As the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's unique majesty and ruthlessness are terrifying. The ministers who served under him were in a difficult situation, like "accompanying the king like a tiger", and the slightest carelessness would cost them their lives. On this point, history has left a good story that has been widely circulated. A high-ranking important minister of the DPRK asked Zhu Yuanzhang for a six-day vacation due to a change in his family. Zhu Yuanzhang readily agreed, without much doubt. However, once the six-day period had passed, the minister did not return. In the face of this incident of "leaving his post without permission", how should Zhu Yuanzhang react? And what will be done with this minister?
Generous treatment leads to arrogance
The minister who was severely punished by Zhu Yuanzhang was the crown prince Taibao, one of the nine kings of the dynasty, with a spacious mansion and many servants. He has been brilliant since he was a child, his parents have high expectations, and after several twists and turns, he finally took a shortcut to show his talent and was hired by Zhu Yuanzhang as a slaughterer.
Not long after Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, hundreds of houses fell, and Xun had the heart to reuse heroes. This prince Taibao was diligent and conscientious, and he made many miraculous achievements, so he was favored by the king. Not long after, Zhu Yuanzhang promoted him as one of the nine Qings, and the government and the opposition looked up and down like life. In order to consolidate his position, Zhu Yuanzhang gave him the mansion exceptionally, and the courtesy was really good for the emperor's relatives and relatives.
However, arrogance and lasciviousness are a great problem. This prince Taibao is arrogant by nature, pampered and arrogant, and he is immersed in lust and lust, and he is extravagant. Sometimes he didn't have time to go, so that he was reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang several times. However, as he became more and more favored, he didn't care about it at all, and regarded the government as nothing. In fact, the royal courtesy was originally Zhu Yuanzhang's far-sightedness, but who knew that it was misinterpreted as too much favor. How can such a good treatment not make people arrogant?
Special life experiences breed perverse temperaments
This prince Taibao has lived a rough life since he was a child, and he has experienced the vicissitudes of life, and his temperament is inevitably perverse. Originally from Shandong, although his family background is not expensive, he has been running a eunuch for generations. When he was young, he was sluggish and relied on distant relatives to survive. When he was still young, he encountered ups and downs, and he was alone ever since.
He has been brilliant since he was a child, and he is diligent in reading, and he should have made great achievements. However, the family is so poor, living in someone else's house, and being looked down upon, how can they calm down and study? It is a miracle to be behind closed doors all year round, and to maintain the desire to study. But even so, he still couldn't display his talents, tried and failed, and he collapsed. In order to make a living, I had to go to someone to be a guy, and I ate all the warmth and coldness of life.
Until the years passed, he finally took a shortcut, glorified his ancestors, and became a dignitary in the court. Poverty is too miserable, if he had not gone through this struggle, how could he be so loyal to the country? But it is inevitable that he will be poor and give birth to his perverse temperament. Zhu Yuanzhang was courteous, he was grateful and loved. However, his fate was ill-fated, and the hardships of his early years had completely crushed him, and now although he has been promoted, the old scars are still there, and he is very precautionary, and it is inevitable to be obedient.
At that time, Peng Rong was quite despised by others, but now although he has become famous, the shadow in his heart is still there, so he is naturally extra guarded. Even if he is humble with Zhu Yuanzhang, he will inevitably be short-tempered, and in the prime of life, he will inevitably be debauched. In fact, this prince Taibao is talented and diligent and loyal, but unfortunately there were too many ups and downs in the first half of his life, and his temperament was inevitably distorted, which made Zhu Yuanzhang so favored, but he ended up unreasonable.
The power struggle has led to the intensification of contradictions
Even if the crown prince is in a prestigious position, he will inevitably be involved in the whirlpool of power struggles between the DPRK and China. Some people in front of the emperor envy and hated him, and often slandered and attacked him in books. Among them, especially the right Du Yu Shi Wang'a, he has a special grudge against him.
Wang Ayuan did not have a holiday with the crown prince, but because of his illustrious family background and fame, Wang A's jealousy was aroused. Although Wang A is not a eunuch and comes from a humble background, he has won Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes with his extraordinary talents. But on the occasion of favor, Zhu Yuanzhang favored the prince Taibao, especially courtesy, which made Wang A very annoyed, and the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar gave birth to infinite jealousy.
With jealousy, he began to look for opportunities to fall into the well. The crown prince Taibao was dissolute by nature, and it was inevitable to indulge in lust, and he was taken advantage of by Wang A, so he wrote a book to slander him for "extravagance", "greed for pleasure", and "selfless indulgence". Zhu Yuanzhang was convinced of him, and even repeatedly reprimanded the prince Taibao and sternly admonished him, obviously losing trust in this confidant minister.
