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"There is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below".

This is spread in the Tang Dynasty, that is to say, Suzhou and Hangzhou represent the beauty and wealth of the south of the Yangtze River, so that Zheng Xunrui is more impressed, that is, Suzhou has a lot of talents, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhou Yanru, Qian Qianyi, Chen Yuting, Chen Yutai, Wu Weiye, Chen Weisong, Yan Shensun, Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Yang Tingshu, Yang Yi, Gu Menglin, Wu Changshi, etc., these are the talents that appeared in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, famous people, including Jiang Zuosan, the leader of the Yangxian Ci School, the ten sons of Yunmen, etc., And there are many people in the imperial court, as an excellent representative of Lu Xiangsheng, he personally created the Tianxiong Army, one of the three major armies in the late Ming Dynasty.

In a small Suzhou, there are so many talents, which can be described as a place of outstanding people.

When entering the capital city of Suzhou, Zheng Xunrui was curious and reverent in his heart, although he had been to Suzhou many times in his previous life, but now Suzhou's status in the Ming Dynasty is completely different from that of Suzhou City in later generations.

The lively scene left a deep impression on Zheng Xunrui.

The bustling crowds, rows of shops, magnificent restaurants, clean and tidy streets, and the unique atmosphere of Jiangnan accompanied by small bridges and flowing water all remind people of the poem "Jiangnan is good".

Suzhou has actually suffered a heavy blow, especially in the early Ming Dynasty, because Zhu Yuanzhang was angry with Zhang Shicheng, and the people of Suzhou supported and supported Zhang Shicheng, so he set a very heavy tax on Suzhou, and the people here could not bear it, the population fled, the land was abandoned, and the withering and decline of Suzhou was guidedLater, he served as a national teacher, and he really lightened the burden on Suzhou and laid the foundation for Suzhou's prosperity again.

Suzhou people have a peaceful personality, do not like to fight, are accustomed to being rich and peaceful, and have a big gap with the northerners, and this situation continues to a few hundred years later, perhaps because of a long period of wealth, perhaps because of the different understanding of life, which led to such an atmosphere.

In addition, the style of learning here is very prosperous, and the famous Donglin Academy was born in Wuxi, which is under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture.

The influence of Donglin Academy in the late Ming Dynasty was very great, although Wei Zhongxian had ordered the destruction of Donglin Academy during the Apocalypse, but after Wei Zhongxian was killed, Donglin Academy flourished again, and directly set up a branch in Suzhou Fucheng, and the number of students who admired it was countless, which led to the prosperity of Donglin Academy again.

Because of the prosperity of Donglin Academy, the Donglin Party was accompanied by it.

Historically, there are different evaluations of the Donglin Party, some praise, some condemn, and some stand in the middle.

When he came to Suzhou, Zheng Xunrui knew very well that he was afraid that he would have to face Donglin Academy or the Donglin Party directly.

Yang Tingshu is very familiar with Suzhou, after all, he is a native of Wu County, Suzhou, and has studied in Suzhou's mansion for more than a year, so when he entered Suzhou City, he was very calm, along the way, he continued to explain to Zheng Xunrui, including Dongzhi Street in Suzhou City as the location of the government, many gentry and wealthy households also live in Dongzhi Street, the branch of Donglin Academy, also in Dongzhi Street, Nanzhi Street is a place where restaurants, teahouses, inns and green buildings gather, and there are also unique bullet words in Suzhou, When outsiders come to Suzhou, they often can't understand it, and in addition, it is the Chengnan Hutong, where the people of Suzhou live.

Suzhou is the most praised by outsiders, is the silk brocade industry, once because the government directly controlled the silk brocade industry, so that the merchants of Suzhou could not bear it, and there was a rebellion, but also because of the silk brocade industry, so that there were a lot of big businessmen in Suzhou, these businessmen after earning silver, deeply felt the importance of the position of power, so vigorously promoted the family and Suzhou's education, hoping that their spokesperson could appear in the court.

This is probably one of the reasons why Suzhou has a large number of talents.

The reason why the later Donglin Party brought together Jiangnan scholars and businessmen was that because of the strong support of Shangjia, the Donglin Party naturally became the spokesperson of Shangjia, and the Donglin Party proposed to reduce or even exempt commercial taxes and increase agricultural taxes.

Nanzhi Street during the day is also lively, but compared with Nanzhi Street at night, there are still some gaps, and almost all foreign guests are looking for restaurants and inns on Nanzhi Street.

Yang Tingshu took everyone and came directly to the Taibai Restaurant.

