Everything was as Zhu Le had said.
The king of Han supervised the country and met the courtiers with a knife every day.
In order to change the soldiers 'winter clothes and equipment as soon as possible, he didn't hesitate to take out the money he had earned from the empty salary and asked all the ministers and royal children to donate.
If you don't listen, you'll be threatened with a knife.
Such behavior caused the imperial court to be in a foul mood. The royal family disciples dared to be angry but did not dare to say anything.
Immediately after.
Shandong drought, no harvest, refugees everywhere.
Even though Nanjing was far away from Shandong, there were still refugees fleeing.
This made Zhu Di unable to hide in Jiming Temple.
After returning to the palace, Zhu Di checked Zhu Gaoxu's memorials.
In the Minister's office.
"Shandong is suffering from a drought, and there are starving people everywhere.”He threw the memorial in front of Zhu Gaoxu and asked loudly.
"Father, it's not that I don't want to help the people, but I don't have the money!”Zhu Gaoxu replied.
"Why haven't the soldiers at the border finished changing their winter clothes?”Zhu Di asked again.
"I don't have enough money."
"Why did the compilation of the Yongle Grand Ceremony stop?”
"It's also because I don't have money."
"The Crown Prince is also in charge of the country. Why is everything so orderly?!”
“……”
Zhu Gaoxu was speechless.
Zhu Di was extremely disappointed when he saw this son who looked like him the most.
He expected that Zhu Gaoxu would not be as talented as Zhu Gaochi.
However, he never expected that.
In just a short month, Zhu Gaoxu had even stopped the Yongle Grand Ceremony!
How could he face his ancestors if he died?!
After shaking his head in disappointment, Zhu Di's tone became even more serious.
"Do you know why it doesn't rain in Shandong? It's because of you that you're not worthy of the throne and have failed to govern the country!!”
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Zhu Le was not in the mood to pay attention to what was happening in the palace.
At this moment, he was bringing the maids and servants of the house to distribute porridge outside the city to help the victims.
"Don't be anxious! Line up!"
"One bowl per person, women and children first!”
"Why?"
"Because my young master said so!”
“……”
Sun Ruowei and a few maids served the porridge and kept shouting.
Zhu Le stood behind them, surrounded by a dozen or so strong servants.
Looking at the refugees in front of him, Zhu Le's expression was solemn.
Even Nanjing had begun to move. The drought in Shandong was probably more serious than he had imagined.
Zhu Le was not a saint.
However, he could only watch these refugees starve without doing anything.
He couldn't do that.
However, he also knew that there was very little he could do at the moment. He could only do his best.
Soon, the thick congee that had been prepared was finished. Zhu Le instructed the servants to tidy up and prepare to come back tomorrow.
Just as he was about to leave.
Not far away, a couple in a porridge shop caught Zhu Le's attention.
Both of them were dressed in luxurious clothes and were in their early thirties.
The man was wide and fat. He was clearly panting from exhaustion, but he still insisted on personally giving the victims porridge.
The woman had a well-proportioned figure and a compassionate expression.
If Zhu Zhanji was here, he would definitely recognize him.
Weren't these two the crown prince and the crown prince consort, his parents?
The dignified Crown Prince was actually personally giving porridge to refugees?
To others, this matter might seem inconceivable.
However, to the future Emperor Renzong, Zhu Gaochi, it was a matter of course, and he was even unwilling to borrow the hands of others.
Zhu Le sized up Zhu Gaochi and his wife from afar, and he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
This feeling was even stronger than when he first met Old Man Ma.
"These two people are not ordinary people. They are at least important officials in Nanjing.”Zhu Le muttered to himself as he looked at the muscular men protecting the two of them.
There was nothing strange about officials and wealthy families at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
However, it was rare for officials to personally provide porridge to the refugees.
He leaned closer to size her up.
Zhu Le realized that the porridge given by this couple was the same as his, thick porridge.
He was indeed sincere in helping the refugees!
Thick porridge filled the stomach, thin porridge filled the stomach.
If there were many refugees, using gruel to help them could save more people.
On the contrary, if the number of refugees is small, thick porridge relief can make people full.
Although there were refugees outside Nanjing, there were not many.
However, in the past few days, Zhu Le discovered that…
There were many big families in the city who came to help the refugees, but most of them used gruel.
Rather than saying that these people were here to provide relief, it would be better to say that they were here to gain fame.
"Let me help you."
Seeing that the two of them were too busy, Zhu Le rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward to help.
Just as he arrived beside the couple, he sensed several vigilant gazes around him.
Perhaps sensing that Zhu Le had no ill intentions, these gazes lingered on him for a moment before quickly disappearing.
Let's talk about Zhu Gaochi and his wife.
Upon seeing Zhu Le, the two of them were stunned.
He felt that Zhu Le's appearance was somewhat similar to his son Zhu Zhanji.
Both of them were people who knew etiquette.
Knowing that it was rude to keep staring at others, she took the opportunity to shift her gaze away while serving the porridge.
"Man-made disasters can be avoided, but what about natural disasters?"
Zhu Gaochi sighed as he handed the porridge to the refugees in front of him.
"The people said that the drought in Shandong was due to the King of Han's negligence in supervising the country.”Zhu Le casually replied.
"Ridiculous!" Zhu Gaochi snorted." How can a natural disaster be controlled by human power?”
He was actually not poisoned by feudal superstition?
Zhu Le was rather surprised.
He thought that all the ancient people liked to treat natural disasters as some kind of revelation!
Zhu Le was not a talkative person.
But for no reason.
At this moment, in front of Zhu Gaochi, he started to talk.
Sweeping his gaze across the refugees, he sighed and said,""In the face of natural disasters, humans are indeed insignificant, but I always believe that when the cold wind and snow pass, we will work together to defeat the heavens!”
When will the cold wind and snow go, and we will work together to conquer the sky?
Zhu Gaochi repeated this sentence, but he still sighed and shook his head in the end.
"What, you don't believe me?" Zhu Le raised his eyebrows.
"These refugees in front of you have traveled thousands of miles and survived by luck. If one saw the refugees who starved to death halfway, they would naturally know that 'man can conquer nature' was just a joke.”
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