Speaking of Zhu Yuanzhang, he can be described as a household name. The experience of his life is legendary, and when he was young, perhaps he never dreamed that one day he would rule the country, but he did it with his own efforts and perseverance.
From a grass people, he successfully counterattacked and became a highly influential emperor, and since then he has reached the pinnacle of his life. It has also created a Daming foundation for more than 200 consecutive years, and such a great achievement is enough to stand out from the crowd.
But he experienced a lot of hardships in his childhood, tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, and even let go of cattle for the landlord Liu De, and suffered all kinds of oppression. So, when he returned to his hometown as the emperor, how did he treat the landlord Liu De?
01 Born in poverty.
For Zhu Yuanzhang as a child, he was born in this world to endure hardships. In ancient times, many people depended on landlords for their survival, and they rented some land to farmers to work for themselves. But most of the income had to be handed over to the landlords, and the rest was just enough for the peasants to survive, and it was a luxury to have enough to eat.
He was born in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, when he was young, his family was poor, and his father in order to reduce the population of the family, his second brother and third brother successively went to other people's homes to become sons-in-law. Therefore, in the early years, he and his father herded cattle for Liu De, the landlord of the village at that time.
Liu De is both selfish and greedy, and he is all kinds of oppression to him, so that he is called to do this and that, and there is no human touch at all. Although the young Zhu Yuanzhang has a humble status, he is very majestic among children of the same age.
And his playmates when he was a child also listened to him very much, and when he was herding cattle in his spare time, he would also take his "little brothers" to act. He made a cameo appearance as the emperor, and others were major officials, and he played the emperor at a glance, he really had that kind of taste!
At that time, they played the first role, and there was a "little brother" Xu Da who suddenly said: "It would be great if you were the real emperor, you can take us to eat fragrant and spicy food, and you can also eat delicious meat." Zhu Yuanzhang immediately heard it and replied with an oath: "Isn't it just meat, what's the big deal, I'll take you to eat it."
Even though many people think he's bragging, he really makes everyone eat meat because he has a lot of ghost ideas. In an instant, I saw that he simply took out the tools on his waist and slaughtered the cow with a "whoosh". But the meat was eaten, but how should the slaughtered cow explain to the landlord Liu De?
Just when everyone was in trouble, Zhu Yuanzhang had an idea. He made a hole in the stone, tied the ox's tail with a rope, and then wrapped the stone around the back of the tree, and in three or five strokes he made the illusion that the ox had fallen off the cliff and could not be saved.
Near evening, Liu De did not see everyone come back for a long time, for fear that his cattle would be lost, so he immediately went out to look for it. After finding Zhu Yuanzhang, he found that a cow was missing, and immediately interrogated him. He unhurriedly told the "illusion" he had just made, but what he didn't expect was that Liu De really believed it. However, it was only half a doubt, but there was no evidence, so I had to give up.
02 Wandering.
Just when everything seemed to be going in a good direction, there was a drought in the Huai River. The crops were not harvested, the people were displaced, and the officials greatly exploited the people's food rations. In addition, the disasters that followed one after another were locust plagues, plagues, and it was really a house leak that happened to rain overnight.
Under the triple attack, except for Zhu Yuanzhang and his second brother, all other relatives of the Zhu family died of illness. This is undoubtedly a major blow to them. To make matters worse, he didn't have the money to bury his parents.
But now the burial of his parents is the most important, so he had to run to beg Liu De. I hope that for the sake of him and his father who have been herding cattle for many years, borrowing some money to bury his parents can be regarded as his last piece of filial piety. But Liu De not only refused to help, but also told him that he hadn't settled accounts with him about the last time he lost the cow, and directly swept him out.
At this critical moment, fortunately, Liu De's cousin Liu Jizu extended a helping hand, Zhu Yuanzhang was grateful, bowed deeply and thanked him before leaving. After burying his parents, he also left his hometown.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had lost all his support, had no choice but to run to the nearby Huangjue Temple and be a little boy. He helped clean the temple, ring the bell, cook and wash clothes, etc., and occasionally did not do well, and would attract a scolding. But despite this, at least you can eat, and you don't just starve to death.
In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily had a stable "place to stay". But the good times did not last long, and the temple dismissed all its personnel on the grounds that there was not enough food to eat.
03 o'clock to run.
So, by chance, Zhu Yuanzhang embarked on the road of joining the army. At that time, having the courage and resourcefulness to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty was the most correct goal, and this was also the most correct step he took to the identity of the emperor. As a general of the peasant rebel army, he expelled Yuan and Meng to sweep the Central Plains, became the lord of the world in one fell swoop, and successfully sat on the throne.
When he returned home as the emperor, he saw Liu De, who was cowering and hiding in the corner of the people, kneeling and trembling. Everyone thought that he would punish Liu De for his bad past behavior, but he didn't do it.
He first helped Liu De up, and then said: "I can understand what you did back then, and you don't know that I will become the emperor, human nature, there is no need to apologize." In front of everyone, regardless of the previous suspicions, he directly gave Liu De a big step, maybe this is the emperor's generosity.
At the same time, he is a grateful person, not only repaying the favor that Liu Jizu gave him back then, but also named him the Marquis of Yihui, and his children and grandchildren enjoy the treatment of a prince. In addition, he also rewarded Liu De with 30 acres of fertile land and exempted him from 10 years of tax and servitude.
As the king of a country, Zhu Yuanzhang's kindness to Liu De is probably because he has just ascended the throne and the country is unstable and needs the support of the people and ministers. However, it can also be seen from another aspect that his success is not a trick.
04 Epilogue. Perhaps in most stories, the wicked are always punished, and the good have a happy ending. Zhu Yuanzhang not only repaid the kindness of the old benefactor, but also smiled at the old "enemy" and repaid the grievance with virtue.
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