Zhou Yuanzhang peeled oranges for Zhu Di, why did his mother advise him to hide?

The cold-blooded emperor, unknowingly

Among the emperors of Chinese history, Zhou Yuanzhang (Minh Thai To) is a king with a rather special background. His family was originally from the poor peasant class. Chu Nguyen Chuong was once a monk and beggar. Only after that, he joined the Hong Can Army (red scarf army) and from a man with nothing in his hand became a general at the head of the army.

After overthrowing the rule of the Yuan dynasty, Chu Nguyen Chuong ascended the throne and established the Ming dynasty. Considering the merits that Chu Nguyen Chuong made with China at that time, he can be considered as one of the great monarchs. However, in terms of moral qualities, Chu Nguyen Chuong is indeed a married man.

Until now, many historical books still record the crimes committed by Chu Nguyen Chuong. He was not only a suspicious king but also extremely brutal, cold-blooded, killing a series of literary and martial officials and public servants, causing many injustices.

Even Chu Nguyen Chuong is ready to take action with his immediate relatives, his head on his knees. Because Chu Nguyen Chuong didn’t build a big career with his hands, he didn’t have an inch of land in his hand, but thanks to his self-reliance, he founded Dai Minh Giang Son, so for him, finding a successor to his career was very important. Zhou Yuanzhang knew that he could not sit on the throne for the rest of his life, so he wanted to urgently find someone who would replace him to help the dynasty flourish.

Towards the end of his life, he became more and more sad because he could not find someone worthy. After careful consideration, Zhou Yuanzhang finally chose the prince Zhou Xiao. Although he is the eldest son of Minh Thai To, his character is opposite to his father: Chu Tieu is gentle, sometimes a bit weak, so many times his father feels dissatisfied. When Chu Tieu was 13 years old, his father made him crown prince.

Minh Thai To also invited the famous celebrity of the time, Tong Liem, to teach the Crown Prince. After many years of cultivating knowledge, Zhou Tieu was brave enough to follow in his father’s footsteps, but unfortunately during a visit to Shaanxi, he suddenly contracted a strange disease and died. Chu Tieu’s death made Chu Nguyen Chuong extremely heartbroken. Partly because the rest of the boys are hard to trust. Some are full of malice, others are incompetent, passionate about drinking, rotten myths, have no talent at all.

Wrong decision

In the end, Chu Nguyen Chuong found that only Prince of Yen Chu Di and his real name Chu Doan Van were capable of doing great karma. The military officials in the court all supported Zhu Di because he was raised and raised in the midst of battles. In terms of talent and bravery, Chu Di is not inferior to Chu Nguyen Chuong because he is also a rare strategic hero. Zhu Di was a brave and wise man, when he was only 33 years old, he was considered the best “god of war”.

However, Chu Nguyen Chuong was originally a man with great suspicion, although he saw that the future of the country could rest on Chu Di’s shoulders, but he still had an uneasy feeling. According to an unofficial record, Zhou Yuanzhang’s suspicion of Zhu Di stemmed from a dream of his. Minh Thai To dreamed that a man wearing armor came to usurp his palace. He assumed that person was Zhu Di and felt that his son could be a great threat to the court.

Therefore, Zhou Yuanzhang called Zhou Di to the palace to meet. When they met, Zhou Yuanzhang even personally peeled oranges and gave them to Zhou Di to eat. When Zhu Di encountered this situation, he was happy because he assumed that his father was showing special affection for him. At the end of the meeting, Chu Di excitedly returned to tell his mother about this incident.

Unexpectedly, when the story ended, Zhu Di’s mother was extremely alarmed, she immediately said “My poor child, find a way to escape as soon as possible, because your father is planning to kill you. Do you understand that peeling an orange is also synonymous with “peeling off the tendons”? This is definitely not a joke.” Zhou Di was so scared after listening to his mother’s analysis, he immediately asked his father to let him go to the border to guard.

Unfortunately, later, when Chu Nguyen Chuong established Chu Doan Van as his successor, he did not expect that this was his wrong decision. After Zhou Yuanzhang died, Zhu Di launched a civil war to retake the throne from his own grandson.