Start with a bowl, end with a tree!
Zhu Yuanzhang was the only emperor in Chinese history who came from the grassroots, he herded cattle, worked as a monk, had to eat, and his life's resume was also very legendary.
However, the heavens descended on the Si people, they must first suffer their hearts, strain their bones, and starve their bodies, and Zhu Yuanzhang, after experiencing all kinds of difficulties and dangers, finally ascended the throne as emperor and established Daming.
Zhu Yuanzhang had been a monk and had studied Buddhism, and he believed in fate. Zhu Yuanzhang believes that his success is not only related to his own efforts, but also related to his birthday, and his ability to become emperor is something that has been arranged by himself in the dark.
Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that some people would have the same fate as him, which would adversely affect him, so he asked people to count the household registration to see if there were people who were the same as their own birthdays.
After some investigation, Zhu Yuanzhang did find a person who was the same as his birth date, and he felt a panic, he could be the emperor, this person can also be the emperor, so Zhu Yuanzhang decided to kill him.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked the person who was the same as his birthday to bring to the palace, and he wanted to see what that person looked like and whether he had the appearance of an emperor. After the man arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, he thought it was a young man, but the man was a white-haired old man.
After Zhu Yuanzhang saw him, he secretly thought in his heart whether such a person could compete with me for the world? Does he deserve it? Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said to the old man, "What are you doing?" The old man said, "I am a beekeeper." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask, "How many bees have you kept?" The old man said, "I have thirteen caged bees." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled after listening to it, he didn't want to kill the old man. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You have raised thirteen caged bees, and I have raised thirteen envoys. ”
The old man didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang smile, and he laughed along with it. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that if he killed the old man, wouldn't he have killed himself?
This appears to be unwise. Instead of killing the old man, Zhu Yuanzhang was rewarded with a heavy reward and let him live well. The success of life has little to do with fate, or it is related to their own efforts!
References: History of the Ming Dynasty, Records of the Ming Dynasty, etc