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Zhu Yuanzhang Chinese New Year's Eve night when he left the palace alone, and Yamen encountered a small official drinking, but the next day he was promoted to ten levels in a row
The emperor is the most powerful man in the world, but he is also the loneliest person in the world. In the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu (1396), when Zhu Yuanzhang was 70 years old, the brothers who fought together in the world were executed by him, and the beloved Empress Ma and the crown prince Zhu Biao also died one after another, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was rare in the deep palace, really became a lonely man.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was an iron-hearted man, was also engulfed by loneliness at this time, so after receiving the blessings and greetings of hundreds of officials at the Chinese New Year's Eve night feast this year, Zhu Yuanzhang went to the palace alone to relax.
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Zhu Yuanzhang was born into poverty, as early as the period of the uprising that occupied Nanjing, he often traveled abroad, this time is no exception, he went out of the palace gate, on a whim, he wanted to go to fang street to see, but it was Chinese New Year's Eve night the people were reunited with their families at home, the fang street was empty, only the ten thousand lights and the laughter and laughter from the courtyard. He was delighted with the merits of his life, but he could not help but feel out of place and sad.
At that time, in order to strengthen the imperial power and let the power pass peacefully to the next generation, he did not hesitate to eliminate the heroes and generals, and gave death to a group of brothers who were born into death one by one, and because of the three major cases of Hu Weiyong's case, the Blue Jade Case, and the Empty Seal Case, he implicated hundreds of thousands of civilian and military generals, and the purpose was achieved, and he had absolute control over power, but he also completely became a 'lonely body', the so-called high place was not cold, there were no relatives, no friends, Zhu Yuanzhang did not even have a person who could pour out his inner thoughts on this Chinese New Year's Eve night of family reunion.
Disappointed, he left and went to the six offices, and since he no longer belonged to the human world, he went to see the yamen under his rule to see what the officials were doing, and as a result, most of the offices were empty.
Until he passed by an official's gate, suddenly, he heard the sound of humming a small song from the official's gate, he strolled in, and saw a young official sitting on a chair, with a pot of sake and a plate of small dishes on the small table in front of him, humming a small song while eating, leisurely and self-satisfied, looking comfortable and happy. When Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him, he also saw Zhu Yuanzhang, only thinking that the people in the vicinity did not think much of it, and saw that he was old and rare, and it was cold outside, so he immediately called the old man into his seat and invited Zhu Yuanzhang to drink and eat vegetables together.
Chinese New Year's Eve night pulled him to drink, and the next day the official was promoted to the tenth rank
This young official's low official position can not be lower than the natural did not look at the holy face, but the treatment of the old man who thought he was a common man was very warm and close, there was no little official's shelf, but like a young man from the neighbor's house, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in poverty and touched the scenery, laughed dumbly and sat down, let go of his mood and began to drink and eat vegetables with this little official, gradually opened his heart, talked about his past and life, of course, he concealed his identity and the things that would expose his identity. The little official listened with relish, and did not think much about it, only to feel that this old man talked extraordinaryly, but in his old age, his loved ones died one by one, and only a group of people around him and his descendants were left with his eyes and hungry for his family property, which was inevitable to sigh.
However, this may be the life that everyone has to experience, no one can accompany a person to the whole journey, the so-called life and death are so naïve. He gave a toast to the old man, admired the old man's life, and commented that life should be like this, make meritorious achievements, live up to his life, and have no worries about being desolate late, and have their own historical commentary.
Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded, this little official was still in his prime, and at the same time he was curious to ask him what kind of official he was and why he was still on duty at the official's office Chinese New Year's Eve night today. The young official bluntly said that he also wanted to go back to his hometown to visit his old mother, but if he left, the official would have no one on duty, and if something happened that angered The Holy Face, he would definitely be implicated, so he volunteered to be on duty. It's just that after all, a person is lonely, just get some small wine and small dishes when the right to also pass the festival, live up to the hard work of this year, say and gently hum the hometown song with a strong New Year's flavor, the posture is leisurely and contented and happy.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and could not help but shake his head and laugh, this young official was not only self-aware, but also content, and his attitude of living in pain was enviable. After further chatting, Zhu Yuanzhang had a very good impression of this young official who was dutiful and filial to his mother, so he said to the young official at the farewell: "We will meet again tomorrow." The young official only thought that he was the side of the six departments, so he did not care, and very enthusiastically sent Zhu Yuanzhang a way, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also touched by his sincerity.
On the first day of the Chinese New Year the next day, taking advantage of the fact that the hundred officials were congratulating the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the officials who were on duty last night, and soon summoned the young official, the young official entered the palace in a daze, and after seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, he was shocked, and he could not imagine that the old man he met last night would be the current emperor, and he still dragged the emperor to drink and eat vegetables together, and seemed to have said something that was afraid of the emperor's involvement? As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang rarely let go of his majesty, and just like last night, he said in the conversation that he would be promoted to the prefect of his hometown on the grounds of his dedication to duty and filial piety to his mother, so as to fulfill his wish to return to his hometown to fulfill his filial piety and benefit the people at the same time.
The young official was stunned, and seemed to have imagined that his cold and majestic Emperor, who was rumored to be so amiable, did not know for a moment whether this was a murder or not. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang was a grumpy person, and bluffed: "If you are appointed and promoted, you still dare to shirk, and you don't have to follow the old rules." "It turned out that the Ming Dynasty plus officials and knights all had a set of strict examination and examination system, not to say that promotion is to be promoted, of course, Zhu Yuanzhang has spoken, and young officials can only receive the will to thank you, and the result is that soon the holy will arrived, and it is true that the official was promoted to the tenth level and served as the governor of a state, and this matter has also become a beautiful talk on Zhu Yuanzhang's body.
In fact, in the final analysis, no matter how cruel Zhu Yuanzhang's methods are, he originally wanted to create a pure dynasty that was not greedy and unfilthy, so he adopted a high-pressure policy against officials who knew the law and violated the law, embezzled and accepted bribes, trying to make them dare not come out of fear. Especially because of his origin, he attaches great importance to family affection, and is very appreciative of filial piety, brotherhood, brotherhood, and noble character, and the young official just meets his expectations in all aspects and has his eyes, so there is also the beautiful talk of "please eat a meal and promote the official to the tenth level".
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang, who has always been iron-blooded, also has such a cute side, or that people are old and their hearts are good. Of course, the Ming Dynasty he founded still inherited his iron-blooded style, and in the end, he never had any relatives with foreign tribes, and was called the most backbone dynasty in history!