Chapter 239 Chapter 243-244: Chongzhen as if from another world. System upgrade, dual customers

Looking at Chongzhen who was gradually approaching, the child's father was so frightened that he blocked the child behind him.

"How old is the doll?"

"Your Majesty, you are already seven years old."

"You're only seven years old? You're so young. You don't even have enough to eat!"

Listening to Chongzhen's words, the child's father gradually relaxed his guard and allowed Chongzhen to pick up the child.

"The grassroots people have been farming all their lives and cannot even support themselves. This child was born to suffer along with the grassroots people. I just hope there will be no more wars in the future so that I can farm with peace of mind."

"Everything will be fine. Now that slavery has been eradicated, you can rest assured that I have announced that I will never increase taxes and will reform the tax system in the future to ensure fairness and justice.

If people in the county dare to collect taxes arbitrarily, you should report it to the Royal Company. The people in the Royal Company are all personally selected by me, and they will not protect you.

Save your money, sell the rice to the royal merchants, and keep it for yourself. Buy some newspapers for your child and let the villagers teach him how to read. I will personally take care of him when he goes to the Royal Army."

"From now on, I will go to the Royal Army, eat well, and kill bad guys for His Majesty!"

The sudden words spoken by the child being held by Chongzhen made the child's father panic, but Chongzhen laughed out loud.

"Okay! Then I'll wait for you to grow up quickly, haha!"

The conversation between Chongzhen and the child caused the surrounding people to shout hello. Villagers from other villages were gradually called over, and the furthest ones were the villagers on the other side of the mountain.

Fortunately, the guards separated the human wall in advance, and the elders of the clan stopped those with questionable temperaments, preventing them from having to sue for impeachment.

As Chongzhen walked, he also scolded Zhang Sizhi and Jiang Dejing in a loud voice that could be heard by the people around him.

As the sky grew late, Chongzhen randomly selected a farmer's house to have dinner. After leaving half a tael of silver and two hundred military coupons, he started to return with the little thoughts of the people.

After this afternoon's contact and listening to Chongzhen's various people-friendly speeches, the villagers' sense of Chongzhen has reached its peak, and they staged a procession of seeing off each other for several miles until they reached the official road.

"Old man, we have sent you far enough. I am very sorry that I have delayed everyone's farming today.

Just say goodbye here. I will come back in two years. If on the day I come again, there are still people imposing taxes on you, asking you to pay the taxes on the fields, and increase the taxes in a few years, I will ask for it for you.

Get justice."

"The common people thank you, your majesty. Your majesty will be a wise king for eternity, and your majesty will live forever!"

Chongzhen's final words made the people kneel down and thank him. With these words, at least Hejia Village will be able to live a good life in the next few years.

Chen Ye had been watching the crowds coming from the car, and he was also sighing a little.

"You did a good job. It seems that the people have recognized you from the bottom of their hearts and are not simply afraid of authority."

"Hey, shopkeeper, I saw the people today and was greatly shocked. I finally know why the people you mentioned are suffering."

Chongzhen, who got into the car, held a piece of multi-grain steamed bun in his hand and handed it to Chen Ye while talking.

"This is the steamed buns that the common people eat mixed with wild vegetables. I just ate a piece of it. The villagers and the children's eyes went straight when they saw the steamed buns in my hand.

Sour, astringent, bitter, and mixed with various flavors. If this kind of steamed buns were given to Ci Xing, he would probably have a stomachache after eating it.

But this is the staple food of the common people, and they are reluctant to eat more of it. If they eat it, the steamed buns will be mixed with other things.

There are always bugs crawling in the house they live in. Their seven-year-old boy is not as strong as his mother-in-law. They...sigh..."

“This is what I often tell you, only when the people are well will the country be able to talk about ZTE.

The people are weak, how can they defeat outsiders? They don't have enough to eat, so why should they recognize you? Just because you are more diligent than them in approving memorials?"

Chen Ye stuffed the buns back into Chongzhen's hand and patted Chongzhen on the shoulder.

All this today can be said to have made Chongzhen feel the real living conditions of the people in the Ming Dynasty, which is a great thing.

"I will work hard. The reason why the government collapses is because the people's roads are blocked and because no new people come forward to speak for the people.

Only by allowing the common people to have a way out, can the common people get better, develop education, and open up the people's wisdom. We can no longer rely on scholar-bureaucrats."

"That's right to think about it, and there is no perfect system, only a king who is constantly improving.

If there is an iron-clad scholar-bureaucrat class, then you must become a melting pot and melt them away."

Chen Ye saw that Chongzhen had finished his work, said hello, and returned directly to modern times. He also wanted to get a giant-screen TV for Chongzhen in modern times. How could the celebration ceremony be without a TV?

Chongzhen's motorcade set off again, and by the time they reached Lulongdu, it was already sunset.

