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Zhu Chongba at the end of Ming Dynasty Volume 1 Chapter 465: Welcoming King Chuang, King Chuang did not accept food when he came

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    It is already winter. It rarely snows in Sichuan, and there is no snowflake this year. But the air is extremely cold, and the air-conditioning penetrates deep into people's hearts. The soldiers of the Zhu Army from Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan are all very cold.  I was shivering, especially the soldiers who were ordered to be stationed on the city wall. They were not allowed to move when standing guard and had to stand upright. This was really life-threatening, so I had to wear an extra pair of cotton trousers and a cotton-padded jacket.  .

    Some people couldn't help but cursed: "Damn, this place is obviously in the south, how come it's colder than our northwest?"

    A soldier couldn't help but said: "It seems that the Sichuan people have a harder time surviving the winter than we Shaanxi people"

    ¡­Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting in the county government office, listening to the spies reporting to him.

    The spy reported: "General, after Zuo Guangxian retreated, he went towards Chengdu. In a short time, no one will come to Guangyuan to cause trouble for us. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are now running around in Sichuan. They attacked a county town and immediately after tearing down the city wall  Withdrew, attacked another county town, tore down the city wall, and withdrew, constantly fleeing. The officers and soldiers first led Zuo Liang, the general, to pursue the rebel army, but Zuo Liangyu stood still and refused to make any effort. Yang Sichang was furious.  They then changed the position of General Fierce Tiger as the president (note: not the general, but the president), and Zhang Yingyuan as the vice president, and asked them to pursue the Thirty-sixth Battalion, and now the general Fierce Tiger is chasing after them"

    Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "This guy Zuo Liangyu"

    The spy smiled and said: "Yes, Zuo Liangyu refused to help suppress the bandits, which made the Thirty-sixth Battalion quite fond of him. He was as fierce as a tiger and chased the bandits all day long. His legs were almost broken. Now  There is a joke circulating in the Thirty-sixth Battalion called 'If you want to kill me in Zuozhen, run away and kill me in Mengzhen'."

    Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said nothing, but Ma Xiaotian and Lady Hong listened happily and laughed: "Interesting, very interesting."

    Xu Renjie interjected from the side and asked: "This president's name is as fierce as a tiger? Is it his real name? How does it sound to me? He looks like a nickname given by a bandit. It sounds like Jumping Stream Tiger, Man's Gypsophila, or Hunshiwan  almost."

    The spy nodded and said: "That's the real name. Their family name is all Meng. His son is called Meng Xianjie, and his nephew is called Meng Zhongya"

    ???

    Everyone laughed, and Ma Xiaotian said: "According to what you said, his grandson will have to go down one level and be named as fierce as a dog. The next step down will only be as fierce as a cat or as fierce as a mouse If the Meng family continues to develop like this  Go down, and in the end you will be as fierce as an insect."

    "Hahahaha!" The whole room was filled with laughter.

    At this time, a figure suddenly flashed at the door, and someone walked in, laughing loudly: "What are you brothers laughing at? Let brothers come and listen." Everyone took a look and saw that it was Bai Yuzhu who came. It turned out that he had brought three thousand Bai family troops.  I had just escorted grain and grass from Hanzhong. The mountain road was rugged and difficult to navigate. I finally transported some potatoes and wanted to come in to report to Zhu Yuanzhang, but I heard everyone laughing.

    Seeing him coming, everyone was in high spirits. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Brother Bai came just in time. Winter is coming and the lives of the Sichuan people are not easy. I was just trying to open a warehouse to put some food for them, but the military rations in hand are almost exhausted, so  I¡¯m waiting for you to come to my rescue.¡±

    Bai Yuzhu hurriedly said: "Brothers are afraid of missing the general's important event, so they don't dare to delay even a little bit along the way."

    At that moment, he delivered the grain to Zhu Yuanzhang. Xu Renjie counted the amount, recorded it in the account book, and then handed it over to Zhu Yuanzhang for review. Zhu Yuanzhang left part of it to the army, marked off most of it, and ordered:  "Publish a list and let the people of Guangyuan receive relief food on a per capita basis."

    Naturally, this matter had to be left to the magistrate of Guangyuan. When the magistrate accepted the order, he was horrified: It was enough that the thieves did not burn or rob, but they also distributed food to the people on a per-capita basis. This was like the sun rising in the west.

    Zhu Yuanzhang ordered by the way: "We will issue grains according to people. The common people will definitely bring their children and daughters to order grains. We will take this opportunity to re-count their household registrations so that no one is missed."

    At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the population flow was huge and chaotic, and the household registration system had been completely destroyed. Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the opportunity of opening warehouses to release grain and reorganized the household registration system. This would make it easier for him to manage the people of Guangyuan and would not cause problems.  A confusing account was received directly from the court.

    The county magistrate of Guangyuan thought in his heart: It turns out that the thieves' opening of warehouses to release grain was a lie, and it was true that they took the opportunity to reset the household registration.

    He didn¡¯t know that it was true that Zhu Yuanzhang opened warehouses to release grain, and re-registering household registration was only a secondary purpose. In the future, when he unifies the world, he will really re-replicate household registration in the world. At this time, it is not very important whether to do it or not.

