Five Years of Hongwu
"Father, go further and you will reach Qi County!"
"Qi County? Why does it sound so familiar?"
"Father, you are really a noble man who forgets too much! Three years ago, you ordered to punish corrupt officials. A commentator named Lin Yi wrote a memorial to accept the admonition, and you demoted him here as a county magistrate!"
"Oh, I remember, there is such a person! But I haven't seen him. If he hadn't been forced to hit the wound, I wouldn't have sent him to this poor county for training!
It's just here. Let's go and have a look! "
A group of vehicles were walking on the road, and the two people who had just talked were Zhu Yuanzhang and the crown prince Zhu Biao. In addition to the two people, Queen Ma was sitting in the carriage.
It has been five years since the Ming Dynasty was founded after defeating Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng and driving the Yuan Dynasty out of Dadu.
Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply concerned about the people, so he specially took his wife and children to visit in private, hoping to see how the people have lived in the past five years!
But along the way, Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply shocked.
After years of war, the people had no means to live. People's lives were unbearable. Due to the shortage of labor force at home, many fields were deserted and many families were destitute, which made Zhu Yuanzhang and his family feel sorry.
"Alas, it seems that our national policy of recuperating is correct, otherwise the life of ordinary people will be more difficult!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed heavily. He was used to living in hardship and had strong sympathy for the people.
"Double eight, you don't have to be too sad. Now the war is over. As long as we develop well, the people's life will be better!"
Empress Ma patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder and comforted him.
Just then, Zhu Biao, who was sitting beside the window of the carriage, shouted, "Ah! This... How could this be possible?"
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhu Biao was the crown prince, but he was not a bit calm as the crown prince. When he met some things, he made such a big noise. How can he manage the Ming Dynasty in the future?
He wanted to yell, but Empress Ma was right beside him, so he could only suppress his anger and asked patiently, "Why are you so surprised?"
Zhu Biao seemed to realize that he had acted improperly, but he still did not put down the curtain on the window.
"My father, my mother, come and see. It seems that this road is different."
Zhu Biao said excitedly, as if he had suddenly discovered a new continent.
Road
"What's different about the road? Can it make any flowers......"
With these words, Zhu Yuanzhang went to another window of the carriage, opened the curtain, and looked out.
good heavens!
I didn't see it, but it startled him. Even the word "like" didn't have time to say it, so I swallowed it myself.
"Stop!"
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately issued an order to Erhu, a groom.
Er Hu didn't know why. Although he didn't know what was wrong, he quickly tightened the horse rope and the carriage stopped immediately.
So Zhu Yuanzhang and his men got off the carriage with the help of Er Hu.
Just after getting off the carriage, Zhu Yuanzhang and others were deeply shocked by the scene before them.
The road under their feet was fifty meters wide and endless, and there were yellow and white markings in the middle of the road.
In addition, there are iron fences on both sides of the road, and a road about five meters wide is left outside the fence.
Looking out, the road is full of locust trees. The locust trees are luxuriant, as if they have opened green umbrellas to form a continuous sunshade.
"Prince, have you ever seen such a road?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook and held Zhu Biao's hand, apparently not yet recovered from shock.
"To my father, I have never seen my son or minister!"
Zhu Biao answered truthfully.
Just then, suddenly an old man came towards them with a mule cart while singing.
The old man saw them standing motionless in the middle of the road, worried that the mule cart would hit them, so he hurriedly picked up the bell on the mule cart and shook it with force.
However, when Zhu Yuanzhang heard the sound of the bell, they just turned their heads to look at the old man blankly, and did not leave or dodge.
"Eh?"
The old man said softly, what's the situation of these people?
Don't you know you are retrograde?
If you are caught by the patrol, you will lose points!
So, the old man shook the bell at them again, using several times more strength than last time!
But to the old man's surprise, the gang in front of him still didn't move.
To be on the safe side, the old man quickly tightened the stiff rope on the mule cart and shouted, "Whew!"
At last, the mule cart stopped safely two meters away from Zhu Yuanzhang.
Seeing this, the old man could not help feeling a cold sweat.
that was close!
Almost caused an accident!
When he calmed down his ups and downs, the old man jumped directly from the mule cart and looked angrily at Zhu Yuanzhang.
"I said do you understand the traffic rules? Do you know if you are retrograde?"
The old man pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang and shouted.
"How presumptuous!"
Seeing that the old man was disrespectful to Zhu Yuanzhang, Er Hu quickly walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang and planned to draw out a long sword to protect him.
The old man took two steps backward when he was frightened by his huge and aggressive appearance.
"Erhu, step down!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face changed and he just drank him back.
Zhu Yuanzhang, on the other hand, showed a kind face when facing the old man.
"Excuse me, brother, I don't know what the traffic rules are? What is retrograde?"
When the old man heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question, he was surprised. "I said, you are not local, are you?"
"Brother, we are here... businessmen, they are really not local people!"
Zhu Yuanzhang told a lie. After all, they are now making private visits in disguise and cannot reveal their identity.
So he became a famous businessman.
"Oh, so it is! No wonder you don't understand these. As for the traffic rules and retrograde..."
So the old man patiently explained the road to Zhu Yuanzhang.
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked again, and the degree of shock was more than that of the last time.
Originally, this spacious road was not called a road, but an asphalt road;
The original function of the double yellow line in the middle of the road is to distinguish vehicles in the opposite direction;
Originally, the asphalt road inside the fence was specifically for cars to walk, while the outside was for people to walk;
……
What kind of road planning is this?
Compared with these roads, the capital city of Daming is like a heaven and an earth!
"Dude, you said these were designed by your county magistrate?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was strange. Although he was born in a farmer's family, he often studied. From rebellion to gaining the world, he had seen much more than ordinary people.
But he asked himself not to mention having seen these things, even if he had never heard of them.
