After the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he began to discuss the reward of merit and deeds. However, these founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty could never have imagined that it would not be long before Zhu Yuanzhang began to unload and kill donkeys. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang launched the four major cases of Hongwu, and as a result, the number of officials implicated in the Ming Dynasty reached more than 100,000. Under such circumstances, the officials of the Hongwu dynasty were all at risk.
The four major cases of Hongwu are the Hu Weiyong case, the Empty Seal case, the Guo Huan case, and the Blue Jade case. It is undeniable that the occurrence of the four major cases of Hongwu made everyone in the Hongwu period endanger themselves, because they did not know when the officials of the imperial court would be implicated. In the Case of Hu Weiyong alone, the number of people implicated reached more than 30,000.
Under such circumstances, most of the court officials were implicated. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, YushiZhong's confession of Hu Weiyong's plot to rebel, Zhu Yuanzhang executed the two together. After the Hu Weiyong case appeared, people discovered that Hu Weiyong had plotted to kill Liu Ji, falsely spread Fu Rui, colluded with border generals, and attempted rebellion by foreign clans. Then once Hu Weiyong died, his henchmen would not be much better.
Hongwu pursued Hu Weiyong's case for twenty-three years. At this time, more than ten years had passed since the Hu Weiyong case, and at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang executed Lu Zhongheng, Fei Ju, Li Shanchang, Lin Xian, Feng Xu, and others. The number of people implicated in the air seal case is not as large as in the Hu Weiyong case. However, the influence of the air seal case is also very large, and many people are still implicated.
When the Ming Dynasty was first established, it continued the various systems of the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, every year the local governors had to send officials to the Ministry of Beijing Division, in order to verify the money, grain, and military supplies they paid to the central government. In such a situation, at the beginning, the local officials complied. Later, the officials did not comply.
Relevant officials often went to Beijing with pre-written empty seal documents, so they directly stamped the letter, and after Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this matter, he was furious. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang noticed this, and at this time Zhu Yuanzhang felt that these people were the crime of deceiving the king. As a result, hundreds of people were executed, and hundreds more were charged with the army.
The record of Guo Huan's case is very simple, the history books record that "since the six or so attendants died, seven million stolen, the words even the officials of the province, tens of thousands of dead." Nuclear stolen goods have been sent all over the world, and the homes of the people among the people are mostly destroyed. That is to say, Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that Guo Huan, the attendant of the household department, was greedy for official grain, so he ordered the execution of these people.
Compared with other founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, Blue Jade is Hu Weiyong's hometown, often meets Chun's wife and brother, brave and good at war, and has made many military achievements. However, Blue Jade held military power but was arrogant and lawless, repeatedly angering Zhu Yuanzhang. So Zhu Yuanzhang put him to death. Then the four major cases of Hongwu are actually quite unjust. It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't think so.
The empty seal case is the most unjust, and now it seems that Zhu Yuanzhang killed these people in order to kill chickens and scare monkeys. The purpose of killing hundreds of "chief officials" and then filling up hundreds of troops is because these people act arbitrarily without honoring the emperor, which is a serious crime. The emergence of Hu Weiyong's case can only be said to be a stepping stone on Zhu Yuanzhang's road to centralized power.
Zhu Yuanzhang characterized Hu Weiyong as an authoritarian use of power, nepotism, non-compliance, murder of ministers, and false rumors of Fu Rui, and the most serious was collusion with border generals and attempts to rebel. What is even more ridiculous is that a eunuch named Yun Qi actually predicted Hu Weiyong's rebellion. The history books record that "hu Weiyong was known forethought to rebel, and tried to prevent Emperor Gao from driving, and died under the gavel."
Blue Jade's death was only the prince's funeral offering. In the absence of a confession from Blue Jade, the history books record that "Yu Bu Le lived under Song and Ying, saying: 'I can't bear Taishiye.' And then there's "I'm suspicious." In today's parlance, it is to add to sin, and there is no excuse for it. Lan Yu's death was related to Zhu Biao, who had just died at that time, but Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to pass on the throne to his grandson Zhu Yunjiao.
In such a situation, sapphire undoubtedly became the biggest threat. The last Guo Huan was an economic case, and at the time, Guo Huan was well-funded, resulting in a total loss of 24 million quintals of grain in the Ming court. Grain is the foundation of the ancient country, so at this time, suddenly less than a year's output, nearly one-third of the reserves, this kind of thing Zhu Yuanzhang will not find? Obviously not.