There are several Huangzhuangs, and the one in Baoding is larger. Most of the Huangzhuangs were obtained by former emperors who confiscated their properties and were cultivated by corrupt officials.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not very wealthy, and the treasury was already empty. Every time the emperor went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask for money, he had to copy it with the civil servants, but he might not be able to get much.

With the establishment of a large-scale imperial estate, there was a source of palace expenses. Chongzhen lived a frugal life and almost never asked the Ministry of Household Affairs for money to use for palace expenses. He also had to rely on heaven for food.

The nearest imperial village to the capital is about twenty miles outside the city, with about 500,000 acres of land. To be more precise, this is the imperial estate of the crown prince, because the prince did not take over it when he was young.

The life of the tenant farmers in Huangzhuang was no better than that of the ordinary people. Most of the food they cultivated had to be turned in. Coupled with the exploitation by the eunuchs of Huangzhuang, they could not have enough to eat throughout the year.

It is now the summer harvest season. The north suffered from drought and high temperatures during the Little Ice Age. Wheat and sorghum have been returned to warehouses in many places, and most of the grain in the Gyeonggi region has been harvested.

When the leading troops of the East Palace Guards arrived near Huangzhuang, there were still a few tenants harvesting wheat in the fields. When they saw an army arriving, and they were cavalry, the tenants were surprised in their eyes.

Because it was Huangzhuang, no officers and soldiers dared to rob the tenants. They were mainly worried about the attack of the slaves. The slaves did not care whether you were a tenant of the Huangzhuang or an ordinary citizen. If you had food, you would rob it. If you had no food, you would kill people and set fire to rob people.

However, the army did not stop and went directly to the Huangzhuang base camp. The tenants hurriedly accelerated the harvest...

The base camp of Huangzhuang is a collection of dilapidated private houses. In the middle of the houses is a large high-walled courtyard. There are dozens of houses in the courtyard. Some are residences for eunuchs in charge, some are residences for Huangzhuang supervisors and guards, and some are granaries.

"Da da……"

Yan Xiongying, a member of the East Palace Guards, led 300 members and logistics to arrive early. Yan Xiongying jumped off his horse in front of the door:

"Someone, knock on the door!"

"Here"

The commander-in-chief immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door:

"Bang bang..."

"Squeak..."

After a moment, the door slowly opened, and a dozen strong men with big shoulders and round waists came out. When they saw an army coming, they immediately increased their vigilance. The leader's eyes widened:

"Which army are you from and why did you come to Huangzhuang?"

The stewards of Huangzhuang are indeed very good. Seeing that it is not a slave, they don't care who comes.

Yan Xiongying was a member of the Imperial Prince's East Palace Guards, so of course he wouldn't care about the attitude of a few gangsters, so he handed over in the direction of the capital palace:

"This is a member of the Royal Guards of the Crown Prince. His Highness is about to arrive. Please prepare the eunuch in charge of the Royal Manor to welcome him!"

"Damn it, the East Palace Guards have hundreds of households, and His Highness is a member of the army. No wonder they are so majestic and majestic. They can't afford to offend!"

The Huangzhuang Guards are made up of local gangsters. They usually bully the tenants, and they are also a tyrant in Huangzhuang.

When they heard that the visitor turned out to be the Crown Prince's East Palace Guards, they immediately gave in. More than a dozen people all knelt down and kowtowed to Yan Xiongying:

"See Lord Baihu!"

Yan Xiongying waved his hand:

"Without courtesy, please inform the eunuch in charge immediately and prepare to welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"As you command!"

A few people were left to accompany the East Palace Guards, while the others hurriedly got up and reported to the eunuch in charge.

Soon, a middle-aged eunuch wearing a python robe, accompanied by several young eunuchs, hurried to Yan Xiongying and asked:

"Where is the young master?"

Seeing the person wearing a python robe, Yan Xiongying did not dare to raise his hand and said:

"His Royal Highness will be arriving soon. May I ask if your father-in-law is the steward of the Imperial Village?"

The eunuch nodded:

"Our Li Fengxiang is the manager of Huangzhuang!"

Yan Xiongying nodded and waved to his subordinates:

"Dismount and line up on the spot, waiting for His Highness to arrive!"

"Here"

The three hundred guards immediately jumped off their horses and quickly lined up, and soon a neat and solemn square appeared in front of Li Fengxiang.

"Suck... the mighty master!"

As a senior eunuch, Li Fengxiang had served as a military supervisor and had seen many armies, but this was the first time he had seen a military formation that could form a formation so quickly, and the team was so neat and exuding murderous aura.

