In fact, we can't call him Zhu Yuanzhang now, because in the era of the Yuan Dynasty, Han people and Southerners were not qualified to give names, and some were just a string of code names piled up with numbers.

For example, his father: Zhu Wusi, Zhu is their family’s surname, and there is no way to change this.

He is the fifth among everyone, so he was named Wu first, and Zhu Wusi's father, Zhu Chongba's grandfather, was born fourth when he gave birth to his father, so he was named Si, so his name came naturally.

It became Zhu May 4th. This was a requirement of the political environment and no one dared to violate it.

In the Yuan Dynasty, there were several other ways of naming names, which were to add the numbers in the parents' names, such as Zhu Wusi for me, Zhang Ersan for my mother, Zhu Qiqi for the son, or the month and day of birth.

I don’t know if you have noticed the three inconspicuous thugs around Zhao Min when watching movies and TV series. I am not talking about the two masters of the Ruyang Palace, Xuan Ming and Ming, but the other three.

They were Ada, Aer, and Asan who fought with Zhang Wuji in the Wudang Sect hall and were subsequently injured and disabled.

Maybe many people think that Ah Da, Ah Er and Ah San are just their code names.

But I think these should be the real names of the three of them.

The names of the three of them should be similar to Zhu Chongba's. They are all named directly according to numbers. Just like those cats and dogs, they have neither identity nor status at all!

The biggest advantage of naming this way is that it is easy to remember and it is even easier and more convenient to name twins or multiples.

Whoever is taken out of my mother's belly first will be called the boss, followed by the second and third children.

It's simple and clear, and doesn't waste time.

It is also very easy to distinguish.

Unlike our current school, if the teacher encounters a twin, he or she must mark it specially. If the teacher encounters a triplet or multiple births, the teacher will directly stop the meal and symbolically skip them during roll call to avoid

Zhang Guan and Li Dai were laughed at.

Why Zhu Yuanzhang was named after his family name is no longer known, and it is no longer important, because the name is just a code name, and in the eyes of the Yuan Dynasty people, except for pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, the Han people were redundant. They even wanted to convert the Central Plains into

The vast land was converted into grassland for them to graze cattle and sheep.

They don't care what your name is.

【cruel rule】

They might be able to survive just by herding cattle for the landlords, but a heavier burden on them is the taxes from the ruling class.

During the reign of the Yuan Dynasty, except for members of the nobility, that is, the highest-ranking Mongols, all lower-class people were required to pay taxes. Those who farmed the land had an annual land tax, those who herded cattle had an annual cattle tax, and those who worked

There are taxes every year, even if you are idle at home, you still have to pay taxes. In short, as long as people can think of taxes, they must also pay taxes on things that people can't think of.

So I say that anyone who survived in that era was a miracle.

In fact, this also illustrates a truth from another aspect. Under this kind of violent rule that did not even have the right to obtain a name, had no food and clothing, no warmth, and had to pay taxes constantly, the demise of the Yuan Dynasty was inevitable.

Because when there are classes, there will be contradictions, and when there are contradictions, there will inevitably be struggles. Small fights are inevitable, and when there are groups, big troubles will inevitably occur. This is the root of the disaster that Genghis Khan planted for himself, and it is also what he left to his future generations.

A human being will surely ignite his ***.

Even if there was no Zhu Chongba in that era, there would still be figures such as Bastard Wangba and Zhao Si.

Overthrowing its rule is also an inevitable process.

In these difficult but barely happy days, Zhu Chongba barely lived to the age of seventeen. This age is unimaginable to people today. I really can't imagine how their family of eight lived.

Living in those crowded and poor days.

But this is a fact, and perhaps people who have not truly experienced that kind of life have no right to speak.

It was in this difficult life that the state machine, which had been tired for a long time, finally received the last weight that pressed against it. This weight has a resounding name.

One eye of the stone man stirred up rebellion across the Yellow River!

The thing is probably like this, because many places in the south are dry and rainless. Now, because of the balance of yin and yang, a drought in one place will inevitably lead to floods in another place. That is to say, at that time, the south was excessively drought while the north was full of floods.

.Shandong, adjacent to the Yellow River, has become the hardest hit area.

First, the Yellow River embankment burst and the victims were displaced.

If this situation were to happen now, we would definitely provide disaster relief immediately without any discussion.

But under the circumstances at that time, two different opinions emerged among the top leaders of the Yuan Dynasty. One side advocated repairing the Yellow River, while the other side believed that it could not be repaired. Maybe in their view, repairing the river would cost money, and they would enjoy happiness every day.

The gold will inevitably decrease, or they don't care about the other party's life or death at all. Instead of spending money to save people, it is better to let them fend for themselves. Anyway, China lacks everything, but it never lacks population.

In the end, the result of the confrontation between the two sides was to build the river (at this point, there is still some humanity, and it is a little different from those animals). Since it is easier to build the river, pay for it!

