In 1393, Zhu Yuanzhang sent the general Lan Yu to prison because of the Jinyiwei report.
Not a few days
Lan Yu was directly executed, and then many officials were implicated, and Zhu Yuanzhang was not polite, killing all these people, according to records, because ""
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So why did Zhu Yuanzhang do it so fiercely?
Many people believe that this is because after the blue jade position was high and powerful, it became arrogant and arrogant, and even moved the idea of rebellion, so Zhu Yuanzhang succeeded.
But is it really that simple?
People familiar with history know that Zhu Yuanzhang's family was very poor in his early years, and he even went to the temple to work as a monk for a period of time in order to survive. Later, he went from a peasant rebel to the peak of power step by step.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang's process of growing from an ordinary person to an emperor can be summarized in just a few lines, if we think about it, we know
How difficult it was for him to take this path
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang participated in the peasant rebel army, not the Yuan Dynasty."
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Therefore, the problem he faced at that time was not a simple promotion, but a priority to give priority to how to survive under the encirclement and suppression of the powerful Yuan Army. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang was not the leader of the rebel army at first, he was just forced by life to embark on this road."
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According to the "History of Ming", when Zhu Yuanzhang first became a soldier, the person he followed was named Guo Zixing, although Later Guo Zixing also recognized Zhu Yuanzhang, but
You Zhu Yuanzhang is not the founder of the family with Guo Zixing, and the second is not Guo Zixing's own son
So the better you do in this team, the more likely it is to cause problems.
Therefore, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang had to find ways to defeat various external enemies on the one hand, and on the other hand, he should also be concerned about the internal tilting in the organization, plus Zhu Yuanzhang himself had traveled around in his early years, so he had contact with various dark sides of life, which had a great impact on his future handling.
When Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, because he personally experienced the sufferings of the people and knew why the common people would throw down their hoes and grab them, he severely punished corrupt officials and stabilized the basic plan of the common people; because he knew that power would make people crazy, so he tried everything to make power check and balance;
Because everything he has gained today is not easy to come by, so he cherishes it extraordinarily
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By the time he reached his old age, he began to think about the future, and he hoped to smoothly pass on his family business to his descendants.
Initially his plan was close to perfect because he had a good son,
This son's name is Zhu Biao
He was his eldest son. Zhu Biao studied Confucianism from an early age, and when he grew up, he was a generous man, whether it was a founding military general, a major minister of the auxiliary state, or various blood relatives of the Zhu family, he was very optimistic about this future emperor.
And Zhu Yuanzhang also gave him high hopes and equipped him with an absolute luxury"
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, respectively, his Prince Shaoshi, Prince Shaofu, Prince Shaobao, in addition, the Ming Dynasty's big cattle
Feng Sheng, Tang He, Kang Maocai, Geng Bingwen
And so on, such as the famous ministers and generals, were all the team left by Zhu Yuanzhang.
If there is no accident, Zhu Biao will inherit the mantle of Zhu Yuanzhang and become the second head of Daming's family.
But the world has only accidents and no ifs
In 1392 A.D., remember this point in time, this point in time is very important. Because in this year
On April 25, Zhu Biao, the crown prince who had been given high hopes by Zhu Yuanzhang, died of illness.
When Zhu Biao died,
Zhu Yuanzhang was already old enough to be close to ancient rarity
Day after day of work has drained his sperm and blood, and his pain of losing his son is something that ordinary people can feel.
What he lost was not just a son, but an expectation of the future
And that expectation is about to be fulfilled.
If a high-rise building is about to be built, the foundation suddenly collapses, what to do, it is difficult to make up, the best way is to tear down and rebuild, and to tear down and rebuild, you must clean up the previously built.
August 1392
Zhu Yuanzhang's compatriot, the founding general Zhou Dexing, was killed because his son was in trouble with the palace.
In 1393
When the Blue Jade case broke out, Zhu Yuanzhang killed tens of thousands of people in one go, among them, in addition to the big guy Of Lan Yu, there were several marquises such as Wang Bi of Dingyuan Marquis and Zhang Yi the Marquis of Heqing, as well as the officials Shangshu and Hubu Shilang were implicated, and then even Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, was not spared
25000
person.
After the old building was pushed, Zhu Yuanzhang began to lay the foundation from scratch, this time the successor he chose was Zhu Biao's second son Zhu Yunjiao, and the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did not use the eldest grandson after the eldest son was because Zhu Yunjiao's brother had died prematurely.
Some people may ask, Zhu Yunjiao wants seniority, no qualifications, and ability... From the back, it's not too much to see,
So why can't Zhu Yuanzhang come to a brother and a brother, and isn't Zhu Di, the King of Yan, a very good candidate?
If Zhu Yuanzhang let Zhu Biao's brothers come to be heirs, then what will Zhu Yunjiao think and do in the future, what will those brothers who did not become emperors look at it, the original position of the emperor is not regular,
So if Zhu Di deserves it, do we deserve it too?
After your death, did you mean to pass it on to your children and grandchildren instead of to your brothers? If you are asked to pass on, are you really willing to pass it on, if you don't pass it on, can we do it ourselves?
And the ministers will also have questions, how should I take sides, if I stand in the descendants of the emperor, then if you pass it on to your brothers,
If you don't take sides, you don't stand in line is a kind of standing in line!
If Zhu Yuanzhang dares to let the right son succeed to the throne, then the inheritance of Daming will be chaotic, and what awaits Daming will be endless infighting, and you Zhu Yuanzhang is also planning to use Confucianism to govern the world, if you do not let the bloodline inherit the throne, then
Can you still stand up this archway?
So Zhu Yunjiao just can't do it and must do it, although it was then
Sima Yi's descendants have proven this unreliable
, but you still don't have a second option.
In order for Zhu Yunjiao to succeed to the throne smoothly and take power smoothly in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang not only killed a bunch of meritorious generals, but also issued a very cruel order before dying.
In 1398, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict that dozens of concubines in his harem were to be buried for him, and only Zhang Meiren was later pardoned
Is Zhu Yuanzhang a bad person? Who among the emperors of the past was more ruthless than he was against corrupt officials who infringed on the interests of the people?
Is Zhu Yuanzhang a good man? Who among the emperors of the past was more ruthless than the founders who had followed him?
Why is Zhu Yuanzhang so contradictory?
Because he knew the sufferings of the people and the darkness of life, he became an emperor by chance.
For the sake of the future of my Zhu family, I am willing to use my blood-stained hands to remove the thorns that may hurt my children and grandchildren!
If you are Zhu Yuanzhang, will you kill or not?