What wonderful things did Zhu Yuanzhang do?

Among the founding emperors who started from scratch, Zhu Yuanzhang is not only the youngest, but also undoubtedly the most competent. What wonderful things did the legendary Emperor Zhu do? Let's take a look.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been in power for 30 years conscientiously, laying a long life history of nearly 300 years in the Ming Dynasty. However, no matter how serious the emperor is, he can always find wonderful things in the eyes of future generations. Let's talk about one or two today.

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I am me, and I am me.

Friends who know history know that before Qin Shihuang ruled the whole country, the word "I" was just a very common word, and everyone could call himself "I". However, after Qin Shihuang unified the world, he really felt that he was a good cow from the bottom of his heart, saying that he must find a different title to distinguish himself from many "rulers", so he created a new position, called Emperor, to speak. He found it difficult for me to call myself, so he ordered that only the emperor himself could call himself me.

Since Qin Shihuang, emperors have called themselves "I". Otherwise, it will be disgraceful. Only the emperor can use the word "I".

However, Zhu Yuanzhang always does not follow the routine. After he ascended the throne, he took one bite at a time. In today's words, he is full of temperament, which is completely inconsistent with the royal temperament and ancestral rules.

One day, Song Lian, a university student, couldn't stand it anymore, so he bravely suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Your Majesty is now the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. From now on, you should call me, not me! "

Who knows that Zhu Yuanzhang played his decepticon temper again and only said: "Well, we are used to it. What do you think we should do? " ? This puzzled Song Lian. Zhu Yuanzhang touched his nose and said, "Well, I can't change it. Otherwise, you can change it. Please issue a decree in Zhongshu Province and let the world know. All the ministries in the imperial court and all the people in the world regard Emperor Hongwu as me, and this problem will be solved easily. Moreover, the kings of later generations called me, and only we can do this, because there can only be one Zhu Yuanzhang in the world. "

Song Lian looked puzzled. I am me, I am me, you are the emperor, and you have the final say.

I'll decide who plays the routine.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a man who knows the truth that "born in sorrow, died in happiness", and is good at adding fuel to the fire with points and areas. Because of the rape case in Korea, Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated a unique anti-corruption law in the ancient history of China: as long as there is a local official who harms the people, as long as the people have a big head, they can directly tie people to Nanjing for punishment.

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Ming dynasty

Don't think this is a red-headed document, take a formal form. This domineering decree is more useful than Chairman Mao's quotations. Just try once. This created a wonderful scene of the Ming Dynasty: on the official roads of various places, cheerful peasants and frustrated evil gentry marched together, waving the great imperial army with golden covers in their hands.

Leading pro-royalty to fight drought.

Farmer Zhu Yuanzhang paid the most attention to agriculture in his life. Even if an official commits a crime, he can atone for it through labor and farming. This is the earliest labor reform.

But God is also naughty. Our model worker Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to agriculture, but he still opposes Zhu Yuanzhang. In the first year of his reign, Daming suffered a great drought. This worried Zhu Yuanzhang to death. Think about it, this is a land problem of a country. You can try all the way, but you still can't.

In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that he was a farmer's parents, and ran to his parents' memorial tablet to pray. By the way, he swore: I, Zhu Yuanzhang, would like to chew grass roots with all my wives and concubines for half a month. In desperation, I can only pray to God for mercy on the people all over the world. Let it rain.

It's okay, neither too early nor too late. Zhu Yuanzhang and his family had just eaten grass roots here for half a month when it rained.

Want to be rich in all kinds of trees

The greatest legacy left by Yuan Dynasty to Zhu Yuanzhang was a group of world-class experts from Qin State. This wave of smart people found the cause of drought early: lack of trees. With the war and tyranny, the vegetation in the north and south of the Yangtze River has been seriously damaged, and drought is inevitable.

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Therefore, adhering to the principle of making up for the shortage, Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated the most stringent tree planting regulations: farmers who own more than five acres of land must plant half an acre of mulberry trees, or they will have to pay extra silk tax. All new mulberry and jujube trees have tax-free concessions. Later, families in every military health center in the world had to plant trees. Two hundred in the first year, four hundred in the second year and six hundred in the third year. Dare not plant? Exile to Yunnan to die!

This medicine always takes effect quickly. After a period of implementation, there were fewer natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty, and the ecological environment was better, so there was no need to ask for rain. Even tourism has developed. According to historical records, the total number of fruit trees in China at that time was conservatively estimated to be one billion.

I have to say that these measures are really wonderful and great.