Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

"I'm so mad at us, so mad at us! We're all bastards. Don't we have any capable ministers or officials in this Ming Dynasty?"

After the Liuhe County Magistrate was escorted away, Zhu Yuanzhang was still panting and furious.

Three, the three magistrates he saw along the way were either deceiving the superiors, cheating, or incompetent. There was no capable minister or official. How could he not be angry!

Mao Xiang and other guards stood around and did not dare to answer.

In fact, these magistrates are not without merit. Like the previous magistrates of Shangyuan, although they committed fraud, in fact the governance of the county is still good. After all, it is a subordinate county near the capital. Under the emperor's feet, there is peace and prosperity, and the people are hardworking. Even if the officials do not do anything, As long as we don't mess around, the world will gradually get better.

But this is far from satisfying Zhu Yuanzhang. If it is the same with or without officials, or even worse with officials, then what does he need these officials for? Is it just to maintain his rule?

After losing his temper, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh.

It’s so hard, he’s so hard!

It is difficult to conquer the world, and it is also difficult to govern the world. He holds the power of the world and works diligently and diligently. However, the world still cannot regain prosperity as quickly as he thought. Many people still have insufficient food and clothing. Not satisfied.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood there in silence for a long time before Mao Xiang stepped forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Do you think we should camp and rest, or continue on our way?"

There were thousands of guards accompanying them on this expedition. Although they did not bring as much food, grass and baggage as the army did, they had stopped and stopped all the way, and so far they had only traveled half the distance.

"Hey, let's set up camp." Zhu Yuanzhang waved casually.

"Yes!"

Mao Xiang took the order and ordered his troops to find a place to camp and rest, while Zhu Yuanzhang took some of his guards into the county to rest.

In fact, the conditions in the county are not much better than outside. After all, the county magistrate Liuhe is like that, which shows that the people in the city are not living very well either.

The surviving county magistrate arranged for him the best house in the county as a temporary residence, and waited on him carefully along the way, for fear of following in the footsteps of the county magistrate.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't sleep, barely survived the night, and continued on his way the next day.

The next county is Yizhen County. After one night, the magistrate of Yizhen County has learned about the fate of the three previous magistrates. Although he has plenty of time and is more fully prepared, he is still very nervous at this time and does not know whether he can survive safely. Get through this calamity.

On the official road, the dragon chariot stopped slowly, and Yizhenzhi County led officials, merchants and gentry to pay homage respectfully.

Even after a night, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was still a little ugly. All the magistrates he met along the way had been killed by him. I don't know if this today will satisfy him.

Under the careful leadership of Yizhenzhi County, Zhu Yuanzhang inspected the fields near the official road, asked the nearby people, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after repeatedly confirming that there was no problem.

After walking all the way, he finally met a fairly decent magistrate. Although the acres of land in this county were average and the people's lives were only passable, fortunately, Yizhen Magistrate was truthful and did not deceive.

"Well, that's pretty much it." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly.

"Thanks to His Majesty's wise guidance, I can barely do this." Magistrate Yizhen said respectfully.

His words were not unfounded. Because Zhu Yuanzhang was worried, he specially compiled a "Government Instructions" for local officials. After receiving the appointment, each local official must first go to the neighbor to provide the certificate and this "Instructions for Administration". "Instructions for Government" before you can go to the local government to become an official.

In this "Instructions for Government", Zhu Yuanzhang listed more than 30 essentials of governance. It can be said that he was really worried and taught these people to be officials step by step. However, even so, the three previous magistrates still did so well. , how could he not be angry?

"It's not bad to be able to do this. We know that when the Ming Dynasty was first established, it was not easy for you to be an official. But for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, you must work hard to govern various places for us. Don't shrink back when encountering difficulties. Let alone deceive superiors and conceal inferiority, take bribes and pervert the law!"

"Yes, I will remember your Majesty's teachings!"

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to teach, and the magistrate of Yizhen listened respectfully like a student. After preaching for nearly half an hour, Zhu Yuanzhang finally finished speaking. He boarded the dragon chariot again and left with the courtesy of Yizhen officials. In order to commend this only surviving magistrate, Before leaving, he also specially rewarded some literary treasures.

The magistrate of Yizhen County led the officials to send the dragon chariot away respectfully. It was not until the shadow of the dragon chariot was completely invisible that he straightened up and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Hey, I finally passed the test." Yizhen Zhixian secretly rejoiced.

"Sir, how are you doing, are these people I arranged okay?" a wealthy gentleman said in a flattering manner. "Well, it's okay. I owe you a favor this time." Zhixian Yizhen said calmly.

"What do you think about that land?"

"Don't worry, I will make arrangements."

Yizhen Zhixian frowned slightly and said impatiently.

After hearing this, Fu Shen smiled with satisfaction.

After Yizhenzhi County agreed to what he asked for, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

If these officials who are assigned to local areas want to do things, they have to deal with these local powerful people. If they really govern fairly and do not give these powerful people any face as Zhu Yuanzhang said, then they officials will not be able to do many things.

Just like this time, if it weren't for the cooperation of the rich gentry, he would not be able to escape this time.

On the official road leading to Yangzhou, a middle-aged man and his wife and children, a family of four in rags, were walking on one side of the official road. A patrol came from behind. When several people heard the noise, they hurriedly dodged and knelt down beside them. .

Mao Xiang glanced at a few people and saw that they were not threatening, so he didn't take it to heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang happened to catch a glimpse of these people when he was passing by in the dragon chariot, and he was suddenly a little surprised.

"stop!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's majestic voice came from the dragon chariot, and Mao Xiang immediately raised his head and stopped the team.

The dragon chariot stopped, and Mao Xiang hurriedly came to the front of the chariot and saluted with his hands raised: "Your Majesty!"

"Go and bring those people on the roadside for questioning."

"Yes!"

Mao Xiang took the order, and a moment later, the four members of the family were brought to Zhu Yuanzhang in panic.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at them, frowned and asked, "Where are you coming from and where are you going?"

The middle-aged man replied tremblingly: "Cao Min, a native of Yizhen County, wants to go to Yangzhou to join his relatives."

The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that you need to check the citations when traveling hundreds of miles away. They were only dozens of miles away, so they didn't need it.

But what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to ask was about Zhuowen Yin.

"Yizhen County? Then why are you so ragged?"

Although the people he saw under the leadership of Yizhen County before were also dressed in ordinary clothes, they were not as pitiful as them.

“The grassroots are poor, they have no land, they don’t have enough to eat, and they have no money to buy clothes.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more surprised when he heard this: "How can there be no land? The Ming Dynasty Law stipulates that you can get land by clearing land, and you will be exempted from paying taxes for three years! Do you dislike the hardship of clearing land and are unwilling to work?"

At the end of the story, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became a little stern. Although Li Wei had mentioned this situation, he did not like people who disliked the difficulties of opening up wasteland.

In his opinion, this little hardship is nothing. He has experienced far more hardships than these.

"No, no, the grassroots people used to open up wasteland, but after finally cultivating the fields, they were seized by others. The grassroots people had no choice but to leave their hometown and join their relatives!" (End of Chapter)