Zhu Yuanzhang, as the true cloth tianzi in history, has been tossing and turning all his life and his energy is always full of energy. Four years before Zhizheng, he was a child who had no food, clothing, and warmth, and after four years, he became a fatherless and motherless little boy, in order to fill his stomach and mix in the rivers and lakes, he later joined the rebel army, began to calculate every opponent he met, defeated them, and finally he established the Ming Dynasty.
The new dynasty has just been established, naturally there are countless things waiting for him to do, he personally disposes of everything, but also for his descendants, for their future and the future of Daming made many arrangements, of course, since to make the Zhu family and the country long, it is necessary to ensure that no one can threaten the rule of the Zhu family, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's former comrades-in-arms and friends entered his vision.
They have accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang for many years, born and died for Daming Jiangshan, outstanding military achievements, is the founding hero, and Zhu Yuanzhang's initial reward for them is also very large, Hongwu three years, Zhu Yuanzhang great reward for meritorious service, feudal marquis, give them rich Feng Lu, as well as field property, there is more than death gold medal: iron scroll.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought very well, to share the wealth with these small partners, they helped him get the world, he naturally would not treat them badly, but later the truth was not so. Over time, the houses of meritorious servants have violated the law and discipline from time to time, and they have seized power, oppressed the people, encroached on land, taken private slaves, and so on; of course, these things were not done by these heroes, but the people in their house would do some things behind their backs, and so on. Zhu Yuanzhang was overwhelmed, and he was very upset about it.
And the life of these meritorious families is quite luxurious, extremely extravagant and wasteful, so that Zhu Yuanzhang is very sad, for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang tried to beat them and let them restrain a little, but the results were very small, Zhu Yuanzhang himself is a person who really tastes hunger, so even after he ascended the throne, he is also extremely frugal, not allowed to waste a grain, nor can he be extravagant and wasteful, in order to maintain this frugal atmosphere, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of a way.
At the empress's birthday banquet, everyone sat down, just waiting for a dish to come to the table, the first dish that came up was fried radish, after the fried radish was on the table, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The radish is on the street, and there is no trade in the pharmacy." Followed by the second dish: fried leeks, Zhu Yuanzhang also acted as an understanding speaker: "leeks are green and green, long-term stability of people's hearts", and then the third dish: two bowls of greens, meaning "two bowls of greens are as fragrant, two sleeves of fresh wind and joy". Then there is the shallot tofu soup, which means "the shallot tofu is green and white, and the justice and integrity are as good as the sun and the moon".
This is the famous four dishes and one soup, Zhu Yuanzhang can be described as painstaking, he asked officials to follow this standard when inviting guests to dinner in the future, and if they exceed this standard, they will be severely punished. But the courtiers promised very well, and when it was time to invite guests, no one would come according to this standard, and such a configuration was indeed good in the homes of ordinary people, but for the families of these eunuchs, it was too shabby.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these heroes and really did not listen to his own words, and in the future his descendants will become emperors, so are these heroes still lawless? No, this is a big matter for jiangshan sheji, and since they broke the rules, don't blame him for being sorry for his former brothers. So Zhu Yuanzhang prepared a play for the heroes, if everyone is still the same, then don't blame him as an emperor for not being affectionate.
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to build a Qinggong Building, strangely, this building was built particularly fast, but everyone did not think about it anywhere else, only Liu Bowen felt that there was something wrong with it, so he has always been very concerned about the Qinggong Building, and after the completion, Zhu Yuanzhang feasted on the heroes in the Qinggong Building, everyone was very happy to hear it, and on the day of the banquet, everyone went happily and prepared to take a drunken break at the banquet.
The upcoming banquet made everyone lose their vigilance, and Liu Bowen had been observing the Qinggong Building since entering the Qinggong Building, which did not look different on the surface, but when Liu Bowen went to a corner and tapped the wall, he found that the wall was made of wooden planks and hollow. Liu Bowen's heart jumped, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.
