Chapter 44 How can I get rice porridge as promised, just for the officialdom
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang started with Mingjiao, and the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect is the same way. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoTherefore, after winning the country, it is natural to prevent others from following their examples. The Great Ming Law has always spared no effort to crack down on the White Lotus Sect, the Ming Sect, the Maitreya Sect and other sects. As long as you are caught and involved with these parties, no matter who you are, you will either be killed or exiled for 3,000 miles.
Among the victims, the party gathered with such fanfare, why did the government not react at all?
Don't they know that once the victims rebel, none of the officials in Manjinling will want to run?
Lichen shook his head, things are obviously a little weird now! Not to mention the government of Nanjing, doesn't the three factories and one guard still have a large number of people in Jinling? Why didn't any of them react, allowing the evil church party to recruit young people and develop their power?
Could it be that the Jiangnan region has changed the dynasty in the truth?
By the time the group arrived at the porridge factory, there was already a long queue here. But except for some old, weak, sick and disabled people in the team, who really could not get other sources of food, there was not a single young one.
That's not normal! Young people can't always find things to do! The current government has not yet issued any measures for cash-for-work, and Jinling City cannot employ so many people.
Lichen walked to the front of the team, just in time to see a large number of old men, women and children drinking porridge in a mess of mud.
Where is this porridge! The rice soup is too thin.
Can such porridge survive?
Lichen's face is not very good, let alone Zhu Zaikai beside him. Even the few victims who led the way kept wailing and sighing.
"How long has this porridge lasted?" Lichen asked a few of the victims who were leading the way.
"It's been a few days! At the beginning, it was better, there were a few good people in the city who were willing to come out to give porridge, and the government was not easy to do too much, but I don't know why, those private porridge factories suddenly closed down, so we could only go to the government's porridge factory. But the porridge of the government is getting thinner and thinner, no different from clear water. Seeing that he couldn't survive anymore, he had to find a way to get through it by himself! The hunting of the hunters, the helpers of the helpers, do not need money, just give a full meal. Fortunately, a group of people suddenly came here, accepted people into the church, gave white rice, and helped find things to do. Young people who really can't find a way to live can only brave the ban of the government and go to the church. Anyway, it's all death! Saying this, one of the victims sighed.
Lichen frowned and asked, "That sect, don't accept the old and weak, women and children, right?" ”。
"So even if these people know that they can't survive, they can only rely on this little clear soup and little water to hang their lives, when is the government not black-hearted! Urging food and class, like a wolf and a tiger, but once we encounter a catastrophe, we don't care whether we live or die, it doesn't matter if the group of parishioners rebels, and the group of black-hearted corrupt officials don't want to escape, everyone can eat a full meal if they want to die" A disaster victim finally couldn't help it, and vented his hatred without concealment. It's just that before he finished speaking, several fellow victims turned white with fright in an instant, and immediately covered the guy's mouth and dragged him back.
There are some things that you can't say! If you say it, you will lose your head.
What's more, the person he brought with him may be a member of the government.
Lichen heard the words of the victim and sighed helplessly. He said to a few frightened victims: "I'm not from the government, you don't have to care." And I didn't hear anything just now. Don't be afraid. It's just that you must not talk nonsense in front of others in the future! ”
Lichen found that the place where the victims gathered was really getting more and more complicated.
The officials forced the people to rebel, the plague was coming, the cults gathered, and the victims were angry.
This is simply a huge powder keg, and a little spark can cause a huge disaster. It's just that the people of Jinling who are sitting on this powder keg do they know? Do those businessmen who want to make a black fortune know? Do those officials who are shameless when they see the silver and don't want to die?
After calculating the time, Lao Zhang should have arrived early with the carriage, why hasn't he turned around yet? It's not easy to do anything in public. Just take the two little ones and the few victims who led the way back to the hut.
Halfway through, Lichen suddenly remembered something, took out a large ingot of silver, and said, "My coachman may be in a little trouble, we may have to go back and deal with it, you can buy some food for this silver." Anyway, the patient should be fine, and I don't need to see it again for the time being. You help me talk to their family, and I'll come back tomorrow. Then there is to tell your relatives and friends, as well as the nearby victims, not to drink raw water, and not to go to any more churches, the government is short of food, but the food of the imperial court should arrive soon, things will get better soon, you don't have to be too anxious! ”
A large ingot of white money is not a small amount of money, and several victims were immediately frightened by this dusty handiwork and this sudden windfall.
Lichen smiled, and casually stuffed a large ingot of silver into the hands of the victims led by him. With this large sum of silver, they will at least not have to worry about food in the future, if only these few families, it will be enough to eat for several years.
