Xu Da was the well-deserved first general of the early Ming Dynasty, the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the first of the six founding kings.
In the battles of attacking Chen Youyu, conquering The Capital of Yuan, pursuing the Northern Yuan, and so on, we can all see the figure of Xu Da, although he was born into a peasant family, his military command ability can be called the God of War.
We all know that Liu Bang was able to defeat Xiang Yu and get the world because of the help of Han Xin, in fact, Xu Da was also Zhu Yuanzhang's "Han Xin".
Xu Da and Han Xin definitely have a fight in military command ability, but in terms of emotional intelligence, Xu Da can dump Han Xin five streets.
After Liu Bang took the world, he disposed of Han Xin and destroyed even the entire family, but after Zhu Yuanzhang took the world, Xu Da rose step by step, and the official was taifu, the right chancellor of Zhongshu, the military and the prince of the state, and the duke of Wei.
After Xu Da's death, he was posthumously honored as the King of Zhongshan and was able to enjoy the Taimiao Temple, and Zhu Yuanzhang personally issued an edict to the Xu family to be crowned king, which was definitely an honor that could be boasted at that time.
Zhu Yuanzhang's desire for power is extremely strong, and those heroes who followed him to fight the world were almost all picked up by him, taking Li Shanchang as an example, at the age of 76, he still had not escaped Zhu Yuanzhang's "claws".
Then the question arises, although Xu Da was extremely glorious after his death, then how did he die, and was he also killed by Zhu Yuanzhang?
As the founding father of Daming, what is the end of Xu Da's children, in fact, through the ending of Xu Da's children, it can be speculated whether Zhu Yuanzhang has harmed Xu Da.
What is the specific situation? Let's take a look at it together, and before we say this, let's first talk about the controversy over Xu Da's three causes of death.
First: the death of illness in the history.
In the seventeenth year of Hongwu, Xu Da, who had been fighting all his life, fell ill, in fact, his illness was not a serious illness now, that is, he had a "gangrene" on his back, that is, a poisonous sore, and he could be cured by opening a knife and recuperating for a few days.
However, at that time, this disease was difficult to cure, and many celebrities in ancient times lost their lives because of this disease, such as Fan Zeng, nurhaci, and so on.
At that time, Xu Da was 52 years old, and the disease was menacing, but Xu Da's physical fitness was quite OK, and after treatment, the pain was quickly alleviated.
However, in February of the following year, Xu Da's condition began to worsen, and soon after, he died of a life, typical of Zheng'er Bajing's illness.
Second: He was poisoned in the wild history.
Xu Zhenqing was a Ming Dynasty literary scholar, and in his book "Zhai Sheng Ye Wen", he once recorded that Xu Da was poisoned by Zhu Yuanzhang, which had no basis, nor did he have any clues in the main history.
However, because Xu Zhenqing was a Ming Dynasty person, coupled with Zhu Yuanzhang's intolerable attitude towards other heroes, he was once believed by posterity.
Third: eat roast goose in the wild history.
Wang Wenlong told such a story in the "Long Xing Ci Ji", Xu Da had gangrene on his back, according to common sense, this disease can not eat roast goose, Zhu Yuanzhang heard about it and immediately rewarded Xu Da with a roast goose with flowing oil.
As soon as Xu Da saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had sent him a roast goose, he immediately understood what he meant, so he ate the roast goose with tears, and not long after that, he was poisoned to death.
The records in the history of the main history and the history of the wild are not consistent, and many people will feel that the credibility of the history of the right history is high, and the history of the wild will only be written randomly, which is not enough to believe.
In fact, many of the things recorded in the history are not credible, after all, the history books are written by the victors, and many of the historical facts we see have also been modified, so we must have the ability to distinguish between true and false when reading history.
So is there no connection between Xu Da's three statements of death?
Of course not, xu da had gangrene, which is not controversial, but after his condition improved, after a few months, his condition suddenly worsened, and then he died.
