At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and Zhu Yuanzhang stood out and became the founding monarch of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was able to succeed from a grassroots counterattack, and his father-in-law Guo Zixing has a close connection, Guo Zixing can be said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's first leader, he values Zhu Yuanzhang very much, regards him as a confidant, and also married his adopted daughter Ma to Zhu Yuanzhang, who is later the famous Queen Ma.
It's a pity that after Guo Zixing's death, his sons were killed one after another, and the Guo family cut off the incense, so why did Zhu Yuanzhang do this to the descendants of his benefactor?
Stills of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma.
1) Zhu Yuanzhang took refuge in Guo Zixing at the age of 25 and became Guo Zixing's fast son-in-law.
Guo Zixing is a native of Dingyuan, Anhui today, and he has a very rich grandfather, so Guo Zixing's family is still relatively wealthy since he was a child, and Guo Zixing has a hobby that likes to make friends with heroes and heroes. In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the war continued, and the people were struggling to make a living, and due to the long years of war, the population in some places was almost zero. At a time of social turmoil, Guo Zixing used all his family assets to make a strong man.
In 1351 AD, due to the corruption and long-term famine, the people were cornered, and the rebel army led by Han Shantong revolted in Yingzhou with a red flag and a red cloth on his head, and received a positive response from the people, thus opening the prelude to the outbreak of the peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and in just a few months, the rebel army spread all over the country.
In the second year (1352), Guo Zixing also gathered thousands of people to revolt in Haozhou, and received a positive response from tens of thousands of people.
Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang's hair Xiaotang and the Red Turban Army that invited him to join Guo Zixing's army, Zhu Yuanzhang at this time was a monk of Huangjue Temple, how could Zhu Yuanzhang become a monk? It starts with the situation in his family.
Guo Zixing stills.
Zhu Yuanzhang's family is poor, there are many brothers and sisters in the family, life is very difficult, and he has no money to go to school since he was a child, so he can only herd cattle for the rich family to reduce the burden on the family. But a drought broke his daily life, his parents and elder brother died of famine, Zhu Yuanzhang buried his family, came to Huangjue Temple to become a monk, this year Zhu Yuanzhang was 16 years old. Later, due to the famine, even Huangjue Temple could not solve the problem of food and clothing, Zhu Yuanzhang could only make a living everywhere, and later received a small invitation letter, giving him the opportunity to turn over.
After Zhu Yuanzhang participated in Guo Zixing's rebel army, he was loyal to Guo Zixing, when he fought, he always charged into battle, never swallowed the spoils of war privately, and even shared the rewards he received with everyone, over time, Zhu Yuanzhang won Guo Zixing's trust, Guo Zixing regarded him as a confidant, and he also married his adopted daughter to Zhu Yuanzhang, and gave the name Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang's original name was Zhu Chongba.
There were five marshals in the Red Turban Army in Haozhou, divided into two factions, and Zhu Yuanzhang saw the commanders fighting for power and profit with each other, so he decided to rely on himself and left with Xu Da, Tang He and other 24 people, preparing to stand on his own. Zhu Yuanzhang recruited troops along the way, conquered the city, and the team gradually grew stronger, when he attacked Chuzhou, Guo Zixing was squeezed out by the generals, and came to Chuzhou to take refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang was also regarded as a sign of grace to report the military power to Guo Zixing. But soon Guo Zixing died of illness, after Guo Zixing died of illness, how did Zhu Yuanzhang treat his descendants?
Zhu Yuanzhang stills.
2) The eldest son, whose year of birth and death is unknown, whose name is unknown, who died in battle.
3) The second son, Guo Tianxu.
After Zhu Yuanzhang took refuge in Guo Zixing, he became Guo Zixing's right-hand man, and later became Guo Zixing's son-in-law. This relationship threatens the status of Guo Zixing's sons, they are afraid that their father Guo Zixing will choose Zhu Yuanzhang as the heir, so they continue to slander Guo Zixing, smear Zhu Yuanzhang in front of Guo Zixing, and frame him for having two hearts.
Guo Zixing was indecisive and liked to listen to slander, and under the instigation of his son many times, he began to doubt Zhu Yuanzhang and often scolded him. For Guo Zixing, Zhu Yuanzhang is the husband of his adopted daughter after all, so naturally he is not trustworthy with his own son, and later Guo Zixing simply put Zhu Yuanzhang under house arrest. Guo Tianxu took the opportunity to secretly deceive and ordered no one to send food to Zhu Yuanzhang, wanting to starve Zhu Yuanzhang to death.
