Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

"Ugh……"

"In the past, we have always stayed in Nanzhili."

"The area around the capital, at the foot of the emperor, is of course prosperous and beautiful. I always thought that even if the areas outside of Nanzhili couldn't compare to the area around the capital, they should still be passable. I was just overthinking it..."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood by the window.

He frowned and looked worried.

He unloaded his burdens, set out from Nanzhili, and headed north. However, he gradually discovered that the scenes of old men fishing, children playing in the water, women washing clothes... which had made him happy at the beginning, became less and less common the further north he went.

instead……

Today one is a beggar, tomorrow another is selling her body.

Gradually it became common.

As autumn approaches, the weather is getting colder day by day. There is a drizzle outside the window, adding a bit of loneliness to this late autumn.

Raindrops fell on the hurried people walking on the street below. Many people had numb expressions on their faces, neither dodging nor avoiding. Some continued to shout and sell, some continued to work in the rain, and some almost got into a fight over a handful of rice...

He was the one who established the Ming Dynasty.

It has been twenty-five years since then. This is the empire he conquered. To him, it is like a child he raised with his own hands.

No matter where Zhu Yuanzhang is now or what position he is in.

This cannot be changed at all.

So in recent days.

Zhu Yuanzhang's mood was not very good, and he was even a little sad.

"For twenty-five years, we have prevented corrupt officials from appearing in the court, reduced taxes for the people, and personally reviewed every memorial on the desk... However, the previous dynasty's brutal Yuan Dynasty oppressed the people, and over a decade of war and displacement has left the Central Plains devastated. Despite all our efforts, this is all we can do."

"Ugh……"

Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands behind his back, looking out the window at the raindrops falling on the heads of the people, and sighed several times from time to time.

There was a sense of powerlessness in his expression.

It was not easy, let alone straightforward, to run such a huge Ming Dynasty from the time when it was devastated and in ruins.

But even if he spent one hundred and twenty points of effort.

The result is also "that's all".

When seeing these scenes with one's own eyes, and really going to the bottom of the society to see and experience it truly, even the Hongwu Emperor, who made all the civil and military officials tremble in fear, felt a sense of frustration.

At this moment.

There was a knock on the door behind me.

"come in."

Zhu Yuanzhang retracted his gaze and turned back. The person who pushed open the door and walked in was none other than Lu Wei, the Jinyiwei undercover who had been following him all the way. "Old Huang, here's the latest news."

Lu Wei took out a note from his sleeve.

He presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang with both hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang casually took the note from Lu Wei's hand and began to read it.

[The vines in the backyard of the Qianqing Palace are growing very well.]

[The newly established Industrial Division, currently only known to be involved in papermaking and printing, was run by a craftsman named "Wang Yingxin" who was found in the mountains.]

[A new media department was established to compile the "Common People's Media Daily," with Princess Yilun in charge.]

[A new medical hospital was built, and King Zhu Su of Zhou was summoned to the capital to serve as the hospital's director.]

["People's Media Daily" has a circulation of 10,000 copies (with attachment).]

【…】

Zhu Yuanzhang read the intelligence content one by one, and his already furrowed brows became deeper and deeper, with confusion and puzzlement mixed between his brows. If Zhu Yunhuan could see him like this, he would probably sigh: Is this the old man on the subway possessed?

"What the hell is going on here?"

"Set up a papermaking and printing department in the palace? They're just sitting around? What the hell is that girl Xue Ning compiling... Media Daily? What the hell is that? A medical center..."

"How much more money will this cost..."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but start complaining.

When he saw that Zhu Yunhuan had established so many new departments, the first thing he saw was silver... piles of silver!

It's not his fault.

I'm really used to suffering.

Setting up a new department will definitely require a lot of manpower and cost a lot of salary, and the things they do are all meaningless.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help feeling a pang of pain in his heart.

Of course, after complaining, he realized that Zhu Yunhuan was indeed not short of money to spend.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh softly. A hint of envy flashed through his cloudy eyes: "Alas...where in the past did we ever fight such a rich war?"

Looking at Zhu Yunhuan's "extravagant" appearance now.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think of himself in the past. He had no money to fight a war, no money to repair a river embankment, and no money to provide disaster relief when a disaster struck...

Even at an old age.

I am really envious and jealous in my heart.

"'People's Media Daily', where is the thing? Let us see it. We want to see what this guy, who is in charge of the Industry Department and the Media Department, has come up with." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Lu Wei in front of him and asked.

Although he didn't know why Zhu Yunhuan set up so many departments.

But after a quick look, one can roughly understand that compilation, papermaking, printing... these things seem to ultimately point to the so-called "People's Media Daily".

"here."

Lu Wei took out a newspaper from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the newspaper.

I couldn't wait to open it.

The first thing that catches your eye is a few very eye-catching article titles.

[Two or three things about the Duke of Liang and my mother.]

[Shocked! Men were silent after watching this, and women were moved to tears...]

[The old woman lived to be ninety-nine. The reason behind this is…]

[A shocking auspicious sign appeared in the suburbs of Yingtian Prefecture, Beijing. The truth is this!]

【…】

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but widen his eyes.

He murmured, "What did Lan Yu do? How come we don't know? Hiss... the reason for his longevity to ninety-nine years old!?"

Looking at the titles one by one, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to continue reading.