"Dragon among people", this kind of nickname makes Zhou Yu feel a little interesting. It's not that these three words are very powerful and special, but it reminds of something else, several different aspects.

The human dragon lacks a phoenix character, and now as the emperor, he happens to have no queen, which corresponds to the fact that the human dragon does not have a phoenix, and the dragon is originally the symbol of the emperor, so the human dragon is naturally the emperor.

It seems that these three words are used very casually, but they are the three words that can best deal with him among the most ordinary and simple words.

It is rare for Zhou Yu to experience drinking tea and watching a play in a theater, especially when the stage is about changing oneself.

Ma Shun was very familiar with this kind of place. After following him, he gave the waiter a piece of silver and asked him to arrange the best place. His eyes like a tiger's eyes scanned the entire theater with great force.

As soon as Zhou Yu entered the theater, he found that the theater was quite sophisticated. Although it was cold, he could feel the warmth after sitting down. Not only was he inside the room and there was a screen to block the wind, there was still a warm place in the middle of each table.

There's a huge little stove, and it's just like making tea around the stove. By the way, you can also watch the play on the stage.

Cheng Jing looked around and drove away the waiter who was about to come over to serve. He carried the kettle and made tea for Zhou Yu: "Master, this tea is not very good. I'll go get a pot of tea. I can't believe that such a place is used like this."

There are so many people at the tea table, otherwise I will invite everyone else out."

"No need." Zhou Yu smiled and knocked on the table to signal: "Sit down and watch the show."

Cheng Jing nodded, poured a few cups of tea, and sat down with Ma Shunxing'an.

Before the opera started, only the actors were playing the pipa and singing. Zhou Yu looked at Ma Shun after hearing a few words: "Ma Shun, do you have a letter from Wang Shan? What can I gain?"

Ma Shun carefully looked around and said in a low voice: "Sir, Manager Wang has found the group of craftsmen who made the treasure ship and their descendants, and also found some materials and keels used in making the treasure ship. Manager Wang should be

I want to make a thorough investigation before reporting, and I should be worried that the master will be disappointed."

"As for Jinyiwei, the news from the spies over there is that they have inquired about some situations. It is true that some people are pretending to be Japanese pirates and plundering people along the coast, and there are also unreported merchant ships sneaking into the sea and entering the port."

Zhou Yu nodded and said slowly: "As a member of the Jin Yiwei, if you don't have family influence, you can get up to a first-class viscount. Only military merit can cross that limit. Now it's not enough that you are the only one among the Jin Yiwei who has the title. You can let the Jin Yiwei again."

Will it become like that during the Taizu period and the Yongle Emperor period?"

Ma Shun clasped his fists and said solemnly: "The villain must do whatever he can to live up to the holy hope."

"Oh."

Although the presence of Dongchang and Jinyiwei has been reduced in recent years, their foundation is still there. It is not that difficult to have the will to develop and have their support to develop it back to its peak. The difficulty is just to clean up the rotten parts inside.

Just like an army that has lost its combat effectiveness, it cannot be restored by re-training. Ma Shun, a guy who relied on flattery to get to the top, has the ability to do things, but it is difficult to go further.

Moreover, the current Jinyiwei structure cannot satisfy Zhou Yu, but this must all happen slowly.

After waiting for a while, the main show finally started.

Zhou Yu is not a person who understands the drama culture. He can only say that he can understand it and join in the fun. He can understand this big drama.

While drinking tea and eating snacks, I slowly appreciated it. The protagonist in the play is very different from what he experienced, but with a little more artistic expression.

He woke up in the dark and then received orders in the face of danger. His family and country were in trouble, so he had no choice but to accept his mother's order and become the new king. He eliminated evil in the court, led the troops to victory, and finally resolved the crisis.

Zhou Yu thought it was pretty good, but the expressions on the faces of Cheng Jing and Ma Shun were not very good-looking.

In this drama, Queen Mother Sun becomes a wise queen, which is simply the greatest insult to the royal family.

"His Majesty."

Zhou Yu smiled: "Well, it's a show. It's all fake. How can we take it seriously? I don't think there's anything wrong with it. It's very exciting and beautiful."

Putting down the tea cup, Zhou Yu slowly stood up: "Okay, let's go to another place after the show."

Cheng Jing and others followed Zhou Yu and stood up to leave, while Ma Shun deliberately slowed down his pace to attract a group of men pretending to be men.

"Check, let me thoroughly investigate who is giving eye drops in front of the emperor."

Ma Shun gritted his teeth with a sinister look on his face and said coldly: "Keep a low profile and don't harm the emperor's reputation."

"I understand, little one."

What seems like a normal drama is actually very abnormal, both for Cheng Jing and Ma Shun.

Although art is false, it is also based on reality. There are several problems with today's reality. First, the people do not know that the Queen Mother Sun is dead. Those who know are quite shy about this issue, but at the end of this drama

The character representing the Queen Mother Sun also died.

Second, through the spread of the scandal by interested people, the reputation of the Empress Dowager Sun among the people is not very good. There is also a palace scandal of cuckolding the emperor, but the Empress Dowager Sun in the play is very wise.

Third, Zhou Yu’s attitude toward Baozong was to portray him as an incompetent person. There were also rumors that Baozong was not Xuanzong’s biological son, but a sinner who had harmed hundreds of thousands of troops, so he was given the title Baozong. But

After the heroic resistance shown by the Baozong during the drama, there was no news.

Zhou Yu just thought it was interesting. From his position, he could look at these issues more easily. Anyway, it was only his words to decide whether to deal with them or not.

