Sun Chuanting was training the Qin army in Yulin Town, Lu Xiangsheng was reorganizing the soldiers and horses in Shanxi, while the 36th battalion of the peasant army such as Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Xianzhong was like a fish in water in Henan and developed again.

Why is this happening, didn't the peasant army of the Daimyo Mansion flee in confusion and suffer heavy losses, and why have they grown stronger again in the past few months?

There is no other reason, or because of land annexation, Henan can be said to be the most serious province in the entire Ming Dynasty land annexation, Li Yulin's "Sending Guests to Henan" in a sentence "Only the remaining Fangcao Wang Sun Road, do not enter the Zhumen Emperor's house." It shows the severity of Henan's land annexation.

In the Ming Dynasty, the princes of Henan alone reached fourteen, and to the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were seven remaining princes, namely the King of Zhou in Kaifeng, the King of Fu in Luoyang, the King of Lu in Weihui, the King of Zhao in Zhangde, the King of Zheng in Huaiqing, the King of Tang in Nanyang and the King Chong of Runing, and the whole of Henan is only eight provinces and one state, that is to say, there are only two small states of Defu and Ruzhou that are not divided into princes, and the rest of the world is the world of the vassal king!

According to statistics at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the total cultivated land area of Henan was only more than one million hectares, and these vassal kings, each of whom had at least tens of thousands of hectares of cultivated land, such as King Lu, who had 40,000 hectares of fiefdom when he first became a feudal domain. Another example is King Fu, who had a fief of 20,000 hectares when he first became a domain, and his annexation of land was even more crazy, not only around Luoyang, but his hands even extended to Huguang and Sichuan!

Of course, these two were divided during the Wanli period, Mingshenzong was a bit willful, and he didn't care about the land for his brother and son, and it was tens of thousands of hectares at every turn, in fact, it was not so powerful at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, even if it was a prince's fief, it was only a few thousand hectares, but these people couldn't stand it.

For example, the king of Zhou in Kaifeng Mansion, the first king of Zhou, that is the fifth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, the brother of Zhu Di, the so-called brother here refers to not only the same father, but also the same mother, so, after Ming Chengzu ascended the throne, he had unlimited scenery, the fief expanded again and again, and his sons also obtained the seal.

How many sons does he have, he has a total of fifteen sons, except for the eldest son who inherited the throne of the king of Zhou, the other heirs were named the king of Runan, the king of Shunyang, the king of Xiangfu, the king of Xin'an, the king of Yongning, the king of Ruyang, the king of Zhenping, the king of Yiyang, the king of Suiping, the king of Fengqiu, the king of Luoshan, the king of Neixiang, the king of Yucheng, and the king of Gushi.

He also has ten daughters, who are divided into Yifeng County Lord, Lanyang County Lord, Xinyang County Lord, Nanyang County Lord, Yongcheng County Lord, Xingyang County Lord, Xinxiang County Lord, Ningling County Lord, Yi'an County Lord, and Chenliu County Lord.

With this big family, half of Henan has become their world, and the annexed land of the Zhou Wangfu alone has reached hundreds of thousands of hectares!

This is not the most terrifying, the most terrifying thing is that these royal relatives not only do not have to pay a penny of tax on the land under their names, but the imperial court also distributes Lu rice to them every year, which is the so-called Lu rice is the same as the official's Yulu, which is distributed every year, but their Yulu is much higher than that of the officials.

According to the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the titles of the royal family are decreasing in order, for example, if the father is a prince, his sons will all be named county kings, and his father will be county kings, and his sons will all be named Zhenguo generals, and so on, Zhu Yuanzhang has set an eighth-class title for his descendants, namely: prince, county king, Zhenguo general, auxiliary general, Fengguo general, Zhenguo lieutenant, auxiliary lieutenant, Fengguo lieutenant.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also poor and afraid of hunger since he was a child, for fear that his descendants would starve like him, in order to prevent his descendants from starving, he set these titles Lu Mi, that is to say, these people don't have to do anything, and they can get amazing money every year.

The standard of this is as follows: 10,000 stone of rice per year for the prince, 2,000 stone per year for the prince of the county, 1,000 stone per year for the general of Zhenguo, 800 stone per year for the general of the auxiliary state, 600 stone per year for the general of Fengguo, 500 stone per year for the lieutenant of Zhenguo, 400 stone per year for the lieutenant of the auxiliary country, and 300 stone per year for the lieutenant of Fengguo.

