The tragedy of blue jade has its own reasons, there are also reasons for the bankruptcy of Zhu Yuanzhang's political plan, not all the heroes who were killed can be summarized by "rabbit dead dog cooking", and blue jade does not belong to this kind!
If you don't die, you won't die
There is no doubt about the status of blue jade in Daming, until Zhu Yuanzhang served in the army in his early years, and it can be said that he was a backbone general brought up by Chang Yuchun. Then he followed Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, Xu Da, and other first-class famous generals to conquer the north and the south, and they must be the vanguard in every battle, which was not only recognized by these famous generals, but also established prestige in the army. In the battle of Yu'erhai, he made a contribution to the creation of the world, and was called by Zhu Yuanzhang as comparable to Wei Qing and Li Jing, and then he was named the Duke of Liangguo.
Lan Yu could still be a low-key person when the founding general was still there, after all, he was still the world of the older generation of generals in the army, but with the death of King Kaiping Changyu Chun Hongwu in the second year, Deng Yu Hongwu, the Duke of Weiguo, died of illness in ten years, Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao, died of illness in seventeen years, Xu DaHongwu, the king of Zhongshan, died of illness in eighteen years, the old seniors in the army died, the illness of the disease, although the military affairs of Daming had feng sheng and Fu Youde, the burden had fallen on the generals of the generation of Lan Yu and Mu Ying. During Hongwu's twenty-year Northern Expedition, Feng Sheng was suspected by Zhu Yuanzhang and subsequently punished, so Lan Yu picked up the title of general and obtained the power of "chief military".
With Zhu Yuanzhang's dependence, Blue Jade also became more and more arrogant, raising Zhuang slaves, collecting righteous sons, forcibly occupying the people's land, and scolding Yushi, all of which were touching Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line. At the time of its Northern Expedition, the rape of Yuan Concubine caused yuan concubines to humiliate the suicide of yuan concubines, Zhu Yuanzhang changed his title of Liang Guogong to Liang Guogong, Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior was intended to knock the blue jade, after all, the young and vigorous blue jade is still the talent of Daming, and more knocking should be somewhat restrained, but in fact, the blue jade did not get lost. Before Xifeng Pass, Blue Jade once again did a muddy thing, in the face of the "sluggishness" of the officials guarding the customs, Blue Jade directly attacked into it, this matter was lightly said to be Blue Jade's bad temper, and at worst, it was completely possible to think that Blue Jade was a rebellious act.
Yu Bule lived under Song and Ying, saying, "I can't bear Taishiye." - "Records of Ming Taizu"
Fu Youde was the Crown Prince Taishi who was crowned by Hongwu in the twenty-fourth year, and Feng Sheng was the Crown Prince Taishi who was crowned by Hongwu in the twenty-fifth year, while Lan Yu was named the Crown Prince Taifu, but he spoke wildly, and was not satisfied with the title of Taifu, believing that his credit should be above Fu Youde and Feng Sheng, and he should be given the same title of Taishi. It is reasonable to say that this kind of complaint is finished by nagging his cronies for two sentences, but this statement is recorded, and it is indeed a death.
"Ruling the world cannot be impossible, and when the grass is ignorant, the law is still sparse, the law of the day of peace is becoming dense, and the situation is fixed... The people below Liangzu are ignorant of the few who protect themselves, but also violate the way of moderation and moderation, and they are also self-inflicted. --History of the Ming Dynasty
In fact, I rather agree with the "History of Ming" for the blue jade to cause trouble, when a country from the establishment to the right track, the legal system is more and more perfect and strict, Zhu Yuanzhang is an emperor who strongly requires officials to abide by the law, blue jade did some things not only undermined the legal system, but also set a bad benchmark for the promotion of the country's legal system, even if the blue jade talent is high, it should not flout the rules of the game formulated by the king. On the road of Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of heroes, Ming ze saved himself and was a common behavior with his tail between his legs, while Blue Jade was a crime against the wind and constantly challenged the king's bottom line, which was really self-destruction.
Zhu Yuanzhang's political planning
Zhu Biao should be Zhu Yuanzhang's unswerving heir, and Zhu Yuanzhang also invited the best teacher Song Lian to teach Zhu Biao. When Zhu Yuanzhang was abroad on a campaign, He ordered Zhu Biao to supervise the state, Li Shanchang and the prince to be a young master, Xu Da to be the prince and the young master, and Chang Yuchun to be the prince shaobao, and in such a system of supervision of the country, it was obvious that he was training the crown prince; Zhu Biao, who was in his twenties, was ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang."
He listened to the notices of the various divisions in order to practice state affairs
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And Zhu Biao not only had the talent to govern, but also a benevolent monarch, especially in contrast to his father, Kuan Ren Zhonghou became synonymous with Zhu Biao, and the "broad and easy government" advocated by zhu Biao also won praise among the wen and wu courtiers, the crown prince Renming, the group of subjects submitted, everything was carried out according to Zhu Yuanzhang's plan.
