"The Mo Daoshi people have one eye and provoke the Yellow River to rebel", at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yellow River sent a flood, the people of the world were displaced, and the rebel army swept the whole country. Famous people everyone knows: Chen Youyu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng. The most powerful was Chen Youyi's Han regime. One of his men was Chen Youyi's loyal brother and Zhu Yuanzhang's mortal enemy. Although he was a great enemy of life and death, after surrendering, he received a good death, and lived more freely than Zhu Yuanzhang's men, dying at the age of 100. Let's take a look at his philosophy of life and how he died peacefully under Chen Youyu and Zhu Yuanzhang, two seriously suspicious bosses and opponents.
For the fishmonger, but not a pawn
Zhang Dingbian was born in Qiuyang, Hubei Province, and made a living by fishing, and although he did not read much, he had great respect for readers. He and Chen Youyu and Zhang Bixian became brothers. Before Chen Youyu came to power, he was a loyal follower of Chen Youyi. Although Chen Youyu also sells fish for a living, he also works part-time as a rural teacher. Therefore, Zhang Dingbian had considerable respect for Chen. Although they sell fish together, they are also eager for knowledge and have a high level of understanding. Slowly accumulating knowledge, he also became a famous general who knew the art of war, observed geography, and understood the pattern of water. So learning is important
For the traitor, but not a villain
The Red Turban Rebel Army in Hubei was in the same camp as Zhu Yuanzhang, but the stalls were too big to be divided, so the fishmongers Chen Youyu and Huazi Zhu Yuanzhang fought against Poyang Lake, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang, who was barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, won the final victory. Before this big war, Boss Chen had to solve his boss Xu Shouhui. Xu Shouhui is the nominal big boss of the Hubei Generation Red Turban Army. However, Chen Youyi could not tolerate him, and eventually let Chen Youyi kill Xu Shouhui in the quarry. This is not easy for ordinary people to operate. He is Chen Youyi's brother-in-law, but he is a big husband in the eyes of his nemesis, which cannot be described in words how he did it.
Chen Youyi
Advice, but no shirking responsibility
After Boss Chen took power, he immediately turned the bow of the ship and Zhu Yuanzhang died. In the process of quarrying, Chen Youyu was advised not to listen to Kang Maocai, and as a result, he did not listen to dissuasion, which led to the fiasco in Longwan, but in pursuing responsibility, this was a person who knew how to find steps for the boss, a good subordinate, who knew that the failure was caused by Chen Youyu's hand, but when taking responsibility, he was the first to stand up and bear it, which was one of them; before the battle with Zhu Yuanzhang and Poyang Lake, Chen Youyu was advised to kill Jiujiang quickly, not to listen to Zhu Wenzheng's fraudulent surrender, and the result was that the siege of the city was 85 days, but he waited for the assembly of Zhu Yuanzhang's more than 200,000 troops. Therefore, in the face of new difficulties, he did not say a word, one man, one boat and one sword, straight into Zhu Yuanzhang's camp, if it were not for Chang Yuchun's arrow shooting at him, Zhu Yuanzhang would have been captured alive.
The old Lord is dead, and he will not abandon the young Lord; the mortal enemy will not let go, and I will be a monk
The Battle of Poyang Lake finally called Huazi Zhu Yuanzhang defeated the fishmonger Chen Youyu. In the face of Zhu Yuanzhang's surrender, he was not moved, and took advantage of the dark and windy night of the moon to flee to Wuchang with Chen Li, the son of Chen Youyi. This can also be regarded as the righteousness of the king for the old master. When Zhu Yuanzhang besieged Wuchang and defeated Zhang Bixian, Zhang Dingbian knew that the general trend was gone, dismissed his soldiers, and surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang with Chen Li. In the face of this fierce general who almost put himself to death but had feelings and righteousness, Zhu Yuanzhang liked it very much, but liked it was yours, Zhang Dingbian, but he didn't like you, turned around, became a monk at the Qingliang Temple of Jiufeng Mountain, and lived to the age of 100 in one breath, known as Mu Tan Zen Master, who lived ten years longer than Zhu Yuanzhang, and also saw the battle between his children and nephews, and indirectly also comforted Chen Youyu's regrets.
Zhu Yuanzhang
Although you are a monk, you are not only a monk
After his renunciation, Zhang Dingbian led the monks to reclaim barren fields (Zen fields, without paying taxes), to relieve the poor families in the surrounding areas, and to teach himself medical skills, free treatment for the surrounding people, which was quite famous in the Jiufeng Mountain generation, which is also Zhu Yuanzhang in the more than 30 years after his renunciation, he has been left alone, on the contrary, his own subordinates, almost let him kill clean.
You are reliable in the eyes of your friends, loyal in the eyes of your leaders, respectable in the eyes of your enemies, and prestigious and famous in the eyes of those around you. This is the life of the first fierce general at the end of the Yuan Dynasty for a hundred years.
Zhang Dingbian opera photos