This standard, in terms of the situation at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, should not be much, because at that time, the tax of the entire Ming court reached more than 4 million stones, and Zhu Yuanzhang only had a total of twenty-six sons, less than a hundred grandsons, that is to say, the taxes enjoyed by his royal family were less than one percent of the entire Ming Dynasty taxes, and this proportion was indeed not high.

However, there is a simple mathematical problem here, that is, multiplication, if Zhu Yuanzhang had learned multiplication, it is estimated that he would not have made such a ridiculous policy.

Why?

Because, if he knows how to multiply, he can understand with a simple calculation that he will die sooner or later if he does this.

It's a very simple question, if his offspring are all about the same fertility as him, it will be terrifying, he can give birth to more than 20 sons, his more than 20 sons can give him more than 400 grandchildren, his more than 400 grandchildren can give him more than 8,000 great-grandchildren, 8,000 multiplied by 20, multiplied by 20 .......

How terrifying this amount is, he never thought that his descendants would be able to bear it if his descendants continued to reproduce like this, and the entire Ming Dynasty could afford it?

Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty simply can't afford it, during the Jiajing period, the superintendent of the imperial history Lin Run has counted that the world's wealth is 4 million stones for the grain of the Beijing Division, and the 8.53 million stones of Lu Mi in the palace are not less than double, such as Shanxi, 1.52 million stones of rice, and 3.12 million stones of Lu rice; In Henan, there are 843,000 stones of rice, and 1,920,000 stones of Lumi.

This data is obviously telling, the speed of the development of the Ming Dynasty can not keep up with the speed of reproduction of the royal family, to the Jiajing period, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty has increased nearly twice, but the royal family's rice has increased by twenty times, so the tax at the disposal of the imperial court does not increase but decreases!

The Jiajing Dynasty can only be regarded as a watershed, the tax of the Ming Dynasty has only tripled in more than two hundred years, but the royal family's Lu rice has increased by twenty times in more than two hundred years, this is another simple math problem, what will happen in another hundred years?

If everything is normal, in another hundred years, all the taxes of the Ming Dynasty will be just enough to pay the Lu rice of the royal family!

Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that his children and grandchildren would have no food to eat and would starve, but he didn't want to think about how the people should live.

All taxes are paid to the royal family's rice, and all the land is annexed by the royal family, how should the common people live?

Of course, if the wind and rain are good, the common people should barely survive, because the royal family cannot farm by themselves, they always have to hire tenant farmers to farm, and let the tenant farmers give them to farm to make money, so they can't starve the tenant farmers to death, because the tenant farmers are all starving to death, no one will give them the land, such a simple problem they should still think, so, when there is no large-scale natural disaster, the Ming Dynasty is still relatively calm, although the tenant farmers are tired, although they have no savings, but they barely have food to eat, and they can still live, In this case they are unlikely to rebel.

However, once it suffers from a natural disaster, it is difficult to say.

At this time, if the royal family could be a little smarter and take out some grain to help the victims, maybe nothing would happen, but the vassal kings everywhere just believed in the evil of the blessed king Zhu Changxun, not only did they not take out the grain to help the victims, but they also did not reduce the rent by a cent!

Therefore, when the peasant army fled to Henan in a hurry, they soon found that they had come to the right place, this was their blessed land, and the common people here had been cornered and on the verge of rebellion.

They fled to Kaifeng Mansion, in the north bank of the Yellow River Yanjin, Yangwu, Fengqiu three counties around the circle, the team expanded to more than 100,000 people, the common people here are really oppressed ruthlessly, as soon as they saw the peasant army fighting local tyrants to distribute food, they did not hesitate to join in, in just a few months, the 36th battalion recruited nearly 50,000 foot soldiers!

At this time, there were disagreements within the peasant army, some suggested crossing the Yellow River, taking Kaifeng Mansion directly, and completely getting rid of the pursuing soldiers behind, while others suggested marching westward, going straight to Luoyang, killing King Fu, the rich vassal king of the world, snatching enough silver and grain, and expanding its strength.

This time, Wang Ziyong did not act recklessly, he did not listen to anyone's advice, but sent scouts, disguised as vagrants, to inquire about the situation.

As a result, the situation is not encouraging.

Kaifeng has always been an important town in Henan, and it is where the palace of the king of Zhou is located, and there are more Xuanwuwei, Henan left guard, Henan middle guard, Henan right guard and other guards nearby.

Luoyang is also not easy to fight, there are Hangu Pass, Longmen Pass, Dagu Pass, Mengjin Pass, Pingjin Pass and other Xiongguan guards nearby, and there are more Luoyang Wei, Henan Wei, Hongnong Wei and other guards stationed, plus Luoyang was originally the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, the city is high and the moat is deep, and they are not enough to see this point now.

