The emperor was often very appreciative when the courtier became a meritorious man, and then tried to seize his power in order to prevent threatening him. The story of "rabbit dead dog cooking" is played out over and over again in China's feudal society, and imperial despotism is an eternal theme.
During the Ming Dynasty, there was a great general named Xu Da. It can be said that without Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang's road to becoming emperor would be more difficult, even a failure. It was such a capable warrior who, when he was seriously ill, not only did not get Zhu Yuanzhang's care, but instead got a dish, Xu Da saw it and said, I will undoubtedly die, if I really die. What kind of dish has such magical power, and what is the story behind it?
The founder of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, was a person at the lowest level of society. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a peasant family, his original name was Zhu Zhongba, his name has no meaning, and his ranking is not the old eight, just a random number. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was born with the imperial destiny, and when he was born, even the Buddha statues in the temple were shaking.
Later, Zhu Zhongba rebelled against the corrupt Yuan Dynasty, and gave himself an imposing name: Zhu Yuanzhang, which means to destroy the Yuan Dynasty and become the new lord. At that time, he was only a small leader, there were not many soldiers and horses under him, and his strength was also very weak, so it was conceivable that he was in danger of being destroyed by other forces at any time.
However, Zhu Yuan had several loyal brothers, one of whom was Xu Da. Xu Da himself has strong military talent, is good at leading soldiers, and treats everyone strictly and fairly, so he has always had great prestige in the army. Moreover, Xu Da fought bravely, and at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's biggest opponents were Chen Youyi and Zhang Shicheng, and Xu Da was the biggest hero who captured the two of them, paving the way for the establishment of Daming.
It can be said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was most depressed and brilliant, he was accompanied by Xu Da. It was such a Xu Da, who had always been respectful and respectful in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang, and even a little frightened and did not dare to speak. Once Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang played chess, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xu Da not to deliberately give in, to show his real ability, the result was that Xu Da really won, but Xu Da used the chess piece to put out the words "Long live", which made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy.
It is said that such a person should not be given death by the emperor. However, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that Xu Da was an unfathomable person, "In order not to kill people in vain, it is only for the benefit of the country, and the descendants of Er are really blessed." On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Xu Da's skills were really strong, and if one day he wanted to rebel, it would be very easy, and how could his own country be saved at that time. One side believes that Xu Dagong is high in shock, and his prestige is very high in peacetime, and the rebellion is even more based on the people's hearts.
So Zhu Yuanzhang had been trying to deal with Xu Da. Xu Da himself was impeccable, so Zhu Yuanzhang started from Xu Da's wife. Xu Da's wife, Xie Shi, liked to be jealous, and even jealous of Empress Ma. To know that Empress Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang were unswerving in life and death, who dared to despise it, but Xie Shi bumped into the muzzle of the gun, so Zhu Yuanzhang used Xie Shi as an excuse to belittle Xu Da.
Xu Da naturally also knew the characteristics of Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicious nature, and slowly he even thought about it and couldn't afford to fall ill. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard about it, he asked people to send a gift to visit Xu Da, and the gift was a wooden box with a roast goose inside. The others only thought it was the emperor's condolences, but Xu Da understood that the emperor wanted him to die, so he arranged the aftermath and ate the roast goose, and soon died. It turned out that Xu Da's illness was taboo to eat roasted geese, and Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately did it.
Zhu Yuanzhang himself gained the world through rebellion and became the supreme emperor. It was precisely because of this that he understood better than anyone that if he wanted to stabilize the country, he must cut off the possibility that his courtiers could rebel. Not only Xu Da, but many people who were born and died with Zhu Yuanzhang were killed, zhu Yuanzhang just wants to leave his descendants a Daming who has no trouble, but will he think of the brothers who fought together at night, and feel guilty?