We all know that the ancient emperors made special tiger charms to facilitate the control of the army, which represents the proof of the mobilization of the army. However, with the development of the times, the Tiger Rune has not been able to catch up with the evolution of the times, and the emperors of various dynasties and generations have spent a lot of thought in order to consolidate their power and firmly grasp the army.
For example, when zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of taizu, rebelled at that time, there were many people, even stronger than Zhu Yuanzhang, so Zhu Yuanzhang had to be very careful at that time, if he did not pay attention, he might be cut off by others, and Guo Zixingwu in the army was forced to flee the army, so Zhu Yuanzhang began to guard against his men.
Moreover, it is recorded in the book that every time Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to fight, he would specially gather the families of those generals together to say things, in order to facilitate the care of their families, this is to tie the hearts of those soldiers, so that these soldiers will not betray him, which is equivalent to blackmailing their families to achieve the purpose of commanding the generals, that is to say, if you do not listen to Zhu Yuanzhang's orders when fighting, then I will make your family pay a heavy price.
So on the battlefield the soldiers are very desperate, no matter what the reason, the war is a two-sided victory, but also accompanied by losses, those who died on the battlefield, their wives and families, so when the war is over, the place of residence set up for the wives of those generals becomes a widow's camp.
At that time, many people had great controversy about the widow camp, for example, the strategist Liu Ji repeatedly advised Zhu Yuanzhang to dissolve the widow camp, and there was a major drought during Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, and it was rumored that the imperial court made the people resentful too much to lead to God's punishment. Although Zhu Yuanzhang arrested many people at that time, the drought situation was still not alleviated, so Zhu Yuanzhang was like Liu Ji asking for help. Liu Ji said that he only needed to do three things well, the first of which was to disband the widow's camp "tens of thousands of wives of soldiers who died in battle and died of illness, so that the widow's camp could live and be gloomy."
Zhu Yuanzhang disbanded the widow camp in accordance with Liu Ji's orders, ordering these widows to choose who they wanted to marry, and those who did not want to marry others could return to their hometowns and run to their parents. Ordered "Widows to listen to their marriage, and those who do not want to be sent back to the countryside to rely on their relatives; the servants release the Ning family; and the surrender leaders are exempted from military service." Unfortunately, after the dissolution of the widow's camp, it still could not rain, Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry, and in a fit of anger, he dismissed Liu Ji, who regarded him as an ordinary citizen.