In the winter of 1395, Zhu Yuanzhang sent someone to invite Feng Sheng to the palace to eat hot pot, and ordered Feng Sheng: "Give me the wine to drink!" Feng Sheng looked at the wine and smiled bitterly: "Can I keep my family healthy?" Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You don't say that I forgot, I have already asked people to deliver takeaway food to your two daughters." Feng Sheng's face twitched, and he slowly drank the glass of wine.
Feng Sheng trembled and took the wine: "There was Xu Da and Li Wenzhong in front of you, it seems that none of you want to let go!" I'm one of them too! "Previously, Feng Sheng, as the father-in-law, had a private meeting with the crown prince Zhu Xu...
Feng Sheng loved to read when he was young, especially the books on the art of war, and in the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Feng Sheng and his brother protected themselves and built a village and stuck to one side. Knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang had recruited talents, the brothers defected to Zhu Yuanzhang when Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Miaoshan. His elder brother Feng Guo used his military merits and was promoted to the position of commander of the pro-army capital, but unfortunately died in the war, and Feng Sheng took over his brother's post.
In 1370, Xu Da and Feng Sheng were ordered to lead an army to pacify Shaanxi. At that time, Feng Sheng's operation was as fierce as a tiger, and he completed the task with three strokes and five divisions. In September of that year, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Xu Da back to Beijing and ordered Feng Sheng to garrison Shaanxi.
However, Feng Sheng felt that emperor Shangao was far away, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand the situation in Shaanxi, and it was obvious that he had been calmed down, and there was no point in garrisoning it. In the end, Feng Sheng actually led the army back to Beijing!
At this time, Feng Sheng probably didn't realize that his move was already resisting the will! Zhu Yuanzhang had already claimed the title of emperor, and what he needed was not only the stability of the world, but also the reverence of his courtiers for him as an emperor. Therefore, even if Zhu Yuanzhang still rewarded Feng Sheng, his heart was a little more concerned about him.
Later, when Feng Sheng was conquest of Timur, in the process of the crusade against the Northern Yuan, Xu Da lost one after another, and Li Wenzhong's victory and defeat were offset, and only Feng Sheng won a lot.
But there was no reward, it turned out:
First of all, someone secretly told Zhu Yuanzhang that Feng Sheng was so carried away by the victory that he forcibly married a civilian woman and cheated the local treasures.
Some people also say that Feng Sheng falsely reported his battle achievements, but obviously lost three thousand soldiers and horses but concealed it.
There was also a secret report that Feng Sheng had secretly hidden many good horses during the period of recovering the rebels on the frontier, and it was suspected that he had the intention of rebellion!
As the ruler, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately became sensitive. Compared with the issue of personal morality, Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow his subordinates to have a little bit of rebellion. From then on, he was kept under close supervision.
Since ancient times, the best way for the founding emperors to win over meritorious heroes is to marry in addition to rewards. Zhu Yuanzhang rationed Feng Sheng's eldest daughter Xu to Chang Mao, Chang Mao, the son of Chang Yuchun, the second daughter Xu to Zhu Xu, the King of Zhou, and Feng Sheng's niece (Feng Guoyong's daughter) Xu to Mu Ying.
It should be known that Zhu Xu was the fifth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, while Chang Mao was the eldest brother-in-law of the crown prince Zhu Biao, and Mu Ying was the adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang. These three marriages mean that the interests of Feng Sheng and Zhu Yuanzhang are firmly bound and indestructible.
In his later years, Zhu Yuanzhang became increasingly suspicious of the meritorious generals, and in February of the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu (1393), the leader of the secret service agency Jinyi Wei framed Lan Yu for "plotting rebellion" and was immediately executed, while a large number of generals were also connected.
The merits and prestige of Feng Sheng and Fu Youde were above the blue jade, and Wang Shizhen's "Preface to the Table of The Dukes of The High Emperor's Meritorious Servants" said: "However, to the end of the Lan clan, it is almost swept away." The husband is the male of Feng Songgong and Fu Yinggong, and the pawn is inevitably suspected of death. ”
Fu Youde and Feng Sheng's ability to command a large army were very strong, and they were both famous generals in hundreds of battles, and their military careers of licking blood from the knife edge over the years made the two leaders extremely skilled in fighting.
Feng Sheng and Zhu Yuanzhang's fifth son, King Zhou, was Weng's son-in-law. Feng Sheng was the father-in-law of the King of Zhou, and instead of avoiding it on weekdays, he secretly met with the King of Zhou without Zhu Yuanzhang's permission.
Perhaps, this incident made Zhu Yuanzhang feel more than heart, because Feng Sheng was very successful in battle and held military power, zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that Feng Sheng and his son-in-law Zhu Xu would join forces and cause something to happen, so Zhu Yuanzhang was sensitive and began to suspect Feng Sheng.
The more Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Feng Sheng, the more unpleasant he became, and because Zhu Yuanzhang was older, he was afraid that his descendants would not be able to control these famous generals, so that his descendants could sit firmly on the throne, so in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu (1395), Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Feng Sheng, and ordered Feng Sheng to die to get rid of the troubles.
"Ming Shi Feng Sheng Biography": Taizu Chunqiu is high, more suspicious. The most successful, the number of small losses. The moon of blue jade is summoned back to Beijing. After more than two years, he died, and all his sons were not allowed to inherit.
It is worth noting that after Feng Sheng's death, he did not enter the Temple of Meritorious Service.
A generation of famous generals, unjustly killed, unclear.
If you have to find a reason, it is Feng Shenggong Gao Zhen Lord. As the saying goes, birds are hidden with bows, rabbits are cooked by dead dogs, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bang are the same.
It is worth mentioning that as early as 1394, the general Fu Youde killed himself before Zhu Yuanzhang, and he also took his son with him.
It turned out that he had already had enough of Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicions, and at a banquet, he directly brought the first rank of his 2 sons to participate and threw them in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious: "These are several meanings, why are you so cruel?" ”
Fu Youde said bluntly: "Doesn't the emperor just want the head of our father and son?" After saying this, Fu Youde pulled out his sword and killed himself.
Fu Youde committed suicide, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very annoyed, believing that he had committed a great crime of disrespect, so he sent all the men and women of Fu Youde's family to Liaodong and Yunnan.
The three fierce generals, Lan Yu, Fu Youde, and Feng Sheng, were all gone.
Fu Youde alone laid half of the foundation for Daming, and his credit was incomparable to that of Xu Da. But it was such a general who was also walking on thin ice at that time, so that he collapsed and committed suicide, which shows the depth of Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion of heroes.
The early Qing Dynasty poet Wang Shizhen also commented: "The injustices of the ancient heroes are not as great as those of the Duke of Yingguo (Fu Youde)!" 】
Fu Youde was brave and had beaten half of the country. He was also innocent, and he did not rebel until his death, and he was even more loyal, preferring to use his life to prove his innocence. Such a person is really admired by gentlemen, and the villain is ashamed of himself.
