When it comes to the phrase "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly claim the king", the first thing that everyone thinks of must come from liu Bowen's mouth. And in many TV series, Liu Bowen has always been the chief military commander of Zhu Yuanzhang.
In fact, in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's chief military division was not Liu Bowen, but Zhu Sheng, who was the same as Zhu Yuanzhang. This person is rarely recorded in history, and it has not been described in the TV series "Zhu Yuanzhang", which was popular in previous years. It can be said that he is a person who has been forgotten in the corner of history.
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However, if you have the opportunity to go to Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, you can also see Zhu Sheng's tomb. Zhu Sheng was a native of ancient Huizhou, and his young mastery of Zhu Zi's "Science of Science" and Confucianism must have been the foundation.
However, when Zhu Sheng was 45 years old, he only passed the jinshi at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, but unfortunately caught up with the war. However, Zhu Sheng did not choose to flee the wilderness, but resolutely decided to lecture in his hometown. Until Zhu Yuanzhang led the rebel army through Guhui Prefecture, he had to hear Zhu Sheng's reputation, and it happened that Zhu Yuanzhang was also in urgent need of talents at that time, so he invited Zhu Sheng out of the mountain.
In this way, Zhu Sheng has always been a military master who follows Zhu Yuanzhang. Although Zhu Sheng was not a military general in battle, his keen mind proposed many strategies for Zhu Yuanzhang, including: "Song Lian, Hu Weiyong, Liu Bowen" and others, all of whom were included in Zhu Sheng's insistence before Zhu Yuanzhang included them under his command.
Portrait of Zhu Sheng
From this point of view, it is indeed not an exaggeration to call Zhu Sheng the chief strategist under Zhu Yuanzhang. These are not the most powerful, Zhu Sheng's most powerful thing is that after Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youyu claiming the title of king, he himself could not resist being called king. At this moment, Zhu Sheng also saw the ripples in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, so he gave Zhu Yuanzhang a preventive injection in advance, that is to say, he issued a nine-character mantra that has been passed down for more than 600 years: "Build a wall high, accumulate grain, and slowly become a king."
It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang also became the final winner under Zhu Sheng's strategy. Since then, Zhu Sheng has been the "first counselor" in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. Zhu Yuanzhang once praised Zhu Sheng as: "The strategy of the national dynasty is incomparable, and the first hanlin article." Not only that, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he also asked Zhu Sheng to be his teacher.
To put it more directly, Zhu Sheng is not only a close friend of Zhu Yuanzhang but also a military master, and Zhu Yuanzhang will first study any administrative problems with Zhu Sheng. If it is said that Zhu Sheng is the second red person in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, no one will dare to call him the first.
Although Zhu Sheng was already above ten thousand people under one person, he never exceeded the position of a monarch. Always cautious and obedient, Zhu Yuanzhang looked in his eyes, was very happy, and praised Zhu Sheng for being "honest and honest, and a hero among the courtiers." That is to say, Zhu Yuanzhang let his old comrades-in-arms learn from Zhu Sheng.
In this way, Zhu Sheng had been serving as a university scholar, studying the history of the country, and preparing holy decrees for Zhu Yuanzhang. It can be seen that these are all civilian jobs, not real power. For Zhu Sheng himself, he is also focused on literature and never competes to grab it.
However, slowly, Zhu Sheng found that Zhu Yuanzhang had become suspicious and was no longer the time when he was thirsty for talents. I can't even listen to the slightest bit of other people's intentions. There was a Confucian scholar Xu Yuan, because he did not agree with a word, he was asked by Zhu Yuanzhang to take his head. Zhu Sheng realized the true meaning of "accompanying the king like accompanying the tiger".
He thought that even if he had been acting in a low-key manner and did not argue or grab, it was inevitable that there would be times when mistakes would be made, and it would inevitably be difficult to escape death. Therefore, he decided to take advantage of his advanced age, and in the second year of Hongwu, that is, the second year of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he proposed to "invite the old man to return to his hometown". Note that at this time it is please, that is, the meaning of begging, he is begging Zhu Yuanzhang to let him return to his hometown, you can see how much shadow there is in Zhu Sheng's heart.
The "History of Ming" records that Zhu Yuanzhang did not want Zhu Sheng to leave at that time, and said: "Shuo and Qing are divided into kings and subjects, and they are like fathers and sons." And also to give Zhu Sheng a knighthood, Zhu Sheng replied: "The descendants of the courtiers are blessed, do not dare to prostrate the grace of heaven, may Your Majesty mourn the old ministers, the courtiers are inevitable, give the body, fortunately." ”
Zhu Sheng's meaning was very clear, indicating that his descendants were not blessed to be officials, but if His Majesty was concerned about the old minister, it would be enough to reward him with a death card. It can be seen that Zhu Sheng has predicted that Zhu Yuanzhang will not be able to keep these heroes, including descendants, so he hopes to ask for a death card for his son.
Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded Zhu Sheng with the death card. In this way, Zhu Sheng was relieved of his armor and returned to the field and left Kyoto. However, he did not return to his hometown of Huizhou, but chose to come to Shimen at the foot of Huangshan Mountain, and finally died the following year, at the age of 72.
Since Zhu Sheng returned to his hometown and died in Shimen, why is there a cemetery in Yancheng, Jiangsu, thousands of miles away? In fact, this has to mention The strength of Zhu Sheng. Zhu Sheng had actually chosen the cemetery before his death, and it was in Zhan Tian, which was far from the stone gate.
It is recorded that after Zhu Sheng's death, he moved the tomb once, and in ancient times, there was always a funeral ceremony called "burial in March", that is, after the death of the ancient officials, they were all buried in March.
However, after Zhu Sheng's death, he was buried according to his will, that is, he was buried in Shimen three days after his death. Later, after March, that is, at the time of 100 days, the tomb was moved to Zhan Tian, which was the cemetery that Zhu Sheng really chose.
It is now located in the tomb of Zhu Sheng in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province
So what is the tomb of Zhu Sheng in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, which was just mentioned? It was just Zhu Sheng's yiguan tomb, which was built by his descendants who migrated to the Jiangsu area and kept it as a memorial. As for why Zhu Sheng should be buried urgently after death, and moved to the funeral a hundred days later?
This should be inseparable from Zhu Sheng's wisdom, there are two reasons, the first reason is that Zhu Sheng was proficient in "yin and yang feng shui" before his death, and perhaps the two tombs were moved twice in yin and yang science, and there are ulterior secrets. The second reason is relatively simple, that is, Zhu Sheng is to prevent the excavation of the tomb, so he chose to move the tomb twice, as for who to prevent the tomb from being excavated, it is a historical secret.
It can be seen that Zhu Sheng is resourceful and has planned his life and after his life and life very carefully. However, the wise man must have a mistake, but he did not calculate it, and the death card he applied for for his son was a decoration. Fifteen years after Zhu Sheng's death, his son Zhu Tong was given death because he was implicated in a case, and the so-called death card did not play a role, but left a whole corpse!
Perhaps this is also a gratifying thing for Zhu Sheng!
Ming Dynasty death card