Cheng Xiaolian looked Yang Youcai up and down, Yang Youcai was furious, and hurriedly waved his hand and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, count me wrong, I don't know the bottom of my heart when you look at me like this." ”

"I'm just not used to the blind date method on your side, and when I get used to it, I'll get married, and when the time comes, Lord Yang, you remember to follow more people, and if you don't have it, I'll demote and dismiss you." And even if I want to marry one, those adults probably won't agree, Commander Yang, you have to make a good deal of money, lest you be dismissed from office if you can't get the money. ”

"Your Highness, if I believe that you will have a ghost, besides, the world will be your Highness in the future, what kind of gift money do you want, speaking of Your Highness, when will you ascend the throne, now that the king of Qi, Zhu Civa, has been crowned king, it is a bit unreasonable for you not to be the emperor."

"Hehe, there is an acre and three points of land to dare to call the emperor, when the time comes, the eyes of the world will have to be aimed at us, we are now the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty in their mouths, once the emperor is called, it will become the court equal to their identity, isn't it good for us to make a lot of money now? Even if the Qing court and Wu Sangui knew about us, and we didn't provoke them, they would definitely think that it was our scabies. ”

Yang Youcai scratched his head: "But Your Highness, Jinyiwei's intelligence said, the brothers under this hand are all looking forward to you being the emperor, and they can also be the ministers of the dragon, if they don't become the emperor for a day, they will always be uneasy." ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly: "Calling the emperor is just to make them happy for two days, and they are the ones who will suffer at that time, so don't mention the matter of calling the emperor for the time being, and then talk about the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, we dare to call the emperor if we occupy a province, everyone in the world has to laugh at us, it would be good to have the banner of the Ming Dynasty, those people in the world who think of the Ming Dynasty will naturally come to join us, calling the emperor is a very vain thing, there is no practical benefit at all, I will not do this matter for the time being." ”

In fact, those people don't have such ardent expectations as Yang Youcai said, after all, they are now fighting under the banner of Daming, as long as Daming is here, they will have a bright future.

The reason why Yang Youcai asked this is just to try to see if Cheng Xiaolian has this idea, this is what those ministers entrusted him to do, if His Royal Highness has this idea, then hurry up and persuade him to enter the table, so as not to make the monarch and the minister discord because of this matter.

The two men followed the road to a village, and it was just after noon, and many people were still resting at home, when the sun was in full bloom, and everyone was willing to rest at home for a while, and when the sun was no longer so poisonous, they would go down to work in the fields. Otherwise, if you get a summer illness, your family will have to spend another amount of money.

The people in the village were enjoying the shade in their own doorways, and when they saw Cheng Xiaolian and them coming, someone immediately greeted: "Who are you, what are you doing in our village?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled and arched his hand: "We are passers-by, passing by here, planning to beg for a bowl of water to drink." ”

Immediately someone beckoned: "Come in and drink." ”

Cheng Xiaolian and the others took two steps forward, and someone stretched out his hand: "There is a wooden bucket in the yard, and there is a wooden scoop next to the wooden barrel, just take it and scoop it up and drink it." ”

Yang Youcai was the first to go over, picked up the wooden scoop, scooped up the water, took a sip first, and then nodded at Cheng Xiaolian, Cheng Xiaolian lowered his voice: "No one in this place knows who we are, why harm us." ”

"There's nothing wrong with being careful."

Cheng Xiaolian drank two scoops of water before he felt refreshed, and asked the old man in the family: "Master, how is this year's harvest?" ”

The old man smiled: "It's the best year in the past few years, the government is benevolent and righteous, and God also takes care of us, so we should be able to have a good year this year." ”

Cheng Xiaolian pretended to be puzzled: "The government? Sichuan has changed the government again? ”

"Stranger, where did you come from, I heard that there was a war over there in Kuimen."

"We're on a different path, it's difficult, but it's peaceful."

"Oh, then you don't know that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has called back again, and Sichuan has been beaten down by the emperor."

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Old man, do you think the government of the Ming Dynasty is better, or the government of the Qing Dynasty." ”

"The government of the Ming Dynasty was not very good before, this time it looks okay, the government of the Qing court is bad, those old men don't do anything, they force us to shave our heads, and the taxes are still the same, every year it is said that the Emperor Shengming is unwilling to raise taxes, but there are wars everywhere, and when the world is calm, the taxes will not be raised, and the fools are that."

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "The official mansion of the Ming Dynasty is not good to talk about, I still want to do something." ”

"Hey, young man, you are still too young, where are the people in this official mansion who have good to talk to, since ancient times, the yamen has been open to the south, and there is no reason to come in without money. It will not be easy for this government to live for hundreds of years, otherwise everyone would like to be an official. ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly: "What the master said makes sense, it's really such a truth, you said that this government is benevolent and righteous, how can they be benevolent?" ”

"The court ordered a year of tax exemption, maybe this year's tax is the emperor's construction of a palace, but for us to come to have food to live, if we do a good job this year, the family can withstand at least three years of famine, so the village people are working hard. Okay, okay, I'm not going to talk to you anymore, it's time to go to the ground, you can go. ”

Cheng Xiaolian and Yang Youcai thanked him and left here, Yang Youcai hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, there is no way for this official, he has been doing this for thousands of years, if it is really so easy, then the people under his rule will not be able to trample on the yamen." He was really worried that Cheng Xiaolian was young and vigorous, and he felt uncomfortable when he heard these words, it didn't matter if he rectified the rule of officials, but it was impossible for Heqing Haiyan to change a group of officials.

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Don't worry, I know in my heart, I won't be too harsh on these officials, when the grandfather set the salary too low, these officials still have to embarrass the people, I have already informed Confucius that they have adjusted the salary, this matter is almost done." ”

"Indeed, the officials' salaries have increased several times, and there should be no problem in supporting their families and exchanging courtesies."

Cheng Xiaolian sighed: "Doing things is always done step by step, it is unrealistic to want to eat a fat man in one go, if you are not greedy as an official, you can gain fame and fortune, who wants to be greedy for silver, but the tradition in officialdom is to honor your boss, we can only slowly change this phenomenon, without this silver, presumably there will be a lot fewer corrupt officials." ”

"Your Highness can have patience and slowly reform, which is a blessing for the Ming court."

"It's impossible to be an official who isn't greedy at all, now we can only use people who can do things, there can be many people who are not greedy, but officials who can do practical things are hard to find, so even if they are greedy, we can only turn a blind eye now. Besides, with you, the commander of the brocade guard, they won't go too far. ”

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