Chapter 2394

Two horses rushed into Zhuozhou City and went directly to the state capital.

Later, a cry came from the state capital: "long live your majesty!"

Soon a small official came out to put up a notice.

Everyone could not help pouring in at his happy appearance.

Due to the tight time, I didn't get the paste. The little official didn't know where to get the fresh rice and posted the notice directly.

After putting up the notice, he turned back and rubbed the rice grains on his hands, and said happily, "Your Majesty's will, the grain tax in all parts of the Ming Dynasty will be reduced by 10% this year! 10% ah!"

Those people who came around came to go shopping. Most of them dragged their children and took their daughter-in-law.

Even Fang Hongzhong came shopping with beads. At the moment, their grandparents and grandchildren are standing in front. Fang Hongzhong's eyes are not good and can't be seen clearly by the light.

Fang Xing likes Zhuzhu, so he suggested that Zhuzhu learn to read before he left Zhuozhou last time. Although Fang Hongzhong was old-fashioned, he also knew that Fang Xing meant well, so he personally enlightened his granddaughter.

After Zhuzhu was often taken to Peiping, he followed worry free to learn. He could read without saying that his knowledge had left a large part of the daughters of those officials in the city.

Zhuzhu looked at the notice and said, "Grandpa, it's said that the grain tax of Xuande was reduced by 10% in the five years! Those who don't obey should be arrested and let everyone know about it."

Fang Hongzhong was stunned and murmured, "the whole Ming Dynasty? In these peaceful years, there are no famine and disasters. Which generation will reduce taxes?"

"Is it really 10% less?"

A man asked with his daughter in his arms. The people around him looked excited but worried.

Grain tax exemption can be found in any generation, but most of the reasons are famine.

But Daming has had good weather in the past two years and had a good harvest every year. The emperor in the palace doesn't have any great joy. Why do you want to lower this will?

As soon as the little official's face turned black, he stared at the man who asked. When he saw that the little girl was frightened by herself, he closed his anger and said with a straight face: "The newly arrived document has just arrived in Zhuozhou. I think it will be spread all over the north in a few days. Yes, the levy will be reduced by 10%. As for the reason you said, it is also said in the will that there will be a bumper harvest every year in the Ming Dynasty... By the way, you have to read your Majesty's words. Forget it, you wait!"

Those people were waiting piously, and everyone looked happy.

When the petty official came out again, he held a piece of paper in his hand.

He respectfully took the paper and went to the door. Standing on the stone, he coughed to clear his throat according to the rules of the Grand Court meeting, and then began to read the emperor's words.

"Emperor Wen told me that the people were not water and the emperor was not a boat."

Uh!

Fang Hongzhong felt something wrong at the beginning, and the relationship between water and ship had long been known to women and children, so some people were muttering behind him.

"The people are the land, and the emperors and officials are the planters."

"What emperors and officials should do is to work at sunrise and return at sunset, and fear the land that gives us food."

Hearing this, those people who understood were shocked.

The people are the land, and kings and officials should fear the land. What is the metaphor?

This

Fang Hongzhong felt that if he said this from someone else's mouth, he would be criticized on the spot.

But this is the emperor's words!

The petty officials were probably shocked. They paused here, then looked at the people listening in panic and continued to recite.

"Growers should abide by their duty, do not trample on the land, do not go all out to fish, otherwise the land rich in food will crack a huge gap that makes people panic, and there will be a flame that can melt all things in the world..."

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There was a sudden noise below.

Fang Hongzhong was a little uneasy. He felt that this formulation raised the people too high.

"This means that we should cherish the people's strength, love the people, and not abuse the people, otherwise sooner or later we will have bad luck and eat the consequences!"

Fang Hongzhong looked back and vaguely remembered that the man was studying science.

He looked at the people in a trance.

He saw faces of joy in amazement, and the amazement was gradually dissipating.

He saw an old man grinning with only a few thin yellow teeth in his mouth, looking ugly. But the joy seemed to flow out of his whole body, which made people infected and happy.

"The weather is cold. Can they wear warm clothes for the new year? Can the children afford Caramel? Can the women in the family make a new dress? There are many things. I think carefully and can't sleep at night."

"Your Majesty is worried about us, whether we can wear warm clothes and whether the children can afford sugar... Your majesty can't sleep at night."

