No one can compare with salt industry at present.
Taizhou Baijuchang (now Baiju, southwest of Dafeng, Jiangsu) was born as a salt merchant at the end of Yuan Dynasty. In the 13th year of Zheng Zheng (1353), he and his brothers Shi Yi, Shi De, Shi Xin and Li Bosheng led Ding Yan to attack Yuan and capture Taizhou, Xinghua and Gaoyou. In the first month of the following year, he became king in Gaoyou, and the founding day was Zhou, and the reform day was Yuan. Gaoyou was once surrounded by the Yuan Army, but was later demoted because the viceroy and prime minister could not get away from getting cold feet. The Yuan army was in chaos, and he took advantage of the situation to attack and won a great victory. In fifteen years, Tongzhou (now Nantong, Jiangsu) crossed the river and attacked south. At the beginning of the following year, it captured Changshu, Pingjiang (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), Songjiang, Changzhou and other places, and made Pingjiang its capital. Later, he went to war with Zhu Yuanzhang's army. In seventeen years, he was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang's army. He surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty and was made Qiu. Since then, it has become a major force in western Zhejiang, transporting grain to Beijing many times. In twenty-three years, he sent troops to attack Anfeng (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province) and drove out Liu Futong and Han Liner, calling himself the prince of Wu. In twenty-seven years, Pingjiang was captured by Zhu Yuanzhang's army, captured to Yingtian (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) and hanged himself.
all one's life
Zhang Shicheng, in fine print, is from Taizhou. He worked as a handyman in the local saltworks since he was a child, which did great harm to public and private interests. With his connections, he made his three younger brothers work as salt transporters and smuggled salt by the way. This nature is the same as that of the police station director who now asks relatives to open a ballroom to press their feet. It is not a big evil, but there is no professional "morality". Of course, salt and iron have always been a monopoly product controlled by the state in feudal society. As a result, the profits are quite rich. With money in hand, Zhang Shicheng is naturally generous in spending money, adding "timely rain" in Jiang's Water Margin, which is quite popular with local people. Personally, Zhang Shicheng was one of the best "good people" at the end of Yuan Dynasty. He is not treacherous, tolerant and polite to scholars, but in troubled times, since he has no "boldness" to kill his wife and abandon his children, he will never survive the "final victory".
Because the Zhang brothers were bullied when they sold salt to rich people near Shouzhou, many large families still owed money. A security guard (archer) in Qiu Yi saltworks abused Zhang Shicheng when he was fine, which provoked the Zhang brothers to kill their hearts. There was chaos at that time, which facilitated their sudden uprising in the summer of 13th year in Zheng Zhi, Yuan Shundi (1353). Together with Zhang Shicheng and his three younger brothers, there is also a hero named Li Bosheng. At that time, a group of talents were eighteen. At the beginning of the uprising, they didn't have lofty ideals, they just killed people to vent their anger. The dozen men first rushed into the security room of the saltworks, hacked the archer Qiu Yi to death, then destroyed all the rich families around them and set fire to many big houses. Because the life of the saltworks was extremely hard at that time, some people took the lead in picking things up, so they signed up to join. 100 people gathered to "conquer" Taizhou. Then, we broke Xinghua and occupied Gaoyou, an important town. Very easy to win, so Zhang Shicheng called himself "Wang Laoshi", known as "Da Zhou", and began to indulge in calling himself king.
The following year, Zhang Shicheng Shufeng, the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, led a million troops to attack and surrounded Gaoyou. At that time, Zhang Shicheng called the weather ineffective, so sad that his intestines were blue, and he even blamed himself for making trouble by slapping his mouth. Worst of all, he can't even surrender. He is determined to slaughter local soldiers and civilians after capturing Gaoyou to warn Jiangnan. People are not as good as days, and Tuotuo was calculated by the treacherous court official in the DPRK. Yuan Shundi dismissed him on the spot, sent him to Tubo, and poisoned him halfway. As for the "one-million-strong army", it was scattered and leaderless for a while, but Zhang Shicheng finally got out of work and led a group of people to escape from Gaoyou as hooligans.
