"The Road of the Emperor" tells the story of Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, Cao Cao, Li Shimin, and Zhu Yuanzhang. Based on the Records of the Historian and the Zizhi Tongjian, the book compares the establishment of a new dynasty to entrepreneurship, and analyzes the origins, personalities, strategic preferences, hobbies, personal strengths and weaknesses of the five emperors, and their positive and negative influences on later generations.
By dissecting the choices of the emperor, we can interpret history and human nature. The key to determining the ownership of the world is not so much the "mandate of heaven" as the "human heart". From the growth experience of five heroes with different ideals, readers will definitely be able to read resonance and read lessons. This book belongs to the "China in Stories" series.
The Road of the Emperor", by Gongsun Ce, published by Guangxi Normal University Press.
Selected readings: From a small monk to "Wu Guogong": Zhu Yuanzhang copied the successful experience of Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, and Cao Cao.
said that he did not accept the edict, which was to express his unwillingness to submit to Guo Tianxu, but he did not mean to break away from the Red Turban Army, so Zhu Yuanzhang's banner still used the country name of King Xiao Ming "Song", and the official document also used King Xiaoming's year name "Dragon and Phoenix", which are all necessary measures to follow the highest principle of "low-key growth".
The situation at that time: The Song army under the leadership of Liu Futong captured Kaifeng, set as the Beijing division, and the puppet Xiaoming King Han Lin'er sat on the dragon chair and sent a three-way army to launch a general attack on the Yuan Dynasty, capturing today's Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaodong, and even entering Goguryeo, but failed to attack Dadu (now Beijing). The Yuan Dynasty had no longer ordered the capital, but the Song army also ran out of strength, and most of the rebel troops in the south were content with secession and did not seek to develop, giving Zhu Yuanzhang an excellent opportunity.
Zhu Yuanzhang's appeal increased, and the army in Hezhou increased, and the food gradually became scarce, so he targeted Taiping (present-day Dangtu County, Anhui), which was surrounded by rice-producing areas. However, Taiping and Heyang are separated by a big river (Yangtze River), and thousands of ships are required to cross the river, but Zhu Yuanzhang has no naval army.
Perhaps that is the "Mandate of Heaven" - the wealthy families surnamed Yu and Liao in the Chaohu Lake area gathered nearby fishermen to protect themselves, with the water kou Li Patou as the commander, the boat is connected to the village, there are more than 1,000 large and small ships, more than 10,000 water forces. This force was attacked by the Red Turban Army Zuo Junbi (not the Xiaoming Wang system) and was defeated repeatedly. Zhu Yuanzhang personally went to Chaohu Lake and persuaded them to "cross the river in groups instead of being beaten up", so he took advantage of the rainy season to rain for more than 20 days, "the river pits were flattened", and all large and small boats arrived in Hezhou.
With the naval army, Zhu Yuanzhang (still under the banner of the Song Army at that time) marched together, crossed the river with the wind, encountered the Yuan soldiers in the quarry, and Chang Yuchun had just joined the first battle at that time.
When the Song soldiers saw the grain and livestock, they couldn't grab it, and they shouted that they wanted to move it back to Hezhou. Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang discussed with Xu Da, cut off the boat cable and pushed it into the river.
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered: "The front is the Taiping Mansion, and the children's jade silk is everything, and Ren Er will take it." The sergeants fought bravely one by one, and two days later captured the city of Taiping.
When the army entered the city, Li Shanchang had already posted a notice at the gate of the city, strictly prohibiting plunder, and the violators were beheaded. After beheading a small soldier, the whole army was solemn, but worried that the army's morale was unstable, he taught the rich families in the city to donate gold and silver and wealth and distribute them to the soldiers. Then at the celebration banquet, Li Patou was drunk, his hands and feet were tied, and he was pushed into the river to completely control the naval army.
See. The Red Turban Army started in northern Jiangsu, and most of the conquerors developed to the north, basically all of which were "army", and the dilemma of "five dragons in one pond" in Haozhou City stemmed from the fact that they were all "drought dragons", so they were unable to cross the Yangtze River to develop in the south of the Yangtze River.
After Zhu Yuanzhang had a water army, his competitiveness immediately surpassed the five marshals of Haozhou, which was the key to his standout.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to stay in Haozhou to make peace with the marshals, but accepted the water and grass of Chaohu Lake, what is the consideration?To put it simply, it is "competitiveness" - with the water army, he has the ability to cross the river and participate in the deer competition in the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River. Later developments have fully confirmed this.
