Chapter 61:

An hour before the city wall of Changshu was breached, Jiang Zheng asked someone to tie An Si, and took his own money and his family to run away. It was too late to ask the court for help. He had to survive, but he didn't feel that he had been taken by Gao You What good results will happen after a person catches it? The family spent an hour discussing, one hour to clean up, and the last hour to run away. Even the last force of Changshu was summoned by Jiang Zheng to protect him from leaving. Changshu fled to Huzhou.
With so many people, even if Jiang Zheng escaped, he escaped attention.
Chen Baisong and Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already rushed into the city, looked at each other.
"drive!"
The two rode horses almost at the same time, and the cavalry behind them rushed over.
Whoever wins Jiang Zheng will be given greater credit.
They don't need to think at all, the body is already one step ahead.
"Go!" Jiang was sitting in the carriage. He almost shouted hoarsely at the groom driving in front of him. His parents were also in the carriage, and the two old men looked extremely calm.
Father Jiang said: "Tell them to stop."
Jiang Zheng looked back at his father in disbelief. His father was the previous colleague and now the head of the Jiang family. He has twelve sons, but finally chose Jiang Zheng, the son of Ji concubine. In his own position, he thought that this son was ambitious and courageous, but he never expected that such a son would be enough to do the same knowledge, but he could not make a higher position.
Ambitious is not a mistake.
The mistake is that his intelligence is not enough to match his ambition.
Father Jiang sighed: "We can't run away, let's surrender. Now we offer the city, maybe we can still keep Jiang's family."
Jiang Zheng: "Father! They will kill me! They will definitely kill me!"
Father Jiang looked at his son, who looked very similar to himself, and finally said: "Even if you and I are dead, as long as you can keep a trace of Jiang's blood, it is worth it."
"Compared with the family, our survival is not important." Father Jiang shouted to the driver, "Stop."
The driver was also flustered and scared, but he could only park the car-he would not resist the owner's request.
Jiang Zheng rushed to save Jiang's father's leg: "Father! I don't want to die!"
He was slobbering, his nose was muddy and his face was muddy, he had never been so embarrassed.
At this time, Mother Jiang took Father Jiang's hand and smiled at him: "It's rare to come out with you."
Father Jiang glanced at his old wife. Since the age of 30, he has respected his old wife as a guest and loved young beauties more, but now she is the only one who is by his side when he is alive and dead. Father Jiang sighed. : "Yes, for many years."
Father Jiang took Mother Jiang by the hand and got out of the carriage together.
Jiang was crying bitterly in the carriage.
His whole body was shaking.
He can hear the hoof of the enemy.
Jiang Zheng got up with difficulty, got out of the car with trembling legs, and stood beside his parents. He is the son of the Jiang family. He shed the blood of the Jiang family. For the sake of his family, he should not be stingy with his life.
"Father." Jiang Zheng grabbed his father's arm.
Father Jiang: "My son, time is also fate, I can't force it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Baisong had already led people to rush over, and the two sides confronted each other, but they had not yet started fighting.
Chen Baisong first shouted: "Where is Jiang Tongzhi?!"
Father Jiang patted Jiang Zheng's arm. Jiang Zheng took a deep breath. He raised his head and looked at the man on the horse. With the greatest courage in his life, he said, "I am the Changshu co-knowledge Jiang Zheng!"
Zhu Yuanzhang next to him raised his crossbow and shot it through Jiang Zheng's chest.
Seeing the arrow flying over, Jiang Zheng couldn't move at all. He wanted to escape, but his feet were rooted on the ground, his eyes widened, his breathing was rapid, and then—he didn't even feel the pain, and bowed his head. He saw the arrow in his chest and fell backward.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said to the soldiers protecting the Jiang family: "Disarm and kneel and don't kill!"
The soldiers looked at each other until one of them knelt down, and then they knelt down like a wave of wheat.
Only Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were still standing.
They didn't even look at the fallen Jiang Zheng.
"I don't know the name of the general." Father Jiang bowed his hand in a salute.
Zhu Yuanzhang held the reins: "Under the seat of a certain Nainan Bodhisattva, Zhu Yuanzhang."
Father Jiang tidied his clothes, and together with his mother Jiang, he slowly bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Baisong, and bowed his head to the ground, saying: "Also ask General Zhu to let the rest of the Jiang family live."
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "If Mr. Jiang offered the city earlier, my lord could still keep him alive. Now that he has released his family, how many people will have to be released in the future?"
Father Jiang did not raise his head, but said with a trembling voice: "Please let the adults let go of the child!"
Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Baisong looked at each other, and Chen Baisong ordered: "Kill your family members, whether they are young or old, on the spot."
