Daming: Treating the Victims as Livestock, I Can't Kill Them?

In the twelfth year of Hongwu's reign, a locust plague swept through Dingzhou. There was no harvest in Dingzhou, and people died of hunger everywhere. People competed for food. The imperial court distributed food for disaster relief, but Xiao Zhi, who was urgently invited, mixed sand with porridge and used bran instead of food to distribute to the victims. Zhu Yuanzhang, who visited privately incognito, was so angry that he almost exploded after seeing all this with his own eyes. "If you treat the victims as livestock, I will kill them with my own hands!" Queen Ma advised: Xiao Zhi is doing this for the sake of the victims. Zhu Di: Father, please calm down. Not only can Xiao Zhi not be killed, but he will also be rewarded. Victim: We are all grateful to Magistrate Xiao for his kindness. Selling relief grains, colluding with officials and businessmen, collecting money to do things, acting in a shady manner... After learning about Xiao Zhi's actions as an official, Zhu Yuanzhang went crazy. "How can I still not kill such a traitorous official?" This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.