Throughout history, many plagues will take the lives of countless people. Even if the plague disappears in the end, it will be a huge destruction.

Since the outbreak in the capital, many people have been prepared to sacrifice. The experience of their ancestors tells them that at least half of the people in the capital will die this time.

However, since the prince came to power to prevent and control the plague, the outbreak of panic and waiting for people has not arrived. Instead, the small-scale epidemic that broke out on a limited street has been miraculously controlled.

Until now, the epidemic in the capital has been completely extinguished. Both in the people and in the court, those who are determined to do so have given Zhu Cilang a very high positive comment.

Before, Zhu Cixuan made a lot of contributions to doing a lot of practical things, but his style of conduct was always accompanied by controversy.

From beginning to end, the voice of questioning Zhu Cilang never stopped. Even Emperor Chongzhen himself was wondering if he was too fond of his son. After all, Zhu Cilang was too young and could not do anything, right?

However, the success of resettlement of refugees and preventing and controlling plagues has allowed people to see a different prince. Zhu Cixuan's method of dealing with the plague this time is textbook-like. The plague in the capital has not spread widely, and refugees have also been resettled.

The civil and military officials in the court were full of praise and flattery, and everyone was praising the current crown prince. Even Emperor Chongzhen happily went to the Taimiao to worship his ancestors and told Zhu Cixuan's glorious deeds to the ancestors in the Taimiao.

Good things are not gone, and the Ming Dynasty cannot always be bad luck. This time, the Northern Zhili, Tianjin, Shandong and other places suffered a drought, finally ushered in a long-lost heavy rain.

The heavy rainstorm fell for three days and three nights in a row, which alleviated the drought in the north. The earth finally rejuvenated again under the nourishment of rain. The vegetation of dying trees and other vegetation came alive completely.

The refugees also left Beijing one after another, and they returned to their hometowns. For this reason, the prefectures and counties in the capital specially allocated 300,000 shi of grain to solve the difficulties of refugees in various places. At the same time, some dried sweet potatoes were transported to various places in the disaster area to solve the food problems of the people this winter.

The people in the disaster area saved some food and added some wild vegetables, so I thought I could survive this cold winter. When the spring next year, the grain seeds stored in the imperial village in Beijing will be given priority to the people in the disaster area for farming.

One thing that made Zhu Cilang overjoyed was that the perverted high yield of sweet potatoes made the large-scale popularization of sweet potatoes a reality next year.

It is impossible to popularize the whole country. Even if there are many sweet potatoes in the imperial village, it cannot be popularized nationwide at once. Why do you say this? It is because it is restricted by the transportation of this era.

With horse, carriage, ox carts alone, even if you start shipping now, you cannot transport these sweet potatoes to all parts of the country and then become popular in various prefectures and counties at once. This takes time, and even the best thing is, it takes time.

Let’s talk about corn. As a typical foreign crop, corn was introduced to China in the mid-16th century through three routes. These three routes were to Gansu through the Silk Road, to Yunnan through India and Myanmar to Yunnan, and to Fujian by the Portuguese via sea route.

A large number of county annals in the Ming Dynasty recorded the time when corn was introduced, but the corn crop was truly popularized nationwide, which took more than 320 years of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The reason was, of course, the court realized it later. There was no official promotion at that time, and the efficiency was extremely low. Moreover, even if it was official promotion, the acceptance of the people must be considered. Local governments also need the acceptance of landlords, and large-scale planting is not an act that can be achieved overnight.

Even if the local government obtains permission from the central government and vigorously promotes corn as a seed source in various provinces, it is likely that there will be many difficulties.

First, it will take at least three years for each province to bring it to each prefecture and county, and then to each prefecture and county.

There are two reasons why Zhu Cixuan chose to popularize the disaster in various parts of the north. First, the prefectures and counties in Shandong and the northeast of the capital have a major disaster this year. At the beginning of next spring, the government will vigorously popularize the production of new crops, which can greatly solve the food problems of the victims.

Secondly, because of Zhu Cixuan's outstanding performance in this disaster relief, the people in the disaster area have increased their trust in the court. These people will believe in the credibility of the court more, and the new crop seeds are distributed for free, which is a great joy for the people in the disaster area who are worried about growing grain.

Zhu Cilang was promoted, and Emperor Chongzhen gave him a title that he knew what it was. To put it bluntly, it was an honorary official position. For a person like Zhu Cilang, it was like taking off his pants and farting out of nothing.

I am the prince, so I will not use it if I add a false title. In the future, I will not be able to inherit the throne and become the emperor. This false title will not be used to support it.

But for the court, the official articles still have to be done. The way to be an official is to be able to live up to each other's face.

The palace ladies in Zhongcui Palace are all Zhu Cilang's loyalty. Douhuaer, Wangcai, Sanxi, the other little eunuchs and palace maids are actually reliable.

But at this time, Zhu Cixuan still retreated and only kept the secret guard Meng Fanchao.

This made Meng Fanchao a little nervous because the impression of His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, would definitely happen when he summoned him like this.

"Meng Fanchao, do you have nothing to say to me?" Zhu Cixuan asked.

This made Meng Fanchao even more uneasy. He thought for a moment and knelt down with a thud: "Your Highness, the official is guilty of death."

Zhu Ciyang snorted and laughed: "You still know how to confess your guilt, so tell me, what's wrong with you?"

Meng Fanchao was trembling and had to bite the bullet and said, "Return to your highness, Miss Yuanyuan, she has no rebellion against me, she is disgusted with me."

"That means, Chen Yuanyuan, promise to date you. Meng Fanchao, can you hold on to marry Chen Yuanyuan in the future? The water here is very deep. Let me listen to my advice."

Meng Fanchao has many difficulties. As a secret guard, he is absolutely loyal to Zhu Cilang. However, when facing the love between children, especially Chen Yuanyuan, Meng Fanchao is really unsure.

"Your Highness, I have never liked a woman so much. Please help me!" After saying that, Meng Fanchao knelt down.

This kneeling shattered Zhu Cilang's last hope. He knew that Meng Fanchao had deep love for Chen Yuanyuan and could not extricate himself.

Zhu Cilang regretted that he should have killed Chen Yuanyuan. The most respected secret guard around him actually fell on the woman.

"You have to know that Chen Yuanyuan is a demon. Her charming temperament is not just you, and no man can resist it. Meng Fanchao, you can think clearly."
Chapter completed!