The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 760
In the morning, the sun has just risen!
The golden morning glow illuminated the entire surrounding of Wang's family in a golden light.

Every straw stack is a proof of this year's bumper harvest.

Wang Hanzhu felt the sunlight shining on his face through the window paper, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and got up with his clothes on.

And his mother-in-law got up early to prepare breakfast.

Wang Lishi squatted by the stove, staring at the fire without blinking, adding firewood from time to time.

The warm fire dispels the morning chill!
Wang Li looked back at her husband and said.

"Head of the house, sit and wait for a while, breakfast will be ready soon!"

Wang Hanzhu nodded with a smile, but instead of sitting and waiting for dinner, he wrapped his cotton clothes tightly around his body and went into the firewood room with the ax on his shoulder.

He carried some bundles of firewood from the firewood room and prepared to chop the firewood.

Wang Hanzhu doesn't look good, but he has strength and is good at doing farm work.

He kept swinging the axe, and the thick wood was split and turned into fine firewood that could be burned directly.

By the time he finishes chopping firewood, the rice is ready to eat.

The husband and wife sat down facing each other, and then prepared to eat.

After eating, Wang Hanzhu packed his things and prepared to go out.

Wang Lishi fumbled under her rice jar for a while, took out a cloth bag, took out a silver dollar from the bag, hesitated for a while, and took another hundred big coins.

She carefully stuffed the money to her husband, and said very seriously.

"This time you go to the city with the people in the clan to buy new year's goods, remember to buy more salt, the salt at home is almost gone!"

"I still need to pull a few pieces of cloth. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so I can make new clothes for you and your parents."

"I also bought a couple of bacon, as well as candies, snacks and so on. You can buy them."

"If you want to drink, buy some too!"

"After all, it's the Chinese New Year. We've worked hard for a year, so we should eat something good."

Wang Hanzhu scratched his head with a silly smile, listening to his wife's nagging, he didn't feel bothered.

Just kept nodding.

Seeing the silly smile on her husband's face, Wang Lishi was a little dumbfounded.

My husband is good everywhere, he is strong, treats me well, works hard, and is good at hunting, but his temper is a bit simple and honest.

It's easy to suffer outside!
Wang Hanzhu put the money in his arms, stepped forward and gave his mother-in-law a gentle hug, then turned and left the house.

When he arrived at the entrance of the village, almost all the people in the village who were going to buy new year's goods had already arrived.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, when all the people arrived, a group of people drove the car, talking and laughing, and headed towards the direction of Chengdu.

As the imperial court moved a large number of people into Sichuan and Shu, although the territory of Sichuan and Shu is still not densely populated.

At the very least, around major towns such as Chengdu and Chongqing, some people have recovered!
……

However, although Sichuan and Shu are dilapidated, that is relatively speaking!
Compared with Jiangnan and Central Plains, Sichuan and Shu at this time are naturally dilapidated.

But if you compare it with Qinghai and the snowy areas further west, Sichuan and Shu can be called prosperous today.

Bazhige, who lived on the plateau since he was a child, was dazzled by the prosperity in front of him after he got off the plateau and arrived in Sichuan and Sichuan.

On both sides of the road are stretches of neatly planned farmland!
Can't see the edge!
From time to time, people with smiles on their faces walked by on the road, their happiness visible to the naked eye.

There are no starvation and beggars at all, and no ragged refugees.

For Bazhig, who grew up on the plateau, this is incredible.

The current plateau snow area is not the tourist resort of later generations.

It's a living hell covered with the skin of a Buddha kingdom on earth!
Even the Han Chinese who lived under the Manchu Qing regime and suffered exploitation and oppression had a much better life than the Tibetans on the plateau.

In fact, as long as you understand the population structure of the current snow area, you will find that it is conservative to say so.

There are no civilians in the current snow area!

Only monks and nobles, and the serfs who belonged to them.

It can be seen how miserable the ordinary people in the current snow area, or the serfs, are living.

Perhaps the life of the Han people under the Manchu Qing rule was an unattainable paradise for them.

At the very least, no matter how much the Han people were exploited by the Manchus, there was no entire country full of serfs, not even a single commoner.

Although Bazhige came from aristocratic background, he also knew the life of low-level serfs.

