Guo Zixing, a big family in Haozhou City, resolutely scattered his family wealth, gathered strong men, and occupied Haozhou in one fell swoop when the peasant uprising was surging. Unlike those leaders of the low-level people's rebel army who were hungry and repeatedly oppressed, Guo Zixing lived a prosperous life, but chose to embark on the road of rebellion, which was not easy.
This is recorded in the History of the Ming Dynasty.
The city of Haozhou fell, and Guo Zixing became the leader of the rebel army, but he was greeted by a mysterious defector - Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Zhu Yuanzhang's identity was mistaken by the soldiers defending the city for a spy who spies on military intelligence, and he was tied up and escorted to the execution ground.
On the verge of life and death, Zhu Yuanzhang showed the integrity of "the butcher's knife hangs on his neck and his face does not change", and this brave and fearless spirit made Guo Zixing deeply admired. After careful interrogation, Guo Zixing learned that Zhu Yuanzhang was sincere in joining the army, so he kept him by his side and regarded him as a personal soldier.
Although Guo Zixing is the protagonist of the story, in this history, Zhu Yuanzhang is undoubtedly the most dazzling star.
Guo Zixing was born into a family of landlords and lived a carefree life. Although he had a sense of justice, he did not rebel out of livelihood considerations. On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang's experience was completely different.
His parents died young, and with nowhere to bury, he spent a difficult time in the Huangjue Temple. The wandering life made him understand the difficulties of life, and it also made him cherish the opportunities in front of him even more.
Therefore, when he decided to join the rebels and find a place to live, he worked harder than anyone else. His work was appreciated by Guo Zixing, and his bravery was recognized on the battlefield.
Guo Zixing found that he was a rare talent, so he decided to woo him and make him his confidant. Coincidentally, Guo Zixing had an unmarried goddaughter named Ma, so he decided to marry Ma to him.
In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang nominally became Guo Zixing's son. All these changes made Zhu Yuanzhang feel both surprised and excited. He has a home, someone to care for him, someone to take care of him, and he is no longer the lonely and helpless wanderer.
However, it is still unknown whether he will be able to survive in this new environment for a long time.
Although Haozhou City is not big, it hides dragons and crouching tigers. In addition to Guo Zixing, there is also a powerful figure - Sun Deya. Sun Deya came from a poor background and may have been Guo Zixing's former tenant, so they have always had a strained relationship.
Sun Deya was insidious and cunning, and once caught Guo Zixing and threw him into the dungeon when he was wandering, but fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang led the troops to rescue him. However, Guo Zixing had no gratitude for this godson, and his jealousy grew when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang emerging in his own team and his prestige surpassing his own.
Guo Zixing has a brave personality but is irritable and suspicious, and finally gets bored with Zhu Yuanzhang and even imprisons him.
Prison) Guo Zixing did not punish or harm Zhu Yuanzhang, after all, he was his godson. Guo Zixing decided to let him starve to death, people are iron and steel, and if he doesn't eat or drink, he will be hungry and panic.
He was kept under strict guard in prison, and he was denied food, and he could not eat even a grain of rice. The familiar hunger pang hit, and even the protagonist's aura couldn't resist Zhu Yuanzhang's despair.
However, his wife, Ma, did not give up on him. In order to give Zhu Yuanzhang a hot meal to eat and save his life, Ma would hide the freshly baked pancakes on his chest every day and secretly send them to prison.
The pancakes were steaming hot, burning Ma's chest every time, leaving permanent scars, but she never complained. With such a wife, what else can Zhu Yuanzhang ask for?
Guo Zixing did not starve Zhu Yuanzhang to death, but was fed by his wife Ma Shi for nothing. In desperation, Guo Zixing had no choice but to let him go. After Zhu Yuanzhang, who had experienced nine deaths in his life, was released, he immediately decided to leave.
He knew that if he continued to stay in Haozhou City, he would be killed by this old father-in-law who was jealous of his talent.
Guo Zixing looked at the back of Zhu Yuanzhang leaving, and his heart was full of thoughts. Back then, they were all young talents with ideals and wanted to save the world, but the difference is that now Guo Zixing no longer intends to realize his ideals.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang came back soon after, not only back, but also tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You Guo Zixing are ungrateful, not necessarily I am 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? ”
When Guo Zixing heard this, he felt both ashamed and helpless. There is no record of Guo Zixing's performance at that time in the history books, but his last life in his later years is recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty": "Yi Yi is unhappy.
Not long after, he died of illness and was buried in Chuzhou. Watching the growing power of his old rival Sun Deya, and then watching his son Zhu Yuanzhang become a famous hero, Guo Zixing felt heavy in his heart, drowsy and depressed all day long.
Soon after, he died of illness and returned to his hometown.
Guo Zixing: The image of a hero who ended gloomily Guo Zixing, one of the heroes of the late Yuan Dynasty, as one of the leaders of the Red Turban Army in the Jianghuai region, and even the guide of Zhu Yuanzhang, his life was full of twists and turns and challenges.
He died of conspiracy, calculation, assassination, disease, and even war, but whatever the reason, his important place on the stage of history cannot be denied. Guo Zixing's death can be said to be "angry" to a certain extent.
He was angry that he was inferior to others, angry that he didn't mix well, angry that he was not the protagonist of the times, angry that fate was unfair, and angry that God didn't give him enough time.
He is angry with others and angry with himself. Perhaps, even Guo Zixing himself did not expect such an ending. But, friends, friends, where is life full of wishes, the protagonist and supporting roles are not about what kind of drama you can get, but how you want to live.
If you really have a God, then God will not tell you that the reason why you are suffering is not because you have done something wrong, but because there are deeper reasons beyond the current time and space.
People say that life is like a play, but in fact, life is not a play, and the weight of life is much heavier than play. Hegel once said, "The only lesson that mankind can learn from history is that mankind has not learned any lesson 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.