Ordinary people are like this, and so are powerful feudal monarchs. Anyone who goes against his conscience will be punished accordingly one day. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was publicly scolded for forgetting his roots. During a folk search, when Zhu Yuanzhang passed by Qinhuai area in Nanjing today, an old woman in rags suddenly staggered up to Zhu Yuanzhang and cursed: "You ungrateful person!" So what's the enemy between this vicissitudes old woman and Zhu Yuanzhang?
This matter has to start from the time when Zhu Yuanzhang was under siege. As we all know, although Zhu Yuanzhang became a monarch on his own, his life was very bumpy before he became emperor. Because he was not born a prince with a golden key and could enjoy the splendor of the royal family, but a child of a poor family who had to beg in the street to get enough to eat. When you are hungry, take the broken bowl in your hand and beg for mercy from passers-by. The rest of the time is working with cows.
Hungry and cold, down and out. It sounds like grass-roots life. Who would have thought that such a man could become the king of a country one day? Due to the political chaos, social unrest and people's poverty at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the hungry people had to rise up and form their own school. Zhu Yuanzhang's family also died of serious illness because of years of famine. Zhu Yuanzhang also had to open the road of wandering and join the Red Scarf Army uprising team.
Maybe sometimes the setbacks and difficulties you experience will inadvertently become spiritual treasures. Zhu Yuanzhang, who has been in the society for many years, is better than most people in interpersonal communication and organization, which is accumulated through hardships and fatigue. The leader of the Red Scarf Army appreciated Zhu Yuanzhang's ability very much and soon promoted him. Anyone who has seen Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait knows that Zhu Yuanzhang's facial outline seems exaggerated, but it has not affected his marriage.
Guo Zixing, the leader of the Red Scarf Army, valued Zhu Yuanzhang's character more than his appearance. Guo Zixing introduced his adopted daughter to Zhu Yuanzhang as his wife. Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang's fate seems to have reached a turning point. If the former Zhu Yuanzhang could not return to doubt, then from this moment on, his life finally ushered in a bright spring.
With the continuous growth of the Red Scarf Army, internal trivial matters have become more and more complicated. Zhu Yuanzhang, whose strength is not small, decided to form a new team to lead his own military forces. In the meantime, a soldier in the army caught his idea. The man's name is Han Cheng, and Zhu Yuanzhang stopped to stare because he looks exactly like Zhu Yuanzhang. Han Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang were stunned for a long time because of their prominent chins and angular faces. They look very similar, just like brothers.
As a result, Han Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang became friends, and they established a profound friendship. Perhaps no one ever thought that Han became Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Di. When Zhu Yuanzhang fought his greatest enemy, Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang beat Chen Youliang's army badly. This matter has always been Chen Youliang's pet, and he has been looking for opportunities to get back at himself.
Until 1363, Chen Youliang found the opportunity of revenge. He took advantage of the chaotic morale of Zhu Yuanzhang's team and cracked down. Because Zhu Yuanzhang was unprepared and wary, Zhu Yuanzhang's army clearly beat Chen Youliang's army, but Zhu Yuanzhang could not swallow the evil spirit. Han Cheng, who is on the side, thinks that Jie Jun is the one who knows the times, and it is most important to save his life now.
So Han Cheng took the initiative to ask Zhu Yuanzhang to give him an important task, that is, to use the similar features to impersonate Zhu Yuanzhang, confuse Chen Youliang, divert attention, and win the retreat time for Zhu Yuanzhang. Before Zhu Yuanzhang made the final decision, Han Chenggong said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang in tears, quickly put on his armor and waved away. Under the temptation of Han Cheng, Chen Youliang chased him in the direction of Han Cheng Benz.
Deeply moved, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately set out to withdraw from the besieged team and prepare for the next battle plan. Han Cheng's move laid a solid foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang's final victory over Chen Youliang. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was proud of his achievements, but at the same time he felt inferior and suspicious.
Perhaps it is because Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor street environment, and the splendor in front of him made him feel like a dream. Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang had no confidence in being Emperor Daming himself. He decided to go forward and go to the people in person to see if his mountains and rivers are safe and sound, and to see if the people have reverence for him. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang took a few cronies on patrol on the grounds of folk search.
Walking to Qinhuai area in Nanjing, the scene mentioned at the beginning appeared. An old woman angrily condemned Zhu Yuanzhang as an ungrateful villain. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this wrinkled face, familiar and unfamiliar, and suddenly thought of the man who sacrificed his life for him, so he asked the old woman, "Do you dare to ask your son?" The old man's tears suddenly gushed out like spring water, as if every drop was full of the bitterness of life. The old man said, "My son is Han Cheng."
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help crying when he heard this name. When Zhu Yuanzhang learned that this ragged old man was Han Cheng's mother, he immediately arranged a rich residence for the old man, and named it "the life of a lady" to compensate for his guilt for many years.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang is not an ungrateful person. He always remembers Han Cheng's saving his life. But for Zhu Yuanzhang, who was besieged on all sides and changed from a beggar to an emperor, it is most important to lead troops to fight and conquer the world, and the past will inevitably be put aside for the time being. Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang finally met Han Cheng's mother, so that the old man could spend his old age safely.