Hongwu four years, Yangzhou.

"Xiaomin has eaten meat, but it's not pork, beef, it's human flesh!! Emperor. ”

His old face was full of tears, and the ragged clothes on his body could not hide his bony body.

An old man cried bitterly and told Zhu Yuanzhang about the last time he ate meat.

Zhu Yuanzhang also had a sad face and closed his eyes in pain.

"He eats my... My grandson, I eat... I eat his children, and I eat them!! ”

The surrounding Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Liu Bowen and others all bowed their heads in silence, and they couldn't bear to look at the old man's painful appearance anymore.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but take a deep breath, and tears unconsciously crossed his cheeks.

How could this kind of thing happen to our Daming?

There must be corrupt officials in this, and it is because of these corrupt officials that the country is so poor and the common people are so miserable.

We will not let go of any corrupt official.

When Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes again, a touch of murder flashed in his eyes.

"What about your prefect? Where is he now? ”

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a tattered official robe ran towards this side in a panic.

"Yangzhou master Lu Mingyi see the emperor!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this so-called Yangzhou master book seriously.

The red official robe was already muddy and tattered, and it was lined with gray clothes, and if you looked closely, the gray and black colors were already covered in pulp.

There are patches all over the clothes, even the shoes.

From this point of view, this Lu Mingyi does not look like a corrupt official.

"Lu Mingyi, Yangzhou used to be the land of fish and rice, why is it such a scene now?"

Lu Mingyi arched his hand at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Your Majesty, Yangzhou has been in constant turmoil and starvation all over the years."

"From the first year of Zhizheng, the people of Yangzhou began to go into exile everywhere, and no one wanted to cultivate even if they had land."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuanzhang was suddenly furious and shouted:

"Nonsense!"

"Even if the imperial court was corrupt during the Zhizheng period, but after the establishment of the new dynasty, don't you know how to appease the displaced people and reclaim wasteland?"

"In our opinion, it's your incompetence as an official!!"

Hearing this, Lu Mingyi was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and hurriedly explained:

"There is another hidden situation in this matter, please listen to my micro-minister's explanation."

"It's not that Weichen is unwilling to recruit displaced people, but that all the nearby displaced people have gone to Shanghu County."

"The county order of Shanghu County is even more slogan, humanized management, family service, care and care for every homeless person."

"It's not that Weichen doesn't do his best, but he really can't compete for Shanghu County."

Hearing Lu Mingyi's aggrieved, Zhu Yuanzhang's interest was aroused.

"Shanghu County?"

"Berwyn, I remember that Shanghu County seems to be under the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture, right?"

"Exactly! Wechen had been there a few years ago, it was very desolate, and it was surrounded by swamps. ”

Liu Bowen recalled the situation of passing by Songjiang Mansion a few years ago, and felt that it should be similar to the current Yangzhou.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Liu Bowen's words, he felt that this Lu Mingyi was lying to him, and said angrily:

"Lu Mingyi, you dare to deceive us!!"

"Do you think we would believe that such a remote place in Shanghu County can collect so many victims?"

"It's true, Your Majesty. Even if Weichen has the courage to do so, Weichen will not dare to deceive the emperor! ”

Lu Mingyi was so frightened that he trembled, and the whole person knelt on the ground and kept screaming.

"Okay, let's go and see the Shanghu County you said in person, if you dare to lie to us, you just wait to be divided by our five horses!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang plans to personally verify whether Shanghu County is really as magical as Lu Mingyi said.

"Berwyn, let Yang Xian take over Yangzhou and tell him that we will see a different Yangzhou in five years!"

"To restore the people's strength, start from Yangzhou!"

"Yes."

After arranging Yangzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang took Queen Ma, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and a few people, traveled lightly, and went out to Shanghai County in micro-clothes.

.....

Matsue Prefecture.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who set off from Yangzhou, was in a very heavy mood.

This southern tour was originally to see the splendid country of the Ming Dynasty, but in Yangzhou he saw a human tragedy.

This gave Zhu Yuanzhang's confidence a huge blow.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about it, he heard Zhu Di next to him exclaim:

"Dad, look."

Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Di's shouting, and his face immediately sank, as the future vassal king, he should be able to calm down.

Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change color.

What kind of system is this?

"Fourth, what are you howling about? Attention royal decency! ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di didn't pay attention to Zhu Yuanzhang at all, but raised his tone and said:

"No, Father, come and see this prosperous scene!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it anymore, and glared at Zhu Di angrily.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang opened the curtain, he wanted to see what Zhu Di saw.

"Fourth, if you dare to coax us, we have to treat you..."

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak, the whole person was petrified in place.

What did he see?

Paddy field!!!

A rice field with no end in sight!!

The green rice waves fluctuate with the wind, and the neat rice fields are blown up by the wind and stretch away into the distance.

"Park!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly stopped the carriage, ran off the carriage in a hurry, and came to the rice field.

He slowly stretched out his hand, plucked an ear of rice, peeled the ear of rice, and suddenly felt the urge to tears when he saw the huge grains of rice.

If Zhu Yuanzhang felt hell when he was in Yangzhou, then here, it is heaven.

Before rushing to Shanghu County, you can see such a spectacular harvest scene, which is the prosperous era that Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see.

After standing in the rice field for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and returned to the carriage and shouted:

"Let's go, let's see how amazing this Shanghu County is!!"