As we all know, in the 25th year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty crown prince Zhu Biao died of illness, Zhu Yuanzhang whiteheaded overnight, for this reason his temperament changed greatly, directly contributed to the outbreak of a major case, that is, the blue jade case, the character I want to talk about today is also related to this case.
Blue Jade is actually a rising star among the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty was first established, he was still only a thousand households, until he became the uncle of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang began to focus on promoting him, in order to let the blue jade escort him after the future prince ascended the throne.
I have to spit out that between the emperors and princes of the past, their relationship is very strange, they are both loving and wary, but between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, there is only love, no defense, Zhu Yuanzhang has never suspected the prince, so as long as it is the person who his son is interested in, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely reuse, then Zhu Yuanzhang not only reused blue jade, but also had a character, that is, Zhu Tong.
In fact, he is not very famous, but his father Zhu Sheng is very famous, and even Zhu Yuanzhang has to respectfully call him Mr. Zhu.
According to the records, Zhu Sheng was originally a well-known local scholar in Huizhou, he had been out of the army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and then returned to teaching in retreat, until Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Huizhou, he specially invited Zhu Sheng to the palace and asked him for advice on the way to forge ahead, at that time Zhu Sheng provided Zhu Yuanzhang with a nine-character basic national strategy, that is, to build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly claim the title of king, these nine words can be said to have laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty (note that this sentence is not said by Li Shanchang).
Zhu Sheng, as Zhu Yuanzhang's think tank, has been following the lord to the south to fight in the northern war, until after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Sheng, who has a 70-year-old age, asked to return to the hidden mountain forest, although Zhu Yuanzhang had everything to give up, he finally let him go, when bidding farewell to Zhu Sheng, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him what he wanted, he said: My son has always been accustomed to the situation, he is not suitable for being an official, if he commits a capital crime in the future, I hope That His Majesty can keep him a whole corpse.
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked to hear this, and quickly promised on the spot, saying that Mr. Don't worry, I have prepared a death-free iron coupon for him, which can ensure the safety of the first life.
According to the "History of Ming", Zhu Tong was indeed brilliant, and his knowledge was not only blue, but also became the prince's teacher at a young age, after that, Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to him and always regarded him as a confidant, at that time, Lan Yu and Zhu Sheng were one and the same, which could be described as seamless cooperation, and the personal relationship between the two was not bad.
In the 21st year of Hongwu, Lan Yu led a 150,000-strong army to conquer Mongolia in the north, almost annihilating the Yuan army, at that time, in the Battle of Yu'erhai, the Ming Jun captured as many as 3,000 concubines after the Mongol princes and ministers, but Lan Yu had always been arrogant and accustomed, not only privately swallowing treasures, but also defiling the Yuan concubines, and even shelling their own city gates.
When the crown prince Zhu Biao was alive, Zhu Yuanzhang endured and endured, but as soon as the prince died, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that Zhu Yunjiao would not be able to control such a fierce person as Blue Jade, so he chose to kill the ring, in fact, Blue Jade died unjustly, he did commit many major crimes, and he also tried to rebel, after the blue jade case broke out, Zhu Yuanzhang killed nearly 15,000 people, including Zhu Tong.
Because Lan Yu and Zhu Tong had a strong personal relationship, JinYiwei reported that Lan Yu had conspired with Zhu Tong to rebel, but Zhu Tong refused, but he chose not to report it, so he committed a capital crime.
At that time, Lan Yu was sentenced to peeling the skin of the grass Xing, and after Zhu Tong was sentenced to prison, he thought that he would have the same ending, but Zhu Yuanzhang gave him three feet of white silk and asked him to go back to commit suicide, the reason is: When your father resigned from the government and went into hiding, I promised him in person, leaving you a whole corpse, and now it seems that Mr. Zhu is really like a god.
After that, Zhu Tong hanged himself and died, and his whole family was also exiled, in this author would like to mention, in fact, Zhu Sheng has already seen through Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament, chose to resign from the government and retire, but his son committed a crime and also implicated the whole family, which is really sighing.