On that day, a little novice monk in Huangjue Temple was cleaning in the Main Hall. He was upset and thought the clay bodhisattvas were in trouble and said casually: "Go out to bask in the sun one by one."

On this day, a little novice monk in Huangjue Temple was cleaning in the Great Hall. He was upset and thought the clay bodhisattvas were in trouble and said casually: "Go out to bask in the sun one by one." The clay bodhisattvas really moved their steps out to bask in the sun one by one.

This scene was seen by the abbot and was shocked. He thought, this little novice monk could command the Bodhisattva. It seemed that he was a man of great destiny, and maybe he was still a dragon vein.

Abbot said nothing, and said nothing to anyone. I just silently observed this little novice monk.

0000-year-old thought that since he came to Huangjue Temple, he wanted to have a way out and avoid starving to death. Who knows that this place is not much better than being a cowherd kid from the rich man Liu's family. He is also a servant from the elder's house. Not only does he serve the family, he is often bullied by other senior brothers.

yes, the elders were people with families, and being a monk was a profession at that time.

This little novice monk is called Zhu Chongba , and his official name is Xingzong, and later changed his name to Zhu Yuanzhang .

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a place called Guzhuang Village southwest of Zhongli, Haozhou. Ranked eighth in the family, so it is called Chongba. Four brothers, ranked fourth.

When Zhu Chong was young, he herded cattle for the rich man Liu in the village. The favorite game I play with my friends on the hillside in the wild is to be the emperor. I felt so happy to see the older children in the same village kneeling in front of me and shouting long live the emperor.

On this day, a group of children of all sizes played the emperor's game in the wild. A smaller child said: "Brother Chong Ba, can you eat white flour buns all day as an emperor?"

"I became the emperor, and the white flour buns in the left hand and the white flour buns in the right hand. Let you eat enough! There is also meat to eat. Eat as much as you want!" Chong Ba narrowed his eyes and thought.

"But I'm hungry now... I really want to eat white steamed buns, eat meat..."

small ones opened, which aroused the greed of everyone. Everyone talked about delicious food. Some said they had never eaten white steamed buns, and some said that the white rice was delicious. Who knew that the more they said they were hungry, the more they wanted to say it.

There is a boy named Tang He who said that if he could eat meat, it would be worth it even if he died. Chongba's eyes lit up. Isn't this meat right in front of you?

Under Zhu Chongba's leadership, everyone killed the calf from Liu Caizhu's family.

A group of children of all sizes, grilled and ate, and they were all over the mouth, and they didn't eat so happily during the Chinese New Year. After eating the calf happily, he remembered how to report to Mr. Liu when he went back.

Now a calf has only one skin, a pile of broken bones and an ox tail.

I saw Chong Bayi patted his chest and said that he had made the idea himself and he should take the responsibility himself. He buried his skin and bones and inserted his calf's tail into the crack of the stone on the mountain. He said that the calf had crawled into the cave, leaving only his tail, and he couldn't come out after a long time. The children said yes in unison.

That night, Chongba was beaten by Liu Caizhu and was driven home. Now, the young and old children regarded him as their elder brother, and they had a lot of fun playing the game of being the emperor. They were even more sincere when they knelt down and called for the emperor long live.

This year, there was a severe drought in the sky, and the particles had not been harvested. Then the spring of the New Year was plagued by locust plague . Then the plague came again, which was the rhythm of not letting people live.

At first, I didn’t know it was a plague. People died one after another in the village. Only then did people realize that it was the plague god coming, and burning incense and worshiping Buddha was not useful.

In half a month, the father, mother and elder brother of the Chongba family died one after another. There was no land to bury, and Liu Jizu, a fellow villager, couldn't bear it, so he gave a piece of land. The two brothers kowtowed and thanked.

But there was no coffin or clothes yet. Chongba and his second brother couldn't find a wooden board in every corner of the house. He had no choice but to cover his parents with a broken straw mat and carry them to the cemetery to bury them.

The two brothers were holding up and crying, and finally lifted to the place, suddenly there was a storm, lightning and thunder, and heavy rain fell.

2 brothers hid under the tree. After a cup of tea, the sky cleared. When they went to the cemetery, they were shocked and their bodies disappeared.

It turned out that the soil in the mountains was loose, and a flood of water collapsed the soil on the hillside, and just buried the body, as the saying goes, "Sky Burial".

Thirty-five years later, when Zhu Yuanzhang wrote " Imperial Mausoleum Stele ", he felt sad: "The funeral has no coffin, the body is covered with evil clothes, it is covered with three feet, how can I lay the slurry!"

After his parents died, Chongba and his second brother depended on each other for life. At this time, even the grassroots and bark were eaten, and they could no longer hold on. The second brother was so anxious that he cried. He cried for a long time. Thinking about it, he had to go far away and go his separate ways to find a way out.

At this time, Wang Lao Niang next door said that their father Zhu Wusi made a wish in Huangjue Temple , and asked Zhu Chongba to be his apprentice to Master Gao Bin. Why not be a monk now? First, I will repay my wish, and second, I will always have a bowl of rice to eat, which is not better than starving to death.

It turned out that Chongba was weak and sick when he was a child, so his father took Chongba to Huangjue Temple and sacrificed his illness before he could recover.

Aunt Wang prepared some gift for Chongba and begged Master Gao Bin. In this way, there was an extra novice monk in Huangjue Temple. Zhu Chongba shaved his hair and put on a piece of ragged robes worn by his master. He was a Buddhist disciple.

sweep the floor, chop wood, carry water, cook rice, and recite scriptures. Day after day, sometimes when I think about my second brother who doesn’t know where to escape, I feel extremely sad.

again received news that my second sister's family had first died. A few days later, my second sister and nephew also went to find my brother-in-law. My second sister's family is considered a family-dead.

The eldest sister didn't know where to go, and she didn't know whether she was dead or alive.

sister-in-law took her nephew back to her parents' home. It's okay to go back to her parents' home, maybe she can get a life.

The only family is left alone in this Huangjue Temple.

Because you have not taken the precepts yet, you cannot be considered a monk. According to the rules of the temple, you can only be called Xiaoxiaomi.

life in the temple is not much better than herding cattle for the rich man Liu. I felt sad and complaining in my heart and couldn't vent it, so I had to lose my temper with the clay Buddha.

One day I was tired of scanning the Buddhist temple. When I swept to the Galan Hall, I was already out of breath. I was not careful and tripped on the ground again. I had no place to vent my breath, so I beat Galan God hard with a broom. He also wrote "Feeding Three Thousand Miles" on the back of God Galan.

punish the Bodhisattva to be exiled.

plus the previous incident of asking the Bodhisattvas to go out to bask in the sun by themselves, both of these things were seen by the abbot.

abbot said nothing.

people themselves are on the verge of starvation, so naturally there is no charity to the temple. Because the rent of the temple cannot be collected. Half a year later, the temple could not survive.

monks went out to beg for alms one by one. To put it nicely, they were actually begging for alms.

Zhu Chongba also joined the begging team and went out to Hefei. This year, Zhu Chongba was exactly sixteen years old.

This little novice beggar who went out to beg for alms would never have thought that he would become emperor in decades and would eat whatever he wanted. No more have to be beaten for a meal of beef.