Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

An hour before the city wall of Changshu was breached, Jiang Zheng asked someone to tie up An Laosi, and prepared to run away with his own body and family. It was too late to ask the court for help. What will happen after the person is caught? The family spent an hour discussing, an hour cleaning up, and the last hour was used to run away. Even the last troops in Changshu were called to his side by Jiang Zheng to protect him from leaving. Changshu, fled to Huzhou.

With so many people, even if Jiang Zheng escaped, it would be eye-catching.

Chen Bosong and Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already rushed into the city, looked at each other.

"drive!"

The two rode their horses almost at the same time, and the cavalry behind them also rushed over.

Whoever wins Jiang Zheng will have a greater contribution.

They don't need to think at all, the body is already one step ahead.

"Go!" Jiang was sitting in the carriage, and he shouted at the groom who was driving the carriage in front of him almost at the top of his lungs. His parents were also in the carriage, and the two old people looked extremely calm.

Father Jiang said, "Tell them to stop."

Jiang Zheng looked back at his father in disbelief. His father was the previous acquaintance and now the head of the Jiang family. He had twelve sons, but in the end he chose Jiang Zheng, the concubine's son, to succeed him. For his own position, he thought that this son was ambitious and courageous, but he never expected that such a son would be enough to be a colleague, but he would not be able to occupy a higher position.

It's not wrong to be ambitious.

Wrong, his intellect is not enough to match his ambition.

Jiang's father sighed: "We can't run away. We surrendered. Now that we sacrifice the city, we might be able to keep the Jiang family."

Jiang Zheng: "Father! They will kill me! They will definitely kill me!"

Jiang's father looked at his son, who looked very similar to himself, and he finally said, "Even if you and I are dead, as long as we can keep a trace of the Jiang family's blood, it's worth it."

"Compared with the family, our survival is not important." Jiang's father shouted to the coachman, "Stop."

The coachman was also flustered and frightened, but he could only stop—he would not resist his master's request.

Jiang Zheng rushed over to save Jiang's father's leg: "Father! I don't want to die!"

He was dripping with tears and his face was covered with snot. He had never been so embarrassed before.

At this time, Jiang's mother took Jiang's father's hand and smiled at him: "It's rare to come out with you."

Father Jiang glanced at his old wife. Ever since he was over [-] years old, he has respected his old wife as a guest, and loves young beauties even more. But now when life and death are at stake, she is the only one by his side. Father Jiang sighed : "Yes, many years."

Jiang's father took Jiang's mother's hand and got out of the carriage together.

Jiang Zheng was crying bitterly in the carriage.

His whole body was shaking.

He could hear the hooves of the enemy.

Jiang Zheng got up with difficulty, got out of the car with trembling legs, and stood beside his parents. He is the son of the Jiang family, and he shed the blood of the Jiang family. For the sake of the family, he should not be stingy with his life.

"Father." Jiang Zheng grabbed his father's arm.

Jiang's father: "Son, time is fate, you can't force it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Bosong had rushed over with people, and the two sides confronted each other, but there was no fight yet.

Chen Bosong was the first to shout: "Where is Jiang Tong?!"

Jiang's father patted Jiang Zheng's arm, Jiang Zheng took a deep breath, he looked up at the man on the horse, and said with the greatest courage in his life: "I am Jiang Zheng, my colleague from Changshu!"

Zhu Yuanzhang next to him raised his crossbow and shot through Jiang Zheng's chest.

Seeing the arrow flying towards him, Jiang Zheng couldn't move at all. He wanted to escape, but his feet seemed to be rooted in the ground. His eyes widened, his breathing was short, and then——he didn't even feel the pain, and bowed his head He saw the arrow in his chest and fell backwards.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said to the soldiers protecting Jiang's family: "Disarm and kneel down and don't kill!"

The soldiers looked at each other until one of them knelt down, and then they knelt down like wind blowing wheat waves.

Only Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were still standing.

They didn't even look at the fallen Jiang Zheng.

"I don't know the name of the general." Father Jiang cupped his hands in salute.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the reins: "I am under the seat of Nan Bodhisattva, Zhu Yuanzhang."

Jiang's father tidied up his clothes, and together with Jiang's mother, they bowed slowly to Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Bosong, and made a big salute. His head lay on the ground, and he said, "Please, General Zhu, spare the lives of the rest of the Jiang family."

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "If Lord Jiang had dedicated the city earlier, my lord would have kept him alive. Now that he has released his family, how many people will he have to release in the future?"

Jiang's father didn't look up, and said in a trembling voice: "Please let the child go!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Bosong looked at each other, and Chen Bosong ordered: "Shoot the family members, old and young, on the spot."

