Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

In the 17th year of Yongle, refugees in Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi had already begun peeling tree bark and digging grass roots to satisfy their hunger.

In the 18th year of Yongle, after the capital was moved, all the grain for the capital had to be transported from the south, and this task fell on the remaining Shandong people.

After twenty years of submission, the White Lotus Army emerged.

A widowed woman named Tang Sai'er preached in dozens of counties and cities in Shandong, gathered tens of thousands of people, launched an uprising with a red and white flag, and killed more than a thousand officers and soldiers.

After dozens of nearby teams responded, the team grew to tens of thousands of people.

Destroy government offices, burn warehouses, and open warehouses to help the poor.

The uprising of tens of thousands of people was naturally no match for the imperial court's army of hundreds of thousands, and was suppressed in just a few months.

The leaders were killed, and those who were caught were caught, but Tang Sai'er escaped.

After being tortured in every way, Tang Sai'er's confidants in the White Lotus Army could not tell where Tang Sai'er was hiding.

Later, I don’t know where my father-in-law heard the rumor that Tang Sai’er had become a nun.

Therefore, in the 20th and 21st years of Yongle's reign, he issued two orders to bring 10,000 nuns and Taoist nuns from across the country to the capital for investigation and screening, but still found nothing.

This incident has led to countless wrongful imprisonments.

The father-in-law did not give up and sent his trusted men to go deep into the people's community to conduct open and secret investigations in various places.

This matter consumed a lot of manpower and material resources.

Later, I heard from Yang Rong that his father-in-law was seriously ill on his way back from the Northern Expedition, and he even asked him - has the Shandong rebel leader been captured?

Tang Sai'er and Zhu Yunwen are two thorns in my father-in-law's heart.

It is right to look for Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts. Even if he is not found alive, his body should be found after all. After all, he was once the emperor.

Zhang Xin felt very aggrieved about Tang Sai'er's incident.

In the final analysis, the imperial court was just trying to exploit the Shandong province.

For more than twenty years, the people of Shandong have not had a good life.

The common people are all very simple and honest. They can barely eat enough and survive.

No one would think of rebellion.

But there seems to be no end to the hard times.

For more than twenty years, two generations have been soaking in misery.

Zhang Xin felt that if she were Tang Sai'er, she would also rebel as long as she could gather people together.

At that time, Zhu Gaochi watched all these things happen with his own eyes.

At first, he didn't think that his father's counterattack would last so long.

He couldn't predict natural disasters or the like.

He really had no choice.

Zhu Gaochi wanted to do something, but his father-in-law started to act like a troublemaker after he turned sixty.

When this man gets old, he becomes willful and no one can control him.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi was in a difficult situation and could hardly save himself. He was overwhelmed just by dealing with the criticism from his father-in-law every day.

Zhang Xin was trapped in the deep palace, and she only had one-sided information about what was happening outside.

In this life, before anything happens, Zhang Xin wants to eliminate these two thorns from the root.

She had started doing it a long time ago. Her grain shop purchased its goods from all over Shandong Province.

In addition, if she could find Tang Sai'er in advance, Zhang Xin would really like to meet this powerful woman.

There are almost no women in this world as courageous as Tang Sai'er.

If one day, this prosperous world becomes the sea of ​​stars she wished for, how could she miss such a person?

"Roll up your sleeves."

"Yes, Crown Princess."

"Have someone prepare a car, an ordinary one. I'm going out tomorrow. Tell my brother, I want to see him."

"Okay, Princess."

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The next day, Zhang Xin went to Xiaode Palace to pay his respects and left immediately.

The destination is Zhang Chang’s new home.

Zhang Chang was not a pedantic person. Since Zhang Xin used an ordinary horse-drawn carriage, he just treated it as his sister returning to her parents' home.

"You all stand down."

As soon as he entered the room, Zhang Xin dismissed the people on his side, leaving only one person with rolled up sleeves.

"Yes, Crown Princess."

"Do you bring so many people with you every day?"

Zhang Chang was shocked.

Even if she doesn't go out as the Crown Prince's Consort, there are always seven or eight people following my sister all year round.

Guards, palace maids, maids, eunuchs, coachmen, a series of them.

"how?"

Zhang Xin didn't react for a moment and looked back at the person who retreated out of the house.

There were even more people during the years when she was the Empress Dowager.

The people in the palace and the palace are well-trained and each has their own responsibilities.

Except for Wu Shanggong and Wanxiu, the others didn't say anything easily. She usually didn't feel anything at all.

"This is so noble——"

Zhang Chang felt that his younger sister was already very majestic, and now she was even more majestic.

It seems like he was born to be a member of the palace.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's talk business, brother, go to Gunzhou Prefecture in the next few days."

Zhang Xin didn't want to argue with Zhang Chang about this, as business was more important.

"Still buying food?"

Zhang Chang acted frightened.

In the past few months, they have stored up a lot of food, almost all of which was purchased from the six prefectures in Shandong.

During the Chinese New Year, we sold a lot and made a small profit, but the autumn harvest is in sight and the price of grain will drop next.

Everyone in Beiping City has stockpiled enough of them. Who should we sell them to?

"No, I've been having dreams over and over again these days. In my dreams, someone keeps talking about rising water in autumn, and there's thick mist. I always feel that the Zhangqiu River in Gunzhou Prefecture will rise in autumn and flood the farmland."

"No way. The Zhangqiu River rises every year. It won't be that serious."

Zhang Chang couldn't believe it.

"It would be fine if it was just a one-time dream. I would think that you, my brother, had told me the origin of the name Zhang Qiuhe, but I keep having the same dream. I feel uncomfortable."

Zhang Xin pretended to frown.

"Then what do you want to do? I can't stop the rain from falling or the Zhangqiu River from flooding."

Zhang Chang smiled.

"We certainly can't control this. I just thought that it won't be long before the autumn harvest. The crops in the fields are about 70% to 80% ripe. Big brother, take the money and buy as much as you can. Let the people along the Zhangqiu River harvest early."

"Oh my god, this, just based on your sister, you dreamed about it?"

Zhang Chang's forehead was full of black lines.

Just now he thought the girl was majestic, but now he felt that she was sick, and not lightly.

Old Man Zhang was originally in charge of grain, and Zhang Chang had been influenced by him so he knew everything about grain economy.

The difference between fully ripe grain and grain that is 70% to 80% cooked may be the only money people can save in the whole year.

Forcing them to reap the harvest is like asking for their lives.

How can this be! ! !

"I mean to pay according to the potential yield per acre."

Zhang Xin said it more clearly.

"Don't think you have money to spend? Come on, give it to me. I will help you spend it all."

Zhang Chang was speechless.

"I just have no place to spend my money!"

Zhang Xin said with certainty.

"Are you serious?"

Zhang Chang was really stunned this time.

The girl's tone and expression were very similar to when she was chasing him and his second brother to study a few years ago.

"Really. Not only do we collect their food, but we also leave people there. If the Zhangqiu River really bursts, we can bring those who are homeless and whose land is flooded to Peking. We have plenty of land in Peking."

Every move Zhang Xin makes now is the result of years of careful consideration.

Maybe it's not comprehensive, but it's the limit of what she can think of and do.