Baoji County, Monk Yuan.
There were no monks in the original monk, and it was not a plain, but a loess platform. It is a large piece of flat land on the hillside. Since there is no reliable water source and the land is not fertile, we can only grow some drought-tolerant crops such as millet and sweet potatoes. It is a barren land. If Sima Yu and Dashun warriors like them had come to Monk Yuan 17 or 18 years earlier, there would be no need to dress up as Ming soldiers and just show the sign of King Chuang, so as to ensure that they can hear the singing of welcoming King Chuang.
At that time, the people in Monk Yuan were really poor! Not only are people poor, but they are also overpopulated! Nearly two thousand people with the three surnames of Zhu, Wang, and Li are crowded on the small Monk Plain. Most of them do not have land of their own, and they have to pay a gentry grain to the lord of the three surnames. After receiving the grain, they had to pay another official grain to the official in Baoji County. In addition to gentry grain and official grain, most of the farmers in Monk Yuan were carrying usury money and could not repay it in their lifetime. The interest alone could kill people.
The high rents and high interest rates, coupled with the extortion by officials and various additional levies and levies, forced the farmers in Monk Plains to have no way of living. So everyone was looking forward to becoming the king, and wanted to become the king... Later, the king really came, and he was free from food and taxes, and he didn't pay rent or interest, so everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But just one breath.
Because the monks were originally poor and the population was large, a few acres of thin farmland would not be enough to feed them. Fortunately, there are still mountains in the Qinling Mountains where people can live, buy some wild game, and go into the mountains to cut trees under the organization of the three surnamed masters. I can always get something to sell to merchants in Baoji County in exchange for food, so that everyone can 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 products 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. Lamb soup and meat buns are enough to satisfy you. There is no need for furs, medicinal materials or fine wood from the mountains.
Some time later, because Li Zicheng suffered defeats in Shanhaiguan and Shanxi, the three-year tax exemption became a thing of the past 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 it 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, various forces came to the stage like a revolving door. Anyone who comes will have to conscript soldiers and food, and after the conscription is over, they will still kill people and set fire to them! Especially the Daxi old man Long Live Zhang Xianzhong, he kills people like a demon king. Sometimes there is no reason and he just kills people if he wants to.
Wu Sangui is also useless. His Liao soldiers and Gan soldiers were not very good at fighting. They were beaten to heavy casualties by Zhang Xianzhong's four godsons, but they were not merciless in grabbing things!
What's even more hateful is that he also distributed the land and population below to his Qianhu Offices, 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 fight in the Western Regions for reclamation! It’s not okay if I don’t go. If I don’t go, I’ll be beheaded... Is this even justified?
In the end, the people of Shaanxi all missed the Ming Dynasty court... 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 this group of 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 400 or 500 people left...
I don’t know if God opened his eyes. Just when Shaanxi was “almost deserted”, the Ming Dynasty really came back! He also sent Zhang Juzheng's great-grandson Kenan Jiang Jiangling Bo Zhang Tongchang to be the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of Xi'an.
That's Zhang Qingtian!
He is truly a good official who does not commit corruption or take bribes, and only makes decisions for the people.
In addition to the blue sky, Ming Dynasty also produced a wise king! The reign name Hongxing... is 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 regulated the officials, 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 album can be regarded as private fields, but they can only be owned by the cultivators. If a new field contract is issued, it 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 exemption period expires, the tenants will be able to share the land, and the officials and gentry will pay for it together!
Look, this 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 live a good life!
First of all, there is enough food!
The monk was originally poor, but it was not a problem to feed four to five hundred people!
Secondly, someone bought the mountain goods again.
This time the imperial court was more mercantile, and mountain goods from 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 Kingdom 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. The tax-packaged salt factory, similar to the Huaiyan Four Salt Factory, needed to pay a tax farm to the court every year. According to the "Chongzhen Salt Law" established by the Ming Dynasty, there are usually only two to four tax-paying salt collectors in a province. And they are not allowed to sell salt outside 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 leaving the province (it is not leaving the province), but going abroad!
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty and Dashun did not have diplomatic relations, let alone a "trade agreement". Therefore, selling salt to Dashun does not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty...
However, the government in Dashun Dynasty did not like this group of bad guys selling smuggled salt, and Liuba government 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 monk's original village head. Because the monk was close to the Qinling Mountains and easily 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 under the banner of "Chuang", with the fortress in the village and hundreds of men equipped with matchlocks, flintlock pistols and bows and arrows, it would be no problem to defend it for ten days and a half - Qinling People can walk away from mountains, but they can never walk away from guns.
Therefore, after the war between the Mingshun and Shun 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 package of tickets was obviously too early... He never expected in his wildest dreams that the bandits would pretend to be officers and soldiers, and they looked so similar that they immediately coaxed the gate of the monk's original fortress open.
Wang Dahu was caught off guard. Not only did he fail to defend the fortress, but the 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. .
Wang Dahu, who was tied up and gagged, was led to the open space outside the monk's original fortress. The villagers of Monk Yuan were standing on both sides of the road leading to the Qinling Mountains, and sang songs to welcome King Chuang in sad voices.
"The morning seeks promotion, the evening seeks harmony. It is difficult for poor people to survive these days. Open the door early to worship King Chuang, and the discipline will be happy..."
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