649 Poverty
Chen Zhouheng's eyes turned around on Emperor Yongtai and the other two. It seemed that they didn't quite understand the key points.
One is the new king who succeeded the throne, the other is in the harem, and the other is in the Jinyiwei, both of which are incompatible with political affairs.
"It is abnormal to have such a unanimous objection." The Queen Mother said with a cold look on her eyes. "It is definitely not an ancestral law that can make them have such a huge opposition. It must have touched their interests."
"What interests?" Emperor Yongtai looked at them in a difficult understanding and said, "It's just a simple official transport of grain."
"Beichen, let your people check along the canal." The Queen Mother said with deep eyes looking at Fang Beichen.
"I obey the order." Fang Beichen bowed and replied.
Chen Zhouheng's mouth was opened and closed, not knowing how to open it.
"What does Lord Shen want to say?" Emperor Yongtai looked at Chen Zhouheng who was hesitating and obviously had something to say!
"I don't know if I should say it?" Chen Zhouheng, who was named, spoke nervously.
"What should I do?" Emperor Yongtai patted his thigh and said, "I just like you to tell the truth."
"When I said it boldly, do you need to investigate the specifics?" Chen Zhou turned his body and bowed, "The Empress Dowager was right. Such opposition must have touched the interests of the yamen on both sides of the canal. Cutting off people's money is like killing parents. This has been transported by sea, and the prosperous cities on both sides of the canal naturally decline. They rise because of the canal, and naturally decline because of the canal."
The Empress Dowager looked at him with a light look at him and said, "My son found someone to see the boats on the Tongzhou pier every day and you will know how busy the canal is. It's not only the official ships, but also the merchant ships, and the oil and water in it are plenty."
"What if it's just the official family transporting grain?" Emperor Yongtai said with deep eyes looking at them.
"As soon as the hole is opened, you can't help it." The Empress Dowager shook her head slightly and said, "These people are very involved! It's even more troublesome. Either ban or open!"
A hint of surprise flashed through Chen Zhouheng's eyes. The Empress Dowager also knew very well about politics. This was not because the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics.
"Let's talk about the results after Beichen's undercover investigation! Now they are all guessing out of thin air." The Empress Dowager stopped this topic.
"There are people, there are people." Emperor Yongtai looked at the children in the ridge of the field and said, "What are they doing? Carrying bamboo poles and tied cloth strips."
Chen Zhou looked back and smiled, "I'm chasing the sparrows."
"What are you doing to drive them to do?" Emperor Yongtai asked in confusion.
"The sparrow stole the wheat, so it had to be driven away." Chen Zhouheng introduced briefly.
"This is over, and when people are gone, they will come again. The easiest way is to destroy them." Emperor Yongtai thought of a way to do it once and for all.
"There are so many sparrows like rats that are hard to kill. They lay eggs diligently and hatch more birds." Chen Zhouheng smiled when he heard this.
"How tired!" Emperor Yongtai looked at the sun and waved the bamboo pole hard.
"There is nothing that can't be tired of farm work all year round." The Queen Mother looked at the crops with her distinct black and white eyes.
"I've done this tone of my mother." Emperor Yongtai said, looking at her with great enthusiasm.
"I haven't eaten pork, but I've never seen pigs run away!" The empress dowager chuckled.
She was once excluded and sent to a farmhouse outside the city to "repair". Although she did not carry a hoe to the field to do farm work.
But she has also heard of it and seen it, not knowing nothing.
Of course, she had never mentioned these things in her early years before her son.
"I'll see how I can do this." Emperor Yongtai said confidently.
The Queen Mother looked at him with shameless words and shook her head and chuckled, "You can go to the farming ceremony next year to see if you will do it!"
"In person, I don't believe that I can't." Emperor Yongtai said with great force, and he must not let his mother look down on him.
"When it comes to mouse, will Lord Shen arrest him in Pingyi County?" Emperor Yongtai asked curiously.
"Catch it! There are also mosquitoes and flies, and they will be destroyed." Chen Zhouheng nodded heavily and said, "Those harmful things are gone, what are you keeping them? The key is that you can't destroy them."
"That's right, there are too many of them." Emperor Yongtai said in agreement, "The Grand Tutor said they will spread diseases, and he doesn't know whether it is true or false."
"Really!" Chen Zhou blurted out.
"How did you know?" Emperor Yongtai asked in surprise.
"Uh... they are in such a dirty place, it would be strange if they don't get sick!" Chen Zhou said cleverly.
"Yes!" Emperor Yongtai nodded with a smile, raised his eyes and looked out the car window, "Ah! Uncle's house is a village, right?"
"Yes!" Fang Beichen looked at the house hidden among the lush trees.
"Let's take a look, let's take a look." Emperor Yongtai said excitedly.
"Okay!" Fang Beichen responded, "I'm going to speed up."
After waiting for a while, he swung the whip and increased his speed.
They walked along the official road for a while, then turned into the path and headed towards the village.
Emperor Yongtai saw the barefoot, ragged-clothed child playing from a distance.
"Hey! Why don't they wear clothes?" Yongtaidi asked curiously, "It should have been thrown away the torn clothes on his body!"
"You can't throw it away. If you throw it away, you'll have your butt." Chen Zhouheng hurriedly said, "The torn clothes are already good. There are not even a piece of rag in some places. Not only children, but also adults."
"Sir?" Emperor Yongtai looked at him in disbelief and said, "You are joking!"
"It's true! I don't dare to joke about this. It's okay in summer, so I'll wear a clothes with straw." Chen Zhouheng said with a serious look on his face, "In winter, I'll wear cotton clothes. Whoever has something to do will go out."
"What about the others?" Yongtaidi asked curiously.
"Everyone is nestled on the kang, it's warmer to squeeze together." Chen Zhouheng looked at them with deep eyes.
"Are you too exaggerating?" Emperor Yongtai said in disbelief.
"This clothes are new for three years, old for three years, and sewing for another three years." Chen Zhouheng pursed his lips and said, "The adults' clothes are torn and cannot be worn anymore. If they are smaller, they can be worn for children. If they are older, they can't be worn for them. If they are older, they can't be worn for them. If they are younger, they can't be worn for children."
The queen mother looked over and said, "Those clothes were obviously changed."
"You can see it," Emperor Yongtai said in surprise.
"Who children don't like to wear colorful and bright clothes?" the queen mother turned her head slightly and looked at him and said.
"Yes! All the common people have worn gray clothes along the way." Emperor Yongtai remembered, "Is it so difficult? There is no decent clothes under the emperor's feet."
The answer to him is silence. Is this question worth seeing with my own eyes?
“It’s done.”
Chapter completed!