So what is the reason for Xu Da's aggravation of his condition?
It is precisely because this point is not recorded in the main history that it has aroused the speculation of these wild historians, perhaps they are dissatisfied with Zhu Yuanzhang's fierce heart, so they constructed a goose burning case, and then led Xu Da's death to Zhu Yuanzhang's body.
In fact, Xu Da's death really has nothing to do with Zhu Yuanzhang, and we can infer from the outcome of Xu Da's children.
In the Shinto monument written by Zhu Yuanzhang for Xu Da, we can know that Xu Da had a total of four sons and four daughters in his lifetime, and the names of Xu Da's four sons were all obtained for them by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, named Xu Huizu, Xu Bingxu, Xu Tianfu, and Xu Zengshou.
You look at this name, how many levels have been achieved, who wants to say that Zhu Yuanzhang is an illiterate person who does not know a word, then I will be the first to jump out and oppose.
After Xu Da's death, Xu Huizu inherited the title of Duke of Wei and continued to enjoy the glory that Xu Da created for them, and later in the Ming Dynasty, the Battle of Jingnan occurred, Xu Huizu jumped out against Zhu Di, and when Zhu Di became emperor, he stripped him of his title and put him under house arrest, and Yongle died after four years.
Xu Yixu inherited the position of commander, and when Zhu Di seized power, his attitude was neutral, and he lived until yongle fifteen years before his death.
Xu Tianfu died early.
Xu Zengshou was more knowledgeable about current affairs, and he saw that Zhu Di would become the final victor, so he secretly assisted Zhu Di when he launched the Battle of Jingnan, but unfortunately he missed the wind and was killed by Emperor Jianwen, and when Zhu Di ascended the throne, he let his descendants inherit the Duke of Dingguo, and they also died as deserved.
Xu Da's four daughters were also basically married to Zhu Yuanzhang's crown prince, the eldest daughter married Zhu Di and later became Empress Xu, the second daughter married zhu Gui, the third daughter rejected Zhu Di and became a nun, and the fourth daughter was supposed to marry Zhu Yu, the prince of An.
Zhu Yuanzhang's personality is suspicious, and he is also defensive and defensive about the heroes, but in Xu Da, we can't see Zhu Yuanzhang's distrust of him.
If Zhu Yuanzhang is really jealous of Xu Da, or if he is behind Xu Da's death, then according to his temperament, Xu Da's sons will definitely be eliminated together.
However, we can also see from the above that after Xu Da's death, Zhu Yuanzhang did not deal with his sons at all, but instead inherited the inheritance that should be inherited, and the official who should be sealed is an official, which is obviously an affirmation of Xu Da's life and merits.
Therefore, Xu Da died of illness, which is an indisputable historical fact, and it is also recorded in the main history, as to why Xu Da suddenly became seriously ill after his condition improved, it can only be said that the gangrene on his back worsened.
So why did Zhu Yuanzhang not have any doubts about Xu Da, in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang himself explained this problem, Zhu Yuanzhang said:
The general is brave and brave, so he can curb chaos and cut the crowd. Ordered to come out, successful and spinning, not reserved, women have nothing to love, treasures have nothing to take, Zhongzheng has no flaws, the sun and the moon are clear, and the great general is only one. Breaking the barbarians, the merits of the ancient and modern people are the first; the outgoing will enter the picture, and the literary and martial world is unparalleled.
This means that Xu Dagong is high and great, but he has never been proud of his achievements, he is high and powerful, but he has never coveted the treasure of female sex, he has always been impartial when he holds great power to deal with problems, there has never been a fault, and he is the only one who has this virtue in the world.
Xu Da, who can make Zhu Yuanzhang unable to find fault, even if Zhu Yuanzhang loves to kill heroes, but there is nothing to do, such a high emotional intelligence is really rare among military generals.
References: "History of the Ming Dynasty", "Zhai Sheng Ye Wen", "Long Xing Ci Ji", etc
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