As we all know, the founder of the Ming Dynasty was the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and it has to be said that Zhu Yuanzhang was definitely a legendary emperor in history, and he who was born in the grass and recklessly relied on his own strength to pacify the world in the chaotic world, overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and establish his own political power.
But on the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang also had his shortcomings, that is, he was suspicious by nature, and he killed decisively, and countless people died at his hands, such as such a strange thing that happened during his reign, when the guards went to rescue Zhu Biao, the prince who fell into the water, and when the people were rescued, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the promotion of the well-dressed guards, and those who took off their clothes were dragged out and beheaded, so why did Zhu Yuanzhang do this? What are the reasons for this?
Excellent heir - Crown Prince Zhu Biao
Before telling this story, let's first talk about the direct relationship with this story is Zhu Yuanzhang's son, Crown Prince Zhu Biao, who is born to Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, who is both the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang and the eldest brother in the ranks, according to the traditional imperial succession system since ancient times, Zhu Biao will be the heir to Zhu Yuanzhang's throne, so Zhu Yuanzhang did his best to cultivate him when he was very young, hoping that his son would be able to stand alone in the future and truly hold the power of the Ming Dynasty.
In order to build his son into a qualified emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang also sent a very famous scholar Song Lian to teach him, in such an environment Zhu Biao naturally will not disappoint everyone, the young Zhu Biao not only read a lot of books, has a very high talent, but also a very kind, amiable, as a prince filial piety to his parents, courteous to the elders, as the eldest brother and other brothers have taken care of, equal treatment, and because of this, Zhu Biao had a very good reputation at that time, Many people have no problem with his future succession to the throne.
Therefore, in general, Under the cultivation of his father Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao has become a very capable heir to the imperial throne, and later, Zhu Yuanzhang even let him serve as the overseer of the country, the purpose is to train him in advance, so that he can gradually learn to deal with some major national affairs, and when he really inherits the throne in the future, he can also be comfortable in treating and solving some problems.
But even after this step, Zhu Yuanzhang was still not at ease, because there were still some rebellious forces in the Ming Dynasty at that time, such as the famous Hu Weiyong blood case in history, and Hu Weiyong, who was a heavy minister of the DPRK, actually had the intention of plotting rebellion and rebellion, which undoubtedly sounded the alarm bell for Zhu Yuanzhang, so after that, he began to constantly suspect the ministers around him, and all the personnel related to this case were executed by him.
For the sake of the Savior, forced to die
Later, after the case had come to an end, Zhu Yuanzhang accidentally learned that Xu Zhenqing's "Zhai ShengYeWen" said that Song Lian and Hu Weiyong's case had a certain involvement, which could not help but make him wonder whether Song Lian also had a rebellious heart against him, to tell the truth, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little too nervous, because at this time, Song Lian was already old, and he returned to his hometown to retire to his hometown.
But Zhu Yuanzhang still did not spare, to order the execution of Song Lian, but also to plant his people, hearing such news, as Song Lian's personal disciple, Zhu Biao naturally could not sit idly by, that is the mentor who taught him since childhood, how could he watch him being executed by his father, so he went to Zhu Yuanzhang many times to intercede, hoping that he could spare his teacher, whether Song Lian had anything to do with this matter, everyone was already a white-haired old man, not to mention that he had been kind to the royal family, in short, It is Xiao Zhi who is affectionate and rational, and wants to persuade his father to let him go.
But Zhu Yuanzhang could not heed such advice, but instead said to Zhu Biao: "When you become emperor, you are in the final say", no matter how Zhu Biao persuaded him, it was useless, seeing that his father was going to kill his former teacher, in a hurry, he threatened Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that if he did not let go of his teacher, he would commit suicide by throwing himself into the lake, and the old and the young on The Huangquan Road could still have a companion.
Saying that Zhu Biao went straight to the lake and jumped into the lake, which frightened Zhu Yuanzhang and others, in any case, Zhu Biao was Zhu Yuanzhang's most outstanding and favorite son, and also the emperor of the future Ming Dynasty, everyone saw the situation, and hurriedly called people to come to the rescue, and the guards who were close to protecting the prince on weekdays also jumped into the lake to rescue the prince, but among these people, some people jumped directly into the lake without hesitation, and some chose to take off their clothes and shoes.
What was the reason for the execution of the guards who rescued the prince
Under the rescue of everyone shouting in front of him, Zhu Biao was finally rescued by struggle, which was also a panic, he was not in any big trouble, and at the same time, Zhu Yuanchang was afraid that his son would have to retract the order to punish Song Lian if he did something stupid, which was not in vain for Zhu Biao to force himself to save his mentor with death, and finally achieved his own goal.
However, after this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly ordered all the guards who had just gone into the water to save people and were fully dressed to be promoted to the third level, and those who took off their clothes were all dragged out and beheaded, the same was to save people, why did they face different treatment and endings? It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang had considered whether these people were absolutely loyal to the prince, and if the guards around the prince had absolute loyalty, they would absolutely go to the rescue when the prince was in danger, in this case, they naturally would not care about the clothes or belongings on their bodies, and the only purpose was to save their master's life.
On the other hand, those guards who took off their clothes to go into the water to save people, the first thing they thought in their minds was definitely not to dirty and destroy the items they carried, they regarded their personal interests as more important than their duties, in short, they were not loyal enough to the prince, such people, for Zhu Yuanzhang, absolutely can not stay in the future, there is no use value, which is why he put these people to death.
Although such an idea is indeed a certain truth, but this can not be used as a reason for the lives of people, even if these guards are wrong, but also not to die, Zhu Yuanzhang really attaches too much importance to the loyalty of the people around him, but also sees his cool and ruthless side, it is really outrageous.
epilogue
Sadly, Zhu Yuanzhang worked so hard to build the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan and cultivate his son, but he did not expect that later the crown prince Zhu Biao was too tired and sick, and finally died of illness, only 37 years old, which can make Zhu Yuanzhang sad, the Ming Dynasty also took a series of changes later, who can think that he worked hard all his life, made so many efforts, but in the end it was a bamboo basket to hit the water empty, it is really the world is uncertain, the creation of people ah!
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