We all know that the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, did nothing before becoming emperor, and could only rely on cattle herding to support his family, when Zhu Yuanzhang was 25 years old, he joined the Red Turban Army by chance, made great merits in resisting the Yuan Dynasty, and also won the hearts of the people, and then when he attacked the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, the people expected to be called emperor, and the country was named the Ming Dynasty. This also means that the era of The Yuan Dynasty's rule has passed, and Zhu Yuanzhang was able to unify China so quickly, which is inseparable from the efforts of his generals Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others.
Especially because Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang were very good friends when they were very young, when Zhu Yuanzhang began to raise a banner to revolt, Xu Da had already followed him, because Xu Da himself was very good at kung fu, plus he was also very stable in doing things, so he quickly stood out when he followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight.
He has received great merit, but people are not proud of their merits, but they must consult with Zhu Yuanzhang on anything in the military, and at the same time, they do not covet credit when leading battles, and most of the credit is distributed to the generals under them. But when there was danger, Xu Da was the first to rush up. It is precisely for this reason that after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da was also named the Duke of Wei.
Xu Da was still not proud of his achievements after being sealed in this position, and he was very low-key in doing things for people, and the ministers of the court were also very admiring of Xu Da, but Xu Da's wife was diametrically opposed to Xu Da's personality, because Xu Da's wife Zhang Shi showed a martial side at a very young age, so she was very straightforward in personality, and after marrying Xu Da, she also had a good relationship with Xu Da, because of Zhang's personality, she was somewhat proud of herself, and even Empress Ma's face was not given. Because Empress Ma has become the empress of a country, the disrespect for her is already forbearing, which also makes Zhang even more unscrupulous.
One day, the empress was also the wife of the generals of the banquet, and at the banquet, she talked about how powerful the men of each family were on the battlefield, and said that if there were no such generals in the early days of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, then it would be impossible to have such a good life as now, that is, at this time, Zhang Shi directly said that they were all from peasant origins, but we could not compare with your family, and the wives of the generals at the banquet were very surprised to hear it, and the banquet ended hastily.
What many people did not expect was that these words at the banquet reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very angry, and he also had a jealous heart for Xu Da, and decided to kill Zhang Shi, in order to see Xu Da's attitude, so he invited Xu Da to the palace to drink, and during the conversation between the two people, he also mentioned many times that if there was no Xu Da Zhu Yuanzhang's family, he might have been killed, Xu Da was also confused when he returned home, and when he returned home, he knew that his wife had been killed, but Xu Da was very sad, However, his loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang did not diminish in the slightest, but he did not know that this made Zhu Yuanzhang even more uneasy about him, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to test Xu Da.
There was such a day, Xu Da sick leave, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Xu Da was sick, directly to Xu Da's palace to visit, and Xu Da knew that the emperor came to see him very excited, within two days he was in good spirits to go to the dynasty, which also made Zhu Yuanzhang think that Xu Da had been pretending to be sick, so he asked the imperial doctor Xu Da what he could not eat when he got this disease, and learned that he could not eat steamed geese, so he ordered the imperial dining room to send a steamed goose to Xu Da, and wrote him a letter, Xu Da opened the letter and instantly understood so. Tearfully ate the steamed goose and died not long after. After Xu Da's death, Zhu Yuanzhang also made his funeral very solemn.