What is the meaning of the legend of Red Eagle Scattering in Nagato, Suzhou during the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty?

Legend in northern Jiangsu: According to legend, during the Hongwu period, there was a poisonous insect growing in Nagato, Suzhou, which looked like a fly. It stung everyone and died when it stung. There is also a legend that Zhang Tucheng was hacked to death in a ruined temple after his defeat, and many red flies were born from the corruption of his body. Red flies bite when they see it, and die when they bite. So people are afraid of this deadly red fly and flee their homes one by one with their children to avoid living in other places. At that time, people called this event of escaping from the sting of the red-headed fly "Red Fly Drive Away", also known as "Hongwu Drive Away", or "Hong Jun Drive Away", "Red Bee Drive Away" and "Red Eagle Drive Away".

The dialects of "fly", "monarch", "eagle" and "bee" are similar in pronunciation, so we know that no matter what you call it, this legend has homology.

This legend is terrible. Villagers in Guanyun County, Jiangsu Province said that they were not locals and their ancestors fled from Suzhou. They talked about "red-headed flies scattered" with lingering fear, saying that red-headed flies flew all over the sky and stung people. If a person is stung, nine times out of ten, Suzhou people will flee to the seaside in the north. The legend of "the red fly drives away" is distributed in urban and rural areas of northern Jiangsu, which is not only passed down orally, but also recorded in genealogy. According to the genealogy of Zhu family in Ziyang Hall, zhang wan Township, Donghai County, in the fourth year of Ming Dynasty (1509), their family was driven away by the "Hongjun" and moved to Xinba from Zhuxiang outside Nagato, Suzhou. In the 22 nd year of the Republic of China, the Preface to the Chen Family Tree in Funing said: "My family avoided the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and prospered from Gusu to Yinjiazhuang, an ancient salt village, which means that it belongs to the present and gathers the family." It is often said by the Chen family that Xing, the ancestor of the Chen family in Funing, moved to Funing from Nagato in Suzhou in the early Ming Dynasty and passed down from generation to generation.

There is a deadly red fly that harms one side. It is only recorded in private genealogy. Why didn't the local sheriff report to the court? Why don't you look at the local records ... Generally, such strange events will be recorded in the "disasters" of local chronicles. Why are disasters of this scale ignored by historians? Is there any unspeakable pain?

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang "drive away"?

Legends are sometimes passed down by word of mouth from history. Legends can reflect the truth of history through fog and become the key to solve historical suspense.

The "Hongwu drive away" began in the early Ming Dynasty, about 400 years ago, and it was 44 years since the Qing Dynasty (1779). The origin of Xin 'an Town (Feng Zhu) is praised by the Chinese side: "In the early Ming Dynasty, when Hongwu was at its peak, it was thought that big family gatherings were against the trend, which made the military attaché s lead their troops on a long journey and rode away, which was called' Hongwu drove away', and future generations followed suit. When I arrived in Jiajing, it was suitable for the purpose of separation, but Su Zhichang's surname was Zhou, Chang's Wuxi Huixi, and Liu, Guan, Duan, Jin, etc. were all driven away and came to Weinan (south of Haizhou) and the reeds, so planting grass was the standard, and occupying land for the people was the plan to avoid soldiers. "

The origin of Xin 'an Town is confirmed by some genealogies. For example, in the "Wang Family Tree" compiled in the third year of Jiaqing (1798), it was written: "Zhang Shicheng, the puppet king in the early Ming Dynasty, fled to the Soviet Union and Su Min"; Another example is "Lingjiayuanliu" written by Ling Lansu in the early Qing Dynasty: "At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng was ruled by Wumen, and the Ming master tried his best to defeat, and the Ming master accumulated anger, so he chased Su Min and realized the second county of Huaiyang." Its "ancestral palace bell, moved to Shaoshan at the age of ten, and his ancestral home was Nagato in Gusu. Was expelled from Jun Hong and stopped at Shuangdian, Yancheng. "

Comparing Hongwu immigrants and genealogy, the so-called "Hongwu drive away" incident is obvious.