Tang He was a general of the Ming Dynasty, one of those who fought with Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning, and a hero of the founding of the country. Tang He was born in 1326 and died in 1395. His name was Ding Chen, and he was born in Haozhou Zhong Li. Tang He and Zhu Yuanzhang are fellow villagers, and they are also good brothers who grew up in the same street, which makes Tang He a very important person under Zhu Yuanzhang.

Tang He, who grew up in a poor family, is used to the cold and warm society and knows that without a good position and rich money, he will be a servant all his life. The poor and sad life made Tang He grow up early and vowed to be a promising person in the future.

Tang He was smart since childhood and had great leadership skills. When he was a child, he was always in a leading position. When he grew up, he was seven feet tall, free and easy, calm and agile, and good at strategy. In 1352, he joined the Guo Zixing Rebel Army and was awarded the post of a thousand households. Later, when he was fighting with Zhu Yuanzhang across the Yangtze River, he was promoted to marshal of the unified army because he repeatedly broke the Yuan army and made outstanding military achievements.

It is worth mentioning that Zhu Yuanzhang took part in the uprising or Tang He wrote to persuade him. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang's achievements accumulated quickly, and he soon lived on it, but Tang He did not show jealousy about it. Instead, after becoming Zhu Yuanzhang's men, he did his duty faithfully and obeyed the command, and did not run amok because of his seniority or mutual affection with Zhu Yuanzhang. This played a great role in Zhu Yuanzhang's later prestige in front of the generals.

In 1353, Zhu Yuanzhang was ordered to attack Dahongshan, and then he quickly conquered Chuzhou and took charge of the army. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's generals and Zhu Yuanzhang were both peer Tang He profiles, and everyone was ambitious and heroic. They didn't think Zhu Yuanzhang was better than themselves, so they refused to give in to others. Therefore, many times the orders conveyed by Zhu Yuanzhang were ignored by many generals, which made it more and more difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to command.

Tang He was also one of Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates at that time, and he wrote to invite Zhu Yuanzhang to take part in the uprising. Besides, he was three years older than Zhu Yuanzhang, and he had more capital to "seniority" in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. But among all the generals, only Tang He listened carefully to Zhu Yuanzhang's command, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy.

In 1356 AD, Tang He, who had just pacified Jiqing, immediately led Xu Da to capture Zhenjiang and was promoted to the rank of marshal of the whole army. Later, he led the army to patrol the city of Benniu and Pincheng, surrendered to Chen Baoer, captured Jintan and Changzhou, and then Tang He was stationed in Changzhou as a member of the Privy Council.

From 1357 to 1367, Tang He, who was guarding Changzhou, defeated Zhang Shicheng's troops many times, ensuring that Changzhou, an important strategic place, was firmly controlled by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In 1367 AD, Tang He took the post of General Tang He, led an army to attack the southern region, defeated Fang Guozhen in Zhejiang, and captured and occupied Yanping.

In March of the lunar calendar in 1356 (the 16th year of Zhengzheng), Tang He settled down with the army and celebrated, making great contributions. Shortly after pacifying Jiqing, Tang He followed Xu Da to capture Zhenjiang, Chen Youding (who was also a court official and a marshal of restraint), and then followed Xu Da to lead the army to Shanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.

in 1378, Zhu Yuanzhang was awarded the title of Lord Xin for his meritorious service, and received a salary of 3, stone. Since then, Tang He has repeatedly solved problems for Zhu Yuanzhang, trained troops in Zhongdu, Linqing and Peiping, and made expeditions beyond the Great Wall. After the rebellion of the barbarians in Sizhou, he led the army to conquer with the king of Chu, captured 4 thousand enemy troops and captured the leader of the barbarians and returned.

a good emperor not only has outstanding talents, but also must have a complete and excellent leadership team. It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang finally won the victory of the uprising and successfully established and developed the Ming Dynasty, which could not erase the credit of the advisers and generals, among which Tang He, who was Zhu Yuanzhang's youngest son, was devoted to him.

In the later period of Hongwu, the elderly Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was coming to the end of his life. In order to pave the way for the latecomers, he staged the real "A wily rabbit dies and a running dog cooks". Tang He foresaw this scene early, so he retired from his old age in 1389 and gave it to the first Fengyang. In 1295, he died of illness, pursued the title of King Dong 'ou and became a martial artist. As a result, Tang He became one of the few people who died a good death among the founding fathers.