On the road of life, there will always be many different stages, sometimes it is smooth sailing, sometimes it may encounter some trouble, but no matter what stage, we should always keep a clear mind and recognize our own position, which is a very important point for being born as a person.
There are too many people in history who are not clear about their own position, they are on their own life road, although the beginning is smooth, but in the end because they did not figure out the positioning, the emperor easily ended their lives, so many people will say that the companion is like a companion tiger, but in fact, the real killing of themselves is not others, but themselves.
Zhu Yuanzhang's father-in-law Hu Mei surrendered
Hu Mei, originally a local rich businessman, the family situation is also very good, the beginning is to follow Chen Youyu to fight the world together, follow Chen Youyu, some of Hu Mei's abilities have been reflected, it can be said that he can be regarded as a very smart person, in the chaotic world, Hu Mei can see the general trend, far-sighted, enough to show his degree of intelligence.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youyu and other people, they all wanted to unify the world, but at the beginning there was no way to easily deal with each other, so everyone could only rely on strength to speak, and later Zhu Yuanzhang had too many excellent talents around him, with the help of people such as Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang and others, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to use some strategies with half the effort to deal with Chen Youyu and Zhang Shicheng, prompting his strength to gradually become stronger, while Chen Youyu and Zhang Shicheng were constantly going downhill.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength was even stronger, and when he attacked Chen Youyu, Hu Mei also saw the overall situation, and when Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to persuade him to surrender, Hu Mei was very clever to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang, but at this time, Hu Mei, in fact, planned to leave a back road for himself, and told Zhu Yuanzhang that he hoped to keep his team.
Zhu Yuanzhang was of course very angry at that time, and he also understood what Hu Mei had in mind, as a general, if he continued to retain the original team, then it was very likely that it would later become an unstable factor, and once the situation of anti-water occurred at a critical moment, it would have a huge impact on Zhu Yuanzhang, and he must always be careful.
After listening to Hu Mei's surrender conditions, Zhu Yuanzhang almost asked people to end his life, but under the advice of Liu Bowen and others, Zhu Yuanzhang took the overall situation as the most important, accepted Hu Mei's surrender conditions, and let him continue to retain the original army, but after the surrender, Zhu Yuanzhang was very wary of Hu Mei, and remained vigilant at all times, worried that Hu Mei would do something unfavorable to him.
In the midst of chaos, the most important reason why Zhu Yuanzhang accepted Hu Mei at that time was to set up a model, so that he could better persuade the rest of Chen Youyu and Zhang Shicheng's subordinates, so that the speed of unifying the world would be accelerated, if it were not for such a special historical stage, it is estimated that Zhu Yuanzhang would have directly killed Hu Mei at that time, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang's wariness was very serious.
Although he did not kill Hu Mei, Hu Mei's actions have left a deep impression in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and for Hu Mei as a person, Zhu Yuanzhang's first impression is not trustworthy, even if Hu Mei has made many achievements under Zhu Yuanzhang later, zhu Yuanzhang has always been grumpy about it.
Hu Mei's death
One of the biggest advantages in the chaotic world is that as long as you continue to make meritorious contributions, you can change the image in the hearts of others, Hu Mei is relying on such a good opportunity, in the process of eliminating Chen Youyu and later Zhang Shicheng, they have made great contributions, changed some of Zhu Yuanzhang's views on him, at this time Zhu Yuanzhang began to trust him.
After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he made Hu Mei the Marquis of Yuzhang, and gave him an iron coupon to avoid death, which could be hereditary, in addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also married one of Hu Mei's daughters as concubines, which was considered to be a closer relationship with Hu Mei. For Hu Mei, Zhu Yuanzhang at this time seems to be his son-in-law, and he has successfully become a relative of the emperor and the state.
In fact, in my opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang's ability to marry Hu Mei's woman as a concubine is also a way for Zhu Yuanzhang to try his best to win Over Hu Mei, and among the founding heroes, whether it is Tang He or Xu Da, there are daughters married to Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants, which is the best proof of strong and strong cooperation.
If Hu Mei could be like Tang He and Xu Da, retire from success, keep a low profile, and protect himself, maybe Hu Mei's ending would not be so miserable, but unfortunately, Hu Mei not only did not understand Mingzhe to protect himself, but also did not know his position, and even really regarded himself as Zhu Yuanzhang's father-in-law.
During the Hongwu years, Zhu Yuanzhang began to purge Hu Weiyong and others, and many people were implicated in it, Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong had a very good relationship, so they also caused Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction, and at this critical moment, people such as Tang He and others took the initiative to keep a distance from Li Shanchang and clear their relations, while Hu Mei continued to maintain good relations with them as if no one had anything to do.
It is precisely such a move that evokes Zhu Yuanzhang's bad memories of Hu Mei when he surrendered, and Zhu Yuanzhang has already had the idea of wanting to clean up Hu Mei's lessons, but Zhu Yuanzhang has not found a suitable reason, after all, from the perspective of love, Hu Mei is also his father-in-law and cannot be easily eradicated.
It can be said that at this time, if Hu Mei strangled the horse from the cliff, he still had the opportunity to save a small life, but at this critical moment, Hu Mei actually took his other son-in-law and openly went to Zhu Yuanzhang's harem to see his daughter.
According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's harem in addition to eunuchs, palace women and the emperor himself can enter and exit, the rest of the ministers or men are not allowed to enter, this provision is to prevent the harem concubines and ministers or external men between the relationship, Hu Mei as a founding minister, of course, also understand the rules of the Ming Dynasty, but he took his other son-in-law into the harem, which is clearly not happy.
As mentioned earlier, Zhu Yuanzhang has been looking for a reason to clean up Hu Mei, and now that Hu Mei has openly broken into the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang just has a suitable reason, saying that Hu Mei took his son-in-law to disturb the palace ban, and even said that Hu Mei and his son-in-law did some unseemly things in the harem.
After having this reason, soon Hu Mei was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and his son-in-law was also killed, after the killing, Zhu Yuanzhang did not convict him at that time, and it was not convicted until several years later, which was enough to show how much Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to eliminate Hu Mei at that time.
As for whether Hu Mei did anything in the harem, we don't know, but Hu Mei dared to break into the harem, which is enough to show that he was really bold, and it shows that Hu Mei really did not put himself in the right position, perhaps in the homes of ordinary people, the father-in-law went to see his daughter, there is nothing strange, but in the emperor's family, even if you are the emperor's father-in-law, you are only a courtier, if you make a mistake in your position, you will undoubtedly die.
epilogue
Many people say that Zhu Yuanzhang is suspicious and kills innocents indiscriminately, in fact, we may as well look at history from a different perspective, who of the people Zhu Yuanzhang killed really did it clean and clear? But those who can be smart and protect themselves, such as Tang He and Xu Da, have not been liquidated by Zhu Yuanzhang, only those who are not clear about their positions, such as Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu and the like, presumably even if they change an emperor, they will still make the same move as Zhu Yuanzhang!
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