Just as Zhu Yuanzhang used Yingtian Prefecture as his base and pursued the strategy of building high walls, accumulating food, and slowly becoming king, he rapidly expanded his strength.
Chen Youliang in the west had also taken control of the Jingchu region.
The two of them were together with Zhang Shicheng from the Jianghuai region.
They became the three most powerful rebel armies of the time.
They lined up along the Yangtze River, and the Yuan Court at that time was almost unable to continue south.
This was because a huge problem had already appeared internally.
Therefore, the Yangtze River region became the final circle in advance.
Among the three players who entered the final circle, Zhu Yuanzhang was the weakest on paper.
Moreover, he was sandwiched between the two of them, with men on both sides.
No matter how one looked at it, it should be the first to perish.
But obviously, the final outcome was not like that.
As for why…
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First of all, we have to understand the origins of the three of them.
Zhang Shicheng was a merchant who sold illegal salt. He had never had to worry about food and clothing since he was young.
Chen Youliang was a fisherman. Later on, his situation improved and he became a clerk in the government. His life should be relatively stable.
As for Zhu Yuanzhang?
He was born a poor farmer and herded cows when he was young. Later, he was forced to be a beggar and a monk.
The entire teenage period was quite difficult.
Merchants, clerks, and poor peasants actually represented three classes.
And who was the majority of the Revolutionary Army?
They were all poor peasants like Zhu Yuanzhang!
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was stronger than Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang in this aspect.
After all, they were all nobodies, which was why he was able to blend into the Revolutionary Army.
He would also be able to understand the will of the Revolutionary Army and gain the hearts of the people.
Then, it was about character.
How did Zhu Yuanzhang evaluate Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang?
"You Liang Zhi Jiao, Shi Cheng Qi small."
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In other words, Chen Youliang was a person with great capabilities. After joining the Revolutionary Army, he rose up in the ranks, which was why he was naturally arrogant.
This also caused him to be stubborn.
Kang Maocai pretended to surrender and ignored Zhang Dingbian's advice.
Zhu Zhengwen's plan was to delay the battle, and he did not care about the advice of others.
He even acted willfully against Zhao Pusheng.
The final result was a crushing defeat and betrayal.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation was not without reason.
And Zhang Shicheng was even more obvious. He was a typical rich man's mentality.
This was most obvious during the battle of Poyang Lake between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already shown the power of Cao Wei, but Zhang Shicheng did not choose to send troops to help Chen Youliang. Instead, he chose to sit and watch the tigers fight.
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As for the final problem, it was Zhu Yuanzhang's own military talent.
Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed a genius in military affairs and had great foresight.
Especially when it came to dealing with Chen Youliang or Zhang Shicheng first, he chose to deal with Chen Youliang first because he was sure that Zhang Shicheng would not be biased.
And reality proved that he was right.
Furthermore, Zhu Zhengwen, who was used in Hongdu to hide his strength, was extremely bold and resourceful. It was precisely this Zhu Zhengwen who had held back Chen Youliang's 800,000-strong army in Hongdu, playing a crucial role in the entire battle.
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In the 20th year of Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang's army near Yingtian Prefecture and won the Battle of Longwan.
After that, Zhu Yuanzhang launched a counterattack and marched into Chen Youliang's territory. Not only did he recover the lost land, but he also occupied Longxing in Jiangxi Province and renamed it Hongdu.
After that, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed his nephew Zhu Wenzheng as the Governor of Hongdu.
He himself led his troops to rescue Prince Xiaoming, who was trapped in Anfeng.
Zhu Wenzheng was the son of Zhu Yuanzhang's deceased elder brother. Zhu Yuanzhang had always treated Zhu Wenzheng as his own son. Otherwise, he would not have made Zhu Wenzheng the Governor before he had made any contributions.
This was also a sign of her trust in him.
He did not let down his uncle's trust in him, at least not yet.
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After the defeat, Chen Youliang was unwilling to accept defeat, so he built warships on a large scale, intending to gather all his troops and fight Zhu Yuanzhang to the death!
April of the twenty-third year of Zhizheng.
Chen Youliang took advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's troops to rescue Anfeng, Jiangnan troops empty gap.
The army was known as an army of 600,000!
Surround Hongdu!
