Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 191 Zhang Jiao: Maybe I can rescue it?
"Let the people of the world afford to eat?"

Hearing this, Ma Yuanyi looked at the two big men behind him, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

This is the funniest joke the three of them have heard in ten years.

"Young students, don't be ashamed!"

"Do you know how much food is needed to feed the people of the world?"

"Don't talk about the common people in the world, let's talk about our Zhangqu Village. There are 62 households and 150 people in the village. The whole village has been out of food for three days."

"And there are villages like ours everywhere in the Central Plains. How many people do you think you can support with these few cakes?"

"Don't make a joke in the face of the great virtuous teacher, take your cake and leave quickly!" Old Zhang reprimanded Zhu Yuanzhang angrily, and waved impatiently to make them leave quickly.

"Walk?"

"Uncle Zhang, it's impossible to let these people go. If they are spies from the imperial court, not only will the safety of the great virtuous and good teachers not be guaranteed, but even Zhangqu Village will suffer."

"This time is not a woman's benevolence!"

Ma Yuanyi suppressed the smile on his face, took a knife from a big man behind him, and looked at Muying again.

His fighting spirit was boiling, and his killing intent was almost solidified.

"Yuanyi, don't be rude!" Zhang Jiao spoke again just when the two sides were about to fight again.

He had a serious expression on his face.

He was startled by Zhu Yuanzhang again, not because of the men who were ambushing him in the dark, but because of his tolerance.

He felt a faint trace of imperial aura from Zhu Yuanzhang, although there was only an extremely faint trace, and if there was nothing, it was indeed there.

The aura of the emperor is so mysterious that it cannot be understood, nor can it be artificially created.

But this thing does exist.

Not only Zhang Jiao believes in this kind of thing, but all the gentry in the world also believe in it.

Zhang Jiao knew very well that it was impossible for him to become a hero and overlord, so he had been looking for such a person for the past ten years.

But unfortunately it has never been found.

This was also the reason why the Yellow Turban Army had gathered hundreds of thousands of people before, but Zhang Jiao had been holding back that he didn't want to directly rebel. Without such a man with the aura of a king as a leader, the rebellion would have been impossible to succeed.

Forcible rebellion can only become cannon fodder and become someone else's wedding dress.

Facts have also proved this point. They were forced to raise the anti-flag because of traitors and informants three months ago. As a result, in just three months, the Yellow Turban Army of tens of thousands of people was dispersed by the imperial army and the big gentry from all over the country, and they were completely defeated. .

Even he was cursed, and his life was short.

Although this has something to do with his indiscretion, in Zhang Jiao's view, the most important thing is that the Taiping Army has not found a qualified leader from the beginning to the end.

I didn't expect to meet such a person who has the air of a king after 20 years of planning for a major event have completely failed.

It can only be said that good luck tricks people!
A self-deprecating smile curled up at the corner of Zhang Jiao's mouth.

He seemed to see God's mocking eyes on him.

"Let them go!"

"Such a person can't be an imperial spy!" Zhang Jiao sighed, and waved his hands tiredly.

Rebellion pays attention to the timing, location, and harmony of people.

Three months ago, the Yellow Turban Army could be said to have captured all three. If Zhu Yuanzhang had appeared at that time, Zhang Jiao would have been ecstatic.

But it is a pity that it is not three months ago now. The current Yellow Turban Army has suffered a major defeat, and tens of 10 people have been completely dispersed, losing unity, and the most important thing is that his life is not long.

The Taiping Army is now a big ship that is about to sink.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang is forcibly pulled onto the boat at this time, what awaits him will only sink along with the big ship.

Instead of picking up a person with the fate of Huangge in vain, it is better to keep him as a kindling and wait for the next opportunity.

After all, although the contact was brief, Zhang Jiao could still see that Zhu Yuanzhang was a person who could empathize with ordinary people.

This is extremely important to Zhang Jiao.

"This is the only thing I can do for those brothers who were dispersed in the Yellow Turban Army.

"Let's go!" Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep look at Zhang Jiao, didn't say any more nonsense, and left here directly with Mu Ying and Zhu Biao.

He still didn't understand why Zhang Jiao rejected him, nor did he understand Zhang Jiao's current situation. Seeing Zhang Jiao here can only be said to be a big accident, which was not in his original plan.

So he needs intelligence, and he needs a lot of it.

