So-called: there is no unprovoked love, and there is no unprovoked hate! The same was true of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who did not hold aloft the butcher knife at the beginning, otherwise how could there be so many cattle people, who followed him without complaint or regret to fight the world?
For example, for Chang Yuchun, Zhu Yuanzhang was really sad after learning that he died violently in Liuhechuan. Not only did he personally "sacrifice" him, but he also let people paint a portrait of Chang Yuchun wearing a dragon robe - how high this specification is, and how shocking Zhu Yuanzhang's work is, I don't need the author to explain it more.
It can be seen from this that Zhu Yuanzhang is also a "good man" of true temperament, and he was brutally killed later, just like the demon king, completely two people. So why did Zhu Yuanzhang change from a "good man" of true temperament to a "demon king"? The author believes that there are three reasons, and they still interact with each other.
Often encounter spring dragon robe diagram
1. Created by a change in status
There is an old saying: The official has a big temper. People say that this phenomenon really should not be. But the question is, even if everyone understands that this should not be the case, why has it been like this for thousands of years? That's what status determines.
When two people are at the same level, even if the other party plays a small role and turns his face at you, you sometimes think it is cute. But once the other party's status surpasses you, even if you only inadvertently look at you coldly, you will think: This boy is something, the official has a big temper, see me, don't look at it straight!
Why is this not the case with Zhu Yuanzhang? For example, after he became the eldest brother of the emperor, he was qualified to paint a dragon robe portrait for Chang Yuchun. Who would dare to propose such a thing? That's looking for death! At the same time, the higher the status, the more focused the eyeball, even if any detail, will be infinitely magnified.
Naturally, in this case, a "very poor" is generated, and all of a sudden the "imaginary space" comes out. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded Chang Yuchun's two beautiful palace girls, but his hands were cut off by Chang Yuchun's wife. Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, he killed Chang Yuchun's wife, so Chang Yuchun was also scared to death - this kind of story has been heard, right? It's fake!
Because Chang Yuchun's wife was named Lan Shi, her daughter married Zhu Biao, and her younger brother was the Ming Dynasty general Lan Yu. Zhu Yuanzhang is no longer a thing, and he will not be killed because of the palace women, right? What's more, when he often encountered spring, he was holding down the Northern Yuan friction and fighting for Zhu Yuanzhang. How much should Zhu Yuanzhang lack souls before he can do this?
In fact, this story about "Zhu Yuanzhang scared to death often meet spring", born out of "Cao Pi killed concubines, scared to death Xiahou Shang", interested can go to see, the author also introduced earlier, I will not say more.
Second, due to the strong character and promoted
This point belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang's personal factor, that is, personality determinism. Zhu Yuanzhang himself has publicly stated: Among so many founding emperors in history, my old Zhu and old Liu (Liu Bang) are really good men (the most correct status).
Liu Bang stood up in the pavilion chief, and Zhu Yuanzhang held a begging bowl. Both of them fought with a poor brother. Liu Bang is known as the "rogue emperor", and Zhu Yuanzhang is the "demon king" who indiscriminately kills heroes.
The reason why Liu Bang is "rogue" is because he does not play cards according to the routine, and his personality is that kind of imagination. The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang is the "Demon King" is because he is too fierce: I say what to do, I must do, I must accept punishment if I don't reach it, and my personality is extremely responsible - of course, it can also be said that it is too perfectionist.
Serving as an official under Zhu Yuanzhang has become a high-risk occupation. Zhu Yuanzhang always wanted everyone to be like him. If it is not the same, it should be punished, and it should be killed! But the problem is that a thousand people, a thousand faces, a hundred people and a hundred personalities, five fingers are not generally long.
Therefore, "intolerable" has gradually become "killing", who let him be the emperor's big brother who holds the power of life and death? Even if things are done correctly, it will lead to expansion due to Zhu Yuanzhang's personality.
For example, in the "Empty Seal Case", Should Zhu Yuanzhang be in charge and kill those people? Inevitably, this is an unforgivable sin! However, it was enlarged by Zhu Yuanzhang, resulting in many unjust cases.
3. Caused by Zhu Biao's unexpected death
In order to cultivate Zhu Biao into a "benchmark" for Ming Jun, so that Daming could sit firmly in the world and even prosper, Zhu Yuanzhang poured almost all his efforts. So much so that Zhu Biao was called: the most powerful prince in history.
Unfortunately, Zhu Biao died in 1392 AD, a blow that Zhu Yuanzhang could not bear at all. It is not only the grief of the old man who lost his son, but also because he clearly sees that the future of the Ming Dynasty has collapsed.
Zhu Biaozai, Zhu Yuanzhang and then "demon king", the courtiers can also endure, the so-called endured you old Zhu crazy, and you can still be crazy for a few years? As long as you endure until Zhu Biao ascends the throne - there is no old Zhu day, that is a good day!
