Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

Chapter 767: Zhu Yuanzhang Delivering A Policy Address To The People [Please Subscribe, Please Subsc

After the shark specimens, there are living sharks, turtles, sea lions...

Soon, the various marine creatures brought back by Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes were packed into glazed pools and transported to the center of Hongwu Square, where they were arranged in rows. , arranged in a zigzag manner.

If you look down from above, it looks a bit like a huge glazed marine life pool exhibition hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who felt that looking up there was not enough, immediately waved his hand and said:

"Come on, let's go down and have a look together!"

After saying that, he took Queen Ma's hand and walked down first.

When the other concubines in the harem heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, a look of joy flashed in their eyes.

Since entering the palace, they have had very few opportunities to leave the palace, let alone have the opportunity to see such magnificent and interesting treasures in the sea.

As for the other young princes and princesses, they cheered and trotted towards the glazed marine life maze below.

But just halfway through, the young princes and princesses suddenly remembered that they did not recognize the strange-looking sea creatures below.

So they all turned their heads, holding the hands of the prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other brothers, and asked the brothers who had crossed the sea to explain to them.

Seeing all the young princes and princesses being happy and disregarding etiquette, even the censor wanted to stop them.

However, before the words were spoken, he just stood up and received the gentle and smiling gaze of Prince Zhu Biao, as well as the silent and threatening eyes of the elder princes such as Qin Wang Zhu Di, Jin Wang Zhu Fan, and Yan Wang Zhu Di. .

The censor immediately shrank back and comforted himself secretly:

[That’s all, that’s all, your Majesty and others are enjoying themselves with the people today, so don’t be too harsh!]

Zhu Yuanzhang held Queen Ma's hand and walked at the front, shuttled among the transparent glass pools filled with various kinds of oceans.

The sun shines down and falls into the glazed marine life pools, reflecting an even more dazzling halo.

Look at the sharks, turtles, sea lions and other marine life swimming above your head and in the transparent glass pools on the left and right sides.

Zhu Yuanzhang inexplicably felt like he was walking in a dragon palace on the bottom of the sea, with all kinds of marine creatures swimming around him.

This unprecedented look and feel made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very novel.

Of course, not only him, but also Empress Ma, other women in the harem, and all the civil and military officials felt the same way.

In fact, this was arranged by Yan Changqing based on the aquarium in his previous life, although it is very different from the real underwater aquarium in his previous life.

But placed in the seventeenth year of Hongwu, it was enough to make everyone feel novel and even shocked.

“Brother, what is this?!”

Princess Yongjia held the hand of Prince Zhu Biao, pointed at the marine life in the glazed pool in front of her, and asked with bright eyes.

"This is called a cuttlefish. The reason why it is called that is because when it encounters danger, it will immediately eject a stream of ink from its ink sac, dyeing the surrounding seawater black, making any opponent who harms it instantly become a I'm so blind that I can't see where I am."

"This way, under the cover of ink, it can escape."

Prince Zhu Biao explained with a smile, and then he pulled out the Xiuchun knife from the Jin Yiwei on the side, and then reached into the glazed pool to poke it.

The cuttlefish was frightened and immediately sprayed out ink, dyeing the seawater in his pond black.

Princess Yongjia also exclaimed "Wow" when she saw this scene.

“Second brother, what is this?!”

Princess Hanshan also held the hand of King Qin Zhu Xi and pointed at the strange thing with eight tentacles in front of her and asked.

"This is called octopus or octopus. The reason why it is called that is because it has eight tentacles. These tentacles can be chopped off and eaten, whether fried, fried or grilled."

"Especially when they are grilled on a hot iron plate and then sprinkled with spices, they taste very good."

"I slaughtered an octopus before and gave it to my father and queen to eat. Did you eat it?!!"

King Qin Zhu Xi looked down at Princess Hanshan and said.

Princess Hanshan swallowed her saliva and then shook her head.

Immediately, Qin King Zhu Di promised:

"Then when the exhibition is over, Brother Huang will have someone cook it for you to eat."

Princess Hanshan immediately nodded with joy, and when the other young princes and princesses heard this, they also said coquettishly:

"I want it too, brother Huang!"

"Brother, I also want to eat grilled octopus!"

"Brother, I haven't eaten either!"

King Qin Zhu Xi nodded slightly and said directly:

"This octopus will be cooked for you in full size later!"

All the young princes and princesses who received the answer from Qin King Zhu Xi naturally cheered together again.

Then the princes such as Gu Wang Zhu Su, Ning Wang Zhu Quan, Xiang Wang Zhu Bai and other princes continued to hold the hands of Jin Wang Zhu Fan, Yan Wang Zhu Di, Zhou Wang Zhu Ru and other royal brothers, and asked them to continue explaining these marine creatures to themselves.