Defending general Zhu Wenzheng according to Zhu Yuanzhang's plan to strengthen the wall and defeat the sharp, stubbornly hold on, resist Chen Youliang's army.
At that time, many parts of Hongdu's city walls had been breached and it was in danger many times.
However, the defenders were fighting and building. Both sides were stepping on the corpses of the two armies!
There were heavy casualties.
However, Zhu Wenzheng displayed his outstanding commanding talent and calmly accepted the challenge, defending Hongdu for 85 days!
It consumed a large amount of Chen Jun's strength and bought time for Zhu Yuanzhang to counterattack!
In the end, Chen Youliang had no choice but to withdraw the siege, and the Zhu army obtained a strategic victory. They handed over a satisfactory answer to Zhu Yuanzhang!
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But after the battle to defend Hongdu, Zhu Wenzheng made a huge mistake.
And it was precisely because of this muddle-headedness that ruined Zhu Wenzheng's bright future.
At that time, after Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed Chen Youliang, he greatly rewarded Chang Yuchun, Liao Yongzhong, and other meritorious officials.
Logically speaking, Zhu Wenzheng, as the greatest contributor to this battle, would definitely be rewarded.
But in fact, Zhu Wenzheng had nothing to do with this reward!
In fact, it made sense. Zhu Wenzheng became the highest military officer of Zhu Yuanzhang's group at the age of 26.
This already made some people very unconvinced.
However, if Zhu Yuanzhang conferred him another title, it was inevitable that there would be gossip, which would be detrimental to the morale of the army.
Moreover, Zhu Wenzheng was still young. If he was conferred another title, it would inevitably make him proud, which would be detrimental to his growth.
This prompted Zhu Yuanzhang to suspend his reward after the battle of defending Hongdu.
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Zhu Yuanzhang didn't endow Zhu Wenzheng not because he didn't value him, nor was he afraid that his achievements would shock the emperor.
He just wanted to protect his nephew and give him a better future.
However, Zhu Wenzheng did not seem to understand his uncle.
In his opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang did not reward him on purpose. He did not want him to have a better future.
Therefore, under the guidance of this thought, Zhu Wenzheng lost his mind and gradually lost himself.
Not only did he become lawless, but he also connived at his own deployment to rob the wives and daughters of the people.
Zhu Wen Zheng's actions immediately caused an uproar in the local area, and the people complained,
The criticism of Zhu Yuanzhang was also increasing.
Of course, due to Zhu Wenzheng's special identity and outstanding military achievements,
Therefore, no one dared to report his illegal actions to Zhu Yuanzhang. It was not until the judge Li Yinbing discovered this matter that Zhu Yuanzhang learned of his arrogance and extravagance. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy to scold him.
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Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy to scold him, but he was disappointed that he could not live up to his expectations. He hoped that he could correct his mistakes, not blame him.
However, ever since Zhu Wenzheng followed Zhu Yuanzhang, everything had been smooth sailing. He had a successful career and a happy family. He was the Viceroy outside and Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite nephew inside. When had he ever been disappointed?
When had Zhu Yuanzhang, who had always doted on him, ever scolded him?
Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden scolding made Zhu Wenzheng lose his balance.
He began to panic and feel depressed. He thought that he had already achieved great things.
Zhu Yuanzhang was already wary of him and even had the intention to kill him!
Once a person panicked, he would easily make some seemingly inconceivable mistakes.
At this moment, the flustered Zhu Wenzheng did something that made people feel that it was an inconceivable mistake.
That was, he mistakenly believed that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill him, and then listened to the calumny of others, preparing to surrender to Zhang Shicheng, who was entrenched in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
How comical was this?
Zhu Yuanzhang's most beloved nephew actually wanted to seek refuge with his mortal enemy, Zhang Shicheng!
If this were to spread, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be laughed at by the world!
Fortunately, Zhu Wenzheng hadn't made up his mind yet. Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it and stopped him. Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would have lost all his face.
He became the laughing stock of the entire world.
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However, Zhu Wenzheng did not really surrender to Zhang Shicheng in the end.
However, he had really planned to do so before.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang had completely lost his favor and trust towards him, and he was completely abandoned.
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to execute him directly.
However, under Ma Shi's pleading and Zhu Yuanzhang's love for him.
