First, the two are from the same hometown
Liu Bang is from Peixian County in northern Jiangsu. There is no objection to this, Mr. Pei. Zhu Yuanzhang's birthplace is generally said to be Fengyang, Anhui Province. Ever since Emperor Zhu was born, there have been years of shortages in the past ten years. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral home is Peixian County, Jiangsu Province.
Second, they were all political marriages
Liu Bang married Lu Pheasant, and Zhu Yuanzhang married Ma Xiuying. These two women are very extraordinary. Lu Pheasant married Liu Bang because Lu Pheasant's father discovered that Liu Bang had the appearance of an emperor and could become a great man.
Ma Xiuying married Zhu Yuanzhang because Guo Zixing discovered that Zhu Yuanzhang was a talent, and betrothed his adopted daughter to him out of consideration for winning people's hearts.
No matter what the relationship between these two couples is after marriage, when they got married, they were all based on political considerations.
Third, Zhu Yuanzhang imitated Liu Bang in his governance
After Liu Bang established his capital in Chang'an, he forcibly relocated 100,000 large households from the mainland to consolidate Guanzhong and strengthen the capital and the weak. Zhu Yuanzhang thought this method was very good and followed it. In 1367 AD, one year before he ascended the throne, he immediately moved a large number of wealthy people from Suzhou to his hometown after eliminating his last political enemy, Zhang Shicheng, a salt merchant from Dafeng in Yancheng, northern Jiangsu.
The difference, first of all, is the different identities
Although Liu Bang is not from a prominent family, he is not completely grassroots. At any rate, he is still a pavilion chief and a township cadre.
Although both of them are lumpen proletarians, their identities are different. Liu Bang is a gangster who works within the system and thinks outside the system. He is more completely debauched and open-minded. Zhu Yuanzhang was a vagrant who worked hard and was a hard-core poor lower-middle peasant.
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he always felt inferior. He always wants to cling to a famous person to show his origin. The most famous member of the old Zhu family was Zhu Xi. He had thought about it before, but he always felt it was too far-fetched and was embarrassed to say it out loud. He thought and thought, and finally thought of Liu Bang. Liu Bang also came from humble beginnings and was also the founding king of the country.
The power of role models is infinite. Since Zhu Yuanzhang regarded Liu Bang as a role model in his heart, he no longer denied his humble background, and sometimes even emphasized his self-appreciation, which increased his confidence in rule by at least 30 percentage points.
Secondly, the motivations for rebellion are different
The reason Liu Bang launched the rebellion was to release the prisoners on impulse, with no way back. His rebellion was entirely self-inflicted, and there was no element of Si Hao forcing him. This is not only different from Zhu Yuanzhang, but also different from Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng was a postman beforehand, equivalent to a minor official such as the director of the township post and telecommunications department. Not long after Chongzhen became emperor, in order to save money, he reorganized officials and dismissed redundant personnel. He was laid off and lost his job, he didn’t want to farm, and he couldn’t be an official. He was not as talented as a scholar or as a soldier. What should he do? You can only rebel.
As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he was forced to embark on the road of rebellion. In essence, he is a patient farmer. In order to make a living, he worked as a monk in Huangjue Temple. Later, when a famine occurred, he joined other monks in begging for food. The next year, he returned to Huangjue Temple and became a monk.
Soon, he received a letter from his childhood friend Tang He. Tang said that he had defected to Guo Zixing and hoped that he would "quickly join the expedition and achieve great success". Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated. A few days later, his senior brother told him that someone was going to report his collusion with the Red Scarf Army and let him escape. He was still hesitant. At this time, the Yuan army burned Huangjue Temple to the ground, and Zhu Yuanzhang defected to the rebel army. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion was forced and helpless.
Although he had a retaliatory and aggressive personality at a young age, before the age of 25, no matter how poor he was, he never committed any shocking rebellious behavior. Zhu Yuanzhang's ideal of becoming an emperor was gradually formed. He was resourceful, hard-working, and worked hard. He developed in practice and developed in practice. He continued to succeed and won every victory. Finally, the general trend turned south and north and he became the orthodox king. The twists and turns of fate pushed him to a position he never dreamed of.
Once again, the fundamental attitude towards Jiangshan is different
Liu Bang won Jiangshan, his body was comfortable, very relaxed, indulged in fine wine and women, drank in big bowls, ate large pieces of meat, and played with each other a lot woman. After eating, drinking, and playing, he burped and sarcastically mocked his father: Didn't you say that I was worthless and not as good as the boss or the second child? Is it not me, Liu Laosan, who is raising you now? !
Liu Bang is able to take things up and put them down, and he is so thick-skinned that he can drive a tank. These are the basic qualities and important professional standards of professional gangsters.
