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Sesame Pancake Song Chapter 52 Spring Returns (Part 1)

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    Chapter 52: Spring Returns (Part 1) "Don't panic when food prices are high. Send your wife and children to the countryside first. On the one hand, you can avoid the war. Secondly, there is plenty of food in the countryside. You can fill your stomach just by picking up some elm money."  " "There is really no other way, so run south quickly. Zhu Fozi has a bodhisattva heart. He saved the people of Yangzhou back then, and later saved the victims of Suiyang and Xuzhou. As long as everyone reaches the territory of the Huai'an army, he will not just watch.  Watching everyone starve to death." After the beginning of spring, two rumors spread like wildfire on both sides of the canal.  The first one is common sense to everyone. As long as there is no natural disaster, it will definitely be easier to find something to eat in the countryside after spring than in the city. Artemisia, reed sprouts, shepherd's purse, and bamboo shoots are all good seasonal foods, which can cover half of the food.  When you are in a hurry, you can use elm money, bark, pine needles, and willow leaves to satisfy your hunger. Anyway, as long as the summer grain in the fields matures, you can have a chance to breathe and avoid starving to death.  The second point is evidenced by past facts. Although Zhu Butcher¡¯s reputation is not very good among scholars and scholar-bureaucrats, his heroic deeds of saving millions of people in Yangzhou and sheltering nearly two million victims in Suixu are  But it is obvious to all the world. Even if the Meng Yuan government and the scholars loyal to the Yuan Dynasty tried to cover it up in various ways, they could not cover it up.  Ever since, in some cities north of the Yellow River and close to the canal, an extremely strange scene has appeared since the beginning of spring. Large numbers of ordinary people, with their wives and children, secretly moved south along the unfrozen river and began to  There were still a few sporadic waves, and they still had official road signs or forged road signs in their hands to cope with the inspections at the checkpoints along the way. In the blink of an eye, they completely lost control. Many daring guys not only refused to take out the road signs or copper coins.  He was managing official duties, and if he was not satisfied at all, he would break into a violent attack and beat the servants and helpers who tried to chop the meat on the egret's legs to a bloody head.  "Well, haven't the food prices just gone up? A little more than twice as much." The local officials, who thought they could take the entire first month off, were furious and cursed the unruly people under their rule. Except for last year, they usually didn't  If the price of food does not double every spring, if the price of food in spring is always the same as in the autumn harvest, who will make the money for those grain shop owners.  However, common sense is common sense, but officials cannot explain it to the people under their rule. In the eyes of those "stubborn people", the reputation of the Yuan Dynasty's government is reversed. If the government does not explain it, they may become chaotic for a while.  When peace is restored, when the government comes forward to explain, the situation often becomes darker and darker. People who had no intention of fleeing will immediately pack up and leave.  However, it is definitely not an option to let the people under the rule flee southward. Cities close to the Yellow River are easier to deal with. Anyway, the Huai'an army will attack soon. When the time comes, local officials will send a letter to the treasury and hold it in their hands.  The surrender of gold seals and household registration books means that the emperor in Dadu City will definitely not have the energy to investigate whether they slacked off at the last moment, but this cannot be done in places like Lingzhou, Nanpi, Cangzhou, and Qingzhou. These places are farther from Dadu City than they are from the Yellow River.  It's still close, and the imperial troops and horses will definitely move forward along the canal. If they reach the ground, they need to recruit people to serve on the spot. As a result, the commander who led the army saw that all the people in the city had fled, and he waved  The first blow was probably on the head of a local official.  "Come here, please give me a notice. From now on, the prices of rice and noodles in various grain stores are not allowed to rise any further. Anyone who goes against the trend of price increases or hoards will be punished as a crime of crossing the Huaihe River." The officials found themselves  When his head was threatened, he immediately lost a lot of scruples in doing things. The first ruthless move was used on the wealthy businessman who usually had frequent contacts.  Those who can afford to open a grain store are definitely not ordinary people. They usually make a lot of money and make a small profit, and how can they trade in inferior goods and replace them with good ones. As long as no harm is done to the officials, the local officials will miss them.  The love of constant filial piety throughout the four seasons will turn a blind eye to their behavior. But at the critical moment, if you still care about your own fortune and don't care about the life or death of the officials, then don't blame the officials for their ruthless tactics.  , at worst, everyone is pulling each other to die together, no one can expect to stand next to other people¡¯s corpses and count gold.  "Come here, starting from tomorrow, each class of yamen and officers will patrol the place with their disciples. If there is no one at home and the head of the village cannot guarantee it, the house and property will be sealed, unless the head of the household takes the initiative within ten days.  Go to the Yamen to explain clearly, otherwise, it will be confiscated in at most half a month." The second cruel move was directed at the ordinary people in the area who were wavering. Don't you want to run away? It doesn't matter. Run away.  The monks can't escape from the temple, and the government is worried about having no money to deal with the imperial army. It happened to sell your property to pay the debt. If you are not so poor that there is no place to put a pin in the roof, calm down and think about it yourself.  Is it worth it to lose all my family property after hearing a few rumors?  "Come here, send invitations to Mr. Zhang, Mr. Wang, Mr. Li, Mr. Sun, as well as Mr. Bao and Mr. Semu Ma. Tell me what I have done recently.The plum blossoms in the garden are about to bloom, and I want to invite them to the Yamen to drink and enjoy the plum blossoms.  "The third ruthless move seems to be much more elegant and more targeted. "Those who can make friends with local officials are either first-class wealthy people, or there are people in their families who are, or have been, officials. These people  It¡¯s a shame that I offended you too much, so inviting them to the yamen to have a detailed communication is a necessary process. Whether it¡¯s to stabilize food prices or to force those cowards who have hidden in the countryside back to the city, their nods are indispensable.  And support, and if the Huai'an army comes to the city, it is more necessary to discuss with them in advance whether to defend or surrender. After a lot of tossing, by the end of the first year, this sudden wave of "escape" finally got the answer.  However, food prices did not go as local officials hoped. They were firmly frozen at a balance point that would not starve people to death. In just over 20 days after the market started, they hit new heights every day.  In the blink of an eye, it jumped from two to three times to more than ten times, and somersaulted, continuing to climb higher into the clouds. The wealthy businessmen and gentry in those places promised well in person, but later, not only did they not.  They used the same energy as the government to deal with the common people to deal with food prices, but instead tried every means to snap up purchases or hesitate to sell, artificially creating panic, even if some officials were ruthless and arrested a few people who were blind and not strong enough under their own rule.  After this guy chopped off his head, there was still no negotiation when food prices went up. There were only two or three families in each state who were so hard-core that even the government didn't dare to take action.  The opening was enough to make the last efforts of local officials in vain. Under their crazy pursuit of profit, not only the price of food was soaring, but the price of cloth, silk, porcelain, livestock, and woodware also began to follow the trend, and even  Even the shepherd's purse that can be dug casually in the countryside has skyrocketed in value as soon as it enters the city. The vegetable vendors also have their own excuses for this. After working all day, they have to buy two dry steamed buns to satisfy their hunger.  , Otherwise, I will be so hungry and dizzy tomorrow morning that I will not have the strength to carry the burden out of the city. "It would be better if the Huai'an Army comes here as soon as possible. As soon as the Huai'an Army arrives, those big dogs who are hoarding food will not let everyone eat."  , no one can run away.  "The common people who were tied up in the city by the government because they were reluctant to part with their property quickly found the culprit and complained privately. "The official deliberately wanted to starve everyone to death in the city, but everyone is not as good as it is.  His wish was to dig wild vegetables and eat chaff to deal with today. When the Huai'an army arrives, everyone will immediately find a way to dedicate the city.  "Some brave people came up with the simplest solution. There is no food to eat during the war, so the war ends as soon as possible. As long as one side can win, no matter which side it is, everyone will naturally be relieved. When a  When most people in the city don't have enough to eat, the whole city becomes a volcano that may erupt at any time, no matter how many officers and soldiers are stationed there, no matter how many bloody heads are hung on the city walls. "Open the gate to welcome King Wu."  , when King Wu comes, he will release grain.  " "The north wind has died down and the south wind has returned. I see that Zhu Chengbi is not in a state of mind, and the five virtues are mutually reinforcing and counteracting each other.  " "Fire generates earth, and earth generates gold. When the golden light dissipates, the fire comes back again. When the chill subsides, spring begins to return.  " If the complaints of the common people were only at the level of venting, and did not pose an actual threat to the local officials of the Yuan Dynasty, the folk songs spread secretly began to hurt the scholar-bureaucrats. " Although Zhu Chongjiu himself scorned the theory of ghosts and gods, although he never  From the moment it was established, the Huaiyang General Manager's Office openly denied the theory of reincarnation of the Five Virtues. However, the area north of the Yellow River was not under his jurisdiction. However, the vast majority of scholars north of the Yellow River still firmly believed in the theory of the Five Virtues.  No doubt, according to the official revision after Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, the five virtues are mutually related, with Yu as the earth virtue, Jin Dexia as the birthplace, Jin Dexia as the birthplace, and Shui virtue as the merchant, and so on. After the Song Dynasty, the fire virtues should naturally be the earth virtues.  Jin, and then it was the turn of Jin De's Dayuan. But the officialdom belongs to the official, but there has been a public opinion among the people that the five virtues not only complement each other, but also inhibit each other. Zhu Butcher took killing as his practice and killed 10,000 pigs.  He reopened Lingzhi, and then changed the formula of gunpowder to make artillery and muskets. Therefore, his country must be of fire virtue. According to the conclusion that the five elements are mutually incompatible, the great yuan of gold is destined to be melted by the great Wu of fire virtue.  The Mongolian cavalry, which came with the cold weather from the north, was destined to be defeated by the Huai'an army, which returned with the warmth of spring from the south. Unlike the complaints from the common people, both officials and local gentry listened to the folk songs that they didn't know where they came from.  , everyone began to be in constant panic. This thing is so evil. From the turn of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, to the Sui, Tang, Yi Ding, Zhou and Song dynasties, almost every dynasty change in Chinese history had corresponding folk songs that first gave hints.  The phrase "peaches and plums, the queen goes to Yangzhou" led Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty to use crazy methods to kill all suspicious generals named Li. In the end, he was still unavoidable.The family empire was replaced by the Taiyuan Li family. Now, Zhu Tutu, the fire virtue mentioned in the folk songs, is about to replace Jin De's Dayuan. As an ordinary person, do you still dare to go against heaven?
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