Old Zhu looked at Zhu Di in confusion.
At this moment, he really couldn't react.
In his understanding, it was normal to need reinforcements and rations.
Although the entire Ming Dynasty was currently in dire need of food, and the empty rations for the Northern Expedition could be said to have always existed.
However, just because his son was able to establish himself in Qiongzhou Prefecture and develop rapidly, it was enough for him to give him corresponding support.
In fact, he was even more than willing to take out some food to assist his Twelve Sons.
But he heard something.
His fourth son actually said that he had brought 500,000 catties of food.
How could Zhu Yuanzhang not be stunned?
Fortunately, Crown Prince Zhu Biao reacted.
His eyes could not help but be filled with surprise.
"Fourth brother, are you serious?”
Crown Prince Zhu Biao said in disbelief. He couldn't help but feel excited.
As the most powerful Crown Prince in history, Zhu Biao could be said to have the best understanding of the entire Great Ming Dynasty.
Only he knew how big Da Ming's food shortage was.
Normally, when a country was first established, they would focus on recuperating.
However, Da Ming was different. As the Da Ming who expelled the Tartars and restored Huaxia, he had to face one thing, which was the crisis of Northern Yuan.
How powerful was Meng Yuan back then?
As people of the Mengyuan Empire, they knew better.
It was a huge empire that spread across the entire world. Its scope far exceeded their imagination.
Although they had expelled the Tartars, they had only expelled them, not destroyed them.
In 1368, the situation in the Central Plains was completely out of control. In addition, the Ming general Xu Da led his troops into Dadu. Hui Zong was forced to abandon Dadu and go north to Xanadu.
In 1367, after Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the last Fang Guozhen team in the south, he began the first Northern Expedition (also known as the Great War of the Yuan Dynasty). In October, Xu Da led 250,000 troops to surround Dadu from the outside.
In fact, Northern Yuan did not lose much power.
It still had a huge territory and a rich Western Region.
This was a truly unique super empire in history.
Compared to the other dynasties, they could recuperate and build up strength. For the sake of long-term stability, the entire Ming Dynasty had no choice but to continue the northern expedition.
In history, when Old Zhu was in power, he had gone to the Northern Expedition nine times.
When Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, he went on five expeditions to Mobei.
However, this way, the repeated northern expeditions were undoubtedly exhausting the already empty Central Plains Dynasty.
Up until now, although the entire Great Ming was continuously recovering, there were also some signs of the people's livelihood declining.
The shortage of rations was also extremely huge.
Although 500,000 jin of grain was not much, it was enough to solve many problems for Da Ming.
This was why Zhu Biao was so excited.
"Of course it's true!"
"Big brother, twelfth brother says that in the future, we can send over a million jin of grain to Great Ming every year.”
"The food is outside the city. Father, brother, you can go and check!”
Zhu Di smiled and nodded.
This time, along with his words.
The ministers couldn't help but be in an uproar.
"How could that be?"
"Qiongzhou Prefecture is a desolate place, how could His Highness King Qiong provide so much food?”
The Minister of Revenue, Lu Chang, could not help but speak.
"Yes!"
"Qiongzhou Prefecture has been desolate since ancient times. Wang Qiuhao and the others remember that they still need to allocate funds from Guangzhou every year.”
Zhu Yuanzhang also reacted at this time and could not help but be curious.
"Father, you don't know!"
"Twelfth brother, he opened up farmland in the south of Qiongzhou Prefecture and built a new irrigation system. In addition to the pleasant climate in the south of Qiongzhou Prefecture, the rice can actually ripen three times a year.”
Zhu Di said with a smile.
He slowly explained the huge harvest of grain over there.
"Three times a year?"
"This, this!"
The Minister of Revenue's pupils widened, and he could not help but lose his voice.
"Minister Lu, if you don't believe me, you can personally make a trip to Qiongzhou Prefecture.”
Hearing Lu Chang's speechless voice, Zhu Di smiled again.
"Good, good!"
"As expected of our good son.”
"Hahahaha!"
After being stunned for a moment, Old Zhu laughed heartily.
After laughing for a while, Old Zhu stopped and looked at Zhu Di.
"Twelve, do we need to support anything?”
His words were filled with questions, but his smile could not be restrained.
"Father, 12th brother thinks that Qiongzhou Prefecture can still be developed. If a large number of immigrants can be sent to guard the border, it will be enough to turn Qiongzhou Prefecture into the next land of fish and rice, or even worse. Therefore, 12th brother wants to send some people over to further develop the local area.”
Zhu Di quickly said.
His words were naturally slightly embellished.
"Good, good!"
"Twelfth Brother is very thoughtful. From today onwards, the Ministry of Revenue will immediately mobilize manpower to prepare for the migration to Qiongzhou Prefecture.”
"Let's just let the number of people in the initial stage be 100,000!”
Old Zhu became more and more satisfied and immediately said,
Only after hearing his words did the officials react. Some of them wanted to speak, but they didn't know how.
In the end, Lu Chang had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that 100,000 people are not enough to migrate to Qiongzhou Prefecture. Furthermore, there are not enough administrative personnel in Qiongzhou Prefecture.”
"Your Majesty, how about ten thousand people first?”
As the Minister of Revenue, Lu Chang's days could be said to be the most difficult. The Great Ming's finances were almost always facing a situation of collapse.
Now, another 100,000 people have migrated.
The energy consumption and the pressure generated were no joke.
These were real commoners.
A few thousand kilometers away, the journey had reached nearly ten thousand kilometers. Under such circumstances, who knew how much energy would be consumed by this journey.
Don't fight on the side.
The south still needed to recover.
If this was not handled properly, the entire Ming Dynasty's finances would completely collapse.
As the Minister of Revenue, he had no choice but to speak.
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