In September of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Emperor Chongzhen drove Wei Zhongxian's patron Ke clan out of the palace.

In October, under the secret connivance of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, a large number of civil officials collectively impeached Wei Zhongxian, listing several charges against Wei Zhongxian.

In November, Emperor Chongzhen took advantage of the impeachment of civil officials to remove Wei Zhongxian from his position as the chief supervisor of ceremonies and the governor of Dongchang, and sent Fengyang to guard the ancestral tomb. Wei Zhongxian traveled halfway and committed suicide!

In December, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the eunuch party to rebel against the case, and comprehensively cracked down on the eunuch party, and all the five tigers and five biao were captured. At the same time, he ordered that "the Wei Zhongxian Shrine built in the world will be demolished and changed." ”

Wei Zhongxian's reversal case unfolded vigorously, and ended miserably, just in the wailing and bitter crying of the eunuch case, the seventh year of the Apocalypse finally came to an end, and the last year of the Ming Dynasty, the first year of Chongzhen, finally arrived.

Zhu Yuanzhang, as usual, lives a peaceful and steady life, teaching young people boxing every day. All the belongings of the shirt family were kept by Wang Er for him to use at any time, and the glazed tiles buried in the small ravine were also dug up and sold, fortunately, before he went to dig up the glazed tiles, no one secretly dug up those glazed tiles, which shows that the thirty-five young people he selected are indeed reliable.

In the last six months, whenever a poor person came to his door to ask for help, he gave him a small amount of money, and if the old and sick came to him, he only gave him money and made no other arrangements. But if it was a young man who came to ask for help, he would ask them to stay in his yard and learn boxing.

In this way, there are more and more people who follow him to learn boxing, there are more than two hundred people, in his small courtyard, there is no room for so many people to train in the queue, Zhu Yuanzhang simply moved the place where he taught boxing to Feng Lei Village, which is a mile away from the Ma family's compound, this village is also the Ma family's industry, and the land and farmers of the whole village are all sent to the Ma family.

In an open space in the middle of Feng Lei Village, Zhu Yuanzhang lined up his 220 disciples in a neat phalanx, teaching boxing several times a day.

Most young people don't understand queue training, they just want to keep fit, why do they have to practice walking queues? Only the thirty-five young people who participated in the battle to kill the Shirt knew best in their hearts that they were practicing a military formation and preparing for the future rebellion of the officials.

Wang Er knew even more, he had personally seen the officers and soldiers defeat Zheng Yanfu's men effortlessly, a neat military formation, not only to improve the ability to march and fight, but also to cultivate the surname of organization and discipline. It is very important that the practice of walking in a queue can turn a rogue into an elite army, and a group of casual men who do not obey orders and take care of themselves can become soldiers who obey orders.

The first year of Chongzhen, Yang Chun in March!

On this day, Zhu Yuanzhang just got up, was moving his muscles and bones in the yard, autumn leaves came, in the past half a year, she went in and out of Zhu Yuanzhang's house every day, doing housework diligently, like a little daughter-in-law, everyone in the Ma family's compound thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to marry her as a wife, for this reason, how many maids of the Ma family secretly wept, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know all these things, and he was not interested in knowing.

Autumn leaves are dressed very beautifully today, wearing a green cloth skirt and dark blue cloth shoes. She walked into the courtyard and smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang, her pale red face was filled with joy: "Brother Zhu, I'll collect the clothes you changed from yesterday." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look at her, and replied casually: "It's on the table inside, you take it yourself...... How many times have I said that clothes don't have to be washed every day, and they won't get dirty if they are worn for a few more days. ”

Autumn leaves sighed slightly, and said secretly in her heart: If you don't wash it every day, how can I have an excuse to come to your house every day?

She walked into Zhu Yuanzhang's house, picked up the dirty clothes on the table, then took out a basin from the corner of the house, and put the clothes inside: "Brother Zhu, I went to the river to wash my clothes......"

"Hmmm! You don't have to say anything to me about this little thing! Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

Akiba flattened her mouth, and finally found a sentence to say, am I easy? She took the basin and walked quickly towards the Baishui River, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang with a slender back.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, when he was the emperor in the last life, the palace maid came to collect dirty clothes, and never dared to talk nonsense to him, which shows that people's status is really important, if you are in a high position, others will be cautious of you, if your status is not high, even if the person is still that person, but others' attitude towards you will be completely different.

But he thought about it, after becoming the emperor, others were afraid of him and afraid of him, but people like Akiba who loved him from the bottom of their hearts may not have seen it...... Is this also the evil consequence of the improvement of status?

Zhu Yuanzhang exercised for a long time, until he was sweaty, then he withdrew his hand, and planned to go out of the yard to inspect the fields, at this moment, there was an exclamation at the gate of the courtyard, and Qiu Ye hugged the water basin and ran in quickly.

"Brother Zhu, something is wrong! Oh, my God! Big things are not good......"

