Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

The Jiang family is a big local family in Changshu, and they have stayed here for almost generations. When the Yuan army settled in, they were the fastest group to kneel down, and they also got the position of Tongzhi, which was passed down from generation to generation. They are the local emperors of Changshu. Maybe no one knows that the Zhizhou is called Suhebalu, but they must know that the fellow Zhizhou is called Jiang Zheng.

Hundreds of years of family, huge like a monster, in-laws spread all over Changshu, people with a little face, most of the families have female relatives surnamed Jiang, after giving birth to continue to marry with the Jiang family, the next generation will have Half of the Jiang family's blood flowed.

This kind of Jiang Zheng is the successor, once his plan has the support of the family, the appeal will be very powerful.

They all want to take a gamble. If they win the bet, the Jiang family will not have to stay in Changshu. If they lose the bet, they will accept the court’s persuasion to surrender again. Now the court wants to be a teacher of benevolence. Before, the imperial court would not completely tear themselves apart from them.

The whole family came out in full force. Most of the petty officials and low-level officials in Changshu had more or less relations with the Jiang family. After Jiang Zheng persuaded the family, they naturally became Jiang Zheng's people.

Jiang Zheng is sitting in the yard now, he is watching a young general put Suhe Baru's head on the table in front of him, Jiang Zheng is covering his mouth, resisting the desire to vomit.

It's not that he hasn't killed someone before. Although he didn't kill someone himself, it's the first time he saw a bloody scene.

It was either strangled or beaten to death with a board, so there was no beheading.

"Throw his head out." Jiang Zheng frowned, and couldn't even drink the tea at hand.

The Fourth An rushed over from the outside, and almost trotted all the way to Jiang Zheng. After the table was cleaned up, Jiang Zheng finally suppressed his nausea, and smiled at the Fourth An: "Brother An, it really is as we expected. Sukhbaru is not a strong character either."

Jiang Zheng said complacently: "I have made so many arrangements in vain."

An Lao Si naturally wanted to flatter him again.

Jiang Zheng is not a smart person. After all, he is young, has limited experience, and has all the problems that young people may have.

Self-esteem is very high, careless, love to listen to flattery.

But he has a family that allows him to make mistakes.

There is always a wise man in a big family.

Jiang Zheng's expression changed, and he said to his subordinates, "Tie him up."

Fourth An's eyes widened. He knew that he couldn't run away now, so he could only obediently catch him. He was pressed on the chair and couldn't move. Jiang was sitting opposite him.

"Brother An, do you always think I'm stupid?" Jiang looked at him expressionlessly.

Fourth An laughed: "Jiang Tongzhi is the smartest person I have ever met."

Jiang Zheng was so angry that he jumped up against the table and smashed the teacup in his hand.

"Don't talk about those sons of a bitch!" Jiang Zheng was pacing on the spot angrily, "I know what you think of me!"

Jiang Zheng grabbed An Laosi by the collar: "Who sent you here?!"

An Laosi said with fear on his face, "My friend, I'm a businessman, so of course it's for money."

Jiang Zheng sneered: "I was almost deceived by you, if it wasn't for me..."

He didn't say the whole thing.

Fourth An lowered his head. He knew that his attempt to escape now was nothing but a dream, and he could only hope that Lin Yuan and the others could enter Changshu as soon as possible. Before that, as long as he killed the person who ordered him, Jiang Zheng would won't kill him.

This is not only protecting Lin Yuan's plan, but also protecting himself.

"You will speak." Jiang Zheng sat back again, and he looked much calmer.

He asked: "I can already guess who sent you."

"Yes..." Jiang Zhenggang was about to name the person he guessed, when Old Four An suddenly said loudly, "Since Tongzhi has already guessed it, then I won't hide it from you. Order, come to persuade fellow acquaintances to join in the grand event!"

Jiang Zheng frowned, obviously this was completely different from what he had guessed: "Fang Guozhen?"

"Isn't he in Huizhou?" Jiang Zheng obviously didn't believe it.

After all, Mr. An used to belong to Fang Guozhen, and knew things about Huizhou very well. Although he was not Fang Guozhen's confidant, he was able to say some insignificant things without thinking.

