Baoji County, Heshangyuan.

There were no monks in the original monk, and it was not a plain, but a loess platform. It was a large piece of flat land on the hillside. Because there was no reliable water source and the land was not fertile, we could only grow drought-tolerant and barren-tolerant crops such as millet and sweet potatoes. , it is a barren land. If Sima Yu and Dashun warriors had come to the monks seventeen or eight years earlier, there would be no need to dress up as Ming soldiers and directly show the sign of King Chuang, so that they could hear a song to welcome King Chuang. Voice.

At that time, the people in Monk Yuan were really poor! Not only were they poor, but they were also crowded! Nearly two thousand people with the three surnames Zhu, Wang, and Li were crowded into the small Monk Yuan, and most of the people had no money. For the land that belongs to you, you have to pay a gentry grain to one of the three surnames. After paying the gentry grain, you have to pay another official grain to the official in Baoji County. In addition to the gentry grain and the official grain, the monk originally Most of the farmers in the country are carrying usury money and they will never be able to repay it in their lifetime. The interest alone can kill them.

The high rents and high profits, coupled with the extortion by officials and various additional levies, have forced the farmers in Monk Plains to have no way of living. So everyone hopes to become a king, wants to become a king... .. Later, King Chuang really came and offered free food and taxes, as well as no rent or interest, which made everyone heave a sigh of relief.

But just one breath.

Because the monks are thalassemia and the population is large, a few acres of thin fields are not enough to eat. Fortunately, there are still mountains in the Qinling Mountains where people can live, get some wild game, and go into the mountains to cut wood under the organization of the three surnamed masters. You can always get some. The things were sold to merchants in Baoji County in exchange for food, so that everyone could live on.

Although it is bitter, although there is no hope, although some people sometimes starve to death, most people can always survive.

But such tormenting days are gone forever with the arrival of King Chuang Li Zicheng.

Since the king of Chuang entered the pass, no one wanted the mountain goods and timber in the Qinling Mountains... All the great lords in Xi'an were arrested and paid, and the new lords who came to power did not have high requirements for a luxurious life. You will be satisfied with the mutton soup and the meat buns. You don’t need the furs, medicinal materials and fine wood from the mountains.

Some time later, because Li Zicheng suffered defeats in Shanhaiguan and Shanxi, the three-year tax exemption was in trouble again. Baoji County sent officials to collect grain and soldiers from Monk Yuan again! And they came fully armed... ...In the past, Emperor Chongzhen sent people to ask for money and food, but everyone still refused to give them. Now that Li Zicheng's people are here, who of you won't give them a try!

No matter how slow you give it... you will be beheaded!

Later, the endless tug-of-war started in Guanzhong!

Dashun, Daqing, Daxi, and Wu Sangui, all kinds of forces came to the stage like a revolving door. Everyone had to conscript soldiers and food, and after the conscription was over, they still killed people and set fire! Especially the old Daxi old man Zhang Xianzhong, who killed people just like this Just like the devil, sometimes there is no reason, just kill if you want.

Wu Sangui was also useless. His Liao soldiers and Gan soldiers were not very good at fighting, and were beaten to heavy casualties by Zhang Xianzhong's four godsons, but he was not merciless in grabbing things!

What's even more hateful is that he also distributed the land and population below to his Qianhu Office, allowing those Thousand Household Offices to break the bones and suck out the marrow!

And the most hateful thing is that the Thousand Household Offices under Wu Sangui still want to arrest people to go to the Western Regions to fight and reclaim land! It’s not okay if they don’t go, they will be beheaded if they don’t go... Is this even justified?

In the end, the people of Shaanxi all missed the Ming Dynasty...it turned out that the court was still good!

The imperial court was quite reasonable. Even the corrupt officials under the imperial court were better than Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Wu Sangui and others, and probably better than Donglu. The Qing Dynasty did not really occupy the entire Guanzhong, but they fought with Li Zicheng for a while in Guanzhong.

In a tug-of-war, the same is true of robbing people without mercy and killing people without blinking an eye!

Under the repeated torture of these murderous demon kings, the population of Shaanxi plummeted - dead, or ran away, in short, no longer in Shaanxi! Monk Yuan, who originally had a population of 2,000, later only had four people left.

Five hundred people...

I don’t know if God opened his eyes. Just when Shaanxi was “almost deserted”, the Ming Dynasty really came back! It also sent Zhang Juzheng’s great-grandson Kenan Jiang Jiangling Bo Zhang Tongchang to become the governor and magistrate of Shaanxi.

