In the long history of the mainland, the Ming Dynasty was a powerful and splendid dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had many amazing splendors, such as the "Five Expeditions to the Desert North" and "Zheng He's Seven Voyages to the West", and the Firearms of the Ming Dynasty were also extremely developed at that time.
The most remarkable thing about the Ming Dynasty is the founding monarch Zhu Yuanzhang, who was a legendary monarch. He overthrew Mongolian rule, restored the Chinese regime, and established the Ming Dynasty. Why did he say that the hero's son's sword technique was good, and the hero cut off his son's head and threw it in front of him?
First, the cloth is born
The biggest difference between Zhu Yuanzhang and other monarchs in history is that he started from the common people and eventually unified the world. This difficulty is very large, and in today's society, it is impossible to imagine how this has been successful.
The greater the difficulty, the more it can highlight the strength of Zhu Yuanzhang's ability, Zhu Yuanzhang is brave in battle, and he understands literature and ink, and is a person who is both literate and martial. From joining the army to creating his own strength, he relied on himself to lead the way and made many military achievements. It is a person who has survived the battlefield in a down-to-earth manner.
It can be said that he was the chosen son of heaven, as if he was born to save the people of Li Min, Zhu Yuanzhang from the creation of his own team to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty is a headwind, the most won is to win more with less, which in addition to his own ability, and the civilian and military generals around him are also inseparable.
Zhu Yuanzhang's founding team can be described as a wealth of talents, including: the great general Chang Yuchun, who is called "Chang Hundred Thousand" because he once said that "he led a crowd of 100,000 people to run amok in the world"; the great general Lan Yu, one of the only five "wolf-sealing juxu" in history; Fu Youde, a figure who grew up all the way from a young general to a great general, and the prince Taishi in the later period.
Other founding ministers include: Feng Sheng, Mu Ying, Geng Bingwen, Tang He, Deng Yu, Xu Da, and Liu Bowen, a prominent figure in China. Each of these people is a hero among people, and they are all independent figures, and it is precisely with the help of these people that Zhu Yuanzhang is like a tiger.
As we all know, the reason why the Ming Dynasty created a prosperous era is precisely because Zhu Yuanzhang laid a solid foundation for the development of the Ming Dynasty in the early period. After Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down the world, he carried out drastic reforms, strengthened the centralization of power by the monarch, abolished the chancellor, cracked down on dirty officials, punished bad people, did everything himself, and worked tirelessly every day, so that the people in the early Ming Dynasty supported it and gradually showed a thriving scene.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in cloth, was the most frugal of all monarchs in history, and when building the palace, he did not require beauty and magnificence, but only wanted to be strong and durable, in order to wake himself up, he also let people write many historical stories on the palace wall. Zhu Yuanzhang's diet is also very frugal, only eating coarse tea and light rice on weekdays, never extravagant and wasteful.
2. Founding Heroes
From this point of view, Zhu Yuanzhang was diligent in his work, punished corrupt officials, showed compassion for the people, and advocated frugality, which can be described as a generation of Ming jun. So how did Zhu Yuanzhang treat those heroes who followed him to fight the world? What are their treatment and fate?
In fact, the fate of these heroes is really not very good, and most of them are miserable. The Han and Ming dynasties were the two worst dynasties for meritorious men. For example, the Grand General of Lanyu was accused of rebellion by Jiang Yong under the command of Jinyi Wei, and the number of people implicated in the end was as high as fifteen thousand, and almost all the generals in the world were destroyed. This is the famous "Blue Jade Case" in history.
In addition to the large-scale "Blue Jade Case", the encounter of another hero is also very regrettable. Among the heroes was a general named Fu Youde, who, like Zhu Yuanzhang, was born into poverty and had been a farmer for generations, and later the Yuan Dynasty was decaying and the people were not happy, so he joined the army.
After following Zhu Yuanzhang, Fu Youde made many military achievements. With Chang Yuchun to save An Feng, he participated in the Battle of Poyang Lake, the Battle of Wuchang, the Battle of Zhang Shicheng, and the Pacification of Shandong. Anding Andluo, crossing the Yellow River in the north, the army came to Qing, advanced north, and captured Dezhou and Cangzhou.
