The internal strife of the Ming Dynasty: power and strife, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, ** various departments began to be busy, but soon after, the factional struggle within the court re-emerged. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Huaixi Group and Zhedong Group were developing and growing and wrestling with each other.
This kind of infighting was common in ancient dynasties and was a challenge that emperors had to deal with. They go back and forth, fight openly and secretly, and the final victory depends on who is better at resourcefulness. The smart Zhu Yuanzhang also had to use his means.
The two groups were led by Li Shanchang and Liu Ji respectively, and each of them had strong supporters and strength, and the wrestling within the imperial court was bound to continue.
The Huaixi group, headed by Li Shanchang, and its members included Xu Da, Guo Ying, Tang He, Zhou Dexing, etc., most of whom were military generals, who had always maintained close relations with Zhu Yuanzhang and urged Zhu Yuanzhang to move the capital back to his hometown. The Zhedong Group is led by Liu Ji, and most of the members are officials, although they have no real power, they can be written**.
The two parties often competed, and Liu Ji was forced to be helpless in a contest and had to take leave to go back to his hometown to hide. Zhu Yuanzhang also had an impression of Li Shanchang and began to comprehensively suppress the Huaixi Group.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very jealous of Liu Ji's resourcefulness, and even asked him who could serve as prime minister if Li Shanchang was replaced, but Liu Ji was not optimistic about the candidate proposed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and finally spoke out with his jealous and hateful personality and did not save face for the emperor.
After that interview, Liu Ji's status deteriorated, and he finally had to return to his hometown. However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not forget him at any time, so he tried his best to get rid of Liu Ji. Zhu Yuanzhang found Hu Weiyong and borrowed the clues in Liu Ji's sentence to make Hu Weiyong a scapegoat.
So, Hu Weiyong actively showed himself and worked towards the goal of getting rid of Liu Ji. In the first month of 1375, Liu Ji died of illness, and Hu Weiyong went to visit, and this scheming dispute ended with Liu Ji's departure.
Liu Ji was a generation of military advisors who contributed immortal strength to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, but the exposure of his shortcomings is also worthy of reflection. If he had been tactful and adaptable, maybe the outcome would have been different. In the stories of factional struggles within ancient dynasties, intrigue and fighting were tried and tested.
One cannot help but wonder what impact such a struggle has on the development of a dynastyWhat wisdom is hidden in the ancient stories of power schemes that is worthy of our consideration today?