Moreover, he could not bear to see his elder brother die without a heir, so he decided not to kill him in the end and only put him under house arrest in Tong City.
This matter was undoubtedly one of the saddest things for Zhu Yuanzhang.
Perhaps it was after this that Zhu Yuanzhang's decisiveness to kill increased to another level!
After all, even his own nephew could do something like seek refuge with his mortal enemy.
Then what good things could the other officials who did not even have the same surname as him have?
From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang's subjects had completely become the " horses " in his words.
They were just tools that he used to rule the world.
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But later, Zhu Wenzheng's son, who was also Zhu Yuanzhang's grandnephew, died.
He became the only vassal king who was not Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son.
Furthermore, it was hereditary, which meant that every generation would be a prince.
It had to be said that Old Zhu had nothing to say to his relatives and juniors.
Not only those who were alive, but even his dead brothers, his father, and his grandfather had also obtained a posthumous title.
This was the sincere feelings of a tough farmer. Because they needed to support each other in times of hardship, they would value family ties more.
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"In the poorest times, brothers and sisters can be happy and harmonious.”
"Sons are filial to their parents, and parents are loving to their children.”
"The younger brother respects the older brother, and the nephew also respects the uncle.”
"However, when a clan takes over the world, there will always be family members killing each other.”
"Tragedies between brothers, uncles and nephews are constantly happening.”
"Is this the distortion of human nature or the loss of morality?”
"The rise of the Zhu Clan was an epic story from the beginning to the end.”
"It's also a tragedy that goes from heartwarming to cruel.”
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In early December of the first year of Wu.
After Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng.
He also sent out Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Xiang Bei, Tang He, and Xiang Nan.
They started a war to unify the world!
Then, the news of the victory from the north and south front lines kept reaching Ying Tian.
Fang Guozhen, who was forced to land in the southern expedition, was advancing toward Min Province by land and water.
After the good news that the Northern Expedition Army had also pacified Lu arrived, the two of them were stunned.
The officials of Yingtian Prefecture were all elated.
The Left Prime Minister of the Ministry of Central Affairs, Duke Xuan Li Shan Chang, and the other ministers were even more excited.
They all believed that the great cause of conquering Dadu, overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty, and recovering the world was just around the corner!
According to the traditional practice of the Dragon Country, the leaders of the local regions were kings, and the highest ruler of the country was the emperor!
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang should also be renamed Emperor from King Wu!
They decided to send another memorial to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to ascend the throne!
On the 11th day of the 12th month, Li Shan Chang led the civil and military officials to persuade him to advance!
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Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang declined again, saying,"At the beginning, I was the king and had no choice but to listen to everyone. Now you are persuading me to ascend the throne again. I am afraid that my virtue is too weak to resist you.”
The ministers kowtowed together and asked again, but he still did not listen.
If one said that Zhu Yuanzhang had refused to persuade them to advance last time, it was because the unification had not yet been achieved.
He was worried that he would repeat Chen Youliang's hasty declaration of emperor and rapid defeat.
So this rejection was to show his virtue of "modesty".
Li Shan Chang naturally understood Zhu Yuanzhang's mentality.
Thus, the next day, he led his ministers to report again, saying,"" Your Majesty's virtue of modesty is known everywhere, and you are moved by the gods."
"I hope that Your Majesty will consider the people of the world and agree to the ministers 'requests as soon as possible.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy to hear this and said half-heartedly,"The Central Plains has yet to be pacified, and the army has yet to rest. I want the world to be settled, and then we will discuss this. Such a major event should be carried out according to etiquette, not rashly.”
Li Shanchang understood and immediately led a group of ceremonial officials to draft the etiquette for the throne and send it to Zhu Yuanzhang for approval.
There were eight flags of honor in the ceremony of taking the throne, with the words "Heaven","Down","Tai","Ping","Emperor","Emperor","Ten Thousand" and "Year" written on them.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought that it was too "exaggerated" and changed it to "Heaven","You","Home","State","Sea","Yu","Kang" and "Ning".
Later, he thought that "this is also close to boasting" and let them be removed together.
The etiquette of taking the throne was confirmed just like that.
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In the year 1386, on a clear day.
The former cowherd boy was witnessed by all the civil and military officials, the sun, the moon, and the mountains.
He had put on the imperial robe!