From beginning to end, Jiang's father did not raise his head, he could only cry silently.

One wrong step, and everything is lost.

They only saw the court, but not Gaoyou, and their ambitions eventually destroyed the entire Jiang family.

In his ears were the screams and begging for mercy of the clansmen.

His great-grandchildren are still ignorant and naive, they don't know what happened, they only know how to cry.

The ground was covered with blood, Jiang's mother said to Jiang's father: "My sisters are gone."

Jiang Zheng's wives were surrounded and killed by Jiang's mother in the old house. Only two pregnant women were taken away by others under her orders, and they did not escape with them.

Father Jiang understood what she meant, and he suddenly felt full of strength!

The Jiang family is not dead!They still have blood!

Mother Jiang said with a smile: "I always scold you for being old and immortal, but now it seems that you are really going to die, and I feel a little bit reluctant."

Father Jiang: "I've been sorry to you for so many years."

Jiang's mother smiled at him: "There is nothing to be sorry for between a husband and wife. Before I got married, my mother said to me: "After you get married, you will depend on your husband's blessings and misfortunes. It is the duty of a wife to share life and death. "After we go down, I will go to see my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and I can say that I have no regrets."

The two elderly people in their 60s looked at each other with a smile on their lips, and went to die calmly.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, Zhu Yuanzhang said to the soldiers: "These two should restrain themselves."

The soldiers promised.

They are about to take over Changshu. The soldiers are all experienced. Some of them appease the people and hold up a gong to announce that Changshu is already the place of Nan Bodhisattva, and Nan Bodhisattva will not embarrass the people.

Another group of people rushed into the homes of rich families in Changshu. Some of these rich families were huddled at home, and some had already run away with some valuables. They are not allowed to bring anything else, and all their money will be confiscated unless they do meritorious deeds.

As a result, these big households whose family property was "confiscated" began to bite each other, saying that the other party was in cahoots with Jiang Zhengtong, and they were fish and meat.

These people were all sent to prison. When they come out, it depends on when Lin Yuan arrives in Changshu and frees up his hands to manage them.

Probably because the reputation of "Southern Bodhisattva" is big enough, and the common people found that these soldiers did not bully women and children, nor rob them of their property, and even opened the Changshu granary in front of them, looking at the grain in the granary, The people finally couldn't bear it anymore and knelt down and cried bitterly.

Relatives and family members of many of them died of starvation, and they did not survive last winter.

But obviously there are so many grains, and they grow them all. They grow the grains themselves, but they can't get enough to eat. What's the reason?

Chen Bosong looked at these people, holding a water bag in his hand, and after taking a sip of water, he said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "It was easier than expected."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at An Lao Si who was untied by the soldiers not far away, and said with a smile: "A villain can also be used as a villain."

Chen Bosong glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although the two of them were colleagues, they didn't have much daily contact. Chen Bosong even intentionally or unintentionally was wary of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang also discovered that the two unexpectedly maintained a balance without taking the initiative to get close to Chen Bosong.

After defeating Changshu, they will not withdraw for the time being. At this time, a strong force is needed to suppress the rest of the forces in Changshu. However, Li Congrong and Yang Zi'an have to bring their soldiers back. After all, Gaoyou can't do without people now.

Jiang Gui is now in Taizhou, in charge of Taizhou's affairs, and can't move away.

As for the original soldiers in Changshu, they are now captives. Chen Bosong ordered someone to enclose a piece of land outside the city, confining them like raising pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep. After being taken away, there were those who were brave enough to kill the guards and escape at night. In the end, they were all beheaded and no one survived.

After several groups of people died, the remaining people were finally much more honest.

Every day someone would deliver food to them, even though it was just some beans, but in order to survive, no one would dislike eating it.

The common people are also registered separately by men and women, and they will all receive their own small wooden cards—that is, ID cards.

The people found that many of the "adults" who carved wooden plaques for them were children who were less than their waist height. These "little adults" sat in the room early every day and carved according to the words on the paper for half an hour. You can take a rest with a cup of tea. Now that the weather is getting hotter, there is no need for a charcoal brazier in the house. They all have hot water at hand.

There are such small officials in this world, which startled the common people in Changshu. Many people rubbed their eyes, thinking that they had made a mistake. The children of the common people were also about the same size. All the "little adults" showed yearning expressions on their faces.

Sitting in such a beautiful room, they will not be blown by the wind or exposed to the sun. They also saw someone delivering meals to the little adults. They were all meat and vegetables. The fragrance wafted out, and their ears were full of " Goo-goo" belly growl.

