As a typical example of self-made, Zhu Yuanzhang's story has been sung by people, Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor peasant family, because of the eighth oldest, also known as Zhu Zhongba, after becoming emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang once wrote "Zhu Shide Monument", which wrote that Zhu Yuanzhang's family has been farming for several generations, and when the years are not good, they often can't pay taxes, and his father can only take the family to escape and escape disasters.
Soldiers and horses have become a luxury to survive, not to mention study and school, Zhu Yuanzhang has been herding cattle for the landlords in the village since he was a child, if there is no later adventure, Zhu Yuanzhang may have been a lowly person all his life, in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongol rulers divided the people into four levels according to the bloodline region, the Mongols are naturally privileged people, they do not need to work to have a lot of money, and the lowest "southern people" have cheap lives, not even as good as a donkey, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was called "Zhu Zhongba" was because he did not deserve to have a name.
Heavy taxes, disasters and famines, many people have died tragically on the street, and then Haozhou suddenly drought, parents and eldest brothers have starved to death, leaving only Zhu Yuanzhang and the second brother to rely on each other for their lives, the two even buy coffin money is not even together, fortunately, the same village friends gave away a piece of land, not to let their parents die on the street, in order to survive, Zhu Yuanzhang can only be separated from the second brother, go to the end of the world.
Zhu Yuanzhang had no place to go, he had to go to the temple to become a monk, sweeping the floor all day, burning incense, and being scolded and reprimanded by the old monk, but even so, in order to survive Zhu Yuanzhang endured, he wanted to spend the rest of his life in the temple, and the heavens made a joke to Zhu Yuanzhang, and it wasn't long before the grain in the temple was also eaten, so he had to fight Zhu Yuanzhang and others.
Zhu Yuanzhang also became a beggar, from Haozhou to Henan, begging all the way for a living, three years of wandering career, so that Zhu Yuanzhang's footprints all over Huaixi, increased his own knowledge, hard life made Zhu Yuanzhang more and more courageous, resolute, but also let his heart twisted, become suspicious and suspicious, do not trust anyone except himself, this psychology accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang's life.
The yuan dynasty building will fall, the peasant revolt will be surging, the society is circulating "the Ming king was born, pudu sentient beings", the intensification of ethnic contradictions led to many people to fight back, in 1351, the Ming king Han Shantong unveiled the pole, and then people and horses from all over the world responded, Guo Zixing occupied haozhou city and established himself as a marshal.
Childhood playmate Tang He happened to be doing things in the army, wrote to Zhu Yuanzhang to invite him to join the army, desperate Zhu Yuanzhang enlisted in the army, after joining the army Zhu Yuanzhang showed outstanding military talent, at the same time clever, soon got the appreciation of Guo Zixing, every big war, Zhu Yuanzhang is always a pioneer, the loot will be distributed to the subordinates, accumulated a very high prestige in the army, Guo Zixing regarded it as a confidant, just at this time Zhu Yuanzhang lost "Zhu Zhongba" and had his own name.
Haozhou City war situation is complicated, in addition to Guo Zixing, there are sun deya and other forces, there are many contradictions between each other, Sun Deya once kidnapped Guo Zixing, want to get rid of him, Zhu Yuanzhang knew later, personally led heavy troops to save Guo Zixing, the two families completely tore their faces, after this move, Zhu Yuanzhang's prestige in the army far exceeded Guo Zixing, causing the latter to be dissatisfied, Zhu Yuanzhang also realized that sending people to the fence is not a long-term solution, determined to rely on their own strength, to create a career.
Zhu Yuanzhang handed over his power and carefully selected 24 people to leave, including Xu Da, the first general of the Ming Dynasty, relying on the momentum accumulated before, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly gathered more than 4,000 people, and then attacked the Yuan army camp, capturing tens of thousands of people, after several major battles, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength did not follow, holding tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and a good helper.
Relying on these people, Zhu Yuanzhang finally achieved hegemony, after the completion of the great achievement, Zhu Yuanzhang personally did everything himself, in order to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Zhu family, Zhu Yuanzhang wantonly slaughtered the heroes, only Xu Da was the founding of the Six Founding Fathers, only Xu Da was passed down to the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Shanchang, Lan Yu, Hu Weiyong and others were tragically killed, Zhu Yuanzhang liked to kill, the purpose was to pave the way for future generations when he handed over power, originally Zhu Yuanzhang also left a group of people for Zhu Biao.
It's just that Zhu Biaoying died early, the emperor's grandson was young, Zhu Yuanzhang could only make this decision, only one of these people survived, he was Tang He, as Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown friend, Tang He and Zhu Yuanzhang's friendship was deep, when Zhu Yuanzhang was at his most depressed, it was Tang He who threw an olive branch to him, not only let him live, but also gave him the opportunity to achieve hegemony, it is said that Tang He spared no effort to help Zhu Yuanzhang, and used his position to introduce Zhu Yuanzhang to Guo Zixing.
Although he was cruel to his subordinates, Zhu Yuanzhang respected Xiangshi very much, it is rumored that after Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Zixing had a contradiction, he did not know where to go, at this time a Xiangshi passed by, Xiangshi called himself a "living immortal", Zhu Yuanzhang was ill and rushed to the doctor, he wanted to find a god to calculate his future, Zhu Yuanzhang casually wrote a "帛" word, Xiangshi looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in shock, Zhu Yuanzhang did not know, so he repeatedly asked what it meant, but did not get a reply, just when Zhu Yuanzhang turned away, Xiangshi hurriedly knelt down.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very confused and asked what the reason was, but Xiangshi refused to confide in his life, but said: "The adult has a strange face, and the word you wrote is actually the most honorable word in the world at that time", after performing the great ceremony, Xiangshi turned and left, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang standing in the same place and thinking bitterly.
After returning to the barracks, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly woke up to the fact that the word "帛" was not exactly the head and tail of the "emperor", and the thought of this Zhu Yuanzhang broke out in a cold sweat, which further strengthened his confidence in joining the army, and after that, Zhu Yuanzhang relied on his wisdom and military talent to resolve the crisis step by step.
After sitting on the dragon chair, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to find the high man and express his gratitude, but there was no result, and this incident also became an adventure, which was relished by posterity.
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【The Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Shi Taizu Benji】