In comparison, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have such a calm and relaxed mentality. Zhu Yuanzhang defected to the Yellow Turban Army at first because he did not want to starve to death. As a result, after more than ten years of hard work, what he got was far from "thirty acres of land and one cow", but an area of ??land, land, kings, and ministers that was so huge that it could not be added. family business. When it comes to money, old farmers definitely don't have the ease of returning a thousand pieces of gold and the joy of having a big bowl of wine and eating a big piece of meat. They always have to hide it deeply for fear of others knowing. Otherwise, how can there be a classic story of three hundred taels of silver here? Funny story.
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he was not relaxed at all. He "sleeped without a pillow, and was worried about his heart." He was tired and even worried.
Not long after he ascended the throne, he arranged for someone to blow the trumpet on the drum tower of the city gate at five o'clock every day and sing: "It's hard to be a king, it's hard to be a minister, it's hard; it's hard to start a business, it's hard to maintain a success, it's hard; it's hard to protect a family. It’s hard, it’s hard to protect yourself, it’s hard!” Such a strong sense of worry is not only worse than sleeping on a salary, but it’s not on the same level - Mr. Zhu still maintained such a high level of revolutionary vigilance after he became emperor. .
Both the princes of Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang were relatively cowardly, and they both had highly capable civil servants and generals. However, Liu Bang only attacked military generals, especially those who owned an army and had the intention of treason, such as Xiao He and Zhang Liang. It relies heavily on it. And Zhu Yuanzhang managed the empire like a farmyard. Except for children and grandchildren, I don’t trust anyone, and I personally do everything every detail. The workload every day is quite heavy, and I am so tired that I become mentally deranged and neurasthenic. The Western Military Group was all set up, and everyone picked up their swords and killed no one.
Fourth, Zhu Yuanzhang had a deeper inferiority complex than Liu Bang
Except for a few dignitaries such as Li and Zhao, most of the founding emperors of China had three characteristics: First, they were of humble origins , secondly, they are uneducated, and thirdly, they have hooligan habits.
In this regard, Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang are similar, but Liu Bang does not have a high inferiority complex and is friendly to people of good background and high education. As long as you don't rebel, I won't deal with you. Therefore, his think tanks Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Xiao He and others had prominent official positions and died well, with good endings.
The same cannot be said for Zhu Yuanzhang. His inferiority complex is innate and has not changed due to changes in status. Suspicion and low self-esteem produce selfishness, ignorance, and cruelty. He likes to watch others bleed, watch others suffer, watch others be polite, and see other people's personal dignity being messed with like a young lady. The more outstanding the minister's talent, the more jealous and inferior he will be, so he will simply get rid of him and then quickly. Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, and Liu Ji were all well-known figures in the world. They were all dealt with by Zhu Yuanzhang one by one, and some were even exterminated. Only Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Mu Ying, Deng Yu and Tang He died well, and Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and Deng Yu all died before the Hu Weiyong or Lan Yu cases. At the same time, he used the Hu case to abolish the position of prime minister, and established the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, which greatly strengthened the autocratic monarchy.
Fifth, sexual needs and sexual orientations are different
Liu Bang is famous for his lust. In historical records, Sima Qian said that on the eve of the Hongmen Banquet, he had no plans for money and no luck for women, so his ambition was not small. If you don’t have women anymore, it means you have great ambitions. I really don’t know what criteria Sima used to determine this.
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed not very interested in women, and was even a bit frigid. He and Empress Ma were also regarded as a model couple among ancient Chinese emperors. His interest in women is not to enjoy them while alive, but to possess them after death. He blatantly revived the system of human sacrifice. Before OVER, he ordered his concubines to die for him. In the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, 40 concubines of Zhu Yuanzhang were buried. Two of them died of illness before him, and the remaining 38 were buried as martyrs. After Zhu Yuanzhang restored the barbaric human sacrifice system, his descendants followed suit. 16 people were buried in the Changling Tomb of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, 5 people were buried in the Tomb of Renzong of the Ming Dynasty, and 10 people were buried in the Jingling Tomb of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Jing of the Ming Dynasty was demoted to the king after his brother Yingzong was restored to the throne. After his death, Several concubines still died.
Liu Bang was careless and soft-hearted. Although he failed to depose the crown prince, the political consequences were obvious, which eventually led to Empress Lu's dictatorship. As for Zhu Yuanzhang, he relied on his intelligence and always believed that his descendants were reliable. He once proudly said to his grandson Zhu Yunwen: I have dealt with all the people who threaten you, so you can sit back and relax. If anything happens, your uncles will come to your rescue quickly. Sun Tzu asked: What if the uncles rebel? Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless.
The overly clever Zhu Yuanzhang overestimated. After Zhu Yunfen came to the world, his fourth son, King of Yan Zhu Di, was unwilling to surrender to Huang Texiaoer and launched the Battle of Jingnan to capture Nanjing. Zhu Yunchui put on his clothes and guessed the cards, "The earth, mountains and rivers are all in one load, and the four major elements are all empty." He fled the capital in panic, and he was lost and confused. He didn't know where he was going. His son finally took over his grandson's world.