Liu Bei was a descendant of Liu Bang, but by the time of his generation, he could already ignore his identity, at that time, if it were not for the help of relatives, Liu Bei might not have been able to go to school, if he could not go to school, he could sigh at that time, I am afraid that only the price of shoes could not be sold, not the rise and fall of the country.
Zhu Yuanzhang is even worse than Liu Bei, his ancestors are ordinary people, so at first in his heart, he should not dare to dream of being an emperor, and being able to eat enough the next day is his greatest luxury, if the meat dish is enough, this is a dream!
So why can two people with a thin foundation and a poor foundation succeed in becoming emperors in the end?
In 184 AD, Liu Bei threw pen from Rong and began to join the army against the Yellow Turban Army, and in 1352 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang left the Huangjue Temple and went to Guo Zixing as a soldier. Although the two men were thousands of years apart, they were about the same age at the time, one about 24 years old and the other about 25 years old.
It is estimated that at that time, these two people did not have too lofty ideals, and the reason why they chose to go to the battlefield to make a living was because there was really no hope in other places, of course, they would not have thought that their helpless move had achieved the beginning of their future glory.
Friends who are familiar with Liu Bei's history know that in Liu Bei's early years, the only people who could get his hands on him were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and Wen was just investors such as Mi Zhu. At that time, all the people with family foundations were self-reliant, such as Cao Cao of the official eunuch family, Cao Cao of the "four generations and three dukes"... Of course, there are also Sun Jian, who lacks a foundation like Liu Bei.
If you carefully comb through the situation of this group of people at that time, you will find that those who have backgrounds and resources basically choose to stand on their own, while those who are "poor and white" like Liu Bei and Sun Jian all rely on "working" for others for a living. Sun Jian was able to get the "first fierce man of the Three Kingdoms" Lü Bu in those years, but in the end he had to look at the color of Yuan Shu, the "first fierce man of the Three Kingdoms", and Liu Bei was not to mention, he almost worshiped the eldest brother at that time.
After a thousand years, Zhu Yuanzhang's career seems to be straight up, but in fact it is difficult to say anything. Zhu Yuanzhang's first "prominent" job was Guo Zixing's pro-soldier Jiufu Commander, and at that time, Guo Zixing was no longer a small boss who had just started a business, but the lord of Haozhou who occupied a side.
Friends who have seen the imperial biography know that when who started a business did not have a bunch of their own team, that entrepreneurial person is not nepotism, Zhu Yuanzhang although a little "small talent", but those old employees will let you this new person thrive, he Guo Zixing married his adopted daughter to you, he can really treat you as their own person, the world has never felt anything empathetic, some are just like drinking water, cold and warm self-knowledge.
There was a question on the Internet that was highly concerned by history lovers: "Why did the founding princes of ancient times like to slaughter heroes?" ”
In ancient times, the "imperial system" was practiced, although most of the time, we can hear the "divine right of kings" in the works of art involving ancient times, but people who have really fought with the emperor know that the Nine-Five Emperor sitting on the dragon chair has also complained about society like them, and has also worried about his future, and has also had various problems... All kinds of supernatural events are artificially created.
You became this emperor, not because God took care of you, but because we held you up, we picked you up, we can pull you down, and everyone once mixed rice in a horse spoon, why can you be so cool on the dragon chair, I can't do it?
The experience of the founding prince, almost all of the ministers who accompanied him, the only difference between them is that the emperor finally became the king, and they became the subjects. And the emperor, as a "person who came over", he knew very well how his position came from, so he also knew how powerful his founding ministers were, so for the sake of my family's long-term peace and stability, you heroes who may threaten my family can only "sacrifice".
In fact, this kind of "normal" exclusion does not only occur among the founding fathers and founding ministers, but there will be similar problems in any social group, but there will be a slight gap in the situation and content.
Therefore, the better Zhu Yuanzhang's performance under Guo Zixing's command, the more he can't stay, and finally only the self-reliance portal, and Liu Bei is the same, he wanted to stand up as emperor at the beginning, you borrowed his courage, he didn't dare, he initially wanted to eat in the chaotic world, but because he wanted more, so he actively performed, but when he appeared slightly, he would be beaten by the "main family".
In 207 AD, with the encouragement of Zhuge Liang, the 47-year-old Liu Bei decided to start his own business, after all, he would soon reach the retirement age, and the job of "security captain" was not easy to find. In 1364, the 37-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang, who could not tolerate him, had left the GuoShi Co., Ltd., which could not accommodate him, and began to establish himself as the King of Wu through the sign of Xiaofu Wang, so the two began to clarify their goals and sprint towards the final goal.
However, at this time, they were not lightly armed, although Liu Bei was clear about his goal at that time, but his strength was still very limited, if it were not for Sun Quan's "impulse" of a young man, if it were not for Cao Cao who had been carried away by the previous victory, then Liu Bei,the newly determined goal, might have died, so Liu Bei's mood at that time should have been excited and anxious.
When Zhu Yuanzhang established himself as the King of Wu, although he had already dealt with Chen Youyu, Zhang Shicheng, who was relatively strong on paper, was still there, and the Yuan Dynasty was still a skinny camel bigger than Ma, and Zhu Yuanzhang also had a small Fu King who was in the way, so Zhu Yuanzhang at that time should also be a little uncertain about the future.
However, once a person has determined a clear goal, do not pull the crotch in the execution, that is, in the end, it can not be fully realized, and at least "make a good wish and make a medium relationship".
Let's look at the performance of the two cattle people, since Liu Bei decided to set up his own portal, he has experienced the Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Yizhou, the Battle of Hanzhong, and the Battle of Yiling, and he finally died on the front line, that is to say, Liu Bei has been "on the road" after determining the goal and before his death.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang seems to be a bit "lazy" in the later wars compared to Liu Bei, but if you want to give the ancient emperors a name, with diligence as the standard, then there should be few who can rank before Zhu Yuanzhang, and people later canceled the chancellor, it can be said that the world's major events are personally reviewed by him.
Seeing this, some people may ask, the reason for their success is because of their rich experience, or are they "children of poor families" who are very able to endure hardships?
This is actually not the answer I want to say, the reason for their success is actually because of fear, they have seen the cold and warm of human feelings, they have also experienced the sea of swords and fires, they clearly know that when the tide of history pushes them to a certain extent, if they do not go forward, they will fall into the cliff, so they can only arch forward, they are not the only people who have this experience, many people can't stand this pressure, so they jumped off the cliff halfway, but they insisted.
In fact, not only the two of them, at any time, what makes us strive to move forward is not hope and desire, but the fear that goes deep into the bone marrow, fear is the source of everything, and success, while preventing being crushed by fear, while continuing to move forward, do not be afraid, do not stop.