The Origin of Jiangxi's "Old Table"

Legend has it that Zhu Yuanzhang was badly defeated in the battle with the Yuan army and fled to Kangshan, Jiangxi. Knowing that he was against the Yuan Dynasty, the local villagers hid him in a cave to heal and provide food, so that Zhu Yuanzhang's wound would be healed soon.

He was very grateful when he left the villagers. The villagers seemed to say to him without warning: "If you become an emperor in the future, I'm afraid you won't recognize us civilians!" Zhu Yuanzhang quickly replied: "No, if there is such a day, just come to me." The villagers said, "Where can we find the palace compound?" ? Even if we find it, where can we civilians get in? Talking and laughing. "Zhu Yuanzhang solemnly said," just say my cousin Zhu Yuanzhang came to see me. "

1368, Zhu Yuanzhang became the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. One year, there was a drought in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in Jiangxi. Farmers still have to pay taxes to the court in summer and autumn every year, and they have to receive corvees according to the quota. The poor villagers remembered "Zhu Laobiao" in a helpless situation. So the villagers came to the court, claiming to be Zhu Yuanzhang's cousin, and were allowed to enter the palace compound. They never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang really summoned them and listened to their opinions and demands in detail. As a result, in this year, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered their tax relief. Since then, "cousin" has become synonymous with Jiangxi people.