Zhu Yuanzhang: From cattle herding to monks, he participated in the peasant uprising and finally ascended to the throne
After becoming emperor, his childhood playmates came to reminisce about the past, but they were beheaded
Zhu Yuanzhang, formerly known as Zhu Zhongba, was born in fengyang, Anhui, the emperor's life is also full of twists and turns, it is unimaginable, he was a cow herder when he was a child, wandering for a long time, he did not have to eat, what kind of life encounter was it, and finally made him a generation of founding emperors.
Zhu Zhongba's childhood can be said to be very bitter. The father and grandfather of the family have been hiding debts everywhere. Therefore, the family is also very poor, except for the eldest child and him, the others have been sent out. His parents paid great attention to learning and let him read some books, which also provided an important foundation for his future career, but later he could not continue to study without money, so he herded cattle for the landlord with some other poor children.
At that time, the Yuan Dynasty was already squeezing the people, and there were disasters such as droughts and locusts, and the people were not happy. Within half a month, Zhu Zhongba's parents and eldest brothers had all died one after another, and there was no way to even bury them. In the end, he parted ways with several other relatives and fled on his own, and in desperation, Shigehachi had to go to the Huangjue Temple to become a small monk, and although his daily life was boring, it was at least stable. However, the good times were not long, there was a famine in the local area, and there was no alms in the temple, so the abbot had to let the monks go out to the clouds to make up their fate, and Shigehachi had to start wandering again.
Zhu Zhongba wandered around a lot, and later returned to the Huangjue Temple. Such a long and long wandering had such a great significance in his life, and the hard life not only created an extreme character, but also determined and cruel and full of suspicion. In the wandering, he can be said to have seen the world, learned a lot of social experience, and was more or less rendered by the ideas of the peasant uprising at that time.
At that time, the poor peasants were really unable to live under the oppression, and they had no choice but to take risks when they had no way to go. In May of the eleventh year, Han Shantong and others revolted, and the soldiers were wrapped in red scarves, also known as the "Red Turban Army". Within months, oppressed people everywhere had been exposed. There was a local tycoon named Guo Zixing who united the people to raise an army, and many people came together. Later, the rebel army successfully captured Haozhou, and Guo Zixing also established himself as a marshal. At this time, Zhu Zhongba's childhood playmate sent a letter inviting him to join Guo Zixing's rebel army, originally still thinking, at the same time, he heard his brother say that someone wanted to inform, and his heart was crossed, so he went directly to Guo Zixing.
In the team, Zhu Yuanzhang was brave and decisive, and he also knew a little pen and ink, so Guo Zixing appreciated him very much, and the name Zhu Yuanzhang was given to him. In the process, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the generals competing for fame and profit, and he felt that his own strength was the most reliable, so he returned to his hometown and began to recruit soldiers himself, and his childhood playmates knew about it and came to join him. Later, Guo Zixing died of illness, and the position of marshal passed to his son and his brother-in-law, but because most of the troops were recruited by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang became the de facto commander. After many victorious battles, he was stationed in western Zhejiang and secretly and rapidly expanded his power. Then we continued to consolidate, grasp the people's hearts, attach importance to talent, and handle the troops in a proper way, and at the same time have a good strategy. For example, strict military discipline, do not burn and do not rob. Or the construction of water conservancy and other activities conducive to agriculture, the active hoarding of grain, the reduction of expropriation, and the lightening of the peasants' burdens have laid a good foundation for him. It eventually unified Jiangnan and established Daming.
Zhu Yuanzhang had many small friends when he was a child, and he could be regarded as having suffered together. After he became the emperor, his former friends knew that this was enough, and the friends who played with mud together actually became emperors, and they were not allowed to ask for a benefit. Zhu Yuanzhang may have made a promise that if he was rich, everyone would have bread to eat. So he was also very good to his childhood friends, and everyone came and gave a gold cake. Most people took the reward and went back satisfied, but there was such a person, who was not satisfied with the reward, had to see Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he was a playmate, and he also received it, who knew that this person said loudly as soon as he came up: Zhu Laosi, I didn't expect you to become emperor. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's face changed, as the emperor, how could he still shout his nickname so frivolously. This was not enough, the man also talked endlessly about some things that the two of them stole chickens when they were young, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stand it, and immediately let people drag them out and behead them. This man could never have imagined that instead of reminiscing with himself, his childhood friend Zhu Zhongba would kill himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang's painful experience as a child and the difficult years when he wandered did pave a lot for his life, and it was an important wealth in his life, which created his character and quality. It also increased his vision and knowledge. The painful experience also made him cruel, even if the relationship between his children was good, Zhu Yuanzhang was already the king of a country, and the majesty of the emperor was untouchable, but unfortunately, some friends who grew up playing with mud did not understand this truth and gave their lives in vain. Sometimes, what to say and what not to say is really important.