"Huh? Don't panic! What happened? Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, what could make the gentle and introverted Autumn Leaves look like this?

"Whitewater River...... There is no water in the whitewater river! Akiba put the basin on the ground, and his face was full of panic: "I just went to wash my clothes, and I went to the river to take a look...... Out of water...... There was a little bit of water yesterday, and today it's completely gone...... All that remains of the riverbed are puddles and silt...... Oh, my God! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, and sighed in his heart: It's finally here!

The most direct cause of the uprising of the second king of Baishui, the great drought, and its impact finally extended to the Ma family......

According to the original historical development of this world, the Baishui River was cut off, all the nearby villages began to lack water, the fields could not be irrigated, and the drinking water of people and animals began to become difficult, and the people's words could not go on...... Wang Er was suppressed by the government, or betrayed by his subordinates, and died tragically on the way...... In the end, there was no place for him on the big stage of the peasant uprising.

Of course, all this will change due to its own arrival! It will only change for the better, not for the worse. Zhu Yuanzhang has this confidence and ability.

The news of the disconnection of the Baishui River was not only brought back by the autumn leaves, but not long after, many maids, little daughters-in-law, and old wives who went to the river to wash clothes came back with a water basin and screamed, and many farmers who went to the river to fetch water to water their fields also came back with a scream...... In just one hour, Mafu seemed to have been detonated, and people everywhere were exclaiming, as if the world was at the end of the world.

After a short period of confusion, the people of the Ma family almost unanimously poured out of the courtyard and ran towards the Baishui River! Maids, family members, long-term workers, short-term workers, and even Ma Qianjiu are also in the team.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to see it, he couldn't be too calm at this time, and he pretended to be panicked and ran to the river with everyone. The Baishui River is not a large river, and in ordinary years when there are no natural disasters, it is about 100 feet wide and the water is fast.

However, at this moment, what appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a deep dry ditch. The riverbed, which was a hundred feet wide, was all exposed to the air, and yesterday there was a stream flowing in the middle of the river, but today the stream is gone, and there are only a few small puddles left in the riverbed, and that pitiful amount of water, let alone for irrigating the fields, is not enough for washing clothes.

Everyone looked at each other, and although people did not know that its interruption would lead to a vigorous peasant uprising, they knew that without water, life would become extremely difficult, and several little daughters-in-law squatted on the ground and cried: "Oh my God...... There is no way to get over this, the grain harvested last year will not be enough, and if there is no water this year...... What about our land? ”

"Although our family is in the Ma family, we don't have to pay taxes to the court, but we also have to pay rent...... What should I do about this? ”

Panic spread in people's hearts, not to mention that the women couldn't bear it, and the men also clenched their fists and clenched their teeth tightly.

At this time, the crowd parted to both sides, Ma Zhibin, the second young master of the Ma family, with the third young lady and the second young grandmother, came over under the support of a large group of inner courtyard family members and maids, in fact, the female surname of this era pays attention to the door is not out, the second door is not stepped, generally speaking, it will not run out like this, but the Baishui River is really a big deal, and even the third lady who is raised in the deep boudoir and no one knows it also ran out.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were tightly locked on Miss Ma San's face, the face that was exactly the same as that of Queen Ma with big feet, and he wouldn't feel tired of seeing it ten thousand times, only to see Miss Ma San's beautiful brows furrowed tightly, and said in a worried tone: "What can I do...... Great drought...... The folks are going to suffer. ”

"Cut! What do you do with those mud legs? The second young master's sluggish voice sounded next to her: "Now the water use of our family is the problem, I have to take a bath every night, how can I wash without water?" ”

"Second brother...... It's not a bathing problem, is it? Digging a few wells, eating, drinking, and bathing water is not a problem. The third lady sighed lightly: "The irrigation of the fields is the big problem. ”

The second young master smiled and said, "I don't farm!" ”

He said these words loudly, and the surrounding farmers cast dissatisfied glances at him, but the second young master was not afraid of these mud legs at all, he turned around and shouted to the side: "What do you see?" A group of poor and talented people, don't think that running out of water can be used as an excuse for not paying rent, this year's rent has to be paid, I don't care if there is water or not. ”

Ma Qianjiu next to him was taken aback, quickly pulled his sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Second young master, don't talk about it...... It's hard to be angry......"

The second young master snorted twice, no longer talking loudly, but muttered quietly: "This shabby place, I can't stay, Qianjiu, you go pack up, I'm going to Xi'an to follow the eldest brother." ”

Ma Qianjiu hesitated for a moment: "Second Young Master, you are a family member...... If you go to Xi'an, what will happen to this family? ”

"Cut, this dilapidated house, who cares about it, I go to a big city like Xi'an to have a happy life, isn't it better than in this poor mountain village?" The second young master waved his hand, turned around and turned back to the Ma Mansion, and the third young lady sighed and followed him. However, the second young grandmother snorted coldly and scolded at his back: "Waste man! You don't care about this family, I'll take care of it! ”