Yangzhou.This is the second time Zhu Youxiao has been here.However, because of the rise of shipping and the opening of the Liangjing Railway, the status of Caoyun began to decline, so Yangzhou's economic status was gradually declining, so that his wealth in the south of the Yangtze River was far less than that of Suzhou, Songjiang, Nanjing and other places.But with the heritage brought by the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, he is still a rich and noble place.Zhu Youxiao came to Yangzhou this time, and naturally he didn't eat until he was closed.Because the salt merchants in Yangzhou had obviously learned to be obedient, they did not dare to try to stop the emperor from going south.They all know now that the current Ming Emperor eats soft rather than hard, and dares to flip the table when he is in a hurry.Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao arrived in Yangzhou, he could freely wander around the city and outside the city, without having to declare the emperor's authority first like last time, and the people here need to know again that it is the emperor who speaks in the Ming Dynasty.Zhu Youxiao is now seriously examining the Yangzhou City in front of him.The pedestrians coming and going, and the unhurried pace and picking and picking in front of the shop shelves, made him feel very satisfied.Bang Bang!
Bang Bang!
Bang Bang!
Especially, when Zhu Youxiao wandered near a school, after hearing the sound of the iron knocking to indicate the end of school, many children ran towards him with their feet spread and carrying schoolbags."
After school!""
After school!"......
"One five gets five!"
”"Twenty-five-one-ten!"
…… The children's shouts made Zhu Youxiao laugh instinctively.If he remembers correctly, in history, Yangzhou City at this time should have just experienced a massacre.800,000 Yangzhou people, none of them were spared.And unlike now, because of his appearance, the people here still don't know swords, so life is still quiet and peaceful.Even walking is not in a hurry, only naughty children will run frantically after school, laughter and loud resounding in the streets and alleys.Of course, what makes Zhu Youxiao even more pleased is that these children can't help but read things related to mathematics, not just voices like "the beginning of human beings, the nature is good".From this, Zhu Youxiao knew that the new education he was implementing had really sunk to the people, and it was already beginning to influence the next generation in China."
The old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March.""
The lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is endless, and only the Yangtze River skyline can be seen."
On the bluestone street, a merchant is writing Tang poems with a mop because no one is coming to buy his business at the moment.Zhu Youxiao stopped and looked at it twice, and smiled at Wen Tiren and Lu Xiangsheng who were with him: "Why is Yangzhou City so prosperous that the pickers also love to write?"
”"Naturally, it is due to His Majesty's efforts to govern the world, there are too many scholars, and His Majesty encourages scholars to organize literacy classes, engage in volunteer teaching activities, and improve the cultural level of the people, and Yangzhou is naturally more obvious."
Wen Tiren flattered him.And Lu Xiangsheng said: "With the mop as a pen, it can also be seen that Yangzhou is rich now, and there are many fabrics to be used for mopping and mopping, not for patches, no wonder there are no beggars here." ”Zhu Youxiao therefore asked Wang Wending, the prefect of Yangzhou: "Prefect Wang, you won't drive away all the beggars in Yangzhou because I want to come to Yangzhou, right?"
”"Your Majesty, the minister does not dare to deceive Your Majesty like this, there are indeed no beggars in Yangzhou, when the minister arrives, there are indeed beggars, but they are all professional beggars, a group of beggars who kidnap children and then cripple them and force them to beg and earn money from the people, since the ministers have disappeared after the crackdown."
Wang Wending hurriedly replied.Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this."
Collect old clothes, old furniture, old shoes, old pots, old cars."
At this moment, shouting was heard again in the streets.Zhu Youxiao didn't pay attention at first, but soon after hearing the same shouting, he asked Wang Wending: "There are many merchants in Yangzhou City who collect old things?"
