Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 1 I'm Unemployed Again

Chongzhen two years.

Summer in May.

Ganquan County, Yan'an Prefecture.

In Ganquanyi outside the city, in one of the stables, there are always ten people and three horses.

The nine postmen were frowning.

The remaining postman named He Jinzhao sat on the haystack with a dazed expression.

He looked at the scene in front of him like an ancient costume film and television drama.

What's going on?

not.

He Jinzhao was a little stunned. He was born in an ordinary family in New China, and he was admitted to an ordinary undergraduate degree step by step.

After graduating, I found a job as an ordinary youth worker. After being poisoned (laid) and beaten (official) by the society, I began to have an epiphany and tried my best to get a civil servant.
After the exam was postponed, I fell asleep reading a book, and this is where I woke up?

"Xiao Hezi, you should say something."

The wrinkled old postman looked at He Jinzhao who was still in a daze.

"what?"

He Jinzhao returned to his senses: "What did I say?"

"Where does Xiao Hezi have any money!"

Another postman shook his head: "The donkey roll he owes will be overdue tomorrow."

He Jinzhao thought for a while.

That's right, the usury I owed will have to be repaid tomorrow.

Now I don't have any money on me, and I didn't have any food yesterday.

What a fart!
He Jinzhao made up his mind and hurried to his sister's house to fill his stomach before making plans.

At the same time, he also understood what these nine people were worried about.

It was rumored that Emperor Chongzhen was going to abolish the post station, and people who depended on this business for a living panicked.

But Zhao Yicheng said that he has a way, as long as everyone pays 20 taels of silver each, they can keep their jobs.

And he can guarantee everyone to Fan Juren that he can lend money.

Now everyone is discussing whether to pay or not.

But He Jinzhao can be sure that the abolition of the post station is a certainty. Li Zicheng is a postman who was abolished and then rebelled.

So this is a scam, the magistrate does not cut your waist, but directly cuts your life!
The scale of Ganquanyi is not small, with more than 100 halls and [-] stables.

There are more than 200 grooms and water husbands, all of whom are under the management of Zhao Yicheng.

"After all, Zhao Yicheng encouraged everyone to borrow donkeys to roll around and hand over the money to His Majesty first, so that they can keep their positions and post stations."

"The money is said to be for His Majesty, but it is for the county master."

"20 taels is not too much, and less is not too much."

He Jinzhao looked at the crowd and said tactfully: "But if everyone bought the land, what will your family eat next year?"

"There was a severe drought in Shaanxi last year, and the price of rice rose to six qian silver per bucket of rice."

"Let's focus on being alive this year first, and thinking about what to eat next year. Maybe I will starve to death this year."

He Jinzhao thought for a while, and said emphatically, "If you ask me, the person surnamed Zhao has no good intentions!
Two years ago, Mr. Deng’s family members forced Zhao Yicheng to give horse money.

Zhao Yicheng refused to give it, causing Brother Sun to be seriously injured, paralyzed on the bed, and died without money to get medicine.

The family members went to borrow money from the surname Zhao to bury him, and the surname Zhao kicked him out directly, have you all forgotten? "

"Yes, Xiao Hezi is right!
Now he is kind enough to lend us a donkey to roll as a guarantee, so he must have no good intentions. "

Looking at the quarreling crowd, the elder Shizhang took out his cigarette bag and pot, wanted to take a smoke, but was reluctant to stuff it into his belt.

"But if we don't have this job, we won't be able to get brown rice. How will you support your family?"

Today's food is priceless.

Especially when there was a disaster in Shaanxi, Shanxi Province banned the sale of grain to Shaanxi in the name of preventing bandits.

The old man's long words directly crushed the aggrieved mood of the crowd.

The world is hard.

If there is no work in the post station, everyone can drink the northwest wind and wait for death!

Money is a small thing.

But without food, it is a big deal.

"Xiao Hezi, think of a way and raise some money."

The old Shizhang looked at He Jinzhao who was opposed in the corner, otherwise he would starve to death.

Because of treating his parents, he owed Fan Juren a donkey roll.

As a result, people, money, and family land were all gone.

The parents' cemetery was given by the clan.

From now on, he will no longer have a living job, and he is afraid that he will go astray.

As far as the current year is concerned, this year seems to be another severe drought.

The elder Shichang sighed in his heart.

It's so hard to live!
He Jinzhao shook his head: "Old Shichang, I owe Donkey Daroll a long time ago, how can I get any money."

"Your sister's there."

"No."

He Jinzhao shook his head resolutely, his sister and brother-in-law were also having a hard time.

