At the end of the year and the end of the year, the fifteenth year of Zhengzheng is coming to an end.
Under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, someone once proposed to use the dragon and phoenix chronology of Han and Song Dynasties to show a complete break with the Yuan Dynasty.
However, this suggestion was collectively opposed by Zhu Yuanzhang's three major advisers.
Jia Lu, Zhu Sheng, and Zhang Ximeng all shook their heads... Using dragons and phoenixes to mark the years had gotten rid of the Yuan Dynasty, but they got involved with the Song Dynasty.
Don’t forget what was discussed at the unification of thought conference... Zhu Jiajun not only wanted to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, but also correct the bad government since the Zhao and Song Dynasties. Even the serious Song Dynasty did not buy it, let alone a grassroots team!
However, Lao Zhu also has a problem here, that is, he has not yet proclaimed himself king, nor has he determined the country's title and year. How to write the text has become a problem.
In the end, it was Zhang Ximeng who made the suggestion. There was no need to deny the Yuan Dynasty. Anyway, we were originally subjects of the Yuan Dynasty. We only rose up because the Yuan court was unruly and the people were in dire straits.
Before success, follow the Yuan court's chronology, and when the time is right, it will not be too late to establish a new dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Jiajun still uses the era name of the Great Yuan Dynasty, until the fifteenth year of Zhengzheng... This is definitely an important year recorded in history.
At the beginning of this year, Tuotuo was deposed by Yuan Ting, and hundreds of thousands of troops were disintegrated. From then on, Yuan Ting entered a waiting-for-death mode.
In the middle of the year, Zhu Yuanzhang crossed the Yangtze River, occupied Jinling, and had the capital to compete in the world.
At the end of the year, after the integration, the Zhu Jiajun began to operate in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang in the strongest possible posture.
Yuan declines at the beginning of the year and flourishes at the end of the year!
Together and down, it is indeed a great world!
Zhu Yuanzhang was riding on horseback, scanning the fields on both sides, fascinated. This was the best field on the bank of the Qinhuai River, stretching as far as the eye could see, with fertile soil and beautiful water.
"If there are three acres of water to irrigate the land, and we don't force and kill the officials... We are here today because of the Yuan court!" Lao Zhu turned his head and said to Zhang Ximeng: "The Yuan Dynasty destroyed the country by annexation and oppression, and we will divide the land.
Enriching the people and rejuvenating the country... Sir, how is the land distribution in Lishui Prefecture going?"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "There is a lot of land in Lishui. It is distributed according to head count. Each adult can get about 25 acres. As for the ration field, it is less than in Chuzhou and other places. It is not distributed according to head count, but
According to the family, each family will be given ten acres of land!"
"etc!"
Lao Zhu interrupted Zhang Ximeng and said, "Sir, it seems unfair that families with many people and families with few people should all share the same ration fields. What if someone deliberately separates the families just to get more rations?
Where is Tian?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled slightly and said, "My lord, separation of families is a dream come true!"
"Oh!" Lao Zhu's voice rose, as if he had doubts, but he quickly understood and couldn't help but laugh: "Sir, you are really good at calculating! This is a beautiful move!"
After crossing the river, Zhang Ximeng discovered that the clan power in the south of the Yangtze River was quite powerful... There were many villages, and everyone basically had the same surname, and everyone was related to them.
Because of this, some clan elders have terrifying appeal.
For example, Sun Yan once found a group of old farmers to help him suppress Han San.
Afterwards, Zhang Ximeng moved all the old farmers away, but it was insignificant to the overall situation and could not change anything at all.
So Zhang Ximeng started thinking about dividing the fields.
The land in Jiangnan is definitely not as abundant as in Huaixi, and the per capita income cannot be as much. So he started in the ration fields.
According to household distribution, a family of three has ten acres of land, a family of five has ten acres of land, and even if there are twenty people, it’s the same!
There is no doubt that this is forcing the family to separate!
Splitting everyone into small families that can survive independently is also a cruel move to derail the entire patriarchal system.