Thanks to Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter-in-law Ma, she secretly ran to the kitchen, hid the hot baked cakes on her chest, and gave them to Zhu Yuanzhang to eat. Later, Ma also took out a large sum of money to bribe his adoptive mother, asking her to intercede in front of his father-in-law Guo Zixing, and open up to Zhu Yuanzhang, and with the help of his wife Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang was out of danger.
Zhu Yuanzhang stills.
After Guo Zixing was expelled from Haozhou, he took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang did not remember the old hatred, and handed over his military power to him, which made Guo Tianxu very admired.
After Guo Zixing died of illness, Guo Tianxu took over his father's mantle and was appointed marshal, while Zhu Yuanzhang was the left deputy marshal, and Guo Zixing's brother-in-law Zhang Tianyou was the right deputy marshal. However, almost all the armies in Chuzhou and Hezhou were recruited and incorporated by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he had a lot of talents, so Zhu Yuanzhang was the actual commander, he had real power, and Guo Tianxu was just the nominal commander.
Guo Tianxu is naturally unwilling to be a puppet leader, he often plays some tricks to seize military power, and Zhu Yuanzhang does not have the same knowledge as Guo Tianxu, but is just careful to beware, because he knows that the Yuan army is their common enemy, if there is infighting in his own army, it is easy to cause the army to **, and in the end it is the Yuan army that benefits.
In 1356, Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of Zhang Shicheng's attack on the Yuan army in Jiangnan to launch an attack on Jiqing (present-day Nanjing), and Guo Tianxu also participated in the Battle of Jiqing. Guo Tianxu was responsible for attacking the east gate of Jiqing, and Chen Wei was responsible for attacking the south gate, but Chen Wei had a rebellious heart, he invited Guo Tianxu to drink, and took the opportunity to kill Guo Tianxu.
In fact, Chen Wei originally wanted to kill Zhu Yuanzhang, but the booby trap Zhu Yuanzhang failed, so he set the target on Guo Tianxu, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Chen Wei had two hearts, and did not notify Guo Tianxu on the front line, so that Guo Tianxu was defenseless against Chen Wei and was killed. Zhu Yuanzhang can be described as a scheming and calculating, using the hands of others to eradicate strong enemies, and after Guo Tianxu's death, Zhu Yuanzhang took over his position as marshal.
Zhu Yuanzhang stills.
4) The third son, Guo Tianjue.
Guo Tianjue is Guo Zixing's youngest son, when Zhu Yuanzhang was favored, he was as afraid as his brother Guo Tianxu that his father would choose Zhu Yuanzhang as his heir, and he and his brother slandered Guo Zixing many times, wanting to get rid of Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in great trouble with his henchmen.
After Guo Tianxu's death, Han Lin'er, the king of Xiaoming, named Guo Tianjue as the right man of Zhongshu, and his rights were not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang. Guo Tianjue was dissatisfied with Zhu Yuanzhang, he thought that he was Guo Zixing's son and should be the heir, but he was taken advantage of by Zhu Yuanzhang, and felt that Zhu Yuanzhang had usurped his own property. So Guo Tianjue tried to eradicate Zhu Yuanzhang and regain the property that should have belonged to him, but Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang found an excuse to kill Guo Tianjue.
5) Daughter Guo.
Guo (Guo Guifei) was born to Guo Zixing and his second wife Zhang, the year of birth and death is unknown, and later married Zhu Yuanzhang and gave birth to three sons and two daughters.
6) Adopted daughter Ma.
Ma is Zhu Yuanzhang's wife Queen Ma, Queen Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang are a husband and wife in distress, before Zhu Yuanzhang has made a career, Queen Ma followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight in the south and the north, assisted Zhu Yuanzhang wholeheartedly, and rescued Zhu Yuanzhang in danger many times, and was Zhu Yuanzhang's life-saving benefactor.
After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne and became the emperor, he named Ma as the queen, Zhu Yuanzhang has a deep affection for Queen Ma and respects her very much.
Queen Ma stills.
In 1382, Queen Ma died of illness at the age of 50, and since then, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been a queen, which shows his respect for Queen Ma.
All in all, there is no hatred between people for no reason, everything has cause and effect, it can only be said that Guo Zixing's sons are too capable of tossing.