Since Liu Bang captured Han Xin and sent him back to Chang'an under house arrest, the princes began to rebel when they knew that Liu Bang was preparing to kill the heroes. Chen Feng rebelled, Zang Di rebelled, Peng Yue rebelled, and Yingbu rebelled. It can be said that those heroes who are facing purge are all rebellious and rebellious. So that in the end, Liu Bang killed the red eye, and even the fa Xiao Lu And Fan Duo, who were closest to him, were also ready to kill.
However, the strange thing is that after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he killed heroes and killed 100,000 people successively, but basically no rebels. Although Zhu Yuanzhang believed that these heroes were rebelling, he listed many facts. But in fact, most of these so-called facts are caught in the wind and shadows, and none of them can be implemented in the analysis. At least, no hero has ever raised an army to rebel or stage a coup d'état.
(Zhu Yuanzhang stills)
Then, Zhu Yuanzhang killed 100,000 people, why didn't a single person rebel? Everyone sat still, just like waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to drive a harvester to harvest. What's going on here?
First, prevent problems before they occur.
We cannot say that those heroes did not have the heart to rebel. For example, Hu Weiyong, he must have complained to Li Shanchang, and other people close to him, complaining that Zhu Yuanzhang was not. I also thought about simply reversing it. Jiangshan was fought down by everyone, he Zhu Yuanzhang can become an emperor, I Hu Weiyong may not be able to become an emperor. Now as a prime minister, being kneaded and kneaded by Zhu Yuanzhang, it was very unpleasant. Instead of that, do it yourself.
However, although Hu Weiyong thinks like this, he still only stays on thoughts, words, or plans, and there are no specific measures. But Zhu Yuanzhang had already discovered that something was wrong at that time, and he caught it at once. That is to say, Zhu Yuanzhang had already put it into action before it became a fact. The blows he dealt to the ministers were caught off guard. As a result, the ministers were almost powerless to resist.
The most typical is sapphire. When Zhu Yuanzhang killed Blue Jade, he collected Blue Jade's crimes and wrote a book. If Blue Jade really rebelled, and the evidence was conclusive, Zhu Yuanzhang would have to make a book to prove Blue Jade's guilt. What is clearly there, he does not have to do anything more. This can only show that Zhu Yuanzhang is afraid that others will not believe it, that he is afraid of others gossiping, and that he wants to engage in such a thing and force others to believe it.
(Sapphire stills)
Second, there is no military power in hand.
When Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes, those heroes actually did not have military power in their hands.
This situation is completely different from Liu Bang. Liu Bang originally divided the princes with different surnames to various places, and they were completely independent kingdoms in their fiefdoms, with power and power, and soldiers and soldiers. It was not easy for Liu Bang to deal with them. When dealing with Han Xin, Chen Ping gave Liu Bang an idea of a pseudo-Yun dream and easily arrested Han Xin. However, although such a strategy is good, it can only be used once, and the second time others will not believe it. In the end, Liu Bang had no other way but to raise troops to attack this road.
But Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of heroes was completely different. Those heroes, who were all in the capital at that time, were all under his eyes. They had no soldiers in their hands, and it was impossible to gather them. They wanted to rebel and kill Zhu Yuanzhang, but they could only launch a palace coup. However, because Zhu Yuanzhang took precautions and strictly supervised them, although they wanted to launch a palace coup, they could not find the opportunity.
When Zhu Yuanzhang killed Hu Weiyong, the history books wrote that Hu Weiyong said that a supernatural spring had sprung up in his room, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to go and see it. On the way, there was a eunuch named Yun Qi, desperately stopping in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang felt something strange, climbed the city tower to watch, and saw that there were many "jiashi" hidden in the wall of Hu Weiyong's house. So he knew that Hu Weiyong was going to rebel, so he arrested him.
There are too many doubts about this matter, and it is difficult to say whether it is true or not. But at least to show that Zhu Yuanzhang must have strict supervision over Hu Weiyong, otherwise, he would not have been able to find that Hu Weiyong was different.
(Hu Weiyong stills)
Third, there are levels of work.
When Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes, he did things very layered, it can be said that there was no leakage, so that those heroes had no chance to resist at all.
He first took down civilian ministers such as Yang Xian, Wang Guangyang, and Hu Weiyong. These civilian ministers had no military power in their hands and did nothing at all. He then abolished the position of prime minister and completely decentralized his power. In this way, it is possible to crack down on those who do not have much power.
Moreover, when killing the Hu Weiyong group, the progression was also very good. For example, li shanchang, some influential ministers, he first let him retire, and then calmly cleaned up. This is historically known as the "Hu Weiyong Case Investigation Case".
After taking down the civilian officials, deal with the military generals. Although the military generals could control the military power, at first they did not care much because they saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was dealing with civilian officials. Later, when I realized that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to eat wen and wu, there was no chance.
In short, Zhu Yuanzhang's political means were indeed very clever, so that although he killed 100,000 people, there was no rebellion.
(References: History of the Ming Dynasty, Records of the Ming Dynasty)