Separating a family means being financially independent and being responsible for your own survival... I wonder if future generations of college students still remember? Since when did you have the qualifications to bargain with your parents?
Is it when you have a job and receive income?
Because you can support yourself, which means your wings are strong and you can be unscrupulous.
The same principle applies to family separation. As long as each small family is allowed to be financially independent, even if they still care about their family ties, they will still gather in the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors during holidays, and they will listen to the advice of the elderly when something happens. But this
It is completely different from the original patriarchal system that can determine the life and death of the clan.
Eliminate clan power, achieve direct rule over the people, eliminate middlemen who make profit, and provide tens of billions of subsidies.
"My lord, there is one more thing. Although there are mulberry fields in Lishui, these mulberry fields have to pay land tax, and the tax is 50% more than that on farmland!"
Lao Zhu thought for a moment and then said: "Is it to suppress silkworm farming?"
Zhang Ximeng said: "Silk is not an irreplaceable thing nowadays, but food, which is the foundation of everything. What I mean is to guide the people to plant a variety of food, such as silk and cotton, in small quantities. Of course, I don't
I feel that we should blindly suppress sericulture and silk reeling. It is best to concentrate on skilled craftsmen and use the best means to make silk into luxury goods and make money from the rich!"
Lao Zhu couldn't help but laugh, "That's a good thing to say. In view of our thoughts, these two adjustments made by your husband are both good! From now on, when we go to the south of the Yangtze River, we will follow the new method of allocating fields."
No policy can be maintained forever without change.
Even if they are both equalizing land, they still need to adapt to local conditions in each place. There is no best strategy, only the most suitable one.
In the afternoon of that day, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng rushed to Lishui Prefecture.
And here, there is a good show waiting for them... After Wu Datou returned, the troupe immediately started to move.
Today, the size of Zhu Jiajun's troupe has reached more than 300 people.
Wu Datou’s 100 households not only deserved the title, but also doubled their number.
And many of the new people who joined are from Yangzhou City and Qinhuai River. Their business is quite good. There are famous pipa masters, three-string masters, and all kinds of capable people and strangers. Compared with them,
, Wu Datou is simply ordinary and can’t be more ordinary.
Who would have thought that this greasy middle-aged man would be the most famous red thief in the world. I have to say, how ironic!
But when everyone discussed business with Wu Datou, everyone immediately stopped their contempt and realized the power of Captain Wu... Wu Datou told them a story.
There was a girl named "Zhen'e" who had been living with her father, relying on renting land. When Zhen'e was fifteen years old, suddenly the landlord refused to lend them cattle for farming. The old father had no choice but to tie the rope with his daughter.
Wear the harness on your back and plow the fields by manpower.
A skinny old man and a girl, who had no strength, could not finish even one ridge all morning. The father sat on the field ridge and kept crying.
Zhen'e also cried!
Both father and daughter knew why the landlord was unwilling to borrow the cow... because the landlord fell in love with Zhen'e and wanted to take her as his wife.
That's why I deliberately made things difficult for the father and daughter.
Without oxen, the fields cannot be cultivated.
At the time of autumn harvest, if the rent could not be paid, the debt would have to be paid off. At that time, it would be logical to give Zhen'e to the landlord.
Everyone in the village knew about this, and they all gnashed their teeth and secretly cursed the landlords for their immorality, but no one dared to help them for fear of offending others.
Father and daughter are completely desperate, how about becoming concubines?
However, the landlord is already over sixty years old, and his sons are all bad. In a few years, when the landlord dies, the consequences will be needless to say, it will be worse than death.
At this moment, a young man named Pei Dalang stood up. He was strong and took the initiative to help the father and daughter plow the fields. Zhen'e developed a good impression of this kind-hearted Pei Dalang.
During the slack time, the two parties decided to get married.
They are all poor anyway, so there is no need to pay attention to anything... When Pei Dalang married Zhen'e, he stopped thinking about being a landlord. And Pei Dalang is not young anymore, so having a virtuous daughter-in-law will kill two birds with one stone!
