Daming: Start with an Altar of Luck

Chapter 22
"Master Liu, one day you will definitely change your previous thinking. The struggle between civil servants and generals has already given the answer in history. Please open your eyes and take a look at the new Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Biao finished speaking He stopped talking, because Zhu Biao saw that Lao Zhu had already gone back, which meant that he was about to leave soon.

Zhu Biao also lost the idea of ​​continuing to communicate. Although Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang and others are all celebrities and historical talents, it is a pity that their vision is only limited to Daming. Even if there is no luck altar, these people have never set their sights outside Daming land up.

Only when they see the magic of the different world for themselves and break the barriers in these people's hearts, can they continue to follow Xin Daming.

"Let's go, let's go." Lao Zhu gave an order, and the huge convoy set off for Yangzhou again.

Since the conversation between Lao Zhu and Liu Bowen in the bamboo forest was not particularly pleasant, Lao Zhu did not ask Zhu Biao to go to his own frame on the next journey. Instead, Lao Zhu urged the team to speed up and head towards Yangzhou.

On the third day, I finally stepped into the boundary of Yangzhou, and arrived at the original Yangzhou city at noon.

"Father, where is Yangzhou City?" Seeing Lao Zhu get off the carriage, Zhu Biao immediately got off the carriage.

"Under your feet!" Lao Zhu's face was livid.

When Zhu Biao heard Lao Zhu's words, he subconsciously glanced at his feet, and this one glance completely stunned Zhu Biao. He lived in a peaceful era in his previous life, and he had never seen such a scene before.

There are bones everywhere in the wild grass. In his previous life, Zhu Biao had seen the most bones of pigs, and he ate the most, like sweet and sour pork ribs, braised pork ribs, but he had never seen human bones or skulls everywhere.

Ever since Zhu Biao was born and received by Lao Zhu in Yingtian, he has never been out of Yingtian, where has he seen such a scene.

If it weren't for the big heart that came from later generations, I'm afraid I would have screamed out at this time.

What a true portrayal of 'bones exposed in the wild'.

"Father, this..." Zhu Biao, who had never seen such a scene, didn't know what to say.

Coupled with the broken walls and ruins ahead, Zhu Biao had a terrible idea in his mind, could this be the 'Yangzhou City'?
"Let's go." Lao Zhu walked towards the buildings that could barely be seen as houses.

After a while, officials in official robes came running quickly.

"Lu Mingyi, the master of Yangzhou, led all the people in the city to kowtow to the saint." The first time he saw Lao Zhu, he knelt down, and the dozens of people who followed him also kowtowed immediately.

"All the people in Yangzhou are here?" Old Zhu asked in disbelief.

"Yes, a total of eighteen families are here." Lu Mingyi said in a tired tone.

"In the famous city of Yangzhou, there are only eighteen families left?" Old Zhu was completely stunned.

"Yes, besides the 21 families, there are [-] trees in Yangzhou City, living trees." After speaking, Lu Mingyi lowered his head.

There was a chilling silence, and no one knew the shock deep in Zhu Biao's heart. You must know that before Zhu Biao crossed over, the seventh national census showed that Yangzhou had a population of 455 million.

It wasn't until Lu Chang, the current Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, spoke that the silence of the scene was broken.

"Lu Mingyi, in the first year of Zhengzhou, there were still 17 residents in Yangzhou City, more than [-] hectares of cultivated land, dancing pavilions and singing platforms everywhere, and romantic songs day and night. Ah, where have they all gone?" Surprised and unbelievable, as the Minister of the Household Department of the Mongolian and Yuan courts during the Zhizheng period, it can be said that he was very familiar with all parts of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties at that time.

"My lord, they are all in the wormwood and in the wilderness." Lu Mingyi also recalled the prosperity of Yangzhou in the Zhizheng period, and he couldn't help but feel pain again in his heart.

"Well, we received a report saying that there is no room in Yangzhou city and no row of land. We still don't believe it. Now it seems that there is no exaggeration in the report!" Old Zhu was full of emotion. Playing the report, how could Lao Zhu personally tour the north.

"Jinyiwei's predecessor, Gongweisi and Yiluansi, were in charge of the emperor's ceremonial guards and personal guards. Erhu was also in charge of the department in charge of information collection, and only obeyed the orders of Lao Zhu." Zhu Biao heard Lao Zhu say that he had received a report. I understood that there must be a note handed over by the guard.

"Where is the government office?"

"Your Majesty, this is it." Lu Mingyi looked at the only house that was barely complete on the right front.

"Go to the government office." Old Zhu ordered directly.

Lu Mingyi quickly got up and led the way, and several accompanying ministers followed Lao Zhu and walked towards the government office.

After stepping into the barely complete gate of the mansion, Lao Zhu was even more stunned. Behind the gate of the mansion, there was basically a piece of ruins, not to mention the tables and chairs, all of which were rubble and broken wood.

Lao Zhu stood in front of the gate and stared blankly at this scene, then took a deep breath and stepped forward.

"Brother, this Yangzhou is not the same as what is depicted in the book!" Zhu Xi said impatiently. He thought he was going out for a parade with his father, to take a look at the bustling Yangzhou and have some fun. Along the way, I didn't see the prosperity, and I didn't see people, but I saw bones everywhere, devastated.

"Shut up, if you don't want my father to clean you up, don't say a word from now on." Zhu Biao's mood was also uncomfortable. Although he was a member of a social animal in his previous life and had no savings, whenever he saw someone suffering, Zhu Biao always Yes, I will donate ten or eight yuan, and I have the right to take it as my own heart.

Seeing this tragedy in the world at this time, how could he remain indifferent.

"Brother." Zhu Xi couldn't believe it. Is this still the big brother who loved them since childhood?
"Shut up, if you talk again, you don't need to do it, I, the big brother, will teach you a lesson myself."

The third child, Zhu Yan, was stunned for a while, and wanted to say something for the second brother, but when he saw his elder brother's ashen face, he quickly shut his mouth tightly.

After all the accompanying ministers came in, Lao Zhu found a place where he could barely sit and sat down directly.

"Listen carefully, Lu Mingyi, tell me, Yangzhou used to be a land of fish and rice, why did it come to this?"

"Your Majesty, firstly, the years of military disasters have caused the fields to be barren, and the Second Yuan Army has repeatedly passed through Yangzhou, and every time they pass, they are restless. Thirdly, the people of Yangzhou have been in exile since the first year of Zhengzheng. Even if they have land, no one cultivates it. !"

"If you have land but don't plant it, what are you calling it a farm! In the past, even if the neighbors were going to die tomorrow, they would still be working in the fields today." Old Zhu said angrily.

"Could it be that the household registration system started here?" Zhu Biao was startled. After all, he had been in this world for a while, and he had never heard of the household registration system, nor did it stipulate that the next generation of craftsmen should be craftsmen.

"The minister was not in Yangzhou at the time." Lu Mingyi bit the bullet and defended himself.

Zhu Biao looked at the ex-Yangzhou boss Bo, if a few years later, this person might be dragged out by Lao Zhu and beheaded.

"I understand the reason." Lu Chang, Minister of the Household Department, took a step forward and said to Lao Zhu.

"What do you say!"

After hearing Lao Zhu's reply, the old man Lu Chang straightened up and began to say: "Two words, 'tyranny!'".

　Ask for collection, ask for monthly pass.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)