In 1382, Zhu Yuanzhang's wife Empress Ma died of illness, and on the day of his burial, the sky was lightning and thunder, wind and rain, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, thinking that this was a bad omen, "The rain does not stop, you all have to accompany today. Bury! Later, a senior monk came out and said a word, and Zhu Yuanzhang immediately turned his anger into joy.
So, what did this monk say, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude changed so quickly?
Zhu Yuanzhang let go of cattle and worked as a beggar, in order to have a role in the troubled times, he followed the advice of Fa Xiaotanghe and came to Guo Zixing's tent, because Zhu Yuanzhang had the spirit of courage and resourcefulness and not afraid of death, and soon rose to prominence among the small soldiers, so he was appreciated by Guo Zixing.
As soon as Guo Zixing was happy, he accepted him as a righteous son, promoted him to a pioneer, and married his righteous daughter Ma Xiuying, who was the future Empress Ma.
Ma Xiuying had a hundred willings in her heart, and when Zhu Yuanzhang came to Guo Zixing's account, she recognized at first glance that this person was the one who helped her father to transcend, and in Ma Xiuying's eyes: Zhu Yuanzhang was not afraid of power, strong enemies, and kind-hearted, so he was full of good feelings for him.
At the beginning, after Ma Xiuying's father died, she had to flee to her righteous father Guo Zixing in order to survive, never expecting that she would meet her favorite person Zhu Yuanzhang here.
Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang continued to establish prestige in the army and made outstanding military achievements, Guo Tianxu told his father Guo Zixing a rumor, saying that if Zhu Yuanzhang continued to develop in this way, this marshal position would be seized by him sooner or later.
And Guo Zixing, this person, is also relatively narrow-minded and suspicious by nature, so he took the opportunity to trip Zhu Yuanzhang and made Zhu Yuanzhang suffer a lot.
Later, after Guo Zixing was captured by Sun Deya, Zhu Yuanzhang risked his death to save him, but was suspected of defection by Guo Zixing, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very cold.
So, Zhu Yuanzhang took Ma Xiuying and some backbone brothers out to wander.
Since then, Ma Xiuying, as a virtuous inner helper, has been behind his back, silently sharing problems for Zhu Yuanzhang
Later, because Zhu Yuanzhang's style of dealing with people was liked by everyone, the soldiers were even more like him.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's journey, he fought with the enemy army on the front line, and Ma Xiuying was responsible for settling the barracks, and with Ma Xiuying's strong backing, Zhu Yuanzhang fought without worries and went smoothly.
With the efforts of many advisers and brothers, after more than ten years of conquest, Zhu Yuanzhang finally achieved the world, and in 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, established Daming, named Hongwu in the year, and named his beloved wife Ma Xiuying empress, that is, Empress Ma.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang's accession to the throne, his former brother became a monarch. Zhu Yuanzhang began to liquidate these heroes. Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious by nature, preferring to trust what he had and not to trust him, while Empress Ma was kind by nature and could not bear the murder of these innocent lives, and had repeatedly advised Zhu Yuanzhang not to kill indiscriminately.
It is precisely because of this that these founding heroes survived.
During Empress Ma's reign, under her leadership, everything was fine in the harem, and Zhu Yuanzhang could handle major affairs in the imperial court with peace of mind.
Later, the internal polarization of the imperial court, Liu Bowen of the Eastern Zhejiang Group and Li Shanchangming fought secretly, which Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well, but he just didn't participate, Zhu Yuanzhang just let them check each other to achieve a stable situation in the imperial court.
Under the advice of Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang's killing heart was somewhat restrained, but the ministers of the central government repeatedly violated the law, and Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to execute some ministers in anger, but when Empress Ma learned about it, she knew that they were innocent and desperately interceded for them, which was forgiven.
Among them, Zhu Biao's teacher Song Lian, when Hu Weiyong was the prime minister, using the power in his hands to act recklessly, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to abolish the prime minister system, but Song Lian risked death to advise Zhu Yuanzhang, citing all dynasties and dynasties are prime ministers governing the country, but Zhu Yuanzhang can not care.