He had set up an altar on the peak of the purple-gold mountain outside the Yingtian Prefecture!
He climbed to the peak alone!
Holding the golden cup in his hand, he stood between heaven and earth!
"I!" he said loudly. Zhu Yuanzhang!"
"I kowtow to the heavens, the sun, the moon, and the mountains!”
"As well as the ancestral tombs of the past emperors!"
"Since, Song Yun ended."
"Perfected Tianming has been in the desert for more than a hundred years.”
"Today's luck is also over!"
"I, Wei Chen, inherit the Heavenly Dao and obey my subjects.”
"Get rid of a hundred years of trouble!"
"Decide the heroes of the north and south!"
"On the fourth day of the first month."
"Sacrifice at the summit of Mount Zhijin."
"Inform the emperor of heaven and earth!"
"Founding a country!"
"Founding Emperor Hongwu!"
The voice of the new destined person echoed between heaven and earth again!
The world could not help but feel shocked!
Looking back at the path of this commoner emperor's business.
How magnificent and unbelievable was it?
Expel the Hu Krupp and restore Yan Huang!
Zhu Yuanzhang.
Kill Yuanzhang!
A weapon that could destroy the Yuan Court!
From now on, the lives of the descendants of the Yellow Emperor would no longer be something that the descendants of Genghis Khan could exchange for with a donkey!
Heaven and earth are bright and bright, giving birth to the Yellow Emperor, Zhu Minglie spreads the Han Dynasty's style!
From then on, a dynasty with the most backbone stood up!
Other generals will not marry, pay tribute, submit to the court, or cede territory!
The Son of Heaven guarded the gate of the country, and the king died for the country!
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"I'm so excited! How many hardships did our ancestors go through to build this glory?”
"But Yan Huang is worth it, and the Dragon Country is worth it! All the enemies who stand in our way and want to oppress us will eventually fall!”
"Great heroic spirit! Your lives may have passed away, and your dynasty may have become history, but your spirit has been passed down!”
"We will not forget, we dare not forget!”
"The Dragon Country has been destined since your time. We will not accept our fate like India!”
"Long live the Dragon Country! Long live the Dragon Country!"
"Can you not bring India along for no reason?”
"Your Dragon Country is really annoying!"
"Who asked you to mock us first?”
"Serves you right!"
"And did we say anything wrong? If you had someone like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, would you be like this today?”
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The great deeds of the heroic spirits of the Dragon Country.
This undoubtedly greatly boosted the confidence of the people.
It was not just confidence at the national level.
There was also the aspect of life.
Wasn't Zhu Yuanzhang miserable enough back then?
But didn't he still establish Da Ming?
Although the emperor was already outdated.
However, in different eras, those great spirits would not change!
As long as he worked hard, there would always be returns!
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"I also saw Zhu Di! Zhu Di when he was young!"
"Didn't Zhu Di attend his father's coronation ceremony at the beginning of the historical projection?”
"An old acquaintance!"
"Hahahaha, both father and son are on the rankings!”
"I just want to ask, who else?"
"Emperor Hongwu, Emperor Yongle!"
"Big Ming directly exploded at the beginning!"
"Do you know how to play cards? Didn't he know that he had to save some of his powerful cards for later?”
"Indeed, it may be that the two of them took up too much of Ming Dynasty's romance, which led to the later emperor's quality not being satisfactory, so he went downhill.”
"I wonder how Zhu Yuanzhang will feel when he finds out that Zhu Di has ousted his nephew and become the emperor himself.”
"Back then, after Zhu Di finished his speech, he whispered to Bai Ye. Could it be for this?”
"It's too possible! Zhu Di knew that his father also had the ability to enter the rankings, so he asked Bai Ye but did not recommend him!”
"Hahahaha, looks like he's still afraid of his father?”
"Nonsense. Who isn't afraid of a father like this?”
"Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang treated his descendants like a small farmer.”
"The children and grandchildren who are educated in this way are supposed to be filial and respect their parents!”
"But Zhu Di was forced to rebel at that time, right?”
"He should forgive Zhu Di, right?”
"So what if I don't forgive you? Anyway, it has already happened."
"But he's in the top three. He can change history once!”
"Are you saying that he will use it on this?”
"No way!"
"Didn't Zhu Di do a good job?”
"But who knows?"
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