Chapter 13 of Zhu Yuanzhang Zhang Shicheng and Tuotuo's life and death

Zhang Shicheng and the life and death of Tuotuo

At this time, the nascent Zhou regime was facing life and death. Take off Lien Chan's winning streak and finally besieged Gaoyou. Seeing that Gaoyou was about to be shot down, a miracle happened, or history turned a corner here. Tuotuo was removed from office on the grounds that Xuzhou had been laid before, which was lost again; It's too expensive to put down such a small rebellion after three months of fighting. You are dismissed, and find three other people to lead the troops instead of you. When the imperial edict arrived in the army, a man named Gong Bo said to Tuotuo, "I will be away, and your life will not be affected." Besides, when the Prime Minister went to war, he received a secret message, so you can continue to attack with it now. Never open the imperial edict and read it out. Once it is opened, great things will go away. " Tuotuo sighed and said, "The emperor gave me an imperial edict. If I don't accept it, I will fight against the emperor. How can the righteousness of the monarch and his subjects be preserved?" Say that finish, listen to the messenger read letters. After reading it, the messenger kowtowed and said, "I'm not good at it. Thanks to the emperor, I'm entrusted with military affairs. I'm afraid I can't do it from morning till night." Today, I can finally unload this burden, thank you very much. " After that, tell the other generals that you should obey orders and listen to instructions. I'll go first. Hara, the deputy envoy of the guest province, said, "When the Prime Minister goes, we are bound to be killed by others. I'd better die in front of the Prime Minister. " Say that finish, draw out a sword and commit suicide. The detachment was spared, and the whole army shook. The new three generals could not command the army at all, and they collapsed without fighting.

Zhang Shicheng took the opportunity to fight, and the siege of Gaoyou was thus solved. In the history, "a million troops were scattered for a while", and the chaos in Jianghuai was even more prosperous. Tuotuo was a rare pillar of the Yuan Dynasty, so he was spared. After a year, he was killed again, only 42 years old. History books have a high opinion of him: "He has made contributions to the country without cutting down, and he is extremely human and not arrogant. It's all in nature to despise wealth and goods, be far away from sensuality and be kind to corporal Li Xian. As for the matter of the monarch, I have never lost the minister's day. Although there are ministers in ancient times, why not pass it? However, it is confused by the small group, and it is urgent to avenge personal hatred. The gentleman is ridiculous. " These words have no taste in vernacular, so let's quote ancient Chinese. In a word, Tuotuo was a hero of the Yuan Dynasty.

Tuotuo's fate is directly related to the political environment at that time. Tuotuo's uncle is Bo Yan, Prime Minister of the Central Right. After a series of political struggles, Bo Yan gradually dominated the state affairs, granted titles to others without authorization, pardoned capital crimes according to the good or bad relationship, appointed yes men, killed innocent people, and also controlled the military power. The money in the treasury was used at will, and only Bo Yan was known in the world. Tuotuo was raised by Bo Yan since childhood, and he was very worried when he saw his uncle's manner. He once privately asked his father that his uncle was so arrogant, and if the son of heaven was angry, all our people would be implicated (my family was red). Red is red, and these four words mean genocide. With the support of his father, Tuotuo actively moved closer to the emperor, and gradually became the emperor's confidant, and actively contacted some ministers to guard against Bo Yan. Later, Yuan Shundi expelled Bo Yan with Tuotuo's help. Since then, Tuotuo has soared. But with the passage of time, Yuan Shundi began to have a fear of Tuotuo. After all, is there a lesson from Bo Yan? Yuan Shundi's favourite, Hamar, is also incompatible with Tuotuo. The biggest feature of a favorite is that he can cater to the emperor. He can know what the emperor thinks, likes and worries about. While Tuotuo went to war, Tuotuo's younger brother fell ill at home. Hamar instructed Yushi to impeach Tuotuo to send troops for three months, with no credit at all. He also poured state money for his own use, and half the officials of the imperial court went to war with him. His younger brother is also incompetent and very greedy. On the throne for the first time, no; The second time on the throne, no; On the throne for the third time, accurate. Yuan Shundi agreed to cut off Tuotuo's official position and let other officials receive the relieving. The history books say that it is all Hamar's fault, but in fact he just said what the emperor wanted to say with his own mouth. There are detailed records in the biographies of Yuan and Ming history. If you are interested, you can have a look.

this Hamar didn't come to a good end. In the 16th year of Zhengzheng, he was going to abolish Yuan Shundi and make the Crown Prince emperor. At that time, Hamar had become the prime minister, and he was ashamed to recall what he had done before. He once introduced western monks to Yuan Shundi, and these monks gave them to Yuan Shundi to practice the Dafa. Yuan Shundi tried it, and it was very effective, so he was very happy. Since then, Hamar has become Yuan Shundi's confidant. Now Hamar thinks this matter is easy to say or not. Now that he has become the prime minister, he must draw a strict line with the past. He righteously told his father that since my brother became a Zaifu, he should let the emperor go the right way. Now my brother-in-law only knows how to use obscene flattery, and all the scholars in the world will laugh at us. What do I have to see? I need to get rid of him. In addition, the current emperor is a bad king and cannot rule the world. The Crown Prince has grown up and is clever. He should be made emperor. Now the emperor abdicates and becomes the emperor's father. His sister heard this, so she went home and told her husband at once. Hamar's brother-in-law had no friendship with the Crown Prince, fearing that the Prince would kill him when he became emperor, so he quickly entered the palace and told Yuan Shundi that there was such a thing. Hamar said that you were old and it was time to abdicate. Yuan Shundi was shocked and said that my hair is not white and my teeth are not falling out. How can I be old? In this way, the Hamar brothers were exiled on charges. As soon as they left the capital, they were killed by the escorted people. It's funny to think about it. The greatest ability of a favorite is to please others. As a result, he mistakenly thinks that he has the ability to be a powerful minister, and the result is finished. People should have a clear understanding of their abilities and never overestimate themselves.