As the saying goes, a thousand gold is easy to get, a will be difficult to find, especially for those who aspire to dominate the world, getting a brave and good warrior will greatly increase their chances of success. Those founding emperors in history, almost every one of them has countless tough generals who can fight good wars, and these founding generals are all experienced in hundreds of battles and have made great contributions to the conquest of the world. However, it is easy to be happy and bitter, and it is difficult to be rich and noble, and when the dynasty is established, these founding generals are often the first to be slaughtered by the emperor.
In ancient times, there were many emperors who did the slaughter of heroes, the most cruel of which was zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who, after becoming emperor, in order to consolidate the rule of the imperial court, killed all the founding heroes who thought they were a threat to the imperial court. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's practice ensured the smooth inheritance of imperial power after his death, the "Battle of Jingnan" broke out soon after, and the imperial court side did not have a general who could fight a good war, resulting in Zhu Di, the king of Yan, becoming the only king of the yan who successfully rebelled.
When Zhu Di launched the "Battle of Jingnan", the strength of the army in his hands was only one-tenth of that of the imperial court at most, but in the process of Zhu Di waving his army south later, the imperial court had a white army in the air but could not stop Zhu Di's footsteps at all. The reason for this is that although the imperial army was numerous at this time, almost all the brave and good warriors were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang. What caused this consequence was the Blue Jade case that broke out in Hongwu in the 26th year.
Lan Yu's sister was the wife of Chang Yuchun, another founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, and Chang Yuchun was the father-in-law of Prince Zhu Biao, so Blue Jade actually belonged to the Prince's party. As the uncle of the crown princess, Lan Yu was very willing to see Zhu Biao become emperor from the heart, so his relationship with Zhu Di, the King of Yan, had never been good, and the friendship between the two was already an open secret of the imperial court.
Zhu Biao was made the son of the Prince of Wu by Zhu Yuanzhang when he was ten years old, and has been with Zhu Yuanzhang as an heir ever since, and in Zhu Biao's 27-year successor career, Zhu Yuanzhang never considered changing people. Moreover, in order for Zhu Biao to successfully inherit the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang also set up a very luxurious team for him, the backbone of which was the military General Xiao Yong headed by Blue Jade. These people were carefully selected by Zhu Yuanzhang to prepare for Zhu Biao, so that Zhu Biao could completely eliminate the Northern Yuan after he succeeded to the throne.
Zhu Di, the King of Yan, coveted the throne, and Zhu Yuanzhang knew this, and the great general Lan Yu also knew it, but the crown prince Zhu Biao did not know it. The relationship between Lan Yu and Zhu Biao was very close, once he returned to The Beijing Division from the desert, and when he saw Zhu Biao, he said to him: "The King of Yan is not an ordinary person, sooner or later he will rebel, I have found someone to look at his qi, there is the weather of the Son of Heaven, you must be careful." However, Zhu Biao did not believe it, but instead said, "The King of Yan is very respectful to me, and there will never be such a thing." Blue Jade saw that Zhu Biao refused to believe it, so he had to say, "I have received preferential treatment from you prince, so I told you this secret, so that you can understand the severity of this matter, and I hope that my words will not work." ”
Blue jade was originally a killer weapon left by Zhu Yuanzhang to the crown prince Zhu Biao, in addition to conquering the Northern Yuan for him, but also to ensure that the throne can be smoothly inherited. However, the early death of the crown prince Zhu Biao forced Zhu Yuanzhang to change his plans, because it was impossible for the young emperor's grandson Zhu Yunjiao to suppress the blue jade. In this case, Zhu Yuanzhang's first thing to do was to ensure that Zhu Yunjiao's throne was stable, so he could only get rid of the blue jade by cruel means. As for whether Zhu Di will rebel in the future, this is no longer something that Zhu Yuanzhang can stop, and even if Zhu Di rebels, the throne will eventually fall into the hands of the Zhu family.
So, how powerful is sapphire? Why is it said that as long as he lives, Zhu Di does not dare to rebel?
It can be said that if Blue Jade only had one day to live, then Zhu Di would not be able to rebel, because his military talent could not be compared with Blue Jade. Blue Jade was not only proficient in the art of war, but also had countless brave and good warriors under his command, these people were the backbone of the imperial army, and with them, Zhu Di could be said to have no chance of winning. However, in the Blue Jade Case that broke out in Hongwu in the twenty-sixth year, Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to eliminate the consequences, cleaned up these brave and warlike generals. "The Yuan Gong Su generals have exhausted them one after another", so when Zhu Di's army went south, although the imperial court had a million troops, it collapsed at a touch, and it was not the opponent of tens of thousands of people in Zhu Di's area.
In fact, although Blue Jade was somewhat arrogant, it could be said that his rebellion was unlikely. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang said that Blue Jade plotted rebellion, but the record of Blue Jade rebellion in the history books is unclear. In the "History of Ming" and the "Records of Ming Taizu", the reasons for The rebellion against Lan Yu can be summarized into two points: The first point is that Lan Yu suspects that he is a small official, "Yu is not happy to live under song and Ying, and he said: "I can't bear Taishiye." Another point is that Blue Jade once played several things to Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen to any of them, so Blue Jade thought that "I am suspicious of me."
The ancients often said that an accompanying emperor is like a companion tiger, especially a very suspicious emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is almost impossible to gain his true trust. Blue Jade made a great contribution to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, but because of the early death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, he was jealous of Zhu Yuanzhang, not only was he himself exterminated, but the number of people involved was as many as 15,000, and the brave soldiers in the army were lost. Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted emperor Zhu Yunjiao to succeed to the throne smoothly, but instead let Zhu Di, the King of Yan, pick up a big bargain.