Since the birth of Zhu Yuanzhang, there have been nine famines in ten years. Where did it come from? Is this really the case in ancient Fengyang?

Today, Bian Xiao brings you the real Fengyang County in history, hoping to help you.

"Fengyang, Fengyang, Fengyang is a good place. There have been nine famines in ten years since Zhu Yuanzhang. "

Because it is easy to understand, it is widely circulated.

But its significance is puzzling: Fengyang was originally a good place, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was born. It should have been better. Why did it become "nineteen wastes"?

To solve this mystery, we need to look at what Zhu Yuanzhang did to his hometown after he became emperor, and what made Fengyang an eventful place.

Zhu Yuanzhang, a native of Pei County, Jiangsu Province, was a die-hard comrade-in-arms of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. Later, my ancestors moved to Jurong and Sizhou, and my father drifted to Zhongli and Haozhou.

1328, Zhu Yuanzhang was born in Dongxiang, Zhongli. Soon, his family moved to Xixiang, Taiping Township, Fengyang County. Here, Zhu Yuanzhang spent his childhood and adolescence. Although his family is poor, his life should be full of happiness under the care of his parents and sister-in-law.

However, when he 17 years old, Huaixi suffered a catastrophe, followed by a plague. Zhu Yuanzhang, whose parents died, became a monk in Huang Jue Temple under the care of his old mother next door and began a three-year life of vagrancy and begging.

The simplest and happiest day of Zhu Yuanzhang's life was spent in Fengyang. He is full of deep feelings for Fengyang. So, in the second year of becoming emperor, he immediately announced the construction of Ming capital in Fengyang and began to build the imperial city.

Facts have proved that in his view, Nanjing is not an ideal capital. Kaifeng in the capital of song dynasty has been broken, and the yuan dynasty is far from the hinterland of the central plains. His hometown Fengyang seems to be a suitable place to build a capital.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang failed to realize his wish to move the capital to Fengyang for various reasons, the situation in his hometown has not changed, and wave after wave of favorable policies for Fengyang have been swept away.

First, establish Fengyang House.

Fengyang was called "Li Zhong" in ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jong Li left this country and later moved to Haozhou. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang changed his name to Fengyang, because there is a Phoenix Mountain in the north of Haozhou, which has been in use ever since.

Phoenix was a divine bird in ancient times. Like dragons, it is only used by the royal family. Zhu Yuanzhang regards his hometown as a treasure trove of geomantic omen, so he must take such an auspicious and noble name.

When Fengfu was first built, it governed 9 states 18 counties. Later, due to the inconvenience of management, it was changed to 4 States 14 counties. Fengxian has a vast territory. At that time, there were only a handful of areas under national jurisdiction, which reflected Zhu Yuanzhang's concern for his hometown.

Second, the corvee tax is exempted.

Exempting corvee tax is a tangible benefit that Zhu Yuanzhang brought to the people in his hometown.

In the 16th year of Wu Hong, Zhu Yuanzhang said on the monkey:

"Fengyang, my hometown, the tomb of the cloud. In the past, when the emperor was born in pei yu, he became an emperor, enriched the people and benefited from the Han Dynasty. I will always be duty-free and free of meals in Fengyang County and Linhuai County. "

Zhu Yuanzhang was born and raised in Fengyang. The elders in his hometown also gave him the earliest or purest warmth. So he followed the example of Liu Bang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and exempted Fengyang from corvee forever.

How much does Zhu Yuanzhang love his hometown elders? We can take the landlord Delai Liu as an example.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang went to kneel to the landlord Liu De because there was no place to bury his parents, but he ruthlessly refused. Later, out of affection for his hometown, Zhu Yuanzhang did not retaliate against Liu De. Instead, he repaid kindness with kindness and gave 30 mu of land to the old society, exempting him from 10 years of hard labor.

Third, immigration has increased the population.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang carried out large-scale immigration measures which were rare in China history. Among them, the migration from Shanxi, Jiangsu, Hangzhou and other places to Fengyang is one of the most critical links.

According to historical statistics, the population of immigrants to Fengyang during the Hongwu period exceeded 480,000, including more than 300,000 people and 6.5438+0.8 million soldiers.

These immigrants are mainly

The second is to reclaim wasteland and develop the economy. In the war at the end of Yuan Dynasty, the land to the west of Huaihe River was destroyed, the fields were barren and the population dropped sharply. In order to quickly restore the economy of his hometown, Zhu Yuanzhang also implemented a large-scale support policy on the basis of immigrants: each immigrant not only rewarded 200 taels of silver as the purchase price, but also provided cattle, food and housing to solve their worries.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang took a series of measures to revitalize his hometown, Fengyang government in the early Ming Dynasty began to show the scene of enriching the people economically.

Therefore, the "ten-year famine in Zhu" did not conform to the historical facts at that time. So, where did this folk song come from? It is necessary to trace the origin of this flower drum word.

The earliest version of this word comes from Zhao Yi's "Fengyang Ancient Painting Ci" in Qing Dynasty. In the book, he mentioned:

"In the counties of the south of the Yangtze River, Fengyang people come every winter, and all ages have to go to the village to beg. They will come back in February and March next spring. "

The main points are as follows:

This song says: I live in Luzhou, I live in Luzhou and Fengyang. Fengyang is a good place. Since Zhu Yuanzhang appeared, there have been nine droughts in ten years. "

From the above introduction, we know that Fengyang is the capital of the Ming Dynasty and the ancestral grave of the royal family, especially favored by Zhu Yuanzhang. Therefore, there can be no tragedy of "ten years and nine famines" in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Yi lived in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, which was also a period of rapid decline. Natural and man-made disasters are the main reasons for the decline of Fengyang area.

Therefore, the "Ten Years and Nine Famines" is not a historical story of the Hongwu period in the Ming Dynasty, but a true portrayal of the Qianlong period!

However, due to the extremely strict control measures during the Kang period, it was impossible for the victims to spit directly at the rulers. That's why they called Zhu, the most influential emperor in Fengyang history "nothing to say"!

But after this change, this ballad became more famous, so that it spread to later generations and made countless people believe it. Zhu Yuanzhang's monster, don't go back!