Is Zhu Yuanzhang’s ability overestimated? What do you think?

I don't think it's overrated, the country has changed dramatically since he ruled it.

Some people think that Zhu Yuanzhang's abilities are overestimated and that the main reason why he became emperor was to catch up with the times. People who think this way must be those who have no life experience, but those who have experience will not be so eloquent. Zhu Yuanzhang was the most confident emperor in ancient China. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was the only emperor in Chinese history who was born from a peasant. Because of this, most of the folk stories about Zhu Yuanzhang are very secular, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang lose his sense of mystery and increases his civilian awareness.

We all know Zhu Yuanzhang, and we all know that Zhu Yuanzhang is a monk and wants to eat. However, many people know little about Zhu Yuanzhang's growth experience. If you know how Zhu Yuanzhang unified the world step by step, you will understand how great he is. There is no need to be too exaggerated, just a simple narrative can make people feel Zhu Yuanzhang's power and domineering power.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor family in Fengyang County, Anhui Province. In order to make a living, Zhu Yuanzhang had to help the landlord's family herd cattle when he was 6 years old. When he was a little older, Zhu Yuanzhang could still do some heavy farm work at home, such as weeding, planting, and carrying water. Every day, he works, which is the norm for rural children. Many older people have this experience. Despite such efforts, when Zhu Yuanzhang was 15 years old, his parents, brother and sister-in-law all starved to death, and his nephew also starved to death.

After arranging the affairs of the deceased's family, he could only rely on Zhu Yuanzhang to feed himself. However, Zhu Yuanzhang went to the temple to become a monk. Every day when he opens his eyes, he starts sweeping the floor, chopping wood, fetching water, and ringing bells and drums. Besides, he had to do laundry and cook. When he was 17 years old, there was no food in the temple. Zhu Yuanzhang would go for a walk every day, knocking on doors and asking for food. Otherwise, he's hungry most of the time. Three years later, he returned to the temple at the age of 20 and began to repeat his life at the age of 17.

When he was 24 years old, someone falsely accused Zhu Yuanzhang of being a rebel and traitor. If he stays in the temple, he is waiting for death. Zhu had to leave the temple. He is afraid of being caught. In the end, he figured out the best way out was to join the rebels. When he became a rebel, he was said to be a spy. Zhu Yuanzhang had to prove that he was not a spy. In the end, he could be a little boy after becoming a soldier. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to be liked by his boss and become his confidant. When he became the boss's confidant, he also became the boss's confidant.

Don’t worry about how Zhu Yuanzhang did it. In short, he succeeded in becoming a leader. However, the boss married his daughter to Zhu Yuanzhang. At the age of 25, Zhu Yuanzhang finally had a family and someone who loved him. He no longer had to cry alone every night and wanted to die alone. After getting married, the eldest brother was kidnapped and Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to save him. After the boss was rescued, 25-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang ran home again to recruit employees. More than 700 people were willing to follow him.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was 26 years old, he felt that there was no future for him with his boss. He took 24 people out to work alone. Relying on these people, Zhu Yuanzhang occupied a prefecture-level city, completed the accumulation of primitive capital, and had more than 30,000 people under his command. No matter what Zhu Yuanzhang did, he did it. At the age of 27, Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Nanjing and parts of Anhui and Zhejiang, becoming the leader in charge of tens of thousands of troops.

At this time, let’s take a look at Zhu Yuanzhang’s neighbors. Yuan Jun is to the east and south, Zhang Shicheng is to the southeast, and Xu Shouhui is to the west. The power of these people is two times greater than Zhu Yuanzhang. Surrounded by enemies on all sides, Zhu Yuanzhang followed the advice of Zhu Sheng's psychological counselor "Build the city wall high, store up food widely, and be king slowly" and secretly developed his own strength. At the age of 31, Zhu Yuanzhang's territory expanded by a circle and he controlled It borders the left bank of the Yangtze River and the right side of Zhejiang Province, and is adjacent to Chen Youliang in the west.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was 33 years old, Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng wanted to divide his territory equally. Under pressure from his troops, Zhu Yuanzhang led the three armies to fight against the strongest Chen Youliang. At the age of 36, Zhu Yuanzhang started a decisive battle with Zhang Shicheng. At the age of 39, Zhu Yuanzhang spent three months to eliminate Fang Guozhen, capture Fujian, and then began to sweep across Jiangnan.