Because a Zhu Biao was respected by the courtiers, his teacher was the Great Confucian Song Lian. The second was also recognized by the military generals, the Ming Dynasty general Lan Yu, according to the generations, was Zhu Biao's uncle (as mentioned above: Lan Yu's sister was Chang Yuchun's wife, and her daughter married Zhu Biao), and was a proper princeling. Third, the talent shown by Zhu Biao also made Zhu Di and other brothers submit.
That is to say, in the Ming Dynasty at that time, except for Zhu Yuanzhang, only Zhu Biao could suppress all the forces, and everyone had to obey. The difference is only in that Zhu Yuanzhang is fierce and Zhu Biaoren is thick. Therefore, Zhu Biao's unexpected death is equivalent to the collapse of the sky in daming's future.
It was under these circumstances that Zhu Yuanzhang was completely "demonized". And the most illustrative of this problem is the "Sapphire Case", that is, the killing of Sapphire.
Fourth, blue jade as a sentence of death
According to the "Record of the Contrarians", a blue jade case almost swept away the last founding merits of the Ming Dynasty, the so-called "one duke, thirteen (twelve) marquis, and second uncle", all of whom were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang because of the blue jade case, they were respectively.
Ichigo: Founding Duke Changsheng (Chang Yuchun's son).
Thirteen (12) Hou: Marquis Zhang Yi of Heqing, Marquis Chen Huan of Puding, Marquis Cao Zhen of Jingchuan, Marquis Zhu Shou of Jingchuan, Marquis Xie Cheng of Yongping, Marquis Cao Tai of Yining, Marquis Zhang Wen of Huining, Marquis Cao Xing of Huaiyuan, Marquis Pushing of Xiliang, Marquis Hanxun of Zhiping, Marquis Sun Ke of Quanning, Marquis Chahan of Shenyang (recorded 12, the other is missing).
Second Uncle: Huixian Bo Sangjing and Dongguan Bo He Rong.
So why did Zhu Yuanzhang have to kill Blue Jade and purge him so much? There is only one reason, that is, to eliminate the threat for the new crown prince Zhu Yunjiao.
Zhu Biao had five sons, the eldest son was zhu Xiongying, who was born to Chang Yuchun's daughter, but unfortunately died prematurely.
The second son is Zhu Yunjiao, and his mother's name is Lü Shi.
The third son is named Zhu Yunxi, who is also born to Chang Yuchun's daughter!
The fourth and fifth sons were named Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunxi, both of whom were born to the Lü clan. At the time of Zhu Biao's death, the fourth son was only 9 years old, and the fifth son was only 2 years old, and the two could not compete for the crown prince.
Today, there are only Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunxi left, and the difference between the two is one year.
Zhu Yuanzhang eventually chose Zhu Yunjiao (Emperor Jianwen) as crown prince. In this way, if we look at the blue jade again, is it equivalent to sitting on the edge of the knife? It has been repeatedly emphasized earlier that Lan Yu is Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law, and he is determined to support Zhu Yunxi, who was born to Chang Yuchun's daughter.
Therefore, after learning that Zhu Yuanzhang chose Zhu Yunjiao, Blue Jade's dissatisfaction broke out. When he was named "Prince Taifu" by Zhu Yuanzhang, Lan Yu opened his mouth and said, "I can't stand Taishiye? That is to say, why can't I be a "Prince Taishi" by virtue of my blue jade? The subtext is: I want to be the prince's master.
This is tantamount to openly asking Zhu Yuanzhang for an official, a typical death act! If Zhu Biao had lived, Blue Jade would never have done so. The reason why he dared to die like this was actually to openly express his dissatisfaction: Zhu Yunxi was inferior to that Zhu Yunxi, why couldn't he be the prince?
It is conceivable that at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang is already "crazy demon" because of Zhu Biao's death, after hearing this sentence, how can he let go of Blue Jade? Could it be that your boy wants to rebel after me a hundred years? Do you want to overthrow Zhu Yunxi and establish Zhu Yunxi instead? I am a great Ming Dynasty, and there must be no situation in which foreign relatives interfere in politics!
Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang has vetoed all the things that Blue Jade has played (more than playing things, more than listening), but Blue Jade still goes his own way, "in the army, he is good at deposing General Zhi, and he is self-exclusive", that is, acting arbitrarily in the army and arbitrarily installing his own cronies.
Sure enough, less than a year later, the blue jade case suddenly broke out, blue jade was killed and skinned, and all of a sudden "one duke, thirteen marquises, second uncle", all asked beheading! Even Chang Sheng, the son of Chang Yuchun, was also implicated--I really don't know if Zhu Yuanzhang can still remember the portrait of "Chang Yuchun wearing a dragon robe" at this moment? I'm afraid he can't take care of it anymore!
In this way, almost all the people who could threaten Zhu Yunjiao were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he thought that it would be all right. But unexpectedly, there was still a more ruthless person left, which was his fourth son, Zhu Di.
The killing of Lan Yu and others is also equivalent to clearing Zhu Di of a group of terrible opponents - of course, this is another topic...