Why do Fengyang people hate Zhu Yuanzhang?

The reason why Fengyang people hate Zhu Yuanzhang is because of a "Fengyang Song".

The situation of "ten years and nine famines" in Fengyang began in the middle of Ming Dynasty. At that time, the situation of the Yellow River seizing the Huaihe River became more and more serious, and Fengyang was often affected, which caused great damage to agricultural production.

Coupled with the increasing burden on the people at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the situation of "ten years and nine famines" was caused. Undoubtedly, this has nothing to do with Zhu Yuanzhang who has been dead for many years.

This Fengyang Ci was sung as a means of begging, which was equivalent to spreading Zhu Yuanzhang's "complaint" all over the country. But we should know that the first people who sang these Fengyang songs begging for food were Jiangsu and Zhejiang immigrants who were moved to Fengyang by Zhu Yuanzhang. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, these immigrants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang lived in poverty and had no choice but to return home.

On their way back to their hometown, they filled in the songs of Fengyang Song with curses against Zhu Yuanzhang to vent their dissatisfaction.

Zhu Yuanzhang's measures to seal Fengyang;

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Zhu Yuanzhang made every effort to transform this poor hometown and took a series of measures to revitalize its social economy.

The first is to build a new capital in Fengyang. In the second year of Hongwu (1369), Lin Hao was the capital of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Fengyang was the city site. Although it was later stopped, after years of construction, a new capital has begun to take shape. It is conceivable that these luxurious and magnificent buildings add luster and magnificence to Fengyang.

Followed by immigration. To change the face of hometown, it is important to develop social production. Zhu Yuanzhang immigrated to Fengyang on a large scale to enrich his manpower. From the first year of Wu to the ninth year of Hongwu, there were six or seven immigrants from all over the country to Fengyang, and the number of immigrants reached 200 thousand. In addition to immigration, the soldiers stationed in Fengyang also participated in farming. Such a large-scale migration will certainly play a positive role in the recovery and development of Fengyang's agricultural production.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted some preferential policies for Fengyang. During his thirty-one years in office, Fengyang was exempted from taxation and grain for twenty-one years. In the sixteenth year of Hongwu (1383), Zhu Yuanzhang resumed the policy of Fengyang people not paying taxes for generations, which was Zhu Yuanzhang's special care for the people in his hometown.