Hu Mei is a native of Qiuyang, and Chen Youyu is a fellow countryman, the original name is Hu Tingrui, because Zhu Yuanzhang is a character for Guorui, Hu Mei changed her name in order to avoid secrecy.
Hu Meiyuan was a general of Chen Youyu and served as the minister of Jiangxi Province, responsible for guarding Longxing Road.
The geographical location of Longxing Road is very important, and the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo wrote in the "Preface to the Pavilion of the King of Teng" that "the three rivers are taken with five lakes, and the barbarian jing is controlled and the Ouyue is led."
Longxing Road has always been a prosperous and rich land, and the population of the Chengping period of the Yuan Dynasty exceeded that of Jinling, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, by more than 300,000.
After Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiangzhou, he sent people to recruit Hu Mei.
In December of the eleventh year of the Yuan Dynasty (1361 CE), Hu Mei sent Zheng Renjie to Jiangzhou to ask for surrender, asking not to disband his people. At first, Zhu Yuanzhang was very embarrassed to hear this, Liu Bowen was sitting in the back, and hurriedly kicked the Hu bed where Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly woke up, agreed to Hu Mei's request, and personally wrote a letter to Hu Mei, in which Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his attitude toward the surrendered generals, that is, the same as the original generals, "Enjun Yiyi" ("Ming Shi Liechuan Hu Mei").
After receiving the letter, Hu Mei made up her mind to surrender, and in the first month of the twelfth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1362 AD), she sent her nephew and peer Kangtai to Jiangzhou to express her determination to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang then set out from Jiangzhou to Longxing Road, and when he reached the tree house, Hu Mei sent people to present Zhu Yuanzhang with data such as the official seal of the chancellor and the grain of the local soldiers and civilians granted by Chen Youyi, and led the officials to greet him outside the gate of the new city.
Zhu Yuanzhang set up a banquet to comfort them, and let them still hold their original positions.
In order to reassure Hu Mei, Zhu Yuanzhang "worshipped his mother to be safe" ("The Deeds of the Beginning of the Kingdom").
In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also married Hu Mei's eldest daughter.
According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang had two concubines surnamed Hu, namely Hu Chongfei and Hu Shunfei.
According to scholars, Hu Mei's eldest daughter is likely to be Hu Shunfei.
Concubine Hu Had one son, Zhu Bai, the eleventh son of Zhu Yuanzhang and the Prince of Xiang.
Zhu Bai was born in August of the fourth year of Hongwu (1371 AD) of the Ming Dynasty, and in the first year of Jianwen (1399 AD), the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao implemented the strategy of cutting the domain and sent troops to surround Zhu Bai's mansion, Zhu Bai was both shocked and angry, and set himself on fire, at the age of twenty-eight.
After Hu Mei's surrender, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the change of Longxing Road to Hongdu Province, but his colleagues Kangtai and Pingzhang Zhuzong had two hearts, and Hu Mei continued to dismiss the two.
After Zhu Yuanzhang returned to YingTian, Hu Mei was not very reassured about the two and hinted at their rebellion to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to Hongdu, and asked Kang Tai and Zhu Zong to lead troops to Wuchang to obey Xu Da's unified dispatch.
When the two men led the boat division to the port of Daughter, they decided to raise an army and attack the new city gate at dusk that day.
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered Xu Da, who was in Hanyang, to lead an army to quell the rebellion and retake Hongdu, Zhu Zong fled, and Kang Tai pursued the soldiers on the way to escape and captured them, and escorted them to Yingtian. Zhu Yuanzhang pardoned Kangtai because he was Hu Mei's nephew.
In October of the thirteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1363 CE), Hu Mei followed Zhu Yuanzhang in besieging Wuchang, and in February of the following year, Chen Youyi's son Chen Li surrendered and was given the title of Gui De Hou.
In the fifteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1365 AD), Hu Mei followed Xu Da to attack Huaidong, and the following year, followed Xu Da to attack Huzhou and besiege the Pingjiang River.
In the first year of Wu Yuan (1367 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang's army captured Zhang Shicheng's capital Pingjiang, and after the banshi, Hu Mei was given the title of Ronglu Dafu.
In October of that year, Hu Mei was appointed as the general of Zhengnan, and led an army from Jiangxi to attack Fujian, and Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son He Wenhui was appointed deputy general.
Before leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Hu Mei, "Ru returned with the Chen clan, and after several years of faithfulness, he ordered Ru to take The Min. Zuo Cheng He Wenhui was er's deputy, and he participated in the government and listened to the dispatch, although the two were close to me, do not use it to abolish the military law. Wen Ru tried to attack Minzhong, and it was advisable to know that its geographical advantages were dangerous and easy. Now that the general army is besieging the city, it must choose whether it is cheap or not, and there is no chance to lose it" (Ming Shi Liechuan Hu Mei).
The meaning of this passage is that you, as Chen Youyi's minister, came to surrender, followed me for many years, and were loyal to me for many years, so you were made to serve as the chief military officer to attack Fujian; Zuo Cheng He Wenhui was made a deputy general, and the suffragists and daide also obeyed your dispatches; although the two of them were my close associates, they could not abandon military law because of this; I heard that you had led troops to attack the central fujian region, and you should be familiar with the natural geographical conditions such as the terrain and terrain there; now that you are commanding the army to attack, you are bound to decide to advance and retreat according to the geographical advantages, and you will not miss the opportunity.
Hu Mei then led his army across Shanguan and captured Guangguang, Shao Wu defended The general Li Zongmao surrendered, after arriving at Jianyang, the defender Cao Fuyu also went out of the city to surrender, and then Hu Mei entered the siege of Jianning, the defenders and the generals Da Li Ma and the suffragist Chen Ziqi tried to hold the city, Hu Mei sent troops several times to challenge, they could not hold out, so they violently attacked the city, and the two surrendered.
Hu Mei led his troops into the city, did not commit any crime against the people, and sent Chen Ziqi and others to Yingtian.
After pacifying Fujian, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Hu Mei to guard this town.
Soon, Hu Mei was recalled to Yingtian, and after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he appointed Hu Meizhongshu Pingzhang and Tongzhi Zhan Shiyuan.
In May of the first year of the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD), together with He Wenhui and others, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang on his tour of Bieliang.
In the third year of Hongwu (1370 AD), Hu Mei was ordered to go to Henan and gather Wang Baobao's men.
In November of that year, Zhu Yuanzhang was awarded the title of Meritorious Servant, and Hu Mei was made the Marquis of Yuzhang, eating 1,500 stones and giving hereditary iron coupons.
Ten years later, Zhu Yuanzhang renamed Hu Mei the Marquis of Linchuan and treated him with kindness, praising him for "holding two soldiers, but they can wait and see" (Ming Shi Liechuan Hu Mei).
In the seventeenth year of Hongwu (1384 AD), Hu Mei was convicted and given death, and no reason was announced at that time.
Six years later, Li Shanchang was convicted and condemned, and Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned in the edict that the reason for Hu Mei's crime was: "Mei Yin's eldest daughter was a noble concubine, and she was imprisoned in the chaotic palace with her son-in-law, and when she realized it, her son-in-law was tortured to death, and Mei Zhi committed suicide" (Ming Shi Liechuan Hu Mei).
The meaning of this sentence is: Hu Mei, because the eldest daughter is a noble concubine, took her son-in-law into the harem, violating the prohibition in the palace, and after the incident, Hu Mei was given to commit suicide.
After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he formulated a strict court system and strictly prohibited foreign ministers from entering the palace without authorization.