Reading notes on those things in the Ming Dynasty (1)

Books are in short supply these days. Suddenly, I saw a pile of books on the desk in the study. It was his book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

When this book was first published, I had finished reading the electronic version. It's been years. Since my wife paid for it and didn't have any books to read, it would be a pity not to read a good paper book. So I happily opened the book and read it from the beginning.

Zhu Yuanzhang's original name was Zhu Chongba and his father's name was Zhu Wusi. Some places in Anhui have this habit. When a child is born, it is named after the parents' age or date of birth. Simple and clear, uneducated people are really witty.

When Zhu Zhong was 867 years old, there was a serious plague and drought in the Huaihe River area. For a time, he was naked and hungry everywhere. Zhu Chongba's family will go bankrupt soon. On the sixth day of April, my father starved to death, my eldest brother starved to death on the ninth, my eldest son starved to death on the twelfth and my mother starved to death on the 22nd.

In order to have food, Zhu Chongba decided to become a monk in Huang Jue Temple. Later, the monks had no food, so the master sent them down the mountain to beg. On the way to begging, he also met many heroes.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the government was corrupt, the building was about to collapse, and the insurgents from all walks of life could start a prairie fire. Just when Zhu Chongba couldn't get along with begging, he received a letter from his childhood friend Tang He, who was already a thousand households in the uprising army. He invited his friends to join the rebels and make a fortune.

Zhu Chongba was taken in by Guo Zixing after arriving in Dahao State. Later, he married his adopted daughter Ma Girl to Zhu Chongba, but he didn't like him and even wanted to kill Zhu Chongba. First of all, I found a reason to shut him down, refused to give him food and wanted to starve him to death. Then I changed my mind and let him go out. This place is heavily guarded, easy to defend but difficult to attack. As a result, Zhu Chongba won the first battle, won Dingyuan, and then sent him to attack Huaiyuan, Anfeng, Hanshan and Hongxian. I didn't expect him to win four out of four, and he was unstoppable.

Zhu Chongba felt that Guo Zixing had ulterior motives and resigned in time, taking only 24 people around him: Tang He, Xu Da and Zhou Dexing.

Zhu Chongba, who was familiar with the war, changed his name to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhang refers to jade with a sharp point, which is homophonic. Zhu Yuanzhang soon set up his own team and developed rapidly, but compared with Zhang Shicheng, Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang and others, he was still the least powerful. Because he is weak, no one cares about him, which gives him room to live. Several other grown-up people can't help but feel the happiness and pride of the nouveau riche, and they all claim to be emperors, just as the old saying goes: the early rafters rot first. Zhu Yuanzhang's practice is completely opposite to theirs. His strategic thought is "build a wall high, accumulate grain widely, and be king slowly".

Accumulated abundant capital, such as Chen Youliang also see Zhu Yuanzhang's ambition, can't let him grow. Both sides realize that one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, and there must be a war between the two powerful countries. In 20 years, Chen Youliang assembled 100,000 troops and won Zhu Yuanzhang's response at lightning speed. Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the water war, which was Chen Youliang's strong point. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had only 10 thousand water army. Due to the situation, the two armies had to fight for water. It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang, who doesn't have to fight, seems to have no advantage at all. People have persuaded to avoid its sharpness, and only Liu Ji struggled. Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision, and the decisive battle was here.

Zhu Yuanzhang made a plan to lure the enemy to Longwan for land war and avoid water war. He set an ambush around Longwan and the water army went ashore to fight the army. As you can imagine, this victorious battle made Chen Youliang lose his mind and flee in haste. At this station, the situation has changed, and Chen Youliang has been hit hard, but Zhu Yuanzhang has laid the foundation for great achievements.

One day after the victory of Longwan, a pilgrim came to Zijinshan Temple and insisted on staying in the temple at night. When the abbot saw that the man was ferocious, he dared not stay long, and his heart was uneasy. He had an idea to invite pilgrims to the main hall to talk about Zen in the evening.

Because of the poor appearance of the pilgrims, the abbot advised the cloud: The world is in chaos, so why don't the benefactor choose a good career as soon as possible, study Buddhism and Taoism at leisure, or he may realize the truth of life.

Pilgrims quietly asked him what "life is the most reasonable". The abbot said, "Ancestors have said that if you forget the territory, your heart will die, and your heart will die without invading the territory. Life is just an illusion, and you can enjoy peace in this realm. "

When the pilgrims heard Tian Yang's laughter, they suddenly drew their swords and put them around the abbot's neck. The abbot was shocked and said in a trembling voice, "Please forgive me. If you want money, I will give it to you at once."

The pilgrim said, "Will the Zen master be afraid of this mental state? The world is in chaos only because the people are in trouble; The war is raging, just watching the fire from the other side! If the world is peaceful, who wants to be a ranger? You eat all day and talk about your feelings, but it is shameful to drag out an ignoble existence! "

Put away your sword and go to your team. Finally, the abbot found that this man was not ordinary, and quickly shouted at the back of the pilgrim: "I don't know Mount Tai, dare to ask the name of the benefactor?" The pilgrim ignored him and went straight back to his room.

The next day, the abbot got up and went to the pilgrims' meditation room. His eureka tower is empty. On the wall of the hall, he kept a few lines written by vermilion:

Kill all the millions of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River with blood on their swords!

Lao He doesn't know a hero yet, just ask his name.

This pilgrim is Zhu Yuanzhang.