Although Zhu Yuanzhang's theory of "bloodbath in Hunan" is absurd, it also has a reason. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, the world was in turmoil. After Zhu Yuanzhang wiped out Chen Youliang's main force, in the 24th year (1364), he sent general Xu Da to meet various ministries to wipe out the remnants of Chen Youliang and Yuan Dynasty, including Jingxiang Road, Ketanzhou (now Changsha), Hengzhou (now Hengyang), Xiangxiang, Baoqing (now Shaoyang) and Yongzhou. ?

After the war, the population of Hunan decreased sharply. "A thousand villages are stained with blood", "a thousand stoves are cold" and "white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no crow in a thousand miles" should be a true portrayal of the vast territory and sparse population, and nothing grows. A more extreme evidence is that according to the records of Changning County, Hunan Province, there were more than 99,000 people in the county as early as the fifth year of Chongning in the Song Dynasty (1 106), but by the tenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (14 12), there were only 5,800 people left, which can be regarded as "war"

The real historical origin of the legend of Zhu Yuanzhang's "bloodbath of Hunan" should be another historical event that Zhu Yuanzhang could not get rid of, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang's "bloodbath of Hu and Lan" was also a "prison of Hu and Lan". In Hunan dialect, "Hu" and "Hu" sounds are different from "blue" and "south" sounds (initials L and N are not different). For hundreds of years, people still turned a blind eye to the bloody case in the "Hulan Prison", so that the "Hulan Bloody Case" in Hongwu years was mistaken for the "Zhu Hongwu Bloody Case in Hunan". ?

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Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation of past dynasties

Zhao Yi: Gai Mingzu is a real emperor, a hero and a thief.

The emperor shunzhi: "I don't think the sages of past dynasties are anything like Hong Wu. What is this? Count the virtues of the monarch, there are good people and bad people. The rules and regulations set by Hong Wu are well planned, so I say that kings of past dynasties are not as good as Hong Wu. "

Emperor Kangxi erected a monument to "rule the Tang and Song Dynasties" and praised Zhu Yuanzhang. He also said, "Ming Taizu is talented and brave, and his clothes and clothes are promoted, and his martial arts classics are compiled to unify the summer. All his systems are accurate and extremely thorough in today's thinking. Non-independent descendants cannot go beyond their scope, that is, the sincerity of the kings of Han, Tang and Song is not enough. " ? [233]? ; "Hongwu is a brave and good warrior, comparable to an unusual emperor."

Sun Yat-sen: "Oh, have a rest! If my great-grandfather is not in heaven, why? "

Business legend: Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty. He became the founding emperor of a unified dynasty by his own struggle, from the cowherd at the bottom of society to the young monk begging everywhere. This is a unique event in the history of China and even in the history of the world. In addition, after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he did not stop. After more than 30 years in office, he successfully established a powerful and unified Ming empire.

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