"Da da……"

After half a stick of incense, Li Fang from a hundred households led 300 guards to arrive. It was also half a stick of incense time, and Zhou Yuji, the commander of the East Palace Guards, led 600 people to the imperial village.

Three square formations stood neatly and solemnly in the open space of Huangzhuang. Li Fengxiang and Zhou Yuji stood side by side in front of the military formation and looked into the distance. They were all waiting for the arrival of the crown prince.

"Da da da……"

After waiting for a stick of incense, I suddenly saw a cloud of dust not far away. Countless cavalry were rushing towards the imperial village. The sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground made everyone tremble under their feet.

When Zhou Yuji saw the banner of the Yongwei camp, he knew that the person coming must be the crown prince:

"Father, the flag of the guard camp should be the arrival of His Highness!"

"Oh, we're going to pick you up..."

Hearing Zhou Yuji say that the crown prince had arrived, Li Fengxiang hurried up to greet him. As a royal servant, he didn't want others to get to the young master before him.

The cavalry that came was none other than the thousand cavalrymen of the Yongwei Battalion led by Zhu Cihong and Sun Yingyuan. While Sun Yingyuan was escorting the crown prince, they also had another task. They were to escort everyone in Huangzhuang to the Yongwei Camp.

"Slave, please see me!"

Accompanied by Sun Yingyuan, Zhu Cixiang saw an eunuch wearing a python robe kneeling not far away as soon as he entered the palace. Needless to say, he must be Li Fengxiang, the eunuch in charge of the palace.

Reining his horse in front of Li Fengxiang, Zhu Cixiang raised his hand slightly and said:

"Without ceremony, I will immediately summon the people from the palace to gather together. I have something to announce!"

"As ordered, thank you, Master!"

Li Fengxiang immediately got up, and then called several imperial guards to notify the tenants to assemble. He then accompanied Zhu Cixiang to the reception area of ​​the imperial village, which was specially used to welcome the eunuchs in the palace during their inspections.

Entering the large house where the eunuch in charge of Huangzhuang lived, Zhu Cixiang looked around and found that the place was very big and could easily accommodate the East Palace Guards.

Entering the living room, Zhu Cihong took a seat at the main seat without ceremony, and then made a gesture to Zhou Yuji and Sun Yingyuan, who immediately sat down next to him.

Li Fengxiang looked at the two generals. He knew that the general who could sit with the crown prince was definitely not an ordinary general. In the future, he would definitely be a follower of the dragon. He immediately served tea to the three of them in person.

Zhu Cixiang looked at the eunuch in front of him and asked:

"Daban, how many tenants are there in Huangzhuang? How is the harvest going this summer?"

Li Fengxiang hurriedly bowed and replied:

"Reporting to the young master, the total population of Huangzhuang is about 3,000, with a total of 235 households. In recent years, there have been natural disasters every year, and the harvest of Huangzhuang is less than half of the previous years."

Zhu Cixiang:

"Oh, can the tenants have enough to eat during a natural disaster?"

Li Fengxiang:

"After paying the rent, the tenants should be able to survive on the surplus grain left by them. Some people may not be able to eat enough. Your Highness can rest assured that they will not starve to death with two meals of porridge a day."

All the eunuchs in charge of Huangzhuang said this. Zhu Cixiang felt that there must be a lot of moisture in his words. You can imagine the hardship of the tenants' survival.

Jiannu was about to come, and the tenants of Huangzhuang would definitely be killed and plundered if they did not leave. Zhu Cixi could only wait for the Jiannu to be driven away before renovating Huangzhuang. If the tenants of Huangzhuang could not be fed, how could they save the Ming Dynasty?

"Li Daban, I want to borrow the Imperial Mansion for three months. You and the tenants of the Imperial Mansion will go to the city immediately today to temporarily stay at Yongwei Camp. You will move back after I return to the city."

Do you want to drive them away? Li Fengxiang was stunned. The prince was too young to handle the imperial village. The imperial village was currently under the jurisdiction of Emperor Chongzhen. Without the imperial edict of Emperor Chongzhen, Li Fengxiang and the others did not dare to leave.

"Ah...does your Highness have an imperial edict from the Emperor?"

Zhu Cixiang was furious:

"Bold bitch slave, this imperial palace is originally the prince's imperial palace. Do I need an imperial decree from my father to borrow my own imperial palace? Do you want to go home and retire?" I like the Ming Dynasty. In the prosperous era, I invited everyone to collect it from the time when the prince supervised the country: (
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