”"Back to Your Majesty, it is indeed a lot, because now the Middle Earth is rich, the people are full of food and clothing, and do not know thrift, so they love to change new hunts, so the things used are also exchanged quickly, but now overseas Korea, Wa and Nanyang and other places are also because of the increasing amount of money, and like to buy our old things, basically businessmen buy a lot of old objects at a low price here, after a little processing, sell them overseas to sell at a high price, who let me and I Ming is already the center of the world, and lead the whole world first."
Wang Wending replied."
Check it out."
Zhu Youxiao came to the shop that collected old things, but when he saw that most of the old things collected here were new, he smiled and said: "It's really rich to the point of not knowing thrift!"
”After speaking, Zhu Youxiao turned around and glanced at the Yangzhou street where he was located.I saw that the night fell, and the white walls and tiles gradually disappeared into the sky.But the voices of the people in the downtown still did not mean to calm down.And the lights of thousands of homes, like the vast stars, suddenly appeared around, illuminating Yangzhou City as bright as day!
The soft sound of silk and bamboo also began to sound, coming from the slow-rocking boat.I don't know whose girl it is, playing the flute clumsily, with a pair of white heavenly feet, hanging from the edge of the boat, shaking with the kerosene lamp on the ship.Seeing this scene, Zhu Youxiao didn't want to hear the sound of horses' hooves or see the barbarians with the tail of the money tree appear."
Thankfully not!
There won't be any more in the future. ”Zhu Youxiao thought so in his heart.Influenced by the commercial civilization of this era, and the loss of Cheng Zhu Lixue, Zhu Youxiao has even decreed the establishment of a girls' school, and the women of the Han family are also literate, so in the public, he can also see the girl appear in front of him.As for seeing the girl's natural feet, he also knew that his ban on foot binding was also effective.Of course, it is also related to the fact that he, the emperor, took the lead in not choosing a footbound woman to enter the palace.Dada!
Dada!
Dada!"
The Great Khan has arrived!
Wait for the Han dog to quickly offer his daughter to comfort the king!
”Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves was heard, followed by the voices of several men.Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but follow the sound, and saw several young men galloping towards him on horses, and their heads were bare, with a money rat tail hanging from the back of their heads, and their faces were full of excitement.This reminded Zhu Youxiao of the record of the Yangzhou Massacre that he had seen in a book in his previous life."
There are babies all over the ground, or lined with horses' hooves, or human feet, with liver and brain smeared on the ground, and the sound of crying is full of wilderness.""
The roads are full of corpses and swelled like a river because of the rain, and the flesh and blood are collapsing as walls as the hands and feet, so that the filth is pressing, and the menstrual period is burning, and its anger is getting worse.""
Burning everywhere, front and back, left and right.The room is dense, formed like fog, and smells fishy for hundreds of miles.Later, the monks collected 800,000 corpses. ”…… For a while, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but shout: "Kill these robbers!"
”"Yes!"
The officers and soldiers who were also guarding Zhu Youxiao immediately pulled out the handcuffs hidden on their bodies and hit these young men on horseback."
AhhFor a moment, several teenagers fell to the ground.Some people even shouted in a panic: "Bold!
Who put the gun and dared to kill the son of our salt merchant!
”But the gunfire continued.So, people with money rattails kept falling off their horses.Seeing this, Wang Wending hurriedly said to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty is angry!
These are all the sons of wealthy merchants in the city, and they are pretending to be Tartars, not really trying to stir up chaos!
I also ask Your Majesty to order to stop, these young sons are all young and ignorant and misled by some literati notes, so they worship Donglu, take pride in their hairstyles and clothes, and often compare themselves to Nurhachi, Huang Taiji and the like, not really want to be a big Han girl, and ask Your Majesty to spare them. ”Syllable!
Zhu Youxiao slapped Wang Wending on the spot and asked, "Since you, the prefect, know, why don't you ban it?!"
They worship barbarism and robbers, are they worthy of the Han warriors who fought bloody battles against Dongyu for the peace of the Han family?!
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