The person in charge said to them: "Don't be envious. These little adults used to be just like your children. They didn't know a single big character. It was only after Nan Bodhisattva came that they learned how to read. Now they are free from illiteracy and can do things. , earn no less than me a month."

The people couldn't believe it.

Such a little doll can still earn about the same as a manager?

Someone who is bold enough to ask: "My lord! Will our baby be able to do it in the future?"

The person in charge smiled at him: "Now you are all citizens of Nan Bodhisattva, do you think it is possible? Could it be that you have never heard of the name of Nan Bodhisattva in Changshu?"

The common people have heard of it, but they just listened to it. It is clear that Gaoyou is not far away, but many of them have never left Gaoyou in their entire lives, let alone go to other places, and they don’t even have time to think about it. They have to be busy. Living, busy supporting the family, how can I have time to think about the future and outside things?

It seems that Changshu is better in the hands of Nan Bodhisattva than in the hands of the imperial court?

The people were confused.

But as long as life can go on, they will not leave Changshu.

This land is where they have lived for generations, and they will never leave here if they are not unable to survive.

-

"My lord, have something to eat, you've been busy all day." At night, when the oil lamp was lit in the room, a servant came with food and brought it to a little man in his early ten years old sitting in the room. He was dressed in cyan clothes and held a carving knife in his hand. His fingers had calluses due to long-term carving, and the pain was no longer as painful as before.

The young adult's surname is Zheng, Xinger, everyone calls him Zheng Xiaoer, he thanked him, but he put down the wooden sign and carving knife for the food in the other party's hand, and he ate very slowly, meticulously, chewing slowly , it can be seen that he used to have a very good family.

Zheng Er used to be the grandson of the Zheng family in Gaoyou. Their family was a big family with Zhuangzi and land, and they were one of the largest landlords.

But when Bodhisattva Nan came, everything changed. The old servants in the family became ordinary people, and they could not live in their own big house. After the servants were gone, their family could only live in a small courtyard, with more than 30 people living together. .

Zhuangzi and the fields are not theirs anymore, and the family members have to go out to find work, otherwise they will not be able to eat enough.

It was at that time that the "school" run by Nan Bodhisattva was opened, and he was taken to study because his age was within the scope of going to school. Since I was just over ten years old, I started working.

He remembered that at the very beginning, his parents and uncles were always frowning. He was young, but he also understood that their family would not be able to return to their glorious days. They were just like ordinary people. They had to go out and earn what they wanted.

The sisters also began to learn how to make clothes and weave cloth so that they could exchange them for money.

But Zheng Xiaoer thinks this is very good. He used to live in a big mansion, and there were a lot of rules. Everyone had guns and sticks in their mouths. See it in the eyes, just don't say it.

After school, Zheng Xiaoer heard many truths from his husband.

Now working outside, Zheng Xiaoer doesn't feel bitter at all.

He thinks he can do it, as long as he works harder and harder, one day he can revive his family.

His goal is to become a county magistrate, or a district chief.

Mr. said that everyone must have a goal, otherwise he will be muddled like a walking corpse, so what book should he read?Isn't it good to be a fool?

Zheng Xiaoer thinks so.

So when his companions complained about being too tired, he always kept silent and kept his head down.

He sometimes wondered, what kind of person is Nan Bodhisattva?

Is he really a Bodhisattva?Do you have a chance to meet him?

The "little adults" who were resting outside came back to the house one after another, packed up their things, and went back to sleep in the room arranged for them. Zheng Xiaoer also packed up his things—their carving knife, and the If the carved wooden sign is lost, it will have to be re-engraved at that time.

Zheng Xiaoer left the house, someone was waiting for him outside.

"Master!" A boy slightly older than Zheng Xiaoer ran over excitedly and took Zheng Xiaoer's little bag, "Have you eaten yet? Today is chicken with spices!"

Zheng Xiaoer put on a smiling face, and said with a bit of an adult look: "Don't call me Young Master, sir, we are all the same, we are all the people of Nan Bodhisattva."

The boy sticks out his tongue. He put all his energy into recognizing characters in class. He actually doesn't understand the other principles that the teacher said. He is not as smart as the young master. In the boy's eyes, the young master is the smartest in the world Human beings are only a little worse than Nan Bodhisattva.

The two walked towards the dormitory together. The dormitory was remodeled from a big house, and soldiers were sent to protect and guard it day and night.

Zheng Xiaoer lived in the same room with the boy and two other children. They share a bed, men and women live separately, and the girls live on the other side.

No one thought that girls could also read and write, and then come out to do things.

