Zhu Biao sat upright in the car and looked sideways through the gap in the side curtains to see the people kneeling outside. Some young children were very curious and looked up furtively. Everything they saw looked like they had earned money.
The common people were similar. They knelt tightly when someone scolded them, and even glanced at them furtively when no one cared about them. They all knew that this was Emperor Zhu's guard of honor when traveling. Zhu Biao suddenly smiled and said: "Father, please tell me the following. Among the common people, are there any who have the ambitions of Han Gaozu and Chu Bawang?"
Zhu Yuanzhang also said happily: "The one who doesn't want to be the emperor in this world is just a dream or a real rebellion. We don't believe that Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were greedy for Qin Shihuang back then, but in the end they were the only ones who became popular. That’s all.”
The two talked and laughed for a while. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly took out a memorial from his sleeve and threw it to his son: "Biao'er, it's harder to conquer the world than to defend it. Look, there are many ambitious people in this world. This morning we have another We received an urgent report from the north that rebellions broke out in Ningxia, Yan'an and Pingliang Prefectures at the same time. There were more than ten thousand rebels, and we see that Maitreya and Manichaeism are among them."
Zhu Biao shook his head and said: "It's really stupid. How could a mere mob of tens of thousands of people shake the foundation of our Ming Dynasty? In the end, the people who were forced to get involved were the people who were harmed."
Zhu Yuanzhang listened to the solemn and majestic drumming outside and said: "They are also anxious. The right time, place and people are not in their hands. As the Ming Dynasty restores people's livelihood and people live in peace, they will be able to inspire less and less people. In the end, it will be difficult to Escape from destruction, so I want to take advantage of the fact that when I first returned to the north, the people did not have a deep attachment to the Ming Dynasty, and they continued to stir up rebellions. The harder the court killed them, the happier they were."
Zhu Biao understood as soon as he heard that the sixteen states of Yanyun had been lost for hundreds of years. In fact, the people in the north no longer had a strong attachment to the Central Plains imperial court. Hundreds of years were how many generations, and it was only a short time before the Ming Dynasty regained Yanyun. In just a few years.
Zhu Biao opened the military emergency report, and after reading it about once, he determined that this was indeed a premeditated rebellion. It was mainly based on the families of the local famous gentry. On the same night, they suddenly gathered a crowd to attack the weakly defended county town, killing After defeating the county magistrate, he forcibly conscripted troops to seize food.
Then they concentrated their forces to attack the prefectural city of Yan'an. Unfortunately, with their small force, attacking the county town was still a big deal. Attacking the prefectural city with high walls of defenders was just a joke. They were immediately repulsed. After losing their troops, they divided into two groups and fled.
Zhu Biao frowned and said softly: "One is fleeing north to the Hetao area, and the other is flowing south into Shaanxi. These two places are currently weak areas under the control of our Ming Dynasty. These remnants of the evil cult will be punished!"
The Hetao area is vast and sparsely populated. Although there are many newly established guard posts, they are all close to the border and are always on guard against Mongolia in the north. Now the Oara area is about to make a move and cannot give him this opportunity.
Shaanxi is experiencing a drought, and there have been many small-scale rebellions. In order to appease other affected people, the court has been sending fewer troops and more food. Those people may want to use the disaster to incite larger-scale rebellions.
However, it is not just a few thousand people who can make waves. Chang Yuchun on the Hetao side will naturally send cavalry to chase after receiving the news. Moreover, Li Wenzhong is almost here, and anyone who gets the news can easily destroy them.
And there is nothing to worry about when going to Shaanxi. Although there is no army in Shaanxi, the imperial court has already deployed 20,000 elite troops in Xi'an to guard against possible rebellions in the Shaanxi-Gansu region. After all, whenever there is a natural disaster, there will be civilians. The imperial court has long been accustomed to rebelling in order to survive.
After all, the rebels are just the remnants of the cult and the local gentry. The rabble is inevitably limited by their horizons. Their methods are still the same old tricks from decades ago. They flee wherever there is a disaster, hoping that the snowball will get bigger and bigger, but they I forgot that the one facing us now is the prosperous Ming Dynasty, not the decadent Yuan Dynasty.
It just hurts the people along the way. The people who rebelled must have lived a bad life originally, but they will not have the slightest mercy for the poor people of the same status. The weak always swing their swords at the weaker.
"My father has given an order. It would be better to eradicate them as early as possible. The drought there is already more serious. This is a constant natural and man-made disaster."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "You also said that they are just a group of mobs. I'm afraid they have been wiped out by the local government. The Ming Dynasty is generally prosperous now, and the people are determined that there is no way to survive even if we lead the rebellion again. Let alone them."
"Now we are thinking about how to appease the people in the north. There are fewer and fewer rebellions in the south. Even if there are one or two groups, the local government can wipe them out by itself. It cannot afford to recruit a team of more than a thousand people, but the north is still there. There can be a rebellion of more than 10,000 people."
Zhu Biao nodded. With the economic and political center moving south, and the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and other places being separated for hundreds of years, the north is indeed a bit separated now, and has a weak sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty. However, this situation can only be solved through Time eases.
After leaving the city, Zhu Yuanzhang still wrote several decrees and sent them to various places, asking them to destroy the rebels. However, the news Zhu Yuanzhang received was already from five or six days ago, and it would take another five or six days for the decree to be conveyed to all parties... …
The emperor's ceremony was indeed slow, but it must be said that it was extremely comfortable. Zhu Biao had been traveling around a lot in the past few years. Whether he was riding a horse or riding a carriage, he was very tired, both physically and mentally. And now I don't know if it is a psychological effect. I feel Extra comfortable.
As soon as they were not far away, the sun was shining brightly, Lao Zhu ordered a rest, and moved forward in the morning and evening. At noon, he found a shady place to rest, so as to avoid sunburn. After all, the father and son were fine, and the honor guard carrying the honor guard and the armor-clad Even the guards and pro-army troops couldn't bear it.
Such a huge honor guard had everything, and when it was properly arranged, it was no different from the palace. It even brought several trucks of ice cubes, just like an outing out of the city. Today, I realized how precious the emperor is.
After resting, the father and son discussed the issues in the north for a while. Although the imperial court began to implement changes in customs after regaining Yanyun, it seems that the effect is still not too obvious. The living habits of the north and the south are still quite different.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Han culture was influenced and impacted to a certain extent by Mongolia and other ethnic groups. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang convened well-educated people to formulate the "Daming Collection of Rites" in an effort to restore the Han etiquette culture and adopt a series of de-foreignization measures. measure.
Its measures include the system of crown uniforms, the elimination of Hu kneeling in etiquette, the restoration of traditional Han etiquette such as head-dressing, and the prohibition of the surname Hu in terms of names. Even the Han people's compound surnames have suffered a disaster.
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