In the chaotic "revolution" situation, Zhang Shicheng quickly made a comeback and quickly occupied the two richest towns in the south of the Yangtze River, namely, Heping River in Changshu. Pingjiang is Suzhou, a granary, a clothing warehouse and a money warehouse. It is really a land of great wealth and great wealth. Then, Zhang Shicheng's influence developed very rapidly, and Huzhou, Hangzhou, Zhuquan (Zhuji), Shaoxing, Yixing, Changzhou, Gaoyou, Huai 'an, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Sizhou and Haozhou, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, were all occupied by him. Liu Futong, such a brave man, was also surrounded by Lv Zhen, the general of Zhang Shicheng, in Anfeng (Shouxian) and died in battle. If Zhu Yuanzhang didn't come to the rescue, Wang Xiaoming and Han Liner would be captured alive by Zhang Shicheng's army.
One thing to be clear is that the struggle between Zhang Shicheng and Han Futong is not a so-called "rebellion" infighting, and they are not a faction at all.
There are two schools in Jiangnan, one is the Red Army of Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui, and the other is the non-Red Army of Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen. The red army is divided into east and west factions. The Eastern faction is nominally controlled by "Wang Xiaoming" Han Liner, but in fact it is controlled by Liu Futong. Guo Zixing and Zhu Yuanzhang are actually the East Red Army, wandering in the Huaihe River basin. The Western Red Army, including Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang and Ming, will leave Sichuan in the future. Their activity place is mainly Hanshui River Basin. Between the "Red Army", it is generally a life-and-death situation. Therefore, it is natural for Zhang Shicheng to fight Liu Futong (another loser who was kicked out of Kaifeng). And the relationship between Zhang Shicheng and the Yuan Dynasty is also very interesting. At the beginning of the uprising, he was "wooed" by the court and got an official position. However, when Yuan Ting asked him to send troops to Haozhou and other places to fight the Red Scarf Army, Lao Zhang was afraid of being cheated and did not dare to dodge. But Gaoyou as the self-styled monarch. Zhang Shicheng was almost caught by a broken knife when he took off the Prime Minister's million-strong army to attack. After his luck changed, he changed Pingjiang to Longping County, opened the Hong Wen Pavilion, recruited talents, and made a living by virtue in advance. Later, under the attack of Miao and Zhu Yuanzhang's run, Lao Zhang accepted the "advice" of the Prime Minister of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Right in the Yuan Dynasty and surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty again, becoming the "Taiwei" of Dayuan. Tiger skin as the flag, Lao Zhang occupied more than two thousand miles in a few years, with Jianghuai in the north, Haosi in the west, the sea in the east and Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south, just like a country in the south of the Yangtze River. In the future, if Zhang Shicheng took it seriously, the Yuan Dynasty refused, and Lao Zhang established himself as the "Prince of Wu", he basically fell out with the Yuan Dynasty and even gave most people no food.
The conflict between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng originated in the 16th year of Zhiyuan (1356). Originally attached to Zhu Yuanzhang's "Huang Baojun" (not pulling rickshaws, but these people with Huangpa Baotou), Chen Baoer suddenly defected, arrested the generals sent by Zhu Yuanzhang and surrendered to Zhang Shicheng. At that time, Lao Zhu was busy fighting on the western front. At first, he was afraid to fall out with Zhang Shicheng. He wrote to Zhang Shicheng, flattering him with the word "Xiao Wei is a hero", hoping that the two families would "have no disputes". There are many literati around Zhang Shicheng, and he also studies. He deeply hates Zhu Yuanzhang's throne and compares himself to "Xiao Wei", so Zhu Yuanzhang is Liu Xiu, the "Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty". Because of these words, Zhang Shicheng detained Zhu's envoy and refused to make peace.
So Zhu Yuanzhang sent general Xu Da to attack Changzhou, and Zhang Shicheng sent his younger brother Zhang Jiuliu to help. Xu Da ambushed Zhang Jiuliu alive. "(Zhang) is really trapped in the county, (Zhang) is too strong. Zhang Zi was captured, and he was sincere and angry. " Soon, Hua Yunlong and others will beat Zhang Shixin, another brother of Zhang Shicheng, in the old pavilion. Under the losing streak, Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang wrote a letter, expressing their willingness to send five hundred and twenty gold, three hundred catties of silver and two hundred stones of grain to make peace. Judy and tide wait for no man. He wrote back and repeated his crime, asking the other party to let him go. As a result, the peace talks fell through.
A few days later, Zhu Yuanzhang's army finally recaptured Changzhou. Xu Da was good at fighting and successfully conquered Changshu. It was in this case that Lao Zhang was "wooed" by the Yuan Dynasty for the second time.
