Did Zhu Yuanzhang discover ancient books?

In the large-scale TV series Zhu Yuanzhang, a character named Lv Chang appeared. He lived frugally and was appointed as the first minister of the Ming Dynasty by Zhu Yuanzhang. In fact, Lv Chang is a fictional character, and his prototype character is Zhang Chang. Zhang Chang, with his profound knowledge and simple life, helped Zhu Yuanzhang to formulate a series of codes and systems, and was the chief editor of Daming Law. When Zhu Yuanzhang secretly burned a hole in Zhang Chang's clothes, the hole was still there a year later, and Zhu Yuanzhang put him in charge of money and food.

Zhu Yuanzhang suffered from childhood and accidentally joined the Red Scarf Army. Later, after Zhu Yuanzhang led the rebel army to capture Chuzhou, it began to grow bigger and bigger. Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang set his goal in Nanjing and gained a firm foothold after capturing Nanjing. At this point, the Yuan Dynasty general Chahan Timur (Wang Baobao's uncle) defeated Liu Futong and Han Liner, so he sent someone to surrender Zhu Yuanzhang, and the person sent was Zhang Chang. At that time, Liu Bowen had just defected to Zhu Yuanzhang, and when he heard that a Zhang Chang had arrived, he quickly asked Zhu Yuanzhang to treat this person well and try to keep him. Because Zhang Chang and Liu Bowen were scholars in the same year, Liu Bowen hated the officialdom of the Yuan Dynasty, resigned and lived in seclusion, while Zhang Chang worked as an official in the Yuan Dynasty and also worked as an official for ministers in the Ministry.

The Ming History records the details of Zhang Chang's coming to Zhu Yuanzhang's side:

The first time Chahan broke Shandong, the rivers and Huai waters shook. The Maoists sent a special envoy to get through. The ministers of Yuan Pai's Ministry of Household Affairs awarded Taizu Dr. Rong Lu, Jiangxi and other scholars to save political affairs, and gave them dragon clothes and royal wine. Just arrived, Chahan was stabbed, and Mao refused. He killed the horse and plotted to keep Zhang an official.

When Zhu Yuanzhang met Zhang Chang, he was really outstanding. He was good at using allusions in his speeches. Chahan Timur was so powerful that Zhu Yuanzhang was a little scared at first. Later, Timur was assassinated, and Zhu Yuanzhang relieved his huge worries, so he stayed in the army and refused to let him return to Yuan.

After Liu Bowen came to Zhu Yuanzhang's army, he always advised Zhu Yuanzhang to be strict with military aircraft, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang's army would be no different from other bandits, but how to be strict, with the arrival of Zhang Chang, will have the answer. Zhang Chang is very familiar with the laws and regulations of the previous dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Zhang Chang as a political adviser and formulated a special code. From this perspective, Zhang Chang has made great contributions.

Although Zhang Chang is good at managing money and food, he has a very famous feature, that is simplicity. Zhang Chang's robe hasn't changed for a long time. To prove his idea, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly asked the guard Guo Ying to burn a small hole in Zhang Chang's robe. The next year, a magical scene happened, and the hole in Zhang Chang's clothes was still there. Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed. The appointment of Zhang Chang as the director of money and grain is equivalent to making Zhang Chang a "minister of fact" in advance.

Zhang Chang's ending is tragic. Zhu Yuanzhang soon discovered that Zhang Chang was in Cao Ying and his heart was in the Han Dynasty. Although Zhang Chang contributed to Zhu Yuanzhang on the one hand, he was also actively trying to escape to Dadu and continue to work for the Yuan Dynasty. Even under Zhang Chang's bed, I found the word "I am in the south of the Yangtze River and my heart is in the north".

When Zhang Chang learned of this incident, he quickly pleaded with Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that he worked for the prince of Wu (the title of Zhu Yuanzhang) and had been loyal to his duties, but his son was still in Dadu, and he had to find a way to go back. Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly moved after hearing this and planned to pardon him. But later, other evidence of rebellion was discovered. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it any longer and ordered the killing of Zhang Chang.

Zhang Chang died in a.d. 1367, and Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor and established the Ming dynasty the following year. Although Zhang Chang has been in charge of money and grain for a long time, he has never been a real book minister. He is competent enough, but his mind is not here. If he can be used by Zhu Yuanzhang, he will certainly make greater contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

This article comes from WeChat official account: historical explosion reading.