In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the chancellor Hu Weiyong was dealt with by Zhu Yuanzhang on the grounds of "plotting against him", not to mention that Shigehachi took the opportunity to abolish the chancellor and give power to the six ministries. Zhu Yuanzhang's move, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not only abolished the system of ministers and further strengthened the central imperial power, but also took this opportunity to clean up most of the founding fathers. Not only Hu Weiyong, but also the founding hero who died because of the case was Li Shanchang. Zhu Yuanzhang was born from a poor background, and he was able to become an emperor from the beginning as a small shepherd boy to establish the Ming Empire, and there must have been many military generals who had been helping him in this process. After Zhu Yuanzhang became the Son of Heaven, he did not forget the founders of these founding heroes, so in Hongwu for three years, he was awarded the title of meritorious servant, just like Li Shanchang, who not only received a lot of rich rewards, but also was awarded the title of Duke of Korea, and the important positions of Taishi, Zuo Zhuguo, and Zuo Chengxiang of Zhongshu Province were all held by him, which can be said to be a figure above ten thousand people under one person.
Zhu Yuanzhang was still very proud when he first became the boss, not only awarded the high-ranking officials Houlu to the meritorious people, but also Zhu Yuanzhang also rewarded the Danshu iron coupon to those ministers who had outstanding contributions, which was equivalent to giving them a gold medal to avoid death. As the most prominent civilian official under the Hongwu Emperor, Lee Sun-chang not only received the hereditary title of Duke of Korea, but also had the so-called death-free gold medal.
However, Li Shanchang is not a perfect person, just looks tolerant and friendly, in fact, he is a person with a very strong sense of jealousy. Once, two ministers accidentally offended him, so they went to Zhu Yuanzhang to list the crimes of the two and forcibly expelled them, and many ministers in the DPRK were afraid of offending him if they were not careful. Because of his old feelings, Zhu Yuanzhang was very tolerant of him, which made Li Shanchang more and more arrogant. In 1376, the Hongwu Emperor fell ill and bedridden, Li Shanchang himself did not go to visit, and his son Li Qi was a heavy eight-pack horse, and actually had to stop his son from entering the palace to ask for peace, so Zhu Yuanzhang was very uncomfortable and deducted his salary on the grounds of great disrespect.
In 1380, Hu Weiyong attempted to rebel, but was eventually discovered and killed by Zhu Yuanzhang in time. This matter involved many people, and some people reported that Li Shanchang's brother and Hu Weiyong had a connection, but for the sake of face, Zhu Yuanzhang did not investigate deeply, while Li Shanchang did not seem to appreciate it, did not think about this aspect, and did not thank him at all, so Zhu Yuanzhang was even less of a taste. In 1390, someone finally showed Zhu Yuanzhang evidence of the relationship between Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong. Even in this rebellion, he was not a direct participant, but he became a wall head grass after Hu Weiyong seduced him with fame and fortune, and he was not exposed; for such a slave, how could Tianzi tolerate him, so Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to be sent to the zoo.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Li Shanchang to be beheaded, and before the execution, he took out the gold medal for impertinence, and Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and asked him to see what words were written on the sign, which turned out to be: Eliminate the major crime of conspiracy and rebellion. That is to say, the gold medal of death cannot be exempted from the great sin of rebellion. Next, the 77-year-old Li Shanchang was executed, and all the people in his family suffered. I do have admiration for Zhu Yuanzhang's vision, for the courtiers, the death-free gold medal is not only a great reward, so that they are grateful to Dade, but also can prevent the troublemakers from holding the death-free gold medal everywhere, it can be said that the above has all the right to explain, and the Danshu iron coupon is just an honor!