Only when he has enough information, can he make a correct judgment based on it, instead of guessing here.

Although they have studied the history of the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, they also understand that this should be the last years of Emperor Ling.

But after all, here is the mythical version of the Three Kingdoms, and there is already a huge difference from the original history.

So he still has to wait for Jin Yiwei to find out the real situation of this world.

When he comes again next time, whether Zhang Jiao is willing or not, he will join the Yellow Turban Army.

In the blink of an eye, seven days passed.

In the valley base where the space gate is located, Zhu Yuanzhang put down the information about the world that Jin Yiwei had initially detected, and fell into deep thought.

Although it is now the mythical version of the Three Kingdoms, history is still following the original track.

According to Jin Yiwei's information, it should be the first year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and it will be five years before Dong Zhuo led the Xiliang army into Luoyang.

The current situation of Zhang Jiao can be said to be quite bad.

The Taiping Army was betrayed by traitors, suffered heavy losses, and lost many backbones and strong men. Two months ago, Zhang Jiao led the main force of the Yellow Turban Army to fight Huangfusong and suffered a disastrous defeat.

He also suffered a curse attack from an unknown strongman, and his life was not long.

It can be said that if Zhu Yuanzhang had not intervened, Zhang Jiao would have died of illness soon after, and the Yellow Turban Army would have been completely wiped out in the next two to three years after they had no leader.

The future Yellow Turban Army will become an important tool for the heroes of the late Han Dynasty to gain their qualifications, including Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian, all of whom gained great prestige because of the Yellow Turban Army.

It can be said that if there was no Yellow Turban uprising, there would be no subsequent Three Kingdoms.

Of course, now that Zhu Yuanzhang has joined, he naturally doesn't want to see such a thing.

Because the Yellow Turban Army and the Red Turban Army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty were similar organizations, they were composed of ordinary people with mud legs who couldn't survive.

If these people don't rebel, they can only wait to starve to death. Zhu Yuanzhang has the most say in this, so he wants to seek justice for these people from the world.

To be honest, he was much luckier than Zhang Jiao.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were no big aristocratic families at all.

After being suppressed by the Sui and Tang dynasties, and then being slaughtered again and again by the Great Yuan later, the rebellion environment in the late Yuan environment was quite favorable.

It is precisely because there is no suppression of the joint ruling class of the gentry that peasant rebels were able to make progress step by step in that troubled world, and finally reached the peak.

But it was different at the end of the Han Dynasty. The literati in this era were too powerful, and most of them were gentry who controlled a county or even a state.

Coupled with the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army, compared with the uprising of the Red Turban Army in Zhu Yuanzhang's era, the Yellow Turban Army is simply a hell start.

But it’s all right now, the system has sent the plug-in Zhu Yuanzhang over.

With the plug-in Yellow Turban Army, it will show more powerful and tenacious vitality.

In a small courtyard at the back of Zhangqu Village, Zhang Jiao was lying obliquely on a rocking chair, enjoying the cool air.

Compared with seven days ago, Zhang Jiao is now even thinner, it can even be said that he has become skinny.

"Great virtuous teacher, you should eat some!"

"The folks came together with great difficulty. No matter what, it's a wholehearted effort!" Old man Zhang stood in front of Zhang Jiao holding a bowl of rice porridge, persuading him earnestly.

"Uncle Zhang, you should call me Erwa!"

"You are my uncle, you watched me grow up, why do you call me a great teacher?"

"It's called by an outsider!" Zhang Jiao said with a wry smile.

"Nonsense, you are the pride of our Zhangqu Village. If our own family sincerely enshrines you as a great virtuous teacher, how can others be sincere?" Old man Zhang said seriously.

"pride?"

Zhang Jiao sighed: "This battle has been lost so thoroughly, I think the villagers may hate me for sure?"

"After all, if it weren't for me, their father, son, and brother wouldn't have died outside."

Zhang Jiao's expression flashed in a trance for a moment, and he seemed to recall the past ten years ago.

"Nonsense again!"

"With me here, if anyone in Zhangqu Village dares to speak ill of you, the old man will be the first to beat him to death!"

"Who doesn't know that you are working hard for us poor people."

"The evil is this world."

"Besides, if it wasn't for you, the entire village would have starved to death ten years ago."

Listening to the old man Zhang chattering about his achievements, Zhang Jiao was in a daze again.

