Peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty).
As one of the leaders of the rebel army who first rose up against the feudal rule of the Yuan Dynasty, Guo Zixing is really a bit strange.
Rebellion and uprising, this is not a joke, this is a big thing to lose your head, it is not a bitter and bitter hatred with the court, and people with a deep hatred of blood will do something, and these people are often at the bottom of the society, hungry, and repeatedly oppressed, when life has become a luxury, rebellion is reasonable.
For example, Zhang Shicheng in Jiangnan worked as a coolie in the salt factory, and was bullied by the evil officials in charge of salt every day, so he had to rise up.
Fang Guozhen in eastern Zhejiang was framed by the enemy and pursued by the officials, so he embarked on the road of uprising in desperation.
Liu Futong, the general of the Red Turban Army, rushed to his ancestral house because of the diversion of the Yellow River, and was angry at the crown, and then drew his sword.
And Zhu Chongba of Huaixi, who lived a hard life for half of his life, died and the whole family hit the bell, and was a monk to eat, but he couldn't live anymore, so he joined the rebel army.
However, Comrade Guo Zixing is fundamentally different from the above-mentioned people.
Guo Zixing is a big family in Haozhou City, rich, manipulative, land, powerful, and has a rich and prosperous life, and it is a bit unbelievable that the landlord class, who can eat and drink all day long and has long achieved financial freedom, will stand up and rebel against the imperial court.
"History of the Ming Dynasty": Zixing scattered family assets, drank alcohol, and married strong men. Thousands of young people were gathered, and they attacked Haozhou, and Taizu went from there.According to historical records, when the Red Turban Rebellion was in full swing on the land of China at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he did not hesitate, immediately scattered all his wealth, recruited troops, gathered thousands of people, and occupied Haozhou in one go.
Haozhou City) Guo Zixing occupied Haozhou City on the front foot, and Guo Zixing's rebel army on the back foot ushered in a defector we are very familiar with.
This person's name is Zhu Yuanzhang.
But the bad thing is that when Zhu Yuanzhang came to surrender, he was treated as a spy by the soldiers guarding the city to spy on the military situation, and he tied up Zhu Yuanzhang without saying anything, and prepared to escort him to the execution ground to be executed.
It seems that it is indeed difficult to survive in troubled times.
You want to survive in secret, there are natural disasters, you want to live well, there are disasters, you want to fight back, you may be killed in such a mess.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was pressed to the ground, did not call for help, did not explain, and did not have the slightest fear in his eyes, but stretched his neck and looked into the distance with an unruly expression.
This kind of "butcher's knife hangs on the neck and the face does not change" moved Guo Zixing, who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, and after careful interrogation, he found that this benevolent brother really came to join the army.
Just because he glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang in a hurry in the crowd, Guo Zixing has never been able to forget his face since then.
Guo Zixing liked Zhu Yuanzhang very much, so he simply kept Zhu Yuanzhang by his side and became a personal soldier.
From the perspective of historical storytelling, although the protagonist of this article is Guo Zixing, there is no doubt that the protagonist of this scene in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty is Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang image).
Guo Zixing is a landlord, he has lived a pampered life since he was a child, and he may rise because of a sense of justice, but it will definitely not be because of his livelihood.
And Zhu Yuanzhang is different, the experience of the tragic death of his parents, the embarrassment of having nowhere to bury, the green lantern ancient Buddha of Huangjue Temple, the evening drum and morning bell, the bitterness and suffering of wandering around, Zhu Yuanzhang has not lived a good life in this small half of his life.
And now, he has finally taken the most important step in his life - to join the rebel army and find a place to live.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, who surrendered to Guo Zixing's rule, worked very seriously, worked harder, was widely known in the military camp, and his performance on the battlefield was even more heroic, and he was soon looked at by Guo Zixing.
Lao Guo found that Zhu Yuanzhang was a talent, and it was necessary to win him over and make him his confidant.
Coincidentally, Guo Zixing happened to have a goddaughter, named Ma, who was not yet married, so Guo Zixing simply became a matchmaker and married Ma to Zhu Yuanzhang.
In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang became his son in name.
For Zhu Yuanzhang, this life change is too fast and too unbelievable.
We can really imagine what the mood of Zhu Yuanzhang, who became a rebel, had a place to live, and married a daughter-in-law.
He has a home again, someone cares about him, someone takes care of him, and he is no longer the poor Zhu Chongba, no one cares, no one asks, and wanders around.
However, there is a place to live, but it is still unknown whether it can be maintained for a long time.
Sun Deya image).
Haozhou City is not big, but in addition to Guo Zixing, there is another brother named Sun Deya who has a heavy army and is very powerful.
Sun Deya was born as a poor small peasant, and it is not clear that the old Sun family had been a tenant for the rich landlord Guo Zixing before, so Sun Deya has always been at odds with Guo Zixing.
"History of the Ming Dynasty": Chengjian Zixing, secluded Zhude Yajia.It stands to reason that after all, they are all rebel troops, friendly troops, and they are essentially a family, and if there is a problem, we can sit down and talk slowly.
