Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was once enslaved by the landlord and called the empress, and his behavior towards the landlord is absolutely unsuspecting to you
Zhu Yuanzhang was known as the grassroots emperor, he was born in an extremely poor family environment, the names of his children were calculated by numbers, and his original name was Zhu Zhongba. In ancient times, people cultivated land for a living, and Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestors did not have land, so they could only work under the hands of landlords, and Zhu Yuanzhang helped the landlords to herd cattle to maintain their lives. The landlord Liu De was a mean and bitter person, and he scolded Zhu Yuanzhang without moving. After the death of his parents, there was no place to bury, and Zhu Yuanzhang went to ask the landlord to give him a small piece of land to bury his parents.
Although Liu De was unusually resolute in rejecting Zhu Yuanzhang, his brother Liu Jizu felt that this child was very filial and had a small amount of land for him. After this incident, Zhu Yuanzhang recognized the landlord Liu De's personality, so after burying his parents, he went to a temple through the introduction of an acquaintance and became a monk, wanting to eat with mixed food. However, in the midst of chaos, there was no ration in the temple, and Zhu Yuanzhang could only make a living by going around.
Three years later, a letter changed his life. Sending a small letter saying that he joined the rebel army and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to work with him, Zhu Yuanzhang then ended his career as a monk and entered the army. Subsequently, with his own ability, he gradually became a real power figure under Guo Zixing. After Guo Zixing's death, he led his troops north to completely end the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was a person who knew the grace map, and after becoming emperor, he went back to find Liu Jizu, but the benefactor had already died, so he could only give Liu Jizu's son a knighthood and a glorious life.
What about the landlords who mistreated themselves at the time? After Zhu Yuanzhang saw him, he gave him a rich reward, why was this? I think it's just a few points.
1. Zhu Yuanzhang was grateful to Liu Jizu, so he spared his younger brother Liu De.
2, people in that era were very superstitious, Zhu Yuanzhang may feel that if it was not Liu Jizu who gave him land at that time, but Liu De, he might not have developed so well in the future, so he should also be grateful to Liu De.
3, Zhu Yuanzhang had already experienced a lot of things at that time, no longer the cowherd baby, many things were no longer nothing, and Liu De was no different from an ant in his eyes.
4, it may also be that Zhu Yuanzhang did it for people to see, after all, he has just sat on the throne, so it is not good to kill Liu De, who grew up from childhood, leaving him can make everyone feel that they are broad-minded.
What do you think Zhu Yuanzhang's true thoughts are in his heart? Or do you think there are other reasons why Zhu Yuanzhang let Liu De go?