Jiang Zheng found out that there was no flaw in what An Laosi said, so he was dubious.

Just when An Lao Si was sweating and didn't know what to talk about, there was a loud noise outside, and An Lao Si felt like the ground was shaking.

Jiang Zheng was also taken aback and almost slipped off the chair. He shouted, "What's going on outside? What happened?"

The people in Jiang Zheng's house were in a mess, and it took nearly a quarter of an hour for someone to report.

"My lord! Someone is attacking the city outside! They have trebuchets!"

Trebuchet!

Everyone has heard of this thing, and knows that some people have used it, but it is a very huge tool, and it cannot be carried for long distances. There is no such a big wooden cart. for a long time.

Are these people already outside the city?

impossible!He had only sent people to chase Suhebalu two days ago. If there were people camping nearby, they would not be unaware of so many people and troops.

Jiang Zheng looked at Fourth An, gritted his teeth and said, "Who is it?"

At this point, An Lao Si doesn't have to hide anything: "Gaoyou."

Jiang Zheng raised his fist, as if he wanted to hit An Lao Si's face, An Lao Si smiled and said, "My friend, I advise you to think carefully before you make a move. Now that the soldiers are approaching the city, I'm in your hands. Maybe you will still be there when the city breaks down." If you can save your life, if you kill me or injure me, then you will have a hard time when the time comes."

Jiang Zheng: "Do you think I will believe you?"

A boulder began to be thrown outside again, Jiang Zheng was supporting the table, and An Laosi fell on the ground together with the chair, he seemed quite proud: "If you had discovered it earlier, maybe today's situation would have been reversed. "

Jiang Zheng: "Didn't that pretender in Gaoyou say he was very kind? Using a trebuchet? The people in my Changshu are not the people?"

"My lord." Fourth An said loudly, "It's useless for you to say that to me!"

"The people under Nan Bodhisattva's rule are his people. When he wins Changshu, he will naturally love the people like his son."

Jiang Zheng laughed: "Love the people like a child?"

Fourth An: "You don't believe it? I didn't believe it at first either."

"My lord, let's just watch."

-

Luo Guanzhong was in the tent that had been set up right now, the furnishings were simple, and it would be good to have a table.

A total of three trebuchets were brought in. According to Lin Yuan's request, the carpenters tried their best to make the assembly easier after disassembly. Now a trebuchet only needs ten big men to assemble, and it only takes three hours. That's six hours.

Although it still seems to take a lot of time, it has saved more than half of the original time.

Sometimes efficiency is also important.

Although Luo Guanzhong had read a lot of military books and thought he knew a lot about trebuchets, it was the first time he had seen real trebuchets, like three towering behemoths. He spread out the map of Changshu and discussed with Zhu Yuanzhang and the others.

This time Lin Yuan did not come with him.

This made Luo Guanzhong a little disappointed when he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this would not be too nervous, it was a pity that Yu Lin Yuan could not witness the winning scene with his own eyes.

"These stones alone scared him to death." Brother Dao slapped his thigh and said very proudly, "I've never seen such a formation before, it's more powerful than that explosive."

The boulder took a lot of manpower, and they could only use local materials. They set up camp last night, searched for the boulder overnight, and found a way to transport it back, which took a lot of time.

But the effect achieved is astonishing.

Now Changshu is in chaos, and the city walls are crumbling. In addition to huge boulders, there are also many loose stones. Throwing them can cause riots within a certain range.

After Luo Guanzhong discussed with them, Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Bo'an and Li Congrong each led a team out.

Now the soldiers in Gaoyou have changed their appearance, and the arrival of merchants has brought a better life, as well as more money and military equipment-they always have their own ways and means.

These Lin Jiajun wear helmets.

The most astonishing thing is that Lin Yuan finally cultivated a team of cavalry.

The money to raise one cavalry is enough to raise three infantry.

Horses are very expensive.

But the combat capability of the cavalry is also worthy of these expenses.

The Mongols relied on cavalry to conquer the country, and even went on an expedition to Europe, becoming the famous God's Whip.

