Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

When Zhu Yujian arrived at Pengqiao, Peng Ershu was sighing.

He only served as county magistrate for one term, and had just put tens of thousands of acres of farmland owned by the surrounding Jingjia and other people under his name, and the emperor came to Nanyang.

Peng Ershu thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and was thinking of going there to seek refuge in the hope of taking a step further.

Who would have known that before the emperor had established a foothold in Nanyang, Yuan Zongdi came to kill him.

Peng Ershu immediately overturned his decision and shrank his neck.

Seeing the emperor abandoning Nanyang and running away, Peng Ershu did not dare to come forward even more.

Even the emperor - ran to the hillocks west of Pengqiao, only 12 miles away from him!

Peng Ershu was also deeply afraid of getting into trouble.

He regarded himself as an ostrich and pretended not to see.

Anyway, I am just a small former county magistrate. There are more than 1000 counties in the country. Only if the emperor can remember where he is from is there a ghost!

He thought this was the best operation, but he didn't know——

Just three days later, news came that the emperor had defeated Yuan Zongdi in Junzhou.

Peng Ershu was shocked!

What the hell!

Has the emperor eaten?

It's so fierce!

He was about to set off and hurriedly went to the emperor to express his loyalty so that he could become an official again.

how do you know...

The news coming from the east again made his expression change.

How dare the emperor?

How dare he?

Isn't he afraid that the gentry will cut off his money and food?

God!

Peng Ershu pulled off a lot of his beard.

After the Dog Emperor escaped from the capital, he robbed officials like them along the way?

Oh my god!

No county along the way was spared?

They were all forced by the Dog Emperor to "donate" money and food?

The Dog Emperor even divided his soldiers into more than a dozen groups and swept across the North Zhili and Henan areas?

Even Shandong didn't escape?

What a shame!

What is the Dog Emperor going to do?

That is the money and food for us gentry, and we are greedy for it based on our ability! This is a rule that has been followed by the officialdom for 200 years!

Do you dare to steal it?

You don’t want to be emperor anymore?

……

Peng Ershu stared, scared out of his wits by the dog emperor's tricks.

Are you trying to make enemies of the gentry in the world?

You, Zhu Youjian, are so stubborn?

Zhu Youjian's saucy operations shocked his outlook on life with twists and turns.

It also shocked the gentry who were watching like him...

……

Soon, the emperor sent people to expel Yuan Zongdi, who had returned to Dengzhou, to Xiangyang, where he and Bai Wang were trapped together.

The general of the Chuang Army who was still so arrogant yesterday, as if he was at the height of the sun, and was chasing the Emperor Ming and fleeing hastily, just lost his temper.

This earth-shattering news swept across the land of Nanyang like a meteor.

Peng Ershu and others hurriedly prepared generous gifts and wanted to hug their thighs...

Before the gentry could react, another news came - the emperor blatantly reused the surrendered generals and deceived him to recapture Wuguan!

He even sent his servants to burn Yuan Zongdi’s food and grass!

The gentry suddenly realized that no wonder Yuan Zong was so upset.

Without food and grass, if he didn't run away quickly, he would be tortured to death by the emperor.

The emperor is going to completely secure Nanyang!

The gentry in Wandi hurriedly contacted each other and discussed whether to join forces to collect some money and food to work in front of the emperor and show their loyalty.

Even if the emperor doesn't use them, with this little incense and the emperor camped in Wandi, they, as local snakes, can still get some benefits.

The little money and food you gave me was nothing!

It is the future benefits that are important!

After all, the Zhu family has a tradition of moving the capital. Once the deceived emperor moved the capital to Nanyang like Chengzu did...

The value of the fields and properties they occupied increased tenfold in an instant, no problem!

If he could occupy a place in the new imperial court, it would be possible for him to increase his worth a hundred or a thousand times!

……

who knows--

The next news was like a drop of ice water in the dog days of summer - it poured a chill on the gentry!

what?

The emperor was so stupid that on his way to Nanyang, he sent troops to rob the gentry along the way?

What the hell!

Zhu Youjian!

What are you going to do?

The gentry hurriedly stopped their cars and waited to see what would happen next, to see if the Dog Emperor was forced to rob the counties along the way, or...

If the Dog Emperor stops here, it will not prevent them from continuing to seek refuge.

As for the gentry who was robbed...

None of their business?

As long as you don't rob Nanyang, as long as you don't rob yourself, everything is vain!

……

The bad nature of capital is clearly revealed.

Before Zhu Youjian's noose was put around the neck of the Nanyang gentleman, everyone had a glimmer of hope - maybe he wouldn't rob us?

Because of this momentary hesitation of the gentry, Zhu Youjian not only blocked the pass, but also captured Wuguan. Now he has surrounded Xiangyang with a large army, and is also looking at the south gate of Nanyang Basin.

Zhu Youjian, who had completely taken control of the situation, tore the gauze hanging on his face in an instant.

He wielded his machete against the true cornerstone of the gentry!

Inspect the acres of land, measure the land, and register it according to the yellow rolls of taxes paid in previous years in each state and county.

Hidden Field - all nationalized!

With an army in hand and millions of refugees behind him, Zhu Youjian is no longer afraid of the Nanyang gentry!

He showed a sharp and steady knife!

Millions of refugees are in hand, and a huge amount of land has been cleared...

In later generations, Nanyang supported more than 1000 million people!

That's it, there's a lot of rich food!

Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty was larger than Nanyang in later generations, not to mention half of the land north of Xiangyang.

The territory controlled by Zhu Youjian today is about one and a half times the size of Nanyang in later generations.

Even though the yield of the fields in this era is only one-seventh of that in later generations...

How can we support a population of 300 to [-] million people - then not everyone can have enough to eat and clothing to wear?

If it is combined with sweet potatoes and other cereals, even 500 million people will not starve to death!

What's more, Fang Zhenghua has already written a letter saying that he robbed Qian Qianyi's family of money and food in Jiangnan, enough to buy millions of stones of food.

As long as the Yangtze River and Han River routes are opened, the big problem of food...

Founder can solve it alone!

This is really the Qiancheng of the country!

Gentry...

Ha ha!

Zhu Youjian is not afraid!

……

The Nanyang gentry was shocked.

The dog emperor of Ripotian, you are so awesome?

Damn it, Yuan Zongdi is still in Xiangyang!

How dare this bitch dare to inventory the land?

Aren't you afraid that I will overthrow you?

however……

The gentry is dissatisfied.

Nanyang is not a place like Jiangnan, where the gentry can control everything.

In this granary of the world, which has been plagued by peasant armies for several years, the power of the gentry has long been greatly reduced.

Since the Dog Emperor escaped from the palace, not only has he not failed, he has even become stronger and stronger, and now has nearly [-] troops.

There are millions more refugees on the side.

These are all supported by the dog emperor with the money and food stolen from the gentry of North China!

This is so awesome!

Taking the gentry's food, they raised dogs that bite the gentry...

The gentry in Wandi were trembling all over.

Those are millions of refugees!