In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the counselor Zhou Heng asked zhu Yuanzhang for 6 days of leave because he returned to his hometown to pay homage, and Zhu Yuanzhang immediately agreed. But when Zhou Heng returned on the 7th day, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him angrily and said viciously: "Come, push Zhou Heng out of the noon gate and behead him." ”
Zhou Heng cried and cried and was pulled away and beheaded, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled.
Why was Zhou Heng beheaded?
This matter should also start from Zhou Heng's work ~ counselor.
What is an advisor? That was the person who specifically picked the wrong one for the emperor, and today's protagonist Zhou Heng is such a position. Unfortunately, he took revenge on the wrong monarch.
In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, uprisings continued everywhere, like mushrooms after a rain. The people's lives are even more boring, and they are basically struggling on the brink of death.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born of beggars, brought together various heroes, eliminated the two major rivals Chen Youyu and Zhang Shicheng, stepped onto the stage of history, and established the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just ascended to the throne, watched the people live a poor life, and suddenly remembered that when he was a child, one person ate a hundred meals, which was really not a person's life!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's sorrow came from it, as if no one knew the sufferings of the people better than him?
Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was hot-headed, made a major decision, and in front of the civil and military officials, he issued an edict exempting the people from all over Jiangnan from taxes. He wanted the people to know that he was a good emperor.
There is no doubt that the people are grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang for this decision, and have praised: "Indeed a good emperor!" ”
But a few days after he was happy, Zhu Yuanzhang found out the problem, even patting his thigh, the country has just been established, where money is needed, war needs money, building city walls requires money, and paying wages needs money even more.
But there was no money in the treasury at all, and the way to the money had just been cut off.
The Jiangnan region is already a rich land, and the national treasury relies on these taxes. Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, and there was no other way, so he had to take it back again.
The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang announced the matter at the court. But as soon as he finished speaking, The Counselor Zhou Heng jumped out and said without scruples: "Your Majesty, aren't you rebelling?" ”
"You have all ordered the people's taxes to be exempted, and the people are even more grateful to you, which is good, and before you are happy for a few days, you will change your mind, is this not a dishonesty to the people?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly turned red, this Zhou Heng, is not leaving him any face at all! The king of a country was hung above the hall by him.
Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded when asked, and the court was suddenly silent, and the ministers also pinched a handful of sweat for Zhou Heng.
Looking at Zhou Heng again, he didn't care about Zhu Yuanzhang's embarrassment at all, but just looked at Zhu Yuanzhang sheepishly, waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang's answer.
After waiting for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang was forced to say helplessly: "Zhou Heng is right, then implement it according to the original edict!" ”
Zhou Heng returned to his position satisfied, and he did complete his mission. But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's lungs were about to explode.
He already had the idea of "wanting to get rid of it quickly", and it was not good to have a seizure because of the presence of the group of courtiers, so he could only write down this stroke in his heart.
But things are just so coincidental, Zhou Heng, who has always been just and upright, has committed a crime in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang because of a small matter.
One day, Zhou Heng came to Zhu Yuanzhang with great interest and prostrated his head: "Your Majesty, the day of my family's sacrifice to sweep the graves of my ancestors is coming soon, I would like to take 6 days of leave, I hope you will allow it." Zhu Yuanzhang readily agreed.
In this way, Zhou Heng returned to his hometown in a big bag. Zhou Heng's return to the house quickly alarmed the fathers and villagers in the neighborhood.
I heard that Zhou Heng, who was an official in the capital, had returned, and they all rushed to fight for Zhou Bo to go to his house for dinner.
Zhou Heng also inevitably had to socialize with relatives and friends, but this social interaction was good, just more than 1 day of vacation.
But Zhou Heng understood in his heart that being 1 day late was just a small matter, and it was just a big deal to punish some Feng Lu. As everyone knows, Zhu Yuanzhang is waiting for him to enter the tiger's mouth.
Zhou Heng, who returned to the court, suddenly felt that the atmosphere was something wrong, only to see Zhu Yuanzhang staring at himself angrily, which was an expression he had never seen before.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked viciously, "Zhou Heng, why are you 1 day late to come back?" Aren't you dishonest? ”
Zhou Heng was suddenly shocked, his forehead was full of beads of sweat, Zhu Yuanzhang was going to turn over the old account! But he knew a little late.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "You didn't let you lose faith in the world, you did it, but you can't lose faith in the Son of Heaven either?" You are the sin of deception! ”
After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted: "Come, push Zhou Heng out of the noon gate and behead him." ”
At this time, Zhou Heng understood that Zhu Yuanzhang had always been angry about the taxation in Jiangnan, and only hated himself for following the wrong person.
This story is recorded in the "Western God Cong Language" written by Huang Jiao during the Kangxi Dynasty.
【Wenshizhai】
Zhou Heng, as a counselor, he was outspoken and risked death to advise, and it can be said that he was not ashamed until death.
As the king of a country, Zhu Yuanzhang himself had his own mistakes first, but he would repay a counselor with a blind eye, which really should not be done.
He should think more about how to be a benevolent emperor and how to let the people live and work in peace and contentment.
So-called: If the king acts benevolently, he can be invincible to the world.
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