The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 32 Zhu Yuanzhang had an idea

The next day, the 25th year of Hongwu, May 29, was sunny.

Prince Zhu Biao passed away on April 25, and Zhu Di received news on April 28 and set off on April 29.

It took eleven days and arrived in the capital on May [-].

On the third day of the capital, Zhu Ying met Zhu Yuanzhang for the first time.

It's been half a month now.

After Zhu Ying's routine inspection of the teahouse, she headed in the direction of Prince Yan's Mansion.

He has been a little strange recently. Zhu Gaochi has never found himself in the past half month.

According to the previous habit, Zhu Gaochi didn't say that he came every day, but at most every two or three days.

He has been preparing how to persuade Zhu Gaochi to find a way to go to the military battle.

As a result, the shadows of people disappeared, which was very embarrassing.

In desperation, I had to go to the door by myself.

At this time, in the Daming Palace, Fengtian Hall.

There was also the sound of the eunuch's retreat from the court.

With a gloomy face, Zhu Yuanzhang left from the back door of Fengtian Hall and walked towards Huagai Hall.

"Bring the six ministers here, and call us all." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to the eunuch Liu He, the eunuch who was the supervisor of ceremonies.

"The minister obeys the order."

Liu He immediately left quickly to convey the decree.

In the corner that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't see, Zhu Yunwen watched the emperor's grandfather leave directly, and went back towards the Hall of Spring Harmony with some sadness.

Without Zhu Yuanzhang's password, although Zhu Yunqi is now the grandson of the emperor, it doesn't mean that he can follow the government affairs with him casually.

You can go to the morning together and listen in.

But after going to court, without Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, he could only go back to the palace in silence and sad.

In Huagai Palace.

It's almost noon now, it's past eleven o'clock.

When the six ministers arrived, Guanglusi had already prepared breakfast and brought it over.

It is said that there are six ministers, but in fact there are only five people at present.

Among them, the last minister of the Ministry of Rites was bestowed by Zhu Yuanzhang after his death, and no one has filled it up yet, so the temporary vacancy is here.

Among them, the five ministers are:

Shen Mo, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Ru Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhao Mian, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Zhan Hui, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Jing, Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

"Sit down, eat breakfast first, and then we'll have a good chat with you."

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a bad tone.

He wasn't targeting anyone, it was just that yesterday's good mood was all ruined.

Seeing that the relationship with the eldest grandson was getting closer and closer, when he went to court today, something happened that upset Zhu Yuanzhang very much.

The problem of flooding.

The Yellow River is the mother river of ancient and modern China, which has nurtured a splendid civilization for 5000 years.

But since ancient times, the Yellow River has also brought great disasters, and successive dynasties have been working hard to comprehensively manage the Yellow River.

On February [-] this year, the Yellow River burst at Yangwu.

After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, during the Yuan Dynasty, the Yellow River experienced a major governance, relatively speaking, the impact was not very great.

But in fact, the number of people affected by the disaster is definitely more than one million.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that the land rent in the area affected by the flood of the Yellow River be exempted.

But more victims, where is the problem of land rent, is simply unable to eat food.

These victims have no land, and the only way to survive is to flee the famine.

Generally speaking, the direction for the victims to escape from famine is the capital.

From Henan to the Nanjing capital, the straight-line distance is about thousands of miles.

The ancient roads are obviously not so easy to walk, with twists and turns, the victims can only walk on foot.

You are not eligible to use the station.

The footsteps of ordinary people are about thirty or forty miles a day.

These victims who fled the famine traveled hungry and occasionally begged, so naturally they were slower.

Since the flood and the famine broke out, the first batch of victims finally arrived near the capital after nearly three months.

As the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang obviously had to find a way to solve the famine problem.

After the arrival of the first batch, there will naturally be a large number of disaster victims behind.

The difficulty is that even if Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, it is impossible to raise them every day, and they must be let back.

After the flood is cured, they still need to continue farming.

The most urgent task is how to stabilize the victims.

According to the news in various memorials, the total number of victims this time was about 20.

What is the concept of 20 disaster victims?

The current standing military strength of the entire Ming Dynasty is just over one million, and the number of victims directly reached one-fifth of the entire military strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, if it is ignored, there may not be half of the 20 victims in the capital who can actually reach it.

Zhu Yuanzhang used to be a refugee, and he felt deeply about this.

Since the Yuan Dynasty and the arrival of the Little Ice Age, there have been many disasters.

Zhu Yuanzhang also promulgated a set of effective ways to deal with the disaster.

The first is to report disasters, which are worthy of disasters.

In the areas affected by the disaster, local officials first reported to let the court have a rough estimate of the number of people affected and the situation.

First, the land rent must be exempted, and the local area will first carry out disaster relief.

Then there is the relocation of the victims and food adjustments to stabilize the rise in food prices in the disaster areas.

The flow of victims is also under the control of the government. During this journey, they are gradually diverted.

Among them, a certain amount of food will be given every day.

If you really want to eat nothing, not to mention thousands of miles, there are not many people who can persist for hundreds of miles.

Then there are pension arrangements, such as burials, land grants, and a series of measures.

The scene of thousands of people wandering around is generally difficult to see, and it will only appear at the end of the dynasty.

As soon as such a situation arises, they will immediately attack the government, set up an uprising, and directly rebel.

With the emergence of a great famine, the local government can accept very limited victims.

Generally speaking, after the local government accepts these disaster victims with their families, they will use the form of work relief for local resettlement.

After the disaster has completely passed, the government will give money and send them back to their place of residence.

After breakfast.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly: "Tell me about how to resettle the victims of this disaster."

"The autumn harvest has not yet arrived, and there is not much grain in the grain depots in various places. With the expansion of the disaster, the current grain price is soaring."

"You all come to discuss."

All the ministers lowered their heads and looked at each other, but they were all silent, and no one spoke.

They knew that what His Majesty asked was certainly not a short-term question of dealing with the victims.

But how to digest this disaster.

Daming has no shortage of money.

This sentence sounds unbelievable, but in the current situation, it is true.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who holds the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty, can print as much silver as he wants.

Although the Daming Banknotes have begun to depreciate at present, their purchasing power is still very strong.

The key is not about money, but about food.

No matter how much money you have, it's useless if you can't buy food.

The grain reserves in the capital are not too much. Grain merchants from all over the country are hoarding their goods. They don't need to look to know that the price of grain outside has already risen to sky-high prices.

For these grain merchants, Zhu Yuanzhang wished to kill them all.

However, there are so many large and small grain merchants, and killing people innocently will only make the situation more broken, and cause a big mess instead.

After a while of silence, the ministers spoke one by one.

After talking for more than half an hour, it was still the same old way, which made Zhu Yuanzhang irritable, and finally kicked out several ministers directly.

At this time, Jiang Yu came in to report: "Your Majesty, Liu Rixin arrived in the capital last night."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly thought of a good idea.

Then he ordered Jiang Yu: "Call Liu Rixin into the palace immediately."

"The minister obeys the order."

(End of this chapter)