A voice of His Majesty Prince Yu.

This was Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement.

From the perspective of later generations, the events of Xiaoling Mausoleum were actually about creating a personal image.

Add a mysterious color to Zhu Ying's identity.

When people discovered that a person who had been dead for ten years was suddenly resurrected, they thought this was a miraculous thing, especially since he was the eldest grandson of the Ming Dynasty.

The popularity of this is hard to estimate.

Because of the speed of information dissemination in ancient times, the people of the Ming Dynasty, to a certain extent, were more fond of gossip than people in later generations.

Especially this kind of mysterious royal story, it is not enough to describe it with relish.

Once Zhu Ying's identity was announced in the court, especially with the prelude to the Xiaoling incident.

There is no doubt that Zhu Yinghui will be crowned as the son of destiny.

This is a person favored by God.

At this time, Zhu Ying did not know that Zhu Yuanzhang had already issued an edict to inform the Imperial Observatory to start compiling the story of Zhu Ying's "resurrection".

The main person responsible for compiling this story was Liu Rixin.

At this moment in the Imperial Observatory.

Liu Rixin has been wearing the unique official uniform of the Imperial Observatory. Now Liu Rixin is in a unique position of glory.

The former director of the Imperial Observatory took the initiative to resign and give up his position to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Master Supervisor, regarding the detailed past of His Royal Highness Prince Yu, we have prepared a detailed explanation for you to review."

The officials of the Imperial Observatory reported this to Liu Rixin.

Liu Rixin nodded, took the booklet and began to read.

It was fine at first, but soon Liu Rixin began to frown.

"Why is it Yawen?"

"this……"

"You must not use elegant language, but plain language, with clear sentence breaks, so that even illiterate people can understand it."

Liu Rixin taught.

He was different from the traditional officials of the Imperial Observatory, and after traveling around for many years, he had a deeper understanding of the meaning of His Majesty's edict.

This is to build momentum for His Royal Highness Prince Yu. It won't do if we just target the literati.

The people are the largest group.

"Announce immediately that all versions must be revised. The more popular the better. It would be better to add some dialect versions to make it easier to spread."

Liu Rixin thought for a while and spoke again.

The local dialect can make the story more immersive and intimate.

"Yes, sir."

The officials from the Imperial Observatory bowed and left.

Liu Rixin was left alone in the room.

After a long time, Liu Rixin looked up at the sky and sighed.

The changing clouds in the sky made his heart confused, and everything seemed to become blurry.

…

"What's the situation in the county these two days?"

After Zhu Ying finished reviewing a memorial, he asked Ye Yueqing.

He thought he could finish reading the memorial in the next two days.

Unexpectedly, the old man sent him a new batch through the post station.

Zhu Ying had no choice but to accept it.

"Boss, the people in the county don't seem to be very positive about the plague. Most of them don't take it seriously, even those in the surrounding villages and towns."

"It's as if nothing happened. Only Magistrate Yuan and others who came here two days ago are enforcing the boss's rules."

Ye Yueqing replied.

Zhu Ying's face remained calm when he heard this.

Those who have not experienced the devastation of the plague will basically feel the same way.

Whether it is taking a shower, wearing a mask, boiling water, etc., in the eyes of most people, this will only waste their time.

Even if the emperor arrived, nothing could be done. Even if someone came to check, they would just deal with it briefly.

"Forget it, let's just treat it as a rehearsal. What's the situation in the plague area?" Zhu Ying asked.

Ye Yueqing said with some emotion: "The people in the plague area regard the orders issued by the boss as the golden words. The lime is like a treasure to them."

"Every household boils water almost every day, clothes are boiled tirelessly, and lime is sprinkled all over the house."

“Even those walking on the street are wearing hoods.”

Zhu Ying was not surprised to hear this.

Living in the plague area, watching familiar people fall down every day, and the gradually spreading terror, any hope is a life-saving straw for them.

"There's still enough lime there."

Zhu Ying asked.

"About 20,000 stones of lime have been transported over in the past few days. There are too many cities, so a lot of it has not been distributed yet."

"But the news that lime can drive away the plague has spread, and all the cities affected by the plague have begun to make lime on their own."

"I think it won't take long. Basically, there will be enough. It's just that rat poison is in short supply right now. Any amount that is transported over will be used up."

"Especially now, the price of rat poison has started to rise."

Ye Yueqing said. The demand for rat poison is so great that some merchants are even hoarding it.

There is no business without fraud. They even dare to hoard things like rat poison, especially in plague areas. They are willing to sacrifice their lives for money.

You have to know that these merchants who hoard rat poison are either from outside the plague area or from the plague area.