From beginning to end, Father Jiang didn't raise his head, he could only cry silently.
One step is wrong, and there is no end to it.
They only saw the imperial court, but did not see Gao You. Their ambition eventually destroyed the Jiang family.
His ears were screams and begging for mercy.
His great-grandchildren are still ignorant of the naive, and they don't know what happened, they just cry.
The ground was stained with blood, and Jiang's mother said to Jiang's father: "My sisters are gone."
Jiang Zheng's wives were killed by Jiang's mother in the old house. Only two pregnant women were asked to take them away, but they did not escape with them.
Father Jiang understood what she meant, and he suddenly felt full of power!
The Jiang family is not dead! They still have blood!
Mother Jiang smiled and said: "I always scold you for being immortal, and now I look really dying, and I feel a little reluctant."
Father Jiang: "For so many years, I am sorry for you."
Mother Jiang smiled at him: "Between husband and wife, there is nothing worthy of being sorry. Before I got married, my mother said to me: "After you get married, you will depend on your husband for good or fortune. Life and death together is the duty of a wife. "After we went down, I went to see my father-in-law and my mother-in-law.
Two old men in their sixties looked at each other, smiling at the corners of their mouths, and went to death calmly.
Looking at the corpse on the ground, Zhu Yuanzhang said to the soldiers: "These two converge well."
The soldiers promised.
They are about to take over Changshu. The soldiers are all experienced. Some of them appease the people and announce that Changshu is already the place of the South Bodhisattva. The South Bodhisattva will not embarrass the people.
Another group of people rushed into the homes of large families in Changshu. Some of these large families huddled in their homes, and some ran away with some valuables. They ran away to clean up, and those who did not ran were invited out by the soldiers, except for their belongings. Nothing else is allowed, and all their money will be confiscated unless they do meritorious service.
As a result, these big households whose possessions were "confiscated" began to bite each other, indicating that the other party and Jiang Zheng were in a fight with Jiang Zheng.
These people were all sent to the great prison, and when they came out, it would depend on when Lin Yuan arrived in Changshu and freed his hands to control them.
About the reputation of the "South Bodhisattva" is big enough, and the people found that these soldiers did not insult women and children, nor rob them of their belongings, and even opened the Changshu granary in front of them, looking at the grain in the granary, The people finally couldn't help but knelt and began to cry.
Many of them have their relatives and family members starved to death and have not survived the past winter.
But obviously there are so many grains, these grains are grown by them, and they grow grains themselves, but can't eat enough. What is the truth?
Chen Baisong looked at these people with water sacs in his hands and took a sip of water before saying to Zhu Yuanzhang: "It's easier than expected."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at An Old Four who was loosened by the soldiers not far away, and smiled: "The villain can also use the villain."
Chen Baisong glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although the two of them are colleagues, they don't have much daily contact, and Chen Bosong even guards Zhu Yuanzhang intentionally or unintentionally.
Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang also discovered that, instead of taking the initiative to get close to Chen Baisong, the two unexpectedly maintained a balance.
After taking down Changshu, they will not retreat for the time being. At this time, a strong force is needed to suppress the rest of the forces in Changshu, but Li Congrong and Yang Zi'an have to take their soldiers back. After all, Gaoyou cannot do without people.
Jiang Gui is now in Taizhou, and he is in charge of Taizhou's affairs and cannot move away.
As for the original soldiers in Changshu, they have now become prisoners. Chen Baisong asked people to circle a field outside the city and trap them inside like pigs, dogs, cattle, and sheep. These soldiers were so ashamed that they wanted to rush out, but they were unarmed and equipped with weapons. After being taken away, they were bold enough to try to kill the guards at night to escape. The end result was that they were all beheaded and none of them survived.
After several groups of people died, the remaining people were finally much more honest.
Every day someone will give them food. Although it is just some beans, no one will dislike eating them in order to survive.
The common people are also registered separately by men and women, and they will all receive their own small wooden sign-that is, an ID card.
The common people discovered that many of the "adults" who engraved wooden signs for them were children who were less than their waist-high. These "little adults" sat in the room early every morning and engraved the words on the paper for half an hour. You can rest for a cup of tea. Now the weather is getting hot and there is no need for charcoal braziers in the house. They have hot water on hand.
There is such a small official in this world. This shocked the people in Changshu. Many people rubbed their eyes and thought they were wrong. The children of the people were about the same size and looked sitting in the house. All of the "little adults" showed longing expressions on their faces.
Sitting in such a beautiful room, they will not be blown by the wind or the sun. They also saw people delivering meals to the little adults, all with meat and vegetables, and the smell came out, and the ears were all " "Cuckoo" belly cry.
