In the main hall, a young man was standing on the last step of the east steps outside the main hall, bowing and kowtowing three times to the sound of music.
The boy is fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a brown woven gold python robe. His name is Zhu Gui.
The Thirteenth Prince of the Ming Dynasty!
After the ceremony, he rolled up his sleeves and looked towards the dragon chair at the top of the hall.
On the dragon chair, an old man in his sixties was sitting on it.
The old man was dressed in a python robe with dragon patterns, his nose was high and his ears were high, his eyes were deep, his face was solemn, and he showed no anger and authority.
Every move and every move has a domineering air that looks down on the world!
This person is none other than the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang!
Looking at His Highness's civil and military officials, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke in a dignified voice and said slowly: "In various parts of Hebei today, there are many deserted fields and few residents. Do you have any good strategies?"
After the wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the place that was once densely populated and rich in products was now desolate.
The ministers lowered their heads and thought, but no one made a sound. The atmosphere in the hall was solemn. Liu Jiugao, a doctor from the Ministry of Household Affairs, walked up the west steps to the hall with his hunched body to give advice to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, since the people of Shandong and West entered the country, their population has increased. It is appropriate to divide them into small groups to live in leisurely areas and cultivate acres of land. In this way, the national wealth will increase and the people's livelihood will be improved."
"Okay." Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "Shandong has a vast territory and the people do not need to move. The people of Shanxi should do as you say."
At the end of the main hall, when Zhu Gui heard that the court meeting had begun, he was deeply bored and curled his lips, lowering his head and thinking about the days.
This year is already the tenth year since he was granted the title of King of Yu. In four more years, he will move to Datong Mansion.
In fact, in the eleventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Gui, who was only four years old, had already been granted the title of King of Yu.
However, because he was too young to govern the fiefdom, he was raised in the capital and trained in the capital until he reached adulthood before going to the fiefdom.
Historically, this acting king was not a good person. Zhu Gui, known as the most evil king in the Ming Dynasty, was not good at leading troops in war. He was easy to use his power to cause trouble.
According to historical records, he never did a single good thing in his life.
In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu's reign, he changed the title of Queen to the Queen and spent the whole day doing nothing. He hid a copper hammer in his sleeve and wandered the streets. If he met anyone he didn't like, he would hit him to death.
In addition to knocking people on the head, this big devil with a copper hammer also liked to rob women on the street. In short, he burned, killed, and looted. When Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen found out, he directly reduced his vassal status and demoted him to a commoner.
Later, Emperor Yongle ascended the throne and abolished the vassal system, and he resumed his royal title. However, he refused to change his character and was listed with thirty-two crimes by Zhu Di. He was called the number one villain among Zhu Yuanzhang's twenty-six sons by later generations.
As a time traveler, Zhu Gui did not want to be imprisoned under the name of a villain. He knew that Emperor Jianwen had brutally killed the feudal kings as soon as he came to the throne. Now that he has traveled through time, it is unpredictable, and there is no guarantee that Zhu Yunwen will not attack him.
With his knowledge and some understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty, he could give some advice to the Ming Dynasty and maybe even change history.
However, he is only fourteen years old now. In front of him is the powerful Crown Prince Zhu Biao, who is deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang, and behind him is the highly regarded Zhu Di.
His status in the court can be described as being of little importance.
However, Zhu Gui knew that in just two or three years, the fate of Ming Dynasty would change dramatically.
First, in the 25th year of Hongwu's reign, Prince Zhu Biao became ill and passed away, causing turmoil in the court. Zhu Yuanzhang overstepped his son and insisted on entrusting the country to the hands of the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhu Yunwen.
In order for his grandson to be able to secure his position in the country, he did not hesitate to kill the founding heroes and the emperors and ministers of his entire life. In the end, he ended up with the bird gone and the dog cooked.
After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he directly drew swords on several vassal kings. He killed five uncles in two years after he ascended the throne, and finally forced Zhu Di to rebel.
The early Ming Dynasty experienced the rule of Hongwu, the prosperous age of Yongle, and the rule of Renxuan. It had clear politics and strong national power.
Starting from Zhu Qizhen, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, it turned from prosperity to decline after the Tumubao Revolution.
After the Hongzhi Zhongxing, Jiajing Zhongxing, and Wanli Zhongxing, the country recovered. In the late Ming Dynasty, due to Donglin party strife and natural disasters and foreign invasions, the national power declined, and peasant uprisings broke out.
Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide by hanging himself, and the Ming Dynasty was overthrown.
While Zhu Gui was silently sorting out the history of the Ming Dynasty, a sudden burst of electricity surged into his brain, and a mechanical female voice sounded in his head.
"The Great Power System is successfully bound!"
Zhu Gui hesitated, wondering if he was hallucinating.
Before he could react, a small box suddenly appeared in front of him.
Zhu Gui stared at the box for a long time, hesitating whether to reach out his hand.
At this moment, the eunuch beside the palace shouted in a sharp voice: "Quit the court!"
Zhu Guisong sighed, turned around and left Fengtian Hall with the crowd. The box kept floating in front of him.
Returning to the palace, several young palace maids wearing sleeve shirts and bijia came forward to serve Zhu Gui and change out of court clothes.
"You all get out." He turned his head and cleared away.
Sitting by the bed, Zhu Gui tapped the box.
The "Ding" box instantly expands into a translucent virtual interface.
The interface is mainly composed of the task bar, sign-in form, experience value and product bar. Below it is a map of the current world and a Ming Dynasty chronicle table, which records in detail the natural disasters and major events that occurred in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Gui opened the mall and saw rows of different types of firearms.
Zhu Gui glanced at the equipment with a look of ecstasy.
Although the Ming army now also has a fire system, due to structural problems, it is very difficult to aim and cannot play an important role in large-scale wars.
But, if it is a rifle or a machine gun, it will be completely different.
There are currently no developed firearms in the world. If these new weapons were available, the Ming Dynasty could expand outwards and even dominate the world.
Now, it is the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang is working hard to govern and the world has restored peace from the war. However, the days to come will not be comfortable.
The unlucky Ming Dynasty suffered from natural disasters all the time, and the people who relied on God for food naturally had few good days.
The people have been living in dire straits, and the fall of the Ming Dynasty is the inevitable outcome.
However, since he came through time and had a system, how could he let Ming Dynasty experience such turmoil?
He is the prince of the Ming Dynasty. If there is any turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, how can he remain intact?
He can travel through time, who knows if those things will develop according to historical rules.
Only when the Ming Dynasty was strong could he have a stable life.