This Ye Zongcheng was originally a scholar in Xucuo Village.
Because he knew a few words, he also served as a teacher in the village, and occasionally wrote letters or complaints for the people in the village.
This person has always been eloquent and has a good reputation in the village.
But this guy is unlucky.
After he passed the examination as a scholar, he took the exams eight times in a row and failed in all the exams.
Although the villagers respect him on the surface, they are full of ridicule and sympathy behind his back.
Ye Zongcheng was already arrogant, and when he was praised by everyone on weekdays, his arrogance became even higher. The successive failures dealt a huge blow to him, and in the end he became ill.
After a high fever, Ye Zongcheng said that he had seen the Supreme God.
The Supreme God told him that he was the incarnation of the Supreme God in the human world and had descended to earth through calamities.
In order to share the suffering of the people, he suffered hardships everywhere.
But that's all, and it's still not enough to share the suffering of the common people.
So the Supreme God, under the instruction of God, allowed him to awaken, recall his true identity, and lead the people out of the sea of suffering. Therefore, he founded the divine religion, established its doctrines, and within two years, he carried forward his divine religion and grew it to its current scale.
Until Chang Yuchun led his troops to suppress them.
But even if Chang Yuchun doesn't bring troops, they still intend to develop towards the Central Plains.
Fujian is close to the sea and is rich in real estate.
But there was not enough food.
Speaking of food, Sun Zhengde sighed.
"Today's Fujian has more people and less land. I don't know how many people are suffering from hunger. There is no other way for these people to go to other places to beg for a meal." But how can it be easy to make a living away from home?
It's a blessing not to starve to death on the road.
If it weren't for Ye Zongcheng, I don't know how many people would have died in Fujian.
Chu Ze glanced at Sun Zhengde again and unceremoniously exposed his mask: "According to what you said, Ye Zongcheng is still the savior of the world. Since he is the savior of the world, he must be benevolent, so why let others Looting everywhere?"
"That's not robbery, that's integrating resources!" Sun Zhengde argued forcefully.
Chu Ze looked at him mockingly and asked, "Do you believe it yourself?"
"Of course... I don't believe it."
Seeing Sun Zhengde change his words, Chu Ze silently lowered his raised hand.
Chu Ze put the cup back on the table and said: "A true god should have mercy on the world, not rob other people's things for his own selfishness, let alone waste human lives. Sun Zhengde, you are still a scholar yourself, The book was read into the dog’s belly.”
Sun Zhengde dared not speak out when he was angry.
Cursing secretly in his heart, Chu Ze is a bastard!
If you can't say it, use force to coerce people.
Chu Ze seemed to have read his thoughts and sneered: "Force is also a kind of strength. If you had the strength to resist us, would you still be detained here and suffer this cowardice?"
"……"It really is.
Sun Zhengde became even more angry.
The carriage fell silent for a moment, and the only sound in the air was the sound of Chu Ze making tea.
Just now, when Sun Zhengde talked about Ye Zong's family history, Chu Ze thought of a person.
——The King of Chuang Li Xiucheng.
How similar are the methods used by these two people?
But what do people do in the early stage of becoming a king?
It is to win people's hearts.
But this man named Ye Zongcheng directly searched for people's wealth and wealth, but these people were completely brainwashed.
The man in front of me is a living example.
It seems that to deal with this person, we must not only eradicate Ye Zongcheng, but also start from the fundamentals.
From what Sun Zhengde said just now, it is not difficult to find that the reason why Ye Zongcheng is so popular is nothing more than the people's livelihood in Fujian.
People in Fujian live a difficult life, which shows that local parents and officials are incompetent.
They will arrive in Fujian tomorrow, and they will take advantage of this opportunity to take a good look at the situation in Fujian.
Chu Ze already knew from Sun Zhengde that the people in Fujian were living a difficult life.
But he didn't expect that the situation would be worse than he expected.
The whole of Fujian was in chaos.
Along the way, they found that the army here often harassed the people. The generals were not like generals, the soldiers were not like soldiers, and the idle men acted like local hooligans.
Not only did they eat and drink for free, but there were even cases of women being raped.
As a result, the people in Fujian were full of resentment towards the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, there are also many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in Fujian.
When Chu Ze and the others entered the city, they actually paid nearly five taels of silver to enter the city.
And the reason is just because they are in business and have money.
This is not counting the tea money given to those soldiers.
Zhu Ping was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.
Chu Ze stopped the people: "Counting all of our team, how many can you defeat?"
"That's better than nothing." Zhu Ming said angrily.
Chu Ze said: "We don't have an advantage now, and our identity may be exposed. We want to see the real people's livelihood in Fujian. If they know our identity, what else do you want to see? These useless officials manage The local people's livelihood is not good, but we must be very skilled at covering our eyes. Just be patient for now, and when we figure out the situation here, I will take revenge on you."
"Ah!"
Zhu Xiang was so angry that his teeth started to itch, and then he followed Chu Ze obediently.
After they entered Fujian, they had been inquiring about the situation in Fujian until they arrived in Quekou County and before joining Chang Yuchun.
Sun Zhengde was being held captive and could not escape, so he could only follow Chu Ze and the others.
Seeing the two men inquiring about the political situation in Fujian, Sun Zhengde let out a cold snort from his nostrils.
He didn't believe that this prince, who had never touched the poor people, and an official who only knew how to make some inventions, could still manage the chaos in Fujian.
In the eyes of Sun Zhengde, the behavior of Chu Ze and others was nothing more than posturing.
Just show it to him.
But in fact, Chu Ze really saw some problems.
He stood on the roadside, looking at the large fields in front of him and the dense crops in the fields, and said: "The situation in Fujian is not optimistic."
Chu Ze took Zhu Ping to the fields.
As he walked, he said: "Fujian has fertile farmland and people are cultivating it. However, there are too many people and too little land. Even if all these fields are planted, it will still not be enough for the people to make a living. Look, Zhu Xi..." Chu Ze pointed to the left side beside him. The acre of farmland on the side was so dry that it was about to crack. "We remember that it was recorded in later generations that in the early days of Hongwu, our emperor did not pay much attention to these things, which resulted in very chaotic politics here. The Ming army almost became rampant bandits, and the water conservancy The disrepair has led to serious floods and droughts in Fujian. Coupled with official corruption and pirates, the situation of people being displaced is even more serious."
Even if there is no Ye Zongcheng now, Li Zongcheng, Yang Zongcheng, etc. will appear in the future.
In short, if you want to completely solve the troubles in Fujian, you must start from the people's livelihood, and you can completely eradicate Ye Zongcheng's first class.
Otherwise everything is just treating the symptoms and not the root cause.
(End of chapter)
