The phrase "The king wants the subject to die, and the subject has to die" runs through the relationship between the king and the subject in ancient China. Since the establishment of the hereditary system, the relationship between monarchs and subjects has begun to undergo subtle changes, and this subtle change has accumulated over time, forming a huge class system, and since then there has been a world of difference between monarchs and subjects.
The king has absolute control over his subjects, and even his life is controlled by the king. In history, there are many courtiers who have been forced into a desperate situation by their own kings, and some have begun to rebel madly, and then launched a war that lasted for several years, while some chose to go against the grain.
Behind the absolute control is the king's control of real power, and the Ming Dynasty under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule is full of the blood of heroes.
The appearance of the deathless gold medal
The Ming Dynasty under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule has always been controversial. Some say this is an age of enlightened justice, some say it is an age of blood. In addition to the comments on the Ming Dynasty, the evaluation of Zhu Yuanzhang is also very messy.
In the many complicated historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor with a human appearance. According to rumors, Zhu Yuanzhang looks like a horse, and his nose and eyes are also very unbearable, which can only be possessed by small-minded people in Xiangshu, and it is also accompanied by violence and deep heart.
Zhu Yuanzhang also confirmed this major feature with practical actions. Zhu Yuanzhang was vetoed by most people because of a move, and people began to see once and for all that Zhu Yuanzhang was a king with deep thoughts -- it was useless to avoid death.
The commonly known "death-free gold medal" is actually the official name of "Golden Book Iron Coupon" or "Danshu Iron Coupon", and in the subsequent improvement, it is changed to "Golden Coupon", "Silver Coupon", "Shi Coupon" and so on.
Finally, in order to unify the name, the nickname was changed to "Iron Coupon". The main purpose of the Danshu Iron Coupon is to reward meritorious servants, and when a courtier has made great merit and has no reward, the king will take out the "Danshu Iron Coupon", on which he will record the preferential treatment of the courtiers for generations and the diploma of avoiding death and exonerating.
In order to prevent the "Danshu Iron Coupon" from being misappropriated and fraudulently used by criminals, the original "Danshu Iron Coupon" was divided into two parts: one part was the Danshu and the other was the iron coupon. The Book of Dan was written in cinnabar, while the iron coupon was divided into two, half of which was kept by the imperial court and half of which was left by the heroes.
When using the "Danshu Iron Coupon", it is often necessary for both the imperial court and the meritorious servants to jointly show the iron coupon before entering the next step of recognizing cinnabar, and after everything is determined, the meritorious person or the descendants of the meritorious person can be allowed to use it.
In addition to these anti-counterfeiting labels, in order to determine the preservation of the "Danshu Iron Coupon" after the Tang Dynasty, the Danshu was changed to inlaid gold, and the characteristics of who were used and under what circumstances were indicated on it, and which department could not be questioned.
According to historical records, the "Danshu Iron Coupon" began to prevail from the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, in order to praise and win over the founding heroes of the country with great merits, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, deliberately introduced the "Danshu Iron Coupon" to avoid death, which was a kind of promise of the king to his subjects.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who has a deep heart
The deathless gold medal is more like an exhortation to the emperor, telling them that "there is no joke about the king".
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang know that Jun's joke was not a joke, but he still had to do the opposite? Among the gold medals of the Ming Dynasty, there is an outline that explains: The so-called avoidance of death, except for conspiracy, all death penalties are exempted.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, in order to show praise and praise for the heroes, Zhu Yuanzhang issued many gold medals for the founding heroes, but the gold medals issued by Zhu Yuanzhang were very different from those of previous dynasties, because he added a short sentence.
And Li Shanchang also lost the real use of the gold medal for avoiding death because of this sentence - to avoid death. All of this is closely related to his own birth and circumstances: Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a very depressed family, and he needs to worry about tomorrow's food every day.
Therefore, he knew many people with different personalities, some sinister and cunning, some generous, in such a complex environment, he began to doubt human nature, but also the beginning of the gradual formation of "Di Yuan".
Zhu Yuanzhang often needed to beg on the street and became a downcast little beggar, until he heard the news of recruiting rebel militias, and he resolutely joined the team.
Zhu Yuanzhang cut through thorns and thorns all the way and met many Haojie. Xu Da, who has the style of a Confucian general, has a martial courage and unparalleled Chang Yuchun. On the way to the establishment of Daming, he successively met a number of brothers who were born into death, and these brothers also vowed to die to follow Zhu Yuanzhang to establish great achievements.
When Zhu Yuanzhang officially established the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang found that in many government affairs reports, his former brothers gradually became the people they once hated, and began to indulge their desires in the name of their own power and power.
This point is unacceptable to Zhu Yuanzhang, who is well aware of the people's difficulties and sufferings, in order to prevent the rebellion of his brothers, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly added a few words behind the gold medal he was rewarded: Except for conspiracy, all death penalties are exempted.
Zhu Yuanzhang used the method of adding words to the gold medal to prevent his brothers from having no fear in the future by their promises to them. History has proved that Zhu Yuanzhang's move was correct in taking precautions.
Li Shanchang, who was born and died with Zhu Yuanzhang, was implicated in the "Hu Weiyong Case" because of a relative, and Li Shanchang finally chose to speak to Zhu Yuanzhang in the face of the relatives' prayers, but this speech annoyed Zhu Yuanzhang.
In the "Hu Weiyong Case," Zhu Yuanzhang had planned to use the method of breaking the thread to kill all the party members who were related to Hu Weiyong, and when this method was being used fiercely, Li Shanchang killed him and advised Zhu Yuanzhang to do less evil and spare his relatives and others.
Li Shanchang himself thought that his words were docile, but it fell into Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, but it was not. Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Li Shanchang's words, as if someone was mocking him in his ear, after all, if he let go of a "Hu Party," it would surely usher in the counterattack and rebuttal of the remnants of the "Hu Party."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Li Shan's long words before he finished speaking, he angrily said that he would kill him and remove his entire family. In the face of such a heavy punishment, Li Shanchang finally showed his fear and fright, and quickly held the death-free gold medal that Zhu Yuanzhang had given him in his hand.
Seeing such a scene, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sneer: You look at the back. After Li Shanchang eased up, he reversed the gold medal of death prevention and found Zhu Yuanzhang's foreshadowing of the rainy plan--except for conspiracy, all death penalties were exempted.
It is also possible to say that Li Shanchang has the intention of rebellion. Hu Weiyong, the protagonist in the "Hu Weiyong Case", is Li Shanchang's hand-picked Zuo Chengxiang, so it is not impossible to say that Li Shanchang has the intention of rebellion.
Zhu Yuanzhang, on the other hand, relied on this disconnected relationship to believe that Li Shanchang had the ambition to plot a rebellion, so as to make the deathless gold medal invalid, and finally killed Li Shanchang and harmed Li Shanchang's three clans.
brief summary
Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang has begun to defend his former brother, Zhu Yuanzhang's seemingly violent appearance, but in fact he hides distrust of society in his heart. From a young age, Zhu Yuanzhang began to question human nature, and in middle age, he even decided that "no one in the world is credible."
Zhu Yuanzhang's various deeds are good and bad. Out of selfishness for himself, Zhu Yuanzhang would kill more than 30,000 people with the "Hu Weiyong Case", but he also saved the people of the world from the rule of the Yuan Dynasty.