I am the king of the dead

There are not many other things in the capital, except for this powerful family, which is everywhere.

Zhu Qiyu followed the poor coolie to Mihang.

Apparently, the poor coolie had nowhere to put his child, so he put the child's swaddle in front of the door, and began to move the rice grain sacks on the cart, a total of seven sacks.

Zhu Qiyu has been standing not far away, letting Yi Tiqi lean against the wall not far from the child.

In these years, there are many people who steal children. If someone stretches out his hand and commits a crime in front of His Majesty, it must be because the sword is out of the scabbard and the head falls to the ground.

There are quite a few policemen from Shuntian Mansion wandering around on the street, but no one dares to steal children in broad daylight.

After the laborer finished moving the sack, he sat in the corner to rest, Zhu Qiyu signaled Xing'an to buy some caramel and fruit milk, and then went up.

"My lord, don't take the liberty to disturb me." Zhu Qiyu stepped forward, wanting to have a good chat with this strong man.

The strong laborer picked up the child, stood up, and said vigilantly: "Don't call me Mr. Liu, just call me Liu Qi, I can't afford it. What are you going to do? I won't sell the child."

Liu Qi obviously thought that Zhu Qiyu was going to buy his child, so he came over to strike up a conversation.

Zhu Qiyu took a step back and said, "It's not that I intend to buy your child, but I just want to ask how your business is doing."

"You don't know, His Majesty recently re-established the General Administration Department. We are members of the General Administration Department, and we specialize in observing the people's conditions."

Zhu Qiyu took out a letter card and handed it to Xing'an habitually, and Xing'an handed the letter card to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi looked at it for a long time, then went back and said: "I can't read, but judging by your appearance, you are indeed from an official family, what do you want to ask?"

When Zhu Qiyu announced the edict last time, he discovered a problem, that is, once his identity as the emperor was known to the people, the people trembled and couldn't say anything.

Now Zhu Qiyu has transformed into a member of the General Administration Department, a member of the General Administration Department, a seventh-rank official, and is under the administration of the General Administration Envoy Wang Wen.

Of course, there is no such official at all, and there is only one in the world.

Zhu Qiyu chatted with Liu Qi for a few words, and then asked: "How much do you earn from working this day? How is it compared to before?"

Liu Qi took the things Xing'an bought, and finally said cheerfully: "It's much better now, the emperor spends all day tinkering with the New Deal, and we don't understand what he's tinkering with."

"A lot of novelties have been worked out. The Baoyuan Bureau no longer trades copper coins for silver coins. Many merchants transport goods to the capital to exchange for the silver coins. There are more jobs and the livelihood is much better."

"Now as a servant, you can get nine cents and four cents a month for pushing goods for this rice store. You can support your family."

Liu Qi obviously didn't know where the silver coins were struck. He thought it was from the Baoyuan Bureau, because most of the private silver coins were issued from the Baoyuan Bureau, and he didn't know that it was from the Baoyuan Bureau.

You can get more than nine taels of silver a month, and more than ten taels of silver a year, so life is not considered impossible.

According to the calculation of the labor remuneration set by the Shuntian Prefecture Labor Insurance Bureau, it is obviously not twice what is needed, but the difference is not very far.

Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Why don't you go to join the farm outside the city? The rewards in the city don't seem to be too much."

Liu Qi teased the child to hear Zhu Qiyu's question, and asked back: "Is there a farm in Shaanxi?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "Of course not."

Liu Qi said as a matter of course: "Then it's over, and Shaanxi doesn't have a farm. I'm from Shaanxi, and the Jingji farm won't accept us."

Zhu Qiyu nodded. Except for Zhili in Gyeonggi, Kyushu outside the mountains, and Fujian, the farm law has not been implemented in Shaanxi, and there are household registration restrictions.

Zhu Qiyu and Liu Qi chatted a few more words, Liu Qi put the child in the car and said: "It must be difficult to live in the capital, and you can't keep the money. I plan to save some money. When will Shanxi have a farm law? Go home and farm."

Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "Then is there any place where you are dissatisfied with the current capital?"

Liu Qi's eyes immediately became vigilant, and he said angrily: "You high officials know how to find fault with His Majesty all day long, I won't tell you, but I did. In the hall, he yelled at His Majesty again, making His Majesty upset."

Liu Qi picked up the car, walked forward, and said: "I'm leaving, don't follow me! I've seen you all the way."

Daming's court hall was leaking everywhere. Just after the court meeting was held at one end, it was rumored that it was all over the street at the other end. Obviously, the atmosphere among the high officials in the court hall was not very good among the people, which is not surprising.

On the contrary, Zhu Qiyu has a good reputation.

If the common people don't ask for anything else and can live on with their hands, then the Ming emperor is a pig, and he is also a Ming emperor.

"Hey..." Zhu Qiyu hadn't chatted a few words yet, but Liu Qi had already walked away.

