"When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes at you." Since ancient times, the imperial heart technique of kings has been slowly developing, and one generation is stronger than the next, and the generation is fiercer than the next. Such a complex and sinister imperial heart technique has created the imperial heart of the king, and some people have said: the imperial heart is like a deep, and the terror is very great.
Some kings were known for their decisiveness in killing, such as Emperor Wu of Han, who had no reason to bend and sent Wei Qing and Huo to the frontier to go on a campaign. Emperor Wu of han held great power in his hands, and whoever wanted to die would have to die, which also confirmed this: the old saying that a king wants his subjects to die, and his subjects have to die.
It is true that the imperial heart of Emperor Wudi of Han was an abyss under extremely high power, but in terms of the degree of change, the imperial heart of Emperor Wudi of Han was bound to be more changeable than that of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Taizu. Why? The reason for Zhu Yuanzhang's changeable heart stemmed from his personality and insecurity.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > the temptation of power</h1>
After the establishment of the class system in the Xia Dynasty, people began to have ambitions to climb upwards. People will have competitions and conflicts over power, and this phenomenon has always been spread throughout the dynasties, which reveals the greed of people, but can people in high places rest easy?
The phrase "cold in the heights" is a colloquial saying summed up by the ancients, and this sentence also confirms many facts. The scenery on the peak is very beautiful, attracting countless people to look at, but there are very few positions on the peak, so there will be many wolf ambitious people, which the emperor knows.
Therefore, each emperor would guard against those below in order to preserve his status and life. First, Han Gaozu killed the king with a different surname, and then Cao Cao said: Killing people in my good dreams and Zhao Kuangyin's cup of wine to release the military power, all of these are the emperors' defense against the subordinates below.
However, the previous examples were far inferior to the measures taken by Zhu Yuanzhang. Although the previous emperors all had bright red moves, Zhu Yuanzhang made the Ming Dynasty hall red. If you want to ask Zhu Yuanzhang why he is so cruel and unkind, it is inseparable from his experience of being an emperor.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > Zhu Yuanzhang's experience as emperor</h1>
Zhu Yuanzhang, one of the ten most outstanding emperors in China, had a special nickname, "The Beggar Emperor". The appearance of this title seems to smear the title of the emperor, but it is true that among the many emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang's life is the most humble.
As far as Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, he was born at least as a pavilion chief, and as close as li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he was born as an imperial nobleman. Between these two emperors, there was basically no more humble life than Zhu Yuanzhang.
But even if he was of humble origin, Zhu Yuanzhang could still become the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the previous emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang can be described as suffering from the vicissitudes of the world. Zhu Yuanzhang was poor since he was a child, and there was no adult in his family who could become a pillar of support, so The young Zhu Yuanzhang needed to be independent.
This is not only a personal need, but also to support their younger siblings. But the sky was not as good as anyone wanted, Zhu Yuanzhang's immediate family members left him one after another, although there was a little less burden, but Zhu Yuanzhang also completely became a homeless orphan.
In order to seek a way to survive, Zhu Yuanzhang would go to the street every day to beg to maintain his survival, and even sometimes in order to satisfy his appetite, he would dig out the grass roots and devour them.
Such a pitiful day has always accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang's childhood. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang entered a temple as a monk, but because of the rules in the temple, Zhu Yuanzhang could not have heirs, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very entangled, after all, in ancient times, he said: "There are three filial pieties, and no queen is the pole." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already very particular about filial piety, was very entangled, but forced by the helplessness of reality, zhu Yuanzhang finally chose to become a monk and survived hard during the last years of the Yuan Dynasty.
In 1352, Zhu Yuanzhang joined Guo Zixing's Red Turban Army. The moment Zhu Yuanzhang stepped into the army, he knew that he had the ability to lead soldiers to fight, and his talent was not only to live, but to have a farther future.
In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly entered his right track of life. In Zhu Yuanzhang's countless conquests, he met many capable people, including Xu Da, who was strategic, Chang Yuchun, who was brave and invincible, and Blue Jade, who was brave and good at war, and based on fate, Zhu Yuanzhang formed a deep friendship with them.
With the help of many brothers, Zhu Yuanzhang first broke away from the control of the Yuan Dynasty, then defeated Chen Youyu, attacked the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and finally declared himself emperor in the first year of Hongwu (1368) and established Daming.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > the heart is unfathomable</h1>
After the great cause was settled, Zhu Yuanzhang began to count the achievements of various heroes. Once counted, Zhu Yuanzhang found that among the many heroes, his most trusted people occupied a large number of military merits and merits, and even some brotherly people were not under him.
Such a situation made Zhu Yuanzhang very jealous and dissatisfied, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, the emperor should be the most eye-catching person, and coupled with the uneasiness of various factors in childhood, zhu Yuanzhang's mind finally changed dramatically. Zhu Yuanzhang must take some measures to stabilize his power.
In order to eradicate the heroes of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang began to pick the bones of the heroes, and once he found that the heroes had any bad habits or unintentional words, he would take advantage of this to be furious and announce the killing of this hero with lightning speed.
During the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang launched a great purge of the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty with the help of the "Hu Weiyong Case" and the "Blue Jade Case". In this purge, most of the heroes of the early Ming Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty were annihilated in one fell swoop, and the way of Jielian was used to prevent future troubles.
From the thirteenth year of Hongwu to the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the purge lasted for fourteen years, during which more than 45,000 people were murdered, including young children and men who had just reached the crown, whether right or wrong. The "Hu Weiyong Case" and the "Blue Jade Case" are collectively referred to as "Hu Lan's Prison" because of their similar nature.
In the "Prison of Hu Lan", it can already be clearly seen that Zhu Yuanzhang is suspicious of outsiders, and Zhu Yuanzhang uses practical actions to tell him that he has a very serious suspicious heart disease, and he has never spared his brother who was born into death. This is clear to many people, except for one palace maid.
After removing Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the position of chancellor, so Zhu Yuanzhang's workload increased greatly. In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu (1392), the crown prince Zhu Biao died, and the crown prince who had been given high hopes died suddenly, which brought a heavy blow to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Busy with work and the pain of losing his son, Zhu Yuanzhang chose to immerse himself in the folds. It was night, a palace maid suddenly entered Zhu Yuanzhang's study, and offered a bowl of porridge in a charming posture, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was cold after seeing it, and after ordering someone to try poison to confirm that there was no poison, he immediately issued a killing order to the palace girl.
Why? On the grounds of Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicious heart disease, it is not difficult to guess what Zhu Yuanzhang is thinking. A palace maid walked unhindered and walked in front of Zhu Yuanzhang without reporting, and there were two possibilities for such a situation: one was a great pusher, and the other was a far-reaching plan.
Both of these possibilities were not allowed by Zhu Yuanzhang, because they were violating his majesty. In order to investigate the real reason behind it, after Zhu Yuanzhang killed the palace maid, he ordered someone to thoroughly investigate the matter. The result was that the palace maid intended to seduce Zhu Yuanzhang.
And the reason why the palace maid is unimpeded is because of the guards. The guards are bribed by the palace maids, causing the guards to ignore the existence of the palace women, so as to achieve a situation that no one knows. After learning the truth, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his men to kill all the people involved.
Zhu Yuanzhang's cruel and cold-blooded behavior came from distrust of the people around him and his uneasiness about imperial power. But despite all the bloody acts he committed, it could not hide his success. Zhu Yuanzhang saved tens of thousands of people from the clutches of the Yuan Dynasty, and he was indeed a great king.