Greed and drunken dreams violate discipline, and lust is deaf. Half a lifetime of fame is exhausted, and the door full of wealth and wealth turns empty.
In ancient times, how to rectify corrupt officials has always been a headache for emperors of all generations.
Even a person as fierce as Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, could not completely solve this problem, but in terms of rectifying the administration of officials, Zhu Yuanzhang could be said to be ruthless.
Because when he found out that a founding hero had become a bully to harm one side, even if the founding hero was holding a death-free gold medal in his hand, Zhu Yuanzhang still did not care about the old order: kill without forgiveness.
This founding hero was Zhu Liangzu, how much of a crime did he commit, so that the death-free gold medal in his hand was invalidated?
First, zhu Liangzu, the founding hero of the country
In the war-torn era at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people who took this opportunity to emerge were not only Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor, but also many other capable people, including the founding hero Zhu Liangzu.
Zhu Liangzu, a fellow villager of Lu'an and Zhu Yuanzhang, anhui Province, learned martial arts since childhood and had a clever mind, enabling him to have basic self-preservation abilities in the chaotic world.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were uprisings in various places in an attempt to overthrow tyranny.
In order to protect his fathers and elders in his hometown from the rebel army, Zhu Liangzu once joined the self-defense forces organized by the imperial court in his hometown.
Coincidentally, when Zhu Liangzu was in the Self-Defense Forces, he also fought with the rebel army led by Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a fledgling, how could he possibly fight Zhu Liangzu, so when he first met Zhu Liangzu, Zhu Yuanzhang lost.
Fortunately, this was not the end result, and in one war after another, his strength quickly grew. In the days that followed, in the confrontation between the two, Zhu Liangzu did not get half a benefit, the Yuan army was defeated, and Zhu Liangzu was also captured by Zhu Yuanzhang.
What was the fate of falling into the hands of the enemy, Zhu Liangzu naturally knew in his heart. However, fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was thirsty for talents at this time, and he cherished Zhu Liangzu's strategic talents, so he wanted Zhu Liangzu to devote himself to his own use.
In order to save his life, Zhu Liangzu had to agree with his mouth, and at that time, although he was ostensibly loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang, behind his back, he still had his heart set on the Yuan Army.
Once when Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated by the Yuan army, Zhu Liangzu immediately seized the opportunity and returned to the Yuan army.
This move made Zhu Yuanzhang feel betrayed, and he secretly swore that he would definitely arrest Zhu Liangzu in the future.
Zhu Yuanzhang fought countless battles with the Yuan Army, and naturally he was able to meet the time when he fought against Zhu Liangzu. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang won the battle against Zhu Liangzu as he wished, and captured him alive.
It is reasonable to say that those who have betrayed Zhu Yuanzhang will never leave his life again.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's actions surprised everyone, he did not kill Zhu Liangzu, but once again gave him the opportunity to keep him under his command and entrust him with a heavy responsibility.
Zhu Liangzu should be glad of his luck, it was precisely because Zhu Yuanzhang lacked manpower around him at that time that he was able to survive.
If he had betrayed Zhu Yuanzhang after becoming emperor, he would have done this to him, and he would have died many times.
Zhu Yuanzhang's practice of "revenge for favors" made Zhu Liangzu both surprised and moved, and this time he was completely subdued and honestly followed Zhu Yuanzhang' side.
Facts have proved that Zhu Yuanzhang's vision of people is very accurate, because in the later days of fighting the world, Zhu Liangzu can be called a major general around him, who has built up a lot of strength for the success of the Ming Dynasty and is a well-deserved founding general.
2. Endangering one party
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was very sure of Zhu Liangzu's merits, so he specially gave him a gold medal to avoid death, which meant that in the future, whether Zhu Liangzu or his family, if they made mistakes, they could rely on this gold medal to avoid capital crimes.
This can be said to be a great affirmation for the minister, and Zhu Liangzu was inevitably a little complacent while grateful.
Once this kind of self-satisfaction was nurtured, it was gradually fermented day by day under the flattery of others and the high-ranking officials given by the emperor, and finally became arrogant and arrogant.
Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang entrusted Zhu Liangzu with the heavy responsibility of going south, hoping that he would be able to properly rectify the administration of officials in the Liangguang region, What Zhu Liangzu thought in his heart was not how to govern one side and benefit the people, but how to exert great official authority and oppress the people.
Zhu Liangzu knew that what Zhu Yuanzhang hated most was corrupt officials, but when he was a local official, he still squeezed the township without scruples and put the corrupt officials in a full display.
Under his rule, the local people lived a miserable life, and even the local Zhixian County was targeted by him everywhere because he repeatedly accused him of his crimes, and was retaliated against by Zhu Liangzu.
This Zhixian was called Daotong, and he was a man who was just and upright, and he couldn't stand Zhu Liangzu's corrupt official behavior, so at the risk of losing his head, he rushed out a recital overnight, listing all of Zhu Liangzu's deeds on it, and then quickly rushed to the capital and tried to present this recital to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Unfortunately, even if Dao Tong was fast, he was still one step behind Zhu Liangzu.
Zhu Liangzu sensed Daotong's actions in advance, so one step ahead, the evil man filed a complaint first, and many false accusations were placed on him.
Compared with the same small Zhi County, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally trusted his brother who was born and died with him, so he did not believe in the crimes of Zhu Liangzu listed by DaoTong, but instead put Dao Tong in prison.
Third, the gold medal for death is still sentenced to no amnesty
Zhu Liangzu thought that he had solved Daotong, so he no longer had any worries.
But what he didn't know was that his behavior had already annoyed many of his colleagues, and the number of folds accusing him was getting more and more every day, and Zhu Liangzu couldn't stop it if he wanted to.
When he saw Daotong's letter, Zhu Yuanzhang still believed Zhu Liangzu, but with more and more of the same remarks, Zhu Yuanzhang finally reacted, and it turned out that he had been deceived by Zhu Liangzu.
He immediately ordered Zhu Liangzu to be arrested, and after careful interrogation, Zhu Liangzu confessed to all his crimes.
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately furious, since he became emperor, the two things he could not tolerate the most were corrupt officials and betrayal, Zhu Liangzu pretended that he was a founding hero, and even occupied both of them.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it anymore and immediately ordered him to be beaten to death.
Zhu Liangzu finally knew that he was scared at this moment, and he hurriedly shouted that he had a gold medal to avoid death, and delusionally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would spare his life on his past merits.
Zhu Liangzu forgot that for corrupt officials and corrupt officials, Zhu Yuanzhang has always killed one and will never tolerate it, so how could he open his eyes because of a gold medal to avoid death? Therefore, looking at the gold medal of death, he still did not change the order: kill without forgiveness.
In the end, Zhu Liangzu was beaten to death by a whip, and a generation of founding heroes finally lost their lives that should have been glorious and rich because they chose the wrong path.