Throughout the thousands of years of ancient Chinese history, there were hundreds of people who were emperors, and some of them were not born above people, but relied on conquest to seize the throne step by step. Therefore, there are emperors who make their fortunes from war, and there are courtiers who make their fortunes from war. When the new emperor takes office, it is natural to promote and give generous rewards to those who help him ascend to the throne.
However, at the beginning, they fought side by side, but now that the big thing has been accomplished, the emperor will inevitably suspect the courtiers, and the courtiers may have the intention of rebellion, so killing the founding heroes is simply the plan of many new emperors.
And the character to be told in this article is also the founding hero of a dynasty, but his ending is very tragic, and after death, he even let people peel off their skin, he is Blue Jade!
In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Lan Yu was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang's order for treason, and the skin was peeled and spread to all places. Later, his henchmen implicated more than 15,000 people in the dead, known in history as the "Blue Jade Case".
The Blue Jade Case, one of the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, is a historical event that points out that Zhu Yuanzhang killed the general Blue Jade, and then wantonly killed many meritorious generals. In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, wantonly plotted a major political case under the pretext that The Duke of Liangguo, Lan Yu, wanted to plot rebellion, thus wantonly involving the killing of a famous general. More than 15,000 people have been killed in connection with the Sapphire case.
Who is this sapphire? According to records, Blue Jade, a Dingyuan person, often met Chun's wife and brother, was the founding general of the Ming Dynasty. His people are bold and strategic, brave and good at war, and have made many military achievements. Yu Yu broke the Northern Yuan in the sea of fishing, and was famous for basically destroying his official system.
So, as an excellent minister, blue jade was killed by his own monarch Zhu Yuanzhang? This is because Sapphire has committed three major sins.
According to the Ming Shi Vol. 132, "Jade has a long body, a brave and courageous man, and a great general. Zhongshan and Kaiping did not, the total number of troops, more meritorious service. Taizu is thick. Indulge in arrogance and self-indulgence, store more slaves and fake sons, and take advantage of the situation to be violent. Taste the occupation of Dongchang Mintian, Yushi pressed, Yufu, chased Yushi.
The first is because Blue Jade is arrogant, he not only bombards Xifeng Pass, but also has an inappropriate relationship with Concubine Huan. The second reason is that because he is lawless, There are hundreds of righteous sons of Lan Yu, and his family not only encroaches on the people's land, but also indiscriminately kills innocents, and Lan Yu has repeatedly made remarks, believing that Zhu Yuanzhang's reward for him is too low. The third is that he intends to rebel, and is found by Jiang Yong, the commander of Jinyiwei, to find evidence of Lan Yu's rebellion.
Speaking of the causes of Blue Jade's rebellion, "History of Ming" and "Records of Ming Taizu", etc. are very simple, and they can be summarized with only these two points: The first is that Blue Jade suspects that he is a small official, "Jade is not happy to live under Song and Ying, and I know: "I can't bear Taishiye."
"Ming Shi Vol. 132" Northern Expedition, Night Buckle Xifeng Pass. From time to time, the officials accepted and the arsonists destroyed the prison. The emperor was not happy. And people said that his private concubine, the concubine was ashamed of herself, and The Emperor rebuked Yu... In the army, he deposed the general, entered and stopped himself, and the emperor gave way. He was also appointed as the Crown Prince Taifu. Yu Bule lived under Song and Ying, and said, "I can't stand Taishiye!" "It's better not to listen than to play things."
The second is that Blue Jade has played several things to Taizu, and Taizu has not listened, so Blue Jade thinks that this is "suspicious of me".
And at that time, Lan Yu was the chief soldier and had the military power of the world, so he did have the strength to rebel, plus Taizu was seriously ill at that time. In the "Record of the Contrarians", the confessions of many people mention that Taizu was "sick", and the prince had just died, and the grandson Yunjiao was still young, which provided objective conditions for Lan Yu's rebellion.
Another is that The Marquis of Jingning was Blue Jade's in-laws, and after he was killed by Taizu, blue jade had the feeling that "the city gate was on fire and the pond fish were damaged", so this may prompt him to rebel.
However, Sapphire's plan leaked out.
According to the Ming Shi Vol. 132, by September, NaiXia issued an edict: "The Blue Thief is in turmoil, plotting to leak, and the clan is cursed by 15,000 people." Since now, the Hu Party and the Blue Party have not asked any questions. "Hu Said, Xiang Xiang Wei Yong also." So the Yuan Gong Su will be exhausted one after another. Whoever is listed in the Records of the Contrarians is the First Duke, the Thirteenth Marquis, and the Second Uncle. Ye Shengqian sat down to do something, and Hu Yu and other young princes were not seen. Its six marquises of Cao Zhen, Zhang Yi, Zhang Wen, Chen Huan, Zhu Shou, and Cao Xing are attached to the left.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, in the name of conspiracy to commit treason, successively killed more than 15,000 people, including Lan Yu. And this practice is also believed to be used by Zhu Yuanzhang as an excuse to achieve the purpose of eliminating the founding heroes, and the blue jade that took the lead was also skinned by Zhu Yuanzhang, which was considered to be to intimidate those who had the heart of rebellion, so experts said: Zhu Yuanzhang is really cruel!
What do you think about that?