My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 406 Buddha Mother

It was getting late, Zhu Zhanhe and the others came to a town.

In order to collect information these few days, Zhu Zhanhe and the people from Dongchang changed into casual clothes, and they did not stay at the station, trying to get in touch with the people as much as possible so as to collect more information.

Zhu Zhanhe and the others entered the town and were about to find an inn to live in.

But I didn't expect that at this moment, I saw a group of white-clothed men walking from the street of the town, carrying a statue in the middle, shouting as they walked: "Buddha mother came to the world, and save all sentient beings!"

When seeing this group of men in white, many people on the street fell to their knees one after another, chanting words, as if they were reciting Buddhist scriptures.

Of course, some merchants from other places looked at this group of men in white curiously, Zhu Zhanhe and the others were not conspicuous among the crowd.

When the group of men in white approached, Zhu Zhanhe took a closer look, and saw that they were carrying a lotus altar on which was enshrined a statue of a Buddha mother, looking benevolent and benevolent.

"This is the mother of the Buddha. I have heard that the mother of the Buddha has boundless powers and can save the poor people. I finally saw it today."

A businessman watching the excitement in front talked to his companion enthusiastically.

"It's more than that. I heard that where the Buddha's mother lives, even the government has to be courteous. Now that the world is so chaotic, the government doesn't care about the lives of the people. I'm afraid only the Buddha's mother can stand up for the people."

The other person also spoke, obviously admiring the Buddha Mother very much in his words.

Listening to these people's discussions, Zhu Zhanhe frowned more and more. He didn't believe in any Buddhist mothers at all, and he didn't even have a good impression of this kind of folk religion.

Moreover, this Buddhist mother reminded him of a person, that is the famous Tang Sai'er in history.

During Zhu Di's reign, the Ming Dynasty was at its peak, which was called the prosperous age of Yongle by later generations. However, in this prosperous age, there were actually several civil uprisings, and the most influential one was the Tang Saier Uprising in Shandong.

In history, Tang Sai'er's husband rushed into the government to beg for food, but was killed by the government. Her father was also mad at this, which caused the woman to hold a grudge against the court, so she decided to rebel.

At that time, Shandong was in the midst of "endless corvee and expropriation", and the people were struggling to make ends meet, so Tang Sai'er saw the right time and called herself the mother of Buddha. It quickly grew to tens of thousands of people, and once wiped out thousands of Ming troops head-on.

Later, Zhu Di sent Anyuan Hou Liu to be promoted to the commander-in-chief, and he commanded Liu Zhong as the deputy commander-in-chief to lead his troops to wipe out Tang Saier's army. However, because he underestimated the enemy, Tang Saier was defeated by Tang Saier's tricks, and even forced Liu Zhong, the commander-in-chief They were all killed in battle, and Liu Sheng was arrested and imprisoned afterwards.

It's a pity that Tang Sai'er was finally defeated by the officers and soldiers, and she herself fled to the people and disappeared, which gave rise to many legends about Tang Sai'er.

"Calculating the time, it seems that Tang Sai'er's uprising has only been in the past few years."

Zhu Zhanhe secretly said in his heart.

Thinking of the Tang Saier Uprising in history, and looking at the current situation in Shandong, Zhu Zhanhe also felt a sense of urgency.

"Send someone to arrest Tang Sai'er in advance?"

Zhu Zhanhe whispered to himself, but soon he smiled wryly and shook his head.

Based on the current situation in Shandong, even if Tang Saier is caught, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Even if Tang Saier is missing, there may be Li Saier, Wang Saier, etc., and the situation will be even more difficult to deal with.

"It's really troublesome. The best way now is to go back to the capital as soon as possible, let the emperor know the serious situation in Shandong, and then let the court come forward to solve the problem in Shandong, at least to solve the refugees."

Zhu Zhanhe said to himself again.

The main reason why Tang Sai'er was able to rebel successfully was because Shandong was too chaotic, there were refugees everywhere, and the people's lives were miserable. Since they couldn't live any longer, naturally they could only rebel. Zhu Yuanzhang did the same at the beginning .

Just when Zhu Zhanhe made up his mind to return to the capital early, at a post station hundreds of miles ahead, Zhu Zhanji was also thinking about what he had seen and heard along the way.

Zhu Zhanji walked in front of Zhu Zhanhe, and he also discovered the abnormality in Shandong earlier than Zhu Zhanhe.

Regarding this, Zhu Zhanji, like Zhu Zhanhe, immediately sent Jin Yiwei to investigate what they had seen and heard along the way.

"Grandfather, according to our investigation, there are so many refugees in Shandong, and the people are in dire straits. There are many reasons, among them...among them..."

At the end of Wang Zhi's speech, he suddenly became hesitant, as if he didn't dare to speak any more.

"What's in it?"

Zhu Zhanji frowned and asked immediately.

"Calm down, grandson, this matter concerns His Majesty, because His Majesty had to do too many things in the past few years, so Shandong has undertaken heavy corvee, coupled with natural disasters and man-made disasters and other reasons, this has led to Shandong's current situation."

Wang Zhi didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he could only mention something vaguely.

Zhu Zhanji also immediately understood when he heard the words. Over the years, for the Northern Expedition, the construction of Beijing City, and the dredging of the canal, etc., Daming's finances were tight, and the local corvee was also very heavy. Shandong was only the most affected one.

"You just said that it was a man-made disaster. Could it be that someone did it on purpose?"

Zhu Zhanji avoided the important ones and ignored the important ones. Instead of asking about Zhu Di's influence on Shandong, he asked about other reasons.

"Grandfather Sun Yingming, according to our investigation, the chief envoys of Shandong, Chu Yun and Zhang Hai, concealed the real situation in Shandong for their own political achievements, so that the DPRK and China are now ignorant of the situation in Shandong!"

Wang Zhi said immediately.

Jinyiwei's intelligence gathering ability is much stronger than that of Dongchang. After all, Jinyiwei has been established for many years, and its background is by no means comparable to that of the newly established Dongchang. The main reason why Jinyiwei is collectively called "Factory Guard".

"It's so courageous. They dare to collude in such a big matter. It's simply lawless. After I return to Beijing, I must play them a book for Grandpa Huang!"

Zhu Zhanji immediately complained angrily.

"Grandfather Sun Yingming!"

Wang Zhi immediately flattered him, and then he suddenly said something mysterious.

"This afternoon, my subordinates came to report that the Dongchang people wanted to use our strength to investigate the Shandong matter. Presumably, the prince also discovered the abnormality in Shandong. The officials dare not make decisions on this matter without authorization. Please ask Mrs. Sun shows me!"

"Well, you've done a good job. Let Dongchang handle things by themselves. With me here, you don't have to be afraid of them in the future!"

Zhu Zhanji narrowed his eyes, and said in a gloomy tone, he didn't want Zhu Zhanhe to take the credit for himself again.

"Xiaguan understands that with your grandson's words, Xiaguan will definitely not let you down!"

Wang Zhi was very pleased to hear that Jinyiwei had been under the control of Dongchang before, because Dongchang was originally set up to involve them, but now with Zhu Zhanji's words, maybe they can get rid of Dongchang's restraint and restore Jinyiwei's previous prestige.

(End of this chapter)