Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a fierce character, he herded cattle for the landlord Lao Er when he was a child, and later became a monk at the Huangjue Temple, and also worked as a beggar during his time as a monk. It was precisely because he was born poor and saw through the corruption of the Yuan Dynasty that after he ascended the throne and became emperor, he used heavy codex to rectify official corruption. Later, in order to sweep away some forces that threatened the royal family, he began to massacre his brothers who were born and died with him.
Zhu Yuanzhang's childhood stills
Zhu Yuanzhang especially hated a person to the bone, and his family suffered a senseless disaster
However, at that time, there was a special family, they did not provoke Zhu Yuanzhang, and they did not have the strength to threaten the Ming Dynasty. However, he was hated by Zhu Yuanzhang to the bone, and he even ordered that the entire family be beaten into untouchables, with the male generation as slaves and the female generation as prostitutes.
This family that was "specially cared for" by Zhu Yuanzhang was the Pu family, and the entire Pu family suffered this disaster because of a person named Pu Shou Geng. Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply disgusted with the rich man of this former dynasty, and the two of them did not intersect, so why did Old Zhu hate a former dynasty person who had never met before?
Portrait illustration of Zhu Yuanzhang
Let's go and see what Pu Shou Geng did
"Gaocheng Ling Dong Wenbing's Monument of Love" Yun: "Quanzhou Taishou Pu Shou Geng, a native of the Western Regions, traveled to and from the sea with good deeds, producing huge yields and thousands of family servants." The barbarian states of the South China Sea are not afraid to obey. ”
Pu Shou Geng was a famous merchant at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was talented and could speak many Chinese, and the Southern Song Court appointed him as a priest in Quanzhou at that time. Therefore, he is a veritable red-top businessman who integrates officials and businessmen, and his local reputation is very prominent. It is precisely because of his family's great cause that Pu Shougeng did not hesitate to turn to the Yuan Dynasty government on political issues.
At that time, the Yuan army launched a siege and blockade of the Song Dynasty royal family, and the instability of the situation was bound to have a great impact on his business. Coupled with his deep-rooted network of influence in Quanzhou, the Yuan army sent people to recruit him and let him come out at the right time to deal with the Song Dynasty. As a businessman, he chose to secretly accept the yuan army's recruitment, and the later Song people hated him very much for his treason.
Statue of Pu Shou Geng
Pu Shou Geng refused to accept the surrender of the "Young Emperor" and subsequently killed many Song people
The Quanzhou Fuzhi Shiyi records: "Song Lord Fu zhou to Quan, Shou Geng came to the guru, please stay, Zhang Shijie can not." Or persuade Shi Jie to stay in Shou Geng, then Fan Hai Bao will not let himself follow, Shi Jie will not follow, and will return to him. Then, when the boat was insufficient, they plundered their treasures, and Shou Geng angrily killed the clan chambers and the scholars and soldiers in the spring. ”
Zhang Shijie of the Southern Song Dynasty took refuge in Quanzhou with two "young emperors", and originally planned to use Quanzhou as the capital, so that the remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty could establish a base here that could continue to oppose the Yuan army. However, Pu Shougeng did not recognize the legitimacy of the so-called "Young Emperor" and refused to let the Song army led by Zhang Shijie enter the city. Zhang Shijie said that it is okay not to enter the city, so you can provide us with some supplies, right? Pu Shou Geng also refused.
Sculpture of the Three Jies of the Late Song Dynasty
Zhang Shijie really had no choice but to order the soldiers to snatch the thousands of sea ships parked in the harbor by Pu Shougeng's family, and even take away a large number of supplies on board. Zhang Shijie's move completely annoyed Pu Shougeng, and he poured all his anger on the Southern Song Dynasty royal family and courtiers who settled in the city, and he ordered his men to kill more than 3,000 people.
Pu Shougeng continued to hunt down and kill Emperor Duanzong of Song and Emperor Duanzong of Song, causing the two emperors to flee further south. After the Yuan Dynasty unified China, Pu Shou Geng, because he had great merit to the Yuan Dynasty, was highly valued by the Yuan Dynasty and was appointed as the Zhongshu Zuo Cheng of Fujian Province. Thereafter, he enjoyed all his glory and wealth, and lived a prominent life until he died at the age of 86.
How did Zhu Yuanzhang punish Pu Shougeng after he established the Ming Dynasty?
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, someone told Zhu Yuanzhang about Pu Shougeng, and it happened that Zhu Yuanzhang hated this kind of disloyal and unjust person the most. So Zhu Yuanzhang issued a decree declaring that all the pu family members in Quanzhou were "remnants" of the Yuan Dynasty, and beat these people into the splash. It is also stipulated that all the people of the Pu family are not allowed to study and enter the army for generations, and the male will always be a slave and the female will always be a prostitute. Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was still angry at this, so he ordered someone to dig out Pu Shougeng's bones, and then whipped the corpse 300 times.
In the face of such punishment, many of Pu Shougeng's descendants feel helpless. Later, in order to avoid disasters, many people chose to flee Quanzhou, and many people chose to change their names and surnames, such as the current Wu, Bu, and Miao surnames, and some of them were changed from the Pu clan. Up to now, the Pu surname in Quanzhou is very rare.
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang deal with the Pu family with great fanfare, and also whipped Pu Shougeng?
The Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang was a Han Dynasty of the Eight Classics of Zheng'er, and when he was the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty in the Northern Expedition, he put forward the slogan of "expelling the Tartars and restoring China", which was supported by many Han Chinese. Therefore, he took the traitorous traitors and traitors in the eyes of the world, which was a very pleasant thing.
Zhu Yuanzhang was born humble and himself had a great prejudice against businessmen. He believed that the merchants were mercenary, unscrupulous, cunning and bloodthirsty cold-blooded animals. Pu Shou Geng's actions were imprinted on his opinion, so he could not wait to play a series of combination punches against the Pu family.