In the process of Zhu Yuanzhang's conquest of the world, there were many famous generals under his command, the most famous of which was Xu Da, Xu Da can be said to be the first hero of the Ming Dynasty, after the founding of the country, he was also named the Duke of Wei, and after his death, he was also named a prince, and a great hero like Xu Da was often very dangerous.
Zhu Yuanzhang is a very famous tyrant in history, he treats the heroes quite harshly, but Xu Da can get a good death under his hands, after his death, the descendants of the Xu family have always been an important noble of the Ming Dynasty, and have been accompanied by the fall of the Ming Dynasty, enjoying more than 200 years of wealth.
Why can Xu Da exchange 200 years of peace and wealth for his descendants?
The Xu family can have such a result, but also thanks to Xu Da's efforts, when Zhu Yuanzhang was called emperor, in fact, the Ming Dynasty had not completely unified the world, Xu Da led the Northern Expedition, and finally captured the Yuan Capital, and at this time Xu Da commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, the Yuan Dynasty as the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, which has a lot of wealth, ancient soldiers are not disciplined, often easy to do some burning and looting things.
Xu Da was able to restrain his subordinates very well, after taking the Yuan Capital, in the face of the beauty wealth in the palace, he was not moved, and he also sent people to blockade the palace palace to protect the palace concubines inside, and after the army entered the city, qiu did not commit any crimes, and it was indeed a relatively rare thing to be able to manage his subordinates so well, Xu Da's behavior also guaranteed the future wealth of his descendants, what is the relationship between the two?
In fact, Xu Da did this, but also a positive response to Zhu Yuanzhang's policy, Zhu Yuanzhang when leading the troops, is to hope that the generals below can do better, at least not to kill people indiscriminately, his subordinates like Chang Yuchun, are very fond of killing people and robbing things of the generals. Zhu Yuanzhang warned them not to kill too much, which would also ruin the reputation of their army.
Zhu Yuanzhang himself adopted strict laws to restrain his subordinates, he hoped that the generals would recognize his principle of leading troops, and Xu Da firmly implemented his concept, leading troops for many years, he and his own army did not commit any offense when they fought, and this time his invasion of Dadu made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied.
Xu Da's approach made the Ming Dynasty win the hearts of countless people in the north, at that time, many Han people in the north were still cautious about the Ming army, they were in the wait-and-see stage, seeing Xu Da treat the yuan dynasty royal family like this, Xu Da's army was also a rebel army, they were relieved in their hearts, and they all belonged to the Ming Dynasty, which also made the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty more smooth.
After Xu Da's return, Zhu Yuanzhang also hinted at giving him the Wu King's Mansion, but Xu Da knew that this was Zhu Yuanzhang's former mansion, and he resolutely did not want it.
From the performance of capturing Dadu to his later refusal of Zhu Yuanzhang's reward, it can be seen that Xu Da is a person who abides by the courtesy of his subjects, he himself is an honest person, Xu Da is quite low-key, and he did not choose to form a party for personal gain after he became famous, which is the most satisfactory to Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang once planned to win Xu Da over, but Xu Da resolutely refused.
Xu Da's "far-sightedness" is far beyond ordinary people
Although Xu Da's seniority and prestige in the dprk were extremely high, he never took pride in his achievements and has always been careful and cautious in doing things for Zhu Yuanzhang, but unfortunately Xu Da eventually died a little early, and Zhu Yuanzhang also felt very sorry for his early death, so he repaid Xu Da's family, and the Xu family became the representative of merit.
In fact, Xu Da rarely took care of the family before he died, he was almost all his life busy with conquest outside, and then Xu Da's death left a very high title and glory to the family, but this is also very dangerous, Xu Da warned his family to be careful, his far-sighted thinking is far more than just on the battlefield and the official field, he is more for his own descendants, far beyond ordinary people, many powerful figures in history, most of them are their own achievements, after death and the future are implicated.
Later, the Xu family also bet on both sides of the Battle of Jingnan and won the trust of Zhu Di, so when the political situation of the Ming Dynasty was turbulent, the Xu family could still stand firm, and because of Xu Da's past merits, the Xu family's status in the middle of the dynasty has always been very high, but the Ming Dynasty adopted a centralized system, and the Xu family's children rarely served the country.
After that, although the Xu family occasionally had some talents, most of them were mediocre people, and they had completely become traditional meritorious nobles, and they could not help the state to do anything, after all, their power had been basically deprived. Although mediocre, at least it did not suffer the disaster of killing, thanks to Xu Da's merits, bringing more than 200 years of peace and wealth to future generations. A family like the Xu family, which has always prospered with the continuation of the country, is also relatively rare in the dynasties.