China has had many emperors, but most of the founding emperors were cold-blooded and ruthless. For example, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, although they have extraordinary abilities and smart minds, they still need the help of a lot of civil and military forces to establish a new dynasty. And after the throne was stabilized, they began to threaten the ministers of the court.
Zhu Yuanzhang faced Prime Minister Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong, and the method of execution was unrelenting. Even his brother Xu Da, who was born and died together, was ruthlessly killed before he died. Another time, the prince Zhu Biao jumped into the lake to threaten in order to intercede for his teacher Song Lian. A group of guards came to the rescue, but in the end, the neatly dressed guards were promoted, and the one who took off his clothes was killed. **10,000 Fans Incentive Plan
Zhu Yuanzhang's life can be described as wonderful. The first half of his life was very difficult, and he often did not eat. And he did everything he could to live. When he was young, he herded cattle for the landlord's family, and the landlord saw that he was young so he gave him this idleness. But in order to prevent his little friend from starving, Zhu Yuanzhang killed the calf and ate meat, so he was blasted out.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk, but because of the lack of food in the temple, he became a wandering monk. However, he was a blessing in disguise, and in the process of traveling, he saw that Guo Zixing's troops were recruiting new soldiers, so he decisively participated. Zhu Yuanzhang was also very brave in the army and fought with the enemy。However, he is illiterate and does not understand the art of war, so he can only be a small soldier.
But Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more courageous the more he fought, and later became a hero in everyone's hearts. When Guo Zixing was injured, Zhu Yuanzhang also stood up and took control of the overall situation. Later, after Guo Zixing's death, Zhu Yuanzhang even provoked the main beam. He not only recruited troops to expand the team, but also recruited talented people to give advice to him.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang began to think about how to make the people happier。So he worked hard to learn the culture and improve his knowledge. He also learned from the deeds of previous dynasties, summed up his experience and applied it to his own strategy for governing the country. Therefore, it also gets good results.
In order to stabilize the imperial power, he also removed the prime minister system. After all, the prime minister, as a role above 10,000 people under one person, has a bit of a big impact on the imperial power. Later, the Jinyi Guard was also set up in order to know the situation of the people and ministers. In the early days of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there were many ministers who were proud of their achievements and secretly corrupt, and Zhu Yuanzhang also gave severe punishments.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang deeply realized how difficult it is for a king without culture to govern the country. Therefore, he attaches great importance to the cultivation of his sons. Especially for the cultivation of the prince, it can be said that he did his best to make him grow.
Zhu Yuanzhang has four sons, and the most important is the eldest son Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao has been smart and studious since he was a child, and as the eldest son, he has also been given high hopes. And Zhu Biao is also very hard-working, not only very cultural knowledge, but also very interested in the art of war and martial arts. gradually became a civil and military all-rounder, which made my father very pleased.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the minister of the DPRK and China to serve as Zhu Biao's teacher. Among them, Prime Minister Li Shanchang, Marshal Xu Da, and Imperial History Liu Bowen all served as Zhu Biao's teachers. But the teacher that Zhu Biao is grateful to is Song Lian, a university scholar.
Song Lian is a native of Zhejiang. He is a well-known contemporary writer and historian. Zhu Yuanzhang once named him "the head of the founding ministers". Song Lian's knowledge is also regarded as a goal for contemporary students. He was an upright man but in poor health, but he rarely delayed the prince's teachings. Zhu Biao also has great respect for this teacher.
Under Song Lian's careful teaching, Zhu Biao changed from an ignorant teenager to a proficient in etiquette and outstanding writing. As the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang also admired Song Lian very much, and often summoned him to the palace to solve problems for himself and talk about the past and the present.
Zhu Yuanzhang once asked Song Lian what books he should read as an emperor, and Song Lian recommended "University Yanyi". Later, Zhu Yuanzhang engraved the contents of the book on the wall and ordered Song Lian to give lectures for himself and the ministers of the DPRK and China. Zhu Yuanzhang also often asked Song Lian about metaphysics, but Song Lian read poetry and told Zhu Yuanzhang: It is not heaven to be ordered by people, and there is no need to be affected by other factors.
But Song Lian was honest and upright all his life, but he was dragged into Hu Weiyong's case. Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry when he learned of this, ordered Prime Minister Hu Weiyong to be executed, and also arrested Song Lian and his family. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's temper, everyone must be beheaded, after all, Hu Weiyong has committed the crime of rebellion.
Song Lian was not actually involved in Hu Weiyong's case. It's just that Hu Weiyong won over many ministers in order to succeed in the rebellion, including Song Lian's grandson Song Shen. Later, the East Window incident happened, and the Song family was implicated, but Song Lian, who was a university scholar, didn't know about these things.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry and wanted to execute Song Lian. At this time, Queen Ma came to intercede, after all, Song Lian was already full of gray hair at that time and was very old. Even if he rebelled, what good could he get! Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed shaken in his heart, but he still wanted to kill him.
This matter quickly spread throughout the government and the opposition, and the crown prince Zhu Biao, as Song Lian's **, also came to intercede for his teacher. After all, Song Lian is his own teacher, and Song Lian does not know anything about Hu Weiyong. Zhu Biao wore out his mouth in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and did not say anything about his father, which made Zhu Biao very helpless. Father Zhu Yuanzhang also criticized Zhu Biao for not understanding his father's mind because of this matter.
Later, Zhu Biao walked to the lake and threatened his father to let Song Lian go. Zhu Yuanzhang just didn't let go, so the prince jumped into the water, which scared everyone on the spot stupid. The guards jumped into the water one after another to salvage Zhu Biao. After all, the man in the lake is the crown prince of the dynasty and the future emperor of the country. Sure enough, everyone worked together to drag Zhu Biao ashore and save him.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw this scene and let Song Lian go. turned around and gave a new order, and the guards who rescued just now were neatly dressed and dragged out to behead. This made everyone puzzled, after all, they were all involved in saving people, why the gap was so big.
It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang thought that the prince was in danger, and the guards should take decisive action and rescue the prince desperately. Instead of thinking about your belongings and clothes first. The duty of the guards is to protect Zhu Biao's life, so it shows that these guards are not loyal to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Yuanzhang really took great pains for his son. Not only invited famous teachers from the people to give lectures to the prince, but also arranged for the ministers of the court and China to give lectures to the prince. But God is jealous of talent, the prince Zhu Biao died young, and it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty did not reach the hands of this talent.
Zhu Yuanzhang left a lot of loyal and brave people around Zhu Biao, and also killed many ministers who threatened the government and the opposition. Contemporary people should learn from Zhu Biao's filial piety and diligence, he not only respects his parents very much, but also respects his teachers very much. Coupled with his diligence and hard work, he has the ability to support the country.