Zhu Qiyu walked and said: "Pork is two cents of silver per catty, beef and mutton are one cent and five cents per catty, big goose is two cents of silver per catty, chicken is three cents and four cents per catty, fresh fish is five catties of silver per catty, and candy is one catty Silver is four cents, one catty of chestnuts is three cents, and litchi is four quarters and eight cents."

"These are not cheap. That is to say, Liu Qi works for a month and can't even eat meat once. It's still too hard."

Zhu Qiyu, as the Minister of the Ministry of Households of the Ming Dynasty, knew the price of the capital well.

Liu Qi only earns 47 catties of pork by working for a month, and there are less than five geese. If he wants to eat lychees, he can't even afford them.

Xing'an said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's not hard. As the saying goes, you only eat one dumpling during the Chinese New Year. Maybe it's not meat stuffing."

"Although Liu Qi is living a poor life now, it is far from the point where she can't live anymore."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and continued walking, shaking his head as he walked, and said: "I heard that some luxurious houses hold hundreds of tables of noodles for a wedding or funeral. Four taels of silver! It's very grand!"

"Four taels! Liu Qi has to work for four months, and he still doesn't have four taels of silver!"

Zhu Qiyu is not a fool, he knows that there is no absolute fairness in this world, and he has never talked about fairness other than the death of the murderer.

Xing'an said helplessly: "Your Majesty, this is naturally abnormal. The money for the banquet is only so much. The big head is not above eating and drinking. The money for entertainment is the big money."

Zhu Qiyu continued to walk forward and said: "Isn't this the smell of wine and meat from the Zhumen, and the bones on the road are frozen to death? It is not what I want."

Xing'an sighed, Du Fu's poem is very good, there is nothing wrong with it, Your Majesty understands the sentiments of the people, is it wrong to have the people in mind?Obviously not.

Someone must be wrong.

Xing'an hurriedly said: "But Your Majesty, there are no frozen bones on the road. At least the Dongxi Shefan Temple will not let people starve to death, and the Nursing Home will not let people freeze to death."

"Your Majesty, this matter should not be rushed. If it wasn't for the military bureau to make money, Liu Qi's livelihood would definitely not be better. If it wasn't for the Labor Insurance Bureau's payment, Liu Qi's salary would definitely not be as good as it is now."

"Your Majesty, take your time."

"Doesn't Your Majesty often say it? There will definitely be problems in development, but there will also be results. Your Majesty is at the peak of his spring and autumn, and the only way to do it slowly is the right way."

Now that Yu Qian has left Beijing, Xing'an is the only one who can persuade His Majesty.

From Xing'an's point of view, if Liu Qi was in the Zhengtong period, the child on his back would definitely not be able to survive.

It's fine now.

At least things are getting better, aren't they?

Isn't this the merit of His Majesty?

Of course Zhu Qiyu knew about financial affairs, two aspects.

One is to make the cake bigger, and the other is to distribute the cake. While making the cake bigger, how to divide the cake well is also an important issue in financial affairs.

At least Daming is moving forward, at least the Labor Insurance Bureau has already taken the first step in the matter of calculating wages and labor.

Reform is like sawing wood, sometimes it goes forward, sometimes it goes backwards, but in general it goes deeper.

Xing'an breathed a sigh of relief, seeing His Majesty's expression, His Majesty took this matter to heart, but he was not in a hurry.

Zhu Qiyu walked through Renshou Street, turned a corner, and walked into Chaoyangmenwai Street. Chaoyangmen is Liangdaomen, and there are more merchants coming and going. He stopped and stopped, wanting to go to Wufeng Tower in Chaoyangmen.

The soldiers guarding the city stopped Zhu Qiyu and his party, and Zhu Qiyu took out the seven-rank credit card for counseling and general administration, but the soldiers guarding the city did not accept this at all.

When the [-]th Regiment Battalion left Beijing, Yang Hong temporarily took over the post of Chief Military Officer of the Beijing Division, but repeated orders were repeated, and the defense of the city gate was of great importance, so we must not slack off easily.

Lu Zhong was helpless, took out his letter card, and handed it to the soldiers guarding the city.

"Commander of Jin Yiwei, Lu Zhong?"

"Lu Zhong!"

The soldiers guarding the city were sweating instantly.

Lu Zhong's name is in the capital, who doesn't know, who doesn't know?

That is His Majesty's number one eagle dog. He has handled several major and important cases. Together with Lu Pan of the Supreme Hospital, they are collectively known as Hell of the Underworld, and they are in charge of life and death.

It's okay to pretend to be another Jinyiwei, but pretending to be Lu Zhong, isn't that courting death?

But with the important task of defending the city, the guards still shook their heads and said: "I don't have any orders, I dare not let you go up."

Lu Zhong scratched his head, he was indeed the commander of Jinyiwei, but he was not in charge of the defense of the outer city of the capital.

Zhu Qiyu took off his mask, took out his jade letter card, and handed it over.

The guards' eyes widened, of course he recognized His Majesty.

