The Ming Dynasty was the last Han Dynasty in China. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born as a beggar, defeated Chen Youyu and Zhang Shicheng after more than ten years of deception and self-deception, and finally established the Ming Dynasty. And the various bitternesses in this are not easy, and naturally let him be said to be unparalleled in the desire to control power.
The combination of political traditions such as "cunning rabbits die, lackeys cook" and their own desire for power also made major cases frequent during the Hongwu years. From the Hu Weiyong case to the Li Shanchang case, the Kongyin case, and the Guo Huan case, as many as hundreds of thousands of officials and personnel were killed by Zhu Lian. And the founding heroes Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang and others were also destroyed by him.
Hongwu twenty-six years (1393), and this time the "unlucky ghost" is the Liangguo Gong Blue Jade. It is recorded in the Records of the Rebel Ministers that Lan Yu's in-laws, Marquis Ye Yi of Jingning, was a party of Hu Weiyong, and was finally reprimanded for the Hu Weiyong case. And it is precisely because of this matter that the relationship between Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu, and Ye Yi is also quite suspicious of Zhu Yuanzhang.
After the victory of the Northern Expedition and the Battle of Yu'erhai, Lan Yu himself became more and more extravagant and lascivious, and even defiled the princess of the Yuan Dynasty. Holding military power, and having the two dukes of Song and Ying, who were not happy to live in Song and Ying, he was dissatisfied with the words: "I can't bear Taishiye", and finally ended up with the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yunjiao's initial establishment and many other factors, which led to a "skinned and solid grass", and all the nine clans were killed. The number of people implicated in this case is even more numerous, and Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, Wang Bi and other princes are also implicated. More than 15,000 people have been killed for this alone, and among these 15,000 people, there is a poet named Fen. The reason why he was sentenced to death was only because he had inscribed a poem for a painting of Blue Jade. It also allows us to see the cold-blooded side of Zhu Yuanzhang, as an emperor, in the face of power.
Sun Rui is a native of Shunde, Guangdong. In the "History of Ming", it is recorded that he was alert in temperament, and he was omniscient in poetry and books, and his literary style was remarkable. At first, he defected to the warlord He Zhen of Guangdong, but when faced with Liao Yongzhong's southern expedition, he drafted a surrender letter for him and used it for Liao Yongzhong.
In Hongwu's three years of examination, he was selected, first by the Ministry of Engineering Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, and then transferred to the main book of Hongxian County. He worked diligently to appease the people, so he was also called a Hanlin classic.
And just when his career was going well, he was sentenced to repair the city wall for negligence. Alert, when he met Zhu Yuanzhang for conscription, he sang the song of loyalty and love, so Zhu Yuanzhang also opened his eyes and pardoned him.
Subsequently, he took up suzhou and then went to the eastern liaoning side. And it was also at this time that the Blue Jade case broke out, and the fact that he had written poems and paintings for Blue Jade was also turned over.
As a result, he was sentenced to death for this.
But at this time, he naturally thought that he could escape from death and regain his life. And just before the execution, he made a poem that said: "The drum is three times urgent, and the western mountain sun is oblique." Huangquan no guest house, who is staying tonight?" It was hoped that the superintendent would be able to present this poem to Zhu Yuanzhang and leave it under the knife; but for the overseer at that time, the saint urged him to rebel against the party, so he took it upon himself not to report it, but chose to put him to death.
However, there is no impermeable wall in this matter, and this poem is clear and beautiful, circulating in the folk, and eventually being known by Zhu Yuanzhang. After hearing this poem, Zhu Yuanzhang fang knew that he had killed the wrong person, and when he asked the supervisor, he only knew the origin of the matter, and in anger, he ordered the supervisor to be killed.
References: History of the Ming Dynasty, qing, written by Zhang Tingyu
"Poetry collection of the Dynasty, biography of Sun Rui" and so on