Listening to the voices of Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other sons behind her, explaining to the other younger brothers and sisters, and looking at Zhu Yuanzhang who was walking forward with his head in a hurry, Empress Ma couldn't help but stretched out her hand and tugged. He said:

"Go slower!"

"If you keep walking so fast, you will walk by yourself!"

She also wanted to hear her son's introduction to these marine creatures, but Zhu Chongba led her away so fast that she could not hear the voices of her sons explaining behind her.

After being spoken to by Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang could only slow down helplessly and wait for the princes and princesses such as Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan and Zhu Di to come up behind him.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang and others walked around the Glazed Marine Biological Pool Exhibition Hall for nearly an hour before walking out.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who returned to the high platform again, looked at the hundreds of thousands of people in Yingtian Mansion who were still enthusiastic.

I remembered what Yan Changqing said about taking this opportunity to summarize to the people what the court has done for the people last year, and even the past five years.

In this way, we can improve the people's confidence in the imperial court, enhance the imperial court's credibility, and make the country of Ming Dynasty more stable!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang coughed twice and waved his hand, just as a guard carrying a loudspeaker put it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and the hundreds of thousands of Yingtian Mansion people around him gradually became quiet, looking forward to Zhu Yuanzhang's speech.

"BX..."

As soon as the word "I" came out of his mouth, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered what Yan Changqing said: "The speech must be down to earth, the simpler and clearer the better, don't think too highly of yourself or be literate [so that the common people can understand it".

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately changed his words and said:

"My name is Zhu Yuanzhang. We are both the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and an ordinary citizen decades ago!"

"Decades ago, the Yuan Dynasty did not practice virtuous governance, did not love the people, imposed excessive taxes and extortionate taxes, which aroused resentment among the people of the world and led to rebellion throughout the world!"

"We are also one of the rebellious people."

"To be honest, if the Yuan Dynasty could give us a full meal, we would not participate in the rebellion!"

"But Yuan Ting didn't give us a full meal!"

"In the third year of Zhizheng, a drought occurred in Haozhou, and in the spring of the following year, serious locust plagues and plagues occurred."

"Our father, our mother, and our eldest brother will all starve to death in less than half a month!"

"Even we almost starved to death!"

“When my parents died, we couldn’t even give them the thinnest coffin, so we could only wrap the bodies with a few rags and bury them hastily in the neighbor’s field.

At first, Zhu Yuanzhang just planned to take this opportunity to win over the people.

But as he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang's feelings arose spontaneously, and his words could not help but become more sincere and sincere.

As for the hundreds of thousands of people around Yingtian Mansion, more than 99% of them knew for the first time the origins of the emperor who ruled them and was usually regarded as superior in their eyes.

After all, the people at the bottom had little information, and after Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty and ascended the throne as the emperor, 99% of people did not dare to use Zhu Yuanzhang's origin as an excuse. "Uncle Sheng was accused of making false remarks about the emperor.

Therefore, it is normal for the people at the bottom not to know Zhu Yuanzhang's origins.

And now after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang personally tell his past life story, the first reaction of the people in Yingtian Mansion was:

Oh, it turns out that their Majesty’s origins are like this!

The second reaction is:

What?!!

Your Majesty’s father, mother, and eldest brother all starved to death in less than half a month?!

Even when he died, he couldn't even be buried in the thinnest coffin. He could only be hastily wrapped and buried in a few tattered clothes?!

Again, there are many miserable people in the world, and there are even more countless people who suffered misfortune in the chaotic times of the late Yuan Dynasty.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's own youth experience is definitely one of the most tragic.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang's original life experience in history is taken into account, he would be a miserable minister!

I lost my father, my mother, and my brother when I was young.

The middle-aged man finally ascended from being a beggar to the throne of the Supreme Emperor, but he lost his eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying first and then his first wife Empress Ma.

In his later years, he lost his sons one after another. The most valued prince, Zhu Biao, as well as King Zhu Di of Qin and King Zhu Fan of Jin, walked in front of him one after another, asking him to send the white-haired man to the black-haired man.

In the end, in order to give the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen a berth, he had to go on a killing spree and killed all his old brothers!

Fight to the end and be alone, that is, the whole family!

To be honest, under such a series of tragic life blows, an ordinary person would probably go crazy long ago, or simply give up on himself.

But Zhu Yuanzhang did not. He still stood up and cleared all the obstacles he thought for the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen, and then smoothly handed over the Ming Dynasty and the country to Zhu Yunwen's hands.

From this perspective, Zhu Yuanzhang is really scary!

His tenacity of will can be regarded as second to none even among all the emperors in the past.

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's narration, the hundreds of thousands of Yingtian Mansion people below could not help but sympathize with their Majesty.