"Pass on my order. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Anyone who deliberately sabotages the prevention and control of the plague or delays prevention and control will be executed without mercy, and all money and property in their homes will be confiscated."

Zhu Ying said coldly.

There is no hesitation in this regard.

They even have to make money by selling rat poison, so what else can't they do?

If lime was not of low value, too obvious to be stockpiled, they would probably have hyped it up.

All the merchants who made money from the plague will be executed.

"We can't relax on the plague issue. It's okay in the city and the village, but it's also a problem in the wild. We need to dispatch cats as soon as possible to eliminate the source of the plague. Only then can we stabilize the situation this time."

When Zhu Ying came to this point, he could not help but ask, "How many people are dying from the plague every day now?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Yueqing was silent for a moment before saying, "There is a plague in thirty cities. Currently, about two thousand people die every day. The coffin shops are empty. It's good enough to have a straw mat to wrap the corpse."

Zhu Ying understood that the two thousand people Ye Yueqing mentioned must be more than that, it was just an estimate.

In fact, three thousand or even four thousand a day is possible.

After the plague is over, the exact number of people can be known through household registration statistics.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the early rice is now basically being harvested continuously, so at least there is no plague and famine.

Otherwise, once a refugee population is formed, the spread of the plague will become even more troublesome.

Now that everyone has food to eat and lime, as well as preventive measures, at least the people in most cities are gradually feeling relieved.

Even if more people died of the plague, at least the government had taken action and we could feel a sense of security.

The biggest source of this sense of security is mainly because of Zhu Ying, or His Royal Highness Prince Yu.

Ye Yueqing did not report it verbally, but the propaganda method was recorded in detail in the intelligence booklet.

The focus of publicity is on His Royal Highness Prince Yu Zhu Ying.

There wasn't much information, just the title of King Yu, and even Changsun was not mentioned.

This is to create suspense and set the stage for what happens after the plague.

However, in this propaganda, it was vaguely described that King Yu came from the capital to suppress illegal officials, refine lime to drive away the plague, and make masks to prevent infection.

Coupled with King Yu’s noble status, all the people felt that the court had not abandoned them.

Even though it has only been a few days, the longevity tablet of His Royal Highness Prince Yu has been worshipped in countless families.

"Boss, there is a special businessman here. Let me show it to you." Ye Yueqing handed over another letter of information.

Zhu Ying opened it and saw that it contained some information about the businessman Song Lichang.

After reading it, Zhu Ying couldn't help but sigh: "What a bad time to make money!"

There are still good people in this world.

Zhu Ying was surprised by Song Lichang's act of spending all his wealth to help the people.

You should know that the county where Song Lichang lived was the worst hit. Not only were nine out of ten houses empty, but basically one out of every two households died of the plague.

In this situation, not only did he not run away, but he also strictly implemented the methods that Zhu Ying had previously conveyed to him. This can be said to be a ray of light in a desperate situation.

"People like this must be reused. I will write a letter to Grandpa. This person's actions should be praised and rewarded."

"All the money he has spent will be borne by the Chamber of Commerce. In addition, we will notify people to compose a play to make this man's character known to all the people and merchants in the world."

Zhu Ying pondered for a moment and immediately gave the order.

The power of role models is infinite. People like Song Lichang can definitely create a celebrity effect.

Song Lichang himself has a good reputation and is a typical example that the Ming Dynasty needs.

Just when Zhu Ying was dealing with the plague.

On the Goryeo side, Yao Guangxiao had already established a foothold in Goryeo.

These days, no one has it simple.

Just as Zhu Ying guessed, some of the people he arranged in Goryeo have begun to betray.

It was unknown when Lee Seong-gye had already known about the matter of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

However, Zhu Ying has always isolated the information, that is, the undercover personnel are unaware of each other.

Lee Seong-gye only knew that the latent power of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was very large, but he had no idea how many people there were and what positions they held.

However, this was just the tip of the iceberg, but it was enough to make Lee Seong-gye dare not act rashly.

The story of National Master Yao Guangxiao gave Lee Seong-gye hope.

He was absolutely certain that Yao Guangxiao was a member of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, and those officials who praised Yao Guangxiao must be the secret agents of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

Lee Seong-gye has not yet proclaimed himself king, but in April, Zheng Mong-ju, a minister loyal to the Goryeo Dynasty, was assassinated by Lee Seong-gye's son Lee Bang-won. Since then, the last obstacle to Lee Seong-gye's usurpation of the throne has been removed.

However, the nominal king now is still Wang Yao, a member of the Goryeo royal family, also known as King Gongyang.

With the arrival of Yao Guangxiao, the dark forces of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce surfaced, making Li Chenggui feel a little anxious.

He was afraid that Yao Guangxiao would support the Goryeo royal family, thus hindering his accession to the throne.