But no one has any doubts, because Nan Bodhisattva said that in his eyes, all people in the world are the same, regardless of gender. If only boys are allowed to do things and girls are idle, it is too unfair to boys.

Although the common people don't understand what's unfair about this, the boys can support their families if they find a job.

But Nan Bodhisattva said so, and it seems to be very reasonable, so the common people easily accepted it.

Compared with boys, girls can still do some small work in the house. They have learned to sew now. Although the craftsmanship is not comparable to that of adults, they can still be used after sewing. Most of them are sewing small things, such as Socks and the like, even if the sewing is ugly, no one can see it.

"How much money have you saved?" the little girl asked her companion.

The companion sewed a sock and smiled at her.

Her mother told her that no matter how much money she has, whether it is more or less, she must not tell others.

The little girl couldn't figure it out, so she stopped asking. She whispered, "My mother took all my money."

Said it was for her to save, she knew, and went to buy things for the little brother.

I didn't feel like it before, but now I feel a little uncomfortable.

The companion said to her: "Then when you are 14 years old, you can go to the government office to move out the account by yourself, and your mother will not be able to get your money."

The little girl didn't dare, so she could only sigh like an adult.

"I just saw someone about our age outside." The little girl suddenly remembered something and said, "Her head is so big, her stomach is so big, her arms and legs are so thin, it's strange."

All the little girls in the room stopped what they were doing, and one little girl said in a low voice, "I heard from my mother that such a person would die soon if he didn't have enough to eat and drank water every day."

"Really?"

"How common is this, my neighbor starved to death like this."

The girls shivered and went back to work.

The more money they earn, the greater their chances of survival.

Because girls can also work, mother will not drown or throw away her sister now that she has a younger sister.

-

Changshu quickly restored order. The people were not much touched by the change of the family in Changshu. They had no beliefs. Their only belief was to survive. In addition, life is obviously better now. As long as they enter their identities, With your own wooden sign, you can go to the recruitment place to find a job.

If there is no food in the family, there is still some food, which is enough to survive the first difficult days.

The female relatives have also gone to work, and the couple can earn rations. The whole family relies on the couple to earn money and food, not to mention eating meat, but they can eat enough.

Lin Yuan arrived in Changshu one month after the capture of Changshu, and he will not stay in Changshu for long, but will send someone to take charge of Changshu.

Regarding this candidate, Lin Yuan has never made a decision.

There are too few civil servants under him.

Jiang Gui was in Taizhou, Song Shizhao was unwilling to leave his side no matter what, and Luo Guanzhong only wanted to be a military adviser.

Song Lian is still on the way - Lin Yuan doesn't even know if he will be able to see him this year.

Lin Yuan didn't have enough time to investigate other minor officials.

"My lord." Zhu Yuanzhang walked beside Lin Yuan, reporting on the work during this period.

Lin Yuan thought about it while listening, and then asked: "Among the accompanying officials this time, are there any outstanding performers?"

Zhu Yuanzhang reported a name.

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, it turned out to be him.

Wu Changqing is the one who followed to Changshu this time. He was originally a county magistrate in Gaoyou. When he heard that Changshu needed people, he immediately signed up and promoted the people under his command. He knew clearly that no matter how hard he was in Gaoyou To do it, to be a district chief would be the best. Going to Changshu seems to be in danger, but it is his opportunity.

After being left out in the cold for so long, Wu Changqing had already figured out what he had said wrong.

He considered every item, but he didn't consider that Nan Bodhisattva is really a soft-hearted and upright person.

This made Wu Changqing sigh and become more loyal to Lin Yuan at the same time.

After all, Lin Yuan is soft-hearted towards Zhu Yuanzhang and the others now, and one day in the future, he will also be soft-hearted towards him.

It is better to follow a soft-hearted master than a cruel master.

He regained his position, preferring to start as a small official in Changshu.

Lin Yuan said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Look again."

The selected officials must be able to understand his meaning and faithfully implement every order he gives.

He needs to be a smart guy, but must not have ambitions beyond the boundaries.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, he understood Lin Yuan's concerns.

"Two people escaped from the Jiang family, and now they have been arrested. They are all women who are pregnant with Liujia, Jiang Zheng's concubine."

Lin Yuan thought for a while: "Close it first, and take the baby away after the baby is born."

An unborn child is innocent.

"As for the two women, when the time comes, take them to the laundry bureau. If they behave well, they will be able to visit their children every month."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

Lin Yuan stood by the window, he felt his heart getting harder and harder.

In the past, he couldn't say anything like eradicating the Jiang family.

It was windy outside and it wasn't cold, but Lin Yuan tightened his collar.