Xi'an Prefecture.

That’s Zhang Qingtian!

He is truly a good official who does not commit corruption or take bribes, and who only serves the people.

In addition to the blue sky, the Ming Dynasty also had a wise king! The reign name was Hongxing...it's very intimidating when you hear it!

It was these Emperor Hongxing who sent Zhang Daqingtian to Shaanxi. First, they were exempted from taxes for three years, then they strictly enforced officialdom, and then they inspected the land. All land marked as official land and military land in the fish scale album would be returned to the public and rented.

Farmers who grow the crops do not have to pay taxes and are rent-free for three years!

Any fields that are not on the Fish Scale Atlas can be counted as private fields, but they can only be owned by the cultivators. A new field contract will be issued, and the land will be tax-free for three years.

For any land marked as private land on the fish scale atlas, the landowner must produce at least one copy of the land deed and a tax payment certificate from Chongzhen 16 years ago, otherwise it will belong to the cultivator, and of course it will be tax-free for three years!

In addition, after the three-year tax-free period expires, the tenants will be allocated acres, and the officials and gentry will pay for the food together!

Look, this is Jun Duoming!

If there had been such a king long ago, why would the Ming Dynasty be like this!

Under the leadership of Mingjun Qingtian, the people of Heshangyuan in Baoji County finally lived a good life!

First of all, there is enough food!

The monks were originally poor, but feeding four to five hundred people was not a problem!

Secondly, someone bought the local goods again.

This time the imperial court was more mercantile, and mountain goods from the Qinling Mountains were easier to export to Huguang.

Finally, the people of Monk Yuan, led by the local Wang Dabeard, started the business of smuggling salt to Dashun State opposite the Qinling Mountains!

Of course, Wang Dabeard is not considered a private salt dealer in the Ming Dynasty, because he purchases the goods through Shuofang Town Salt Industry - Shuofang Salt Industry controls the Huamachi Salt Mine and also owns the Shaanxi Salt Industry Monopoly.

Similar to the four salt bureaus of Huaiyan, the general tax-farmed salt lords need to pay a tax to the court every year. According to the "Chongzhen Salt Law" established by the Ming Dynasty, there are usually only two to four tax-farmed salt lords in a province. And

They are not allowed to sell salt out of the province unless they also have a general salt license in other provinces. But selling salt to the south of the Qinling Mountains is not going out of the province (not out of the province), but out of the country!

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty and Dashun did not have diplomatic relations, let alone a "trade agreement". Therefore, selling salt to Dashun did not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty...

However, the officials in the Dashun Dynasty did not like this group of bad guys selling smuggled salt, and Liuba soldiers often fought with them.

In order to fight with Liuba Prefecture, Wang Dahu raised hundreds of desperate men under his command. He also spent a lot of money to buy flintlock pistols from Hankou and donated a village head of Monk Yuan. Because Monk Yuan was

Being close to the Qinling Mountains, it was easy to be attacked by the Dashun Army coming down from the mountains. He also spent his own money to build a fortress for the village. If the Dashun Army came down under the banner of "Chuang", relying on the village's fortress and hundreds of

Ten men armed with matchlocks, flintlock pistols, and bows and arrows can easily defend for ten days and a half - Qinling Mountains can be riddled with men, but absolutely cannot be riddled with cannons.

Therefore, after the war between the Mingshun and Mingshun families, Wang Dahu was still very confident. He even patted his chest at the Baoji County Yamen and made a guarantee that he would never let the bandits steal the monk.

But this ticket was obviously issued too early... He never expected in his wildest dreams that the bandits would pretend to be officers and soldiers, and they would look so similar that they immediately coaxed the gate of the monk's original fortress open.

Wang Dahu was caught off guard. Not only was he unable to defend the fortress, but his entire family was detained, with only one son running away.

Of course, a person like him would not end well if he fell into the hands of the Dashun Army. He was imprisoned for two or three days. Today, a big bandit leader came from Hanzhong and wanted to behead him in sacrifice to the flag to strengthen the army's power.

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Wang Dahu, who had been tied up and gagged, had been led to the open space outside the fortress of Monk Yuan. The villagers of Monk Yuan were standing on both sides of the road leading to the Qinling Mountains, singing "Ying Chuang" in sad voices.

The Ballad of the King.

"The morning seeks promotion and the evening seeks harmony. It is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the door early to pay homage to King Chuang, and all the disciplines will be happy..."

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