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

Although Lu Wei didn't respond.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously very angry about the news.

He reached out and snatched the information from Lu Wei's hand, then brushed off the paper with a look of disappointment. "Tsk! Such a beautiful royal manor, such good land, and all the farmers have been moved out. Such a large place, and they're using it all to build an alchemy furnace! Ugh!"

It's okay if you don't look too closely, the more you look, the angrier you get.

Born into a peasant family who was used to hardship, he couldn't help but give up the imperial garden in the palace to plant crops, just because he valued food and felt it was a waste to plant flowers and grass.

It’s so sad to see such a large farm being “ruined” like this.

How can I not feel sad?

After saying that, he sighed deeply, frowned, and asked again: "Lu Wei, tell me, is this infuriating?"

"How can he be an emperor like this!? Huh?"

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Lu Wei could only bite the bullet and said with an unsure look on his face, "Or... maybe His Majesty of Yingtian Prefecture... has other plans..."

Although he said so, he didn't believe a single word of what he said in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it either.

He frowned as he looked at the information in his hand, then retorted with a cold face, "The farmers have all moved out, bricks are being shipped in by cartloads, the Ministry of Works has also sent in craftsmen, and even his most favored Taoist priests and sorcerers, whom he visits every now and then, have moved in too..."

Zhu Yuanzhang certainly didn't believe what Lu Wei said about "another plan", but he still had a glimmer of hope and wanted to find some clues from this information that could prove this "other plan", so he read it very carefully.

But no clues were found.

Every piece of detailed intelligence proves that the guy is really ridiculous!

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his beard was blown up. He slammed the table and stood up, throwing the intelligence in his hand to the ground, cursing: "Stinky boy! This stinky boy! Why did you have to get involved in this thing?"

Lu Wei forced a stiff smile.

He soothed, "Your Majesty, calm down. Although the emperor of Yingtian Prefecture is indeed obsessed with this, he is also doing well in other things! How peaceful are the people of the Ming Dynasty this winter? Not just now, but once the vines of power mature again, there will be even greater hope for the Ming Dynasty in the future."

Although his words were meant to appease the anger of those above him, they were also from his heart - at least in other matters, the young emperor did an impeccable job.

Zhu Yuanzhang's anger subsided a little.

The sadness and worry on his face only grew: "This is just the beginning. At least this kid is still putting his mind to governing the Ming Dynasty, but what we are worried about... is the future..."

"The more you get stuck in this path, the more likely you are to be absorbed in it. The more money you spend, the easier it is for you to get lost. Once you get lost, you may no longer care about anything else, the people, or the Ming Dynasty..." At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's face showed more of the worry of an elder about the younger generation's confused future.

in fact.

Zhu Yuanzhang's worries were not without reason.

A few generations after him in history, the Ming Dynasty actually had an Emperor Jiajing who specialized in cultivating immortality and refining elixirs.

Speaking of which, Emperor Jiajing was a very smart emperor. He was good at scheming and balancing power. Even though he had not attended court for more than 20 years, he still managed to keep the court officials under his control. It was a pity that he practiced Taoism, made elixirs, built palaces...all of which were expensive things. In order to make more money to do these things, he condoned the people below to be greedy and take things. As long as he could get a share of the profits, he simply turned a blind eye.

To be frank, the emperor was the most corrupt official, and the court officials were naturally powerless to resist. The people of the Jiajing Dynasty were naturally miserable.

This is what Zhu Yuanzhang is most worried about at the moment.

But at this time.

Outside, a deafening cheer rang out: "Good! Good! Good! This is how corrupt officials should be punished!"