I'd rather bear others than bear me. - Romance of the Three Kingdoms
When every dynasty in China is replaced, it is inevitable that there will be bloody storms, wars and massacres. Then the people will often become victims, and their families will be destroyed and displaced. At this time, there will be heroes of the chaotic world who will stand up and take everyone out of the sea of suffering.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="6" > the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty</h1>
However, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, this situation was even more serious. At that time, the rulers were dimwitted, busy with internal struggles and struggles for power and profit all day, and in addition to wanton expropriation and tyranny, they were more inhumane exploitation of the people.
Regardless of the natural and man-made disasters at that time, taxes were increased many times. Such a situation made the people at that time miserable, and everyone had a very difficult life. This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was ready to rise up and resist.
In that chaotic era, he watched his suffering relatives every day, being exploited in front of him and finally starving to death, and Zhu Yuanzhang's personality was suspicious and difficult to guess and trust others.
Finally, under his efforts, he overthrew the tyranny and established himself as emperor and opened the Ming Dynasty. This character and decisive philosophy also laid the groundwork for the loss of lives of countless innocent people under his hands.
What we want to talk about today is exactly an anecdote about Zhu Yuanzhang that sounds puzzling.
Late one night, a palace maid outside the door brought in a bowl of hot porridge. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang was going to kill the palace maid without any warning, leaving only porridge.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="8" > what exactly is the reason for killing people for no reason</h1>
Ever since Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he has always been very sad about political affairs, and often corrected and folded into the middle of the night. This matter was seen by a small palace girl next to him, and she wanted to make a big fuss about it, please the emperor, and then take the opportunity to ascend to the throne, so she played a little clever.
So she ran to the dining room, filled a bowl of hot porridge, and then sent it to Zhu Yuanzhang's room where he read the chapter, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang would receive this wish of his own, so that he could ask for a gift in the future.
But Zhu Yuanzhang is not a lady in the harem, looking at the details will leave a good feeling, after half a life of political struggle and bloody rain, instead of giving rewards as the palace women think, but moved by jealousy.
Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the real purpose of this palace girl was not to send porridge, but to assassinate or spy on the Sacred Heart under the guise of caring for herself and inquire about military information.
In short, he thought it was not a simple bowl of porridge and a simple concern. The palace maid never expected that she just wanted a little favor, and as a result, she was killed.
The little palace girl did not think of any spying intelligence at all, but even so, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt that it was better to kill than let go, and also wanted to give everyone a wake-up call, but anyone who wanted to play a little clever and hurt himself and covet the throne would be killed without mercy.
Let those who already have bad intentions see such an end and shock everyone.
Because of this, he dragged the palace maid down involuntarily, and let the palace maid cry and beg for forgiveness to no avail, and finally he could only be beheaded and shown to the public.
However, looking at the behavior of this palace girl, I can't help but feel sorry, after all, it is not worth dying because of a bowl of hot porridge.
Moreover, the punishment this time is far more than just the palace maid. He also executed the Janissaries on duty that day, saying he had acted in a dereliction of duty.
Then someone was sent to track down the personnel related to the palace maid, although the final repeated investigation results were that there was no other conspiracy, just to please.
But Zhu Yuanzhang would not change his mind because of this insignificant person, and the palace maid was completely negligible compared with Jiangshan Sheji.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="10" > tragic past</h1>
Zhu Yuanzhang's paranoia was not an overnight thing, which was inseparable from his tragic childhood life and the environmental life after he became emperor.
He was born into a particularly poor family, with many brothers and sisters, and his life can be said to be very difficult.
Worst of all, when he was sixteen, a plague of locusts appeared, bringing the family to nearses collapse. My father also chose to hang himself because he could not bear the burden of the family.
In the same year, Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest brother starved to death, and soon after Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew and mother also starved to death. In just half a year, he witnessed the death of four of his closest relatives. This incident also became a scar that he could not touch.
After becoming emperor, this experience was also his nightmare existence. At the same time, he understood that the way to be a king is to make the people full and wear warm, and those who do not sympathize with the people and only know how to collect taxes for their own pleasure are too bad.
In the end, when he understood that everything needed a price, and that only by sitting on the throne could he bring long-term peace and stability to the people, he chose to do whatever it took.
Even comrades-in-arms and brothers who were born and died will be killed without blinking an eye as long as they threaten their own rule.
During his reign, he continued to strengthen the centralization of power, only for the stability of the country and the stability of the country, which was passed down from generation to generation. Then once this determination is made, it will be the same for any wind and grass, and the tragedy of the palace maid mentioned above is not a poor person.
Reference: History of the Ming Dynasty