Did Zhu Hongwu bloodbath Hunan?

1368, Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed Yuan and proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing. People from all walks of life came to Beijing to worship him and celebrate his birthday. When he saw so many people pouring into the capital, it was not only difficult for him to stay, but also difficult for him to cope with. So I quickly ordered that all the people should go to Beijing in order. When he heard that all the people in the southwest had traveled day and night and had arrived in Changsha, he sent a message ordering the people to "rest in Changsha for three days and then go to Beijing." Men misread the verbal instructions and mistook "rest" for "blood washing"-"three days of blood washing in Changsha". The emperor has a golden mouth and jade teeth, and the export is a decree. Those who violate the law will be beheaded. So the Ming army carried out a bloody massacre in Changsha. They kill everyone they see, regardless of sex, age and age. They killed Changsha in ten rooms and nine empty spaces, and the bodies were everywhere, and there was a river of blood, not one left. It is said that many years later, one day, a dirt car was pushed from Jiangxi, with a beautiful girl sitting on it and a handsome young man behind it. He pushed the car steadily and hurried out of Jiangxi, across Liuyang and all the way to Dongxiang, Changsha. When he saw the beautiful scenery, fertile land and pleasant climate here, he took office here, worked as a farmer and a wife here, lived and worked in peace and contentment until he was 100 years old.

In the future, many Changsha people regard boys and girls from Jiangxi as their ancestors; Jiangxi is their parents' land and Jiangxi people are their relatives. So Jiangxi people are called cousins.

The legend is a bit bizarre, but judging from the time and events described in the legend, there have been events in history that are roughly consistent with the legend. 1364 (twenty-four years from Yuan to Zheng), Zhu Yuanzhang sent general Xu Da to attack Changsha. At that time, Changsha was controlled by the old army of Chen Youliang and the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty. After four years of bloody battle, the Ming army finally won in 1368 (the first year of Hongwu) and established the rule of the Ming Dynasty in Changsha.

Although the "bloodbath in Changsha" is not credible, there were years of wars in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. After the war, Changsha was really deserted, the people were scattered, Lushe was a market, and many places were deserted. Although the number of households in Changsha City in the early Ming Dynasty was not clearly recorded, it was recorded in some counties belonging to Changsha Prefecture, such as "there were not many indigenous households in Xiangtan" and "there were only 18 indigenous households in Liling since ancient times, and now it no longer exists". Hong was recruited and exiled from other provinces, and (Jiangxi) has a large population. " In the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Jiangxi immigrants were moved to Changsha recently, and they were allowed to "occupy the land by inserting the standard", which formed a famous situation in history that "Jiangxi fills the lake and is wide".