"I wanted to move the capital, but now I am old, my energy is tired, and the world is determined, and I do not want to work for the people." And there are many ups and downs, only to listen to the sky. But may this heart be appreciated and blessed to its children and grandchildren. - "Ancestral Stove Text"
The last thing Zhu Yuanzhang had to do was to leave a group of generals for Zhu Biao, one was to completely eliminate the remnants of the Northern Yuan, and the other was to follow Zhu Yuanzhang's self-written "Ancestral Stove Text" and his intention to move the capital to Guanzhong, which is also Chang'an, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang is a Han and Tang Fan. Moving the capital to Guanzhong needed a group of warriors to guard the gate of the country, so The blue jade that had a good relationship with Zhu Biao in the later period of Hongwu became the first choice. Blue Jade has the ability to drive out the Tartars for thousands of miles, it has the ability to continue the Northern Expedition based on Guanzhong, and of course, it also has the ability to defend against the Yan King in Beijing.
With Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang's political plan was completely bankrupt, and after Zhu Biao's death, he left the weak imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen, and Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer leave this set of martial cliques. The reason is very simple, Zhu Biaoneng's town of Blue Jade, Zhu Yunwen is afraid that it will be difficult to calm down, at this time Zhu Yuanzhang no longer pursues the expansion of the territory, only hopes that his grandson can smoothly succeed, so the bankruptcy of this political plan is the reason why Blue Jade must die.
The beginning and end of the Blue Jade case
Since the king let the subject die, and the subject had to die, then the Blue Jade case must formulate a reasonable logic to achieve the booking effect.
1. The motive for the crime
The first motivation is the aforementioned "unhappy residence under Song and Ying". When everyone was avoiding disasters, Blue Jade was exposing his ambitions against the current, Fu Youde and Feng Sheng were such figures, among the six founding dukes, Fu Youde was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang as "on the merits of the generals, Fu Youde is the first", and Feng Sheng was praised as "eight people who are highly respected by the Zhaoli Xunchen, and the third in victory". Blue jade merit is great, but on the seniority and contribution to Daming, it is not enough to call the two elders, here can only show that blue jade is not satisfied with the reward given by Zhu Yuanzhang, which is also a symbol of the wolf's ambition, then when the emperor can't give what you want, then you only have to do the opposite.
The second motive is the sentence that Lan Yu said in the "Record of The Contrarians", "Doubt me on the top", because of The arrogance of Lan Yu, Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly denied Lan Yu's proposal, so Lan Yu felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious of it, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang had killed many heroes out of suspicion, which would cause Blue Jade to worry and fear, since it was suspected by the monarch, it was a reasonable and unclear thing, it was better to turn passive into active.
"However, Jing Ning's Tong Hu was born because of Meng Zhenfu, and Liang Guo's conspiracy was also formed because of Jing Ning, so as to know the misfortune of the Blue Party, that is, the Hu Party." - "The Tale of the Contrarian"
The third motive is that Lan Yu's in-laws, Marquis Ye Yi of Jingning, was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang in the Case of Hu Weiyong, "the city gate caught fire and harmed the pond fish", And Lan Yu's in-laws were suspected of colluding with Hu Weiyong and were killed, which was the place where Lan Yu was most jealous, and Lan Yu also said to the military people, "The day before Jing Ning Hou did something, he must have my name in his recruitment", which is also another reason why Lan Yu believes that Zhu Yuanzhang doubts him.
2. Conditions for committing the crime
First of all, As the chief soldier, Lan Yu held the military power, and after many years of groping and fighting in the army, he trained and promoted many loyalists of the leaders of the various guards of the prefectural army, and had the basic conditions for rebellion; secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang was "sick", the prince died too young, and there was a good opportunity for rebellion. Judging from these two conditions, Blue Jade did have the opportunity to commit crimes, but according to the relevant records of the "Records of the Contrarians" and the "History of Ming", there was really no evidence that Blue Jade rebelled and was "sitting on the ground", and it was far-fetched to conclude that Blue Jade rebelled based on conditions and motives.
However, Lan Yu's own words and deeds were appropriate, coupled with the bankruptcy of Zhu Yuanzhang's political plan, his existence was not only meaningless, but also a huge threat to Zhu Yunwen's succession, since Zhu Yuanzhang believed that Blue Jade had the intention of rebellion, then it was imperative to sweep away political resistance for Zhu Yunwen. In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang killed Blue Jade for the crime of treason, peeled the grass, and spread it to all places. The Blue Jade Henchmen involved more than 15,000 people who were put on a pot and became one of the four major cases of Hongwu, known in history as the "Blue Jade Case".