    Zhu Yuanzhang said to Bai Yuzhu: "Brother Bai, you have a night's rest and hurry up tomorrow."I will go back to Shaanxi and transport more grain. In addition you go find Li Leisi and An Wensi and ask them to use Catholic methods to help me get some corn seeds and people who know how to cultivate corn.  Things must be done before spring. Next spring, I will promote corn in Guangyuan.  "

    Although Bai Yuzhu didn't understand what corn was, he didn't ask any more questions. He responded and hurried down to rest.

    Zhu Yuanzhang turned to Xu Renjie and asked: "How is the training of our soldiers?" He was asking about the 20,000 soldiers from Shaanxi.

    ????

    Zhu Yuanzhang turned to the red lady again: "I asked you to clean up the rich households in the city. How are you doing?"

    The red lady clasped her fists and said with a smile: "I came to the door and said that we wanted to collect taxes. The rich people who didn't know that we were an army of thieves were arrogant and said that they never paid taxes. It was disgusting to see them. I  Following your instructions, I made it clear that I was a thief, a self-proclaimed General of Zhenxi, etc., and the result was that I scared them half to death. Then I collected taxes from them, and the attitude of these people immediately became obedient."

    The leader next to him laughed.

    The red lady added: "But after I reported the tax amount, all these businessmen were so happy that they couldn't help but smile. It seems that we collected too little"

    Ma Xiaotian smiled and said: "The amount of taxes our Zhu Jun collects from the rich is the same as the amount of taxes the court collects from the poor. This amount of money is simply a piece of cake for the rich. Of course they would be happybecause if it were anything else,  If the rogue bandits come to them and ask for money, then they not only want money, but also their lives, women everything must be taken away."

    The red lady frowned: "It's okay to ask for money, but I really don't feel comfortable hearing the words "want a woman."

    Ma Xiaotian shrugged: "I don't think there is any use in taking money with your life, but women are of some use. They can be used to have children" He was actually just joking. Men always like to talk nonsense when it comes to such things.  Badao's few words were just a joke, but as he was talking, he suddenly noticed that the red lady's face was not kind, so he quickly shut up.

    The red lady said aggressively: "Ma Xiaotian, you seem to be in your twenties, but you are still a bachelor, right? Tell the truth, have you ever thought about robbing a girl?"

    ¡°No, I definitely never thought about it!¡± Ma Xiaotian quickly shook his head.

    "Stop fooling me here, what you said just now is not right." The red lady said angrily: "What I hate most is silver thieves. If you have the guts, go and try to rob a civilian girl. Let's see if I can fight with you."  !¡±

    Big beads of sweat fell from Ma Xiaotian's head, and he said anxiously: "I won't rob you. I really won't rob you. With you here, how can I rob other women?" His words were clearly revealing his feelings.  It smells like getting married, but the red lady is really rough and can't understand it. He thought Ma Xiaotian was afraid of her, so he hummed: "Huh, just be afraid."

    "It has nothing to do with whether you are afraid or not. People who are not afraid of rebellion will be afraid of you, a little girl?"  All the leaders shook their heads, thinking: Red Lady, when will you grow up?

    Zhu Yuanzhang had finished asking the questions he wanted to ask, and all the things he had to deal with were put into practice for the time being, so he said seriously: "I have been in Guangyuan for many days, and I have been busy in the yamen dealing with business. Now I have finally finished it. Everyone, please accompany me."  Let me go on a tour of the citysee the lives of Sichuan people and learn about the local situation."

    The leaders were all interested in this proposal, so they all changed into regular clothes and dressed up as ordinary men. Although they didn't look very ordinary, they didn't smell official or thief-like. There were about ten people in the group.  Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Renjie, Ma Xiaotian, Hong Niangzi, and a few guards walked onto the streets of Guangyuan.

    The streets here are rugged and uneven, with bluestone stairs everywhere. It takes only a few steps to climb uphill, and a few more steps leads to a downhill slide. It¡¯s really outrageous.  A group of poor people were rushing towards the Yamen on the street. It turned out that the magistrate of Guangyuan had begun to release grain on the notice. When the people heard about the distribution of grain, they went to read the notice with great interest.

    In the corner of the street, there is a group of little kids clapping their hands and singing, a unique Sichuan nursery rhyme with a strange smell: "If you want to pee, there is straw paper, don't tear up my rotten mat; if you want to pee, there is a chamber pot, don't  Draw a map on the bed; if you want to fart, have a can, and don¡¯t let cigarette smoke under the quilt"

    After listening to this unique nursery rhyme, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter. It was all such a mess.

    After the children finished singing this weird Sichuan nursery rhyme, their voices suddenly changed and they sang another song. They sang with a smile: "Kill the cattle and sheep, prepare wine and oars, open the city gate to welcome King Chuang,  King Chuang didn¡¯t pay for the food when he came"

    Hearing this songZhu Yuanzhang was slightly shocked when he heard the rumor, Huh?  Has this children's song been released?  This children's song is obviously a children's song that became popular all over the world after Li Yan joined the Chuang Army in the 13th year of Chongzhen's reign and made suggestions to Li Zicheng. Why did it appear now in the 10th year of Chongzhen's reign?  Sure enough history has changed because of his arrival!

    (To be continued)
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