Zhu Yuanzhang was a very capable emperor, but the reason why he was able to make a fortune in the earliest days was because he was promoted by Guo Zixing. At that time, Guo Zixing had money in his family and a bold personality, so many people went to him, including Zhu Yuanzhang. And Guo Zixing saw at a glance among many people that Zhu Yuanzhang looked extraordinary.
But Guo Zixing did not care, he saw his ambition and talent in the simple appearance of this young man. However, later Zhu Yuanzhang was a bit of a master, and Guo Zixing did not trust him as much as before. However, they will also listen to Zhu Yuanzhang in major events, mainly because Zhu Yuanzhang is really powerful. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang became the Ming Taizu and also took good care of Guo Zixing's descendants.
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he was very kind to Guo Zixing's descendants. In fact, Guo Zixing has no children's affinity, and there are few descendants in the family. There were three sons and two daughters, and all of them died on the battlefield.
First, Guo Zixing
In historical records, the Ming Dynasty was established by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang, on the other hand, grew up from a poor family, so he had no background. Although Zhu Yuanzhang himself has a talent for leading soldiers to fight, he needs a certain number of manpower in the early stages no matter what. Only in this way can we develop our own forces.
The earliest batch of people under Zhu Yuanzhang were all obtained from Guo Zixing. Guo Zixing lived in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, and his family was relatively wealthy. And the whole person is more luxurious, like to make friends. When the politics of the Yuan Dynasty became extremely corrupt and the people lived in deep trouble. Guo Zixing threw himself into the cause of the peasant uprising.
Because Guo Zixing has money in his family and his personality is very outward-looking. So many people came to him, and it didn't take long for Guo Zixing to form a small team of more than 1,000 people. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was a poor egg, and he had nothing but a skill. After he learned of Guo Zixing's number, he also came to join him.
Second, promote Zhu Yuanzhang
In ancient Chinese society, the influence of feudal thought was particularly great. Therefore, most people living in ancient times would have some feudal superstitious ideas, such as when Guo Zixing first met Zhu Yuanzhang, when Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing rags and went to Guo Zixing. People relied on clothing, and at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance was not as decent as the servants in Guo Zixing's mansion.
However, when Guo Zixing looked at his face, he felt that this person would definitely have great achievements in the future, so he left Zhu Yuanzhang by his side. Later, in a series of battles, it was found that Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed a very talented person, so he let Zhu Yuanzhang become the tenth husband.
Zhu Yuanzhang originally had nothing, and after being reused by Guo Zixing, he decided to assist him wholeheartedly. At the same time as Guo Zixing, there were four other people who launched the uprising, plus Guo Zixing, which was a total of five people. At the beginning, because Guo Zixing paid more money and contributed more, the other four people could barely listen to Guo Zixing's words.
But later, as this team is getting bigger. The remaining four people also wanted to be marshals, and they had the vague intention of isolating Guo Zixing. Guo Zixing himself was not too anxious, but this made Zhu Yuanzhang look anxious in his eyes. He went to suggest that Guo Zixing could not let this development continue, otherwise the four of them might control Guo Zixing in turn after a long time.
But at that time, Guo Zixing did not listen to Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, which also laid the groundwork for the subsequent disaster. At that time, Guo Zixing's team grew, and there were many people from all over the world who came to join them. Among them were the robbers, Peng Da and Zhao Jun, although the two bandit leaders came to defect at the same time, but Guo Zixing used Peng Da more.
Therefore, people with hearts took this to provoke Zhao Junyong. That Zhao Junyong was originally a bandit, so as soon as he heard others provoke him, he immediately set out to arrest Guo Zixing. Zhu Yuanzhang returned from the battle outside and was shocked to hear the news. Hurry around to find someone and rescue Guo Zixing together.
This can also be regarded as Zhu Yuanzhang saving Guo Zixing once. Zhu Yuanzhang was one of the few people in this team who were best at leading soldiers to fight, so he could not always protect Guo Zixing around Guo Zixing. Later, Zhao Junyong's power also grew, and once Zhao Junyong took advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's presence to lead troops to fight, and then kidnapped Guo Zixing and tried to harm him.
With such a hostage as Guo Zixing in his hand, Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to act rashly. If you can't rush to send troops, you can only reason with Zhao Jun. Zhao Junyong was actually the same as Zhu Yuanzhang, when he came to guo Zixing, he also had nothing.
Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of this to remind Zhao Jun of his past feelings. Zhao Jun listened to it like this, and indeed there was a hint of shame in his heart. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang was a very tricky opponent for him, and he did not dare to rush into trouble. In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang saved Guo Zixing again.
And Zhu Yuanzhang was not an ungrateful person, even if he was very capable, he never thought of robbing Guo Zixing of his military power. In the later period, after Guo Zixing got older, he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's ability was so strong, and gradually began to doubt him. But at the last moment, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who helped him solve the problem.
3. Posthumous sealing
Zhu Yuanzhang relied on these troops inherited from Guo Zixing, and eventually reached the peak of power and established his Ming Dynasty. It wasn't long before he began to reward meritorious men and those who played an important role in establishing the Ming Dynasty, such as Guo Zixing.
Guo Zixing was posthumously given a title and had his own temple. Zhu Yuanzhang can always remember Guo Zixing's kindness to himself before. Guo Zixing did not have many children, only an adopted daughter, three sons, and a daughter. But only three sons were killed in the course of the war.
The adopted daughter was promised to Zhu Yuanzhang in the early days. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, this daughter became Empress Xiaocigao. And this empress is a diligent and frugal housekeeper and loves the people like a son, so Zhu Yuanzhang is very respectful to her. In the end, the empress died, and Zhu Yuanzhang was particularly sad, and after that, he never made an empress again. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, her own daughter became Princess Guo Hui of Zhu Yuanzhang.
4. Summary
The best quality of Guo Zixing is that he is very able to recruit talents, which is also his luckier point. Therefore, he was able to meet Zhu Yuanzhang and become Zhu Yuanzhang's Bole. Zhu Yuanzhang was poor at that time, and when he went to guo Zixing, he was treated as a thief. Fortunately, Guo Zixing was superstitious, and looking at his face, he felt that he could have great achievements in the future.
Zhu Yuanzhang has always been very grateful to Guo Zixing's kindness in his heart, so in the later period, even if Guo Zixing doubted him no matter how much, Zhu Yuanzhang did not think of replacing him. After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he also posthumously sealed him. Guo Zixing's daughter also became an empress because of her vision and vision.