Chapter 32 Changing and changing, it seems to be a bit crooked
Chapter 32 Changing and changing, seems to be a bit distorted
Author: An Jing l
Chapter 32 Changing and changing, seems to be a bit distorted
After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's achievements, the people in the ten parallel worlds all respected him. He was indeed an emperor who was capable, visionary, accomplished and dared to act.
But such an emperor can only be ranked third, which shows that he will be at the other extreme, just like his son Zhu Di.
Zhu Di is confident but extremely insecure. This is partly because his father taught him too strictly, and partly because he was pushed too far by his good nephew.
Zhu Yuanzhang, on the other hand, is both confident and inferior. He can be said to have interpreted the words "confidence" and "inferiority" to the extreme.
[Zhu Yuanzhang’s achievements shocked the past and present, but his faults are equally shocking.]
[After taking stock of Zhu Yuanzhang’s achievements, let’s take a look at his faults and mistakes. 】
[In his early years, Zhu Yuanzhang showed strong self-confidence due to low self-esteem; but in his later years, he showed strong low self-esteem due to self-confidence. All of this is inseparable from his origin. 】
[Zhu Yuanzhang's family was poor since he was a child. A natural disaster destroyed his family and both his parents passed away. Later, due to the need to make a living, Zhu Yuanzhang had to enter the Buddhist family to survive. At this time, his name was just the ordinary "Zhu Chongba"
".]
[At this time, although Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he was poor and humble, he showed extreme confidence among the rebels who also came from a humble background. 】
[While all the rebel leaders who came from poor peasants or ruffians showed vulgar and impatient attitudes towards the literati, Zhu Yuanzhang was unusually respectful to them.
Precisely because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang later received help from more and more scribes, including Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and others.]
[However, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately changed from a confident benevolent king to a tyrant with low self-esteem. 】
[The ensuing murders of ministers cast a layer of blood and darkness over the newly born Ming Dynasty.]
Seeing this, everyone immediately understood why the picture at the beginning of the video looked darker and there was a faint glow of blood.
[In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the Hu Weiyong case implicated many founding officials, and Prime Minister Hu Weiyong and founding minister Li Shanchang died unexpectedly.]
[In the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, the Kongyin case occurred, and Zhu Yuanzhang began to target local officials with assassins, causing everyone in the court to feel in danger.]
[In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, the Guo Heng case implicated officials from all over the country, and as many as 70,000 to 80,000 people were executed. Almost all officials of the sixth rank and below in the empire were killed. 】
[In the 26th year of Hongwu, the Lan Yu case killed Lan Yu, the founding military general, and his family. Fu Youde and other heroes were also implicated, and more than 10,000 people were implicated in their deaths...]
Liu Bang stared at the video with his mouth open and shouted: "My mother! Tens of thousands of people were killed? Isn't this killing too cruel?"
Ying Zheng also opened his mouth slightly, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, "Isn't this more cruel than me, Mr. Qin???"
Xuan Ye couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Being an official in the Ming Dynasty requires a lot of courage, especially in the early Ming Dynasty."
Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and sighed: "Zhu Yuanzhang has indeed gone too far. It's a pity."
In Zhu Yuanzhang's world, everyone suddenly felt a chill on their necks when they saw the murders that "may" occur in the next few years.
Especially Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, Guo Heng, Lan Yu and others whose names were called out individually turned pale and had difficulty breathing.
"Chongba. You have gone too far!" Empress Ma said sadly, "When he wakes up, I will give him some guidance."
"Father" Zhu Biao and Zhu Di no longer knew what to say. They did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang actually had such a terrifying side.
[Zhu Yuanzhang killed many literati.
We all know the term "literary prison" and we all know that it has an extremely derogatory connotation. However, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who really promoted the literary prison.]
[Once, a professor from Hangzhou Fuxue wrote in his congratulatory form, "Under the bright sky, a born saint sets an example for the world." His original intention was to praise Zhu Yuanzhang as a born dragon son.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that "under the light of the world" was calling him a bald monk, and that the "ze" in "setting a good example for the world" was a false word, which meant "thief".
He thought that the professor was calling him a bald monk and a traitor who usurped the throne, so he immediately had the professor killed.
From this incident, we can see Zhu Yuanzhang's sensitivity to the past and his fear of literati.]
[As a tycoon who has gone through troubled times and wiped out all the heroes, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to grow from a beggar at the bottom to an emperor at the top. He knew full well what a huge role the literati group played around him.
It was precisely because of these scholars who helped him strategize and win decisive battles thousands of miles away, and because these scholars helped him manage and manage the home front, that he, Zhu Yuanzhang, could successfully establish the Ming Dynasty. However, it was precisely because of these that he was particularly afraid of scholars.
.]
The video's analysis of Zhu Yuanzhang's heart has made countless literati feel terrified.
This is the standard situation where the bird is gone and the bow is hidden, the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked!
How can we prevent these flexible literati from being shaken and their thoughts wandering around?
However, the video does not go into too much detail about Zhu Yuanzhang’s killing of civil servants. Instead, it mentions Zhu Yuanzhang’s “good intentions but bad deeds.”
[Zhu Yuanzhang had a dream - he wanted to build a "Great Harmony Society" that belonged to himself and the farmers. He hoped that his Zhu family could be passed down to generations together with his farmer brothers.
So while Zhu Yuanzhang was getting rid of the heroes and abolishing the prime ministers to pave the way for future generations, he also began to plan a life blueprint for the people of the Ming Dynasty.】
[Because of Zhu Yuanzhang’s experience in the first half of his life, he knew very well how the farmers at the bottom overthrew the government through uprising.
Therefore, in order to completely eliminate the "threat from the lowest level", Zhu Yuanzhang first reformed the household registration system, allocating fields to the farmer brothers, and also used this to limit the mobility of the domestic people.]
[On this basis, Zhu Yuanzhang also divided civilians into household registrations such as "military registration", "craftsman registration", and "civilian registration", and stipulated that the household registration attributes must be hereditary and cannot be changed from generation to generation.
At the same time, the movement of people must be reported, and generally they can only move within one mile. If you leave your residence for more than a hundred miles, you need an official certificate, otherwise you will be punished]
[The development of the commodity economy promoted by businessmen will arouse people's greed, and greed will break the existing rules and bring about inevitable flows. Moreover, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, businessmen are "cancers" that squeeze the labor force, so
The first thing he eliminated was the merchant class.]
[In his understanding, farmers have fields but no mobility, which means there is no chance for communication between each other, which also eliminates all sources of instability. 】
[Under Zhu Yuanzhang’s careful planning, the Ming Empire was like a huge cage, locking up the people of the empire. 】
[The shackled people gradually caused the Ming Empire to lose its vitality, innovation, and ability to compete with Western civilization.
However, what is even more sad is that the Ming Dynasty was eventually overthrown by a peasant uprising]
Zhu Yuanzhang: "."
He really didn't expect that the system he had worked so hard to come up with to provide a "good life" for the peasant brothers would eventually turn into a stumbling block that harmed the country and the people and hindered the empire's progress.
"Hey, did we really do something wrong?"
With a long sigh, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.