Lan Yu is a famous founding general of the Ming Dynasty, he is brave and good at fighting, resourceful, and has made great achievements for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be a great achievementHowever, in 1393 A.D., during the 26th year of Hongwu, Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, was killed for treason.
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Lan Yu was born in Dingyuan, Anhui Province at that time, and was the brother-in-law of Chang Yuchun, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, and he had extremely high military talent. In 1378 AD, Lan Yu led an army to crusade against the turmoil in Western TibetThe following year, he was awarded the title of Marquis of Yongchang for meritorious service, with a hereditary title. Later, Lan Yu followed Fu Youde to pacify the Yunnan region, and followed Feng Sheng to recover Liaodong, establishing many military exploits.
In 1388 AD, in the 21st year of Hongwu, Lan Yu led the army to the Northern Expedition, broke the main force of the Yuan army near the fishing Erhai Lake, and captured the second son of the Northern Yuan Emperor, Di Baonu and other royal family members in one fell swooppraised the demeanor of Huo Quai's expedition to Mobei
This battle can be called the shame of Jingkang of the Northern Yuan, this battle achieved the prestige of the god of war of Lanyu, making him the head of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty after Xu Da and Changyuchun, and soon Lanyu became the Duke of Liangguo.
After establishing immortal achievements, Lan Yu was proud of his achievements and frequently made mistakes, which undoubtedly challenged Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line. Zhu Yuanzhang considered that he still needed to rely on Lan Yu to assist the crown prince Zhu Biao, so he didn't kill the killer for a while.
However, in 1392 A.D., in the 25th year of Hongwu, another major event occurred in the Ming DynastyThe 38-year-old Zhu Biao died with a whimper, and Zhu Biao's death completely disrupted Zhu Yuanzhang's plan for the future of the Ming DynastyAt this time, he was 65 years old and could die at any time, so Zhu Yuanzhang had to reconsider the next ** person.
After Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was heartbroken and fell ill for a long time, because he had put in too much effort to cultivate the prince and endured griefIn the end, Zhu Biao's sixteen-year-old son Zhu Yunwen was appointed as the heir to the throne.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang considered that Zhu Yunwen was still young and his mind was not yet mature, and he might not be able to control those arrogant generals in the future, so he began to plan to remove obstacles for Zhu Yunwen, and insisted on executing Lan Yu, the biggest reason is this, only thisOnly the young Zhu Yunwen's throne can sit firmly, and Zhu Yuanzhang can die peacefully.
On the other hand, at this time, there was no strong enemy outside the Ming Dynasty, and the forces of the various domains became the protective barrier of the Ming Dynasty, so Lan Yu's role as a military general for the Ming Dynasty became smaller and smaller.
At the same time, there are also flaws in Sapphire's characterdidn't know how to be grateful, and repeatedly touched Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line, he privately cultivated a lot of his own Zhuang slaves to run rampant in the local area, bully the people's land, and drove away the imperial history who came to investigate many times.
In the end, Lan Yu was directly killed by Zhu Yuanzhang of the three clans, which can be described as extremely desolate.
The Lanyu case was the last major case of the Hongwu Dynasty, which involved countless people and killed nearly 15,000 people, almost sweeping away the high-ranking generals of the Ming Dynasty.
But what Zhu Yuanzhang never expected was that his approach would have a very strong backlash in the future, bringing extremely serious consequencesLater, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, launched the Battle of Jingjing, and there were no first-class generals in the court who could suppress the rebellion.