"this!"

Zhao Ziying couldn't help but be amazed. Why is an emperor of a country so frugal? His clothes were patched, but his ministers were all rich and their land was in units of tens of thousands of acres.

The ministers are rich enough to rival the country, but the emperor's clothes are exposed and they still need patches. Who can I reason with?

Zhu Mai looked at Zhao Ziying and said, "Ziying, have you, Lantian County Zun, ever as frugal as my father?"

Zhao Ziying said: "Even though my county magistrate is frugal, he has never been like His Majesty."

"Then why do people in the world call my father the foolish monarch, but call Li Chaosheng a wise man? Is it better to be frugal than to be extravagant?"

Zhu Mai stood up for Chongzhen.

Zhao Ziying shook her head and said, "Things are not said like this. Although your father is frugal, the people of the Ming Dynasty have lived much harder than him. You have probably seen the miserable situation of the people along the way. Compared with Yi Zi's eat, it's nothing to patch the clothes, right?"

Zhao Ziying saw him and said to Zhu Mai, and Zhu Mai frowned and said, "Then..."

"I know you want to say that our county master is good, and we eat whatever we want, but the people under his command eat the same food as him. You said that there is no meat in your palace for three months, and now the people in Lantian can eat meat every three days. Even so, the county master still keeps saying that the people live a hard life and a difficult life for the people."

"My dear, come and see the prosperity of Lantian. Can't our county magistrate afford a wise saying?"

Zhao Ziying pointed to the lively scene around him, and watched the people around him eat, drink and laugh, Zhu Meiyu was silent and said for a long time: "I admit that your county is indeed good at governing the county, but, why can't he help my father with such ability? As long as you Lantian are willing to take action, your father can get the greatest support, defeat the bandits and recover the lost land in Liaodong, but why can't you Lantian help my father?"

Hearing this, Zhao Ziying smiled and looked at Zhu Mai and said, "Why do you want to help?"

Zhu Mai was stunned and looked at Zhao Ziying and said, "Isn't it okay for me to help Your Majesty?"

Zhao Ziying shook her head and said, "Where are so many in this world? I am loyal to you. The premise is that you must protect your subjects. My Lantian was the origin of the bandits at the beginning. When our Lantian struggled to save lives and changed their sons to eat, what was your father doing? He increased the tax and snatched away all the food that saved people's lives in the house, forcing the people to starve to death."

"It is our county magistrate who ignored personal gains and losses and tried every means to build canals, distribute grain to disaster relief, and took the people of Lantian step by step to bring wealth to the people of Lantian step by step. When we were suffering, we did not see Your Majesty. Now Your Majesty wants to use the wealth we have exchanged for and hard work to save others. Do you think it is possible?"

"To be honest, even if the county magistrate does not understand the right and wrong, the eight million people in Lantian will never be willing. This is the heart of the people, do you know? My dear?"
Chapter completed!