Yunxi didn't know that Tan Shanggong, who he didn't want to be caught, had successfully escaped from the capital, and he was now in the process of sending the general back to Yunnan at the Xicheng Gate.
After Zhu Yuanzhang officially founded the country, he ordered his ministers to refer to the etiquette of previous dynasties and established a set of Zhu's etiquette system with Ming Dynasty characteristics. Although this is not a formal "send general", it is similar, so it is not very regular. etiquette.
Now that Lao Zhu is getting older, he is eager to teach Yun Xi, so he mostly lets Yun Xi do everything. This time is the return of Mu Chun, who is guarding Yunnan, and he also wants Yun Xi to get closer to Mu Chun, so although he is old today Zhu came, but still asked Yunxi to perform the ceremony on behalf of the emperor.
After Yunxi finished what he should do, he watched Muchun salute below according to the instructions of the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette, and his thoughts drifted to Yunnan.
Yunnan is a place with many other ethnic groups. Even more than 600 years later, the Han people only gathered in a few areas of Yunnan, and most areas were still dominated by other ethnic groups. Yunxi was not sure whether Lao Zhu later established a feudal state in Yunnan. Wang, there is none now anyway (Note 1).
Yunxi planned to give Yunnan a king after he succeeded to the throne. If Lao Zhu did not grant the title, he would grant a certain uncle to Yunnan. Then he would grant him part of the Sanxuan and Liuwei areas that now belong to Yunnan. Became a semi-independent kingdom and expanded to what is now Myanmar.
However, Yunxi lowered his head and glanced at Mu Chun. This was not good news for the Mu family. The poor and remote places had been left semi-independent, and the Mu family's stay in Kunming was of less use. Yunxi had not yet decided what was right. How is the Mu family?
Yunxi was thinking, and Mu Chun seemed to be bowing seriously below, but he was also thinking in his heart. Yunxi was already the confirmed crown prince, and the Mu family had only stayed in Yunnan for ten years, so it was far from being deeply rooted. If Yunxi pulls them back, they have no way to resist. So they, the Mu family, have been studying what Yunxi will do to him.
But after much research, there was no way to be sure. The only option was to let them establish a good relationship with Yunxi. So after Mu Chun finished the ceremony and went through the process, while talking to Yunxi, he kept saying pleasant things. .
Fortunately, Yunxi has been trained by many people's flattering words, and Lao Zhu also reminded him, so he was not confused. But even if he was confused, it was nothing, it was just temporary, and Li Yunxi It will take a long time to be emperor.
After seeing Muchun off, Lao Zhu drove back to the palace. And Yunxi remembered the small village given to him by the Chang family, and he hadn't been out for a few days, and wanted to visit the exchange place in the north of the city, so He and Lao Zhu proposed not to return to the palace yet.
Lao Zhu didn't mind that Yun Xi was running around in the capital. At least he could know a little bit about the lives of the people and wouldn't make jokes about "why not eat rice porridge". So he agreed that Yun Xi should not return to the palace for now, but told him to be there. Go back before dark.
Yunxi agreed, and when Lao Zhu's chariot set off, he said to the people around him: "I told you yesterday, which 'small' village has any of you been to? Do you know where it is?"
Chen Xing answered: "Back to Your Highness, I went there with Yang Feng yesterday and I know how to get there."
Yunxi said: "Then come forward and lead the way."
Chen Xing showed his intention and rode his horse to the front, heading towards the 'little' Zhuangzi. Yang Feng followed beside him. Yunxi and others followed them.
It didn't take long for the group to arrive at Zhuangzi, and Chen Xing took them to Zhuangtou's home.
It was noon at this time, and those whose fields were close to home were going home to eat and taking a nap; those who were far away could only ask their mother-in-law to deliver food to the fields, eat some food, rest for a while, and then continue working. In this era, the villagers
Zhuangtou did not bully other people in Zhuangzi like he did later. He also worked in the fields by himself, but their fields must be closest to Zhuangzi. So the Zhuangtou family of Zhuangzi were taking a nap at home, and only the five-year-old child at home was
My son is very energetic and does not sleep. He is playing in the yard of his house.
The rumble of horse hoofbeats hit the ground, waking up countless people who were taking a nap, and Zhuangtou's family was no exception. Zhuangtou got up from the bed and walked to the door of the courtyard. Just when he wanted to see what was going on, dozens of horses were already there.
It stopped in front of him, and he was so frightened that he sat on the ground.
Chen Xing dismounted and said to the village head: "Master Lu, don't you recognize me? I was here yesterday."
Master Lu stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and said to Chen Xing: "Oh! I remembered, you are the one." At this point, he lowered his voice and said, "Guard Chen of the palace."
Chen Xing said: "The owner of the village has a good memory. I am the guard Chen. My young master is here today and comes to our village to have a look."
Master Lu knew who the current owner of the village was, so he was shocked: "You mean..." Then he looked up at the other people who came.
