Unlucky, Li Zicheng was not destined to be emperor, it was God’s will.

When it comes to who is the most powerful emperor in the past, I am afraid no one can compare with Zhu Yuanzhang. Liu Bei at least had the title of a royal family member when he started from scratch. Liu Bang was at least a pavilion chief before he started from scratch.

Zhu Yuanzhang was different. When Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the past, he said that if he could have had a full meal at that time, there would only be one Zhu Chongba in history, and there would be no subsequent Zhu Yuanzhang.

Coincidentally, there is another person in history who has a similar experience to Zhu Yuanzhang. This person is Li Zicheng. The two people have very similar experiences. Both farmers started from scratch. However, in the end, Zhu Yuanzhang succeeded, while Li Zicheng was one step behind. cloth.

Why do people with the same background and similar experiences have different results? This is the reason of the times, and it can also be understood as luck. If the two were interchanged, I think Li Zicheng could also become the Ming Emperor.

External reasons

The biggest reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was able to accumulate grain in Nanjing and delay becoming king was that there was no external interference. It was not that the Yuan Dynasty did not see the threat of Zhu Yuanzhang, but that there was another one at that time. The greater threat is the Red Turban Army.

At that time, the main energy of the Yuan Dynasty was spent on the Red Turban Army, which allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to take advantage of the loophole and slowly develop while the war between the two sides was fierce. The so-called reaping the benefits of a fisherman was nothing more than this. .

Li Zicheng was different. During Li Zicheng’s uprising, there was no force to share the energy from the Ming army. The Ming army’s first target was Li Zicheng’s peasant army. Under such circumstances, it was Li Zicheng who wanted to sneak in. There is no chance for further development.

Court reasons

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang want to revolt? It's just that the Yuan Dynasty was poorly managed, and there were already great conflicts within the Yuan Dynasty. Infighting was common. Under such circumstances, it was good that the Yuan Dynasty could devote its energy to fighting the Red Turban Army.

With internal fighting inside and the Red Scarf Army outside, a force like Zhu Yuanzhang who was not considered too popular at the time would naturally not attract the attention of the Yuan Dynasty.

Li Zicheng was in a worse situation. Although the end of the Yuan Dynasty was very similar to the end of the Ming Dynasty, and Chongzhen also made chaos after he came to power, but even under such circumstances, the Ming Dynasty was still relatively unified, and Li Zicheng was able to attack It’s really not easy to get to Beijing.

Personal reasons

This is the most obvious comparison of the luck gap between the two. Zhu Yuanzhang’s biggest enemy can be understood as Chen Youliang. The two finally started a decisive battle at Panyang Lake, and Zhu Yuanzhang won. And end.

Why can Zhu Yuanzhang win? Zhu and Chen were on warships at the same time and were fiercely attacked by each other. They hurriedly changed ships. Zhu Yuanzhang escaped successfully, but Chen Youliang was shot by random arrows, and the army was unfairly defeated.

This was really an explosion of Zhu Yuanzhang's luck. If Chen Youliang had not been hit by random arrows, the subsequent development would be unimaginable. But one thing is for sure, it would not be that easy for Zhu Yuanzhang to establish the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at Li Zicheng again, compared to Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Zicheng's luck was really bad. When Li Zicheng fled to Jiugong Mountain, he was beaten to death by a group of farmers because he had no guards around him.

You must know that Dashun still had an army of two to three hundred thousand at this time, and Li Zicheng was still in his prime at this time, and he died like this at less than forty years old. Do you think it was unfair or not?

If such an accident had not happened to Li Zicheng, the situation in the world would be really unknown. However, because of Li Zicheng's sudden death in battle, the Dashun army was leaderless and was gradually defeated.

On evaluation

From the current perspective, Zhu Yuanzhang’s evaluation is indeed much higher than that of Li Zicheng, but this is because Zhu Yuanzhang won. If he was shot randomly in Panyang Lake It was Zhu Yuanzhang who was shot to death, so Zhu's reputation must not be as great as that of Li.

Because at this time Zhu Yuanzhang was just a little King of Wu, and Li Zicheng next door had been the emperor for a few days, it must be said that it was really a twist of fate.