Wang Chengen immediately came to his senses, and now seemed to be the time to think.

When Zhu Youzhen and Wang Chengen passed through Dong'an Gate, the captains guarding the gate were the subordinates who followed Lian Shanxiang in the palace of King Xin.

Lieutenant* and Zhang Yunliang immediately blocked the sight of the subordinates behind them, and walked in front of Chongzhen, who was surrounded by three eunuchs in the center, and did not dare to salute, so after greeting them with their fists, they asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, where are you going?" Your Majesty doesn't even bring guards with him, this is really too risky, and the minister doesn't dare to just let His Majesty go out of the palace like this. ”

Dong'anmen is a place where cabinet ministers enter and exit, so eunuchs in the palace rarely pass through here to enter and leave the palace. Therefore, a few people are angry in the middle of the road, which is really a bit eye-catching.

Zhu Youzhen didn't want to be entangled with the captain guarding the gate here, and he was stopped by several scholars in the cabinet after he found out, so his plan to leave the palace today would be in vain.

"That's not easy, Captain Wu, you can just ask someone to go out with me, go out early and come back early, you don't want to confront me here until dark, right?" Zhu Youzhen said as he stared at *'s eyes.

* He didn't even dare to think about it, so he replied in a panic: "The minister has no such intention." As soon as he spoke, he realized that he seemed to have answered a question.

But Chongzhen obviously wouldn't give him time to continue thinking, and shouted softly: "Don't hurry up and call someone, do you want me to stand here and wait for you all the time?" ”

"The minister didn't dare, the minister immediately went to call someone." * Vaguely agreed. * I went back and discussed with Zhang Yunliang, and decided that he would take two small flags to protect the nobles out of the palace for a turn, while Zhang Yunliang would continue to guard the door with the rest of the people.

Seeing that * was about to leave with someone, Zhang Yunliang grabbed his sleeve with some uneasiness and said, "Brother Wu, isn't it good for us to do this?" If His Majesty leaves the palace and is known, will you and I have any trouble? ”

* Now that he is a little sober, he broke free from Zhang Yunliang's hands and said, "Brother Zhang, have you forgotten? We all came out of the palace, and if it weren't for Your Majesty, we might not know how to patrol that street. As long as Your Majesty remembers your and my names, what else do we have to worry about? If your majesty is unhappy, do you want to go back to the street in the sun and rain? ”

* After saying that, he left in a hurry. Zhang Yunliang grabbed his hand in vain, finally put down his hand, turned back to the subordinates behind him and said solemnly: "Forget everything you saw just now, remember..."

After walking out of the palace safely, the group first went to Wang Chengen's house outside the palace and took off the eunuch and guard clothes on their bodies. instructed the two eunuchs to stay in the house, and Zhu Youzhen took Wang Chengen and three guards to the street.

"Today is November 8th, but it's the lunar calendar. According to the previous conversation with Kinneygaku, if converted to the Gregorian calendar, it should now be Wednesday, December 15th. Zhu Youzhen secretly calculated the time in his heart.

"If it is in Jiangnan in the future, it should still be the season of autumn and coolness. Even in the north, there should be a climate of about 10 degrees to 5 degrees during the day. But now..."Zhu Youzhen subconsciously looked up.

The temperature is estimated to have dropped to about 0 degrees Celsius, and this is still daytime, and it is estimated that it will be at least minus 10 degrees Celsius at night. A few leaves were no longer visible from the paulownia trees on both sides of the street, only a few scorched leaves shivering in the wind.

Under the tree, a few children were sweeping the fallen leaves, looking at the basket beside them, presumably ready to take it back to make a fire.