But it's not that simple for Ma Shun and Cheng Jing. Cheng Jing was responsible for spreading the rumors in the first place, and Jin Yiwei was responsible for the supervision. Suddenly, such a big drama happened and Zhou Yu saw it.

Even though the dragon among men is portrayed as very majestic in this play, it also points out an important fact: its position is incorrect.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! All the different people shown in the play will definitely get different results from different angles. Ordinary people will only find it refreshing and beautiful.

But not everyone will have such thoughts.

It was normal for Ma Shun and Cheng Jing's expressions to change greatly. Zhou Yu naturally knew why Ma Shun deliberately slowed down, but it did not affect his interest at all.

False adaptations made by normal artistic divergence are actually no big deal. The dramas of the Yuan Dynasty are truly outrageous. The politicians at that time were not so particular, which led to the dramas of the Yuan Dynasty that they dared to write anything. For those who watch

For people who play, that's really interesting.

But after the Ming Dynasty, the situation began to change. After the Qing Dynasty, it became even more closed. During the Republic of China, it opened up a lot, but then it began to close again and entered a new cycle.

But if what appears to be a normal artistic change is actually deliberately done by someone with good intentions, then the situation and the impact it will bring are naturally not that simple. Zhou Yu knew that Ma Shun would let people investigate, so let him investigate first.

, it doesn’t matter if everything is normal, but if there is a problem, Zhou Yu also thought of some interesting ways to deal with it.

If someone really deliberately wrote "The Dragon in the Man", then Zhou Yu could have asked someone to write a big drama like Jia's mother trying to seize power and Master Jia knocking on the door late at night. The artistic duel would be solved by art.

Nowadays, civilians in this era have too little knowledge and cannot tell the difference between true and false. However, if they receive more information, they will not be so easily deceived, because people will feel that their ideas are correct.

They will only believe in things that they find more interesting. As soon as there is more news of this kind and that kind of gossip, it will be enough to attract their attention. How can they be so easily tricked into coming forward?

Those who are really willing to stand up are either for rights or interests, then they truly believe that what is right from the bottom of their hearts and are willing to fight for it.

Suddenly Zhou Yu was attracted by the quarrel and stopped. Not far away, someone was wailing in front of a grain store, and the waiter in the store dragged the wailer away forcibly. There were also people nearby who were arguing and arguing.

Very big.

"Um?"

Cheng Jing heard Zhou Yu's voice and hurried over to inquire about the situation. He ran back not long after and said, "Master, the person who was dragged away just now was taken away because of the increase in food prices and for sitting in the store and causing trouble."

Zhou Yu asked: "How much has it increased?"

Cheng Jing lowered his head: "Less than twice."

"Less than twice? Less than twice the increase? Is it normal?"

Zhou Yu nodded lightly, which means that the current price of food has become a little less than three times what it was before. If calculated on the basis of one penny per catty, bringing ten cents could originally buy ten catties of food, but now it can only be

I bought three kilograms, this is not a joke, this is crying for my life.

Ma Shun felt like he was going crazy and said quickly: "I will investigate as soon as possible."

"It's not your fault. You can't control the increase in food prices." Zhou Yu patted Ma Shun on the shoulder and continued to move forward: "But you have to hurry up, you know."

Ma Shun gritted his teeth and said, "Yes."

A rise in food prices means there is a shortage of food, and the blatant rise in prices in the capital illustrates this point even more.

The War of Oara, the floods along the Yellow River, the rebellion in Fujian, and the indigenous people in Yunnan, all these problems may have had a lot of impact.

After the biggest problem at hand is solved, various small problems that were previously covered up will emerge one by one. However, the problem of Wala cannot be regarded as solved yet, but has now reached its most freezing point.

At that time, Ye first chose to leave voluntarily in order to avoid being completely surrounded.

When the weather gets warmer next year, we might launch an attack on the Ming Dynasty frontier fortress.

Originally, the incident at the theater did not affect Zhou Yu's mood, but the scene that suddenly appeared was different. The instability of people's livelihood is the biggest enemy of an empire. When the people can't even afford to eat, that's the end of the empire.

It's time to start to sway. The resentment can be suppressed, but when you are hungry, you cannot control it.

The smile on Zhou Yu's face faded, and he changed from wandering aimlessly and relaxing at the beginning to wandering with a purpose, personally understanding the price changes in the entire market, the price fluctuations of firewood, grain prices, and cloth prices.

Wait a minute, and even went to see Renyazi’s market in person.

After understanding this, Zhou Yu also frowned.

"It shouldn't be."

Cheng Jing stood on the side and shouted softly: "Master?"

Zhou Yu asked: "Is this year's grain production reduced compared to previous years?"

Cheng Jing was stunned for a moment: "I don't know, but I think so. This war also consumed a lot of food."

"Yes, when you said that, I thought of it. Ma Shun, send someone to a farther place to see how the price of food is."

"Yes, sir."

Zhou Yu sighed. The problem of rising grain prices is really not about those grain merchants trying to make money. Of course, making money is certain, but rising so much is not necessarily the problem of those grain merchants. It just means that it has nothing to do with them.

But the biggest problem is the direct impact of the Battle of Baozong. The most direct result is that there should be no surplus grain in the Gyeonggi area, and those grain merchants are just raising prices to make greater profits for themselves.

"This food...can't really be controlled by the people. There are so many things to do, and it seems like we can't finish them."

"Also, I haven't seen high-yielding crops like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn while walking around. Well, they are basically only available after Wanli. You can send a fleet to bring back the grain seeds first."
To be continued...