Chapter 247 Chapter 259-256: The time and space tunnel is officially opened. When is the princess?

Hearing Chen Xinjia's words, Zhu Chunchen laughed with satisfaction, as long as there is room for it.

"Haha, there are left-behind military households in the place, which is definitely needed, otherwise those idiots won't turn the world upside down?

Chen Shangshu, do you want to be the next one? Eunuch Gao, the Royal Horse Supervisor, and Wang Gonggong, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, who have been very favored recently, all admire you very much!

If they give you a few kind words, you will be credited with mobilizing military households to defend His Majesty. What do you think?"

"???"

Chen Xinjia's pupils shrank. Zhu Chunchen caught this detail and felt that he had convinced him.

This sentence has two meanings. The first is that if you are obedient, the eunuch will praise you. If you don't speak, you will not save him in danger.

What really shocked Chen Xinjia was how those two eunuchs were bribed by them.

With Chongzhen's current ability, these two eunuchs must be tired of living.

Thinking of this, he knew that Zhu Chunchen was bluffing.

"The military households in Zhending Mansion cannot be touched."

"They are not allowed to move, but can they be dispersed? Zhending allows His Majesty's confidants, and then mobilizes the army and asks them to arrive in Jizhou according to the designated time, so that we can jointly defend against the rebels in Zhending Mansion."

Zhu Chunchen put his hands on the table. Looking at Chen Xinjia's confused expression, he took out a stack from his right sleeve and laid it out.

"OK!"

"Okay, Chen Shangshu, don't worry, you are so loyal and patriotic, the princes and the others will definitely speak kindly to you."

Chen Xinjia's reaction did not surprise Zhu Chunchen. No one can escape the law of adding money.

After chatting with Chen Xinjia for a while, after drinking tea, Zhu Chunchen walked out of Chen Xinjia's residence with a smile on his face and got on the carriage on the roadside.

"Mr. Cheng Guo, how are you doing?"

"It cost twice as much."

"You're really greedy. You're taking advantage of the situation. When things get better, I'll borrow His Majesty's help to ransack his house."

"I don't know if His Majesty can come back. What does the Prince say?"

The people in the carriage said dissatisfiedly, and another discussion started in the carriage.

After Chen Xinjia and the other two left, he held the banknote in his hand and had a mysterious smile on his face.

"You still don't know. If His Majesty were an ordinary emperor, you would definitely succeed in doing this.

It's a pity, it's a pity that all strategies are empty talk in the face of miraculous power.

With so many banknotes, I can only keep 10%. How about I repay 20,000 taels? Keep 20,000 taels?

Even if Duke Cheng Guo is caught, he won't tell me how much he bribed me, right?"

Thinking of this, Chen Xinjia couldn't resist the temptation of 20,000 taels of silver notes after all, so he kept half of them and packed the other half.

Then he got up, wrote a note, and led the horse back to the palace.

Liaodong, Gaizhou Wei.

With the support of a group of people, Chongzhen inspected Gaizhou City. As he walked in Gaizhou City, Han people were kneeling and worshiping along the streets. Chongzhen felt some inexplicable and strange feelings in his heart.

"He Banban, I always feel that I feel very uncomfortable walking on the border of Gaizhou. What's the problem?"

"Your Majesty, do you think they are these people?"

"hiss."

Chongzhen reacted instantly, no wonder he said something was wrong, it turned out to be here.

Although there are signs of the rise of kneeling in the Ming Dynasty, most people are still used to doing it, and the people here in Gaizhou kneel so naturally, which fully illustrates the lack of education for decades.

“There is still a long way to go.

He Banban, just pick a few bold people to come and let me ask you some questions."

"According to the decree."

After hearing Chongzhen's instructions, He Ying, the admiral of Jinzhou who followed Chongzhen, left quickly and picked a few common people from a distance.

"See your majesty! Long live your majesty. Long live your majesty."

"Without ceremony, please get up. I have called you here and I want to ask you something.

Are you all Han people who were originally Gaizhou Guards?"

"The Caomin were originally from Taiyuan. But seven years ago, the Tatars attacked, killed the Caomin family, and took the Caomin captive to Gaizhou."

"The Caomin were originally from the Xuanfu government, but five years ago, the slaves entered the customs, robbed the Caomin family, and moved us to Gaizhou."

There were four people in total, three of them were robbed. Chongzhen looked at the little eunuch. What a coincidence? He was looking for them deliberately.

The little eunuch quickly shook his head. He found this indeed at the scene. It was relatively lively and he was not looking for it deliberately.

