Li Wenzhong was a famous founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, and he was also the adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and gave him the surname Zhu, so he can also be called Zhu Wenzhong!
Since he was a child, he had been running around with his father Li Zhen, wandering in the midst of the rebellion, and was on the verge of death many times, until he was fourteen years old when he met his uncle Zhu Yuanzhang in Chuzhou, and the situation improved!
Subsequently, in many major wars before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, they all performed well, so they were crowned as the Duke of Cao Guo, worthy of the Taimiao Temple, and the portrait was hung in the Temple of Meritorious Heroes, ranking third, which can be described as outstanding merit!
However, even such a person was almost slaughtered by Zhu Yuanzhang many times, for example, once when he was in charge of guarding Yanzhou, Yang Xian, a close associate of Zhu Yuanzhang, reported him for illegal acts.
Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately furious and prepared to order him to be summoned back for punishment, but empress Ma happened to know about it and persuaded her: "Yan Prefecture, which is now within the enemy's territory, cannot be easily changed!" And Li Wenzhong is your adopted son, is his personality still unclear? He has always been very virtuous and keeps to himself, how can Yang Xian's words be gullible? ”
Zhu Yuanzhang only then dispelled the idea of recalling him to be punished, and later Li Wenzhong also lived up to the expectations of the people and made a great contribution!
Another time, after the outbreak of the Hu Weiyong case, many founding ministers were involved, and everyone in the Manchu Dynasty was in danger, afraid that the next one would be their turn!
And Li Wenzhong, as The adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang, did not choose to stand on the same front with him, and he felt from the bottom of his heart that it was not right for Lao Zhu to kill heroes like this! Not only will he be infamous, but it may seriously shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, Li Wenzhong, with the determination to die, gave Zhu Yuanzhang a recital, the content of which was nothing more than to advise him not to pursue it any longer.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he was furious and beat him to death row. This matter soon spread to Empress Ma's side, and she once again came forward and wanted to intercede for Li Wenzhong, but she didn't want to be too straight, so she thought of a flattering method!
After Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the palace, he found that Empress Ma was suddenly wearing a patched dress, which reminded Lao Zhu of those previous bitter days!
Immediately afterward, Empress Ma began to move with affection, and she knew that she was polite, saying, "This tattered dress was worn when I first married you, and when I see it now, I will think of many things from before, you Zhu family originally had more than a dozen people, and now there is only One person left, Wen Zhong, are you still alive, do you still want to kill it so fiercely?" ”
Listening to it, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but fall into contemplation, and suddenly felt that Li Wenzhong was also a poor person who ran around with him, and when his family was poor and destitute, it was also Li Wenzhong's father, Li Zhen, who gave assistance, and at that time Zhu Yuanzhang often ran to his house to rub rice and eat!
In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang released him with tears, but in order to deter the ministers, he was still dismissed from his official position, but Li Wenzhong was able to pick up a small life, which was already a blessing in misfortune!