The standard knows how to fight the world, but doesn't know how to sit in the world.

Just like Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng was even more unlucky and became emperor for 42 days.

There are also very superstitious rumors among the people.

It is said that there was an old saying at that time, "Eat meat every day, and celebrate the New Year every day."

People can only eat meat once a year.

The fortune teller told Li Zicheng that he could be the emperor for 42 years.

As a result, Li Zicheng ate meat every day after he became emperor, so 42 years became 42 days.

This rumor is more like a joke.

But it is also conceivable how miserable Li Zicheng was.

He ended the rule of the Ming Dynasty and was also an excellent leader of the peasant uprising, but in the end he lost the original popular support because of his arrogance and extravagance.

It became a stepping stone for the Qing government to enter the Central Plains.

In contrast, the Yuan Dynasty still sat in the country for 98 years.

It was good luck.

Changshu was in a mess, the people fled in all directions, but they didn't know where they were going, and the soldiers had never seen this situation before. They were at a loss and could only walk up the city wall with their weapons.

The archer had just raised his bow, but the opponent had already set up his crossbow.

Whether it is experience, combat ability, or physical fitness, the Lin family army is much better than them.

This is a one-sided fight.

An Laosi was completely relieved now, and he said to Jiang Zheng who was standing aside and dared not go out: "Tongzhi, surrender, although Nan Bodhisattva has a kind heart, if you don't surrender, once you are captured, you will not escape death. Surrender now, and with me in your hands, you will surely save your life."

Jiang Zheng is completely panicked now.

He ran out trembling.

He had to ask his uncle and his family, what should they do now?

Is it to hold on or surrender... or to ask the court for help?

Jiang Zheng clenched his fists, all he could think about was: I can't die, absolutely can't die.

Either ask the court for help, surrender, or find a way to escape.

There are only three ways.

And these three paths are accompanied by huge risks.

They have to find a way that is best for them.

-

At this time, Lin Yuan was looking at the account book that Song Shizhao gave him. Lin Yuan taught Song Shizhao the accounting method. The account books left by Gaoyou and Taizhou in the past were a mess, and it was very troublesome to sort them out. Lin Yuan really had no choice but to I spent time teaching Song Shizhao how to keep accounts, and then asked Song Shizhao to teach the accountant to organize the accounts.

Form accounting, different expenses are recorded in different books, and it is convenient to check.

The bulk of Gaoyou’s expenditure this year is still on the common people. At the beginning, Lin Yuan used all the food stored in Gaoyou and Taizhou to support the common people, as well as the influx of refugees. This was the biggest expense, followed by the military reserves and military pay. Then there is the salary expenditure of officials.

Song Shizhao said to Lin Yuan: "Master, I have no money."

Lin Yuan: "Has the salt in Taizhou not been sold yet?"

Song Shizhao nodded: "It has never been sold."

Lin Yuan stood up from the chair: "Call the merchants, we can sell it."

If you don't sell it, you will be poor.

Salt is sold through competitive bidding. The big businessman bids all the salt at one price, and then he sells it himself at a price.

Lin Yuan was too lazy to sell them loose, it was too troublesome.

The businessmen are also very excited, they can finally do a big one.

Some people also tried their best to find out other people's bids. Lin Yuan set the minimum bid. If the price set by Lin Yuan was not exceeded by then, the bidding would be void. Next time, the operation of merchants uniting to lower the price would be eliminated.

Small merchants want to bid together, while big merchants work independently.

Zhou Fu prepared the bidding money, thinking that apart from himself, only Xie Zichang had the ability to fight with him. He spent a lot of money trying to pry Xie Zichang out of his mouth, but it was a pity that the meat bun beat the dog. The money was collected, but the amount revealed was quite a lot, but the price obviously couldn't have been set by Xie Zichang, it was obviously nonsense, just to fool him.

"Master!" The servant stood at the door, "The carriage is ready."

Zhou Fu opened the door: "Why are you still stuck, hurry up!"

