There is an old Chinese saying that "a person who sings a play wears a dragon robe cannot be an emperor", but if you want to write the emperor as a play, I think Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely the protagonist. Di Si counterattacked into the model of the emperor, and there seems to be no second person in history.
Buddha blocked the killing of Buddha, the devil came to slay the demon, Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the way to climb the dragon seat, did not expect that the "killing" thing is really addictive. Suspecting this and that every day, the Blue Jade case and the Hu Weiyong case are his peak masterpieces, and the "paranoid personality disorder" is vividly reflected.
After reading so many people's evaluations of Zhu Yuanzhang, I think one historian said it particularly well: Zhu Yuanzhang was a rogue peasant. Farmers are the body, hooligans are used, think about it, this is really the case, because the things in the bones cannot be changed.
Zhu Yuanzhang wandered the rivers and lakes for many years, and his blood slowly had a bit of rogue pungency, followed by long-sleeved dancing and vertical and horizontal dancing in the chaotic world. But what supports him to the end of his laughter is always the caution and seriousness of the peasant style.
At the end of his life, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have any deterrent power. When instructing and explaining the aftermath, the mouth repeated 4 words in a gossamer way, but all the ministers present pretended not to hear.
Peasant Emperor
At that time, when Zhu Yuanzhang was dying, he kept repeating four words in his mouth: "Is the King of Yan coming?" The latter, as the king of the domain guarding Beijing, was still a long way from Nanjing. Zhu Yuanzhang was able to say such a thing, and it seemed that he had anticipated the occurrence of the "Battle of Jing".
Why? Only because Zhu Yuanzhang was a farmer. Pin Shijun did not mean to belittle the peasants here, but Zhu Yuanzhang showed this idea to the fullest. For example, the abolition of the prime minister, the sending of all sons to be the kings of the domain, and so on, all illustrate this point.
Many people think that the abolition of the prime minister is not because of Hu Weiyong's rebellion? Wrong, only because the latter did not convey Zhu Yuanzhang's orders. Successive dynasties have had such a tradition, if the prime minister feels that the emperor's orders are unreasonable, he can choose to stay in the middle and not issue them, so as to achieve the restriction of the imperial power.
Isn't it a blessing to send all his sons to guard the king of the domain? Wrong, during the Ming Dynasty, the king of the clan had only one duty: to guard the frontier. Why not leave such an important matter to the general? Only because Zhu Yuanzhang was not at ease with others.
Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang regarded the world as his own land, and everything was the property of my Zhu family, and it had nothing to do with other people. On the one hand, it was his suspicious personality, and on the other hand, it was precisely because of this ideology that he became emperor or "peasant".
This is like what we said earlier, "The peasant is used for the body of the rogue", even if he later became the emperor, this trait can not be changed. Everything was governed according to the peasants' ideas, and from this point of view, Zhu Yuanzhang was not worthy to be emperor.
Refuse to hear clearly
As for why the ministers present pretended not to hear, they had only one purpose: to survive. Not only did Zhu Yuanzhang guess that the Battle of Jingnan would take place, but the ministers present also expected it, and they could not change it.
Logically, the emperor was supposed to pass on to his son, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not do so. On his deathbed, he passed the position to his grandson Zhu Yunjiao, because he attached special importance to the "patriarchal system", and his authoritarian ideas can also be seen from the side.
From the perspective of ordinary people, even if his eldest son Zhu Biao dies, should he consider other sons? If it is illogical and common sense, should we not be like the Yongzheng Emperor, who began to be busy with this matter many years ago and locked up other people in power?
On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to spread the word that Zhu Yunjiao was located, but on the other hand, he was not at ease with other people guarding the frontier, which directly doomed the inevitable occurrence of the seizure of power. Zhu Di aside, all the clan kings who guarded the border seemed to have the possibility of raising an army.
In order to avoid the occurrence of this kind of thing to the greatest extent, Zhu Yunjiao could only continue to change on the basis of his grandfather, which led to the occurrence of the "cutting incident". If it is not death, it is possible to win, why not choose to become the latter?
At that time, the court ministers had no idea who would win the coup, they could only "watch the changes and wait for the situation" and polish their eyes to stand in the right position. For Zhu Yuanzhang, who was dying, he was just a "useless person".
Sogu jun said
In the view of Zo Gujun, Zhu Yuanzhang was really a "peasant who became a farmer and a peasant who failed", and it was precisely because of the prudence and gravity of the peasant style that supported him to step onto the dragon seat, and what led to the disillusionment of his dreams was precisely the political vision of the peasants, and he was not a qualified emperor.
"There is a succession of hearing the Tao, and there is a specialty in the art industry", Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor only because of personal luck, but in the end it is still a piece of land material. Do you think that the matter of governing the world should be left in the hands of political ministers?
I'm Sokoto, thank you for reading.