Three months' defence of Hongdu enabled Zhu Wenzheng to give full play to his military talent and command ability, which was no less than that of any famous contemporary. It created the peak of Zhu Wenzheng's life and pushed him to the mythical stage of generals in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Wenzheng's ending is sad. Shortly after the Battle of Hongdu, Zhu Wen was encouraged by his subordinates to take refuge in Zhang Shicheng and betray Zhu Yuanzhang. Being preempted by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to execute Zhu Wenzheng, but because of Ma Huanghou's dissuasion, he didn't do so. Instead, Zhu Wen was placed under house arrest in Tongcheng and spent the rest of his life in prison. Zhu Wenzheng died on 1365.
The brilliant general ended his glorious life and finally died in prison. His tragedy stems from his character, a man with military genius, but he doesn't know how to be a man. He is perverse, narrow-minded and has bad conduct. Even if it is not bad in this matter, he will get into trouble one day because of other things. From this perspective, his tragedy is doomed.
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/kloc-in the first month of 0/365, the king of Wu Zhu Yuanzhang was immersed in the joy of victory. The army occupied Huguang, Jiangxi and other places successively, and Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen were already a spent force. Jiangnan area can be settled in a few days. But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very sad and even regretted it, because his only nephew was killed by himself!
Zhu Yuanzhang has four brothers, and he ranks fourth. His eldest brother's name is Zhu Chongwu. He married the king and had two sons. The second is Zhu Wenzheng. Later, there was a serious famine and plague in Fengyang, and Zhu Yuanzhang's family died and fled. After Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest brother and nephew starved to death, "Meng Sao took her young children and went east to her hometown", while Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk.
In the 14th year of Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang guarded Chuzhou and took his mother Wang to vote. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang wept with joy. "After a few years apart, I saw in the hustle and bustle that my family was finished. What can I say about this? " Later, under the cultivation of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Wenzheng grew up and became Zhu Yuanzhang's right-hand man. Seven years later, Zhu Wenzheng was appointed governor-general, in charge of Chinese and foreign military affairs.
Later, Zhu Wenzheng was ordered to guard Hongdu, and Chen Youliang led the troops to attack the city with 600,000 troops. Zhu Wenzheng stuck to the isolated city and fought for more than 80 days, which defeated the momentum of Chen Youliang army and laid the foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang to win the battle of Hukou. Zhu Wenzheng was in the limelight at this time, but who would have thought that before long, the wise man on the battlefield was dismissed and imprisoned by Zhu Yuanzhang, and then killed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Because in the twelfth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a letter to Zhu Shouqian, the son of Zhu Wenzheng, "(Zhu Wenzheng) indulged himself wantonly, treated others like grass, and committed endless evils, which was very inhuman. Take a man's wife, kill a man, destroy a man's son, harm a man's father, and take a man's money. " If ordinary people committed these crimes, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely kill them.
But Zhu Wenzheng, after all, is his nephew, with outstanding military exploits. How could he be killed for these things? Obviously, there must be something hidden behind Zhu Yuanzhang. According to historical records, when Zhu Yuanzhang handled the case of Zhu Wenzheng, his hands were short and hard, and his confidants "all were punished, and more than 50 followers and leaders under him all broke their hamstrings".
Under Ma Huanghou's exhortation, Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily stopped Zhu Wenzheng, but he was relieved of his post.
But since then, Zhu Wenzheng has not learned his lesson. "It is useless to go back to Beijing on the hour, and it is impolite to come back." Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied and "wanted to abolish it." At this time, Ma Huanghou came forward to persuade him: "Honesty is only a matter of sex, so I'm afraid I can't bear it. When Wen Zhengmu sees the existence, she should think of the feelings of her mother and son, forgive them with singing, and see the meaning of kissing. " Zhu Yuanzhang bypassed Zhu Wenzheng for the sake of his sister-in-law.
But I didn't expect that Zhu Wenzheng didn't learn his lesson. Peter said that he went to Haozhou for sacrifice and consulted with others at dusk. If you have different ambitions, prepare others to report them and discard them. "When Zhu Wenzheng was interrogated, he was rude. In a rage, Zhu Yuanzhang personally whipped his nephew to death with iron. "His plan to fight evil became wider and wider, so he whipped and died." .
Although Zhu Wenzheng is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, when the family encounters great power, it will also become bloody. A few years after Zhu Wenzheng was killed, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor. When he made his son king, Zhu Shouqian, the son of Zhu Wenzheng, was made king of Jingjiang, and his title was located in Guilin, Guangxi. Now there are many Zhu surnames in Jiangxi, in fact, they are all descendants.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhu Wenzheng
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Battle of Hongdu