Taibai Restaurant is a very famous restaurant in Suzhou, there are places to eat and drink, and places to stay, quite like a hotel in later generations, according to the identity of Yang Tingshu and Zheng Xunrui, you can barely go to the official post to stay, especially Yang Tingshu's identity is special, but neither of them has such an idea, they are not short of silver, and they do not need to take advantage of such a advantage.

After a night's rest, everyone's bodies were basically recovered, and when they walked on the street, their demeanor was quite leisurely......

Among all of them, the hardest ones were actually Zheng Jinhong and Yang Zhong, and their expressions were slightly nervous.

Zheng Jinhong has a hundred taels of gold on his body, in addition to some broken silver, he has never seen so much gold and silver, he is naturally very nervous, and he does not dare to have any negligence, on the way to Suzhou, he has always been very vigilant, gold and silver are wrapped in a belt, tied closely, and then put on clothes outside, leaving some broken silver in his arms.

Yang Zhong naturally has silver on his body, after all, he needs to spend money when he goes out, and Yang Tingshu's identity is not the same, as for how much silver there is, outsiders don't know.

The expenses along the way were not very large, but Zheng Xunrui was completely responsible, and Yang Tingshu did not refuse, because after arriving in Suzhou Mansion, most of the expenses must be Yang Tingshu's responsibility, and the two tacitly agreed about it.

Both of them don't pay much attention to money, especially when it comes to these small expenses.

Riding Arabian horses and Uzhumuqin horses, it is very difficult not to be noticed, after all, such a horse is not very common in Suzhou, to be able to ride such a horse, either rich or expensive, so when in Nanzhi Street, many people around are avoiding, they are not willing to collide with these people to ask for trouble.

The Ming Dynasty is very strict with the management of household registration, whether it is a scholar or a common person, going out is a need for the government to open the road, if there is no road, it is very likely to be directly arrested by the government, not to mention entering the city, Yang Tingshu held the road guide, is directly opened by the Nanjing Military Department, such a road guide, in the south of Zhili is a special pass, no one dares to provoke.

Although Nanzhili generally has superficial wealth, but into every city, the soldiers guarding the city gate still have to collect money, ranging from one to two copper coins, which is also one of the main incomes of the soldiers, but when Yang Tingshu and others entered the Suzhou City, the soldiers did not dare to charge any fees, not to mention that the bearing of the people was extraordinary, and the horses under the crotch were not something that ordinary people could have.

The scale of Taibai Restaurant is very large, divided into two courtyards before and after, the front yard is mainly for the business of the restaurant, the back yard is specially used for accommodation, the front and rear two buildings gather dozens of meters, the middle is a well-designed courtyard, pavilions, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, containing the atmosphere of the south of the Yangtze River.

When I came to the door of the Taibai Restaurant, the sharp-eyed guys had already come to greet him, speaking official words with a local accent, and warmly beckoned everyone into the restaurant.

The shopkeeper who was sitting at the counter immediately came out after hearing the shouts of the guys.

The shopkeeper has seen the world, not to mention others, it is a horse ridden by five people, and the price is extraordinary.

The man led the horse to the side stable, Yang Tingshu took out a piece of broken silver, handed it to the man, and asked the man to greet the horse well, he must feed oats and soybeans and other concentrate feed, not feed grass, all the expenses, in the end, are calculated together.

The man agreed with a smile on his face, and carefully led the horse towards the stable.

The shopkeeper noticed this scene and secretly had a plan in his heart.

When the room was opened, the shopkeeper naturally opened two first-class upper rooms and three upper rooms.

Yang Tingshu didn't ask about the price, nodded and agreed.

The smile on the shopkeeper's face immediately became cordial, from the bearing, he saw that Yang Tingshu and Zheng Xunrui had different identities, and the other three should be the identities of the subordinates, so it was natural to open five guest rooms.

Zheng Xunrui, who was careful, still looked at the wooden sign hanging on the wall of the counter, which had the price of the room, the first-class upper room was five dollars of silver for one night, and the upper room was three dollars of silver for one night, that is to say, five people stayed in Taibai Restaurant, and it would cost about three taels of silver a night, and they could buy a stone of rice.

Good restaurants, the price is not the same, which also makes Zheng Xunrui have a general understanding of the consumption in Suzhou, it seems that tourists to Suzhou, thinking about a good place to stay, must have the ability to afford, accommodation is only one aspect, eating and drinking, the cost is more.

After passing through the small courtyard in the middle, when entering the guest room, Zheng Xunrui quickly paid attention to this exquisite small courtyard, no wonder the price of the room is so high, and the conditions are indeed good.