Later, he went west to Bashu, the northern war to the desert, and the southern conquest of Yungui. The battle achievements are outstanding, and the prestige is far and wide. It made great contributions to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Fu Youde fought resolutely and resolutely, often taking the risk of taking the stone body as a pioneer, and when attacking Wuchang, he was shot in the face by the enemy, and he still did not retreat from the battle, which showed his bravery.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang made Fu Youde the Duke of Yingguo, remembered his merits, and awarded him death-free and hereditary iron coupons. It's a standout. However, this prominence did not last forever, and in Zhu Yuanzhang's later years, Fu Youde's situation became more and more difficult.
Zhu Yuanzhang's son Zhu Biao was Zhu Yuanzhang's chosen successor, and in order to consolidate Zhu Biao's position, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately left him a group of capable military generals, but it was extremely unfortunate that Zhu Biao died young, and the young emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Yunjiao could not convince the public, in order to strengthen the imperial power, Zhu Yuanzhang began to deal with meritorious men.
Third, the father and son die
Fu Youde was one of them, many heroes were dealt with on charges of treason, and Tang He was keenly aware of Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions at that time, so he resigned and returned home to retire. That's how it ends. Fu Youde had close contact with Lan Yu in his early years, and Zhu Yuanzhang became suspicious of him, and later summoned Fu Youde into the palace.
After Fu Youde returned to the capital, Zhu Yuanzhang invited a banquet to the civil and military officials, and also ordered someone to summon Fu Youde to attend. At this time, Fu Youde trembled like a thin ice and was very cautious. Fu Youde did not go to the banquet himself, but his son also went to the banquet.
Fu Youde's son did not wear the sword bag according to the regulations, and this omission was accidentally discovered by Zhu Yuanzhang, who was very unhappy, but did not immediately get angry. In the blink of an eye, when the banquet began, Fu Youde did not know what the reason was, did not want to eat and drink, had no interest in the dishes in front of him, and was seen by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Recalling that Fu Youde's son did not wear a sword bag, and Fu Youde did not eat vegetables, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, so he reprimanded Fu Youde's father and son in front of the civil and military officials for deceiving the king and not understanding etiquette. When Fu Youde heard this, he quickly knelt down and confessed his mistake.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to Fu Youde and said, "Your son's sword technique is good." This sentence seems to be praising on the surface, but in fact, it has an ulterior motive, Fu Youde's son did not wear a sword bag, Zhu Yuanzhang meant "Is there an attempt to rebel?" So Fu Youde was very scared when he heard this, how could Zhu Yuanzhang's mind Fu Youde not guess?
At this time, Fu Youde was on the verge of collapse, because zhu Yuanzhang's actions in recent years had eliminated many heroes, and Fu Youde had lived a very torturous life over the years, he was born and died for the country, but he was still not trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang.
So Fu Youde cut off his son's head and threw it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, what he didn't expect was that Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and sneered and said that Fu Youde was cruel and cold-blooded, the tiger poison does not eat children, but you even let your own son go.
When Fu Youde heard Zhu Yuanzhang say this, he was indignant. Ask zhu Yuanzhang, "Isn't this the result That Your Majesty wants?" Doesn't Your Majesty just want the lives of my father and son? After saying that, he drew his sword on the spot and killed himself.
Even so, Zhu Yuanzhang did not spare his family, and Fu Youde's family was ordered to be sent to the frontier. A generation of famous people will fall. It's a shame. Taiping was originally determined by meritorious men, and it is not seen that meritorious people enjoy peace.
summary:
As the saying goes, "accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger", in ancient history, many heroes have fallen into the fate of a rabbit dead dog cooking, the bird bow hidden. Power is obsessive, power is hard to control.
Perhaps the heroes were wronged, or perhaps the heroes were blinded by power, but in any case, the merits of these heroes and founding monarchs in laying down the taiping and prosperous world are indelible, and the monarch should remember their merits. But in the end, it ended up with a tragic ending, which was lamentable!