First of all, this question is actually very difficult to answer, and even the records in the history books may not be credible. After all, we need to know? History is always written by winners? Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a master. He will never let anything that damages his reputation appear in the history books, and he will never let his wise image appear a little flaw. So it's simple. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty before he became rich, this record would not appear in the history books, so we have no real memory of this event at all. But here I use history to answer. Did Zhu Yuanzhang surrender to the Yuan Dynasty?

First of all, we should know under what circumstances Zhu Yuanzhang surrendered to Yuan, to whom and in what way.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Red Scarf Army uprising led by Liu Futong swept across the Central Plains. At the same time, various localities began to respond to Liu Futong's uprising. Xu Shouhui started in Luotian, Hubei, Sesame Plum in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, Zhang Shicheng in Taizhou, Jiangsu, Guo Zixing in Bozhou, Anhui, and Ming Yu Zhen in Suizhou, Hubei. It can be said that in a few short years, the Yuan Dynasty began to collapse gradually, and the area south of the Yangtze River was almost completely under the control of the Han people. The Red Scarf Army led by Liu Futian captured large areas of territory such as Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan and Shandong, and continued to expand to the north and northwest. At this time, Xu Shouhui proclaimed himself in Wuchang, with Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi, Zhang Shicheng in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and Ming Yu Zhen in Sichuan.

So where is Zhu Yuanzhang at this time? At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang has just taken over the army and territory left by Guo Zixing after his death, and his sphere of influence is only a small place in Chuhe County and Hezhou, which means that Zhu Yuanzhang's strength is the smallest now. To put it bluntly, if Liu Futian's Red Scarf Army didn't fight the Yuan Army, Zhu Yuanzhang would have perished, but in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's luck was not bad.

But at this time, an outstanding wizard suddenly appeared in the Yuan Army, who was comparable to Song Zhiyue Fei and Zi Yi. So who is this person? It was Chahan timur, a famous scholar at the end of Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Army led by him wiped out nearly one million Red Scarf Army in the north in only 10, and successfully helped the Yuan Dynasty recapture the land in the north. It can be said that Chahan timur was unstoppable at this time, and it was at this time that Zhu Yuanzhang wrote a letter to Chahan timur. In the letter, Zhu Yuanzhang showed his obedience and took the initiative to send messengers and Chahan timur.

Shortly thereafter, the Yuan court sent Zhang Chang, the minister of commerce, and Zhang Lian, who played cards, to give Zhu Yuanzhang titles with royal wine, sweet hats and imperial edicts. However, in this process, due to too many things about Chahan Timur, he forgot to put back Zhu Yuanzhang's envoy and just sent a letter, which made Zhu Yuanzhang afraid that Chahan Timur was lying to him, so Zhu Yuanzhang was slow to act. That is, in the process of this stalemate, the court of the Yuan Dynasty actually clashed. As a result, the only Chahan Timur who could save the Yuan Dynasty was killed by Tian Fei and Wang Shicheng who had just defected. I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang was able to be emperor, largely because of luck. Zhu Yuanzhang jumped up and shouted with joy after hearing the news of Chahan Timur's death? There is no one in the world! ? Then he completely rejected the surrender of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang managed to surrender to Zhang Chang, killed other envoys of the Yuan Dynasty, and continued to fight against the Yuan Dynasty until he finally became the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The above is the scene of Zhu Yuanzhang's surrender to the Yuan Dynasty in film and television dramas, but is this really the case in history? Here I'll tell you about the real record of this history in the history books:

First, Zhu Yuanzhang did write to Chahan Timur and sent messengers. However, according to historical records, the emissary only made friends in the past and did not say whether to surrender. However, if they make friends, we can regard it as surrender, but we can also regard it as just making friends with Chahan Timur. Weakness? What Zhu Yuanzhang wrote in the letter to Chahan Timur is not recorded in the history books, so I don't know what this letter actually wrote. Is this letter obedient? Or did Zhu Yuanzhang just want to sign a non-aggression treaty with Chahan Timur? How exactly is unknown now.

Second, Chahan Timur did forget to let Zhu Yuanzhang's emissary come back because of some things, but only replied a letter. It can be said that if Chahan Timur remembered to put back Zhu Yuanzhang's emissary, Zhu Yuanzhang had already accepted the knighthood of the Yuan Dynasty, then there might not be a future Ming Dynasty. But accepting the conferment does not mean surrendering. The emperors of many small kingdoms in China also accepted the conferring of powerful dynasties. For example, Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty once received the conferment of the Northern Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin, but this was only submission, not surrender. Therefore, the instant history books say that Zhu Yuanzhang is ready to accept the conferment of the Yuan Dynasty, which is also a sign of weakness, or submission, rather than real surrender. So we can't see from this that Zhu Yuanzhang surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty.

Thirdly, as for Zhu Yuanzhang, did he say anything after hearing the death of Chahan Timur? No one in the world? The history of this sentence is not included, including Ming History, Ming History, Ming History and Ming History as a Mirror. So maybe the author added it himself, or got it from some unofficial history. Anyway, the official did not see this sentence.

Fourth, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote a good letter to the Yuan court, and the dispatch of envoys was recorded in other historical books except Ming history. For example, The Chronicle of Ming History even skipped the record of January in the 22nd year and went straight to February, so I'm not sure if there is such a thing. After all, we all know that the history of the Ming Dynasty was revised by the Qing Dynasty. Perhaps it was deliberately added by the Qing Dynasty for some reason, or to discredit Zhu Yuanzhang, but it was deliberately vague in order to make people look less obvious. So whether this is true or not, we don't know.

Therefore, generally speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang's statement of surrendering to the Yuan Dynasty in film and television dramas is not completely believed. Of course, some things are recorded in official history, such as writing letters to Chahan Timur or sending envoys. Of course, these things are only recorded in Ming History, and other historical books such as Ming History, Ming History, Ming Shi Lu and so on. It has not been recorded, so we don't know whether it is true or not at present. If something unearthed can prove this, then it can be believed at that time. However, since Ming History was written by Zhang, a great scholar in Qing Dynasty, it's up to you whether you believe it or not. After all, the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty were taken over by the Qing Dynasty. Hidden rules? The Qing dynasty will certainly write some fictional things to discredit Ming Chengzu. Only in this way can we show that the Qing Dynasty was just and its rule was predestined.