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Chapter 6 I see how they collect money

After staying honestly in the palace for a few days, Chongzhen, who was dealing with the headache of official business, finally couldn't stay there. Even if I was an IT owdie, you always bother me with these trivial matters that were not serious. What was your intention? Do you want me to be exhausted sooner? If I had to deal with any problems, what's the use of me in the cabinet and the six ministries?

Emperor Chongzhen, who couldn't stay, decided to leave the palace and learn about Kang Mazi who went private to visit him in private if he had nothing to do. He didn't ask for trouble, at least he would go out and let go and relax, right? Look at Kang Mazi, he doesn't do any serious matters every day, and he just went to visit him in private, and he didn't do anything serious. It's not like Kang Mazi's private visit, but Kang Mazi's private visit, but Kang Mazi can become an emperor of all ages. How could I be worse than him?

Go, in the future, I will not only be diligent in political affairs, but also in private visits, so that my legend can be spread all over the people! I will use the hooligans from the former Han Liu family to private visit their basic foundation and reputation. As for picking up girls like Kang Mazi, let’s forget it. The beauties in the harem of the Ming Dynasty are not comparable to those of the horse faces... However, this also understands why Kang Mazi likes to go out of the palace to pick up girls - basically, outside the palace, there are girls who are more beautiful than his harem!

But then again, Kang Mazi is definitely not the number one in history who likes to go out to play in the palace. When it comes to playing, the former Han Lao Liu family, from the emperor to the prince, liked this tone - look at Emperor Jing of Han, this guy who was named a wise king. Later, a guy with big ears always said that he was the great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojing. It was him who killed the prince of Wu with a chessboard on the streets of Chang'an, which caused the king of Wu to not go to Chang'an at all. Chang'an had to pay a good face to give it to the king of Wu. If it weren't for the rebellion of the King of Wu, no matter how much this guy jumped, Chang'an would have to pinch his nose and recognize him. After all, the prince of the King of Wu was killed by the prince of the current dynasty and later Emperor Xiaojing...

Chongzhen, who made up his mind to visit the palace in private, called Wang Chengen, Qiao Zhuang dressed up and pretended to be the young master of the Zhou family, his brother-in-law, and asked Wang Chengen to act as a housekeeper and Fang Zheng to act as a guard (this guy is awesome and Dongfang Bubai prototype. Finally, he died in a fierce battle when Li Zicheng's army attacked the palace, and he was a loyal member of the royal family). Then Dongchang Fanzi secretly followed him, and the group left the palace and began Chongzhen's private visit.

Walking aimlessly on the street, Chongzhen saw a side that he never saw in the memorial: a vendor bargained with the customer for a copper plate, and after the customer left, he looked forward to the next customer with hope. A girl in a brothel leaned on the railing and waved her handkerchief and shouted to him, "Master, come on!" The sound could make the bones slim from the inside to the outside; she also saw the shopkeepers of the restaurant driving the little beggars; she also saw that most of the people on the street were hungry, and most of them were malnourished.

Chongzhen also saw a group of Jinyiwei's captains and Dongchang's fanzi walking on the street with a group of Junyu. When he encountered a shop, he would go in. If he came out with a cloth bag when he came out, he would hang a sign at the door of the shop with the word Juyue written on it. Chongzhen guessed that it was mostly September. He hung the sign, which means that the protection fee for the store in September had been paid. As for someone who dared to forge it? It is unlikely that Jinyiwei and Dongchang's reputation are very famous and can almost stop children from crying at night. How could anyone dare to take the risk of losing their heads to fake this brand?

Chongzhen simply found a small restaurant where Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi had just left, and sat down, shouting: "Shopkeeper, come two specialties and boil a pot of wine!"

The waiter in the shop at the hall was quite eye-catching. Seeing Chongzhen dressed up and Wang Chengen who was following him, Fang Zhenghua knew that Chongzhen had an extraordinary status. He immediately notified the shopkeeper and ran to the back hall to order the kitchen to cook and boil wine.

When Chongzhen saw that the waiter informed the shopkeeper, he was not polite and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, come here."

The shopkeeper quickly jogged over and asked, "This young master is very jealous. I wonder what instructions do you have to say hello to the old man?"

The expected pretentious slap in the face seems to be incredible, Chongzhen simply asked: "Shopkeeper, I saw that the Jinyiwei and Dongchang had just left your store and had a sign at your door. Why is that?"

The shopkeeper was honest and answered directly: "If you want to say goodbye, the Jinyiwei and the masters of the East Factory just now, what kind of management fees will be charged when they come to the shop? If the shop keeps paying the money honestly, they will hang a sign like this at the door."

Seeing that the store owner was not clear enough, Chongzhen simply asked directly: "How much did they charge? What did they do after collecting this money? You also willingly paid it?"

Seeing that Chongzhen did not take Dongchang and Jinyiwei seriously, the shopkeeper was a little unsure of Chongzhen's origin, and hesitated and did not dare to speak. Wang Chengen shouted when he saw this: "My son asked me, just answer honestly. My son is the second son of Zhou's father-in-law's family. Even the commander of Jinyiwei came. When we saw our son, we had to call us uncle!"

The shopkeeper heard this and said, "The young man has met his uncle. When he returned to his uncle, the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang people collected one and a half floors of the small shop. I heard that the foreign country and foreign tribes would charge two and a half floors of the management fee. They only said what the management fee was. The young man had little knowledge and did not know what the management fee was. However, they said that if Qingpi had trouble in the store or had no food or drink, just go and find them and they would solve it. The small shop had no way to pay it. If they didn't pay it, they would make trouble every few days, and the business was not done. If they paid the money, they would also buy peace. Other shops said that their money was not in vain. If someone made trouble and came to them, they would really be aimed at the young. If this is true, the money would be willing to pay it, and they would be paid all the business tax."

Chongzhen continued to ask, "Then they just took the shops you wait for? Do they dare to take those shops that have something to do with the adults in the court?"

The shopkeeper said: "My uncle returned to China, the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang, one is the emperor's personal army and the other is the emperor's slave. If they collect money, if they don't have a background like the uncle, or have a relationship with the prime minister of the dynasty, who dares not to pay?"

After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Chongzhen turned to ask Wang Chengen: "I remember there is a shop near here in our house. Have you heard of this?"

Wang Chengen felt bad immediately. My Long Live Master, how did I know if there is a shop near my uncle's house? You have to ask the Jinyiwei and Dongchang for this matter. But you are the emperor. If you say yes, then you must have. If not, you must have it. Then you immediately said, "Go back to the young master, it's near here, otherwise we'll go over and take a look later?"

Chongzhen immediately said to Wang Chengen: "You can tell the account, let's go and take a look."
Chapter completed!
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