The capital is known as the first good district of the Ming Dynasty, but under the outer wall of the red-walled and black-tiled mansion, you can also see a large number of beggars.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen noticed these beggars, he would explain to Chongzhen in a wrong whisper: "Fortunately, there have been no major disasters in the capital this year, and the number of displaced people has been greatly reduced compared with previous years. These beggars are not victims of the disaster in the capital, but most of them are local proletarian households. In recent years, the weather has been abnormal, with frequent droughts in summer, but the freezing time in autumn and winter has greatly increased, and the harvest is not good every year. Some peasant households borrowed money at the beginning of the year, but the autumn harvest was not paid, and the only few acres of land were taken away by creditors, so the whole family had to live on the streets, and God did not give the poor a way to live. ”

In just a section of less than 100 meters of street, Zhu Youzhen has seen more than 10 beggars, 5 or 6 beggars, and 3 or 4 old beggars, and is this still a good time for the year?

Zhu Youzhen was a little gloomy, he suddenly stopped walking and turned around and asked strangely, "Why aren't there any young and strong among these beggars?" ”

* Respectfully replied: "There are many big families in the capital, and if there are young and strong people among the homeless, they have already been bought by these families as domestic slaves." Moreover, in the capital of Gyeonggi, the old and weak women still have to control the number, how can those young and strong people let them enter Beijing, once there is chaos, Shuntianfu can't afford to bear it. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while, pointed to these people and asked, "Doesn't my Daming have a nursing home to take care of widows, widows, lonely and sick people who can't support themselves?" Aren't they qualified enough to go to a nursing home? ”

For this kind of government system, * as a low-ranking military attaché is not very good. However, Wang Chengen still knew something about this, and he explained to Zhu Youzhen: "The household department has set up a nursing home in Daxing and Wanping counties in Shuntian Prefecture. As for the collection of the homeless, it was the imperial court that ordered the imperial history of the city to patrol the city, and found the street begging and vagrants, who were checked for civil registration, and sent to the almshouse in Shuntianfu. It belongs to the military guard, and sends the two temples of flags and candles to the outside of the country.

Displaced people within 300 miles of the capital will be issued with their original nationality and adopted by lawsuit. Those who are 300 miles away and cannot walk will be sent to the two temples together. According to the official regulations of Jing County, the nursing home is not allowed to adopt orphans and the elderly without authorization, only when the yuan is changed or the state has a grand ceremony, His Majesty issues an edict, the ministry will discuss the county, and check the old, sick, orphaned and poor beggars inside and outside the capital, and adopt them. ”

Zhu Youzhen casually commented: "This matter of collecting the displaced people is the work of the nursing home, how can it be mandatory by the imperial court." What the imperial court has to do is not to decide who to adopt and who not to adopt, but to supervise whether the nursing home has accepted the displaced people who should be adopted in accordance with the regulations. ”

Wang Chengen immediately replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, after the minister returns to the palace, he will order the celebrant to issue a document to the foreign court to supervise this matter." ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't agree immediately, he thought for a while before saying, "Don't worry, after returning to the palace, we will discuss this matter in the long run." The world's displaced people are not in the capital, and they must always come up with a definite and feasible charter. ”

Although Zhu Youzhen and his party were dressed ordinarily, the clothes on their bodies looked much more gorgeous than the passers-by on this nameless street. It's just that he has three fierce-looking retinues around him, and those beggars are also very discerning, and they don't even dare to approach them.

When Zhu Youzhen stopped on the side of the street to talk to the people around him, a thinly dressed beggar less than 10 years old walked out of the alley behind him.

She didn't dare to approach the most crowded places on the streets occupied by the big beggars, but she walked towards Zhu Youzhen in a daze.

"Kind master, pitiful, pity me..." This beggar obviously didn't understand the world, and actually walked to the place where Zhu Youzhen's group of people were standing, who were all avoided by the surrounding passers-by. Before Zhu Youzhen could react, a small flag behind him had already pushed the little beggar away.

The broken bowl in the little beggar's hand suddenly shattered, but when she fell to the ground, she looked at the few people in front of her in horror, and she didn't even dare to cry out in pain.

Looking at the child's frightened eyes, Zhu Youzhen felt that his face was a little feverish. At the same time, a nameless fire rose from his chest, and he reprimanded the guard who pushed the beggar away: "What are you doing? ”