Relatives of poor relatives are generally poor relatives.

In today's world, apart from high-ranking officials and nobles, ordinary people are struggling to survive.

He Jinzhao made up his mind to go to his sister's place, fill his stomach and find a way to survive.

My brother-in-law is a blacksmith. Because of the chaos in the world, he gave himself self-defense knives and simple armor, but he hasn't taken them yet.

Even if he defected to the rebel army, He Jinzhao still wanted to get the sword.

It is absolutely impossible to borrow money from usury to send money to Zhao Yicheng, that would be a big pit.

"Hey."

Everyone sighed again.

But they can keep this position, after all, there is still a glimmer of hope.

Unlike He Jinzhao, there is no hope at all.

The only way to wait for him is to eat wild grass and gnaw bark.

If you can't grab this, you can only dig the soil and eat it.

In the end, he died of starvation on the side of the road, and his body was most likely eaten by other hungry people.

In severe drought, people cannibalize each other!
He Jinzhao knew that he was a postman, so he thought of Li Zicheng again.

Li Zicheng was also a postman. After being abolished by the emperor, he embarked on the road of rebellion.

Although He Jinzhao didn't know the specific historical details, it showed that Zhao Yicheng's claim that he could keep his job by paying 20 taels of silver was definitely a lie!
Zhao Yicheng is digging a pit and wants the postmen to jump into the pit.

Thinking of this, He Jinzhao felt that he had to persuade everyone again:
"I have something to say to everyone."

Some people think that He Jinzhao wants to borrow money from the big guys, right?
"Zhao Yicheng is a bad brat, he bullies you brothers a lot on weekdays, he will definitely not stand up for our suffering."

As soon as He Jinzhao's words came out, he got the approval of three or four postmen.

If Zhao Yicheng can do good things for everyone, it is like the sun has come out from the west.

"So it's true that the post station was abolished, and it won't work if we pay the money!

The person surnamed Zhao just wants to suck up another mouthful of our hard-earned money before the inn is about to be abolished. "

He Jinzhao stood up from the haystack, touched the stage horse beside him:

"So I advise everyone not to use the donkey to roll around, and to send money to Zhao Yicheng. It must be a conspiracy, and you guys will face the consequences of losing everything in the future."

He Jinzhao pointed to himself and said, "I am a lesson from the past. People, fields, money, and homes are all gone."

"exactly."

There are postmen who agree.

Immediately there were postmen who objected.

"Xiao Hezi doesn't have a place where he can borrow money, and he won't be able to be a postman in the future, so he also hopes that we won't pay the money.

But if we don't pay the money, won't the people in the other stables and water houses pay? "

"If everyone else pays, we don't pay, and we will be the ones who will be dismissed."

"What Brother Wang said is not unreasonable."

"I think the abolition of the postmen is temporary. During the Wanli period, the post stations were also abolished. He has not been working all the time."

What the big brother said, the elder Shichang also nodded, it is true.

Even the post stations have been abolished, how can the orders of the imperial court be passed on to the localities, even the border?
Where the post is, there is sovereignty.

The postmen all understand the truth that the post station is a symbol of Ming Dynasty's effective rule of the country.

Emperor Chongzhen was not a fool.

So everyone felt that it was absolutely impossible for the station to be abolished!
He Jinzhao pursed his lips, but said nothing.

Don't think it's a good job to be a postman, everyone is reluctant.

On weekdays, he was bullied by the superiors, and he was also bullied by the dignitaries who used the inn privately.

But without the post station, the grooms and watermen who lived by the post station would have nothing to eat.

Apart from struggling to keep their families alive, the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty had the greatest ambition to let their descendants study and escape the bitter days of facing the loess and turning their backs to the sky.

To put it bluntly, the economic base determines the rest of your thoughts.

You work hard every day to be able to have enough food, how can you think about other things!

Therefore, the postmen are still willing to believe the deceitful words of officials.

When did Chongzhen hang himself?

He Jinzhao forgot.

But Li Zicheng is definitely a postman.

In the cross talk, Li Zicheng, who delivered the courier, was laid off by the emperor. In a rage, he joined the rebel army.

Then he led an army to break through the city of Beijing, ate mutton dumplings for eighteen days, and celebrated the New Year's Eve every day, and finally lost to the dog tartars and withdrew from the city of Beijing.

He Jinzhao sighed and patted the horse's neck.

Unexpectedly, he was laid off before the time travel, and he caught up with the layoff after time travel.

Seeing that he would starve to death in Daming.

Isn't that fucking white time travel?
　Poster: It is understood as sending express (public) delivery (text) to Daming.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)