The person in charge said to them, "Don’t be envious. These little adults, like your children, didn’t know one big calligraphy. It was after the Nan Bodhisattva came that they learned how to read. Now they are free from illiteracy and can do things. , Earn no less than me in a month."
The people couldn't believe it.
Can such a small baby earn about the same as the steward?
Courageously asked: "My lord! Will our baby be able to do it in the future?"
The manager smiled at him: "Now you are all the people of Nan Bodhisattva, can you say it? Is it possible that you haven't heard the name of Nan Bodhisattva in Changshu?"
The people have heard it, but they just listened to it. It is clear that Gaoyou is not far away, but many of them have never left Gaoyou in their entire lives, let alone go to other places. They don’t even have time to think about it, so they have to be busy. Livelihood, busy feeding the family, where is there time to think about the future and outside affairs?
It seems that Changshu is better in the hands of the South Bodhisattva than in the hands of the court?
The people are confused.
But as long as they can live on, they will not leave Changshu.
This land is where they have lived for generations. If it weren't for not being able to live, they would never leave here.

"Little lord, let's eat something, you have been busy all day." At night, there was an oil lamp in the room, and the servant came over with a meal, and gave it to a little man in his early ten years sitting in the house, little man. Wearing a cyan dress, holding a carving knife in his hand, his fingers have become calluses because of long-term engraving, and they don't hurt as much as before.
The young man's surname was Zheng, and he was called Zheng Xiaoer in Xing Er. He thanked him, but only then did he put down the wooden sign and carving knife for the food in his hand. He ate very slowly, very carefully, and chewed slowly. It can be seen that he used to have a very good family.
Zheng Er was once a grandson of the Zheng family in Gaoyou. Their family was a big family with a villager and land property. They were one of the best big landlords.
But when the Nan Bodhisattva came, everything changed. The old servants of the family became the people, and they could not live in their own big house. Without the servants, their family could only live in a small courtyard, with a family of more than 30 people. live.
Zhuangzi and Tian are not theirs anymore, the family will have to go out to find work, otherwise they will not have enough food.
At that time, the "school" run by Nan Bodhisattva opened. Because he was within the scope of schooling, he was also taken to study. He had the foundation and quickly completed his schoolwork and escaped from the illiterate ranks. Because I was just over ten years old, I started to do things.
He remembered that at the very beginning, his parents and uncles were always frowning. He was young, but he also understood that their family would not be able to return to their original glorious days. They were just like ordinary people. They had to go out to earn whatever they wanted.
The sisters also began to learn how to make clothes and weave so that they could exchange money.
But Zheng Xiaoer thought it was very good. He used to live in a big house and talked about a lot of rules. Everyone had guns and sticks in their mouths. Even the servants were divided into factions, from which courtyard to which house, he In my eyes, I just didn't say it.
After going to school, Zheng Xiaoer heard a lot of truth from Mr.
Zheng Xiaoer doesn't feel bitter at all when working outside now.
He thinks he can do it. As long as he works harder and harder, one day he can rejuvenate his family.
His goal is to become a county magistrate, or a district chief.
The husband said, everyone has to have a goal, otherwise it will be muddled, like a walking dead, what book do you read? Isn't it good to be a fool?
Zheng Xiaoer agreed.
So when his companions complained that he was too tired, he always kept silent and kept his head down.
He sometimes wonders, what kind of person is Nan Bodhisattva?
Is he really a bodhisattva? Do you have a chance to meet him?
The "little adults" who were resting outside returned to the house one after another, packed their own things, and went back to their arranged room to sleep. Zheng Xiaoer also packed up their things—their cutters, and today’s If you lose the carved wooden sign, you will have to re-engrave it at that time.
Zheng Xiaoer left the house, and someone was waiting for him outside.
"Master!" The boy who was slightly older than Zheng Xiaoer ran over excitedly, and took the burden of Zheng Xiaoer, "Have you eaten anything? Today I ate chicken with spices!"
Zheng Xiaoer said with a stern smile, and quite a few adults said: "Don't call me Young Master again, my sir said, we are all the same, we are all people of Nan Bodhisattva."
The boy sticks out his tongue. He puts his energy on word recognition during class. He doesn’t understand the other things the husband said. He is not as smart as the young master. In the eyes of the boy, the young master is the smartest in the world. People are only a little worse than Nan Bodhisattva.
The two walked towards the dormitory together, which was remodeled by a large house, and soldiers were sent to protect it day and night.
Zheng Xiaoer and the boy and two other children live in the same room. They share a bed. The men and women live separately. The girls live on the other side.
