Li Shanchang, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, followed Zhu Yuanzhang in his conquests, was born into death, and made many contributions, comparable to Xiao He, the chancellor of the Han Dynasty. The following Zhixiu network small editor will bring you a detailed introduction, let's take a look at it.
Zhu Yuanzhang led the rebel army to drive out the Mongols and establish the Ming Dynasty. The general trend has been determined, then it is a reward for merit and deeds, the emperor is naturally Zhu Yuanzhang, and those old brothers are also crowned kings and princes, and they are majestic.
It seems that everything is on a normal track, and through their own efforts, these people have created a new dynasty and made themselves famous. However, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, and not many years later, Zhu Yuanzhang began to attack these old brothers.
He wasn't like Zhao Kuangyin who was still twisting and pinching and having a cocktail party. He was very decisive and cruel, and he directly tore his face, and if he saw who was not pleasing to the eye, he would directly kill it.
For a time, the Ming Dynasty once again faced a bloody storm. In the Hu Weiyong and Lanyu cases alone, tens of thousands of people were killed. It is not absolute to say that these people are wronged. At least some people were proud of their achievements and challenged Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line.
However, the fundamental purpose of Zhu Yuanzhang's doing this was to stabilize the world of the old Zhu family for generations.
So although it is cruel, Zhu Yuanzhang's doing so can still be understood. However, for the murder of Li Shanchang, in the eyes of many people, it was somewhat unexpected, at least they did not think of it.
After all, Li Shanchang was already 77 years old at that time, and this age is already an advanced age now. The prime minister has also done it, and all kinds of glory and wealth have also been enjoyed.
Will he rebel? Many people will think it is simply impossible. So what threat does such an old man have? It should be known that at that time, Li Shanchang had long been far away from the court, and his hometown was just cultivated land.
So what kind of waves could Li Shanchang, who was 77 years old, set off, and was actually killed by Zhu Yuanzhang?
Li Shanchang was different from the generals who could attack the city and pull out the village, he was Zhu Yuanzhang's staff officer, responsible for giving him advice, to put it bluntly, it was a military division. At the same time, he was in charge of the logistics supply of the army, which was really very similar to Xiao He, one of the three masters of the early Han Dynasty.
Along the way, Li Shanchang's help to Zhu Yuanzhang was very great. It was also based on his merits that after the founding of the people's republic, Zhu Yuanzhang named Li Shanchang the State of Zuo Xiangguo, the Duke of Xuanguo, the Prince Taishi, and the Shangzhu State, and later gave Li Shanchang a gold medal to avoid death.
His brother, nephew, and his own son were very upset, and his son also married Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter and became a lieutenant of the horse.
This is already a position above ten thousand people under one person, and the whole family is also stained, and many people may not be able to get it after a lifetime of struggle.
However, Li Shanchang later resigned and has already returned to his hometown.
There is no evidence that they have the intention of plotting rebellion, but they are indeed behaving in a perverse manner, in a high position of authority, and extremely arrogant, and there are naturally many people who have offended, and at the same time they have challenged Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line, and it is not surprising that they were killed.
However, it was an old man like Li Shanchang who was unlucky.
When Hu Weiyong's case occurred, Li Shanchang escaped the disaster and was not affected. But when he was 77, he did two things.
The first thing he did was to find his old comrade-in-arms and fellow countryman Tang He and borrow some soldiers to repair his house. It wasn't a big deal, but borrowing troops was taboo at the time.
The second thing was that Li Shanchang interceded with his nephew Ding Bin. At that time, Ding Bin was convicted and was about to be distributed. Li Shanchang was more worried and interceded many times, which made Zhu Yuanzhang angry, thinking that there was still something behind Ding Bin. Therefore, the Ding Bin case was asked to be thoroughly investigated.
It doesn't matter if you don't check, I didn't expect this guy to betray Li Shanchang. Ding Bin confessed that Li Shanchang's younger brother Li Cunyi and Hu Weiyong were interacting with each other, and when li Cunyi was interrogated, Li Shanchang was naturally mentioned. Although Li Shanchang did not agree, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, you guy not only did not report it, but turned a blind eye, which is a big mistake.
Therefore, what Li Shanchang did not expect was that in the past 10 years, the matter had also been turned over, not only was he killed himself, but he also took a family of more than seventy people and was brutally killed.
On the surface, Li Shanchang's death was because of Hu Weiyong, but in fact, is this really the case?
In fact, this is only one aspect, Li Shanchang did not stand alone, and had too much involvement with the courtiers. Because of his great merits, his influence in the DPRK was also very large, and there were too many courtiers who were implicated with him.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the threat is very great, although Li Shanchang has no soldiers in his hands and is not young, but Zhu Yuanzhang, who has a suspicious personality itself, cannot tolerate him.