Enemies are easy to knot but difficult to solve. /kloc-in the spring of 0/358, Zhu Yuanzhang sent generals Liao Yong 'an, Yu Tonghai and Sang to "crusade" Zhang Shicheng with great fanfare, and sent Deng Yu, Li Wenzhong and Hu Dahai to capture Jiande Road in Zhang Shicheng from Huizhou Xianlingguan. Zhang Shicheng was furious and sent troops to counterattack Changzhou and Changshu, all of which failed.
This autumn, Zhang Shicheng conspired to kill Yuan Yuan of the Yuan Dynasty. Yang's Miao army was a minority army convened by the Yuan government from Huguang to quell the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River. This Miao army burned, killed and looted, and it was extremely vicious. Among all the troops fighting in the south of the Yangtze River, the Tianwan regime has the best discipline, followed by the Red Scarf Army, Zhang Shicheng Army, Zhu Yuanzhang Army, Yuan Dynasty Government Army and Chen Youliang Army, and Yang's Miao Army is the worst. Therefore, Tamerlane, a master of Jiangnan Province in Yuan Dynasty, secretly agreed with Zhang Shicheng to jointly kill this arrogant and indiscriminate army.
Zhang Shicheng killed Yang, not only for the people, for Yuan, but also for Zhu Yuanzhang. After Zhang Shicheng killed Yang, he quickly occupied two important places, Hangzhou and Jiaxing, and he didn't take Timur, an official of the Yuan Dynasty seriously.
Zhang Shicheng was in high spirits and sent troops to attack Changzhou. Defeated by Tanghe, Yixing was lost. Liao Yong 'an, Zhu Yuanzhang's navy division, pushed him into Taihu Lake and pursued him. Instead, he was captured alive by Zhang Shicheng's general Lv Zhen. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to exchange the captured 3,000 Zhang Shicheng soldiers for Liao Yongan, but Zhang Shicheng refused. He offered to exchange Liao Yong 'an for his younger brother Zhang Jiuliu (Zhang Shide), but Zhu Yuanzhang refused. He was afraid that Zhang Jiuliu would escape from the room and add wings to his brother, so he killed Zhang Jiuliu first.
1359 (19th year of Yuan Dynasty), Hu Dahai and Li Wenzhong captured Zhujifu, an important town of Lao Zhang. Zhang Shicheng sent his troops to attack Jiangyin and was defeated by garrison commander Wu Liang. "(Zhu Yuanzhang) got Jiangyin (Zhang), and Shicheng's wild man dared not go back to Dajiang and went to Jin (state) and Jiao (state). This is an invasion of the road. "
After several defeats, Zhang Shicheng was unwilling. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/359, people were still sent to attack Changzhou, and they were defeated again. 1360, sending troops to invade the whole territory and killing the defenders; He also sent General Lv Zhen into Changxing, but he also failed. 136 1 year, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Hu Dahai to attack Shaoxing, but he could not return. In the winter of the same year, Zhang Shicheng General Li Bosheng led more than 100,000 soldiers to attack Changxing, and the two armies went hand in hand, winning first and then losing, and finally they were attacked by Zhu Yuanzhang's defenders Geng Bingwen and Chang Yuchun, and retreated in a mess.
No, there's another ty. 1362 (in the 22nd year of Yuan Dynasty), Hu Dahai, the general of Zhu Yuanzhang guarding Jinhua, was killed by his subordinate generals Jiang Ying and Liu Zhen. It turned out that Miao's men, Zhang Shicheng killed Yang, and they surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang. Hu Dahai was glad that they were brave and under his command. They had no doubt. After thinking for a long time, they agreed on several Miao generals to prepare for the uprising. They invited Hu Dahai to watch the crossbow shooting at Bayong Building in Jinhua. Khufu was very happy and arrived as promised. He wants to check the soldiers' crossbows. Before dismounting, Jiang Ying put a hammer in his sleeve and smashed Hu Dahai's head. Then he killed Hu Dahai's son Hu Guanzhu and several civil and military officials in Jinhua. After the incident, several people were afraid, so they sent people to surrender to Zhang Shicheng and looted Jinhua.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Zhang Shicheng sent his younger brother Zhang Daxin and general Lv Zhen to lead hundreds of military forces to surround the whole country. Therefore, the garrison commander Xie Zaixing and Zhu Wenzhong, Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, designed Lv Zhen to divide his troops and attack with guns and other firearms, so that Zhang Shixin fled hastily.
