Feng Sheng was one of the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, with great merit and status, according to the eight honored courtiers listed by the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang after the founding of the country, he ranked third, second only to Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, and finally won the title of Duke of Song.
Feng Sheng, whose original name was Feng Guosheng, had an older brother named Feng Guoyong, who was also a major general under Zhu Yuanzhang, but in general, in terms of the level of performance on the battlefield, his brother Feng Guoyong was far inferior to his younger brother Feng Sheng.
At the beginning, when Zhu Yuanzhang's strength was weaker than Chen Youyu's, Feng Sheng always followed Zhu Yuanzhang's side and never wavered. Later, in the repeated wars against Chen Youyu, Feng Sheng played an outstanding role, following Zhu Yuanzhang to defeat Chen Youyu in one fell swoop at Poyang Lake, followed by Wuchang, attacking Luzhou, and taking Jiangxi, wherever he went, he was invincible and invincible.
Feng Sheng, who had such outstanding military achievements, also smoothly became the core general of Zhu Yuanzhang's clique and was deeply trusted.
During Hongwu's five-year Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang sent three large armies to conquer the late Yuan general Wang Baobao, and as a result, Xu Da and Li Wenzhong did not win both roads, and only Feng Sheng had good results.
Fifteen years later, Feng Sheng was able to stand alone, taking Fu Youde and Lan Yu to sweep away the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty in Liaodong, and after winning the victory, he was made the Duke of Song for his merits.
On Feng Sheng's fighting style has always been quite peculiar, to use a simple sentence to summarize is that big mistakes are not made, and small mistakes are continuous. He was once greatly criticized by Zhu Yuanzhang for killing General Gao You, and later after Pingshan, without receiving an order, he directly returned to the dynasty, and as a result, he was criticized again.
People like Feng Sheng, who can win battles and toss and toss, really make Zhu Yuanzhang love and hate, such as the battle of the Northern Expedition Wang Baobao, originally as the only victorious force in the Third Route Army, it is reasonable to say that he should be able to get a large number of rewards.
However, at this time, someone reported that he was secretly hiding camel horses, and after investigation, it was true, and Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and cancelled his reward.
Another example: in this battle with Fu Youde and Lan Yu to pacify the remnants of the Yuan army in Liaodong, Feng Sheng performed very well, and the Great Victory Class Division was originally worthy of a big reward. But at this time, someone went to report that he had robbed the daughter of the Yuan army general, which eventually led to the other party's reluctance to surrender. In addition, some people have reported that he is secretly hiding military and civilians.
These two events caused Zhu Yuanzhang to be furious and remove Feng Sheng from his official position, and from then on, He Feng Sheng never commanded a large army again.
At this time, the most important thing he should do is to stay at home honestly and do nothing. As a result, he secretly ran to a secret meeting with his son-in-law, Zhu Xu, who was also the fifth son of Zhu Yuanzhang.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already very jealous, think, when the crown prince Zhu Biao died, and the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunjiao was young and weak, in order to pave the way for him, a potential threat like Feng Sheng had to be removed.
Feng Sheng was transferred to the capital by Zhu Yuanzhang after the Blue Jade Case, and was always in a state of surveillance, and two years later he was given a reason to die!