In the winter of the thirteenth year, Zhu Yuanzhang in Haozhou City realized that the Red Turban Army in the city was just a bunch of rogues who were falling on each other, and there would be no future with them, so he decided to form his own force. However, he also knew that his father-in-law Guo Zixing would not agree to take all his generals with him.
So Zhu Yuanzhang only selected Xu Da, Tang He, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Hua Yun, Chen De, Gu Shi, Fei Ju, Geng Zaicheng, Geng Bingwen, Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng, Hua Yunlong, Zheng Yuchun, Guo Xing, Guo Ying, Hu Hai, Zhang Long, Chen Huan, Xie Cheng, Li Xin, Zhang He, Zhang Quan, Zhou Dexing, and other twenty-four people, and started his journey in a way that was almost clean.
These twenty-four people were also known as the "Twenty-Four Generals of Huaixi" and "the Twenty-four Generals of Huaixi in the Early Ming Dynasty". After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, all twenty-four will be knighted, of which two will be crowned kings, one will be made dukes, and twenty-one will be knighted, which can be regarded as the rarest and most successful group of heroes in history.
Description: Of these twenty-four people, Xu Dafeng was posthumously awarded the title of Duke of Wei and posthumously awarded the title of King of Zhongshan; Tang He was posthumously awarded the title of Prince of Dong'ou; and Geng Zaicheng was posthumously awarded the title of Duke of Siguo after his death. The remaining twenty-one were all marquises in the Hongwu Dynasty.
In our impression, hongwu began to massacre heroes and court officials soon after the founding of the country, so what was the fate of these twenty-four people?
First of all, two of these twenty-four did not live to establish the state of Daming, Andhou Huayun of Dongqiu Commandery was captured by Chen Youyi at Taiping Province in the 20th year of Zhizheng and killed for refusing to surrender; Geng Zaicheng, the Duke of Siguo, was killed by the rebels in the rebellion of the Miao generals in Zhizheng in the 22nd year of Zhizheng.
Two of them survived the Hongwu Dynasty, and Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding, accompanied Li Jinglong in his campaign against Zhu Di, the King of Yan, during the Jianwen Dynasty, and Zhu Di deposed his official and returned home after zhu Di ascended the throne, and died at home in the first year of Yongle, and Yongle gave him the title of Duke of Yingguo. The Marquis of Changxing, Geng Bingwen, in the Jianwen Dynasty, rebelled against Zhu Di, the King of Yan, and after Yongle ascended the throne, he was impeached by Yushi for overstepped his costumes and utensils, and committed suicide in fear of his crimes.
Twelve of the remaining twenty died of illness from the seventh year of Hongwu to the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu. In order, Marquis Hua Yunlong of Huai'an, Marquis Chen De of Linjiang, Marquis WuZhen of Jinghai, Marquis Gushi of Jining, Marquis Wuliang of Jiangyin, Marquis Guo Xing of Gongchang, Marquis Zhanghe of Navigation, Marquis Huhai of Dongchuan, Marquis Zhang Quan of Yongding, Marquis Zhang Long of Fengxiang, Tang He of Dong'ou, and Xu Da, King of Zhongshan.
There are also many friends who do not think that these people are good deaths, and the so-called illness and death are just an excuse after being forced to die or poisoned by Zhu Yuanzhang. For example, the most popular word here is Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, who was poisoned by Zhu Yuanzhang with a "steamed goose".
Portrait of Xu Da
According to scholars, this "steaming goose" poisoning claim was first published in the Qing Dynasty scholar Zhao Yi's "Twenty-Two Historical Notes", but the original text was intended to tell a "rumor nonsense".
Assuming this is true, then it raises another question. What disease must eat goose meat to death, but also must be steamed goose? Although the current medicine and cases have indeed proved that some patients are taboo to eat goose meat, but eating it is only not conducive to recovery, if you want to cause irreparable damage, you can not eat one or two geese.
You say how much time does Taizu have to spend and how many steamed geese to give to Xu Da to ensure that he dies? Such a time-consuming and laborious effort can not guarantee the effect, why not give poison directly?
In addition, Xu Da was stationed in Beijing with his army when he was ill, and Taizu was in the capital Nanjing at that time, with the traffic conditions at that time, how to send steamed geese for these two thousand miles? (This also has another version, deliberately sending spoiled and broken geese to force Xu Da to eat)
After Xu Da's death, Zhu Yuanzhang gave him a very high treatment, stopped the dynasty and personally wrote the "Imperial Shinto Inscription" for Xu Da. It seems that there are only three people in the entire Ming Dynasty who enjoy this treatment. The other two, one was Zhu Di's hero Yao Guangxiao, and the other was Emperor Xiaozong's father-in-law, Zhang Luan, the Duke of Changguo.
Needless to say, Yao Guangxiao is known as the prime minister in black, and without him Zhu Di may not have rebelled. Who is Zhang Luan? Zhang Luan himself achieved nothing, and is famous for his son-in-law, the only emperor in more than two thousand years who strictly adhered to monogamy – Ming Xiaozong.
Moreover, Xu Da's Shinto stele is the highest (8.95 meters) among the known tombstones of Ming Dynasty heroes, which exceeds the ming dynasty system (the stele is nine feet high and three feet six inches wide). It is also taller than Zhu Yuanzhang's own Shinto monument (17 centimeters higher).