But Song Lian was a very stubborn person, had to force Zhu Yuanzhang to retain the prime minister system, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, executed him in a fit of anger, Empress Ma found out, forced by hunger strike, Zhu Yuanzhang had to be soft-hearted and exiled Song Lian to Maozhou.
Not only that, when Zhu Yuanzhang was under Guo Zixing's account, Empress Ma also took his life many times, and when Zhu Yuanzhang was punished, it was Ma Xiuying who knelt down and begged Guo Zixing, and Guo Zixing saw the face of the righteous daughter and let Zhu Yuanzhang go.
Empress Ma was virtuous and helpful throughout her life, while Zhu Yuanzhang had a violent personality and could be said to have complementary personalities.
However, after Empress Ma's death, there was no one to restrain Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is said that after Zhu Yuanzhang lost his sight in his later years, Zhu Yuanzhang became angry with crutches, and could also deter many ministers in the dynasty.
Empress Ma is not only a virtuous helper, but also very friendly to people, but such a kind person, life is very short.
In April 1382, Empress Ma was seriously ill and dying, Zhu Yuanzhang was so anxious that he immediately invited the best imperial doctors in the country to treat her, but Empress Ma did not accept treatment, she knew that her life was not long, and she did not want to harm those imperial doctors who treated her illness because of her death.
Therefore, she ordered people to quietly take the imperial doctors out of the palace. In August 1382, Empress Ma died of illness at the age of 51, and the court and the public were deeply saddened and terrified. Because no one can control Zhu Yuanzhang anymore.
It is said that later some ministers will write a suicide note, if they can't come back at night, they will handle the aftermath according to the suicide note, and if they go home, they look forward to being able to go home safely tomorrow.
It can be said that Daming officials at that time belonged to high-risk occupations. Not only is it dangerous, but the money given by Zhu Yuanzhang is also low, as long as these officials dare to embezzle 60 taels, they can directly be sentenced to death.
On the day of Empress Ma's burial, Zhu Yuanzhang almost killed everyone accompanying him, but fortunately, a senior monk stood up and said a word, which made Zhu Yuanzhang turn his anger into joy?
So, what did the monk say?
Shortly after Empress Ma's death, Zhu Yuanzhang buried her, but on the day of the burial, the sky was thunderous, wind and rain, and for a time, the rain fell very heavily, so that the team could not continue to move forward.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought that this rain must be a bad omen, so he immediately became angry: "If this rain does not stop today, all of you will have to accompany you. Bury. ”
For a time, everyone was terrified, hoping that God would stop this rain, but the rain was getting heavier and heavier, which made everyone difficult.
At this time, a monk named Zong Lu stood up and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "The rain falls and weeps, and the thunderous mourning." The Buddhas of the West, send horses together. "It means that the rain is actually tears because of the death of Empress Ma, and the thunder is because Empress Ma died, and the Duke of Heaven is fighting for her."
The monk interpreted thunder and rain as the mourning of heaven and earth, so that Empress Ma became the true Buddha of the West.
Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed after hearing this, and changed his previous attitude, but thought that the rain and thunder in the sky were particularly auspicious, so the group braved the heavy rain to bury Empress Ma.
Throughout Empress Ma's life, as Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, she was kind and virtuous by nature, and when Zhu Yuanzhang was fighting on the front line, she handled the rear affairs alone so that Zhu Yuanzhang had no worries.
After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne as emperor, Empress Ma led the harem to do her duty and learn how to marry and teach her son, thus avoiding the situation of infighting in the harem.
When Zhu Yuanzhang wronged the minister, Empress Ma mobilized kindness and stood up for them at the first time, avoiding many unjust cases, which can be described as kind-hearted.
However, it is such a kind person, but her life stops at the age of 51, which is a pity, even God is holding her up. Zhu Yuanzhang's ability to obtain such a virtuous wife with good character and virtue can also be regarded as a blessing that he cultivated in the first half of his life.