Where does this money come from?

I asked the emperor for it first. Emperor Yuan Shun said don't ask me for it. I don't have any. My pocket is cleaner than my face.

I asked the ministers for it, and the ministers all stared at me and said, "Don't ask me for it. If you ask for money, I won't give it to you. I want to ask whoever you want, but don't ask me for it anyway."

Who else can I ask for at this time? Well, let’s ask for it from below. Anyway, if one of them is offered by these unscrupulous people, it will be rewarded, and if they are offered two, it will be rewarded.

One or two more shouldn't be a big problem.

In this way, the money for regulating the Yellow River was once again spent on the poor people.

Even so, he was able to scrape together the money for management.

It has to be said that at that time, it was indeed a political power that broke out from the iron heel.

If you have enough money, where can you find people to repair it?

This is easier to do. There are many people on the Yanbian side of the Yellow River. Gather them and let them repair it. Anyway, you don’t need to worry about eating and drinking, you don’t need to worry about sleeping with them, and you don’t need to pay them wages. However, the task must be completed.

, this is a death order given to them by the higher-ups, and they also give death orders to the people below.

If they fail to complete the task, they will all die.

It was under this circumstance that the project to repair the Yellow River started.

Who is the most popular person for this kind of welfare project? Anyway, it will not impoverish the common people.

The first person to be welcomed was the Zhongshu Province, because the money for repairs had to be collected from them before being allocated, so half of it could be stripped from it. The original reserve fund was 10 million taels. Once it passed from their hands, only

There are five million vehicles left.

Then there are the local states and counties. After all, money is placed in front of them. Building rivers and dams are all things that cannot be seen with money. If the top does not check, the bottom dare not check. They can peel off one layer at a time.

Just like this, layer by layer, there is very little money to actually repair the Yellow River.

Even so, Emperor Yuan Shun was still very pleased, because in his opinion, he was doing something in line with God's will, benefiting all people, and making great political achievements, which should be recorded in the annals of history.

At this time, we should hold a singing party to celebrate.

【Separation of flesh and blood】

It was in this environment of floods in the north and drought in the south that the real disaster befell Zhu Chongba, because in the year of severe drought, his father Zhu Wusi first died of starvation on the sixth day of April.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, his eldest brother starved to death.

Twelve, his eldest brother's eldest son died of starvation.

On the 22nd, mother Chen died of starvation.

In the face of such disaster, Zhu Chongba felt miserable pain.

It was at this moment that the seeds of revenge began to sprout in his young heart!

We all know that there will be a great epidemic after a major disaster, and the Zhu family was not immune. The whole family suffered from fever, weakness, vomiting and diarrhea one after another. They were fine at first, but within a few days they were fine.

Out of breath.

In an era when animals were more valuable than people, it was common for people to die.

I guess in the eyes of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, they wished that all the people would starve to death, so that they could free up a large area and avoid occupying latrines.

At that time, they can turn the land into a farm and let them graze cattle and sheep. When they are in a good mood, they can ride horses, shoot arrows, and kill chickens and sheep in front of their homes.

That is to say, under this kind of haze, people didn't take it seriously at first, because in these days of no harvest, it was common for individuals to starve to death. But within a few days, it spread to ten, and from ten to hundreds, in many places

The same thing happened, and only then did people know that a plague had occurred.

In these days of paralysis, the villagers with relatives outside have also fled, leaving only a few people who are lingering, waiting for the judgment of fate.

At this time, the first problem Zhu Yuanzhang had to face was to bury his parents.

The dead are great, and they can rest peacefully in their graves.

It seems normal now, but it was a huge problem for Zhu Yuanzhang at the time.

Because the first thing he had to face was the problem of landless burial. As a farmer, he should have several acres of thin farmland. However, according to the political system at that time, tenants could only rent the land and had no rights to own it at all.

To put it bluntly, it was to work for the landlord, lease the land from the landlord, and pay the rent on time every year. In the first two years, you would start on wasteland and pay less rent when the harvest was small. Once the fields were fattened, you would immediately increase the rent. This kind of thing was too common at the time.

Anyway, it's up to you whether to rent or not. Land is capital if you have it. If you don't have land, you deserve to be exploited and you deserve to be unlucky.

This is the environment of the times.

At this time, the first thing Zhu Yuanzhang thought of was the landlord Liu De, because his father had farmed the land for him all his life, so he should be given a piece of land for burial when he died.

Myna's idea is good, but the reality is cruel.

When he expressed his thoughts, what greeted him was not good news, but a stick with a thick arm, and he was so fierce that he knocked out the cowherd boy.

Although there is no record in the history books whether Bago used the scenery to express his feelings at that time, I think he must have cried at that time.

Although I was poor before, I could barely afford to have enough food and clothing, and I never experienced the pain of separation and death.
To be continued...