Chen Yixing thought calmly for a while, and then spoke to Chen Kaizhi seriously.

"Your Majesty, I think that Your Majesty has pacified Guanzhong and shocked the world. At this time, summoning the Jiedushi to the capital and talking about the refusal of grace is a good opportunity, so I discussed with Mr. Chen and suggested summoning the Jiedushi to the capital at this time."

He seemed heartbroken and worried: "As for the incident of the military governors causing trouble in the Ministry of War, I was caught off guard. Please forgive me."

When Chen Kaizhi heard this, he shook his head slightly at Chen Yixing.

"It's actually good to make a fuss. If you don't make a fuss, you'll have a big deal if you keep this resentment in your heart."

"There is another thing." Chen Yixing sighed, his whole face was slightly heavy. While observing Chen Kaizhi's expression, he said: "A few days ago, a lot of gunpowder stocks on Feiyu Peak were stolen. The Jinyiwei had invited the Jinyiwei to supervise the case..."

Chen Kaizhi frowned, and a pair of clear eyes as clear as water flashed across his coldness, and he asked in surprise.

"The gunpowder was stolen?"

"Yes." Chen Yixing lowered his head in shame and said word by word.

"The gunpowder stock on Feiyu Peak has been kept very safely. I am responsible for the logistics of the Warriors' camp. How dare I not do my best? But... I never expected that just three days ago, when I checked the inventory, I found that the gunpowder in the warehouse was less than 300 kilograms, because the number was too high or too low. Although I have reported it, I think that the Jinyiwei has not submitted it to the imperial court and His Majesty has not seen it yet. This is my huge mistake. I have temporarily controlled all the personnel on duty in the warehouse. I think that there will be results in the past few days."

More than 300 kilograms of gunpowder don't look much, but once it is taken away by someone who is interested, it will cause a huge mess.

Why doesn't this make people worry? Chen Yixing frowned.

Chen Kaizhi was also thinking deeply.

Perhaps for some people, this may be just a trivial matter, and someone is greedy for gunpowder in the library.

After all, countries now have a huge demand for gunpowder, and the gunpowder trade between Dachen and other countries is mostly made by lions, often selling it for more than ten times the price. Everyone can make gunpowder, but everyone knows that Dachen's gunpowder is very powerful, so countries are rushing to buy it first. Because of this, this has given rise to the smuggling of gunpowder. Merchants from all countries are willing to buy it at a high price in secret.

Of course, for Chen Kaizhi, the three hundred kilograms of gunpowder that were suddenly lost in this troublesome autumn will inevitably cause great hidden dangers once it is used for anything.

Thinking of this, Chen Kaizhi's face turned pale and said sternly: "Investigate immediately and search the whole city. For this matter, Zeng Guangxian, the commander of the Jinyiwei, will lead the team personally, and he will definitely recover the gunpowder as soon as possible. The Feiyu Peak has always been very strict in defense. How could such a thing suddenly happen? It's really outrageous!"

He shook his sleeves and looked extremely ugly.

Chen Yixing hurriedly apologized: "This is the old minister's mistake. He is responsible for his full responsibility. The old minister responds to the relevant matters he should bear..."

Chen Kaizhi had calmed down at this moment. He waved to Chen Yixing and reminded him.

"Next time, be careful."

Immediately, Chen Kaizhi looked at Chen Yishou and asked seriously: "Chen Qing family, I heard that there are people outside who are dissatisfied with me, and, interestingly, the ones who are dissatisfied with me are actually scholars?"

Chen Yishou sighed, his expression showed a hint of embarrassment, and then he spoke lightly.

"Since his ascension to the throne, His Majesty attaches great importance to Jibei. Now that Jibei is in the throne, many merchants also feel proud. Most scholars come from gentry homes, and they are inevitably affected. Your Majesty, now... there are too many tenant farmers who flee in the fields. There are laborers everywhere in Jibei, which requires a lot of coolies. In the countryside, the young and strong cannot keep them. The gentry has a large amount of land, but if no one cultivates these lands, it will naturally cause a lot of dissatisfaction."

Chen Kaizhi pondered for a moment, then curled his lips and said with some displeasure.

"This is an exaggeration. Even if many young and strong people went to Jibei, they were only hundreds of thousands of people. After all, they were not surprised by the loss of population? After all, it was just that the gentry refused to let the tenants eat and wear warm clothes. They worked hard for a year and could only eat for half a year. At other times, they could only drink porridge to live. In the long run, who would still be willing to rent land? I remember that when Taizu founded the country, tenants only had to pay 30% of the food

, The remaining 70% can be used for their own use; but now, it is the opposite. In some places, 70% or 80% need to be paid. Why is this? That's because there were too many people and few land at the time of Taizu, so if the gentry wanted to recruit people to farm, they had to give in. But now, it was overcrowded, and the land was mostly in the hands of gentry. Ordinary people lost their right to bargain, so they would naturally offer the price as they offered. "

He paused before continuing.

