My Daming New Empire

He had never realized that he was living in the same era as Tang Sai'er, and it was not the time for her to rebel.

Although he wasn't sure if this Tang Sai'er was the Holy Mother of the White Lotus Sect, Zhu Zhanji didn't dare to be careless and had to ask clearly.

After a while, Ergouzi was sent to the imperial boat by a small boat, and when he learned that the emperor was on the upper deck of the boat, Ergouzi felt that his legs were soft.

Zhu Zhanji didn't care that his legs were weak from fright now, and said in a harmonious voice: "Tell me what those four Shandong people look like..."

(I drank too much yesterday, and I’m not in a good state today. Let’s start with [-] words. I’ll squint for a while later, and try to update earlier at night.)

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Chapter 22 Where is the food

In the large area north of the Yellow River, in the past few decades in the early Ming Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued.

During Zhu Yuanzhang's period, this was the main battlefield where Ming Dynasty expelled Meng Yuan.

Meng Yuan was driven away, and the Yellow River diverted several times in decades, causing constant floods.

When Zhu Di seized the throne, this was the main battlefield of the Jingnan War, which made the local people miserable.

Subsequently, the imperial court organized the south-to-north grain diversion, built the canal, dug the Huitong River, and recruited a large number of civilians, and the people of Shandong were the first to bear the brunt.

Especially the great flood caused by the diversion of the Yellow River in the sixth year of Yongle. The people ate bark and grass roots and survived, but they still continued to work and expropriate.

From the 13th year of Yongle, Daming began to buy a large amount of grain from Nanyang, so that Shandong people could finally have a full meal.

However, the price of being able to eat well is that a large number of Shandong people have been conscripted into labor, and the main laborers of countless people's homes spend more than half of the year transporting food for the army to the northwest.

Tang Sai'er's father is highly skilled in martial arts and is well-known in the local area. There are more than ten apprentices in his family.

Tang Sai'er has been practicing martial arts with his father since he was a child. When he was 15 years old, he was outstanding in martial arts.

Because she was used to seeing Wufu since she was a child, Sui Wufu was not very interested, and fell in love with Lin San who had studied for several years.

Although this Lin San is also Tang's father's apprentice, but because he has studied, he has a bookish spirit.

Tang's father also valued Lin San very much. When Tang Sai'er was 16 years old, he held a wedding for them.

In the 15th year of Yongle, the Yellow River seized the Daqing River and entered the sea. Their hometown, Putai County, became the hardest hit area, and the people were displaced.

The Tang family's original property was wiped out in the flood. In order to survive, Tang's father had to leave home to transport food.

But since last winter, the ship that originally delivered grain to Shandong has never been there again, and the grain originally promised by the government is gone.

In autumn, there is still little output in the local area, which can barely survive, but after winter, every household is facing a crisis of food shortage.

But Tang's father had just returned home when the winter began, faced with his wife's serious illness and lack of food at home, he hadn't figured out how to deal with it, and was ordered to serve by the government again.

He has been serving corvee for two consecutive years, and according to the rules, it is his turn to continue serving.

But the government didn't listen to the explanation, and forced Tang's father to go out again, and since then set foot on the road to the northwest.

Lin San had several classmates when he was in elementary school, one of his best friends became the ambassador of Congjiupin of the Ministry of Rites, and another classmate also became a clerk in Qingzhou government office.

Relying on the guidance given by their classmate who was a clerk in Qingzhou, they came to the capital and wanted to ask why the imperial court hadn't shipped any food since last year.

There is no more food, and after the new year, when March and April are not harvested, I don't know how many people will die!

Every time Zhengyi slaughtered more dogs, Father Tang originally taught many apprentices, most of whom were headed by Tang Sai'er and Lin San.

Although everyone was poor, even the travel expenses to the capital were pooled by hundreds of people.

They don't have lofty ideals in their hearts, they just want to ask this matter clearly, so that people in their hometown can prepare early.

Even if you are fleeing famine, you can't wait until the end of the mountain. At that time, people are too hungry to walk, and they can't escape even if they want to.

And those county gentlemen will not let them escape easily. Once this happened, the black hats on their heads would become unstable.

When they came to the capital, the friends who were ambassadors in the Ministry of Rites received them warmly at the beginning. Knowing what happened to Tang's father, they enthusiastically took them to investigate, and even went to the Ministry of Households to help them ask why Shandong's grain has not been shipped. past.

But before any results were found, his friend changed his attitude drastically and gave Lin three or five silver dollars to let them go home as soon as possible.

The matter has not been found out, and Tang's father's matter has not been resolved. Of course, they don't want to leave the capital just like that, so that they have spent this year in the capital.

Lin San's friend never saw them again, and they were also avoided when they came to the door.Although he didn't say what the reason was, Lin San could guess a little bit of the reason.

He didn't blame this friend. In the final analysis, he was just a small official from the ninth rank, the youngest official who had just changed from an official to an official.

It is very moral for him to support five silver dollars.Even in the capital, these five silver dollars are enough for the four of them to live for a long time.

If they didn't have five silver dollars, they wouldn't be able to stay in the capital at all, supporting them to wait until after the Lantern Festival and then prepare to sue.

Yes, they have no way to go, they can only prepare to choose to file a complaint with the transshipment envoy.

If the officials in the capital are also protecting each other, then they can only return to their hometown and find a way.

What they don't know is that in the original history, their trip to the capital was fruitless. After returning to their hometown, they could only lead the crowd to the county government to ask for food.

As a result, the food did not arrive, and Lin San was still beaten to death in the conflict.

Tang Saier's husband was beaten to death, his father also died of grief and anger, and his mother, who was already seriously ill, also died.

It was only then that she became cruel and set off a tide of uprising.

The Tang Sai'er uprising in the first year of Yongle's 18th year was the largest uprising in the early Ming Dynasty.They killed two commanders, occupied half of the province, and were finally wiped out.

But since then, the White Lotus Sect uprising among the people in Shandong, and the uprisings in the name of Tang Sai'er have emerged endlessly for hundreds of years.

But now, when Zhu Zhanji saw her name on the note, their fates all changed.

Because there was no curfew, the four of them played along the Qinhuai River until Kuaizi before returning to the hostel where they lived.

This is the lowest-class hostel in the capital. A room costs only [-] coppers a day, while living in a bunk house costs only [-] coppers per person.

Because of Tang Sai'er, they asked for the cheapest small room, and she lived with Lin San, while Bin Hong and Dong Yangao, who were traveling with them, lived in Tongpu.

Seeing the prosperity of the capital, and thinking about the misery of their hometown and their own tragic fate, they felt extremely uncomfortable.

As soon as he entered the hostel, Tang Sai'er realized that something was wrong. The shopkeeper, who had never looked at them before, stared at them nervously. In the lobby, there were also some strong men with tough expressions.

Before they could exit, a dozen or so big men surrounded the small doorway from behind, tightly blocking the small doorway.

Lin San's thoughts changed quickly. Could it be that the black hands behind the scenes who threatened his friends were going to attack him?

But he didn't panic too much about his application, because this is at the feet of the emperor, and those people dare not be so unscrupulous.

If you do it, it should be convenient for people like yourself to return to their hometown.The mountains are high there and the emperor is far away, and no matter how big the incident is, it will not reach the ears of the emperor.