Chapter 154 The gentry became obedient and the most capable ministers of the Ming Dynasty!

Apocalypse was also surprised by this.

Qian Longxi felt a little sad.

Because he once said in front of the imperial court that Xia Yunyi could only be regarded as the most cruel official.

Therefore, he didn't want to see Xia Yunyi's Suizhou would be really good.

But now, the small village in Suizhou that you are passing by now looks very "living and working in peace and contentment", so why doesn't this make him melancholy?

Tianqi himself smiled with a rare smile: "I finally saw so much smoke from cooking."

"Yes! I seem to have smelled the fragrance of rice."

Sun Chengzong also said with a smile, and said, "As we come over, we only saw so many villages with smoke appearing in Suizhou!"

Apocalypse nodded: "It seems that the new policy is not impossible to implement."

Zhang Gui also said, "What Your Majesty said is, the key is to depend on the person."

Qian Longxi remained silent.

It happened that at this moment, Qian Longxi, who had observed the surrounding environment the most serious way, suddenly discovered that there were many refugees in the woods ahead, all of whom were ragged and many children were still bare.

"Why are there no refugees?"

Qian Longxiru discovered the treasure and asked back, and excitedly pointed to the place where a large number of refugees gathered: "Your Majesty! Look at the woods over there, there are many refugees, even more than Yongcheng.

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"No way? Could it be that Xia Yunyi is also colluding with local gentry to exploit the people?"

The second assistant Zhu Guozuo asked first, and then he came over.

Tianqi also squinted his eyes and said, "There are indeed many refugees, but why do they hide in the woods?"

Qian Longxi glanced at Zhang Gui and said, "Maybe someone wants to cover up the truth. Because he learned in advance that His Majesty was about to arrive in Suizhou, he would not allow refugees to gather on the avenue, and send some people to create it in the village.

I have the illusion of living and working in peace and contentment, so as to deceive Your Majesty.”

Sun Chengzong did not say a word.

He no longer dares to draw conclusions easily.

After all, Wu Xing hit him too hard.

But Tianqi asked Sun Chengzong: "Does sir think Xia Yunyi is also this person?"

Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to believe that Xia Yunyi is not such a person, and no longer have prejudices like most Qingliu, who are born in a juren and are recommended by his relatives!"

After hearing the apocalypse, he nodded.

At this moment, Zhang Guize said, "Your Majesty, I think it's better to call those refugees to ask."

Tianqi then ordered people to spread a few refugees.

Not long after, the Jinyiwei brought a few refugees over.

Tianqi asked the refugees who called Gao Zenghe in person: "Where are you from?"

Gao Zenghe replied: "Caomin belongs to Yongcheng."

"It turned out to be from Yongcheng."

Apocalypse said to himself.

Then, Tianqi asked the first-class people again: "Where are you from?"

"On Yongcheng."

"And you?"

"On Yongcheng."

"Ah?"

"Yongcheng!"

"Is there any local Suizhou?!"

After asking around, Apocalypse asked loudly.

After a while, no one answered.

Therefore, Tianqi glanced at Qian Longxi.

Qian Longxi's face gradually solidified and he whispered: "How could there be no local people from Suizhou?"

Zhu Guozuo said: "It seems that these refugees are all from Yongcheng. We misunderstood Xia Zhizhou."

Zhang Gui nodded: "So you can't judge it by the heart of a villain. As a gentleman, it is better to think about the better side of the person first."

Qian Longxi couldn't stand this and his face felt a little uncomfortable.

Sun Chengzong was relieved and thought to himself: "Fortunately, I didn't have a prejudice against Xia Yunyi this time, otherwise, I don't know where to put my face."

"Why are you staying in the woods?"

Tianqi asked these refugees again.

The refugee Gao Zenghe replied first: "There are many wild vegetables in the forest and many barks. The roadside has not been picked, and the peeled off!"

Only then did Tianqi and others realize that the trees beside the official road were indeed barkless and the road was also bare.

Suddenly, the emperor and his ministers, who were usually frugal, realized why the refugees would all go into the forest.

"It seems that locals do not eat wild vegetables."

Apocalypse said.

Sun Chengzong also said, "In other words, the people of Suizhou are very wealthy and do not make a living by eating wild vegetables and tree bark. It seems that Xia Yunyi is really well-managed."

"Go to Suizhou City now!"

Apocalypse immediately gave an order.

Immediately, Tianqi and his group continued to rush to Suizhou City.

And along the way.

Tianqi and his group still saw many refugees, but they found that the closer they were to Suizhou City, the more local officials in Suizhou were organizing these refugees to get porridge, bathing and accepting registration from the government.

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"They are actually giving cotton coats to refugees!"

Sun Chengzong felt as if he had discovered some wonder and couldn't help but speak first.

Zhang Gui then reported: "Your Majesty, the cotton coats in the West are now unsold and worthless. The Suizhou government office has ordered tens of thousands of pieces of cotton cloth in batches in the name of the government, and used for relief. Now the cotton coats they have issued must be

Because of this.”

After hearing this, Tianqi said, "Even so is rare."

"Yes, at least it means that the treasury of the Suizhou official yamen is surplus, and you can directly send clothes to refugees to drive away the cold! This is what you are doing here as you go."

Sun Chengzong sighed.

About half an hour later, Tianqi arrived in Suizhou City.

Because everything was simple, Xia Yunyi did not organize the people to carry the loess road, nor did he disperse the people along the streets, but only brought a group of officials and gentry to the ten-mile pavilion to welcome the car.

As soon as he saw Xia Yunyi, Sun Chengzong smiled first. His favorability towards Xia Yunyi is now increasing.

The same was true for Tianqi, and asked Xia Yunyi with a smile: "How is the new policy implemented in Suizhou?"

Xia Yunyi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not lie. Now that Suizhou has implemented the new policy, the treasury has indeed achieved a surplus, and the people are not hungry and cold, and even the population has increased. The taxes and food handed over to the court have also increased."

"Take me to see."

As Tianqi said that, he asked Xia Yunyi to bring him to the treasury first.

Soon, Tianqi saw that there were many new granaries in the treasury, so he asked Xia Yunyi: "How much grain is there here?"

"There are more than 260,000 stones."

Xia Yunyi replied.

"so much?!"

Apocalypse was surprised.

Sun Chengzong was also surprised.

"When you go back to your Majesty, since 80% of the land in Suizhou has been owned by the gentry, and now after the implementation of the new policy, most of the tax grain is collected from the gentry, so a lot of tax grain has been added, and a part of it is retained in proportion to the state yamen.

After the treasury, the treasury naturally had a lot of surplus.”

Xia Yunyi replied.

After hearing this, Tianqi nodded and then looked at the gentry like Zheng Shanwei and others: "You are willing to accept such a new policy, have no complaints?"

Zheng Shanwei and other gentry looked at each other without saying a word.
To be continued...