At first, like Zhu Yuanzhang, Fu Youde came from the lowest level of society at that time, and in that chaotic era, in order to survive, he could only run to join the rebel army, and successively followed Li Xixi, Ming Yuzhen, Chen Youyu, Zhu Yuanzhang, and so on.
In the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, Fu Youde was greatly valued, and he also successively achieved great military achievements such as Western Bashu, Northern Expedition to the Desert, and Southern Pingyungui.
Especially during the Northern Expedition to the Desert, Fu Youde won seven battles and seven victories, and the Mongol army collapsed, Zhu Yuanzhang himself once said bluntly, on the merits of the generals, Fu Youde was the first, and later he was also named the Duke of Yingguo for his merits, and was awarded the exemption from death and hereditary iron coupons.
However, it was in this way that he was unjustly killed by Zhu Yuanzhang's unwarranted suspicion, which was really lamentable and really confirmed the ancient saying- "The cunning rabbit dies of the lackeys to cook; the high bird does his best to hide the bow; the enemy country breaks the plot and dies." ”
Between the founding heroes and the founding emperors in ancient times, how to survive after the founding of the country has always been a difficult problem, even if you encounter a more benevolent monarch like Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty and Liu Xiu, the Emperor of Han Guangwu, you can hand over the military power. But if you encounter someone like Han Gaozu Liu Bang who is unsentimental and jealous, even if you tremble every day and do things like walking on thin ice, you will not be able to escape death.
And Zhu Yuanzhang, among the founding emperors, belonged to the kind of jealousy that was particularly heavy, and the heroes who died at his hands were innumerable. But every time Zhu Yuanzhang killed a hero, it was not without reason, for example, Lan Yu and Hu Weiyong were accused, and their own merit was on the one hand, and his own arbitrary actions were on the other hand, and the combination of the two, how could Zhu Yuanzhang tolerate it.
But unlike Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu, Fu Youde has always been very peaceful and self-guarding, and he has violated Zhu Yuanzhang's taboo because of something.
The reason why Fu Youde was targeted by Zhu Yuanzhang was mainly due to the following two reasons: one was that his daughter was the wife of Zhu Jixi, the King of Jin, who was also Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, and he had heavy troops in his hands, posing a certain threat to the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunxiu; second, he also had a relatively close connection with Blue Jade.
For these two reasons, even if Fu Youde has great merit and keeps to himself, he must die!
For Fu Youde's death, countless people have felt very wronged for fu youde since ancient times, and Wang Shizhen, the Shangshu of the Punishment Department during the Kangxi Dynasty, once commented: "The injustice of the ancient heroes has not been as great as that of the Yinggong!" ”