Lv Haifeng
In other words, if we mention the historical figure of Han Lin'er, I believe that there are not many people who know. However, he was also a particularly important historical figure. Even, without him, there would be no success for Zhu Yuanzhang. Because of this, when Han Lin'er was once in danger, Zhu Yuanzhang ventured to the rescue. However, Zhu Yuanzhang's rescue is true or false? Let's go and investigate together.
First of all, let's first understand the basic situation of Han Lin'er. His exact date of birth is unknown, but he was a native of Luancheng (栾城西, in present-day Hebei Province) and the leader of the Red Turban Army of the Great Song Dynasty at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. His father, who was also the leader of an insurgent army named Han Shantong, once organized a mass uprising in the name of the White Lotus Sect. Later, after Han Shantong's death, Han Lin'er fled with his mother to Wu'an. In the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, when his father's subordinate Liu Futong and others welcomed him to Bozhou (Bozhou, in present-day Bozhou, Anhui Province), he became the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, known as the Xiaoming King.
Of course, how did Zhu Yuanzhang get involved with him? It turned out that when Zhu Yuanzhang crossed the Yangtze River south to open up his base area, he fought almost every day with other rebel generals such as Xu Shouhui and Zhang Shicheng in the south, as well as the Yuan Dynasty defenders out of entanglement of interests. As a result, his base was always in danger. In this case, Zhu Sheng, then Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinate, suggested: "We should slow down to become king." The implication is that liu futong and Han Lin'er can be temporarily submitted to liu futong and Han Lin'er, and their era names can be extended. And this night is equivalent to the existence of a third-party force between Zhu Yuanzhang and other rebel generals and the Northern Yuan regime. Obviously, the advantage of this is that everyone no longer keeps their main energy on Zhu Yuanzhang. Because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Han Lin'er became a pair of titular superiors and subordinates.
However, soon after, due to some changes in the situation within the rebel army, Xu Shouhui was seized power by Chen Youyi, and then Liu Futong was surrounded by Zhang Shicheng. Obviously, in this case, as a nominal subordinate, should Zhu Yuanzhang be rescued or not saved? For a time, it triggered a fierce discussion within the Zhu Yuanzhang Group. At this time, Liu Bowen, an important staff officer of Zhu Yuanzhang, repeatedly blocked Zhu Yuanzhang from rescuing him, but what about Zhu Yuanzhang? He believed that if Liu Futong's forces ceased to exist, it would make other forces once again focus on themselves, so after some argument, he led the troops to personally rescue them.
However, who would have expected? When Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops to approach the two warring sides, Liu Futong had already destroyed the city and died, only to rescue a useless Han Lin'er. Since this Han Lin'er had no base area, he could only temporarily live next to Zhu Yuanzhang, an "old subordinate". Obviously, such a trick made Zhu Yuanzhang's situation particularly embarrassing.
So, was Zhu Yuanzhang saved the wrong one? The answer is that it was really wrong. Because Han Lin'er and Liu Futong have been besieged by Zhang Shicheng in Anfeng for a long time, whether they can be saved is a problem in itself, even if the rescue is successful, but what if Chen Youyu takes the opportunity to kill at this time? Later facts also proved that Chen Youyu was indeed a soldier who attacked. Of course, later Zhu Yuanzhang finally succeeded in disposing of Han Lin'er's hot yam. At Zhu Yuanzhang's suggestion, the surviving Han Lin'er was drowned by Zhu Yuanzhang's generals on the way to Nanjing.
In short, why did Zhu Yuanzhang risk saving Han Lin'er? True or false? It was basically out of a need for interests, and when he felt that Han Lin'er was useless, Zhu Yuanzhang hurt the killer. (Lv Haifeng)