After Zhu Yunwen issued a series of orders, Goryeo quickly began to emulate other parts of the Ming Dynasty and began to develop rapidly.
In particular, the land reform policy gave the local people hope.
After all, the local people have even less control over the land; a large portion of the land is in the hands of some wealthy locals.
Many ordinary people in this place not only had to work for this rich man but also serve as his slaves, and their lives were even in his hands. They were far more miserable than the tenant farmers in other parts of the Ming Dynasty.
This land reform is clearly following the same old path as the Ming Dynasty.
This has caused some wealthy individuals in these areas to pay a very heavy price.
The land they had seized through various shady means, even by force, was now successfully and equally distributed to the local people at Zhu Yunwen's command.
This is tantamount to directly depriving those wealthy people of the means to amass wealth through unethical and illegal means.
Because Zhu Yunwen was very tough, his orders were carried out with great force by his officials.
Furthermore, with 200,000 Ming troops stationed in Goryeo, if any region attempted to resist the policy, the local garrison would immediately intervene to deter such actions.
Faced with overwhelming power, these wealthy landlords were utterly powerless and unable to resist.
As a result, even the wealthiest people in those places, no matter how powerful they were in the past, now have no choice but to keep a low profile.
After all, the entire Goryeo Kingdom dared not confront the Ming Dynasty head-on, so how could these mere wealthy people dare to disobey the policies of the Crown Prince Zhu Yunwen?
Under Zhu Yunwen's tough stance, the land policies in these areas were successfully implemented in just a few days.
Although issues such as land surveying and allocation need to be addressed, the Ming Dynasty already had experience in handling these matters.
In addition, the methods used were forceful, and there were no unexpected incidents, so the progress was very smooth.
After the land reform was successful, the Ministry of Revenue in the Ming capital also transported a large quantity of sweet potato and potato seeds to Goryeo.
The seeds were distributed by soldiers from various regions and local governments. Although the seeds were distributed, they could only solve the problem of food in the future.
In reality, it's Goryeo, where many people are still facing the problem of not having enough to eat.
Therefore, under these circumstances, Zhu Yunwen could not ignore them. After all, since they had become citizens of the Ming Dynasty, he had to be responsible for them.
The same principle applies to the people of Yunnan before.
Yunnan became part of the Ming Dynasty's territory, and the people of Yunnan became subjects of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yunwen was able to develop Yunnan and enable its people to live a good life.
Now that Goryeo has become part of the Ming Dynasty, it is natural that the people of Goryeo should also live a good life. At least in the short term, the problem of food must be solved.
Although they have been allocated land and seeds, that is not a way to immediately solve their food and clothing problems.
All that can be said is that once the seeds are planted, they will have no worries about food and clothing. However, during this period, Zhu Yunwen will still have to find a way to ensure their basic needs are met.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty is not really short of food these days.
After all, the widespread availability of potato and sweet potato seeds prompted many landlords, gentry, and wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty who had hoarded grain to rush to sell off the large quantities of grain they had stored.
After all, if we don't sell now, the price of grain will become cheaper and cheaper. Once the market is disrupted by sweet potato and potato seeds, people will eat less rice in the future.
After all, sweet potato and potato seeds are so delicious that for ordinary people, eating these two things is probably far better than eating rice.
Under such circumstances, it would be ideal if the imperial court collected some grain to solve the problem of feeding the people of Goryeo.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen issued another order, instructing the Ministry of Revenue to collect a large amount of grain and transport it to Goryeo to solve the problem of feeding some of the starving people in Goryeo.
Zhu Yunwen roughly estimated that several thousand people in each city were starving.
Based on this calculation, the people of Goryeo would need at least several hundred thousand kilograms of grain to ensure a short-term transition.
Once the decision was made, it was immediately put into action, and the court reacted quickly as well. After receiving Zhu Yunwen's order, the Ministry of Revenue began to transport large quantities of grain to Goryeo.
Zhu Yunwen then ordered that the grain be distributed to various places to solve the problem of feeding the people.
In Zhu Yunwen's plan, although several hundred thousand catties of grain was not a lot, it could still greatly reduce the burden on many people in Goryeo, allowing those who had no food to finally have something to eat to get through this difficult time.
However.
The reality exceeded Zhu Yunwen's expectations. He originally thought that hundreds of thousands of tons of grain in Goryeo would be enough to last for at least a week to ten days.
But only two days later, on the third day, Fu Youde rushed to the Goryeo royal palace and reported to Zhu Yunwen:
"Your Highness, many people in Goryeo are starving. Logically speaking, if we transport hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain from Nanjing, it should be enough to feed the many people in various places who are starving."
We were supposed to have enough to eat for a while. However, only two days later, the hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain we transported were already completely consumed.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunwen frowned and said:
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