Kill all the million soldiers in Jiangnan, the sword in the waist is still bloody -- Zhu Yuanzhang's "Show monk"
Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, have too many similarities. Liu Bang was born in Shijing, grew up in the streets with the pranks, mixed with the court president and led a group of criminals to rebel against death row; zhu Yuanzhang's origins were even more humble, his parents died in the famine at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he worked as a cattle herder and a beggar and a wandering monk, and finally joined Guo Zixing's rebel forces before he came to prominence.
The Han Dynasty was called a strong Han by historians, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, wantonly slaughtered heroes after he founded the Han Dynasty, and the meritorious ministers such as Zang Di the King of Yan, Han Xin the King of Chu, and Peng Yue the King of Liang all died under Liu Bang's butcher's knife; the Ming Dynasty was called Gang Ming by historians, and after the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he also wantonly slaughtered the heroes, and what was even more brutal than Liu Bang was that Zhu Yuanzhang not only killed the military generals (Zhou Dexing), but even Wen Chen (Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong), while Liu Bang still left Zhang Liang and Xiao He behind. The most ironic thing is that before the murder of the heroes, Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang both issued Danshu iron coupons, which is the common saying of the gold medal for avoiding death.
Liu Bang basically used the excuse of "intending to rebel", and Zhu Yuanzhang, in addition to convicting and plotting rebellion, also listed many "strange" crimes for his courtiers, including his father-in-law Hu Mei. What reason did Zhu Yuanzhang use to kill his father-in-law?
At the time of the late Yuan uprising, Hu Mei and Zhu Yuanzhang were not the same people, Hu Mei was a general under Chen Youyi, who claimed to be the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang was originally a subordinate of Guo Ziyi (who died in 1355) of the Red Turban Army. After Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Jiangzhou in 1361, Hu Mei, a general who wanted to win over Chen Youyu, turned to his own account and sent emissaries to negotiate with Hu Mei. Hu Mei also felt that Chen Youyi was not very reliable as a leader, and already had the idea of changing the court. After that, Hu Mei bargained with Zhu Yuanzhang, and finally under the mediation of the counselor Liu Bowen, Hu Mei successfully switched to Zhu Yuanzhang's command, and also brought a group of soldiers himself and retained his previous official position. After arriving under Zhu Yuanzhang's account, Hu Mei also made many achievements, and relying on his familiarity with Chen Youyi's territory and army, Hu Mei could be said to have made great contributions in Zhu Yuanzhang's battle to pacify Chen Han. In the process of following Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world, Hu Mei also married her daughter Hu Shi to Zhu Yuanzhang.
The cruel and murderous Zhu Yuanzhang is very single-minded in terms of feelings, he only spoils his haired wife Ma Shi, and does not love Hu too much. However, after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he still made Hu a noble concubine, only under Empress Ma. In 1370, Hu Mei, the abbot of the state, was also made the hereditary prince Yuzhanghou. Then, after only 13 years of life, Hu Mei's Marquis was forcibly dragged into prison by Zhu Yuanzhang, and soon after, he was beheaded by the door.
Why did Hu Mei go to jail? Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer this question until 6 years later, when Zhu Yuanzhang swung a butcher's knife at the old minister Li Shanchang, he issued an edict explaining The evidence of Hu Mei's crime, and the reason for the punishment was too childish: Hu Mei often came to the palace to visit her daughter, who was a noble concubine, to disturb the palace ban, so the door was full of cuts. The outrageous degree of this crime and Qin Juniper's unwarranted struggle were a fight, and it was really a matter of wanting to add to the guilt.
Knowing that Hou Ye Humei was actually convicted in this way, the Qunchen were also terrified, afraid that the butcher knife would fall on his neck. But it was also fine, because since Li Shanchang's death, there were few old ministers in the whole Daming.