Several of the victims were a little unable to come back to their senses, and when they came to their senses, they found that they had disappeared. Several victims of the disaster felt so unreal that they pinched themselves hard and found that they were not dreaming. Only then did I realize that this is not a safe and good place, but this is a place where people can sometimes die for a few liters of rice!
The victims of the disaster quickly hid the silver, looked around, and found that no one had passed by where the dust had given them the silver, and only then did they settle down a little. Together with a few companions, they hurried to their own straw hut.
They had to leave before it got dark today. The silver is to be used to sell food, and you can't hide it if you want to, but some of the more vicious guys around you will really kill people for a little money or rice!
Of course, Lichen will not intend to harm those few victims, the act of stuffing silver is originally under the cover of Chen's spell, not to mention that no one pays attention to it nearby, that is, people come and go, Lichen doesn't want people to know, and the people around him will not notice the slightest.
Lichen walked into Nanjing City with the two little ones as if no one was around. The people around them were like background boards, and no one looked at them. It wasn't until they arrived at the door of the house that the old butler found them, hurriedly ran over, and said strangely: "Hey, sir, why did you turn around, how did you come back on foot, where is the carriage?" What did this old Zhang do? ”
Lichen smiled, waved his hand indifferently and said: "It's okay, Zhang Ping was sent by me to delay a little thing, so we walked back by ourselves, and we didn't go far, so we should take a walk!" ”。
"It's still your lord, you're kind-hearted, but..." The old butler didn't say much, but his frowning brow was obviously dissatisfied with Lao Zhang, who was driving the carriage.
After leaving the old housekeeper's dust, he returned to the study, but he couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a tree that wants to be quiet, and the wind doesn't stop!" ”
Zhu Zai tilted his head, not understanding what Chen sighed about. There's not much to the dust.
Today's Ming Dynasty is facing a reshuffle of the imperial court!
Perhaps in Beijing, in the Forbidden City, Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde could take advantage of the military advantage to purge the court, but in the Ming Dynasty, the power of civil officials was deep-rooted and could not be changed overnight.
Nanjing is on the powder keg, it is difficult to say that this is not deliberately connived at by the Jiangnan officialdom, which is the most entrenched civil official in the Ming Dynasty!
What is Jinling? This is where Taizu Longxing is located, and it is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to the status of Beijing. It is also the most important city in Jiangnan. If an uprising or rebellion breaks out here, and Nanjing is besieged, it will be a major event that will shake the world. At that time, as long as local officials have the will to work together, they may not be able to turn the tables again. As long as Zhu Houzhao still wants to maintain the peace on the surface of the Ming Dynasty, he can't help but make compromises.
How did the later Manchu Qing Dynasty fall, and how did it change almost overnight?
Isn't it because the Manchus have encroached on the interests of the Han bureaucracy? Originally, the court was relatively balanced between the Manchus and Hans, but when a royal cabinet appeared, the Manchus occupied too many interests, and the Han gentry were generally centrifuged, especially in the places where the southern scholars had an absolute advantage.
The Han gentry first connived at the development of rebels such as the League, and even many of the gentry themselves participated. When the imperial cabinet appeared, the hopes of the constitutional-leaning gentry were stifled by the Manchus themselves, and it was only natural that overnight, the constitutionalists also turned to the violent overthrow of the Manchus.
So Jiangnan changed color overnight, and the country changed dynasties!
How similar are the Ming Dynasty and the last years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty? Same situation, same place. There was less confrontation between the Manchus and Hans, but more competition for the interests of the imperial power and the civil gentry.
If Zhu Houzhao gave in, Daming would naturally return to the past step by step, and he would slowly be sucked dry of blood by the corporal doctors all over the world and die under the peace.
If you don't give in, I'm afraid Daming will have a hard time in the next few years!
It's just that the gentry in Jiangnan know that they are playing with fire? This is a situation where you are setting yourself on fire, and if you are not careful, you will set yourself on fire!
The dust sent away the two little guys, and immediately repaired a letter to tell Zhu Houzhao in Beijing what he had seen and heard. It was suggested that Wei Guogong bring a part of the army back to Jiangnan to deal with the imminent civil uprising, and by the way, shock some forces in Jiangnan that were about to move.
It's just that far water can't quench the thirst of the near. Lichen must also find a way to prevent the early occurrence of the civil uprising before the arrival of the Ming army.
Do you know that the gentry in Jiangnan will not jump over the wall in a hurry, and know that after the army goes south, they will trigger a popular uprising in advance?
For the sake of Da Ming in his mind, Li Chen will not watch Da Ming go down the old road again, nor will he tolerate the change of Jiashen Tian, and the matter of barbarians entering the Central Plains will be staged again.
Huaxia Lu Shen once is enough, since God sent him to this era, it will not let the dust conform to the times, right? (To be continued.) )