Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang were brothers who had passed away, and the two were originally from the same village and grew up together. After Zhu Yuanzhang defected to Guo Zixing, he made a slight improvement in the mix, and recruited his brother into the army. Since then, the two brothers have marched south and north together, and have laid the foundation of this Great Ming Dynasty step by step.
It is said that the relationship between the two is so good, although after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, the two people have different respects and inferiority, but how to say that they are brothers who have passed the life, there is a saying in China called "the wife of a friend cannot be deceived", how Zhu Yuanzhang must also save some face for Xu Da. How can you kill someone's wife when she says she kills them?
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang definitely has his reason for doing this, and I will tell you about it today.
Xu Da's wife was called Xie Cui'e, and it used to be Zhu Yuanzhang who personally promised Xu Da, so they had known each other for a long time, and Zhu Yuanzhang's wife Empress Ma and Xie Cui'e were also called sisters to each other. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, one day Empress Ma missed her little sister and sent someone to invite her to the palace. The two sisters had a lot to say when they met, and as they spoke, Xie Cui'e suddenly pointed to the palace and said to Empress Ma, "Oh! Your house is so big!"
Empress Ma smiled and didn't say anything, so she led her around the garden. Who knew that this Xie Cui'e was not surprisingly deadly, and said: "Your garden is so big, it is really atmospheric and beautiful, unlike my family's walking a few steps to the end." Empress Ma did not answer her words, and the two of them chatted a few more times, and then they separated.
But the speaker has no intention, and the listener has a heart. Empress Ma took these words to heart, and the more she thought about it, the less tasteful it became. In the evening, he recounted this to Zhu Yuanzhang. After Zhu Yuanzhang listened, he also understood Empress Ma's concern. After all, at this time, Xu Da was already an extremely popular subject, holding power in his hands, and once he was encouraged by his wife to have a different heart, it was a troublesome thing for Zhu Yuanzhang. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that there would be endless troubles after keeping this Xie Yue'e.
Speaking of which, everyone should understand why Zhu Yuanzhang had to kill Xie Yue'e. Mainly worried that she instigated Xu Da to rebel, and finally forced the two brothers to meet each other, hurting Xu Da's life. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's doing this is actually a kind of protection for Xu Da.
And in addition to this reason, in my opinion, there is actually another reason.
As mentioned earlier, Xie Yue'e was introduced to Xu Da by Zhu Yuanzhang. Because Xie Yue'e's father, Xie Zaixing, was a major general under Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang pushed the boat along the water, hoping to enhance the relationship between them. Who knew that this Xie Zaixing was a wall-headed grass, before Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng fought a decisive battle, Xie Zaixing felt that Zhu Yuanzhang would undoubtedly lose, so he secretly defected to Zhang Shicheng, and later led troops to attack Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and directly killed Xie Zaixing's brothers and nephews to show military law. However, because Xie Yue'e was already married to Xu Da, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was employing people, and he still had to rely on Xu Da to lead the troops to fight, so he did not look for Xie Yue'e to settle accounts.
At the end of the war and the establishment of the dynasty, this old hatred resurfaced in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. It just so happened that Xie Yue'e said such a thing, giving Zhu Yuanzhang a logical reason to kill her. At this time, killing her can not only relieve the hatred in her heart, but also no longer have to worry about Xu Da, and can also pretend to protect Xu Da. It can be said that it is three eagles with one stone, why not enjoy it?
Zhu Yuanzhang set up a table of wine and dishes, and ordered someone to call Xu Da to drink. When the two men were talking and talking happily, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to go to Xu Da's mansion and directly kill Xie Yue'e. Here Zhu Yuanzhang poured Xu Da a glass of wine and told him that he should drink as much as he wanted, because his life would not be worry-free after that. Although Xu Da was confused by the second monk, he honestly drank the wine.
Returning to the palace to find that his wife had been killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, he understood the meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang's words.
And Xie Yue'e became the ghost of Zhu Yuanzhang's sword because of her casual words. However, Zhu Yuanzhang found such a reason again, so that although Xu Da was unwilling, he could only say nothing for the sake of his children and grandchildren.
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