Once inside Goryeo's territory, under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, the people here lived very well. In any case, these people had truly witnessed this.

Goryeo under the rule of the Ming Dynasty did indeed undergo tremendous changes, at least compared to before, the difference was huge, and life was genuinely much better for them.

This is the most practical thing for ordinary people, so the people of Goryeo have long accepted the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, Goryeo was originally a tributary state of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty had a very high reputation and status in the eyes of Goryeo and its people.

The people of Goryeo, and even many officials, have always regarded the Ming Dynasty as their supreme ruler.

Even the decision-making power of many matters in Goryeo required them to consult the Ming Dynasty. For example, when a new king ascended the throne, they had to write a memorial to the Ming emperor.

Only if the Ming emperor agreed could the king continue to rule peacefully; otherwise, it would mean that his ascension to the throne was illegitimate.

Therefore, the status of the Ming Dynasty in Goryeo was self-evident. Precisely because of this, after Goryeo was ruled by the Ming Dynasty, its people and officials felt a greater sense of superiority than before.

They believed that since the Ming Dynasty ruled Goryeo, Goryeo was just like the Ming Dynasty, a part of the Ming Dynasty.

They went from being citizens of a lower-class nation to citizens of a higher-class nation, which was naturally a wonderful thing.

It was impossible for them not to accept it, so the people strongly supported the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and many of the Ming Dynasty's policies were thus easily implemented.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty did indeed provide the people of Goryeo with a very good life, allowing them to live better lives and see visible breakthroughs.

This naturally made them understand even more the benefits of being ruled by the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, the people were very convinced of the policies and management of the Ming Dynasty, which led to rapid progress in Goryeo's development in various aspects, including the economy, people's livelihood, and construction.

In this way, the people would be even less likely to feel that there was anything wrong with being ruled by the Ming Dynasty.

They even felt very lucky to be ruled by the Ming Dynasty, while the Eastern Island Kingdom was much worse off in comparison.

The Eastern Island Kingdom had clearly failed in its previous rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, along with Goryeo and Zhu Yunwen.

However, this island nation of Dongdao was never ruled by the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty did not rule Dongdao, it managed Dongdao very strictly.

Such strictness is not beneficial to them.

Instead, it prevented them from establishing any form of government within the country. In other words, since being defeated by the Ming Dynasty, Dongdao has neither a country nor the ability to establish one.

This truly fulfilled Zhu Yunwen's angry words in court: from then on, no country could be established in the Eastern Island Kingdom.

The people there could only live very, very ordinary lives, barely able to make ends meet.

Although no one understood why His Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty was so harsh on the Eastern Island Kingdom, everyone knew that the Eastern Island Kingdom must have offended Zhu Yunwen in some way.

And everyone understood even more clearly that they absolutely could not provoke Zhu Yunwen, or the consequences would be dire.

Zhu Yunwen continued north, passing through some county towns, and discovered that these county towns were striving to emulate the Ming Dynasty in various aspects.

This was also a policy; he had once issued an order requiring officials from the Ming Dynasty to come to Goryeo to serve as local officials.

We must do everything we can to help Goryeo catch up with other parts of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

After all, Goryeo is now part of the Ming Dynasty, so it must be treated equally.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang's northward journey was quite rapid, and he had already reached the former capital of Goryeo.

They then went into the royal city to rest.

Zhu Yunwen, however, was in no hurry. He wanted to carefully observe along the way to see if there were any problems with Goryeo.

After all, Goryeo had only been under the rule of the Ming Dynasty for a short time, although it was developing rapidly and trying to catch up with the Ming Dynasty.

But it's not that easy, and there will definitely be some limitations in some areas.

If Zhu Yunwen were to discover this, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

In this way, Zhu Yunwen passed through several cities without finding any problems.

Until they entered a place called Tianyuan City.

After a brief inquiry, I learned that a local official, relying on his status as an official sent by the Ming Dynasty, was committing atrocities in Tianyuan City, Goryeo, leaving the local people angry but unable to speak out.

Because the people in these areas were afraid of the Ming Dynasty, they dared not voice any opposition to the official's actions.

This emboldened the official to act even more recklessly.

After learning of this news, Zhu Yunwen also wanted to see how the officials of the Ming Dynasty were acting recklessly in the newly conquered Goryeo territory.

Who gave him such audacity?

So, he decided to stay in Tianyuan City for a day or two to see how things were going.

Zhu Yunwen had already guessed what was going on with these officials. They dared not act recklessly on Ming territory, thinking that the court might not be too strict with them now that they had just come to rule.

That would be a big mistake. Since Goryeo had become part of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen would naturally not treat it differently.

Therefore, in Zhu Yunwen's view, although Goryeo had only been under his rule for a short time, it was still necessary to treat everyone equally.

The people here should also enjoy the same benefits as the people of the Ming Dynasty.

We must not be harmed by officials like these.

After Zhu Yunwen checked into an inn in Tianyuan City...

He then continued to investigate the situation. Since Zhu Yunwen was acting alone this time and did not bring any subordinates, he had to conduct the investigation himself.

Zhao Qingzhu could only help him occasionally.

And so, Zhu Yunwen continued to go out and learn about various things.

After further investigation, I became even more certain that the local magistrate was extremely arrogant.

This place was also a county under the jurisdiction of the local government.

Therefore, the county magistrate in this area is not the highest-ranking official; there is a prefect above him.

The prefectural government office was also located in Tianyuan County, which belonged to Jiangzhou Prefecture. Therefore, the prefectural government office of Jiangzhou Prefecture was established in Tianyuan County.

My immediate supervisor also lives in this county town.

However, the magistrate is still so arrogant, which shows that there must be someone in the government office backing him up. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so arrogant, and no one would dare to stop him.

Thinking about this, Zhu Yunwen also realized that this matter was probably not so simple.