Kaifeng can't go, Luoyang can't go, and going back to Weihui Mansion, Zhangde Mansion and Daimyo's Mansion is even more to seek death, what should I do?

Wang Ziyong found that in all directions, only the northwest of Kaifeng Mansion, between Luoyang and Weihui Mansion, Huaiqing Mansion can go, because there is a Huaiqing Guard, and it happens to be backed by Zhongtiao Mountain and Taihang Mountain and Shanxi border, it is really chased by the officers and soldiers, whether it is into Taihang Mountain, or into Zhongtiao Mountain, the officers and soldiers are helpless against them!

Wang Ziyong told the leader of the 36th battalion about this idea, and immediately won unanimous approval, at this time Zhang Xianzhong had lost his original confidence to speak because of the defeat of the Daimyo's Mansion, and Li Zicheng had no right to speak, so no one disagreed with him at all, so the 36th Battalion of the Peasant Army soon gathered people and went straight to Huaiqing Mansion.

This can frighten the Zheng Wangfu family in Huaiqing City, because the Zheng Wangfu department is not a good bird, the first generation of Zheng Wang Zhu Zhanjun is known for his violent personality, and he often kills people to death after taking up the domain, so that Ming Yingzong has no choice but to send Yushi Zhou Ying to be his palace governor, his behavior is slightly restrained, if he is not the son of Renzong Zhu Gaochi, Yingzong's own uncle, it is estimated that he would have been abolished long ago.

In this generation, King Zheng Zhu Yiduo is even more lawless, and he is unkind to people, and his brother Zhu Yizhong is a slave trader without permission, and he does not treat the people as human beings at all!

Such a family, doing a lot of evil, and causing public resentment to boil, when I heard that the thieves were coming, I was naturally scared to death.

Therefore, Zhu Yiduo ordered that all relatives should return to Huaiqingfu City, and all the guards of Huaiqingwei should be assembled in Huaiqingfu City to garrison, and not a single soldier should be sent to support other counties!

At this time, the peasant army is like entering a no-man's land, and the county seat along the way was originally the most powerful of the Zheng Wangfu family, and at this time they all retreated back to Huaiqing Mansion City with their families, and the county town that had no defense power was even worse, plus the common people were bullied by the Zheng Wangfu family and were unwilling to defend the city at all, so the peasant army did not encounter any resistance at all wherever they went.

In less than a month, Wuzhi, Wenxian, Hanoi, and Xiuwu were successively taken by the peasant army, and the eastern part of Huaiqing Mansion simply became the world of the peasant army.

Originally, those corrupt officials and local tyrants and squires who were attached to Zheng Wangfu to oppress the common people were dragged out and cut down by the peasant army, and the grain they hoarded was also looted by the peasant army, most of which was used to make military food, and a small part was used to help the victims.

At this time, the news in Huaiqing Mansion was also discovered by Wang Ziyong, good guys, thousands of guards plus thousands of princes' mansions, county palaces, Zhenguo Generals' Mansions, auxiliary generals' mansions, and other mansions, the entire Huaiqing Mansion was simply full of people, and a small mansion was garrisoned by tens of thousands of people.

They suffered a big loss in the Daimyo's Mansion, the 36 battalions were strong and strong, and the more than 200,000 troops simply did not capture a Daimyo's Mansion City, and they were secretly surrounded by officers and soldiers, killing a lot of people and urine, and losing more than half of the men.

At this time, they won't attack Huaiqing Mansion City, if he loves to defend it, let them defend it, whether all the garrison forces are concentrated in Huaiqing Mansion City, the defense of other places will be weak, and it is a good time for development.

So, Wang Ziyong directly waved his army to bypass Huaiqing Mansion City, and took Meng County and Jiyuan in the west, so far, the entire Huaiqing Mansion, except for the rest of the Fucheng City, was occupied by the peasant army, and more and more ordinary people defected, and soon, the peasant army recovered to more than 200,000 giants, and the situation was very good.

Of course, these more than 200,000 people have a lot of water, except for the more than 100,000 veterans who escaped from the Daimyo's Mansion at the beginning, the others are peasants who have just put down their hoes, not to mention the siege of the city, and even the marching and camping are chaotic, and there is no discipline at all.

Wang Ziyong simply divided the peasant army and ordered Gao Yingxiang's troops to garrison Xiuwu, Zhang Xianzhong's troops to garrison Wuzhi, Luo Rucai's troops to garrison Wen County, Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing to garrison Hanoi, and the fifth battalion of Gezuo to garrison Meng County, while he led other small leaders to garrison Jiyuan.