Comparing the serfs in the snowy areas and the life of the Han people in Sichuan and Shu, the comparison is quite obvious.

"Bazhige, Chengdu is ahead, go and ask the Living Buddha for instructions, should we enter the city for repairs, or continue east?"

The captain of the guard said to Bazhig.

Bazhige has a special status in the mission. Although he is just an ordinary guard, because of his noble background, he is a close confidant of the Living Buddha.

Even the captain of the guard of the mission was polite to him.

Hearing the words, Bagig clasped his fists and said.

"Captain, wait a moment, I'll go ask the Living Buddha for instructions!"

Not long after, Bazhige came to a statue.

Sitting cross-legged on the step is a tantric monk with a solemn treasure face, who is the contemporary living Buddha of the snow area.

Today's living Buddha is over 50 years old, and he is not considered young in this era.

But as he was getting old, there were several young girls serving him by his side.

"Reporting to the Living Buddha, Chengdu is conveniently located in front of me. Shall I go to the city for repairs, or continue to the east?"

Bazhige asked outside the step.

The living Buddha opened his eyelids, looked at Bazhig with cloudy eyes, and recited scriptures in his mouth.

After a while, he spoke.

"Let's enter the city to repair!"

He was old, and he traveled all the way from the plateau to Chengdu, with almost no repairs, and he couldn't bear it under the exhaustion.

Now he needs to rest!
Bazhige heard the words, said nothing more, and left with fists folded.

He conveyed the meaning of the living Buddha to the captain of the guard.

They left the plateau for this trip and came to Han to go to Nanjing to pay homage to the emperor.

Although the control of the plateau by the Ming and Qing dynasties was only in name.

However, for things like the change of emperor in the Central Plains, people on the plateau still need to send people to Han to make a statement.

At the very least, you must show your surrender, so as not to attract swordsmen.

Of course, the reason why the nobles on the plateau were so anxious to send people to Nanjing to pay homage to the emperor was also related to Ming’s recruitment of Tibetans as soldiers on the plateau.

At the junction of Sichuan and Tibet in the Ming Dynasty, Tibetans on the plateau were recruited to join the army, and the family members of the Tibetans who joined the army took over the plateau and placed them in the hinterland of Sichuan and Shu to live with Han people.

In a sense, it greatly violated the interests of the monks and nobles on the plateau!
After the news that Daming recruited soldiers and that soldiers’ families could be resettled in the Han region spread to the plateau, a large number of serfs escaped from the control of their masters with their families and came to Daming to join the army.

Of course, the masters behind these serfs would not sit back and watch their own slaves escape.

After all, these serfs are their private property!
Who can bear it if they just run away?
However, when these aristocratic slave owners sent people to find the person in charge of the recruitment of the Ming army, they did not get a satisfactory answer.

If these serfs were captured on the way to escape, Daming would definitely not say anything.

After all, at that time, serfs were only serfs of noble families, and Daming had no reason to intervene.

However, everyone has joined the army and is already a part of the Ming army, so you came to ask for someone?
What about trouble?

Go to hell!

The low-level military officers would not pay attention to these nobles who came to ask people, and the high-level generals would not see these nobles.

The result can be imagined, almost all the people who came to meet the important person of the Ming army, no matter what his status was, all returned disappointed.

Not only that, there are also serfs who fled alone and went to the recruiting office of Daming to enlist as soldiers.

At this time, their families are still in the hands of noble slave owners!
Under such circumstances, as long as these soldiers stand up and apply for Daming to come forward and ask the court to ask the slave owners for their families, Daming will not refuse.

If the family members of these soldiers were killed during this process, the Ming court would even hold the murderers accountable.

There was even a violent military officer who was driven away and humiliated by the noble slave owners because the family members of his brothers were killed.

After the officer applied to the higher authorities, he directly led people to pull two field cannons, and ran to the plateau to shoot the murderer.

How dare you resist Wang Fa?who do you think You Are?

Do you think that the current plateau is still the Tubo that was able to stand up to the Central Plains dynasty?

Daming's attitude is quite tough!
Facing such a tough Daming, many nobles were furious to death, but there was nothing they could do against Daming.

They also want to be tough, but they really have no confidence!
The current plateau is basically in a state of bulk, nominally accepting the leadership of the Living Buddha (these two words are sensitive words and cannot be typed), but the localities are basically independent.

