As to whether Hu Weiyong had acted in rebellion, this question caused great controversy in the Ming Dynasty. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, historians Such as Zheng Xiao and Wang Shizhen openly expressed doubts. You know, at that time, the Ming Dynasty was not over, and so many scholars dared to say so, which shows that this is no longer the view of one person and two people, but the general understanding of the intellectual class.
(Hu Weiyong stills)
The Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and a large number of ming dynasty ministers crossed south. The southern ming court was also established in the south. In order to win the hearts and minds of the people, the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty once rehabilitated some of the wronged people in the "Four Great Cases of Hongwu" created by Zhu Yuanzhang. Although this is only a partial repair, it also shows that even members of the Ming Dynasty royal family also feel that the indiscriminate killing of innocents by the old ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang was really excessive.
At that time, some scholars, because they had no shackles, spoke their hearts outright. For example, the scholar Qian Qianyi said bluntly: "The matter of Yun Qi, the history of the country and the history of the wilderness, has nothing to examine." Another scholar, Pan Taozhang, believes that Yun Qi's statement is that "chiseling the void and talking about ghosts is not what those who have knowledge do not do." ”
What the two scholars called "Yun Qi" was a eunuch. One day, Hu Weiyong told Zhu Yuanzhang that a liquan had appeared in his family's well and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to see it. When Zhu Yuanzhang was halfway up the road, a eunuch named Yun Qi suddenly rushed to Zhu Yuanzhang's car and stopped Zhu Yuanzhang and would not let him go. This Yun Qi was beaten half to death by Zhu Yuanzhang's entourage, but he still pointed in the direction of Hu Weiyong's family and asked Zhu Yuanzhang not to go. Zhu Yuanzhang felt strange, so he boarded the palace and looked at Hu Weiyong's house. It was found that in the wall passage of Hu Weiyong's home, there were many soldiers with weapons hidden. So Zhu Yuanzhang understood that this Hu Weiyong wanted to kill him after he went. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the arrest of Hu Weiyong, which led to the Hu Weiyong case.
Regarding this matter, Pan Tae-zhang analyzed that if Hu Weiyong really hid a lot of soldiers, could he be seen by the people in Miyagi?
Obviously, this so-called "conspiracy case" has made a common sense mistake. We can't figure out what kind of palace Zhu Yuanzhang is standing on to look at Hu Weiyong's house. But if there really is such a miyagi, then there must be someone standing there guarding. Since there are people guarding, those who guard can see. Hu Weiyong, as the prime minister, must have understood this truth when he ambushed the soldiers. He understood this truth, why would he do this, waiting for others to see it?
(Zhu Yuanzhang stills)
Besides, if Hu Weiyong wanted to capture Zhu Yuanzhang, his best way was to ambush the soldiers indoors. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to arrest Zhu Yuanzhang when he was introduced into the room? Putting soldiers in a place where others can see, is Hu Weiyong so stupid?
Again, Hu Weiyong did not have military power in his hands, and there were no other auxiliary measures, could it be that by tricking Zhu Yuanzhang into his home and killing him, he would be able to seize Zhu Yuanzhang's throne? Even if he killed Zhu Yuanzhang, wouldn't he be afraid that the city defense troops would kill him? Moreover, in addition to the city defense troops, Zhu Yuanzhang also had so many sons who held the military power to guard the four sides. Isn't he afraid that these sons will come in and he won't end well?
It can be seen from this that the so-called "Yunqi incident" is completely unreliable and is completely an excuse that Zhu Yuanzhang found full of loopholes.
However, even if Hu Weiyong did not plot rebellion, it does not mean that he has no problem. The contradiction between him and Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed very sharp. Hu Weiyong had indeed offended Zhu Yuanzhang many times. On this point, it is a little confusing. You must know that Hu Weiyong has become the prime minister and has achieved the goal of being above ten thousand people under one person. If it is said that he is an emperor, he does not have this possibility, he has no military power in his hands, and the ministers may not support him. Since it was impossible to be an emperor and be a prime minister, and his life was already very complete, why did he still offend Zhu Yuanzhang?
I believe that the contradiction between Hu Weiyong and Zhu Yuanzhang is an irreversible process from quantitative change to qualitative change.
First of all, Hu Weiyong did not pay much attention to Zhu Yuanzhang. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was once like him, a very ordinary ordinary person, and Zhu Yuanzhang was still a useless wanderer. But soon Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor. Although Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, Hu Weiyong did not realize this, he did not correct his role, or regarded Zhu Yuanzhang as the former Zhu Yuanzhang. In addition, he himself is also very capable, so many things are decided by himself and do not report to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Since he can decide for himself, in order to get rich, ministers will naturally curry favor with him and curry favor with him. Hu Weiyong did not find out at all that Zhu Yuanzhang was already jealous of him.
(Zhu Yuanzhang at the time of the uprising)
At that time, Xiao He heard that every time the emissary he sent met Liu Bang, Liu Bang would ask, what was the minister doing at home? When the emissary said that Xiang Xiang was conscientious and conscientious, Liu Bang was silent. After Xiao He knew, he immediately began to accept bribes and "defile" his own morality, thus reassuring Liu Bang.
Hu Weiyong had no such consciousness at all, and continued to abuse power as always.
Because he had unauthorized power, Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied, so he criticized him severely many times. Because Hu Weiyong was criticized, he felt that he had not actually made much mistake and was criticized, so he was very dissatisfied in his heart and could not avoid complaining.
As soon as he complained, the gossip passed into Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, and Zhu Yuanzhang was even more dissatisfied and blamed Hu Weiyong even more.
It can be said that this pair of monarchs refused to give in to anyone, and finally reached the point where Zhu Yuanzhang killed Hu Weiyong and took the opportunity to depose the prime minister.
In short, Hu Weiyong did not play the right role and did not pay attention to details. At the same time, he met such a fierce boss, and the result was such a tragedy.
(References: History of the Ming Dynasty, Records of the Ming Dynasty)