Baskets of salt were placed on the ground. The salt was ground very finely. It was very high-quality fine salt. When the salt people brought the salt over, they were taken aback. They obviously felt that it was easier now than before. There is more, but why the salt has not become less?Not only did it not decrease, but it became better?

Businessmen sit on chairs, and they can bid openly. Each person is issued a small wooden sign in their hand, and the price will increase once the wooden sign is raised.

Lin Yuan was watching from the side.

He wants to see what the price of salt is now.

In the end, it was Zhou Fu who won the bidding. He and Xie Zichang simply compared the price increase, which frightened the small businessmen next to them.

The financial resources of a big businessman are almost unimaginable to ordinary people.

After the auction, Lin Yuan took time to meet with Zhou Fu.

"South Bodhisattva." Zhou Fu had a smile on his face.

Lin Yuan asked him to sit down first, and then asked strangely: "President Zhou spends such a big price, how can he still make money?"

Although the current salt price is high, Xinghua is not the only place that produces salt. There are not many salt-producing places in the country, but there are many.

Zhou Fu sighed: "Nan Bodhisattva doesn't know the current price of official salt."

During the financial crisis of the Yuan Dynasty, the price of salt doubled, and now the families of the rich are almost unable to eat salt. Not only is it expensive, but sometimes they may not be able to buy it with money.

Zhou Fu said: "I can sell out this batch of salt before it leaves Gaoyou."

Small merchants can only buy from Zhou Fu, and naturally Xie Zichang can only buy from Zhou Fu.

Not only does he make money, but he makes a lot of money.

Other merchants can't afford such huge quantities, but they can afford to buy in bulk.

Lin Yuan nodded and said to Zhou Fu, "It's hard work."

Zhou Fu quickly waved his hand: "No hard work, no hard work."

"It's Nan Bodhisattva, it's really hard work to take care of so many things."

Lin Yuan looked at him with a smile, and thought in his heart: If it wasn't for not being able to catch a strong man, do you think I want to take care of it?

In this era, reading and literacy cannot be achieved quickly in a month or two. Lin Yuan stipulated that as long as he learned [-] characters, he was considered semi-literate, and if he learned [-] characters, he would be out of the ranks of illiterates.

The number of newly added people who have left the illiterate ranks is less than 1000 in Taizhou and Gaoyou combined.

Most of these 1000 people are children with strong learning ability, and most of them are under 15 years old.

Lin Yuan, who was over ten years old, had already let them go to work.

Those under the age of ten... Lin Yuan could only let them continue to literacy for his little friends.

Now Lin Yuan really wanted to find out where there was an academy, and then led his troops to fight there, arresting all the scholars.

But just think about it that way.

Lin Yuan didn't want to offend scholars. Sometimes scholars' pens are more ruthless than knives, especially the ancients.

Different from modern times, the things that most people come into contact with in modern times come not only from books, but also from the Internet. The acquisition of justified information allows modern people to accept all kinds of ideas.

For the ancients, most of the truths came from books, which would establish their three views, and at the same time they would inherit the ideas in the books.

Therefore, whenever the dynasty changes, scholars are always the last to kneel.

Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is also the education received by scholars.

It's just that I don't know if scholars love Yuan Dynasty now.

Zhou Fu suddenly said, "I have an idea."

Lin Yuan quickly said, "Chairman Zhou is here."

Zhou Fu laughed and said, "Since Southern Bodhisattva is short of scholars, why didn't he issue an order to seek talents?"

Lin Yuan frowned: "The imperial court..."

The Red Scarf Army is now slowly becoming popular, attracting most of the firepower of the Yuan Army, but Lin Yuan still doesn't want to confront the Yuan Army now.

Zhou Fu: "If Bodhisattva Nan can trust me, I will hand over this matter to me, and it will be done properly and beautifully."

Lin Yuan looked at Zhou Fu, he didn't believe him.

Zhou Fu also knew that now is the best time to express his loyalty, so he quickly knelt down: "I am a businessman, and I have no fixed place to live. My parents and brothers should have received Gaoyou early. I guarantee the life of the whole family. This matter will be done for Nan Bodhisattva." good!"