No one thought that girls could read and read, and then come out to do things.
But no one has any doubts, because Nan Bodhisattva said that in his eyes, people in the world are the same, regardless of male and female. It would be unfair to boys if only boys are allowed to do things and girls are idle.
Although the common people don't understand what is unfair, the boys can stand by when they find something to do.
But Nan Bodhisattva said so, and it seemed to make sense, and the people accepted it easily.
Compared with boys, girls do small jobs in the house. They have now learned to sew. Although the craftsmanship is not comparable to that of adults, they can be used to sew out. Most of them are sewing small things, such as No one can see things like socks, even the ugly stitches.
"How much have you saved?" the little girl asked her companion.
The companion sewed a sock and smiled at her.
Her mother told her that no matter how much money she had, whether it was more or less, she couldn't tell others.
The little girl couldn't ask, so she stopped asking. She whispered: "My mother took all my money."
She said that she kept it for her, and she knew that she had bought things for her little brother.
I didn't feel much before, but now I feel a little uncomfortable.
Companion said to her: "Then when you are fourteen, you go to the official office to move out your account, and your mother won't get your money."
The little girl didn't dare, so she could only sigh as an adult.
"I just saw something about our size outside." The little girl suddenly remembered something and said, "She has a big head, big belly, and very thin arms and legs, so strange."
The little girls in the room stopped working, and a little girl whispered: "I heard my mother say that such a person can't get enough food. Drinking water every day will soon die."
"Really?"
"How common it is, my neighbor starved to death like this."
The girls shuddered and continued to work.
Earn more money, and their hope of survival will be greater.
Because girls can also work, the mother now has a younger sister, and she will not drown or throw her away.

Order was quickly restored in Changshu. The people didn’t feel much touched by the change in Changshu. They had no belief, and their only belief was to live. Plus now, the life is obviously getting better, as long as you enter your identity, With your own wooden sign, you can go to the recruiting place to find work.
If there is no food in the family, there is still some food available, enough to survive the first difficult days.
The female relatives also went to work. Both the couple could earn rations. The whole family relied on the couple to earn money and food, not to mention the meat, but they could get enough.
Lin Yuan arrived in Changshu a month after he captured Changshu. He would not stay in Changshu for a long time, but would send someone to take charge of Changshu.
Regarding this candidate, Lin Yuan has not decided.
There are too few civil servants under his hand.
Jiang Gui was in Taizhou, Song Shizhao said he didn't want to leave him at all, Luo Guanzhong just wanted to be a military division.
Song Lian is still on the road-Lin Yuan doesn't know if he can see him this year.
Lin Yuan didn't have enough time to investigate other small officials.
"My lord." Zhu Yuanzhang walked beside Lin Yuan, reporting on his work during this period.
Lin Yuan thought about it as he listened, and then asked, "Among the officials accompanying this time, are there any outstanding performances?"
Zhu Yuanzhang reported a name.
Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, it turned out to be him.
Wu Changqing was the person who followed to Changshu this time. He was originally a county magistrate in Gaoyou. He heard that Changshu needed someone, so he immediately signed up and promoted the people under his hand. He knew exactly how he was in Gaoyou. Doing it, being able to be a district mayor would be a big deal. Going to Changshu looks like a crisis, but it is his opportunity.
After being left out for so long, Wu Changqing had long wondered what he had said wrong.
He considered everything, but he didn't consider that Nan Bodhisattva was really a soft-hearted and upright person.
This made Wu Changqing sigh while becoming more loyal to Lin Yuan.
After all, Lin Yuan is now soft-hearted to Zhu Yuanzhang and them, and one day in the future, he will also be soft-hearted to him.
Following a soft-hearted master is better than following a cruel master.
He has regained his seat, preferring to start from a small official in Changshu.
Lin Yuan said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Look again."
The selected officials must be able to understand his meaning and be able to faithfully implement every instruction he gives.
He needs to be a smart person, but he must not have ambitions beyond boundaries.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, he understood Lin Yuan's concerns.
"The Jiang family escaped two people, and they are now caught back. They are all women with Liujia, Jiang Zheng's concubine."
Lin Yuan thought for a while: "Keep it closed first, and when the child is born, take the child away."
An unborn child is not guilty.
"As for the two women, take them to the laundry bureau at that time. If they perform well, they can go to see their children every month."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
Lin Yuan stood by the window, and he felt that his heart became harder and harder.
In the past, he couldn't say such a thing as removing the roots of the Jiang family.
The wind was blowing outside, it was not cold, but Lin Yuan tightened his collar tightly.
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