Zhu Yuanzhang's anxiety and paranoia
Since Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty, he has been suffering from two kinds of anxiety: one is the anxiety of political achievements, and the other is the anxiety of the throne. As the former, Zhu Yuanzhang thinks highly of himself and is determined to build an unprecedented fair and harmonious society, make contributions to the first emperor and compare his career with Yao Shun. As the latter, although Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he was always worried, fearing that his officials would be disloyal and seize his country.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he has been committed to the official system and moral reconstruction. By the tenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang had been trying to achieve this goal with "benevolent government". However, Zhu Yuanzhang suffered many setbacks in the official system, especially in eliminating corrupt officials. Therefore, he no longer believes in the Confucian theory of benevolent governance, and he is more and more arbitrary and unreasonable in dealing with political affairs. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang's dream is to establish a pattern of family and world, and to enfeoffment more than 20 children to all parts of the country and have military power. However, he was very worried that the founding fathers would usurp their country and try to get rid of them. Because of these two kinds of anxiety, Zhu Yuanzhang constantly had nameless troubles and fears, and his physical and mental health was troubled. According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang often stayed up late, dressed to see the sky, and worried about the changes in the situation in all directions. Over time, I suffered from severe neurasthenia, and my decision-making became more and more paranoid and willful.
For example, Lin, a scholar in Zhejiang Province, wrote the "Xie Zengfeng Table" for people, saying that "doing something will be constitutional."
Language; Xu Yikui, a professor at Fu Xue in Hangzhou, said in his congratulatory statement, "Under the skylight, natural saints rule the world." Zhu Yuanzhang actually thought that "under the sky" meant that he was a bald monk and "ruled" meant that he was a thief and ordered them to be executed. Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion of courtiers also reached the point of nervousness. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang set up a security intelligence bureau to spread spies all over the country and monitor the details of ministers' lives so as to eliminate the courtiers he wanted to eradicate at any time. Zhu Yuanzhang also created a palace aide, who can be scolded from the prime minister to the civilians! He also used mass killings to establish prestige and destroy opponents. This is essentially anxiety at work!
Zhu Yuanzhang's loneliness and fear
Zhu Yuanzhang is keen on killing his subjects, which is a morbid way to relieve psychological pressure. This practice brought many strange things unheard of to the official system of the Ming Dynasty, such as taking a cangue to court and going to the execution ground, which made officials, large and small, live in high fear. This made Zhu Yuanzhang quickly become an extremely lonely person, and no one dared to confess to him, nor did his relatives around him.
In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Prince Zhu Biao died, largely because he couldn't stand his father's indiscriminate killing and died of depression.
In the end, no matter whether the civil servants of the Qing Dynasty or the children of wives and concubines, they may become Zhu Yuanzhang's imaginary enemies! He became a real loner.
Zhu Yuanzhang's depression
As an emperor in his later years, Zhu Yuanzhang ruled the world and was arrogant. But he is not happy, and his emotional state has always been unhappy. Because he knew he was a tyrant and did a series of ungrateful and cruel things! In order to achieve a psychological balance, Zhu Yuanzhang had an instinctive resistance to benevolent government and was extremely happy to touch people's hearts.
Historians have always denounced Zhu Yuanzhang for being extremely rude to courtiers, but rarely thought about why Zhu Yuanzhang did it. His root cause is that he can't control the long-term backlog of anxiety and depression. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's personal tragedy lies in: the greater his achievements, the more inferior he is; And the more self-abased, the more * *. How can he be happy in his later years in such a vicious circle!
Due to the role of these "demons", Zhu Yuanzhang had a split personality around the decade of Hongwu, giving people a feeling of being completely changed, especially from a benevolent monarch to a tyrant. According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang was an open-minded corporal before he was 55 years old.
The tragedy of Zhu Yuanzhang's character is that he has been destroying his opponent all his life, but the real opponent is himself! He can beat everyone, but he can't beat himself. Zhu Yuanzhang can't relieve all kinds of anxiety in his work well, and he is too harsh on himself and others.
The Enlightenment of "Zhu Yuanzhang Syndrome" to Successful People
Similar to Zhu Yuanzhang's performance can be called "Zhu Yuanzhang syndrome", which generally refers to a successful person who is not good at adjusting his mentality in the face of heavy work pressure. The more successful he is, the more inferior he is and the more capable he is.
Success means greater anxiety. In this regard, people should learn to turn pressure into motivation, not to worry too much about the lack of personal ability, but to learn to share the pressure with others, so as to fully "mobilize and rely on the masses" and use the wisdom of the masses to resolve personal anxiety.
Success also means greater competition. In this regard, people should learn to turn crisis into vitality, not regard competitors as obstacles to career development, but learn to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and finally master the art of turning enemies into friends and "dancing with wolves."
The lesson of Zhu Yuanzhang is that he was somewhat confident when begging for alms in the street with empty hands, but he swept the world and once he became emperor, he felt inferior-successful people should not feel inferior, and people with inferiority will not succeed. The lesson of Zhu Yuanzhang is that he was good at gathering talents and turning enemies into friends when he created the world, but he was suspicious and addicted to it after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Successful people should not be lonely, and lonely people can hardly achieve great things.
In the final analysis: successful people should be good at understanding pressure, and those who are not good at understanding pressure will not last long.
Zhu Yuanzhang is the representative of "the more successful, the more inferior, the more capable and the meaner".