Only then did Lin Yuan realize that he had been so busy recently that he hadn't read the reports of the merchants' families.

Zhou Fu's parents and elder brother are all in Gaoyou, and he recently married a local Gaoyou wife, who is four months pregnant.

"Then leave it all to Chairman Zhou." Lin Yuan lifted Zhou Fu up with his hands, smiling all over his face, "If this is done, there will be a big reward."

Zhou Fu breathed a sigh of relief.

"One more thing." Lin Yuan said.

Zhou Fu hurriedly bowed: "Nan Bodhisattva, please speak."

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "I want to know the strength of Qishui."

Zhou Fu suddenly realized: "I will never fail my lord's trust."

Today's Qishui is being occupied by Xu Shouhui. Xu Shouhui rebelled against the Yuan in August last year, occupied Qishui, established himself as emperor, the country was named Tianwan, and he played the banner of the Red Turban Army.

The reason why Lin Yuan paid attention to him was that by the 15th year of Zhengzheng, Xu Shouhui would have an extra general in his hands.

The name of that general will remain in the annals of history forever - Chen Youliang.

What Lin Yuan thought about was whether Chen Youliang would show up if he sent troops to capture Qishui.

But he hasn't made a decision yet.

If he didn't care about Xu Shouhui, then he would at least know what Chen Youliang was doing in the future.

If he took care of it, thinking of the best, Chen Youliang might not have participated in the uprising—Lin Yuan felt that this was unlikely, Chen Youliang was not forced, he had been an official and had a family background, he chose the path he chose.

Even without Xu Shouhui, and without Ni Wenjun under Xu Shouhui's subordinates, Chen Youliang would still revolt and become the leader of the separatist regime.

Or, he has to wait until the 15th year of Zhengzheng, when Chen Youliang revolted in Huangpeng.

Then he killed Chen Youliang on the battlefield.

Lin Yuan asked Zhou Fu to be sent away, and sat at the table drinking tea by himself.

He was a little uneasy, and since he knew about Xu Shouhui's uprising, this feeling of uneasiness became more intense.

Compared with Fang Guozhen, Liu Futong, Lin Yuan cared more about Chen Youliang.

Chen Youliang's military intuition and sensitivity to war are not comparable to ordinary people. Even Zhu Yuanzhang's victory against him has to be said to be a bit of luck.

Moreover, he is ruthless enough and has almost no weaknesses. Lin Yuan feels that he has reason to believe that if he has to kill his family members to seize the big position, Chen Youliang will not even blink his eyes. He is a born power-hungry creature, and he longs for power. It is almost pathological, so he is a single husband, and no one can allow anyone to question him, oppose him and disagree with him.

Lin Yuan took a sip of tea.

He could only wait until three years later, Chen Youliang's name would be revealed.

"Am I too nervous?" Lin Yuan held his forehead and said to himself.

Erliang poured tea for Lin Yuan again.

Seeing Lin Yuan's headache, he asked in a low voice, "Master, do you want to take a rest?"

Lin Yuan looked at Er Liang, and he asked Er Liang, "Er Liang, how have you been recently?"

There was a smile on Er Liang's face: "I live with my parents now, and I have a great time."

Er Liang bowed her head and said, "My mother showed me a daughter-in-law."

Lin Yuan was taken aback: "Did we talk about it?"

Erliang smiled and said, "You know her too, it's Xiaoyao."

Xiaoyao is also the son of Lin Yuan's family, and his parents are both domestic servants. Compared with the servants bought later, the status of the son of the family is much higher.

Therefore, when choosing a marriage partner, most of them will also choose to have children at home.

Erliang also said to Lin Yuan: "My mother and her mother have discussed it. After the battle in Changshu is over, we will get married."

Lin Yuan said blankly, "Congratulations."

Erliang smirked.

Lin Yuan thought for a while: "I won't go when the time comes."

Erliang breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't dare to invite Lin Yuan, otherwise no one would let him go.

Lin Yuan patted Erliang on the shoulder: "Strive to hug you for three years."

Both of them blushed.

At this time in Changshu, Jiang Zheng's face was also red, but he was not shy.