In the late spring and early summer of the eighth year of Ming Hongwu (1375), Zhu Yuanzhang went to Fengyang to supervise the construction of the zhongdu city, passing through Chuzhou, climbing to the top of Dafeng Mountain, seeing the scenery of Chuzhou, and expressing his feelings in his heart, so he wrote the imposing and depressed "Feeling the Old Record", recalling the difficult years of the past, pinning his thoughts on the people of Chuzhou's landscapes, and expressing his initial aspirations of happy years and long-term peace and stability.
Zhu Yuanzhang personally wrote the "Old Record", highlighting the historical position of Chuyang in the Ming Dynasty at that time, and crowning his most respected father-in-law in his life as the King of Chuyang, which shows how important Chuyang (now Chuzhou) is.
"Feeling the Old Record" is published in the Ming Dynasty "Emperor Gao's Imperial Anthology" Volume 16, reading it like a treasure, I have been uneasy in my heart, more excited, now share with you, I hope to add some color to the humanistic value of the Landscape of Langya Mountain.
Read "Feeling the Old Record" and see Zhu Yuanzhang and Chuzhou
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In his spare time reading history, he occasionally received Zhu Yuanzhang's "Feeling old record", which was a travelogue he wrote for Langya Mountain in Chuzhou. The text recounts what Zhu Yuanzhang, who ascended the throne as emperor, revisited Chuzhou after 22 years. "Climbing the Peak of Fengfeng and descending, looking at the four mountains to encircle chu, knowing the Ouyang is not false" "Under the drunken pavilion, brewing springs and preparing wine, drinking drinkers..." After 645, although the Si people have gone and the scenery is different, the rivers and mountains are still there, and the old things are still there. Reading it now, it seems that zhu Yuanzhang can still feel Zhu Yuanzhang's deep affection for Chuzhou.
In the eighth year of Hongwu, the 48-year-old Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang traveled from Nanjing to his hometown of Fengyang to supervise Zhongdu, passing through Chuzhou, "resting and relaxing", climbing the Dafeng Mountain, looking at Chucheng, seeing the "Four Mountains Around Chu", he felt that Ouyang Xiu's words "All the mountains around Chu are also" were not false. Looking carefully at the scenery in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the past, he was 26 years old, full of spirit, slightly far away in the south, and attacked Chuzhou. Chuzhou became the first base area established independently by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and it was also the foundation for him to accumulate military strength and lay the foundation for expanding the territory and opening up the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang listed Chuzhou as the "land of Kaiji" and "the land of Xingwang" of the Ming Dynasty, and Chuzhou was also known as the "kaitianshou county" of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought about that year, the world was undecided, the soldiers were not resting, and there was no time to travel to the scenery. After passing through the old land, the world has been unified, the people have settled down, and when the people are blessed, they have the leisure to swim in the old land. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was under the drunken pavilion, brewing springs and preparing wine, seeing the happy days of the people, feeling each other's current situation, fulfilling the original aspirations of the year, thinking about the past, writing and paying attention, taking advantage of the excitement to write "The Old Record", especially recounting the things that are difficult and happy. This time, Zhu Yuanzhang also specially sent officials to sacrifice the Chuyang King Temple, and wrote a sacrifice text: "In the past, when the masses rose up together, the people were overwhelmed, and Wang Naifen was determined to be far away, and he tried to pull up Haocheng." Yuanfang congrong, almost killed. The king can live me, so that today, the world has been determined, and the great cause has been accomplished. The grace of regeneration is never forgotten. Zi Dao passed on the Chu, and Yingci si was there, so he sent officials to make sacrifices. ”
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At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court was relaxed, so that the world fell into chaos. Thieves rose everywhere, treating the people as lambs to be slaughtered. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that there was no other way to live in the world, so he rose up to huaiyou, so he joined the Red Turban Army in Haozhou in 1352. Subsequently, due to the continuous struggle between various factions in Haozhou, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to go south to open a new situation, so he led his troops to capture Chuzhou in 1354. In July of that year, there was a great drought in Chuzhou, and Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about this, at this time he suddenly said to the Chu people: "In the southwest of Chu, there is a dragon shrine in Baizitan, Yanggu, Fengshan, and praying for water and drought will always be fulfilled." During the prayer, there are fish jumping or shrews floating out, which are also a sign of rain. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately fasted and bathed, went to the sacrifice to pray, and after the sacrifice was completed, Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the Yuanxi Cliff for a long time, without seeing any signs. So Zhu Yuanzhang put an arrow on his bow and said: If the sky is dry, I pray for the people, and the gods eat the soil, can it not sympathize with the people? I have agreed with the gods that it will rain within three days, otherwise your dragon god's ancestral temple here will probably cease to exist. After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he shot three arrows in a row and returned. Three days later, heavy rain fell in Chuzhou. Zhu Yuanzhang took the rain to the dragon shrine to thank the gods.
