Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty, because there was no grain, and there were many brothers in the family, so Zhu Yuanzhang lived a life of not having enough to eat and wear from an early age. In 1343, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown suffered from drought, and in the same year, there were many plagues of locusts and plagues. It is precisely because of this plague that Zhu Yuanzhang's family is almost extinct, leaving only Zhu Yuanzhang and his second brother.
In order to make a living, Zhu Yuanzhang and his second brother decided to go their separate ways, Zhu Yuanzhang had no place to go, and because of the rampant war and disaster, he became a monk. However, soon after, the famine arrived in the local area, and the local monks did not come to the incense because no one came to offer incense, and they could not get the fate at all, so the abbot of the temple disbanded the temple, and Zhu Yuanzhang once again had no place to live. In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang was a beggar who traveled around. Until the late Yuan Dynasty, the contradictions of the Ming Dynasty became more and more serious, resulting in rumors of the "Ming King" circulating everywhere, so a group of people rebelled and founded the "Red Turban Army". Since the establishment of the Red Turban Army, the powerful people everywhere have responded. For some reason, Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Red Turban Army led by Guo Zixing.
After Zhu Yuanzhang joined the army, he showed his strength, and he helped Guo Zixing to conquer the four sides together. By chance, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to expand the army, so he returned to his hometown to recruit soldiers, and then met his childhood friends, who together called on the townspeople to join the Red Turban Army. In the end, more than 700 people were collected. Then Zhu Yuanzhang gave full play to his advantages, and his position in the Red Turban Army became larger and larger, so that he finally surpassed Guo Zixing, became a generation of generals, and finally sat on the emperor's throne. When Zhu Yuanzhang was the leader, he attacked many cities controlled by the Yuan army. And every time some armies attack a city, they have to plunder the resources of the local people. However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who loved the people, strictly forbade these things, not only did he not rob the local people of their grain and property, but also visited the famous local noble families and tried to establish good relations with local prestigious people. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang visited the local people every time he attacked a place.
When Zhu Yuanzhang arrived in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, he heard that there were four very capable people in the local area, so he wanted to attract them to visit them, but because of the war at that time, he could not find them, so he posted a notice looking for them. But no one can understand this notice. Because it was in the midst of war at that time, the people's education level was limited, and many people were illiterate, so they could not understand it at all. Then a woman passed by, and she read the notice to the people. The people understood, and this woman was Su Tanmei.
Su Tanmei is a talented girl in Jiangnan, her cultural level is very high, and she often plays with the local four sages to write poetry. She was white-skinned and beautiful, very kind, and when she was usually idle, she also taught the poor local children to learn knowledge. But it was such a talented woman who was beautiful and wise, but she died young because of one thing. When Su Tanmei read the notice to the people, she was taken in by Zhu Wenzheng, and he and his subordinate Hu Deji took Su Tanmei away, hoping to offer it to Zhu Yuanzhang to please him. After Zhu Yuanzhang met Su Tanmei, he was attracted by his talent and appearance, originally Zhu Yuanzhang was a disciplined person, but when he learned that Su Tanmei had already heard of Zhu Yuanzhang's prestige, he had also admired him for a long time. So in this way, the two people who are in love have a night together.
Until the next morning, someone hurriedly reported that Hu Deji's son had robbed the Ming daughter. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this, because he had always strictly demanded that his soldiers could not do such a thing, so he prepared to execute Hu Deji's son. Hu Deji was dissatisfied, so he said that the army also had a lesson from the past, why only disposed of his son. Hu Deji's statement was obviously aimed at Zhu Yuanzhang and Su Tanmei, so Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to set military rules on his own, so he sent someone to kill Su Tanmei, and at the same time, killed Hu Deji and his son together. A generation of talented women were innocently implicated because of this matter, and Su Tanmei was only 24 years old at the time, Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless to break the military rules himself, but he could not dispose of himself, so he could only let Su Tanmei be a scapegoat. After Su Tanmei's death, Zhu Yuanzhang regretted it very much and could not sleep at night, so he set up a "crime against himself" in front of Su Tanmei's tomb to comfort Su Tanmei's spirit in heaven.