In the ancient feudal society, loyalty was very important, and this loyalty was almost higher than the existence of life. Many people do not even want their own lives for loyalty, and their integrity is remarkable. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Duke of Jinling was dissatisfied with Zhao Dun and sent assassins to assassinate Zhao Dun. At that time, it was the fourth day, and Zhao Dun had already gotten up to get dressed and ready to go to the court. When the assassin saw that Zhao Dun was so diligent, he deeply felt remorseful and could not do anything, but he could not be disloyal to Jin Linggong, so he committed suicide. This is a phenomenon of die-hard loyalty.
In fact, in history, there is another person who has involved all his relatives because of his die-hard loyalty, and was directly ordered to destroy the Ten Tribes, which can be described as the first person in history and the only one in history. This man's name was Fang Xiaoru, a minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Fang Xiaoru was born in Ninghai during the Hongwu dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, and when he was young, he was intelligent and alert, liked to read, and once studied under the great Confucian Song Lian at that time, that is, the author of "Sending Dongyang Ma Sheng". When he was young, he took the application of the world as his ideal and the desire to help the people. When his father was implicated in the "Empty Seal Case" and was killed, Fang Xiaoru personally helped the coffin home, and his behavior touched the people along the way.
After returning home, he studied diligently and learned a lot, because he was recommended by Wu Shen and others to be summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang. After talking with Fang Xiaoru, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Fang Xiaoru was a very capable person, and he wanted to leave Fang Xiaoru to his son Zhu Biao, so he asked him to go home and wait.
When Hongwu was twenty-five years old, Fang Xiaoru was sent to Hanzhong to give a lecture, and King Xian of Shu thought he was a talented man, so he asked him to be Shizi's teacher. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang died, and emperor's grandson Zhu Yunjiao took the throne, and Fang Xiaoru was appointed as a Hanlin attendant, and later promoted to a bachelor of attendants.
At this time, Fang Xiaoru had become the person Zhu Yunjue relied on the most, but whenever he encountered major state events, Zhu Yunru had to ask Fang Xiaoru's opinion, and at that time, almost all the decisions of the empire were involved by Fang Xiaoru, so he was very grateful to Zhu Yunjiao, and his ideal of life was realized.
In the third year of Emperor Jianwen's reign, Zhu Di rebelled, and Fang Xiaoru came up with many ideas to resist Zhu Di, but none of them succeeded. Soon after, Zhu Di crossed the Yangtze River and approached Nanjing. Zhu Yunjiao was very frightened, and his men advised him to take refuge elsewhere and wait for another incident. However, Fang Xiaoru insisted that Emperor Jianwen stick to wait for reinforcements, and even if he failed, he should die for Sheji, and Emperor Jianwen followed the advice.
Soon after, Zhu Di attacked the city of Nanjing, Emperor Jianwen set himself on fire, and Fang Xiaoru was arrested. This is also the origin of the Ming Dynasty tradition of "the son of heaven guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the society". When Zhu Di rebelled, someone asked Zhu Di not to kill Fang Xiaoru, and Zhu Di agreed. Therefore, after capturing Fang Xiaoru, Zhu Di asked him to draft his own edict of ascension to the throne, Fang Xiaoru would rather die than die, Zhu Di was furious and ordered the destruction of Fang Xiaoru's Ten Clans.
These ten clans include the four clans on the father's side, namely, their own clan, the sister clan who are married in the father's generation, the sister clan who are married in their own generation, and the daughter who has married out of their own generation. There are also the three clans of the mother, namely the family of the grandfather, the family of the grandmother, and the family of the mother's sisters. There are also two families of wives, namely the father-in-law and the mother-in-law. In addition, there is also his own protégé, which involves a very wide range, whether it is Fang Xiaoru's distant relatives or close relatives all killed, it can be described as bloody!
Fang Xiaoru was not afraid of death, believing that he had died for the king and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. We respect Fang Xiaoru's integrity, but the price of his loyal method is too great, dear readers, what do you think?