In Chu for about half a year, Zhu Yuanzhang inquired about the old because of his thoughts, and finally saw his long-lost relatives, including his nephew Zhu Wenzheng and nephew Li Wenzhong, Zhu Yuanzhang sat with his relatives, each pouring out the hardships of the past. The "Monument to the Tomb of the Ming Emperor" records that "thinking of relatives and inquiring about the past, all day long." The horse lured my son to roost, and the nephew saw his uncle as if he were seeing his mother. At this time, Meng's sister-in-law also knew that her children and daughters were all from the court. A momentary gathering is like regeneration, and it is difficult to tie the clothes and complain about the past", writing about his unforgettable experience in Chuzhou.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who "had family members and trained troops outside", captured Hezhou in early 1355. Then cross the river in the east and wrestle with the heroes. For another thirteen years, he calmed the four sides, and ascended to the throne, unifying the world. Zhu Yuanzhang, who ascended to the throne of God, was homesick and wanted to live in Fengyang for a long time, so he issued an edict to take his hometown as the capital of Zhongdu, and the yinggong Que city pool was like the system of the Beijing division. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang placed Chuzhou under the jurisdiction of Fengyang Province, the capital of Zhongdu, which should be Zhu Yuanzhang's care and nostalgia for Chuzhou, all of which were included in his feelings for his hometown.
In the twenty-second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang may have changed the Chu Prefecture of Fengyang Province to a directly subordinate prefecture from a strategic point of view or in order to reduce the huge jurisdiction of Fengyang Province, and the history of Fengyang Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty came to an end. During the Republic of China, the county was abolished, and later there were roads, and Anhui was divided into Huaisi Road, Anqing Road, and Wuhu Road. Fengyang, where Huaisi Province is located, has jurisdiction over 21 counties, which is basically the same as the jurisdiction of Fengyang Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. Chu County, Lai'an, quanjiao originally belonged to Anqing Province, and it did not take long to change to Huaisi Province, which was hundreds of years later, Chuzhou and Fengyang were once again integrated, and I couldn't help but wonder if this was related to Zhu Yuanzhang's experience in Chuzhou.
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Feel the old memories
Text/Zhu Yuanzhang
Yu Yin Gong Zhongdu, the Dao passes through Chuyang. Take advantage of the scenery of spring and step on the western suburbs. Looking at the rivers and mountains, the city and pheasant are the same. Although the rivers and mountains are still there, the face of the people has changed their faces. Flowers and trees are thankful for spring, and there are many people. Feeling each other's current situation, I wrote a note and wrote a special account of the things that were difficult to remember.
Resting and idle, climbing the peak of Fengfeng and coming down, looking at the four mountains to encircle the Chu, and recognizing the infallibility of Ouyang. Although you used to stay in Slovakia, when you are competing, why do you have time to travel? Now that there is a disaster, I live in Uchi, and when the people are blessed, I have time to swim in the old shu. Jingduo's old deeds, the river is open and watery. Under the drunken pavilion, the brewing spring prepares wine, and the drinker drinks. Huang Jing Fern Wei, help the old man to Ze Yan. The people are thick and the lanes are cheerful. Because of the joy of seeing the people, it is seen in the present. Sigh at the dangers of the past, how many thousands. When there is a meta-relaxation class, the atmosphere is in the universe, and the hong is in the Central Plains. The herd of thieves indulges in glory and flaccidity, and the lives of the people are like driving sheep. To the submerged grass field, where to hide? Guard the food surplus millet, and live a remnant to wait for the time to be healthy. He Tian Wolf's dangling, arc is inverted. I will have nothing to live in, so I will go alone, strive to rejuvenate Huai right, gather good people in the townships, and collect the remnants of Hu in the camps. May the heavens protect the multitude, and the sword be removed. Shoot the gun and clear the void, destroy the stronghold and settle the thick soil. At the beginning of the conspiracy, the sixth division of Emperor Zhang, the Ninth Division, and within a few years, the soldiers stopped the people. Shi Heng Heng Xi Sun and Moon Run, Min Xin Xin Xi Happy Years Corning. Fu Ying Xi is accurate, and Xiu De Xi is in the past and the present. Why do you worship the wind and the wind, why do you rain all day long? Before the scenery changed, the rivers and mountains were the same. Established chaos to reassure the people, Jude thought about the past and read the present, just as the beginning of the year. Narrate for the record.
Source: Chuzhou Daily
Organizer: Chuzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism