Chapter 74 Section Five Creates "Zhu's Theory of Endowment"

Compatible with the "view of destiny" is the "theory of kindness". When he was about to ascend the throne, he encountered a theoretical problem: how to view the peasant uprising? Surely a peasant uprising?Seems like of course it should.Because he and his followers are rebels.They used the uprising to overthrow the evil old dynasty and establish a bright new society.Their legitimacy stems from this simple truth: if there is no way in the world, someone should rise up.Where there is oppression, there is resistance. But wait a minute, if the innocence of the uprising is certain, what if someone who comes after him follows his example and rebels?

When overthrowing the old dynasty, he could of course shout that the rebellion was justified and the uprising was innocent.However, as the ruler of the new dynasty, he must let the common people understand that rebellion is not allowed in the future, let alone uprising. This bend is not so good. Therefore, he will make great efforts to create "Zhu's theory of kindness". Before Zhu Yuanzhang, the Chinese believed that "those who are virtuous have destiny" and could own the world.Those without virtue will lose their "Mandate of Heaven".If there is no way in the world, the people can rise up and overthrow it.And Zhu Yuanzhang's "Zhu's theory of kindness" is: because the dynasty you live in is kind to you, so no matter whether it is righteous or not, you should not take the lead in betraying the dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang said that when a person has the destiny, he also obtains the ownership of the world from heaven.In other words, the property rights of all Chinese territories belong to him alone.Everyone else is a "settler". Therefore, the founding emperor has two great benevolences for the people of the world: one is to create peace, so that the people of the world will no longer kill each other, and they can save their lives.The second is that since all the land in the world belongs to the emperor's family, all the food is grown on the land of the emperor's family. In this sense, the emperor alone feeds all the people in the world, so everyone should Thanks to the emperor Dade.

Don't think this is a joke, this is the real thinking of the rulers of China.It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang expressed it most thoroughly. Starting from this theory, although the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was incompetent in his rule, he established a set of laws and installed a few officials, which is better than chaos in the world.Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The merits and virtues of the ancestors of the Yuan Dynasty are in the people." In the tribute to the ancestors of the Yuan Dynasty, he even praised the rule of the Yuan Dynasty in this way: "In the past, God came to rule China from Shuotu. carry on."

At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the ruling order was relatively good, and the common people lived and worked in peace and contentment for a time.Although he, Zhu Yuanzhang, was born at an untimely time, did not catch up with the good time, and did not have enough food and clothing to keep warm, but after all, he was considered to have eaten the money of the Mongolian emperor and the emperor of the Great Yuan Dynasty. How could he be ungrateful and refuse to admit it? For example, when my parents were born in the early Yuan Dynasty when the world was established, the laws and regulations were strict at that time, so that the foolish and stubborn would fear power and virtue, the strong would not bully the weak, and the many would not oppress the widowed. What a big deal!

Although the Yuan and Di tribes ruled China, within a hundred years, the population was large and the family was sufficient.My grandfather and father also enjoy peace in advance! I am a farmer, happy to be born in a world of Yuan! Deep down in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang was of course full of anger towards the Yuan Dynasty. After all, his family almost died because of the barbaric rule of the Yuan Dynasty.But for a politician of his level, when considering issues, he should not start from personal grievances, but from the overall situation of the world.Furthermore, it should not be viewed from the perspective of justice or not, but from the perspective of "practical" or not.

So in the fourth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to build a temple for Yuan Shizu in Beiping.In the sixth year of Hongwu, he built the temples of emperors of all dynasties in Nanjing. He enshrined Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor of the Song Dynasty. On the side, he himself bowed respectfully and bowed.He saluted the Yuan Dynasty in this way for one purpose only, and that was to set an example for the people all over the world, so that they would also salute the new dynasty, telling them to eat others' soft mouths and take others' hands short.

Now that the emperor is recognized as the great benefactor of all the people in the world, even if the rule is not good for a while, and there are occasional thunder and rain, it is also a kindness from heaven, and everyone can never have a rebellious heart.This is the ultimate goal of Zhu Yuanzhang's theory of destiny and grace.Under his Zhu family's regime, no matter how chaotic the world is, people should be obedient to the people instead of against the people.In any case, uprising is a crime, and rebellion is unreasonable.