"I have always thought that when the founding of the country, they only collected 30% of the rent, which was enough, but now, they collected 60% of the rent, 70% or even 80% of the rent. So many people worked hard but couldn't eat enough. Now people were going to the high ground, and tenants had a new way out. They refused to lower the rent and allowed people to farm with peace of mind, but they had to leave their hometowns only to be willing to leave their hometowns. It was not the responsibility of the court, nor was it my responsibility, they

I am dissatisfied, and I am actually dissatisfied with them for a long time. I am dissatisfied with why they are now, and I do not think about why the people are unwilling to stay. I do not think about why some people are going to go far away. But what I think is that the merchants rob their manpower and make them less rent, so they have to be resentful and dissatisfied. These people have all read books and claim to be subordinates of saints. The saints advocate benevolence and righteousness, lenient treatment, and advocate literati should be shamed. Did they read books and read dogs?"

Chen Yishou and Chen Yixing looked at each other, remained silent for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "But Your Majesty, the emperor has always ruled the world with the literati and officials, not with the people. It would be fine if ordinary people were hungry, but if the literati and officials were angry, they would cause chaos. Who would collect the money and food of the court in the local area? Isn't it just the local gentry? The imperial court's government orders came to the county, and there were only a few officials and dozens of officials in the county. Who would tell the people of all directions?"

They carefully analyzed Chen Kaizhi.

"It's not the literati. The literati are not a family and one surname. They are mixed up. Take the hometown of my ministers as an example. A small county is Chen, Liu, Wang, and Zhang. These gentry members occupy nearly 40% of the land in the county. There are 50,000 households and 190,000 people in each county. But more than 10,000 households have to rely on the four families. Some of them work for them, some work for them, some lift them, some work in their shops, and some rent them.

Some of them manage the land for them, and some are sent to them in the mansion. The four families have their own clans. Half of the people with fame and honor are their children. Even the local land guarantee and chief A of the Jia family are mostly the same clans they assigned. Your Majesty think about it. Whether the county magistrate and county magistrate in this county are to build bridges and pave roads, or collect grain, or even thieves, they need to organize young and strong troops to encircle and suppress them. Can these... be separated from these four surnames?"

Chen Yishou told the story, and then continued: "Not only that, these four surnames have been in the county for many generations and have long had relatives. If you think about it carefully, these four surnames are all relatives. The daughter of the Zhang family may be the wife of the Wang family, the nephew of the Wang family, and the children of the Chen family. The four surnames have not only been in the county, but also in the mansion, and they have long been arranged. Let's talk about the Zhang family. The three generations of the Zhang family have produced a Jinshi and four Juren. These Jinshi have become officials early. Now they are Tongzhi in Jingzhou. The four Juren have also found one official position based on the relationship between the Zhang family. Some have become teachers, and some have become county magistrates. Think about it again, should the county magistrates of the county be listened to the court or the four surnames when they arrive at the local area?"

Chen Kaizhi remained silent. He had originally come from the bottom and came from the people. Naturally, he knew that this kind of intertwined relationship could be said to be complicated, and almost everyone around him was relative.

Seeing Chen Kaizhi silent, Chen Yishou couldn't help but sigh, and then continued, "Your Majesty must think that the local officials must listen to Your Majesty and the court. Oh... I said that, after all, Your Majesty is the magistrate of the Nine Five. They are your Majesty's ministers, how dare you rebel against Your Majesty? But what is the reality? The old minister dared to make a statement, but in fact, it is not the case. The mountain is high and the emperor is far away. How can Your Majesty know what they have done? Even if they know, they can argue. After all, no matter how the court is, it is still reasonable and they still have to act according to the law. But when you arrive at the local area, it is different. If the local officials ignore these four gentry,

Even fooling them, the four major surnames can see at a glance that if they want to retaliate, they will surely make you worried and make your official reputation messed up. On the one hand, they can find ways to clear the prefects of the superiors, and on the other hand, they can instigate the people below to make you look ugly. Even the minor officials in the government office are mostly with them. This is actually understandable. After all, although the local officials are the chiefs of the minor officials below, the local officials can be changed every three or five years, and once you commit crimes in the local aristocratic families, you will be uneasy for the rest of your life, and even harm your descendants. Who can't calculate this account?"

As he said that, Chen Yishou frowned deeply and reminded Chen Kaizhi with a worried look on his face.
Chapter completed!