The mystery of Zhu Yuanzhang's supernatural birth. When he was born, the house was full of strange smells.
There are two sons, the eldest son Zhu Siwu and the second son Zhu. This Zhu is Zhu Yuanzhang's great grandfather. Later, great-grandfather Zhu married Hou Shi and gave birth to four children, Grade One, Grade Two, Grade Five and Grade Ten. This Zhu Chuyi is Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather. In the early Zhu Dynasty, he married Wang and had two sons, named May 1st and May 4th respectively. Zhu is Zhu Yuanzhang's father.
At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Jurong, the tomb of Zhu Ju Jin, was registered as a gold digger. According to the regulations, they should pay taxes for government gold diggers. But gold is not produced locally, so the Zhu family had to buy gold elsewhere and pay taxes to the government. On the first day of the first month, Zhu abandoned Tianlu and moved to Xuyi County of Sizhou with his two children, which is now Xuyi County on the bank of Huaihe River in Jiangsu Province. Zhu Chuyi used to run a farm in Xuyi, but after Zhu's death, his family came down and he couldn't make a living.
In this way, Zhu Wuyi and Zhu's brothers arrived in Wuhe, and soon, on May 1st, they moved to Dongxiang, zhongmou county, Haozhou with their families. The May 4th family went to Lingbi and Hongxian, and then followed May 1st to Zhongli Dongxiang. Zhu Wuyi married Liu, and Zhu, Zhu and Zhu Zhongsan were born in Xuyi. Zhu married Chen in May 4th and had Zhu Zhongsi and a daughter in Xuyi. After Zhong left, Zhu Wuyi gave birth to Zhu Chongwu in Lingbi, Zhu gave birth to Zhu in Lingbi, and Zhu Chongqi gave birth to another daughter in Hongxian. After Zhu moved to Zhonglizhi Dongxiang, he gave birth to another son, named Zhu Chongba according to the ranking. This is Zhu Yuanzhang, September 18th, the first year of AD, and October 21st, the Gregorian calendar 1328.
The children of the poor are born one after another, and importing more food will only make life more difficult. It is conceivable that Zhu Yuanzhang's birth at that time would not bring much joy to this poor family. However, because he later became an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang was originally from humble origins, but he was accompanied by many supernatural things in later generations.
A book called Wild Jade Butterfly tells a story: Before Zhu Yuanzhang was born, one day, Zhu Yuanzhang's mother Chen was sitting in a wheat field. At this time, a Taoist priest came from the northwest, with a long beard, hairpins, red clothes and an elephant Jane in his hand. The Taoist priest sat in the wheat field, fiddling with the white pills in his hand with the elephant Jane. Chen asked curiously, "What is this?" The Taoist replied, "This is Da Dan. I'll give you one if you want. " Chen took the big pill by hand and accidentally swallowed it. After she swallowed the big pill, the Taoist suddenly disappeared. Soon, Chen gave birth to a boy named Zhu Yuanzhang. Legend has it that when Zhu Yuanzhang was born, a white air stream floated across the room from the southeast, and that unique fragrance filled the whole room and stayed all night.
Another book named "Longxing Ci Collection" says: When Zhu Yuanzhang was born, Erlang Temple, which was originally located in the west of the road, actually moved to a place by the river dozens of steps east of the road. So, his mother took her newborn baby to take a bath in the river. At this moment, a red Luo suddenly floated in the water, and his mother wrapped the baby with this red Luo. Later, the place where Luo Hong floated was called "Luo Hong Barrier". There is also a postscript in this book: when Zhu Yuanzhang was born, the room was covered with red. When the monks in Huangsi saw it from a distance, they were all surprised to say that there was a fire. The next morning, I found a child was born.
Obviously, what is said by the dying is close to absurdity, because since ancient times, the great saints in China were born by magical ideas. Li Yue said: "A saint has no father and responds to heaven." But judging from today's rationality, these legends and articles of association can't stand scrutiny. What Zhu Yuanzhang said in 2000 reminds people that Zhu Yuanzhang may have been born in Erlang Temple by the river, and he could only bathe in the river after his birth. His parents didn't have cloth to make clothes for the baby, so they had to pick up a piece of red cloth that happened to float from the river and wrap it around them. As for whether Zhu Yuanzhang was born with "white spirit in the hall" and "red light in Zhu Tian", there is no way to prove it. Moreover, the publication time of the book "Biography of the Spring and Autumn Ram" has been 223 years since the first year of Zhu Yuanzhang's birth. Stories handed down from generation to generation are bound to be farther and farther away from the truth.