He pulled Xu Da beside him and whispered to him: "I will try to talk as little as possible and drink less, always pay attention to the movements of the emperor, and when the emperor leaves, hurry up and keep up." ”
Xu Da was confused, but he knew that Liu Bowen would not harm him, so he took Liu Bowen's words to heart. When everyone sat down, Zhu Yuanzhang began to order people to serve dishes, the first one was still the four dishes and a soup, after the dishes were served, Zhu Yuanzhang swept everyone's look, except for Liu Bowen and Xu Da, basically very ugly.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew at a glance that they were not satisfied with this dish, but it was not good for him to have a seizure, but he was silent, no one wanted to eat these vegetarian dishes without any oil and water, they were used to a life of fish and meat, where could they eat this vegetarian dish? Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang invited the heroes to eat such a dish at the Qinggong Building, and he did not pay attention to them, you must know that this Jiangshan was still what they helped Zhu Yuanzhang to fight down.
Most of the heroes present here had such mental activities, and although Zhu Yuanzhang was not a roundworm in their stomachs, it was already clear from their looks that they were very dissatisfied. Zhu Yuanzhang was heartbroken and decided to implement his plan, he called someone to whisper a few words, and said to the heroes: "Don't worry, Aiqing, wait a little longer, there are still dishes that have not been served." ”
After a while, on a braised rabbit meat, as well as stewed dog meat, as well as steamed bird's nest, etc., the dishes are quite rich, the heroes looked at it, this had a smile on their faces, and began to drink wine with Zhu Yuanzhang, and Liu Bowen quickly looked at Xu Da, Xu Da would understand, looked at this dish carefully, his heart giggled, and he skipped a sentence in his heart: "Cunning rabbit death, lackey cooking; flying birds, good bow hiding; enemy country broken, plotting for the death of the courtiers." ”
Xu Da glanced back at Liu Bowen, and Liu Bowen nodded his head. Liu Bowen thought of this sentence when he saw the braised rabbit meat, knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to kill them, and when all the dishes came up, Liu Bowen knew that everyone would die. Therefore, when the heroes were all happy to drink, Liu Bowen had a terrifying wave in his heart, and he could only pay attention to Zhu Yuanzhang's movements at all times.
When the heroes were all drunk, Zhu Yuanzhang got up and walked out of the hall, Liu Bowen and Xu Da stood up and followed closely behind, Zhu Yuanzhang heard footsteps, turned back and asked: "How did you two follow out?" Liu Bowen said: "We don't trust the emperor alone..." Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Liu Bowen's words: "Nothing, come out and walk around, you go first." Just when Liu Bowen was in a dilemma, the Qinggong Building suddenly caught fire, the fire was fierce, accompanied by the sound of explosions, Liu Bowen and Xu Da protected Zhu Yuanzhang from the Qinggong Building left and right, and thus escaped this disaster.
After Liu Bowen resigned and returned to his hometown, Xu Da was seriously ill because of this matter, and when he was seriously ill, Zhu Yuanzhang gave steamed geese to Xu Da to eat. Xu Da looked at the fragrant steamed goose, his heart was miserable, he was obviously sick and could not eat the goose, and Zhu Yuanzhang gave the goose, the meaning of this, he could not understand it, so he ate the steamed goose with tears, and quickly gave up.
Of course, these are all folklore stories, including the story of four dishes and a soup, as well as the story of burning the Qinggong Building, all of which are just the processing of folk legends and literary works, which are completely absent in the main history, although Zhu Yuanzhang did kill a lot of founding heroes, the Hu Weiyong case and the Blue Jade case in history were very extensive, and quite a lot of people died, but no matter what, Zhu Yuanzhang could not have killed the heroes by burning the Qinggong Building.
As for Xu Da's death by eating steamed geese, it is not seen in the history, but only mentioned in some literati notes and novels, and the true and false in them are difficult to distinguish. In the main history, Xu Da is one of the rare good ends among the heroes.