However, there are many people who attack it, both in academia and among the people. In the eyes of these people, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty had the misdeeds of keeping imperial clan, killing without forgiveness, entrapping the people, cracking down on industry and commerce, and enforcing the sea ban. However, many people still have a good impression on Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Because he was born a poor peasant, spared cattle, begged for food, worked as a monk, and felt the deepest suffering of the people at the bottom. He is a very down-to-earth emperor.
There are many anecdotes about such an emperor in history. Today, the author will share with you a poem about objects written by Zhu Yuanzhang on the day of his accession to the throne. The first two sentences are hilarious and full of laughter, but the last two sentences are a stroke of genius, which makes people dumbfounded. The whole poem is as follows:
In history, Zhu Yuanzhang seems to be very unfriendly to intellectuals. He always engages in literary inquisition and kills many talented literati with various capital punishment. For example, Gao Qi, a famous writer in history, was beheaded by Zhu Yuanzhang. This has also become one of the main reasons why he was criticized by later generations. Strangely, after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he loved reading very much and studied hard. Over time, Zhu Yuanzhang also became interested in literati writing poems.
It was on the day he ascended the throne that he wrote this song "Nian Ji". It is reported that on that day, a loud cock crow resounded through the palace, which is of course a big sign for an emperor who is preparing to ascend to the throne. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and wrote a poem on the spot. However, when he read the first two sentences of the poem, "when the chicken crows, pout;" When a chicken crows, it pouts; When it crows, it pouts; As soon as it crows, it pouts. "The officials who worship at the bottom can't help but smile at each other and say to themselves: Is the third sentence" When the chicken crows, it pouts? " It pouts "?
In the face of the courtiers' doubts, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to shrug off, and recited the last two sentences very calmly, "Three calls for Fusantian, sweeping away the remnants of Xiao Yue". As soon as these two words came out, the ministers were surprised, and they never dared to underestimate the once illiterate emperor. If you only look at the first two sentences, the whole poem is really worthless. This is a very common limerick. In this regard, some netizens joked that "chickens call poems."
But three or four sentences in the poem changed the subject, sweeping away the vulgarity and domineering of the first two sentences, which was quite imperial and showed the breath of the new dynasty. At dawn, the rooster crows, the sun rises, and the residual stars and abortion in the night sky are swept away, and it is bright. Compared with those famous works in history, this poem is really limited in level. But semi-vulgar and semi-domineering, which is in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's humble experience as the founding emperor, is very lively.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang is far-sighted. Although he was born at the bottom and illiterate, he created a dynasty that lasted for more than 300 years. After he acceded to the throne, he was diligent and eager to learn, recruited talents and scholars, calmed down the four seas, accepted advice like a stream, sought talents and was thirsty, valued agriculture and mulberry, promoted rites and music, respected righteousness and respected education, and formulated all kinds of very appropriate laws and regulations, which was called the king of sages. Unfortunately, in his later years, he preferred killing and killed many founding fathers, so he was criticized by later generations.