Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, the needle at the bottom of the sea, makes everyone's head fall to the ground at every turn, and his belly is so black that no one can guess or touch it.
Once, the crown prince Zhu Biao fell into the water, and a group of guards hurriedly went into the water to rescue him.
Unexpectedly, the prince was rescued, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the clothes and shoes of the guards, but he wanted to pull them out and behead them.
Everyone was stunned, Zhu Biao begged even harder, but Zhu Yuanzhang said a word that made him speechless.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang has given birth to a lot of sons, the one who has the most high hopes on the tip of his heart is his eldest son Zhu Biao.
When Zhu Biao was 5 years old, Zhu Yuanzhang prepared a luxurious enlightenment team composed of Song Lian and other famous Confucians for him to teach him the most orthodox Confucian knowledge. After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he immediately appointed Zhu Biao, who was only 13 years old, as the crown prince.
And Zhu Biao's character and ability did not disappoint his father, not only benevolent and generous, but also well-versed, when Zhu Yuanzhang went out to fight, he supervised the country many times, won the respect of the courtiers, and had the highest prestige among the kings.
Zhu Yuanzhang is not suspicious of his crown prince like other emperors, but he devotes himself to teaching and exercising in many ways to pave the way for his son to become a politician in the future.
However, because of the gap between the father and son in terms of growth and educational experience, their personalities are very different, how ruthless Zhu Yuanzhang is, how soft-hearted Zhu Biao is.
Watching his father kill heroes indiscriminately, Zhu Biao really couldn't see it, and he did not hesitate to conflict with his father to admonish: "Father, if you kill too many people, I'm afraid it will hurt the peace of the government and the opposition!" ”
But even if he is the most beloved son, Zhu Yuanzhang only listens to the wind.
Zhu Yuanzhang also has his reasoning, he once took a thorn stick and threw it on the ground for Zhu Biao to pick it up. Seeing that Zhu Biao really looked embarrassed, Zhu Yuanzhang began his theoretical preaching:
"You don't dare to pick up the thorn staff for fear of being stabbed, then wouldn't it be better for me to help you remove all the thorns in the court and hand them over to you! When I was alive, I cleaned up the inside, and it will be easier for you to be the family in the future. ”
Although Zhu Biao still disagreed with his father's approach, he couldn't stop him either, so he could only let it go.
Until the knife finally hit the neck of his most respected teacher Song Lian, Zhu Biao couldn't sit still, and risked death to save the teacher.
Song Lian, together with Gao Qi and Liu Ji, was known as the "Three Great Masters of Poetry and Literature in the Early Ming Dynasty", and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang as "the head of the founding scholars".
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill Song Lian and indeed wronged him, he was conscientious and conscientious all his life, and he had returned to his hometown. He was convicted mainly because his eldest grandson Song Shen was implicated in the "Hu Weiyong case".
Song Shen and Song Lian's second son Song Pu were both executed, Zhu Yuanzhang even wanted to kill Song Lian, Zhu Biao begged bitterly, telling that the teacher was old and there was no benefit in rebellion, and he didn't know anything about it.
But no matter how much he wore out his mouth, Zhu Yuanzhang was unmoved, and angrily scolded Zhu Biao: "Hou Ru will be sorry for the Son of Heaven!" (Wait until you become the emperor and then pardon him)
Zhu Biao was embarrassed and indignant after hearing this, his father's words were clearly ridiculing his disobedience and unfilial piety, and he immediately jumped into the lake to clarify his intentions.
The prince fell into the water, Zhu Yuanzhang panicked, the guards panicked, and they didn't have to live if the prince had something. only listened to the sound of diving, Zhu Biao was finally fished ashore, but fortunately, there was no big problem.
After the guards rescued Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at their clothes, shoes and hats, but suddenly lowered his face and said:
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, even if they didn't reward them for saving people, they would be killed, what kind of reason is this.
Zhu Biao hurriedly pleaded and asked his father: What is wrong with the guards? The Savior is heartbroken, so what's the matter?
Zhu Yuanzhang thinks that when the prince's life and death are at stake, he still remembers to take off his clothes and shoes, that is, he is loyal and inattentive, thinking about himself first and then thinking about his master. What use do such people want from them? They must be killed and punished to warn others of their loyalty in the future.
Hearing this, Zhu Biao was also speechless, Zhu Yuanzhang's mind is indeed unpredictable to ordinary people.
But it can also be seen from this incident that Zhu Yuanzhang cares about Zhu Biao and has good intentions.
It's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait for the day when he handed over the country to Zhu Biao in person, so he sent the white-haired person to the black-haired person. In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, after the prince Zhu Biao returned from inspecting Shaanxi, he died of wind and cold at the age of 37.
The early death of the prince also led to the later struggle for imperial power between Emperor Jianwen and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, which made the Ming Dynasty regime turbulent again.
Thinking about Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthless operation after the prince fell into the water, it is indeed a bit unreasonable. I always feel that he is too sensitive, and he spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, maybe the guards just think that wearing clothes and shoes affects the efficiency of rescue?
However, since it is overboard, it is definitely not far from the shore, and there are many rescuers, and going directly into the water without taking off clothes is indeed the fastest and most able rescue method to ensure the safety of the prince.
Probably Zhu Yuanzhang was also full of anger at that time, and the main purpose of making this move was to warn other guards and educate the prince.