Tang He, as the founding general of the Ming Dynasty, as early as Zhu Yuanzhang fought the world, he followed the left and right southern expeditions to the northern war.
Tang He and Zhu Yuanzhang are properly hairy small
It is reasonable to say that after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, the first thing he saw in such a situation was to reward his comrades-in-arms who had once called them brothers on the battlefield.
However, what was surprising was that Tang He was only given the title of Marquis of Zhongshan.
If you trace the reason for Zhu Yuanzhang's move, you must count a small incident when Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang and the two joined the rebel army.
This small matter actually made Zhu Yuanzhang secretly remember and hate for many years.
When Tang He followed Guo Zixing around to fight for merit, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a person who could not even eat enough, and at that time he was afraid that he would be put on the hat of rebellion.
Therefore, when he sent Xiao Tang and went to Guo Zixing, Zhu Yuanzhang directly shaved his head and became a monk.
Tang He fought bravely, heroically, followed Guo Zixing to make countless merits, the limelight is incomparable, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who is struggling in the temple, has a huge contrast.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang really did not have enough to eat, and under the advice of Tang He, he also defected to Guo Zixing.
Zhu Yuanzhang was brave and strategic, and he was extremely good at being a man in the army, and he won the trust of Guo Zixing, and slowly, his merits surpassed Tang He, and Tang He became his subordinates.
However, Tang He did not envy it, and also followed Zhu Yuanzhang to the south to fight in the northern war, becoming his right-hand man.
In fact, at this time, many veterans in the army did not obey Zhu Yuanzhang
After all, how long they had been fighting, how long had Zhu Yuanzhang been here, but just when everyone was still questioning Zhu Yuanzhang,
Only Tang He followed Zhu Yuanzhang around with a dead heart.
Until later, after Guo Zixing's death, Zhu Yuanzhang inherited most of his soldiers and horses, which became the basis for Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's rights were already enormous, and Tang He had something to ask him for instructions at any time, although he had been small before, but at this time and another time, Tang He still had great respect for Zhu Yuanzhang.
So once, Tang He went to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for an incident, but he did not expect to be rejected by him, because of this matter, Tang He was not very happy in his heart, so once he drank too much wine, and even began to complain.
Tang He Dao:
"I guard the frontier like sitting on the roof, looking left and right."
It can only be said that fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was not yet an emperor at this time, and this sentence was very bold, which meant that I was standing on a high place now, and I wanted to follow whomever I wanted.
It didn't take long for this sentence to reach Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, after which Zhu Yuanzhang secretly remembered it in his heart, after all, Tang He's meaning of this word was thinking of "job hopping", and as a leader, he had to guard against it.
Soon after, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne and established the Ming Dynasty, and the brothers who had followed him in the conquest all discussed merits and rewards, so as Zhu Yuanzhang's hair was small, he did his best to help Zhu Yuanzhang lay the world's Soup and Peace.
With such hard work and high achievements, it is not too much to be a duke of Yipin, right?
However, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered Tang He's drunken words at the beginning, and only sealed Tang He and a Marquis of Erpin.
Tang He knew that zhu Yuanzhang was jealous of himself, but it was also understandable that the emperor's most taboo was nothing more than the master of merit, so after that, Tang He worked more diligently and earnestly and acted cautiously.
Playing with Zhu Yuanzhang from childhood to adulthood and knowing Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament, this person is irritable and suspicious, acting fiercely, once he touches his reverse scales, it will definitely make you die without a place to die.
Tang He's guess was not wrong at all.
In 1388, the seventh year of Zhu Yuanzhang's ascension to the throne, he began the road to cleanup.
The first to suffer was Liu Ji, the founding father of the country, who followed Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years and always advised him, and he assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in destroying Chen Youyu and entering the Ying Tianfu.
Later, after the establishment of the country, he did not hesitate to personally rush to win the hearts and minds of zhu Yuanzhang, which can be said to be a very important adviser of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang once called Liu Ji "my son's room".
But despite this, it still did not stop Zhu Yuanzhang's killing intentions.
After Liu Ji was infected with wind and cold, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately sent Hu Weiyong to visit with the imperial doctor, but when Liu Ji ate the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor, he actually felt that the abdominal pain was unbearable.
During this period, Liu Ji had played zhu Yuanzhang on this matter, but Zhu Yuanzhang only coldly casually said two sentences, until this moment, Liu Ji fully understood,
Hu Weiyong's visit was probably ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Two years after Liu Ji's death, Hu Weiyong, who had already taken the position of prime minister, was not spared, and with Hu Weiyong's excuse, Zhu Yuanzhang killed tens of thousands of officials in the imperial court.
The so-called companion is like a companion of the tiger, and Hu Weiyong's crime is conspiracy, but what the truth is, i think everyone knows in their hearts, but no one dares to say a word.
Seeing the heroes who had once had unlimited scenery fall down one by one, Tang He finally couldn't sit still.
Twenty-one years after Hongwu, at this time Zhu Yuanzhang was also very old, and there were still some old ministers in the DPRK who had not been removed, how could Zhu Yuanzhang be assured?
So he began to plan to gradually take back the military power in the hands of the minister
Tang He, who had already secretly observed Zhu Yuanzhang, was also aware of his intentions, so before the emperor could act, he preemptively asked zhu Yuanzhang.
Tang He told Zhu Yuanzhang that he was old and did not want to lead the soldiers to fight and suffer anymore, and now he wanted to tell the old man to return to his hometown and raise his family.
Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly pleased to hear this, so he asked Tang He in a good mood:
"Then do you have any other requests?"
In fact, for normal courtiers, being able to leave the court alive is already the best result, how dare they ask the emperor for something?
But after all, Tang He has also been with Zhu Yuanzhang for decades, and he is well aware of Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament, if he really "has no desire and no desire", I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang will doubt whether he still has the heart of the government and the opposition.
However, if he put forward some requirements that seemed excessive, but in fact did not hinder the interests of the emperor, he could reassure Zhu Yuanzhang.
So Tang He replied:
"The minister wants 100 beauties."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed after hearing this, and the courtiers also laughed at Tang and the old unorthodox, but laughing and laughing, can this really fool Zhu Yuanzhang?
Then Zhu Yuanzhang said:
"Guo Ziyi of the Tang Dynasty is 77 years old and can still lead soldiers to fight, why do you have to return to your hometown when you are only 63 years old?"
This sentence of the emperor was extremely profound, which made Tang He break out in a cold sweat.
In the past, Guo Ziyi was a high-ranking lord, and in his later years, in order to protect himself, he did not hesitate to change his frugal habits, and his home was not only full of jewelry, but also poor and extravagant.
When he was in his 80s, his family still had a large number of wives and concubines, which can be said to express the desire for power and money to the extreme.
Guo Ziyi used the "self-defilement" method to dispel the emperor's suspicions, and at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang moved out of Guo Ziyi, obviously seeing through Tang He's heart.
Tang He was beating a drum in his heart, but his face was very calm, and he replied with a hard scalp:
The old minister was old and had a poor body, so how could he be compared with Guo Ziyi. ”
Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang did not embarrass him, but only said:
"Since you insist on resigning from the government, I will not stop you, but before you resign, I will ask you to do one more thing."
At that time, the coastal area of the Wokou was rampant, and the local people were overwhelmed, and Zhu Yuanzhang finally asked Tang He to do this to solve the problem of the Wokou.
This elderly general spent his whole life fighting in the south and the north, and when he finally resigned, he once again sat on horseback.
Tang He and Fang Mingqian went on a field trip to the coastal area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and finally decided to build fortifications here to resist the Invasion of the Wokou once and for all.
Tang He gathered more than 30,000 Zhuangding to repair the wall, and a total of 59 health centers were set up along the coast
Then, these fortifications built by Tang He effectively resisted the Wokou for the people, so that the people could protect themselves.
The following year, the fortifications were finally formed, and Tang He returned to Beijing to resume his life.
Zhu Yuanzhang took back Tang He's military power, and he was also very satisfied with his mission, so he allowed him to return to his hometown, and before leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang fulfilled his promise.
Zhu Yuanzhang not only really gave him 100 beauties, but also gave him 50,000 treasure notes, 300 taels of gold, and other jewelry.
After that, Tang He led his wife and children back to his hometown, and only needed to enter Beijing once a year to meet the emperor.
So is it really over?
Within a few years, a variable in the court made Zhu Yuanzhang kill Tang He.
Twenty-five years after Hongwu, the crown prince Zhu Biao died, and Zhu Yunjiao became the successor of the next emperor
But Zhu Yunjiao was too young, and Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that his little grandson could not suppress the old minister and was robbed of Jiangshan.
So Zhu Yuanzhang successively killed Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and other old ministers, and after these people were eliminated, Zhu Yuanzhang still couldn't sleep.
Tang He has been in charge of military power for many years, and his prestige in the DPRK cannot be underestimated, even if he is now returning to his hometown, but his influence is still there, if he really has two hearts, Zhu Yunjiao is definitely not his opponent.
So Zhu Yuanzhang picked a good day and drove to Tang He's hometown to visit himself.
At this time, Tang He also knew the variables in the court, where did he not know the purpose of Zhu Yuanzhang's visit? So when Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at Tang He's home, what he saw was a scene that surprised him.
Only to see the old comrade-in-arms who was full of vigor before, at this moment his mouth and eyes were crooked, the saliva flowed out without knowing it, Tang He trembled and wanted to salute when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, but his hands and feet were out of control, and he failed to kneel down after several attempts.
Looking at this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed with emotion, he comforted his old friend with his hand, and sighed incessantly.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang understood that such a Tang He was completely no longer a threat, so his killing heart suddenly subsided, and he just chatted with Tang He about his homeland.
In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, Tang He's illness worsened, and the emperor sent someone to take him to Jingzhong, not only did not kill him, but also sent an imperial doctor to treat him.
Whenever Zhu Yuanzhang went to visit, Tang He was too sick to speak, and could only keep kowtowing, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his friend like this and couldn't help but burst into tears, and then gave him a lot of gold as his funeral expenses, which was the best friendship in this life.
After Tang He's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was heartbroken, and in order to mourn Tang He, Zhu Yuanzhang resigned for three days, and he buried Tang He in the southern foothills of Cao Mountain, posthumously honoring him as the King of Dong'ou and enjoying the Taimiao Temple.
Throughout Tang He's life, because he is sensitive and wise, he has escaped death several times, and Tang He loves the people like a son, has an upright disposition, and is loyal at heart.
It is recorded in the "History of Ming" that in Tang He's later years, he was seriously ill, and he dismissed more than a hundred people
Concubines, the rewards they received were also distributed to blind dates, soup and people, without the slightest greed.