However, the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and the blows came one after another, first the Qin king Zhu Fan died on the way to the west on March 20 in the 28th year of Hongwu (1395 AD), only 40 years old. It is rumored that he was poisoned to death. The reason is that Zhu Fan used the name of the Western Expedition to collect more than 150 beautiful women in the people's camp, provided him with sexual pleasure, and tortured several people to death. One of the women held a grudge and took advantage of his unpreparedness to poison the king of Qin by poisoning his diet.

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang lamented his misfortune and was angry with him, and issued a special decree to explain the name of King Qin: "Since I ascended the throne, I have divided the soil and divided the feudal sons. Er is an elder, the first to be sealed in Qin, and the period is in the Yongbao Lu position, the imperial family of the feudal screen. The husband is not good at morality, and he dies. Alack! The grief, the love of father and son; Those who seek truth are the righteousness of the world. Where is righteousness, how dare I be selfish? Ziter said: 'Sorrow'. ”

really didn't save a trace of face for King Qin, and it also showed Zhu Yuanzhang's ambivalent feelings of love and hate for this second child.

But what he never expected was that after the death of Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, within three years, Zhu Yu, the king of Jin, also returned to Taiyuan and died of illness after the northern expedition to Mongolia in March of the 31st year of Hongwu (1398 AD). King Zhu of Jin has beautiful eyes and hair, looks forward to power, and has a changeable wisdom, although he is a little arrogant and willful, but he is deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Thinking of the crown prince Zhu Biao, the king of Qin Zhu Zhang, and the king of Jin Zhu Yu did not live past the age of forty, Zhu Yuanzhang can no longer take care of the heartache of the white-haired people sending the black-haired people one after another, he thinks that he has been punished by God, is it really because he killed too much, and the retribution has been retributed to his descendants? Who will fall next, is it Zhu Di, the king of Yan, or Zhu Yunwen, the grandson? Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang shuddered, and he hurriedly ordered Wang Desheng, the chief eunuch of the internal official and eunuch, to go to Jiming Temple, and ordered the abbot Master Dexuan to make a 7749-day water and land dojo to surpass the soul.

Fifty days later, Master Dexuan came to the Qianqing Palace to pay homage to Thanksgiving, he walked into the hall, did not kneel, just put his hands together, and recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and has done this water and land conference, and has surpassed the soul of the dead, which is really a great merit." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little weak, leaned on the sickbed, and saluted Master Dexuan in return: "Master has worked hard, and I feel a lot more at ease by doing this water and land conference. Guy has killed too much in my life, and the heavens have sent disasters, and I am already seventy years old, and my days are short, and I am not afraid of him, but if it should be on my children and grandchildren, it will be very bad. ”

Master Dexuan said: "The Buddha said: 'Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground.'" 'The old man thought that His Majesty was the Buddha of the present world, and the Buddha would surely bless His Majesty to eliminate disasters and reduce disasters. And His Majesty is the first strange man in ancient times, and the Qin Emperor Henkel cannot be compared. Blessed are the peoples, and there is no time of eternity. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "You, an old monk, have a clever mouth, and you are used to making people happy." ”

Master Dexuan bowed his head slightly and said, "Amitabha, monks don't speak. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to Zhu Yunwen, who was standing next to him, and said, "This is the grandson Zhu Yunwen." ”

Master Dexuan clasped his hands together again and saluted: "Amitabha, the old man has seen the grandson. ”

Zhu Yunwen returned the salute: "I've seen the great monk." ”

Master Dexuan looked Zhu Yunwen up and down, only to see that he had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, red lips and white teeth, and a rich and noble atmosphere, but his head was on the left side, and Guy liked to sleep on his right side when he was a child.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Yunwen: "Taisun, you step back for the time being, and I will talk to the old monk for a while." ”

Zhu Yunwen obeyed the order and retreated. Above the main hall, only Zhu Yuanzhang and Master Dexuan remained.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Master Dexuan: "I heard that the old monk is good at face-to-face, I have seen the grandson today, how long do you think he lives?" ”

Master Dexuan smiled slightly and said, "That's all rumors, it's not worth mentioning. However, the old man is not a young man, at least he sits and looks at five. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly: "At least it's better than his uncles, and it's not short-lived among emperors." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "What about the fortunes of the country?" ”

Master Dexuan Zhengse said: "The country's fortune is prosperous. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction: "That's good." ”

Master Dexuan followed up again: "Taisun has a relationship with the Buddha. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled: "What does it mean to have a relationship with the Buddha?" Could it be that Emperor Wu of Liang gave up his life to become a monk? ”

Master Dexuan shook his head and said, "I can't say. Taisun Tianting is full, the earth pavilion is round, the original physiognomy is excellent, there should be a perfect situation, but the head is on the left, commonly known as half the moon, cloudy and uncertain, unpredictable. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang gasped and said, "Then how can the master resolve this?" ”

Dexuan raised his head and thought for a long time, and said: "Heaven is unpredictable, and things are man-made. Everything is unfinished, the old man will send a few sets of monk's clothes into the palace, and the grandson will bathe and fast from time to time, wear monk's clothes, and recite the Buddha's name, or can avoid disasters. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay, you can do it immediately." ”

After staying up for a few more months, Zhu Yuanzhang finally reached the time when the oil ran out and the lamp dried up, he knew that his time was running out, so he urgently recruited Ma Meiyin into the palace.

