Chongzhen Undergraduates

These sound like fairy tales.

"Actually, in a few counties around Shangluo, after Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were transferred by you, the officers and soldiers, that is, your army, just stayed in Guanzhong to rest, and didn't even dare to enter Lantian. All the people we broke up withdrew to Zhashui Resting in the cave, King Chuang sent people to block Muhu Pass and Wu Pass." Li Laiheng was a little proud, this was Li Zicheng's masterpiece back then.

Looking at the mountains around Shangjin, Zhu Youjian could think that after Li Zicheng escaped into the mountains, as long as he didn't confront him head-on, how would the officers and soldiers find someone?

"Is there anyone in this mountain?"

"Yes. Especially in 12, there was a severe drought in Henan. Historically, Henan was affected by disasters, and a large number of victims in western Henan fled from the famine along the mountains of Shangluo in the Wuguan Dynasty. After the famine, people in the mountains migrated to the Henan plains. This has been the case for thousands of years.

"That makes sense." Zhu Youjian has a deep understanding of this, just here in Shangjin, the former Liu Yinglong knew a story when he was a child.

There was a single man in the village who exchanged two black steamed buns for a daughter-in-law from Henan in a certain era. When Liu Yinglong was a few years old, he still met that woman.

As Li Laiheng said, this is a classic migration route.People have their own ways of avoiding war and famine.

"In 13 years, King Chuang brought nearly 10 elites out of Wuguan and entered Henan. At that time, except for the old camp, almost all of our backbones were from Henan. Several [-] people were mobilized within a few months... . " Li Laiheng's voice became smaller and smaller, and it was something to be proud of, but Zhu Youjian frowned.

If they are all from northern Shaanxi, no matter how good you are, Li Zicheng, it is impossible to make a big wave in Henan, and only fellow villagers can drive fellow villagers.It is a pity that after reaching the capital, all the generals were from northern Shaanxi, and the Henan people were all consumed in the war.Li Yan was the only one who was hunted down by Li Zicheng.

"Li Yan also joined your team at this time?"

"Yes, General Li Yan and his wife are not very powerful in Henan. After uniting with King Chuang, they proposed to King Chuang that "equal the land and exempt taxes". It is this policy that made us develop all of a sudden."

"However, what about the food? There are so many refugees to feed." Zhu Youjian thought, if this matter was replaced by himself, the most difficult thing would be the food.

In many novels, it is written that Li Zicheng led the refugees to attack the city, but did not distribute food, and used the three-light policy to gather the refugees.But if you think about the fact that Luoyang and Kaifeng were captured in three years, Zhu Youjian believes that this conclusion is not accurate.

First of all, the disaster in Henan occurred in 12. If Li Zicheng used this method, the refugees would die in less than 14 years. How could it be possible that by the end of 13, there would still be tens of thousands of people fighting in Luoyang, and then Kaifeng in 10? Defeat the main force of the Ming army at the end of 14?

"There is some food in the mountains. King Chuang let us control the food. People from Henan can only rely on us if they want to eat. After leaving Wuguan, they first robbed the official warehouses and big households in Henan, distributed food for disaster relief, and then divided the fields. For the refugees. Those big households actually had a lot of food, but they were reluctant to release it. Not many people died of starvation, and the disaster was much lighter than that in northern Shaanxi.”

Li Zicheng implemented the policy of "beating the local tyrants and dividing the land", which is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!

"Kaifeng and Sun Chuanting used the money and food from Prince Fu's Mansion and Luoyang squires." Li Laiheng added an inappropriate sentence, which deeply touched Zhu Youjian and Huang Zongxi.

Zhu Youjian glanced at Li Laiheng and Ji Biao. They were both young people, and the difference between the two was obvious.Li Laiheng has obviously followed Li Zicheng's idea of ​​starting a business, and he is an excellent enough talent.

As for Ji Biao, it is estimated that he can't even be a battalion commander.

"You and Huang Zongyi, you two discuss the next action plan, I'm going out for a walk."

Zhu Youjian left Li Laiheng and Huang Zongyi behind and took Ji Biao out of the gate alone.He is too lazy to worry about things here, there are two people here, so why should he use his brains.

The people of Shangjin Town have come back one after another. With the presence of leading local officials, things will be easy to handle.The role of grassroots cadres is sometimes more effective than weapons.

500 meters south of the town, there is a small stream called "Tie Ligou", and there is a row of huge willow forests at the mouth of the valley.When Zhu Youjian came to the willow forest, he sighed a little, the willow forest here is very large now, and they will all disappear in a few hundred years, turning into small buildings with two or three floors, which were the home of Liu Yinglong when he was young.

Going deep along the ditch, there is a cliff.There are more than a dozen square "Old Man's Caves" carved out of the cliffs.It was the cave where the dead were placed many years ago, which was the custom of ancient merchants.

Zhu Youjian felt that those who can dig tombs on such rock walls need to spend a lot of money.Either rich or expensive, each cave must represent the head of a tribe.Ordinary people cannot afford this money.