But Sun Deya, the benevolent brother, was very insidious, once he actually took advantage of Guo Zixing's wandering in Haozhou City, sent someone to arrest Guo Zixing, threw him into the dungeon, and almost didn't kill him, fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was brave and strategic, and came with heavy troops to ask for someone, so Sun Deya had to release Guo Zixing, but the strange thing is that although Zhu Yuanzhang saved Guo Zixing, Guo Zixing did not feel much gratitude to his godson.
Guo Zixing also has a son himself, although Zhu Yuanzhang is also his son in name, but where is it good for a godson to have a son?
Watching Zhu Yuanzhang grow up day by day in his own team, he can fight well, his prestige is very high, and he even overpowered himself for a time, and then look at his son's mediocrity and incompetence, Guo Zixing's heart is full of resentment.
"History of the Ming Dynasty": Zixing is fierce and combative, but his sex is straightforward and intolerant.The history books say that Guo Zixing is also a hero, can lead troops to fight, and is very brave, but he has a big problem with his personality, he is irritable and suspicious and can't tolerate people, and soon, he became bored with Zhu Yuanzhang, and he didn't do anything, and arrested Zhu Yuanzhang one day and put him in prison.
Cell) Guo Zixing did not punish Zhu Yuanzhang, nor did he send anyone to harm him, after all, it was his godson, Guo Zixing thought that he would simply not give him food and starve him to death.
People are iron, rice is steel, and if he doesn't eat a meal, he Zhu Yuanzhang will also be hungry.
The prison is airtight and heavily guarded, and if you don't give Zhu Yuanzhang food, you won't even be able to eat a grain of rice.
The familiar hunger pang hit, Rao is Zhu Yuanzhang has the aura of the protagonist, and he also began to be a little desperate.
Fortunately, when everyone forgot about Zhu Yuanzhang, his wife Ma did not abandon him.
In order to let Zhu Yuanzhang eat a mouthful of hot food and save his life, Ma would hide the freshly baked pancakes on his chest every day and secretly enter the prison to deliver food to Zhu Yuanzhang.
The steaming pancake was extremely hot, and every time it burned Ma's chest, leaving permanent scars on her fair **, but despite this, Ma's never complained.
If a wife is like this, what more can a husband ask for?
Guo Zixing did not starve Zhu Yuanzhang to death, but Zhu Yuanzhang was fed by his wife Ma Shi and was fat and fat, and in desperation, Guo Zixing released Zhu Yuanzhang again.
After Zhu Yuanzhang, who had died for nine years, was released, he chose to leave without saying a word.
He knew that if he continued to live in Haozhou City, he would be killed by this jealous old father-in-law sooner or later.
Queen Ma image).
Zhu Yuanzhang left, Guo Zixing looked at his back and did not speak.
At that time, he was also a young talent who drew his sword, and he also had the ideal of saving the world, and he was a landlord class back then, but he also hoped to break this old world and rebuild a new world, so that the homeless can have his house, the cultivator can have his land, and he will be happy for life, and he will be free from death in the fierce year.
And now, I still live in this ideal, but unlike back then, my current self no longer intends to realize it.
Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's resolute departure, Guo Zixing was a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would come back soon after, not only back, but also gave him tens of thousands of elite soldiers.
Yes, you Guo Zixing are ungrateful, not necessarily I, Zhu Yuanzhang, are also ungrateful.
I fished you out of Sun Deya's hands with the front foot, and you put me in prison with the back foot, but you had the grace of knowing me back then, so I didn't care if you wanted to starve me to death, and I also posted tens of thousands of elite soldiers to you, am I interesting enough?
There is no record in the history books whether Guo Zixing was ashamed and ashamed at that time, and there is only one sentence in the history books about the last record of this Guo Ren brother:
"History of the Ming Dynasty": Yi Yi is not happy. Not long after, he died of illness and was buried in Chuzhou.In the last period of Guo Zixing's life, his strength has been much worse than before, watching the power of his old opponent Sun Deya grow and develop, and then looking at the righteous son Zhu Yuanzhang as if he had become the hero of the heroes, with the attitude of enterprising the world, he was drowsy all day long, depressed, and soon died in the fifteenth year of Zhizheng.
Guo Zixing image).
Guo Zixing died like this.
As one of the heroes of the late Yuan Dynasty, one of the leaders of the Red Turban Army in the Jianghuai region, and even Guo Zixing, who can even be said to be the guide of Zhu Yuanzhang, withdrew from the stage of history in such a gloomy manner.
Die of conspiracy, of calculation, of assassination, of disease, or of a great battle.
Guo Zixing didn't occupy the same.
Because Guo Zixing can be said to be "angry" to death to a certain extent.
He is angry that he is not as good as others, he is angry that he is not the protagonist of the times, he is angry that his fate is unfair, and he is angry that God does not give him enough time.
He is angry with others and angry with himself.
Perhaps, even Guo Zixing himself did not expect such an ending.
Friends, friends, where is life full of wishes, the protagonist and supporting roles are not about what kind of drama you can get, but about how you want to live.
If there is a Heaven, then the Heaven will not tell you that you are suffering not because you have done something wrong, but because there is a deeper reason than the present time and space.
People say that life is like a play, but in fact, on the list of high-quality authors, life is not a play, and the weight of life is much heavier than a play. Hegel once said that the only lesson that mankind can learn from history is that mankind has not learned any lessons from history.
This is too absolute, but I hope that my readers and friends can understand something from my three words, and I will be satisfied.