Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who drove out the Mongols, destroyed the Yuan Dynasty's power in the Central Plains, and recovered the 400-year-old Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, which can be called the First Emperor of The Ages. Zhu Yuanzhang actually did not start well, born in a poor peasant family, living under the exploitation of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, his parents and brothers were starving to death, he was full of the cold and warm bitterness of the world at a young age, and also sowed the seeds of hatred for the Yuan court and corrupt officials. In 1376, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to lead an army of 250,000 to the Central Plains in the north, and finally in August of the following year, they finally entered Beijing, and The Yuan Shun Emperor led the remnants of the forces to flee to the Mongolian steppe, and the unarmed Mongol women became prisoners of the Ming army.
How to deal with hundreds of thousands of Mongolian women has become a problem that Zhu Yuanzhang will face, and he secretly blames Emperor Yuanshun in his heart, you run away, why throw women to me, and hundreds of thousands of more mouths to eat. At this time, some of his subordinates suggested that it was better to simply kill them all and avenge the dead soldiers, and some people said that they should be reduced to slaves, so that they could also experience the feeling of being slaves, and some people said that they should simply reward these women to the soldiers who had made meritorious contributions as concubines. Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head after listening to the opinions of his subordinates, saying that these methods were not feasible.
The generals asked, "The emperor is wise, but he doesn't know what to do with it. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We don't have a good way, we can only let it go, they like to go back to Mongolia, they can also stay, but those who stay can't keep Mongolian customs, and their food, clothing, housing, and transportation should be consistent with the Han people." "The ministers and generals were a little surprised when they heard this, but they could only do so, so why were they surprised? Because I don't believe that Zhu Yuanzhang will be so good to the Mongols, you must know that Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather, parents, brothers and sisters were all oppressed and died by the Mongols, and there is no reason not to retaliate.
This is because they do not understand Zhu Yuanzhang, when the emperor wants to kill people, it is purposeful, Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes behind him, but also to pave the way for his grandson, afraid that after his death, Zhu Yunjiao could not stop these old ministers. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was not a murderous person, he hated the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, and he could not hate these innocent Mongol women and people, and here his emperor nature was revealed. Therefore, the founding emperor is different, the nature is still benevolent, and cold-blooded ruthlessness is only a means, not nature.