Zhu Yuanzhang everyone knows that he was poor from a young age, and his life before becoming emperor can be said to be very difficult, and he later became an emperor through his own efforts. Because of Zhu Yuanzhang's origin, his style of handling affairs is also different from other emperors, and even some extremes. In the impression of many people, Zhu Yuanzhang was a suspicious person by nature, and many people were executed during his reign. Because his family was poor from childhood, even if he became an emperor, he was very insecure, so once someone threatened him in some things, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not let him go. There are many folk stories about Zhu Yuanzhang, about his childhood, before he became emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang's original name was Zhu Zhongba, and his family was poor from childhood, but the family also lived an ordinary and happy life. But a drought, starved his parents and eldest brother, Zhu Yuanzhang and another brother carrying the bodies of their parents and eldest brother to find a place to bury them, fortunately they met a kind person, saw that their two children were pitiful, gave them a place. After the two buried their parents and eldest brother, they had to continue their lives, and in order to survive, the two separated and fled for their lives.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang stayed in the temple and wandered around, and life could not be more difficult. Later, when he became emperor, that poor life has always been in his memory, so he can feel the hardships of the people's lives very much. During his reign, he built many nursing homes across the country so that the elderly who had no one to rely on could live better. Because his parents died when he was very young, he had no place to do filial piety, so he regarded the old people of the world as his parents and fulfilled his filial piety.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was in a high position, everyone respected him and was jealous of him, and the entire palace was his, but his relatives were long gone, he was alone, and his heart was also very lonely. Every time I came to the festival, I felt even more lonely, everyone else was reunited, and he was alone. So I like to walk outside the palace alone and feel the festive atmosphere of the people. On this day, Zhu Yuanzhang went to the outside of the palace alone to relax, and came to the outside of an official palace, where there was only one person, humming a small song, drinking wine and cooking. Everyone went home for the holidays, and only this petty officer was on duty alone, looking very lonely. Zhu Yuanzhang was very puzzled, on such a family reunion day, such a big official palace, what is this petty official doing here alone? So I went inside to see what was going on.
Xiao Guan was drinking wine alone, humming a small song, when he saw a person walk in, because the position was very small, he had not had the opportunity to see the emperor before, thinking that he was just an ordinary person, he beckoned Zhu Yuanzhang to drink together. Zhu Yuanzhang asked the petty officer what his position was and why he did not go home to reunite with his relatives during the festival. The petty officer said that he was just a small official with no rank, who had been away from home for more than ten years, and although he also wanted to go home, the official government always had to be guarded, so he left him behind. Zhu Yuanzhang remembered his own life, his relatives left, and he was also alone during the festival, so he accompanied Xiao Guan to drink wine and hum music.
Zhu Yuanzhang and this petty officer drank wine and chatted about the sky. In the process of chatting, he saw that this petty official was very filial and upright, and he remembered his own life and was very infected. Before leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xiaoguan explained goodbye the next day. Sure enough, the next day, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned this petty official, and when the petty official came to the emperor, he did not dare to lift his head. Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to look up, and the petty officer looked up, wasn't this the person who had been drinking and chatting with him the night before, he was actually the emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang told Xiao Guan that by drinking and chatting with him, he could see that he was a very filial piety person and a man of integrity. To give him a promotion, the petty officer was surprised and surprised, and after thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to let the petty officer return to his hometown to become a prefect, who could not only take care of his mother, fulfill filial piety, but also serve the country.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang may have many doubts, cruelties, and executions during his reign, the good things he has done are also praised by the world. He cherished the people, and during his reign was the best era of social welfare in ancient times, he built nursing homes, free hospitals, and arranged housing for the homeless. He overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, eliminated the riots, pacified the world, and established a good dynasty.
So sometimes we can't deny a good thing that a person has done because of a bad thing, people are not perfect, and there are times when they make mistakes. Zhu Yuanzhang's actions during his reign were praised by many people, and although the evaluation of him by posterity was good and bad, it is undeniable that his era was a good era. He was very sympathetic to the people, and through his drinking and chatting with a petty official, he could think of his own lineage and promote the petty official, and Zhu Yuanzhang could understand the life of ordinary people very well.
This petty official was also very lucky, drinking a drink to meet the emperor, chatting and singing with the emperor, and finally promoted to an official. Fortunately, this petty official has good wine, does not talk indiscriminately after drinking wine, and does not gaffe after drinking, otherwise it is not bad to say that he has been promoted, and it is good to stay alive.