Zhu Di once arrested tens of thousands of nuns just to find a woman. Why did it turn out to be a joke?

A few years after Zhu Di took away the throne of his eldest nephew Zhu Yunwen, he made a decision that shocked all civil and military officials, which was to move the capital to Beijing. Before everyone could fully digest this fact, he made another decision that shocked people all over the country. Starting from Peking as the radiation point, he went to temples and temples across the country to arrest all female nuns and Taoist priests.

At that time, many people thought Zhu Di was crazy. Wasn't he just a rebellion? As for letting female nuns and Taoist priests across the country become victims of him killing chickens to scare monkeys?

In fact, we really wronged Zhu Di. It all started when he moved the capital to Beijing.

After Zhu Di first ascended the throne, because the emperor's name was unfair, he had to make amends for himself, and he had to find ways to deal with all kinds of opposition that might arise in the future, and even wanted to overthrow him. His unexpected circumstances. So he thought of moving the capital again.

After all, Beijing is his base camp, and he has worked hard for nearly two decades. As long as he is in Beijing, no one can afford to make trouble, which brings great convenience to him in managing the country.

And in order to deter foreign enemies and prevent them from taking advantage of the country's instability to cause trouble, he must also set an example and let those people see that even though he had just won the throne, the Ming Dynasty would not tolerate them. These outsiders come to care.

At the same time, he also had plans to develop the domestic economy and gradually reduce the economic differences between the north and the south, so Zhu Di finally decided to go against all odds and move the capital of the Ming Dynasty to Beijing.

But it was precisely because of his decision that he angered some people who were originally very dissatisfied with him for grabbing the throne.

In ancient times, the common people were able to understand things, have an overall view, and understand the decisions of leaders. They only saw the new emperor who stole the throne from his nephew. After becoming the emperor, not only did he not He appeases the people and does not reduce taxes and taxes, but suddenly thinks of changing the capital? I don’t know how much money it will cost, how many people will be exhausted, and how many people will be displaced?

So the White Lotus Sect came into being. The White Lotus Sect led by leader Tang Saier took overthrowing Zhu Di's rule as their own mission and their purpose was to save the people from fire and water. What Zhu Di found most hateful was that the leader of the White Lotus Sect was actually a woman. He had despised women the most in his life, so how could he bear to have his authority challenged by a woman?

At that time, the White Lotus Sect had not yet become a phenomenon, and it was not powerful enough to influence the government. However, Zhu Di couldn't bear it. He directly transferred the troops who were fighting against the Japanese to come back to deal with the White Lotus Sect.

Although the uprising was quickly suppressed, Zhu Di was still angry. He felt that the leader of the White Lotus Sect, Tang Saier, was too abominable. It would be too difficult to catch her and behead her in public. Relieve anger.

But Tang Saier didn’t know why he was able to escape safely even after being defeated. He also received secret help from the common people when he was escaping, so he was able to avoid danger time and time again. In the end, he disappeared.

Zhu Di became even more angry and ordered to dig three feet into the ground to find her. At this time, one of his subordinates said that Tang Saier might become a nun and hid in the temple. Zhu Di was awakened at once. Based on the principle that he would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go, he ordered Beijing as the center to start arresting nuns and female Taoist priests from all over the country.

Suddenly, there was an uproar all over the country, especially the temples, which were in a state of chaos and blood flowed into rivers. Even though Zhu Di made such a big fuss, he could not find any trace of Tang Saier until his death. This massive arrest operation, in which tens of thousands of nuns were arrested and tortured, turned into a bloody joke.

As for whether Tang Saier really became a nun and whether he died in this chaos, there is no clear conclusion yet. It can only be said that at any time, those who win people's hearts will gain the right, and those who lose their hearts will lose the way.