Obviously, in order to flaunt its "theocracy" and enhance the legitimacy of its rule, the imperial court is bound to spread these myths about deifying Zhu Yuanzhang. Even in the authoritative historical book "The Story of Longxing Temple" compiled by the government, there are some bizarre stories about Zhu Mu's brilliant thinking and Zhu Yuanzhang's room full of red light when he was born. The reliability of the existing Longxing Ci Collection has been questioned after two transformations. Using the sanctity of heaven to scare people and strengthen authority is the usual trick of rulers of past dynasties. Ming Taizu, the official book of the Qing Dynasty, also recorded some such stories, but only followed the old saying.
There is no doubt that Zhu Yuanzhang was born in Lizhong Dongxiang, Haozhou. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's dictation, Su Wei, the minister of the Ming Dynasty, wrote in Ming Taizu's memoirs: "Fifty imperial examinations, living in Dongxiang, leaving the clock, I was born."
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's birthplace was gradually divided in various legends of the Ming Dynasty, forming the saying that Zhu Yuanzhang was born in Xuyi County, Sizhou. Erlang Temple, Hongluozhang and Yuelonggang can be found in Xuyi. It seems that both Jong Li in Haozhou and Xu Yi in Sizhou want to win the glory of this "land of Longxing".
It turned out that in the Yuan Dynasty, Haozhou on Anfeng Road had jurisdiction over Zhongli, Dingyuan and Huaiyuan counties, and Sizhou belonged to Huai 'an Road. Sizhou governs Linhuai, Hongxian, Wuhe, Xuyi and Tianchang counties. At that time, Li Zhong and Xu Yi belonged to two countries, so they would not be confused. By the Ming Dynasty, things had changed. Because Jong Li abdicated as emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to improve the status of Jong Li, so he promoted Jong Li to Fengyang House, which governed Fengyang County, Linhuai County, Huaiyuan County, Dingyuan County, Wuhe County, Hongxian County and other five states and thirteen counties. Among the five States under its jurisdiction, there is Sizhou, which is like this. In the Ming Dynasty, Jong Li in Haozhou and Xuyi in Sizhou belonged to Fengyang House. Therefore, Zhu was born in Fengyang, not Xuyi, not Zhongli, which is true.
However, there is a problem that cannot be explained so far. According to Zhu Yuanzhang himself, his father Zhu was sixty-four when he died, and Zhu Yuanzhang was seventeen at that time. So Zhu Yuanzhang's father was 47 years old when he was born. But Zhu Yuanzhang also said that his father didn't come to Zhongli Dongxiang until he was fifty years old, so he hadn't been to Zhongli Dongxiang when Zhu Yuanzhang was born, and Zhu Yuanzhang's birthplace was not there either. On the contrary, if Zhu Yuanzhang was born in Lizhong Township recorded in the above-mentioned books, Zhu was less than 50 years old when he moved here, but should be before 47 years old. It is difficult to verify whether Zhu Yuanzhang's memory is wrong or the official records are wrong. It may be that the family is poor, struggling for a living, wandering from one place to another, and having wrong memories of time and place. However, since Zhu Yuanzhang's younger brothers Liu Chong and Chongqi were not from Xuyi, Zhu Yuanzhang was even less likely to be born in Xuyi.
About the birth of Zhu Yuanzhang, various versions of myths and legends have been dizzying. Then, there is a legend about why Zhujiajian was born so noble.
There is a Yangjiadun in Sizhou, and there is a soil nest under it. One day, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather was resting in his spare time. At this time, two Taoist priests passed by here. One of the masters pointed to the place where grandpa Zhu Yuanzhang was lying and said, "If a person is buried here after death, his descendants will have a son of heaven." Another Taoist, the disciple of the Taoist who spoke earlier, asked, "Why?" The Taoist replied, "It's warm here. You don't believe that if you plant dead branches here, leaves will grow in ten days. " At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather suddenly stood up from the soil nest. The Taoist priest was surprised to see him and asked, "Did you hear what I just said?" Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather played dumb and shook his head and said he didn't know anything. So the Taoist stuck a dead branch there and left. Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather kept the Taoist priest's words in mind, waiting for the dead branches and leaves to grow day after day. Ten days later, the dead branches did grow leaves. However, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather is very calculating. He didn't want others to know that it was a land of feng shui, so he pulled out the dead branches that had grown leaves and inserted another one.