In the third year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to move 140,000 households from the south of the Yangtze River to Fengyang, and strictly prohibited returning privately.
In doing so, he first imitated Liu Bang and moved the world's richest people to Guanzhong, thereby expanding the population of Fengyang and promoting the prosperity and development of Zhongdu.
In addition, there is also a baseless thought in it. The wealthy people in Jiangnan are basically Zhang Shicheng's supporters. Zhu Yuanzhang wants to drain the bottom of the cauldron and make room for the intellectuals and landlords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Although Shen Wansan has passed away, the Shen family is still the richest family in Jiangnan. No one can escape, and they cannot escape. They were moved to Fengyang, which was still called Linhao at that time.
"Our family also knows that the emperor hates us for supporting King Cheng, so we accept it and prepare to buy a house and land in Fengyang and live a responsible life." Then Shen Liuniang said sadly and angrily:
"But who would have imagined that when we rich people leave Jiangnan, we will become homeless dogs, and everyone wants to hit us with a stick! We have become fat in the eyes of the Huaixi people, and everyone wants to take a bite from us!"
"The government also blindly protects the local people. People say that in Fengyang, the noble families are the upper class, the local families are the middle class, and we outsiders are the lower class, and we deserve to be bullied!"
"The locals bully students, and it's the same everywhere." Zhu Di remembered that his brother was also targeted by the villagers of Jinqiaokan at the beginning.
"This little brother is not as simple as a local trying to bully others." Shen Liu Niang blushed and said, "He is a fourth-class person like the Yuan Dynasty!"
"Nonsense, they are all Han people, where are the fourth-class people from?" The third brother shook his head after hearing this.
"Among the four classes of people in the Yuan Dynasty, there are Han people and Southerners!" Shen Liuniang said tit for tat: "We were Southerners in the previous dynasty, and we came from King Cheng's territory. But this household was Han in the previous dynasty, and we became fellow townsmen of the Emperor. If you don’t do hard work, you won’t pay for food! Most of them are related to the founding heroes, and the government will only coax them and help them beat us to the bone!”
"You really know how to accept the situation?" Zhu Di asked again.
"Definitely not. At first we just wanted to be alone. My father tried every means and begged for help from nobles. I thought I had finally found shelter. But I didn't expect that they just wanted to take him in and treat him like a dog." Shen Liu Niang said bitterly.
"Please tell me your noble name clearly." Zhu Zhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.
"Yes, try to state the time, place and name clearly without being vague." The third brother nodded.
"I'm afraid that if I say it, I'll scare you." Shen Liu Niang looked at the young brothers. The oldest must be in his thirties, right? The youngest is only in his early ten years. How can he help?
In fact, the second brother is just twenty, he just looks more anxious...
"Hahaha, unless the person you are talking about is the current emperor, no one can scare us!" Zhu Di laughed loudly and proudly.
Shen Liu Niang only thought he was bragging and decided to tell him to make him look embarrassed.
"It's Mr. Korean..."
"Hiss..." Zhu Di's smile was a little stiff. If it were Uncle Li, he would indeed be in trouble.
"My nephew Ding Bin." Unexpectedly, Shen Liuniang gasped again.
"Hey!" Zhu Di was almost dodged. If the other party hadn't been a sickly and weak woman, he would have thrown her out of the window.
"He's a fart." The brothers also laughed. Although the Korean father-in-law is not easy to deal with, his nephew is actually not a fart.
"You guys, don't underestimate Ding Bin. The Korean father-in-law treats his relatives very well and treats him as his own. Moreover, the Li family needs to raise their children and cherish their feathers. So all the dirty things in the Korean father-in-law's house are
Ding Bin is having sex with his father Ding Degui."
Mentioning the father and son, Shen Liu Niang couldn't help but feel fear, but more of it was hatred.
"With the protection of the Korean father, the father and son were lawless and did all kinds of bad things. But the Korean father did not allow them to bully the fellow villagers, so they harmed immigrants like us and forced us to surrender as slaves!"
"What does it mean to surrender as a slave?" Zhu Zhen asked curiously. He had always heard people say that surrender became a common practice in the late Ming Dynasty, and he thought that all people were willing to surrender.
"It means voluntarily dedicating the family property and joining the family as slaves in a wealthy family. In this way, one can obtain protection such as not having to pay taxes or perform labor service." The knowledgeable third brother explained.
"Aren't Fengyang and Linhuai counties exempt from tax and military service?" Zhu Di asked.
"The tax exemption and exemption are only for the local households who lived here before the first year of Hongwu." Shen Liuniang said: "We outsiders can only enjoy a certain tax exemption, but we are not exempted from labor!"
After a pause, she said quietly: "And the most terrifying thing in Zhongdu City is labor..."
There is no need for her now, the brothers also understand. To build the central capital, it is said that millions of civilians were recruited...
"As long as we dare not agree to donate, in a few days, the government will conscript all the men in the family to build the central capital. The conditions there are extremely bad. The supervisors only care about the progress and don't care about the lives of the people. Once they go in, they will die.
Only half a life left."
"Is it so exaggerated?" The Zhu brothers' expressions became solemn. The embezzlement of people's land by large households was just a local misdeed. But the debt of Zhongdu City was finally settled on the father's head.
"Don't talk nonsense. The Duke of Korea is Xiao He of the Ming Dynasty. With him in charge of the work department, the people below will never be so cruel!" Zhu Ye said sternly.
The so-called "Ministry of Works" is a temporary organization specially set up by Zhu Yuanzhang to repair the central capital. Not only is there a special minister of the Ministry of Works in charge, but there is also the Korean Gong Li Shanchang, the Hou of Zhongshan Tanghe, the Marquis of Jiangyin Wu Liang, the First Gong and the Second Marquis to supervise the construction.
, the high standard shows that Boss Zhu wants to build Zhongdu into the new capital of the Ming Dynasty.
"The performance of the Korean public supervisor Zhongdu is not shabby at all, but rather like a ruthless official who is eager for quick success. He wants to shorten the construction period, save money, and also want to build a good job to show his ability. So in addition to crazily squeezing civilians,
We can only force donations from rich families like us in the south of the Yangtze River."
"Ding Bin asked my father to take the lead and promised to pay for half of the city wall. But in the huge Zhongdu City, half of the city wall is thirty miles long. The construction requirements are extremely demanding. One mile of city wall costs 20,000 taels.
It’s just too much.”
"And once we take the lead, all wealthy outsiders will be forced to donate. So we discussed it over and over again and decided not to donate the money."
"As a result, they found someone to falsely accuse us. They once funded Zhang Shicheng to defend Pingjiang... which is now Suzhou. The government arrested our parents and forced us to cough up our money."
"We couldn't swallow this breath, so the men from several families decided to go to Beijing to file a complaint. Unexpectedly, as soon as the boat left Fengyang, it was intercepted and killed by the so-called 'Japanese pirates' on the river." Shen Liuniang said with tears: "Nothing happened.
Survived..."
"Subsequently, all the families involved in Beijing's control were convicted of collaborating with bandits. The men were all assigned to build the Zhongdu City, and all their property was deprived of official positions. The women were assigned to the Zhongdu Jiaofang Division. In fact, they were divided up by those noble families.
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The brothers were all silent. They could feel that behind Shen Liu Niang's plain statement, there was no telling how many families had been destroyed and how many human tragedies were hidden...
ps. This is the first update, and I haven’t checked it since. Please update slowly, don’t rush.
