After asking around, Madoudou and Zhiguoguo found out that the place they were in was Yingtianfu (now Nanjing), the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

When the brother and sister were looking for a ready-made clothing store, people on the street began to gather and walk in the same direction.

Madoudou and Zhiguoguo were a little curious. They didn't know what these people meant by rushing to the city gate in a hurry.

It's said to be an escape, but it doesn't look like the prosperity in the city?

"Let's go, sister, let's follow them and take a look." Madoudou took Zhiguoguo's hand and followed the crowd toward the city gate.

I saw a man in Feiyu uniform who was rushing through the city just now, holding a sword in his hand, standing in front of the poster at the gate of the city, with the city guard behind him posting the notice he had brought.

The crowd was talking quietly, some people applauded, and some people cheered directly on the spot.

Because Madoudou was small, the people in front blocked his sight. He tried his best to stand on tiptoes, but in the end he could only see a little bit of the word "Yu".

"You kid, why are you squeezing? Your parents are the ones who want to read these contents. Why do you, a stupid kid, worry so much?"

Because Madoudou squeezed into the people in front, the man with a beard in front scolded Madoudou angrily.

I saw the man in Feiyu uniform riding a horse just now, pushing aside the man who was talking and scolding Madou Dou, and nodded to Madou Dou.

"You come here, others stay back."

Seeing that her name was called by the man in the flying fish suit, Madoudou's heart beat up inexplicably. The man in the flying fish suit in front of her was a Jin Yiwei...

Madoudou protected Zhiguoguo behind her, stepped forward cautiously, and looked at the man in the flying fish suit with some confusion.

"Sorry, my sister and I were separated from our parents when we came out due to famine in our hometown. I saw you posted a notice here, so I wanted to come and have a look..."

Before Madoudou finished speaking, the man in the flying fish suit interrupted him.

"The clothes you are wearing don't look like the clothes of my Ming Dynasty. Where is your hometown? Where is the famine?"

Faced with the aggressive questioning from the man in the flying fish suit, Madoudou was so frightened that she pulled Zhi Guoguo and knelt directly on the ground.

"Brother, we really come from a very far away place..."

The man in the flying fish suit still had some childishness on his face, and he looked to be only fourteen or five years old. His deep eyes looked straight into Madoudou's eyes, and after a moment of silence, he spoke quietly.

"How far is it? No matter how far it is, I will go and see it in the future."

The words of the man in Feiyu suit shocked Madoudou to the point of joy. Could it be that the person standing in front of him was the legendary Ma Sanbao (renamed Zheng He during Zhu Di's time).

Madoudou concealed the joy in his heart and humbly asked the man in the flying fish suit about the contents of the notice on the city wall.

"Brother, I wonder what this notice says?"

In fact, regardless of Madoudou, Ma Sanbao was planning to read out the contents of the announcement to everyone.

It turns out that the contents of the notice were that Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty paid taxes to farmers in areas affected by disasters and wars, and also implemented a large-scale tax exemption (juān) nationwide.

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[The Sesame brothers and sisters have something to say]

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, courtesy name Guorui, originally named Zhu Chongba, Zhu Xingzong, was born in Guzhuang Village, Taiping Township, Zhongli, Haozhou (now Fengyang, Anhui) [2]. The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, his reign title was "Hongwu".

In the first month of the first year of Hongwu, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor, located in Yingtian Mansion, changed the name of the country to Ming Dynasty, and the reign name of Hongwu. In the autumn of the same year, he captured most of the capital, ending the rule of the Yuan Dynasty in the country. Later, he pacified the southwest, northwest, Liaodong and other places, and finally unified the country.

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During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, he strengthened centralization of power politically, abolished the prime minister and the executive secretary, established three divisions to separate local powers, and severely punished corrupt officials and illegal nobles; militarily, he implemented the guard system; economically, he carried out immigration and farming and

In terms of military affairs, we built water conservancy projects, reduced tax burdens, surveyed the country's land, and checked household registrations; culturally, we focused on education, promoted the imperial examination, and established the Imperial College to cultivate talents; in terms of foreign relations, we established a "country without conquests" (that is, it does not take the initiative to send troops to fight,

Include the other party as a friendly neighbor).

Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was well aware of the pain caused by famines to farmers. After he came to the throne, he often reduced taxes or provided relief to farmers in areas affected by disasters and wars. He implemented large-scale tax exemptions (juān) across the country many times. Hongwu

The second year of the Ming Dynasty was the first large-scale tax-free juān in the early Ming Dynasty. In the following three, four, and nine years, juān was also implemented in Yingtian, Henan, Beiping, Shandong, Jiangxi, Liangzhe and other places.

juān) was exempted from taxes. By the time of statistics in the 24th year of Hongwu, the total land in the world had reached 4 million hectares. After the efforts of the Hongwu period, social production gradually recovered and developed, which is known as the "Hongwu rule" in history.

Taizu of the Ming Dynasty also cherished the people's power and advocated frugality. Driven by his measures, farmers' enthusiasm for production increased. Agriculture developed rapidly in the early Ming Dynasty, and the dilapidated rural scene in the late Yuan Dynasty was improved. The recovery and development of agricultural production promoted the development of handicrafts and commerce in the Ming Dynasty.
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