The voice was explaining in vernacular, and gradually several more people were spreading these explanations. But the emperor's words were actually no different from vernacular, and most of the people present could understand them.

Fang Hongzhong saw tears falling in the old man's eyes, then suddenly knelt down and shouted, "long live your majesty!"

Without hesitation, the people knelt down.

"Long live your majesty!"

The petty official was frightened and wanted to kneel with him. Just as his knee was bent, there came the voice of the senior official behind him: "stand firm and finish reading."

The petty official cheered up and continued to read: "I am deeply worried that people all over the world should support me, so I always remember the suffering of the people."

This is still in vernacular.

"Long live your majesty!"

The people shouted in unison.

The petty official's body shook, blinked and read: "I thought for a long time. When I got up early this morning, I suddenly felt that those thoughts were hypocritical prevarication, so I decided to reduce the grain tax by 10% in the five years of Xuande!"

He finished reading, but the people below did not move.

He gave a blank look, then was shocked and trembled.

Those fanatics!

Countless faces were full of enthusiasm, tears in their eyes, and then cheered as scheduled.

"Long live your majesty!"

This is not a tribute, but a cheer.

Cheers exploded from the front of the state Yamen and then spread rapidly.

After the whole Zhuozhou City learned the news, cheers continued to ring out.

The gentry in Zhuozhou also secretly resented the emperor who ordered to clean up the privileges of his gang. To put it mildly, I don't know how many people secretly cursed the emperor's early death.

But now they can only listen to these cheers and look at those ecstasy.

"Long live your majesty!"

A child doesn't know why to shout Viva, but when he sees that the adults are ecstatic shouting, he shouts.

He ran past a group of scholars and was caught by a man.

"Dad!"

The man grabbed him and said happily, "go and buy meat."

The child was happy and shouted, "Dad, buy sugar."

"OK, buy you sugar!"

Fang Hongzhong also saw this scene. Zhu Zhu looked up and asked, "Grandpa, just now he said he only gave the benefits of farming. What are those businessmen happy about?"

Fang hung Chien said in a mixed mood, "when farmers have spare money, they will spend it. At least they are willing to buy some meat and pull a few feet of cloth. If they can't do it well, they dare to go to restaurants several times, and businessmen can make more money!"

"Grandpa, what are the officials happy about?"

"The government? If the business of businessmen is good, the government will collect more taxes. At that time, the top will praise them, so they will be happy!"

……

See the Ming Pao.

As a newspaper, it even released the latest news in Jinan before the di newspaper.

"Ten percent?"

No one was interested in those articles. All eyes focused on the emperor's speech.

"Your Majesty said it, exactly."

A child of science was shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Emperor Wen told me that people were not water..."

Those faces gradually turned red, then rejoiced, and then waved their arms and shouted.

"Long live your majesty!"

Cheers echoed everywhere in this spring city, and the cheers from the Daming Lake also spread to the Huafang. Those businessmen and "talents" who wanted to have fun during the Chinese new year did not stop. They all put their heads out and listened carefully.

The water waves of Daming Lake are slightly rippling, and the clean lake water carries several boats to the depths.

"It seems..."

A businessman frowned and listened, saying, "what do you think you're talking about... 10%?"

At this time, another ship shouted, "it is to exempt 10% of the grain tax!"

It was the "talented men's" boat, but when the merchants heard it, their eyes were shining. Someone shouted over there, "brother, where is it? But are we Jinan mansion?"

There was no answer, and it gradually fell silent.

"Shore, shore!"

The merchant's boat immediately began to turn around.

Those prostitutes were ready to show their skills to make these rich guests willing to take out their wallets, but they didn't expect such a move, so their faces turned white without powder.

Before he got to the shore, someone heard the news. He got up and went to the bow of the boat, then turned around and said with his negative hand: "good news, everyone!"

"Speak!"

The businessmen couldn't help but scold and let him talk.

"Not our Jinan mansion!"

"Hey!"

After a sigh, the merchant felt that the prank was successful and said proudly, "it's the whole Daming!"

"What?"

Here are some merchants who sell their goods to all parts of Daming. When they heard the speech, they jumped up and shouted, "come ashore! I'm going to ask someone to buy goods soon. I'm going to make a lot of money this year!"

"Yes, hurry!"

The two boats that stayed in the center of the lake were silent and mournful.