If Taizu really had the heart to get rid of Xu Da, why did he have to give him such a high standard treatment? At least Zhu Yuanzhang himself is not such a contradictory person.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang also proved this with his own actions, and the "Great Commandment" and "Record of The Contrarians" that he personally participated in compiling wrote about the tens of thousands of heroes, officials, and gentry who were executed by him. If Taizu, who had all killed this part, really wanted to execute these twenty or so Dragon Heroes, did he need to bend over backwards and work hard to create all kinds of "disease deaths"?
XuDa Shinto Monument
The actual situation is that when Taizu wanted to execute anyone, the convention was to choose between corruption and rebellion (if there was a death-free iron coupon, he would designate rebellion, because the iron coupon indicated that he would not forgive the crime of rebellion), so only eight of the twenty-four generals were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Among them, Marquis Fei Ju of Pingliang, Marquis Tang Shengzong of Yan'an, Marquis Lu Zhongheng of Ji'an, Marquis Zheng Yuchun of Xingyang, and Hu Weiyong got too close and were executed by Hu Weiyong for plotting against the case. Marquis Chen Huan of Puding and Xie Cheng, Marquis of Yongping, were seated together for the lanyu conspiracy.
These two cases are major cases, involving the political situation of the Ming Dynasty and the future succession of the emperor's grandson, and the heroes and officials involved basically have no way to live. Because once taizu regards it as an obstacle to power, there is only one way to die.
The cause of Death of Li Xin, the Marquis of Chongshan, is not too clear, and only the sentence "Curse by deeds" is recorded in the history. According to the Records of Sin, during the period when he was in charge of excavating the Rouge River, he accepted bribes from the people and changed the river channel, resulting in a large increase in the amount of work, exhausting many soldiers, and later being killed because of military grievances (the Ming army of the Ming Dynasty was basically laborers when they did not fight).
Accept the bribes of the people, please chisel the mountains, the soldiers, and the law.
The last person was the famous fortune teller Zhou Dexing of Jiang Xiahou. Although many wild history miscellaneous records and novels describe many heroes as Zhu Yuanzhang's young companions, only Zhou Dexing was affirmed by zhengshi:
Zhou Dexing, a Haoren, and Taizu Tongli, rarely got along.
These two can be described as real bare-ass playmates (with the poverty of their two families, 80% of the little ass stage is really running outside naked).
In the fourth year of Hongwu's reign, Zhou Dexing accompanied Tang He in his conquest of Ming Yuzhen, and after the war, he discussed the merits of "rewarding Dexing and facing the peace". In the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhou Dexing accompanied Deng Yu in his crusade against the Guangxi Barbarian Rebellion, and after the war, his merits were also "Dexing, meritorious restoration of the generals".
In the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhou Dexing committed something taboo. The specifications of the mansion he built violated the rules and was sued by the Ministry of Punishment. Taizu did not take it seriously, and the edict forgave him.
Over the next ten years, Zhou Dexing was repeatedly sent to suppress rebellion and defend against rebellion, and was later rewarded for his merits. After twenty-two years, Hongwu entered the imperial court every year and received rewards.
It can be said that Zhou Dexing's own ability is good, and Zhu Yuanzhang is also good to Zhou Dexing. So why did Zhu Yuanzhang finally want to execute his own hair?
Zhou Dexing was killed by his son. His son had no ability but did great things, saying that Yan Shi was wearing a green hat for the emperor.
In August of the 25th year of Hongwu, Zhou Dexing's son Zhou Ji ran to the palace to have adultery with the palace maid, and was discovered and reported to Taizu.
In August of the twenty-fifth year, he was imprisoned by his son Ji Ji and sat down to die.
Is this true? Eighty percent true. Even if Taizu really wanted to get rid of Zhou Dexing, he didn't need to make up this kind of excuse for taking the initiative to punch himself in the face. Zhou Ji was a palace guard, and he himself had the opportunity to commit this crime. Secondly, the actual status of the palace maid is far more despicable than we think, to put it bluntly, it is a slave.
Many palace women never say the emperor in their lives, and even the eunuchs with identity cannot see them. Therefore, they did not dare to resist being bullied and taking advantage of people with status (Zhou Ji had a hereditary marquis). The author personally feels that Zhou Ji was discovered and denounced when flirting with low-level palace women.
This situation is somewhat similar to the maids in the palaces of the ancient dignitaries, the masters' colleagues or guests flirting. Even if the master knew, he would not say anything, and even if he said more, he would reprimand these maids for misbehaving, seducing and harming their guests. Because in their eyes, these women are just objects, and most of them will take the initiative to play with their colleagues and guests. It's just that the imperial palace involves imperial power with its particularity, which can be big or small, and ordinary people dare not be so arrogant.
This kind of thing was actually not a rare thing in the ancient court, and the two brothers-in-law of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming also did it, and they were also denounced by the eunuch He Ding. However, Emperor Xiaozong favored Empress Zhang and did not take this matter to heart at all.
The tragedy of Zhou Dexing is that Taizu is an extremely sensitive person, and he cannot even mention the words "bald head" and "monk" in front of him, and he naturally will not let go of such things that offend the majesty of his emperor. Therefore, Zhou Dexing's whole family went to Huangquan to apologize.
Here's a digression, the real tragedy in this matter is the unknown palace girl. Although it is not recorded, it is impossible for evil to fall from heaven and have no good ending. This is the real dynasty, and people without power, like ants, are not even worthy of being recorded. I really can't understand what is worth singing and praising in those dark times of the past.
In short, through the ending of these twenty-four heroes, we can see that Taizu did not deliberately do "cunning rabbit death, lackey cooking" for those who came from the dragon old man. As long as you keep to yourself and do not violate his taboos (that is, majesty and power), you will be able to protect yourself.
It's just that it's a little difficult not to violate Taizu's taboo.
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