The peasant uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty finally formed the three forces of Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, and Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, Zhang Shicheng was strong and possessed the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There is a saying that "(Chen) Youliang is the most jealous, (Zhang) Shicheng is the richest". Chen Youliang is the most powerful person with many people, occupying nearly half of China. In contrast, Zhu Yuanzhang's success was later than the previous two, and his strength could only be ranked third, but Zhu Yuanzhang won the last laugh. Why?
Chen Youliang, the founding emperor of Chen Han. In the eleventh year of Zhengzheng, Xu Shouhui rose up and established the Tianwan regime, and Chen Youliang served under his general Ni Wenjun. In September of the seventeenth year, Ni Wenjun, who was against Xu Shouhui, was attacked and killed. Chen Youliang claimed to be King of Qin. He attacked all the roads in Jiangxi and even attacked Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian and other places. In the nineteenth year of Zhengzheng, General Zhao Pusheng, who had killed the heavens, moved his capital to Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) with Xu Shouhui, and became the King of Han. In the following year, he captured Taiping, killed Xu Shouhui, and then ascended the throne, called the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and changed the name of the Han Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. In 23 years, Chen Youliang led a 600,000 navy army to attack Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was defeated in Poyang Lake. Chen Youliang also died during the breakout. He became emperor at the age of 40 and died in battle four years later. After Chen Youliang's death, the rest soon fell apart.
Zhang Shicheng, a salt dealer, in the thirteenth year of Zhengzheng, because he could not stand the oppression of the salt police, and his younger brothers Zhang Shiyi, Zhang Shide, Zhang Shixin and Li Bosheng and other 18 people led the salt to fight against the Yuan, known in history as the "Eighteen Biandan Uprising" ". Starting from Taizhou, taking over Taizhou and Xinghua, and attacking Gaoyou, Zhang Shicheng called himself the King of Cheng in Gaoyou, the name of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Tianyou of Jianyuan. Later, he led his army to cross the river to capture Changshu, Huzhou and other places. In 16 years, he set the capital Pingjiang (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). In the following year, Zhang Shicheng under the three-way attack of Zhu Yuanzhang, Fang Guozhen, and the Yuan army to fall into the Yuan dynasty, soon publicly opposed the Yuan again, and then continued to expand the land. In twenty-three years, he attacked Anfeng and claimed to be the King of Wu. In September of the 26th, Zhu Yuanzhang took Xu Da as the general and Chang Yuchun as the deputy general. He led two hundred thousand elite soldiers and concentrated the main force to eliminate Zhang Shicheng. Finally died in the Zhu Yuanzhang regime, Zhang Shicheng at the age of 46.
Zhu Yuanzhang, at the age of twenty-five, participated in the Red Scarf Army uprising led by Guo Zixing against the Yuan Dynasty. In the thirteenth year of Zhengzheng, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his hometown to recruit soldiers, and his youth partners Xu Da, Zhou Dexing, and Guo Ying voted for him. In fifteen years, Zhu Yuanzhang conquered He County in one fell swoop. Guo Zixing died of illness, Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er appointed Guo Zixing's son Guo Tianxu as the capital marshal, his wife and brother Zhang Tianyou as the right deputy marshal, and Zhu Yuanzhang as the left deputy marshal. In western Zhejiang, Zhu Yuanzhang pursued the strategy of "building walls, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming king" proposed by Huizhou adviser Zhu Sheng, making a fortune in a muffled voice, and quickly and secretly expanding his strength. In 16 years, he captured Jiqing Road and renamed it Yingtian. After annihilating the separatist forces such as Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, he threw his troops into the Northern Expedition in 27, overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and established the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu.
Zhu Yuanzhang’s success is a strategy of “building walls high, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming king”, with ambitious goals. The failures of Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang were short-sighted and full of "small wealth is peace" thinking. Zhang Shicheng captured Gaoyou and other places, and he became king when he had a big turf, and then the turf became bigger. In Suzhou, he “hidden into small buildings to form a unity, taking care of him in spring, summer and autumn and winter”, dreaming of being the king of Wu. . The reason for Chen Youliang's failure was "(Chen) Youliang is the most jealous, (Zhang) Shicheng is the richest". The word "Jie" points out the future. Not only "Jie", reaching out to pick peaches is also too impatient. He created divisions within Tianwan and usurped power. Killed the outstanding general Zhao Pusheng. Holds Xu Shouhui and claims to be King of Han. Later, he killed Xu Shouhui in quarrying and became an emperor. With his eager approach, I don't know how many blocks the strategy implemented by Zhu Yuanzhang has to throw away. It is impossible not to fail.
"Small rich is safe", it is okay to use in family life, you can't get a good grade, and you can't go wrong! "Great wealth and wealth" should not be the goal of family life. "Satisfaction and happiness" should be a ruler in the pursuit of life. Can you make yourself frowning all day long! But the people who do big things and roam the rivers and lakes are different. The salt dealer Zhang Shicheng wants to live his "small rich and peaceful" life, but he is the "Wu Wang", the grade of "big wealth and noble", depriving others. With the unlimited resources of the society, "small wealth is peace". This is not a matter for small families. It is a major event that requires grandeur, general direction, and major strategy. Of course, you can't be too "jumpy" like Chen Youliang. Zhu Yuanzhang is fine! People are "rich and rich", and the winner always has some experience. (Text/Cai Si) (The picture is from the Internet, if there is any infringement, please inform and delete)
