#History Talk#Zhu Yuanzhang can start the Ming Dynasty as a cloth cloth, it is naturally impossible to rely on him alone, but only a few of the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty can end well, and Zhu Wenzheng is unfortunate to stand in the queue of the majority. With less victories and more for Zhu Yuanzhang, he laid the imperial cause for Zhu Yuanzhang, and served as the governor of the capital to seize military power, and the suspicion of his uncle and nephew led to the dust of the fierce generals, how did Zhu Wen step by step go to a dead end?
First, the temperament is extraordinary, entrusted with heavy responsibilities
Under the pressure of natural disasters and man-made disasters, Zhu Yuanzhang's parents and brothers died one after another, and in order to survive, Zhu Yuanzhang was forced to separate from his surviving relatives and escape separately. However, when Zhu Yuanzhang was already a little successful, he got the bad news that he was only separated from his relatives yin and yang, and it was also because of this experience that Zhu Yuanzhang cherished his only remaining relatives, and his nephew Zhu Wenzheng was one of them.
When his sister-in-law brought Zhu Wenzheng to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son Zhu Biao had not yet been born, and Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife Ma regarded Zhu Wenzheng as their own. Facts have proved that the couple has a hand in raising children, and during Zhu Yuanzhang's founding period, Zhu Wenzheng not only excelled in the battlefield, but also calmly and strategically, even if he repeatedly achieved miracles, he did not dare to be greedy and proud, but persuaded his uncle and said: "Uncle has become a great cause, why not be rich." If you are not a personal relative, why should you serve the public? ”
In the sixteenth year of Zhizheng (1356), the capture of Jiqing Road was an important turning point for Zhu Yuanzhang's rise to the top of the Privy Council, and Zhu Yuanzhang's status was directly promoted from the suppressed general to the Privy Council, becoming a veritable deputy leader of the country's highest military institution, and thereafter he was made the Duke of Wu. As the "eldest grandson" of the Zhu family and the only male Ding who survived besides Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Wen was shining at this time and was named a fellow by Zhu Yuanzhang to show his importance and high expectations.
Second, surrounded by enemies, the name moves the world
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's situation did not improve because of the king, and there were not only Yuan Jun by his side, but also Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youcheng, two fierce enemies. Not only did Zhu Yuanzhang want to create a prosperous era of imperial industry, Chen Youcheng was also ambitious, and the two had frequent frictions after becoming neighbors, and Chen Youcheng even threatened to cooperate with Zhang Shicheng to jointly destroy Zhu Yuanzhang.
Of course, if Zhu Yuanzhang were a soft persimmon, he would not have become the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future. After conspiring with Liu Ji, Zhu Yuanzhang sent his general Kang Maocai to surrender to Chen Youcheng, and Chen Youshu, who was proud of his strong army, did not think much, but was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang's ambush and lost a large area of territory. Due to Zhang Shicheng's sudden attack, Zhu Yuanzhang lost a great opportunity to destroy Chen Youcheng, which was the drawback of the group of enemies.
Zhang Shicheng's sudden intervention and later defection to the Yuan Dynasty gave Zhu Yuanzhang quite a headache, just when he and Zhang Shicheng fought back and forth, Chen Youshu made a comeback, 600,000 soldiers were like a flood beast, and the giant ships that could not be seen at a glance were even more terrifying, while Zhu Wenzheng's soldiers were only 100,000, and he was ordered to "hold to death", and only Jiancheng and himself could rely on Jiancheng.
In the battle of Hongdu, Chen Youcheng devoted his family, and Zhu Wenzheng did not fight for his life, and the two sides fought for nearly three months, and blood flowed like rivers. From beginning to end, Zhu Wenzheng clearly realized that his uncle Zhu Yuanzhang was not only still fighting Zhang Shicheng, but also had to accumulate strength to compete with Chen Youcheng, and what he wanted to do was to hold the Hongdu City to the death, and even weaken Chen Youcheng's strength as much as possible. In this battle, Zhu Wenzheng made his own prestige, and also laid the foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang to establish an imperial industry.
Third, the uncle and nephew were jealous and depressed
Hongdu has extremely important strategic significance, and is known as "three rivers and five lakes, controlling barbarians and leading Ouyue", so it was valued by Zhu Yuanzhang. Before Zhu Wenzheng defended Hongdu, Hongdu was lost once because of the rebellion of the guards, and in order to defend this important military town, Zhu Yuanzhang took his nephew as the governor of the capital, and ordered Zhu Wenzheng to defend Hongdu when Chen Youcheng came to attack, and there were no reinforcements for a short time.
Zhu Wenzheng's task is very heavy, he not only has to face an enemy seven times his own to keep the important place, but also has to do a good job in the ideological work of the whole army, most people, including Zhu Wenzheng himself, think that they have become "abandoned sons", so Zhu Wenzheng has the motive to write a letter of surrender to Zhang Shicheng in order to save his life.
The nephew thought that his uncle had abandoned him for the sake of the emperor, and the uncle found evidence that his nephew betrayed him, and under the suspicion of not knowing the truth, Zhu Wenzheng changed his normal attitude and was angry that he had not been rewarded for his meritorious achievements, and Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, and after sending the envoy to scold, he personally came to arrest his nephew and return to Beijing and put him under house arrest. It can be seen that even if the relationship is close and trusting, once the desire for power is involved, the outcome is ugly.
After a beautiful victory, Zhu Wenzheng, who was supposed to continue to create glory for the construction of the Ming Dynasty, died, not in the shroud of Mag, but in the hands of his only elder and died depressed. For Zhu Wenzheng's death, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart must be regret and regret, he did not spare his nephew, but promised that his nephew's descendants would be kings for generations, and the king of Jingjiang passed down for a total of fourteen generations, which can be regarded as the only favor of the Ming Dynasty.