What is the special status and specific meaning of "Jiangxi Laobiao"?

Cars from the north and ships from the south may call out their cousins when they meet people from Jiangxi. In the interior of Jiangxi, especially in the countryside, everyone is old and short. Cousin has almost become synonymous with farmers. Why do you have this reputation? According to legend, the first person named Lao Biao was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In the last period, Zhu Yuanzhang, the leader of the peasant uprising, fought Chen Youliang, the rebel leader who occupied Hankou as Hanwang, in Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province 18. Chen Youliang is a fisherman, and he has many brothers. He is a warrior with high martial arts and is good at fighting on water. According to Yugan County Records, in A.D. 1363, Chen Youliang dispatched dozens of giant ships, and 600,000 sailors entered the surrounding Hongdu (now Nanchang). In this battle, Zhang Dingbian, a veteran of Chen Jun, almost wiped out Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang fled to Hong Kong with beaten army.

The vast Poyang Lake is 800 miles long. The sky is connected with water, and the water is connected with the sky. Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to look up at the sky and sigh, saying, If I fall into this situation, wouldn't God definitely kill me? For several days, they were hungry and cold, drifting blindly, losing ground, and finally approaching a peninsula land. Upon inquiry, the name here is Kang Langshan, which belongs to yugan county. The villagers found several boats floating on the lake and went forward to ask. It turned out that they had just "swept away bandits and relieved the suffering of the people;" Zhu Yuanzhang's army is under the banner of benevolence and righteousness, and is not greedy for wealth. Everyone rescued them ashore, settled them for treatment and rest, and every household sent food, pork and vegetables to take care of them like relatives. Zhu Yuanzhang was shot with several arrows and was seriously injured. The villagers hid him in the cave, invited a doctor, put arrows at him every day to cure poison, and fed him medicine, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very moved. Zhu Yuanzhang asked what their surnames were, and the villagers said that our whole village was surnamed Chen. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy. My uncle in Fengyang's hometown is also surnamed Chen. Maybe you were family 500 years ago. So, you and I are still cousins! Since then, both sides have affectionately called each other "cousins".

After a period of rest, Zhu Yuanzhang recovered his health. Based on this, he took in the old army, recruited soldiers, reclaimed land in Hutianzhou, helped villagers develop production and increased supplies for the troops. More than two years later, Zhu Yuanzhang reorganized his military forces, and 200,000 navies lined up in Kang Langshan. With the support of local people, Zhu Yuanzhang tied up a large number of fishing boats with reeds and right people, hid fuel and gunpowder, and attacked Chen Ying by the east wind. In a water battle that lasted for 35 days, Chen Youliang was shot in the head by a flowing arrow. This battle laid a solid foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang to change the situation, unify the whole country and establish the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang expressed deep gratitude to the people of Kanglangshan for their support and help. When he left the village, he said to his fellow villagers: If I, Zhu Yuanzhang, win the world, come to me if there is anything, just say that I am an old cousin from Jiangxi, and I will repay your kindness.

1368, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Yingtianfu (Nanjing), surrounded by thousands of people, and sat on the throne of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. A few years later, it coincided with the floods and droughts in Jiangxi, and the disasters continued, and the people struggled in hunger and cold. Corrupt officials in local governments have to collect land taxes and people's wealth, and the people are miserable. At this time, someone suddenly remembered what Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had said when he left the village. Maybe he can really open his heart, so the village chose three courageous and knowledgeable people to look for him.

Three villagers walked hand in hand, worked hard day and night, and finally came to Nanjing. When the countryman arrived in Beijing, he knew that the palace compound was guarded by someone, pleading left and kowtowing right, and giving gifts into his pocket, but he never saw the emperor. In desperation, they had to risk their lives to knock on the bell and drum in front of the palace. The bell and drum alarmed the emperor. He asked, "Who dares to drive?" The eunuch only responded: "There are three Jiangxi people, saying that they are old cousins of the Holy Family, and they have been taking a ride." Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered the scene when Kang Langshan was down and out. He waved his hand and said, "The door in the sky is about to open, and he is greeted with a big gift. Zhu Yuanzhang met this "cousin" from Jiangxi before, asked why, comforted each other politely, treated each other with good wine, and immediately ordered to pull out a lot of money, grain and grass to help the victims in Jiangxi, while Kang Langshan was always exempt from paying grain tax, and sent a message to the states, states and counties. Since then, "Jiangxi Old Dining Table" has spread all over the country.