Because compared with what happened to their Majesty, many ordinary people who had also gone through the chaotic times of the late Yuan Dynasty suddenly felt that their previous experiences did not seem too miserable.

At the same time, under such narration, the distance between Zhu Yuanzhang and the people of Yingtian Mansion was infinitely narrowed, and the people of Yingtian Mansion felt closer to Zhu Yuanzhang.

…………So, after we became emperor, we have been thinking about what we want to do for our people!”

"So we and a group of officials from the imperial court formulated a "Ming Dynasty Medium and Long-term Development Plan for the Next Five Years", referred to as the "Ming Dynasty First Five-Year Plan"!"

"In the past five years, we have implemented the policy of dividing the land into acres. Although this policy has increased the people's land tax, it has also completely abolished your oral and calculated taxes!"

"As long as your family has more than three people, then all of your

The land tax you need to pay is definitely less than the original land tax plus oral tax and calculated tax. In this way, you can reduce the final tax you need to pay!"

"If the land tax that you need to pay in the future is more than the land tax plus oral tax and calculation tax that you had to pay for a family of three or more, the Dengwen Drum we have set up will be in the imperial palace.

In front of the palace, you can go ahead and knock!"

"As long as any official dares to find a reason to charge you more land tax, we will peel off the last straw of those officials and show it to you!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang said these words, many officials on the high platform behind him could not help but twitch the corners of their mouths.

The hundreds of thousands of people in Yingtian Mansion surrounding him suddenly fell silent when they heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and then who knew who shouted "Long live your Majesty" first.

Then hundreds of thousands of people in Yingtian Mansion were like landslides and tsunamis, shouting:

"Your Majesty has mercy!"

Hearing the various shouts from the people around him, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands to signal them to quiet down, and then continued:

"In the past five years, in order to facilitate your conversions, as well as to distinguish between long and short rulers, big buckets in, small buckets out, etc., we have also implemented and promoted new weights and measures policies."

"Nowadays, baht, liang, catty, ton, inch, chi, zhang, li, etc. are all in decimal system for easy conversion, and the new baht, liang, catty, ton, inch, chi, zhang, etc. are all in decimal system.

, our standards have been spread throughout the world. "

"There are iron scales, feet, inches and other measuring objects that we have established all over the world. Whether it is buying and selling or paying taxes, you can use them as a standard of measurement!"

“If you find that someone sells you something short of a jin or a few ounces, or if someone says that the thing you sell is short of a jin or a few ounces, feel free to file a lawsuit with the government!”

"If the government doesn't handle it, then again, the Dengwen drum is at the entrance of the palace, just go and knock it, and we will handle it for you!"

"After we've dealt with it, we'll show you the officials who didn't do anything!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, there were waves of enthusiastic and excited shouts like landslides and tsunamis all around:

"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"

As for all the civil and military officials, they are now so depressed that they don't want to talk.

"In the past five years, we have implemented the policy of "Basic Compulsory Education in the Ming Dynasty". Now there are 1,296 local counties, and all people who meet the assessment standards under the jurisdiction of each county, regardless of

More than 95% of men, women, old and young have passed the basic assessment of the 300 core Chinese characters. "

"At the same time, more than 60% of the people "have also passed the basic assessment of two thousand important Chinese characters."

"In the past five years, we have implemented a partial work-for-service policy and built concrete roads throughout all provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties across the country, making it easier for everyone to travel."

"In the past five years, we have adopted the new salt-drying method invented by Ke Sheng Ban Heng, and sent naval officers to go to sea to salvage and catch marine fish, trying hard to make the people of the Ming Dynasty no longer need to

Even if you buy high-priced salt, everyone can eat salted fish!”

...

Piece by piece, piece by piece, Zhu Yuanzhang told all the policies that had been implemented in the past five years and what benefits they would bring to the people after the implementation of these policies.

It was only at this time that hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in Yingtian Mansion discovered that the emperor and the court had done so many things for them without knowing it, and they

We have actually enjoyed the benefits brought by these policies.

When I think about the comparison between my life now and the life five years ago, I suddenly realize that in these five years, their lives have undergone earth-shaking changes without even realizing it.

!

I can afford to eat salt as much as I want, and I can afford to eat salted fish every ten days and a half. I also have honeycomb briquettes for heating and boiling water for cooking in winter. I can fill my stomach and learn hundreds to thousands of things.

Reading and writing of Chinese characters......

And this kind of life was all brought to them by the Emperor!

Thinking of this, the hundreds of thousands of people in Yingtian Mansion around wanted to shout "Your Majesty's Holy Ming" and "The Imperial Court's Holy Ming" until their voices became hoarse.

Because only in this way could they express their gratitude to the emperor and the Ming court.

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