"It has been seven years. Have you ever thought that one day you will be rescued by the imperial court? Do you want to go home now?"

Several farmers heard Chongzhen's question and looked at each other. The one who was born and raised in Gaizhou didn't say anything. Among the other three, the bold one spoke in a low voice.

"Back to Your Majesty, we have been humiliated by the slaves over the years. We have been thinking about Master Wang coming to rescue us day and night, but now we have no idea of ​​going back."

"How to say?"

"If I had just come here, the slave-building was cruel and unethical, and the Tatars bullied us and treated us as slaves. At that time, everyone was not living well, so naturally I missed my hometown more. Even if I didn't have food to eat back home, it would be better than working here.

Dog is strong.

Ever since the emperor, oh, that Huang Taiji has been kind to the Han people in recent years, he has given us land, and made us a household, and has not allowed those Jurchen Mongols to rob us of our property.

Although we were still bullied by the Tatars and they still didn't treat us as human beings, we were able to get on with our lives.

In addition, our home has been destroyed by the slaves, and our original property...

Your Majesty, I forgive the common people for not wanting to go back, but please have mercy on us and allow us to stay here as Gaizhou Guards. We are willing to pay taxes and continue to pay taxes for the imperial court."

"Please, Your Majesty, have mercy and let us stay in Gaizhou Guard!"

Several people suddenly knelt down again, making Chongzhen frown.

They didn't finish talking about the land they mentioned, but Chongzhen also understood what they meant.

Not to mention that the property in his hometown has been swallowed up, and there is no point in going back now. Chongzhen, who is in a bad mood, has to continue to put on a show.

"You are a native of Gaizhou. What do you think is better, Tatar officials or our Han officials?"

"Your Majesty, of course I am an official of the Ming Dynasty."

"Honestly, I want to hear the truth. On the way here, I have killed many corrupt officials. Don't worry, I won't blame you if you tell the truth."

After hearing what this commoner said, Chongzhen interrupted and said that he wanted to hear a comparison and see what the reputation of the Qing Dynasty was among the people, and how to straighten the stall he took over.

"Your Majesty, what the common people said is true. In the past, we really hated the officials of the imperial court. But after we were invaded by the Tatars, the Tatar officials did not regard our lives as our lives at all. They would humiliate and kill us for any reason.

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But if we let the grassroots elect them, the grassroots would prefer to choose Han officials who are managed by the Tatars. They treat us better, and they are under the control of the Tatars. They will not send us to work randomly, and they will not contribute or share."

"Aren't they all corrupt?"

"They want to embezzle, but all the money they have embezzled has been taken away by the Tatar officials and royal family. They themselves have no money, but they still live better than us. They still have some money left in a year and can eat enough.

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In order to pay taxes in the past few years, we may not always have enough food in our stomachs, but it is much better than a few years ago when we didn’t even have any land and were whipped at any time.”

Under the governance of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, taxation was actually equally serious. However, under the high-pressure policies of Huangtaiji, the Han people were still able to survive. Compared with the corrupt grassroots of the Ming Dynasty, it was much better.

"I see, don't worry. Now that Liaodong has been restored, I have decreed that taxes in Liaodong will be reduced for one year. After one year, the land tax will only be levied at 10%, and taxes will never be increased."

"Is it true? What those people shouted these days is actually true. Your Majesty is wise."

As soon as Chongzhen spoke, several people immediately knelt down and worshiped, making Chongzhen's originally gentle expression look ugly again.

"In the beginning, Taizu abolished the kneeling ceremony. As subjects of the Ming Dynasty, you must abide by it in the future and must not perform this kowtow ceremony again."

After asking several people to get up and leave, Chongzhen continued his visit until noon.

In the temporary palace in Gaizhou, Chongzhen summoned the officials who had followed him to give instructions for his upcoming departure to modern times.

Lest any of them try to find me urgently, but end up unable to contact me, and end up thinking that they have been disappeared.

"My dear friends, I am about to go to another world. After I go there and play for a while, I will take you there."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will definitely do a good job. How many days will your Majesty be away?"

"I should be back tomorrow for three days, and then I'll be there for a while."

After hearing Zhang Sizhi's words, Chongzhen was also thinking about the itinerary Chen Ye had arranged for him.

The first stop is to get used to the future world at Temasek, at least not to act like a country bumpkin.

The second stop was to go to China with the ship. After a few days on the ship, he could return to Daming to continue arranging affairs.

"During my visit, every day at noon and afternoon, I would collect the mailbox I left here for a while.
To be continued...