Although the crown prince Taibao was unhappy, he could only swallow his anger secretly. After all, Wang A has a prominent position, and acting rashly will only destroy his future. So he chose to be silent, secretly investigated Wang A's faults, and waited for an opportunity to take revenge.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Wang Ah to reveal his fox tail. He embezzled and took bribes, and was found by the crown prince and the Taibao after being found out. So he filed a complaint and confidently asked Zhu Yuanzhang to punish Wang A. Zhu Yuanzhang persuaded the dispute between the two of you and me several times, but to no avail, and in the end he could only dismiss Wang A.
Since then, the crown prince and Wang A have completely torn their faces, the gap between the past and the back has been intensifying, and the intensification of the contradiction has become a foregone conclusion. The struggle between the two sides became increasingly fierce, and Zhu Yuanzhang had to repeatedly intervene in the disarmament, and the contradictions between the monarch and the minister also increased day by day.
Zhu Yuanzhang is at war with heaven and man in his heart
Faced with the long-term absence of the crown prince and the Taibao, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into the contradictory struggle of the war between heaven and man.
On the one hand, reason told him that the crown prince Taibao was one of the most important confidants around him after all, loyal, diligent and conscientious, and took on the responsibility of the country alone. He came from a humble background, and step by step relied on his perseverance, intelligence, and intelligence to climb to a high position, and made outstanding meritorious contributions, making indelible contributions to the reunification and development of the country. Even if you are late for the occasional omission, you should be magnanimous and open-minded.
On the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang was ambitious and ruled with an iron fist, and would never allow anyone to challenge and impact his authority. As a generation of Ming monarchs, he was very strict with the obedience and loyalty requirements of his courtiers, and never allowed any behavior that violated the court orders. The six-day absence is unreasonable, and it has violated the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and it should be punished.
What's more, Zhu Yuanzhang's jealousy and hatred are at work. He hated the debauchery of the crown prince's debauchery and thought that the extravagance was really against the courtesy of the monarch and the ministers, and greatly damaged his reputation and image among the government and the opposition. As a generation of Ming monarchs, the debauchery of the courtiers was undoubtedly a serious provocation and insult to him.
As a result, reason and selfishness wrestled fiercely in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and finally reason was overwhelmed, and selfishness prevailed. At the end of the six-day period, the crown prince still did not return, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, so he ordered him to be arrested, without saying much, and he was extremely ruthless.
Zhu Yuanzhang's expectation of his ministers is absolute loyalty and obedience, and the slightest violation of his will will make him angry. And the six-day absence gave him a chance to vent his anger and show his transcendent position as a monarch. So in the inner battle between heaven and man, selfishness finally triumphed over reason, and a conflict inevitably broke out.
The iron-fisted approach shows the ruthless side
Faced with the unreasonable absence of the crown prince and his disregard for the country, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and decided to deal with it in person to demonstrate his supreme authority.
When Zhu Yuanzhang learned that the crown prince had not returned to the court after the expiration of the term, he was furious and immediately convened the ministers to hold a cross-examination meeting. The crown prince was taken to the royal court for trial, but he was justified in the face of questioning, insisting that he had no intention of being absent from his job, but that there was an accident in his family and he could not rush back immediately.
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and reprimanded the prince Taibao for ignoring national affairs, and actually justifying and prevaricating. As a dignitary in the court, he should have set an example and held himself to a higher standard. But he not only behaved unscrupulously, but also quibbled endlessly, disregarding the general righteousness.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was getting more and more angry, the prince Taibao knew that his defense was useless, so he could only honestly admit his mistakes. However, Zhu Yuanzhang is iron-faced and selfless, and would rather kill the hero by mistake than tolerate a temporary mistake. He reprimanded the crown prince for being poor in his reasoning, and ordered him to be taken down immediately and prepared for execution.
Seeing this, the ministers couldn't help but intercede for the crown prince Taibao, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang would open up. However, Zhu Yuanzhang vetoed it, asserting that the crown prince's crime was unforgivable. He denounced his courtiers for committing such a serious crime that they should be dismissed. As a ruler in charge of the country, he must set an example and punish unreasonable courtiers with an iron fist to set an example.
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the crown prince Taibao to be dragged out of the court and beheaded in public. Although some ministers dissuaded him with kind words, Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on going his own way and turned a blind eye. When he was beheaded, he wanted to give comfort, but Zhu Yuanzhang rejected this humanitarian suggestion and insisted on correcting it on the spot, giving his courtiers a serious warning.
In the face of mistakes and mistakes, Zhu Yuanzhang has always been iron-faced and selfless, and has always been so. This time was no exception, although the crown prince Taibao made outstanding achievements and had a prominent position, he ignored it and showed no mercy. This not only shows his ruthless side, but also uses capital punishment to announce to everyone the iron law that the imperial power is supreme and no one is above the law.