The Ming Dynasty, an era full of mysteries, was also the last empire founded by the Han Chinese themselves. The Ming Dynasty not only continued the Han civilization interrupted by the Mongols, but also laid a solid foundation for the territory of present-day China.
The establishment of the Ming Dynasty has also attracted the attention of the world, and it is known as the "most orthodox" dynasty after the Han Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was born at the bottom, worked as a beggar and a monk in his early years, and his parents and brothers were starved to death. He ascended to the throne with the strength of the peasant rebels, which gave him a deep understanding and sympathy for the common people, who feared that they would suffer again as he had suffered.
His experience made him a monarch who was particularly sympathetic to the people.
Zhu Yuanzhang once ordered that a man with a surname be a slave for generations, and a woman for prostitution for generations, and this surname is Pu. The surname Pu has a long history, and it is related to Shun, one of the three emperors and five emperors, what is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang hates people with the surname Pu so much?
As early as thousands of years ago, China practiced the "feudal system", and the descendants of the imperial family were sent to various parts of the country to govern and manage. Among them, the descendants of Shun were divided into Puyi near Shanxi, and over time, this descendant established the Pu country here, and thus began the process of taking the name "Pu".
Another theory is that the Pu clan originated from the Hui people, and during the Song and Yuan dynasties, with the prosperity of commerce in the coastal areas, many Arab merchants came to China, which also provided the possibility for the formation of the Pu clan.
These migrants often live in coastal areas such as Fujian, and gradually integrate into the local community, and their surnames are sinicized as a result. For example, the Hui changed their name to "Pu" and had a huge impact on the economic development of places like Quanzhou over the next few hundred years.
In the long history of the Ming Dynasty, there are also some unscrupulous people, and Pu Shougeng is one of them. He caused great damage to the reputation of the "Pu surname" in the Ming Dynasty.
Pu Shou Geng's family backgroundPu Shou Geng was born in the Southern Song Dynasty, and his appearance is significantly different from that of the local Han people. This is mainly due to the problem of his ancestry, his ancestors are not Chinese, but Arabs who do business with our country.
His ancestors traveled overland through the distant Middle East and eventually reached the region of Vietnam.
Vietnam was heavily influenced by Han culture and has close ties with China. Pu Kaizong's family moved to Guangzhou and Quanzhou from Vietnam, and accumulated a lot of wealth because of business, and enjoyed power in Quanzhou, which attracted the attention of the Southern Song Dynasty.
During the alternation of the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Mongol iron cavalry invaded the Southern Song Dynasty, although the Southern Song Dynasty was economically prosperous, but the army was weak, and the army was defeated and retreated. Seeing this, Pu Shougeng and others took refuge in Mongolia and became traitors to the Southern Song Dynasty.
What's even more odious is that Duanzong of the Southern Song Dynasty fled to Quanzhou, and Pu Shougeng killed the Song Dynasty clan in order to show his loyalty.
According to historical records, Pu Shougeng killed more than 3,000 Song Dynasty clans in Quanzhou City, and also recruited private soldiers to hunt down Song Duanzong. He also actively provided financial support to the Yuan Dynasty army and played an important role in the Mongol eradication of the Song Dynasty.
The end of Song rule was the beginning of 98 years of foreign rule in Chinese history.
Immediately after the Mongol Empire established its rule over China, it vigorously commended those who had made great contributions to the expansion of its territory. Pu Shougeng is a typical representative of them, he not only made great contributions in the creation of the Yuan Dynasty, but was named Fujian Province"Zhongshu Zuocheng", also because of the ancestry of its ancestors, it has become highly respected"Lustful people"。
In the Yuan Dynasty, the Semu people were second only to the Mongols in status, and they were the social elite of the time, controlling a large number of Han and Nan people.
Pu Shou Geng's"Wallgrass"Strategy earned him a illustrious life. The Yuan Dynasty reigned for 98 years, but he lived for 87 years, successfully avoiding Zhu Yuanzhang's liquidation.
However, his descendants were not so lucky. From a historical point of view, Zhu Yuanzhang was a continuation of Chinese civilization, expelling foreigners and establishing his own state, so he was a commendable emperor.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he noticed that the common people had begun to imitate the Hu people's hair and braids, so he repeatedly ordered the restoration of the old Han and Tang dynasties, requiring the people to wear Hanfu and speak Chinese to avoid imitating the Hu people's habits.
Zhu Yuanzhang liquidated those traitors, and Pu Shougeng's descendants are still doing evil in Quanzhou, enjoying the wealth accumulated by their ancestors through betrayal. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang first set the target for the Pu family.
He ordered that all people surnamed Pu living in Quanzhou should be regarded as descendants of Pu Shougeng, and in order to make up for the crimes of their predecessors, people surnamed Pu were reduced to slaves and prostitutes, and were forbidden to engage in commercial and agricultural activities.
At the same time, Pu Shougeng's coffin was also dug up, whipped 300 times, and burial was prohibited.
Although the Pu clans in other regions were not punished, they changed their surnames to the similarly pronounced "Bu clan" in order to avoid being implicated. Pu Shougeng's actions and the fate of his descendants have made Zhu Yuanzhang's actions widely praised, and also made people deeply feel the importance of the existence of the Ming Dynasty to Chinese civilization.
Without Zhu Yuanzhang, we would not have been able to recover the Yanyun, Hetao, and Yunnan regions that had been lost for nearly 500 years, nor would we be able to establish a new Han empire and restore the tributary system of East Asia that had been interrupted for hundreds of years.
If the last years of the Yuan Dynasty were not born by Zhu Yuanzhang, but by the powerful Chakhan Timur and Wang Baobao, another dynasty ruled by the Hu people, connected with the Qing Dynasty, the last of which was founded by the Manchurians, then I am afraid that the Han people living in this land would end up completely "Huhua", and no one will remember the glorious civilization of our ancestors.
To sum up, Zhu Yuanzhang's handling of the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty not only reflects his wisdom, but also the punishment that traitors deserve. His actions also showed his determination to eliminate the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, so that those lawbreakers who tried to shake the hearts of the people did not dare to act lightly.
Let us ponder that as a member of the country, we should cherish the blessings and nurturing that the country has given us. We must not betray the motherland for the sake of immediate selfish gain, because this will only lead us to the end of the world.