The people in the village all agreed with the marriage, and felt that the sooner the better, so as not to cause any complications.
Pei Dalang thought so too. He made a prompt decision and came to ask for marriage. After getting Zhen'e's father's consent, he got a wheelbarrow, went to Zhen'e's house, and pushed Zhen'e home.
A young man and woman were walking on the road in the countryside. Zhen'e happily sang about the rural community. Many villagers were waiting at Pei Dalang's house to witness their marriage.
As long as it's done, everything will be fine.
No matter how shameless the landlord is, he can't ruin someone's marriage!
But at this moment, a group of people suddenly came. Like wolves and tigers, they rushed in and snatched the bride away.
Pei Dalang argued with them, but was beaten severely and almost died.
Seeing a happy event turn into a tragedy in an instant, everyone in the village was indignant.
Immediately, news spread. It turned out that the landlord was jealous of Pei Dalang for ruining his good deeds, so he tried to bribe a local Mongolian official, pretending that Zhen'e was his maid, with a pretty and lovely appearance, and that he had escaped to marry a wild girl.
man.
When the Mongolian official heard that she was quite good-looking, he had evil intentions. He sent someone to snatch Zhen'e away on the wedding day.
Seeing his daughter being snatched away, Zhen'e's father hanged himself from a beam with a hemp rope in the middle of the night.
Pei Dalang lost his bride and was filled with resentment. He was born as a hunter, was strong and could wield a sword and shoot arrows. After recovering from his injuries, he secretly entered the landlord's house and killed more than a dozen members of their family.
This was not over yet. Pei Dalang went to the county town again. He hid among a group of beggars for more than two months. When the Mongolian officials came out, he opened his bow and shot at them. Then he rushed out with a hatchet and wanted to assassinate the officials.
It's a pity that although Pei Dalang had courage, his bow was for hunting, not a strong military bow, and he had no armor. He was chopped down by the guards, blood spattered on the street, and his body was hung on the city wall for public display...
At this time, Zhen'e had been in the Mongolian official's mansion for two or three months, and she was pregnant with a fetus.
She didn't know the situation at home, but a man from the next village came to give gifts to the officials. After saying a few words, Zhen'e knew that her father was dead, and Pei Dalang failed to assassinate him. He died miserably in the street, and his body was still hanging on the street.
On the city wall.
She rushed out of the house as if she was crazy, and ran to the city gate in one breath.
Seeing Pei Dalang's body, Zhen'e cried loudly, hit her head against the wall, and fainted immediately... She didn't know how long it took, but she woke up. Although she was alive, her child was gone.
Zhen'e's hair turned gray overnight and she became crazy from then on... A few years later, she froze to death in a cold winter.
"I heard this from one of Liu Futong's subordinates in the prison in Bozhou. That Pei Dalang was his cousin. He learned all his skills from Pei Dalang. He said that in this Northern Expedition, he would fight with the Tartars
Considering this blood debt, I would rather die on the battlefield than surrender!"
"Good! So bloody!" Someone immediately praised, "It's true that this story is good, but it is too tragic. Why not let Zhen'e survive and look at Yuan Ting's dog official with his head missing!"
Wu Datou nodded and said: "That's what I mean too. Let's not delay. The people from Ningguo Road are coming, and the show has to be completed!"
Everyone nodded together, and in just five days, the play was put on the stage.
The first official performance was watched by militiamen from Ningguo Road and Guangde Road...How successful is this play? Let me just say that the Mongolian official played by Wu Datou stood on the stage after killing Pei Dalang.
, laughing loudly.
There were actually a few militiamen who couldn't stand it, and jumped onto the stage, pushed the most evil man to the ground, and punched him! They were still shouting angrily, "Avenge Pei Dalang!"
Wu Datou, who was pinned down on the stage, didn't know whether to cry or laugh...it turned out that it was a mistake for the play to be too successful!