His Majesty is not a dragon who sees the head but sees the tail, and hides in the palace all day long. His Majesty goes to the Beijing camp every day to review military horses, and he is always on duty in the martial arts hall on weekdays.

He quickly saluted and said, "See Your Majesty."

"Can I go up?" Zhu Qiyu pointed to the Wufeng Building of Chaoyang Gate.

The guards nodded hurriedly and said, "Naturally there is no problem."

Zhu Qiyu finally boarded the Chaoyang Gate, which was on a higher ground and could overlook the capital.

Outside the moat at the gate of the city, there are continuous houses, poor people working hard, and Liu Qi is definitely not the only one.

These people don't live in the city. Like Liu Qi, they enter the city at sunrise and leave the city at sunset, and work as coolies in the city for a living.

Zhu Qiyu also saw Liu Qi pushing the cart out of Chaoyang Gate. The child in the cart looked up and saw Zhu Qiyu on the gate, and burst into tears.

Liu Qi hurriedly picked up the child and put it on his back. The child sucked his fingers and stared at Zhu Qiyu in a daze with wide eyes.

"Xing'an, am I scary?" Zhu Qiyu asked in a daze.

Xing'an hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you are straightforward, unrestrained and elegant, so many women in the capital admire you, so of course Your Majesty is not intimidating."

Zhu Qiyu sighed, but the child cried when he saw him, maybe it was because he didn't have children.

In order to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, all the trees that were more than three years old outside the city were cut down.

But after the Oirats retreated, after a few autumn rains and two springs, summers, autumns and winters, the outside of the city became lush again.

Zhu Qiyu leaned on the railing and looked at the Tonghui River. Countless laborers chanted, pulled the ropes, and dragged the flat-bottomed boats to drag the grain to the houses outside Chaoyangmen for shipment.

On both sides of the Tonghui River, there are still black corpses hanging, which have long since dried up. This is an order issued by Zhu Qiyu after he supervised the country.

Heihao are water ghosts, but they are actually water monkeys pretending to be people. They are responsible for scaring away the gatekeepers on both sides of the Tonghui River and blocking the Tonghui River for profit.

The key point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is Tongzhou, where all the grain is gathered. Rice in Tongzhou is priced at four renminbi for one shi.

Translation Translation is the myth of getting rich.

After Zhu Qiyu, who was still in charge of the state at that time, gave the order, Yu Qian led people and arrested many people who pretended to be water monkeys, who were the running dogs of Haoyou's family.

It has been almost two years, and the price of food in the capital has been very stable.

No one dared to ask His Majesty to pull out those poles with water monkeys on them unless the Emperor gave an order.

The weather was excellent and the visibility was very good. Standing in the Wufeng Tower of Chaoyangmen, Zhu Qiyu could see Tongzhou City not far away.

There are many villages on both sides of the winding official road, and there are also wheat fields that have turned yellow. When the wind blows, the wheat waves are rolling.

Looking from Chaoyang Gate, Tongzhou City has added bricks and stones outside the rammed earth city walls throughout last year.

Before the Wala people besieged the capital, no one could have imagined that the prairie people who had been beaten to death could still break into the customs and hit the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Tomorrow is invincible, which was the consensus of all Ming people 14 years ago.

Even in many places, the city walls are gradually being demolished because of the inconvenience of travel.

However, since the change of the civil fortress, the masonry wall has become the mainstream again.

"Exuberant vitality." Zhu Qiyu patted the railing of Wufeng Tower and said with emotion.

A commanding officer hurried upstairs and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there is a military report from the front line. The Ming army has already engaged the Oirats."

Zhu Qiyu took the military newspaper and looked at it for a few times, stretched out his sleeves, and said with sharp eyes: "Not only did the Wala people not surrender, they even dared to take the initiative to attack!"

"How brave!"

Chapter 261 Are you worthy of the surname Bo'er?

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly returned to the lecture hall, he came to the Juxian Pavilion, and at this time Yang Hong was already waiting in the Juxian Pavilion.

He took a sip of water before asking, "A military report came from ahead, what's going on now?"

Yang Hong asked someone to bring over the map, on which yesterday's battle report was already marked.

Holding a long sandalwood stick, he pointed to the location of Jining and said, "Your Majesty, Marquis Shi Heng of Wuqing has led the Fourth Military Regiment Battalion to Wanquandusi. .”

"The Siyong Regiment Battalion led by Zuo Dudu Yang Jun has already reached Dongshengwei and Zhenluwei. Datong Commander-in-Chief Guo Deng led his troops to attack Yunchuanwei and captured them."

"At dusk yesterday, the Oirats drove straight in, from Tucheng to the south, and approached Leigong Mountain, intending to take advantage of the emptiness behind our troops, and went south to Datong in the First World War, but were repelled by Huo Xuan, the prefect of Datong. At present, the Oirats have retreated to Jining. "

Yang Hong briefly introduced yesterday's battle situation.