"What do you mean by letting them die there?" Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his teeth itched!

"Dad, it's boring for you to be like this. You are the one who is being tested, and you are the one who is angry. Why don't you allow others to tell you if you don't do well?"

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated and fell silent. Yes, he cared about the villagers the most, but in the end that was the case.

He has been scolded to death for a long time.

Xu Miaojin and the other three were all frightened. They didn't expect Zhu Jun to be so courageous.

He kept winking at Zhu Jun to no avail, and Xu Miaojin almost died of panic.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and waved his hand, "Go on."

“Dad, your original intention to bring the wealthy businessmen here was to prosper Fengyang and let the folks in our hometown live a prosperous and affluent life?

But deep down we still suppress business and suppress merchants.

If you are like this, think about the local officials in Fengyang, how can you care about their life and death?

I just think that they should do whatever the Holy Emperor wants them to do, and they will never dare to disobey."

Speaking of this, Zhu Jun couldn't help but think of another Fengyang Zhongdu, which spent huge sums of money and went through many years, but was finally abandoned.

He once visited the archaeological site, which was a more magnificent capital than the Nan Forbidden City.

It was a pity that they were all turned into dust, and he felt very sorry in his heart.

"The ants still live in vain, let alone people. Giving them land is just to let them build workshops. Tax exemption is also a way to attract and win over. Giving them a reputation also gives them a sense of belonging to Fengyang.

Just like weaving in Suzhou, everyone knows that it is the holy land of weaving, but what does Fengyang have?

Nothing.

If it were me, those thousands of wealthy businessmen would classify their businesses into different categories, and then plan and build a huge industrial park outside the city.

At that time, the whole of Fengyang will benefit, because the first people they hire must be Fengyang locals.

When people have jobs, they have monthly money. When they have money, they can improve their living standards. As I said before, people's livelihood and economy will improve.

The operation of business brings not only money, but also people and fame.

Once the industrial park is implemented, those businessmen who are interested in money will be profitable. Do we still need to catch them?

I'm afraid I might get begged to do business here.

To give them names, you don't need to give them anything like Yuanwailang. If you give them too much, they won't be valuable.

But we can erect monuments for them outside the industrial park for people to look up to.

Wealthy businessmen with good moral character can also be included in the county annals.

Let the government organize tea parties regularly to listen to the opinions of these businessmen.

If there are difficulties, solve them instead of solving the merchants who raised the difficulties.

What does this cost us?

Not really.

Are businessmen not the people under our great cause?

Is there any problem with us giving generous treatment to the people under our rule?"

Zhu Jun's rhetorical question made Zhu Yuanzhang fall into deep thought, and he reacted suddenly, "This echoes what you said before. They are inseparable, and one move affects the whole body, right or wrong?"

"Yes!" Zhu Jun nodded, "In this way, the merchants know the favorable policies from above and are interested in them, so they will not have any thoughts of leaving.

Even if you leave, you will still leave an industry here, which will also take care of the local people.

When the people get rich and Fengyang becomes prosperous, the level of the surrounding areas will also improve.

To put it bluntly, when the time comes to organize a tea party and let these wealthy businessmen donate money, it will be enough to hire people to build Zhongdu.

The worst case scenario is to erect monuments for them, to provide shade for their children, and to record them in the county annals, so that they can taste the sweetness of being famous for generations to come.

These are the filial piety of the people under the rule, why should we reject them?

Furthermore, Fengyang is prosperous, but why are you still worried about not being able to collect taxes?

Are you still afraid that the common people will set up traps in the buildings in Zhongdu?"

The moment he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression suddenly became serious, "Who told you that someone placed a security guard in the Zhongdu building?"

Zhu Jun was startled and realized that this was not the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that the Central Capital was abolished in the Ming Dynasty not only because Fengyang was difficult to develop, but also because of a more important matter.

Some people have tampered with the buildings in Zhongdu and "destroyed them".

The workload of the construction projects in Zhongdu was heavy, but the workers were not paid for their labor. These people who were forced to work were very dissatisfied. During the construction of the palace, they buried cursed things such as paper figures as a hope.

Come to bring bad luck to future residents.

The three city walls inside and outside Zhongdu were even poured with iron. They were extremely hard and difficult to demolish.

Lao Zhu also knew that he was in the wrong and it was his fellow villagers, so he had no choice but to abandon Zhongdu, wasting countless manpower and material resources.

My wish to return home in fine clothes was completely in vain.

Zhu Jun secretly scolded himself for speaking quickly, so he quickly made amends: "Many refugees from Fengyang fled to the capital before, and some people were talking about it in private. I don't know if it's true or not!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was ashen, and Zhu Jun's words were like a thorn piercing his heart.

Previously, Hu Guoyong went to investigate the poisoning case, and countless people died in Guo Heng's case.

In addition, several people who built Zhongdu were all veteran heroes of the Huaixi lineage, so he did not delve into it further.

But the people from the Guards Department did indeed report this matter, but he didn't take it to heart before and just thought it was a rumor.

But now, this rumor has reached Zhu Jun's ears, and he has to re-examine the matter!

There is also Zhu Jun’s sentence: “Fengyang refugees!”

It deeply hurt Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. It seemed that what Hu Guoyong said was not entirely true, and he must have been shielding some people.

Fengyang's matter cannot be shelved. If the boss had not been injured, he would have sent it to deal with it long ago.

But right now, it's not convenient for anyone.

People from the Huaixi lineage will inevitably protect them, while people from the eastern Zhejiang lineage, whose status is not high, are afraid that they will never come back.

Therefore, he needed someone with a high status and the ability to control these people, to take his place in condolences to the folks in Fengyang, in order to resolve their grievances.

At the same time, you can also investigate some things.

Zhu Di and others were not suitable, so they still wanted to seek vassal status.

Lao Wu has also returned to Beijing. I am afraid that he will arrive in Yingtian soon, and he will not be suitable.

After much deliberation, only Zhu Jun's identity is the most suitable.

Not only is his identity suitable, but the outside world also has a very bad opinion of him. If he goes, those people will definitely despise him!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed heavily.

It was this sigh that made Zhu Jun sit up straight, "Dad, I just said it casually, don't worry about it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "How can such a thing be possible? Of course we won't take it to heart, but what you just said makes sense. It's true that we didn't think carefully before."

Zhu Jun was dumbfounded. Why did Lao Zhu admit his mistake? Something was wrong. It was so wrong. He always felt that it was a scam!
Chapter completed!