Yunxi and the others had already dismounted, and Yunxi and the guards had all changed their clothes, all wearing the same clothes. But Zhuangzhu Lu was definitely not an ordinary person to be the owner of the village, and he quickly discovered that Yunxi was different from the others. He
He signaled Chen Xing with his eyes, and Chen Xing secretly sighed at his good eyesight and said, "That is my young master."
Just as he was talking, Yunxi came over and said to him: "Are you the owner of Heyan Village?"
Master Lu was about to kneel down to answer, but Chen Xing and Yang Feng were already prepared. Each of them held up one of his arms and whispered: "Don't kneel down to answer. Your Highness does not want others to know his identity."
Master Lu was in a state of confusion at this time. He had never seen anyone bigger than the outside steward of the Chang family before. In his opinion, the guards of the palace may not be more majestic than the outside steward of the Chang family. Now he was allowed to see him for once.
For such a big man, he couldn't think at all. Hearing Chen Xing's words, he stood up without thinking at all and said mechanically: "To tell you what the young master is saying, Cao Min is the owner of this Heyan Village."
Yunxi asked: "How many households are there in your village? How many acres of land are there? How many are the upper fields, middle fields, and lower fields? How much grain do you need to harvest in a year?"
Usually when the stewards of the Chang family come to collect grain, Village Master Lu always hides it. Anyway, there is no certainty about farming. The difference of two or three bushels per acre is nothing. But today, Village Master Lu is in a state of confusion.
, said very honestly: "There are 396 households in Zhuangzi; there are 3342 acres of fields, 2410 acres of upper fields, 770 acres of middle fields, and 160 acres of lower fields.
Two acres, after harvesting grain this year, excluding the rations and planting grains left by each family, and deducting the taxes paid, there are still more than 8,200 shi."
Yunxi thought it was pretty good. After a while, the grain amounted to more than 2,000 yuan, which was already a huge sum of money in this era and could be used for many things. He then asked: "Is there any money left in Zhuangzi?"
Is there any space?"
Master Lu then replied: "Yes, yes. There is a large area."
Yunxi felt confident after hearing this, and then asked Master Lu to accompany him around the village, asking some questions from time to time. Master Lu answered them one by one.
Noon has passed, and all the villagers have begun to work hard again. Although it is already October and food will have to wait until next spring to plant, you can still plant some vegetables. People who go out to the fields from their homes look strange.
The owner of the village was walking around the streets with a large group of people, and he didn't know what he was doing.
Although Yunxi had been to the countryside in his previous life, he had also farmed in the palace with Lao Zhu in this life. He knew that farming was a very hard job, but in his later life at least there were various agricultural machinery, laborious work, and very tiring work.
It's all done with machines, so although it's hard work, it's not much worse than being a worker in a factory.
But in this era, there are no machines, and it all depends on the farmers themselves. Yunxi knows that growing vegetables is not a very hard job now. When spring comes next year, transplanting rice will be the most painful and tiring thing, and it takes half a day to work.
The feeling of being broken.
So Yunxi couldn't help but said to the people around him: "Who knew that every grain of food on the plate is hard work? How hard it is for the peasants and common people. From morning to night, from spring to autumn, they can't stop for a moment, and they can only eat. You won't be able to eat in the future.
It’s a waste of food.” Everyone could only answer “yes” in unison.
Master Lu said: "It's okay now. I heard from the elders that in the Yuan Dynasty, it was okay, but after the floods in the Huaihe River, the tax here was increased by 30% per acre. Later,
It was increased to 50%. After the chaos in Jiangbei and before there were troops in Jiangnan, the officials of the former Yuan Dynasty had already arrested people everywhere and killed them as those who raised troops. At that time, everyone was in a panic, for fear of being caught and beheaded.
There are also a lot of refugees. Every time when the food is harvested, people have to keep watch all night, otherwise the food will not be harvested at all."
"Now under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, the people are healthy, there are no refugees every day, and there are no thieves at night. Life is already very good."
Yunxi knew that what he said was true. The rule of the Ming Dynasty was indeed better than that of the Meng Yuan Dynasty. However, as a person with the memory of later generations, he still thought that people today are really too hard. But there is no way to change it for a while, so he can only
He sighed and stopped talking about this.
Without comparing it with later generations, Yunxi inspected this village in detail and felt that it was very close to the capital (it was one of the few villages belonging to Jiangning County), the fields were good, there were open spaces, and the owner of the village was honest, so he was very satisfied and felt that this was the case with the Chang family.
My son did pretty well.
He didn't have time to stay here any longer, so he planned to leave after the transfer. Before leaving, he asked Master Lu: "What's your name?"
The owner of the village, still as if he was sleepwalking, replied: "To tell you the story of the young master, the ordinary people are called Lu Chengfeng."
Yunhe looked at him strangely, smiled, turned and left.