1363, frustrated general Lu of Zhang Shicheng sent hundreds of soldiers to surround Anfeng, killing Liu Futong, the "revolutionary leader" of the Red Scarf Army. Lao Liu worked hard for several years to clean up the residue and filth for Lao Zhu. Zhang Shicheng's murder was actually his "expulsion" work before he worked for Zhu Yuanzhang. As a nominal "* * * Lord", he ran from Anfeng to Chuzhou and was hunted down. Zhu had to be saved, and Xu Da and Chang Yuchun moved troops and were finally defeated. It's too risky to shave your head then If Chen Youliang in the west goes to the river to build health, he will be finished.
Zhu Yuanzhang was sweating, and suddenly there came a terrible news: Xie Zaixing, the commander-in-chief of the generals (father-in-law of Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Zhu Wenzheng), went to Zhang Shicheng.
Xie Zaixing's rebellion stems from Lao Zhu's harshness on others: in order to make money, Lao Xie secretly sent soldiers to Hangzhou occupied by Zhang Shicheng from time to time to buy things, and brought them back to buy them at a low price and sell them at a high price. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, severely criticized Xie Zaixing and ordered him to return to Jinling so that he could take his place. In addition, Xie Zaixing's second daughter was in good health, and Zhu betrothed her to General Xu Da without saying hello, like distributing munitions, which also aroused public anger. (Later, Zhu Wenzheng, the son-in-law of Xie Zaixing, died in chaos. It is also possible that Zhu Yuanzhang hated monks and cassock). Xie Zaixing knows that Zhu kills people without blinking an eye. In fear, he killed the magistrate, led all the defenders to Shaoxing to surrender to Zhang Shicheng, and soon led the "Wu" army to attack Dongyang. Fortunately, Li Wenzhong arrived in Yanzhou after hearing the chaos, and there were no mistakes in all aspects.
At this time, he was commanding troops at the front to fight against Chen Youliang, and he was too busy to look east. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/364 (from Yuan to 24 years), Zhang Shicheng forced the Governor of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang in the Yuan Dynasty to commit suicide (in September the year before last, he called himself the "King of Wu"), and he was basically independent, but his title was still Zheng Zheng in the Yuan Dynasty.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich, but they have become gentle towns. The Zhang Shicheng Department of Suzhou and Hangzhou soon became corrupt from top to bottom. Fiona Fang has more than 2,000 miles and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. According to the rich resorts in the world, Lao Zhang feels good. Especially when his younger brother Zhang Jiuliu (Shide) was in office, he attracted many famous scribes, such as Gao Qi, Yang Ji, Chen Ji, Zhang Yu and Yang Weizhen. He likes to drink, sing and exchange views in the shogunate all night. Zhang Shicheng and Zhang Shixin also like to invite guests. They also give these literati, bedrooms and study products. Poor and far-off scholars catch up for a while.
Zhang Shicheng is a kind person. He is "taciturn in appearance and seems to be measured, but he has no long-term plan". In fact, he is a kind person who stops when he is too good. "(Zhang Shicheng) According to Wuzhong, Wu (the land) has been in peace for a long time, and his household registration is prosperous, becoming arrogant and neglecting political affairs." His brother Zhang Shixin and his son-in-law Pan especially like parties. "Treasure of jade, ancient books and famous paintings are all overflowing. Sing and dance day and night to entertain yourself. "
It is not unusual for the poor to get rich first. Horribly, Zhang Shicheng's army will also be extremely corrupt. "Every time you have an attack, you should call it a disease. Please get up at Guanjue Tian Zhai. (General) When I first arrived in the army, the musical instruments of the maids and concubines were in constant contact, or the person who was talked about at the conference, Pu Puju, was not interested in military affairs. Lost ground, (Zhang) ignored it and reused it as a general. Play up and down to death. "
In contrast, Lao Zhu is conscientious, sleepless day and night, whoever catches and kills, who strictly manages the army. Even he himself said, "I don't care about anything and I'm bullied." Zhang (Shicheng) will not go out to be a director at the end of the year. Is there an unbeaten person? "
Once upon a time, Chen Youliang wanted Zhang Shicheng to attack Zhu Yuanzhang together, but Lao Zhang didn't do it. Now, Mr. Chen has been defeated, but Zhang Shicheng has recovered. /kloc-in the spring of 0/365 (twenty-five years of Yuan Shundi), he sent Li Bosheng, a general, together with Xie Zaixing, a rebel general of Zhu Yuanzhang, to lead more than 200,000 sailors to cross the Pujiang River, surrounded all new towns, built huts, built warehouses, preset state and county officials and made lasting plans. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Li Wenzhong and general Zhu Liangzu defeated Wu Dongjun with fewer soldiers, and Li Bosheng and others survived.