"Uncle Zhang, I'm going to die!"

After a long time, Zhang Jiao sighed softly.

He has already clearly felt the call of the god of death, and he, who is under the fatal curse, will not survive this winter.

This is also the reason why he chose to come back here after highlighting the encirclement of the imperial court.

This is his hometown, his roots, and he wants to return to his roots when he dies.

Hearing Zhang Jiao's words, the old man Zhang immediately stayed with tears.

"Great virtuous teacher, let's not fight the imperial court anymore, let's surrender to the head office!"

"If the imperial court wants to kill or cut you, let's listen. You have such great abilities. As long as you are willing to do things for the imperial court, the imperial court will definitely not let you die."

"Don't you think so?" Old man Zhang said.

"It's useless!"

Zhang Jiao smiled wryly and shook his head: "I've already been on the court's must-kill list!"

"Uncle Zhang, please don't do anything stupid."

"As long as you don't tell me about your relationship with me, no one will know that I am related to Zhangqu Village."

"That's right... people in Zhangqu Village will starve to death this winter!"

"I'm sorry, Uncle Zhang, I broke my promise, and I still didn't bring back the food!" Zhang Jiao sighed heavily again.

"Uncle Zhang, just leave me alone, let me wait here alone to die!"

"When I die, burn me and bury me in front of my parents' graves without writing my name." Zhang Jiao explained his funeral.

"Erba...you!" Old man Zhang opened his mouth, and he spoke a thousand words, but his throat was blocked, and he couldn't say a word.

"Great virtuous teacher!"

"That Zhu Yuanzhang is here again, this time with three big carts."

"He said there were all meatloaf for us?" At this moment, Ma Yuanyi kicked open the door and broke in sweating profusely.

"What?" The corners of Zhang Jiao's eyes opened slightly, and he, who was already determined to die, suddenly smelled an extremely unusual breath.

His intuition told him that perhaps, he really had the possibility to rescue him again.

"Help me up, I'll go and see for myself!" Zhang Jiao struggled to get up.

Soon he came down to the big tree at the entrance of the village with Ma Yuanyi's support, and he saw the three people he had just met a few days ago.

But this time it wasn't just the three of them, there were more people, as well as three extremely weird carts.

"Is this a locomotive?" A look of surprise flashed across Zhang Jiao's face.

But he didn't ask about these irrelevant things, but looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again, waiting for his explanation.

"Ha ha!"

"Old man, I am here today to answer your question a few days ago!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look at Zhang Jiao, but looked at the old man Zhang, and continued: "You ask if I can feed the people in the world?"

"My answer is yes!"

"You asked me if I could feed the 62 households and 150 people in Zhangqu Village. My answer is still yes!"

"You just have to wait and see the answer to the first question, and let's realize the answer to the second question today!"

Having said that, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

Behind them, Zhu Biao and Mu Ying suddenly opened the compartment of a truck, revealing a truck full of meatloaf that had piled up during the period.

"Hiss...!" Hearing the movement around, the people of Zhangqu Village rushed over to see the excitement, and there were bursts of gasps and swallows.

"Did these really make us let go of eating?" A boy in his teens suddenly asked with a hopeful face.

"That's right, just come and eat. If there's not enough, we still have enough for today!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"Whoosh!" Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the kid rushed to the front of the car with one stride, and put two meatloaf in each hand, and directly put them into his mouth.

"There's meat!"

"There's meat in it!"

"Hurry up, big guy, come and eat!" The little guy turned around to greet the villagers while eating wildly.

With someone taking the lead, things are much easier to handle.

First, the children couldn't hold back, then the middle-aged people, and then everyone rushed over.

"Slow down, don't grab, everyone has a share!"

"We are full today!" Zhao Chang, a very humble seventh-rank official who came with the car, was trying to maintain order.

He felt the same for what he saw today.

In other words, 20 years ago, like the people here, he was redeemed by His Majesty.

He is from the Jiajing plane, and he is a poor man.

20 years ago, their hometown suffered a major flood.

He was only seven years old that year. When the whole family was most desperate and almost starved to death, it was His Majesty who led Daming's grain convoy to deliver grain to them continuously.

Without that food, he would have died long ago.

At that time he secretly swore.

In the future, he must become an official, and he will use his whole life to repay the loads of life-saving food that His Majesty sent over.

(End of this chapter)