The elders of Taiping City went out of the city to greet Zhu Yuanzhang, among them was a well-educated Tao An, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him: "I want to capture Jinling, what do you think?"Tao An said: "Jinling is the capital of the emperor, the situation is entrenched, and there is the danger of the Yangtze River, occupy Jinling, and then capture the Quartet, invincible, that is the gift of God to fund you!."(The official name of today's Nanjing was "Jiqing" at that time, but the historical records were disordered, and Jiqing, Jinling, and Jiankang were different.) ）
This side is still discussing the attack on Jiqing, and the Yuan soldiers over there have already attacked. Qing Jun (the mercenaries recruited by the Yuan Dynasty with money, ** cyan, officially called the "Righteous Army") Marshal Chen Wei first and the general Kang Maocai waterway division soldiers under the Taiping City, Zhu Yuanzhang himself supervised the battle and defended the city, and ordered Xu to reach the preset ambush outside the city in advance, and under the internal and external attacks, Chen Wei was defeated and captured. Zhu Yuanzhang released him and asked him to write a letter to recruit the Qing Army, and the next day the Qing Army was changed to a red banner and a turban, and then Zhu Yuanzhang told Chen Wei to jointly attack Jiqing City and let him lead the army back. In fact, Chen Yuxian did not belong sincerely, and Zhu Yuanzhang also understood.
The Song army attacked Jiqing as scheduled, Chen Wei first united with the commander of the Yuan army, Fushou, and attacked the Song army on the bank of the Qinhuai River, the Song army was defeated, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou were both killed in battle - Zhu Yuanzhang borrowed a knife to kill successfully. While Chen Yuxian was chasing the Song army, he was stabbed to death by the anti-Yuan villagers who hated him, Zhu Yuanzhang led the army back to Taiping, and the families of the soldiers were sent back to Hezhou.
In the spring of the following year, Zhu Yuanzhang advanced by land and water and attacked Jiqing again, Chen Zhaoxian's son Chen Zhaoxian led Chen Zhaoxian's old troops to garrison outside the city, and was defeated and surrendered as soon as he engaged, Zhu Yuanzhang released Chen Zhaoxian, and selected 500 of Chen Zhaoxian's subordinates to be included in his command. The five hundred people were all panicked, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered, that night they were in charge of their own guards, and the tents around the commander's tent were all Chen Zhaoxian's subordinates, and the original guards slept in the outer tents. There was only Feng Guoyong in the boss's tent, and Zhu Yuanzhang himself took off his armor and slept peacefully until dawn, so everyone was no longer afraid.
Jiqing City was successfully breached, the commander of the Yuan soldiers, Fushou, was killed in battle, and the general Kang Mao, the general under Chen Yuxian, led the crowd to return. Zhu Yuanzhang changed the name of Jiqing to Yingtianfu, taking the meaning of "Shangying the Mandate of Heaven", and summoned the local elders to speak, saying: "The Yuan Dynasty lost its power, and the people were miserable, and I came to eliminate harm for the people." You don't have to worry about your profession. A virtuous gentleman is willing to accompany those who have made meritorious contributions, and I will be courteous and reused;All laws and regulations that were bad in the past will be repealed. ”
Support. This chapter is written here, and I can see the shadows of many people in front of this book from Zhu Yuanzhang:
Cutting the ship cable made the sergeant have no way out, and there was the shadow of Xiang Yu's "broken cauldron and sinking the boat".
Use "there are children in Taiping City in front of you" to stimulate morale, and there is the shadow of Cao Cao's "looking at plums to quench thirst".
Unloading the armor and pillowing is guarded by the guards, and there is the shadow of Liu Xiu's "heart-to-heart".
convened the elders to speak, and eliminated the harsh laws of the Yuan Dynasty, and there was the shadow of Liu Bang's "Three Chapters of the Law".
So it was confirmed in the previous chapter, although Zhu Yuanzhang was a little novice who joined the army, but others read a lot of books in the army and learned the stories of these predecessors who created a great cause. Moreover, because he has great ambitions, he can replicate these successful deeds in his own career when the situation requires it.
After taking Jiqing, Zhu Yuanzhang sent generals to capture the surrounding counties, expand the sphere of influence, successively build Zhenjiang Mansion, Guangxing Mansion, etc., and accept the generals' election as "Wu Guogong" and establish **.
At that time, the rebel army was called king and emperor when it had a slight scale, why did Zhu Yuanzhang only call him "Gong"?
Because there was a person who gave him a suggestion, "Build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slow down the king", that is, build Yingtianfu into a city that the enemy cannot attack, accumulate enough grain and grass to fight the world (as long as the grain and grass are sufficient, do not worry about the lack of soldiers), and at the same time do not rush to become the king, so as not to make a big move. This suggestion is in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's original principle of "low-key growth", and it is clearer, easier to remember, and more specific.
The name of the person who made this suggestion was Zhu Sheng, who had been a bachelor's official in the Yuan Dynasty, and when Zhu Yuanzhang captured Huizhou, he sent someone to invite Zhu Sheng to ask for benefits in person. Another official who served as an official of the Yuan Dynasty was Liu Ji (Liu Bowen), and Zhu Yuanzhang sent a letter to him in the process of pacifying Zhejiang. At the same time as Liu Ji, he was hired by Song Lian, and later the official residence knew the system (helped the emperor draft the edict) - Zhu Yuanzhang said in Yingtian, "A virtuous gentleman is willing to accompany those who have made meritorious contributions, and I will be courteous and reused" is not a scene.
Author: Gongsun Ce.
Text: Gongsun Ce Editor: Jiang Chuting Responsible Editor: Zhu Zifen.