If Zhu Yuanzhang's order is decided, he will command troops, conquer Taizhou, and attack Gaoyou, the birthplace of Zhang Shicheng, in a few months.
1366 (twenty-six years from Yuan Shundi to Zheng Zheng), Xu Da and Chang Yuchun jointly attacked Huai 'an and Ke Xinghua, "Huai and Diping". In May, he captured the most symbolic place for Lao Zhu-the hometown of Haozhou.
Lao Zhu personally went to Haozhou to "save the grave for the elders". It is true that the elders were invited to save the Mausoleum. Pure fiction. His house was buried in a mass grave, and the mat was rotten and shallow. The body of "Dragon and Phoenix" has already been swallowed by wild dogs. Where can I find it?
In brilliant circumstances, many people in Zhu Yuanzhang Group overestimated Zhang Shicheng's influence. Li Shanchang, the leader of the civil service, said: "(Zhang Shicheng) has suffered many setbacks, but its strength has not declined, and it is difficult to save a lot of land and people."
Xu Da, a military commander, knew what he meant, saying, "Zhang is arrogant and extravagant. When he died, Li Bosheng, Lu Zhen and other arrogant generals were filthy and countless, but it would be a pleasure to enlist troops. Those who use things in the middle are pedantic people who don't know the big plan. I will serve God and lead an elite department, and I will condemn you. Three Wu Can counts as one day! "
He was overjoyed and decided to start his own business in Xu Da.
1366 September, Zhu Yuanzhang took Xu Da as the general and Chang Yuchun as the deputy general, led 200,000 chosen men and concentrated on destroying Zhang Shicheng. Lao Zhu made a lot of plans and ordered the second commander not to attack Suzhou first, but to attack Huzhou directly. "He was exhausted and lost his wings. When he moved to Suzhou, he took it!" It's hard to have such a great strategist.
Second, according to the plan, Xu Da and others will send generals to Longjiang. Don't send Li Wenzhong to Hangzhou, send Hua Yunlong to Jiaxing to contain Zhang Shicheng's army. The generals will fight hard. In Huzhou area, Wu Dongbing was defeated. General Lv Zhen, Zhang Shicheng's adopted son nicknamed "Five Princes" and other brave generals all surrendered, and all his 60,000 chosen men surrendered. Li Bosheng, a "common" Zhang Shicheng in Huzhou City, wanted to commit suicide and was a "martyr", but he had to surrender because of his support.
By the end of the year, forced by Zhu Liangzu's army, Wu Xie, the commander of Hangzhou (the younger brother of rebel leader Xie Zaixing), was also forced to open the gate and surrender. In this way, Dongwu lost his right hand and Pingjiang (Suzhou) became an isolated city, facing the situation of being attacked on three sides.
At Pingjiang, the city was strong, and it was finally conquered in ten months.
Zhu Yuanzhang sent general Liao Yongzhong to "meet" Wang Xiaoming while sending troops to Zhang Shicheng. When he was in Guazhou, Liao Yongzhong went into the hut and hacked Han Liner to death. Then the ship sank and Shi Shiran came back to me. Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer needs to play the name of "Dragon and Phoenix". At that time, many people in later generations thought that Zhu Yuanzhang instigated the killing of Han Liner, but some historical researchers thought that Liao Yongzhong was meddling, judging ugliness and showing his merits, and flattering others. Zhu Yuanzhang can put Han Liner under house arrest like a king or something, and there is no need to make such a small person without silver or silver. At that time, he was kind and didn't "frame" him like Ji Cheng of Sima's family, but it was estimated that he despised Liao Yongzhong very much.
1367, in the twenty-seventh year of Yuan Dynasty, in the first year of Taizu Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the besieged city would last for three months and was in no hurry. He came from the "highest instruction" of Jiankang: "I will be outside, not royal, and the ancient road is also. Now that the army is in a hurry, the general will act cheaply. "
Xu Da was very excited to receive the book. He was more careful and diligent.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhang Shicheng retreated to Pingjiang and was determined to win, but he was also afraid that too many people were killed in the siege. His original intention was to be trapped by the siege and let Lao Zhang finally surrender without spending money. At the same time, he constantly sent people to the Book City to compare Qian Miao and Dou Rong, and advised Lao Zhang to surrender voluntarily. Zhang Shicheng is stubborn and doesn't report.