Counting from the time when human beings formed rights, the struggle for rights has been endless.Whether it is the "chief" in the "Old Man's Cave" who made himself more honorable after death, or Li Zicheng who rode into the mountains of Shangluo at eighteen, what they are deeply obsessed with is power.

"General, you said that this cave is a place to bury the dead, but why don't I feel creepy at all?" Ji Biao found that he was not afraid of this place, unlike ordinary cemeteries.

"That's because they've been dead for too long, and they've all turned into ashes." Zhu Youjian remembered that he was never afraid of this place when he was a child, and he even had picnics in certain caves.

"Look, how come there is a family there, the house is more exquisite than the town." Turning a hill, suddenly there was the sound of a rooster crowing.

Following the direction of the crowing rooster, a corner of a very clean and elegant courtyard appeared.It seems that it is a bit out of tune with this poor mountain, but it blends into the landscape just right. The closer to the small courtyard, the more it feels like a courtyard somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Youjian never remembered that there were such relics here. When he was a child, he often came to this area to cut firewood and herd cattle.This place was originally a cave, and the cave was not small enough to accommodate several families.

But now I only see a small courtyard and a three-room tiled house, and I can’t see the entrance of the cave at all. The difficulty is that I changed this place myself, or the caves in later generations were dug by hand?

"Excuse me, is there anyone here? We are passing by and want to drink." Approaching the fence gate of the small courtyard, Ji Biao began to call the door.

After a while, an old man with gray hair came out from the inside. He glanced at Zhu Youjian standing outside the courtyard gate, without any expression, he just opened the fence door and pointed to the water tank under the eaves before leaving .

"General, here..." Of course Ji Biao also realized that something was wrong.

"Drink your water, leave after drinking, don't cause trouble." Zhu Youjian glared at Ji Biao.

"Since people are here, wouldn't it be too easy to just leave like this?" Zhu Youjian just finished speaking when he saw five strong men rushing out of the room.

"You are now, general, and I will cut the rear." Ji Biao stood in front of Zhu Youjian with a single sword in his hand.

"General? Didn't the Son of Heaven dare to show his real body?"

An old voice came from the room, the old man who just opened the door came out with dignity, holding a single knife in his hand.

Zhu You checked his head and knew that something bad was going to happen today.

2 Chapter Fifty: Suspected Similar Person

"Who are you? Why are you so bold when you commit crimes in broad daylight?" Zhu Youjian heard that the accents of these people did not seem to be from the north, so he wanted to ask.As long as they are not Tartars, Zhu Youjian is afraid of meeting Tartars now.

"We are bears..."

"Don't talk nonsense with him, take it first and then talk." The old man pointed at Zhu Youjian and scolded: "He and his brother are blind people who only favor traitors and kill Zhongliang in vain."

Several people surrounded Zhu Youjian and Ji Biao, and immediately raised their hands.Although there are many people on the other side, fortunately there are two people on Zhu Youjian's side, and they can take care of each other, so they can barely last for a while.

During the fight, Zhu Youjian saw that the other party was just trying to trap himself and had no intention of murdering, so he knew it well.

"Can you stop fighting and talk about it. You can discuss money or things."

"If you want to clear the name of a loyal minister, why don't you do it?"

"It's easy to say, but who is it for? Say it out and do it right away. If you want to kill us, you have to say your name, so let us die to understand." Zhu Youjian heard the truth, since the other party really didn't want to kill him , this matter is not dangerous.

"You have been wronged several times, and you have been prevaricating. In the end, you barely got back the remains of the master. If it weren't for my lady's loyalty..." The old man was talking, and three backs quickly ran down the mountainside opposite the yard. woman with a small backpack.

"Miss and the others are back." The old man was startled, and immediately withdrew from the crowd.It's just that Zhu Youjian is still blocked.

"Uncle Qing, what happened at home, who are they?"

Before anyone saw it, the sound had already drifted into the small courtyard. Just listening to this sound was really nice.Better than Linglong, better than Qinse.This is not the voice of an immature girl, the girl's voice is too thin; this is not the voice of a woman, the woman's voice is soft.

What floats in from outside the door is a stream of crispness with sweetness, loudness with mellowness, round and smooth, and pleasant to the ear.Speaking a sentence that was originally very blunt, it feels like a dewdrop on a bamboo leaf.

The one who walked in was a girl with big feet.I saw her wearing pure linen coarse cloth clothes, but the texture seemed to be denser than ordinary people's linen clothes; inside the linen clothes, there were cotton high-necked slacks, which set off the light yellow coat with pure white; she was slender, Neither thin nor strong, except that the white neck is one or two centimeters longer than the average person; a big blue turban, a few strands of black hair slipping out from the turban; oval face, pointed There is a round bend hanging on the small chin

Moon-like mouth, with two shallow dimples inlaid at the corners of the mouth, a deeper smile.

The girl lowered her head slightly when she entered the door, then handed the small pannier on her back to the old man, and then looked up at the courtyard.

"Xiong Lijing, why are you here?" Zhu Youjian stepped forward quickly, looking at the girl with eyes full of surprise, he could hardly believe his eyes.