The change of dynasties, the position of the emperor has always been the fat meat in the eyes of the world, even if it is the day you sit in the position of the emperor, it is likely that the next second will no longer belong to you. Such a dangerous position, so many founding emperors will establish their own majesty, let the imperial court civil and military officials, in awe of it, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang led the peasant revolt, the Mongol Yuan Dynasty was overthrown in one fell swoop, but also experienced various tribulations and finally obtained the opportunity to unify the world and established the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, when Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, there were also many founding heroes to help, these ministers are also indispensable, similar to Liu Bowen, Lan Yu and others, so after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang gave them the gold medal to avoid death, but with the passage of time, these ministers were high and powerful, Zhu Yuanzhang saw this hidden danger, decided to kill his relatives in righteousness, to ensure his throne, because in the establishment of each dynasty will punish the founding heroes, so Ming Taizu is also familiar with this, naturally those ministers are inseparable.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang did not use arbitrary means to kill his own founding ministers, which will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the ministers, so Zhu Yuanzhang came up with a plan, he invited the group of ministers to dinner with great fanfare, and the banquet at this time did not have the slightest killing chance, so the minister did not think of Zhu Yuanzhang's true intention to invite guests, so everyone was laughing and laughing, but when they looked at the dishes, the smiles on the faces of these ministers were gone, replaced by surprise and fear.
The first thing to serve is not a mountain treasure sea flavor, not a big fish and meat, but some vegetarian dishes, such a practice these ministers do not understand, the next few dishes are the protagonist, including: steamed bird's nest, red rabbit meat and dog meat. The meaning of these dishes is probably that the courtiers all understand the meaning, among which Liu Bowen looked at these dishes and did not dare to put down the chopsticks, he foreshadowed the purpose of Zhu Yuanzhang's invitation this time, the lackeys cooked cunning rabbits to death, the meaning of these dishes is dead to say that their own Jiangshan has been laid, you former heroes are useless, this is an ultimatum to us.
Therefore, after the banquet, Liu Bowen took the initiative to ask Zhu Yuanzhang to resign. After Zhu Yuanzhang pushed back several times, Shunshi agreed to him. In the first few personnel sweeps, Liu Bowen was able to save his life, and as for the later killing, it was completely Hu Weiyong's personal revenge. The supreme power of the emperor makes the world afraid, whether it is the imperial throne inherited, or the throne seized from scratch, once someone threatens his authority, it must be a curse, such a thing has happened in all the dynasties.