Until July, Zhang Shicheng saw that the surplus grain in the city was running out. He is kind and kind, so he can't do the evil thing of killing people for food. He led tens of thousands of pro-troops nicknamed "Ten Dragons" to break through. After leaving the city, I saw the soldiers of West Wu Jun on the left side of the city lined up neatly. I was afraid of making a mistake, so I turned the boat door and killed Chang Yuchun camp. This time, however, he met a malefic. Chang Yuchun was brave and resourceful, and fought bravely with Soochow soldiers. At the same time, he also commanded Wang Bi, a double-edged valiant soldier, to bypass Wu Dong soldiers from the side, trapping all more than 10,000 elite soldiers in Zhang Shicheng in a sand basin pool, killing three-tenths and drowning seven-tenths. Zhang Shicheng himself jumped into the water and almost drowned. Qin Bing risked his life to save him, shouldered him and fled back to the city.
Ten days later, Zhang Shicheng, who recovered, gritted his teeth and led the troops out of Xumen. In desperation, the Zhang Shicheng army was fierce and sharp, and Chang Yuchun's department was overwhelmed with positive volley. Such a good opportunity, Zhang Shicheng's younger brother Zhang Shixin stood on the head of the city, I don't know which nerve is broken. He shouted, "The sergeant is tired of playing, so he can stop playing." He immediately rang the golden bell and quit.
While Zhang Shicheng and others were in a daze, Chang Yuchun rallied and turned to attack Wu Dongbing. "Naturally, Zhang Shicheng dare not come back." .
The situation is so critical that Zhang Shixin, a unlucky man, has no worries. He always casually places banquets in the building, places silver chairs everywhere, drinks wine and eats delicious food with his cronies. Yes, he is a general, but he has no brains in strategy. The servant gave him a big peach, and Zhang Shixin ate it for a long time. He just opened his mouth and ate it. Suddenly, there was a huge gun in the city, which hit Zhang Shixin. Grandpa's head was smashed and peach juice was spilled.
After the defeat, Zhang Shicheng remained tenacious, commanding the military and civilians in the city to resist, killing many soldiers and horses of Xiwu. In October, Xu Da launched a general assault and besieged the city hundreds of ways. Finally, Wu Dong's army was exhausted and the city fell.
Zhang Shicheng heard the news of the collapse of the city in his mansion and said to his wife Liu, "What will you do if I die in defeat?"
Liu's good wife calmly replied, "Don't worry, I will live up to you." After that, she gathered firewood downstairs in Jiyun, holding her two young sons, and went upstairs with the concubines in Zhang Shicheng. The building was set on fire before she hanged herself.
It's dusk. The great hero Zhang Shicheng is really at the end of his tether. He sat alone in the room for a long time, looking thoughtfully at the fire in Jiyun Building. Then, he threw the beam and prepared to hang himself. Li Bosheng, the old general of Zhang Shicheng, was instructed by Xu Da to look for Zhang Shicheng everywhere. He happened to find the former owner kicking his leg in mid-air and rushed forward to rescue him. He wailed and urged, "Hero of 94, are you still afraid of losing your life?"
Xu Da immediately put Zhang Shicheng on the boat and sent him to Jiankang by water. At the same time, Zhang Shicheng has been firmly lying on the boat on a hunger strike.
After being escorted to the health book province, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Li Shanchang to "surrender", and Zhang Shicheng cursed, and they almost started work.
That night, while people were unprepared, Zhang Shicheng finally hanged himself. When Qiang Bing won the victory, Zhang Shicheng was timid and missed the opportunity; When he was captured, his words were unyielding and he was a gentleman.
For the people of Wu, Zhang Shicheng is generous and generous, and his taxes are light, so the people of Wu have a lot of nostalgia for him. As for all kinds of accusations against him in Ming books, they are all barking words, and most of them are not true. Although Zhang's men are greedy, they are not cruel and do not kill people indiscriminately. In addition, Wu is a rich man. Even if officials love money, they are not greedy. Zhu Yuanzhang hated Wu people being used by Zhang Shicheng. Based on the land rent of Shen Wansan, the big landlord, plus taxes, he raised seven buckets and five liters of real grain per mu, and basically eliminated the small and medium-sized landlords in Wu in a few years. Bei Qingjiang, a man, recorded: "In the past few years, the great Wu surname ... was poor or overwhelmed, or died or moved, and no one survived."
Suzhou natives used to miss Zhang Shicheng's benevolence and righteousness. On the 30th day of the seventh lunar month, they burn incense for Zhang Shicheng in the name of Tibetan Bodhisattva. In fact, they burned "94 incense" (Zhang Shicheng was originally named Zhang 94).
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