No one dares to provoke the Ming army, which is now in full swing in the military!
After a long time, these nobles whose interests have been damaged can't bear it anymore.

They asked the living Buddha to go to Nanjing to pay homage to the emperor, on the one hand to show their submission to Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand to protest to Ming Dynasty.

Ask Da Tianzi to take charge of the local Ming army garrisons in Sichuan and Shu!
The pilgrimage team coming down from the plateau headed all the way to the inner city of Chengdu.

……

Wang Hanzhu and his party were queuing up to enter the city, and when they turned around, they saw a team wearing leather robes and riding tall horses, but with obvious plateau red on their cheeks.

This team went outside Chengdu, regardless of the teams outside Chengdu who were queuing up to enter the city, the arrogant attitude wanted to jump into the city.

"What! What!"

"Who are you? Line up!"

"Who asked you to jump in line? Damn it, you are a plague-stricken thing. You really have no quality!"

"..."

The crowd who were queuing were pushed away, and some bad-tempered people started cursing directly.

Bazhige came on horseback, and when he saw someone who dared to scold the Living Buddha, he whipped him straight away.

With a bang, a man from the Wang family was whipped on the face, and a red mark appeared instantly.

There are traces of blood oozing from the red mark!

In this way, it has stabbed a hornet's nest.

Several men surrounded by the Wang family surrounded him in an instant, and dragged Bazhige off the horse in a hurry.

We are all in the same village, in the same clan, and we all have the same old ancestor. Seeing that our brothers are being bullied, others must not just stand still.

"Fuck it, the bastards bully our people!"

"Brothers, copy the guy and fuck him!"

"Damn it, kill you bastard! Avenge Shitou!"

"..."

Because Bazhige was used to being arrogant on the plateau, he whipped the serf, and the serf dared not resist at all.

Not only did he not dare to resist, he even knelt down and begged for his forgiveness!

Therefore, he thought that the people of Ming Dynasty were also serfs on the plateau, and they dared not resist.

Unexpectedly, the people of Daming fought back directly!

And a group of people beat him up!

When Bazhige was caught off guard, he was dragged off the horse, followed by punches and kicks.

The guards behind Bazhige also did not expect that these Han people dared to resist after being whipped by the nobles.

By the time they realized it, Bagig had been dragged off his horse and had been punched and kicked for quite a while.

"Hurry up and save people!"

"Bold and troublesome, who gave you the courage to dare to attack the noble master!"

"..."

While speaking, several guards came on horseback, trying to disperse the crowd and rescue Bazhig.

Someone even pulled out a knife as a deterrent.

Relying on their status as missions, they act without any scruples.

Because, they felt that since they were envoys, even if they killed people, Daming would not do anything to them out of face considerations.

In the next moment, the horse collided with the human body, and the men of the Wang family were knocked out one by one, their bones were broken and their tendons were broken, and blood was vomited from the mouth.

Even a guard of the plateau mission swung a knife at a Han who pressed Bagig to the ground and beat him!
In the next instant, the sharp blade cut through the flesh, and blood shot out!

The man from Wang's family was clutching his bloody wound, lying on the ground and screaming hysterically.

Seeing this, Bazhige also took the opportunity to break free, covered his bruised and swollen face, and got up from the ground.

It's just that the guard wielding a knife was just about to step forward to offer courtesies to Bazhige.

Just heard a loud bang!
Holding a shotgun in his hand, Wang Hanzhu aimed at the guard who just swung the knife and pulled the trigger.

"Damn it, you bastard beheaded brother, I'll kill you!"

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, and a large stream of iron sand spewed out from the muzzle of the gun, hitting the guard who was wielding the knife.

Blood holes were punched out of the guard's chest.

Blood oozed profusely, staining the leather robe on his body red.

"what……"

The guard uttered a scream and fell off his horse.

However, it can be judged from the angry screams of the guard that his injuries are not too serious.

The leather robe on his body blocked most of the iron sand for him and saved his life.

With this gunshot, the outside of Chengdu became chaotic.

The crowd that had been queuing quickly dispersed, and only a group of people from the Wang family circle and the guards of the missions from the plateau were left in the open space to confront each other.

(End of this chapter)