What happened in the Ming Dynasty: Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor

The first part of those things in the Ming Dynasty mainly tells how Zhu Yuanzhang became the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from a poor man step by step.

Zhu Yuanzhang is an out-and-out poor peasant, counting for three generations.

His original name is also very interesting, called Zhu Zhongba, which is Zhu Dad.

In the past, except for the children of officials and landlords, civilians could not go to school, so they had no names.

So when I am in the account, I just use numbers to name it.

This custom should have a long history, because not only Zhu Yuanzhang's real name is Zhu Chongba, but also his father's name is Zhu, his grandfather's name is Zhu Chuyi, his great-grandfather's name is Zhu and his great-grandfather's name is Zhu.

Let's take a look at Zhu Yuanzhang's life:/kloc-before the age of 0/6, he mainly herded cattle for the landlord's family; 16, I worked as a monk for 8 years, but my main job was begging and ringing bells; At the age of 24, he decided to join the rebels. After 16 years of hard work, he finally became the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty at the age of 40.

/kloc-at the age of 0/6, if it weren't for the famine, Zhu Yuanzhang might have been herding cattle in the landlord's house, then married and had children like ordinary people and lived the life of ordinary farmers.

But because of the famine that year, first the father starved to death, then the eldest son starved to death, and finally the mother starved to death. After they died, there was not even a place to bury them.

In order not to starve himself, he decided to become a monk

When they first arrived at the temple, they still had food. Later, due to the severe famine in the temple, it was necessary to go out for alms, that is, begging.

He was assigned to Huaixi and Henan, where the famine was most severe, and begged from door to door.

In this process, he grew from a child who watched his parents die to a soldier who could face all difficulties firmly, and his heart gradually hardened.

At this time, the rebels began to resist the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. He also received a letter from his friend Tang He, inviting him to join the rebels.

He didn't want to join, but his brother told him that someone knew that he had read the letter sent to him by the rebels and would report him.

Staying may be a dead end, so he was finally forced to go to Liangshan and embark on a hard road, which is also the way for his new fate to begin.

He first joined the army of Guo Zixing and changed his name to Zhu Yuanzhang here. The name means to compare yourself to a sharp weapon to destroy the yuan.

In the army, he quickly showed his talent. He is not only brave in combat, but also resourceful, calm, thoughtful and loyal, which makes him enjoy high prestige.

In the process, he is slowly saving capital.

At the same time, during this period, he married Miss Ma, his adopted daughter. This person who later became Ma Huanghou is a very virtuous wife.

Zhu Yuanzhang gradually had his own army, first in Hezhou and then occupied Qing Ji. Qing Ji is now Nanjing, and later he changed Qing Ji to Yingtian, which is what we often hear in TV series.

He also gained some important figures, such as Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and Liu Bowen, a military strategist.

He and his two main neighbors, Zhang Shicheng in the southeast and Xu Shouhui in the south (later replaced by Chen Youliang) occupied Nanking.

During this period, his main object of struggle was his two neighbors.

We have all heard the name Chen Youliang in TV series, and he is famous for his cunning. "No poison, no husband" is his philosophy of life, and Laroche is his specialty.

At that time, Chen Youliang had more troops than Zhu Yuanzhang and powerful warships. Judging from the situation at that time, who will die and who will belong to this world is still unknown.

But Zhu Yuanzhang, who had many excellent generals, finally defeated Chen Youliang after the famous Poyang Lake Battle.

In this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang used the east wind to burn the warships connected on the other side with fire, just like burning Chibi.

Chen Youliang finally died on his warship.

This fierce man in troubled times developed his power with his viciousness, but he was superstitious about violence and didn't talk about basic loyalty, which eventually made him lose his heart and led to failure.

After defeating Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang took aim at Zhang Shicheng. Zhang Shicheng used to be a smuggler, but his shortcoming was that he didn't make progress. In this troubled times, this has become his achilles heel.

After tenacious resistance, it was finally destroyed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The struggle of the three of them is actually fighting for the final right, that is, the right to fight the final battle with the Yuan Dynasty.

As we all know, the Yuan Dynasty was a political power established by Mongolia. When we were young, we all experienced the elegance of Mongolian leader Temujin in TV series.