After arranging the ceremonial guard and getting out of the car, I walked through the city gate and looked at the people greeted by the government officials and guards, as well as the houses in the city and the streets with blue bricks. Chongzhen seemed like a world away.

“Two dear friends, do you think that was the Ming Dynasty just now, or is the Ming Dynasty here now?

Which one is the Ming Dynasty that the scholar-officials and I will rule together? Do you, the scholar-officials, know how miserable the people are?"

After hearing Chongzhen's question, Jiang Deyi and Zhang Sizhi, who had followed Chongzhen all the way, began to think about the meaning of Chongzhen's question.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I believe that these two are from the Ming Dynasty, and those outside the city represent the people of the Ming Dynasty who contributed tax money to the Ming Dynasty and still had insufficient food and clothing.

And those in the city represent the officials of the Ming Dynasty who can live without relying on the fields after taking care of them."

"The same is true for me."

The explicit words of Zhang Sizhi and Jiang Deyi even made Chongzhen feel in a trance and could not understand their positions.

In fact, for Zhang Sizhi and Jiang Deyi, all these reactions were very natural.

Because Chongzhen has come into contact with the real bottom and his horizons have been opened. What is the difference between Chongzhen now and Taizu?

Anyone who talks about flattery is irresponsible for his own future and is an inducement to Chongzhen's dissatisfaction.

"It turns out that you have always known about it, but why has no one ever given me suggestions to improve it?

Why didn't the great scholar, the six ministers, and the censor who were sitting in the cabinet talk about it?

Why is there Zhang Juzheng but not Sun Juzheng, Cao Juzheng, or Lu Juzheng?"

"minister……"

Chongzhen waved his hand and signaled them to stop talking. He knew the reason, because the emperor was not good enough and could not change the entire interest group even if he said it.

Chongzhen, who wanted to understand, continued to walk to Lulongfu Yamen under the welcome ceremony in the city.

After the prefect of Yongping Prefecture sent Chongzhen to the government office, Chongzhen's day of showing off in Lulong County finally came to an end.

Early the next morning, Chongzhen had just gotten up and washed up. A motorcycle soldier who had traveled from Jinzhou overnight brought a stack of photos over.

In the photo, there are photos of Jinzhou officials, big and small, as well as their life experiences.

This is how the emperor's inscrutability comes about. He must make others feel that he is in the emperor's heart.

Set off again, in the car, he and Chen Ye in the real world held their breath, waiting for the system upgrade prompt to come.

【99.99%】

【System upgrade completed.】

Chen Ye closed the door of his office and looked at the system prompts, feeling extremely nervous.

[Dear user, congratulations, with your unremitting efforts, this system upgrade has been completed.

The system has officially moved to the 1.1 public beta version, and the updated functions are as follows:

01: Cancel the price setting function and retain the communication, space storage, and controlled location pick-and-place functions.

02: The system cancels the cooling time limit after the host travels through time and space, and cancels the location limit for traveling back to reality.

03: The system will officially open to historical customers in ten days, and to technology plane customers in fifteen days.

After the trading volume of the two customers reaches the standard, it will continue to be updated. Please see the appendix for specific updated customers.

04: Due to the opening of ultra-modern customers, the system has canceled restrictions on arms supplies.

05: To open the shuttle function between the client and the client plane, ten tons of gold are required. After activation, the shuttle subject shall be confirmed by the shop owner and the customer, please refer to the appendix.

06: Open the client-to-shopkeeper side function, the number of people is limited to ten people, and there is no time limit.

Please see the appendix for details on the rules for controlling corresponding personnel.

07: The specific restrictions on injury avoidance are cancelled, no need for both parties to be present, the injury avoidance function takes effect normally, and all cells of the shop owner remain active and replaced normally indefinitely.】

[Thank you for your continued use of this system, and I hope you will continue to work hard! Change the system with transactions.]

There was no news prompt in an instant, and Chen Ye only felt confused for a while.

"Maintain cell viability indefinitely? What does it mean?"

"Didn't I say that there is still one and a half months to update new customers? Are we going to update customers now?"

In Chen Ye's consciousness, the status of the two customers gradually emerged.

[Appendix Customer 1: Cold Weapon Age, Liu Bei, time node, Zhang Wu Year, time matching, remaining time is 9 days.]

[Appendix Customer 2: Interstellar Era, Chen Zhonghua, time node, Daxia Calendar Year 827, remaining time is 14 days.]

[Appendix rules: Client and client, the shop owner and the two customers need to confirm together before shuttle, and shuttle around the customer in this plane.

After shuttle, both customers have the right to recall and evict other customers in this plane without the consent of the shop owner. When recalling or evicting, there is no need to be with the customer.】

"Big ears??? Fuck, where is my brother Zheng? Doesn't my brother Zheng laugh in my dreams every day? Why did he become a big ear?"

Chen Ye was a little confused. During this period, he had asked Su Qing to collect information about the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties. Suddenly Liu Xian came to take a break, which caught him off guard.
To be continued...