Ma Meiyin is the son-in-law of Princess Zhu Wuxiu of Ningguo, Princess Ningguo is also nominally born to Queen Ma, ranking after Zhu Di, and has a good relationship with her brothers. Horse Mei Yin is the nephew of the founding hero of Runan Hou Mei Sizu, he is respectful and generous, has a strategy in his belly, and gives a bow horse, so he was elected as a horse, among the sixteen horses, Zhu Yuanzhang especially loves Mei Yin, when Mei Yin served as a scholar in Shandong, he was praised for being proficient in scripture and history, and can be regarded as Confucianism. The Mei family is also proud of this.

Mei Yin entered the palace, saw Zhu Yuanzhang, bowed five times, and stood up. I saw that he was six feet long, with a face like a crown of jade, three locks of long hair, and the style of an ancient gentleman. Zhu Yuanzhang lay on the sickbed, called him to the bed, stretched out his skinny hand, grabbed him, and said in a weak voice: "You are old and faithful, and you can take care of the young master." ”

Mei Yin leaned down and comforted: "Your Majesty should recuperate with peace of mind, there is no need to worry too much." The grandson is already an adult, governing the country and has his own opinions. If there is a drive, the minister should serve himself. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head vigorously and said, "You don't understand, you don't understand." King Yan can be worried, King Yan can be worried. ”

Mei Yin was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't understand, what is there to worry about King Yan?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "Fu Youde shouldn't be damned, I just scared him that day, who knew that he was so angry, he drew his sword and killed himself on the spot." As soon as he died, there was no one in the court to lead the troops. The two kings of Qin and Jin died early, and King Yan was ambitious, and no one could suppress him in the future. ”

Mei Yin comforted: "King Yan is brave and brave, and he has won great success in several northern expeditions, but he is loyal and loyal to the country, and His Majesty is too worried." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took Mei Yin's hand and said, "In case there is a change in the world, you must help your grandson." ”

Mei Yin nodded and said, "That's nature, and the minister will be dead." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang then ordered someone to take out a secret decree and said, "You take it back and take a closer look." With that, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Ma Meiyin had no choice but to withdraw, returned to the house, called Princess Ningguo, the two of them were in the secret room, opened the secret decree, watched together, only to see that the holy decree was written: "Feng, the heavens carry it, the emperor's edict said: 'The world is known to the capital and the guard, and those who dare to violate the great sect in the clan will order the concubine Mei Yin to lead the troops to ask for it. Chin this. ’”

After Mei Yin saw it, she gasped and said to Princess Ningguo: "I am a relative, not Zongzheng, how can Your Majesty give me this holy decree?" ”

Princess Ningguo frowned and asked, "What did Your Majesty say to you before issuing the decree?" ”

Mei Yin thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty first said that you are old and faithful, and you can take care of the young master. Later, he said that King Yan was worried. ”

Princess Ning Guo nodded and said, "That's it." My three elder brothers, died young, and now among the kings, King Yan is the longest, and the soldiers are strong, and the father is afraid that after a hundred years, the grandson will not be able to control him, you are his uncle, so I specially ordered you to help him in secret. ”

Mei Yin shook his head and said: "Although I am good at arching horses, I have never been on the battlefield once, I am afraid that even Zhao Kuo, who talks on paper, is not as good as Zhao Kuo, how can I be the opponent of the battle-hardened Yan King?" In the case of flesh and blood, it is better to fight than not, how can I help each other? ”

Princess Ning Guo patted her thigh and said: "Husband, what you said is right, flesh and blood fight, it is better to fight than not, we can only make peace from it, be impartial, and do not help each other." Otherwise, if you get involved, you will die and have no place to bury. ”

Mei Yin shook the holy decree and said, "How to deal with this?" ”

Princess Ning Guo said: "Then I have to act at the opportunity." ”

On the 10th day of the fifth month of the leap month in the 31st year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1398 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang, a generation of male lords, died in the West Palace of the Forbidden City at the age of 71. On his deathbed, he issued an edict:

"I have been in the Mandate of Heaven for 30 years, and I have been anxious and diligent, and I have been diligent every day to benefit the people. Nai is from a humble beginning, without the knowledge of the ancients, good and evil, not far away. Now we have the natural principle of all things, and there is a sense of ridicule and sorrow. The emperor's grandson Yunwen is filial piety, the world is in the heart, and it is appropriate to ascend to the throne. Internal and external civil and military ministers work together to assist the government to reassure our people. Funeral rituals, no gold and jade. The mountains and rivers of Xiaoling are not changed because of this. The subjects of the world, crying for three days, are all relieved, and there is no harm in marrying. The kings are in the kingdom, and they do not go to the capital. Those who are not in the order will be pushed to do so. ”

It can be seen from this testament that Zhu Yuanzhang really loves the people, and he is worthy of being a grassroots emperor.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang started from the cloth, carried a three-foot sword, took advantage of the time, the heroic shadow followed, drove away the tyrannical yuan, destroyed the chaos, and became an emperor in 15 years, dying in the world. Since the Han Gaozu dynasty, it has never been seen in any dynasty, and it is one of the great heroes of China. And he punished the Yuan for maladministration, severely punished the law, clarified the rule of officials, and the people were happy. It also placed the guard tuntian, raised millions of soldiers, and did not cost a drop in the people, which was really a great innovation of the ancient military system. But for the sake of his family, he slaughtered the heroes, and the plant was too wide, which laid the foundation for the later uncles and nephews to fight and the battle of Jingjing.

Six days after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, granted amnesty to the world, and changed Yuan Jianwen, buried Zhu Yuanzhang in Xiaoling, and said that Emperor Gao, the temple name Taizu. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, and Zhu Biao's family of three were finally reunited in Jiuquan.