At that time, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty was in Dadu, which is today's Beijing, and Zhu Yuanzhang established the capital of the Ming Dynasty in Yingtian, which is Nanjing.

1368 On the fourth day of the first month, Zhu Yuanzhang was 40 years old and declared himself emperor, with the year number Ming and the year number Hongwu.

Although the Ming Dynasty was established, the war with Yuan was far from over.

Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, famous generals, fully demonstrated their heroic general demeanor at this time, and fought against the Yuan Army again and again.

Finally, on July 27th, 1368, Xu Da conquered Tongzhou, which was almost equal to Dadu. After he surrounded the metropolis, he found that the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty had already fled with his wife and children. The Yuan Dynasty was declared dead.

Although the emperor fled, he fled to Shangdu, Inner Mongolia, and continued to be emperor, known as Beiyuan in history.

After many years, as a newly established Ming dynasty, it still has to continue a series of wars with the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Zhu Yuanzhang began to concentrate on governing the country.

At this time, North Korea formed two groups: Huaixi Group headed by Li Shanchang (a group of people from Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown) and Dong Zhe Group headed by Liu Ji (Liu Bowen).

In the end, Liu Ji, who had always been resourceful, died of poisoning, but was Li Shanchang the ultimate winner? Of course not.

Let's talk about the "Four Major Cases of Hongwu" during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang:

The first case: Hu case

Hu was the prime minister at that time, and he monopolized the power of the prime minister for seven years.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang allowed him to run amok, he gradually felt dangerous, so he wooed most officials in the DPRK and thought that the law did not blame the public. Among them, Li Shanchang of Xiangxi Group mentioned above was wooed.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang had his own way, which was to put them all to death. Hu's case has been investigated for several years, and he died 10000 people.

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang not only destroyed Hu, but also destroyed the huge position of "prime minister" behind Hu.

This is his real purpose.

At the same time, Li Shanchang, who was involved in the Hu case, was finally killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and all three families died together.

The second case: the case of air printing

Hongwu 9 years, free to print the case.

Empty seal refers to the riding seal stamped on the blank account books by provincial officials in order to save time on the way back and forth.

This incident caused an uproar when Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it.

So he killed all the officials of the main seal, and his deputy beat the army with a hundred sticks, and other officials were also convicted. The death toll is tens of thousands (the number is still controversial).

The third case: Guo Huan case.

Guo Huan, Assistant Minister of Finance, was accused of corruption. After tracing, most of the six officials were his corrupt accomplices.

So all the officials were killed except six ministers and deputy ministers.

The fourth case: aquamarine case.

Aquamarine is Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law. After the absence of generals such as Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, he accepted the mission of continuing to destroy Beiyuan as a new coach.

After the fishing naval battle, Hailan finally destroyed the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty perished and fled far away, restoring the ancient name of Tatar.

Aquamarine's fame also reached the highest point of her life.

But he eventually became the last case of the four major cases of Hongwu.

He was accused of rebellion and was eventually exterminated, and countless people were implicated by him. About fifteen thousand people were sentenced to death.

Zhu Yuanzhang's killing behavior can be considered as paving the way for his descendants. Kill those capable ministers and generals and ensure that his son can control the dynasty.

But unfortunately, Prince Yu Hongwu died in 25 years. Zhu Yuanzhang loves this son and has been carefully cultivating him. His death made Zhu Yuanzhang sad.

So Zhu Yuanzhang let Zhu Yunwen, the son of the Prince, succeed him.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang made great efforts to formulate a complete national system and legal system.

When he was young, he suffered a lot. He hopes that his children and grandchildren can lie on the basis of what he has done and enjoy this prosperity in the next few hundred or even thousands of years.

During this period, almost all the famous players who made great contributions to Han Ma were killed by him. The only survivor was Tang He, who wrote to ask him to join the rebels.

At that time, the brave general could only lie in the chair at the moment, and the saliva flowed out of his mouth. Zhu Yuanzhang finally released him and he became the only survivor.

North Korean generals are rarely killed, but at this time Zhu Yuanzhang's other son Judy showed his military talent.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that in the future, a general like Judy could lead troops to fight, and with the guarantee of Zhu Yunwen, he could finally be really relieved.

The country is on the right track, and finally there is nothing to worry about.

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