soup and portraits).
In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, 1394 AD.
The founding general of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Tang He, the king of Dongou who rebelled with Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Taizu Gao, has reached the point of being bedridden, not advancing water and rice, and dying.
This General Tang, who followed Zhu Yuanzhang in the southern and northern wars and made immortal military achievements, is now a waste who can only wait silently for death in bed.
But at this moment, an edict came out of the palace - Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see him.
So, Tang He dragged a crippled body, fought with the only remaining strength in his body, got into a carriage, and went to the palace to meet him.
The towering city walls, the splendid palaces, the soup and the prostrate on the main hall, knocked three heads heavily.
On the throne, there is the great tomorrow, Zhu Yuanzhang, who "starts with a bowl and ranks the king in a flexible group".
Zhu Yuanzhang has always had a very special affection for Tang He.
This can be called the most legendary emperor in Chinese history for thousands of years, and he has killed many people in his life.
There are enemies who oppose him, friends who fight alongside him, and relatives whose blood is thicker than water.
The emperor's murder is really famous.
But in the face of Tang He in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang was really difficult to kill.
Tang He is already old, and his mind is already confused.
When the emperor asked Tang He about his hometown and the changes in the world over the years, Tang He could no longer answer normally.
This heroic man who once garrisoned Jiangnan, pacified Fujian, and fought in the west and the north, can only utter one or two slurred words in his mouth now.
Tang He knew that he couldn't answer, so he had to kowtow one after another.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the throne, looked at his friends who fought side by side in the past and were now old, and he didn't feel tears in his eyes.
"History of the Ming Dynasty: The Biography of Tang He": And can't be right, it's just the head, and the emperor is runny.Zhu Yuanzhang, in tears?
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang portrait).
That Zhu Yuanzhang, who killed people without seeing blood and killing people without blinking, actually shed tears?
Yes, the emperor did shed tears.
Suddenly looking back, I was already a complete loner.
The old people withered one after another, like leaves falling in the wind.
Tang He is already his only friend.
But this was not a crocodile's tears, but the most sincere tears of the emperor's life.
The emperor cried, not only pity Tang He, but also pity himself.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang understands that Tang He's aging and dying represent the end of his generation.
is as strong as an emperor, and he is no longer young.
One day, he will be like Tang He, towards the end of his life.
And all this, inevitable, irretrievable.
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Before Tang He, Zhu Yuanzhang killed many people.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who worked hard in the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, is a very mellow and honest person.
He is a corporal, unites partners, is the backbone of the righteous army, and is a good man in the army.
And from the day Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he changed.
Those who once followed Zhu Yuanzhang to make meritorious contributions and personally sent him to the throne of God fell under his butcher's knife.
The cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys cook, the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden.
People seem to have studied the motives of the emperor's murder of heroes very thoroughly, and Zhu Yuanzhang's cruel killing, unloading the mill and killing the donkey seem to be even more certain and unquestionable.
But in reality, this is a complete fallacy.
Because almost all the ministers, friends, and relatives killed by Zhu Yuanzhang deserved it.
And as for why the author says that, read on.
The emperor's murder is mainly driven by the case, because even if the emperor is **, if he wants to be a good emperor, he can't kill indiscriminately, let alone write "I don't like you" in his will, let Jin Yiwei arrest people, and kill them after arresting.
If the emperor wants to kill people, he needs to go through the process.
The frequent creation of criminal cases with wide implications is the beginning of this process.
As a result, the four major cases occurred in the early Ming Dynasty.
Portrait of Hu Weiyong).
The four major cases, namely the empty seal case, the Hu Weiyong case, the Guo Huan case, and the Lan Yu case.
Before, the author has already written about the empty seal case, Hu Weiyong's case and the Lanyu case, interested friends can turn it over, and I will not repeat it here.
Although I will not go into details, the summary should be summarized.
The empty seal case was a case of document fraud, and a group of ministers made small moves underneath, but they were discovered by the emperor, and then they were collectively cleaned up.
Hu Weiyong's case is a case in which the emperor cleaned up the prime minister who had too much power, had ill intentions, and plotted against him, and took the opportunity to directly depose the official position of prime minister.
The Lan Yu case is similar to the Hu Weiyong case, Hu Weiyong is a powerful minister of the civilian official group, and Lan Yu is the representative of the military attache power.
The Guo Huan case is a major corruption case that shocked the government and the opposition, and it was doxxed by the emperor, which is really an economic case.
The four major cases are widely implicated, so countless people have been convicted and executed, and there have even been serious vacancies in official positions in the court.
The ** people of the Hongwu Dynasty went to the court like a tomb, and when they rushed to the court meeting every day, they must hug their families, cry bitterly, and explain the aftermath by the way.
The reason is simple, because no one knows which one will come first, tomorrow or the accident.
According to the statistics of some official history books, nearly 70,000 people were executed for the four major cases.
But we should pay attention to the fact that the fault of the four major cases is not the emperor, but the hundred officials.
* If they don't engage in false paperwork, who will cut off their heads?
*If you don't go** corrupt, who will be idle and have nothing to do to pluck their heads?
Lan Yu and Hu Weiyong are not arrogant and domineering, they are traitors, even if Zhu Yuanzhang wants to clean them up, where can he find a reason?
Sapphire statue).
We must deeply understand a truth, that is, the original intention of the emperor to launch the four major cases was not to kill ministers, but to amend the national law and discipline.
But we must also admit that the four major cases have caused many innocent ** to be convicted and killed, which is also a serious mistake by Zhu Yuanzhang.
But "the right thing is not the right person" has always been the only creed that Zhu Yuanzhang adheres to in law enforcement.
This orphan, who once lost his father and parents due to the corrupt rule of the Yuan Dynasty, hates corruption the most in his life, and also understands the difficulties of poor peasants.
The emperor is indeed too sensitive, but he is undoubtedly the most sympathetic and caring person in Chinese history.
He did not carry out the four major cases for himself, but for the interests of the people not to be infringed upon.
After talking about the four major cases, let's talk about those who have been identified by netizens as Zhu Yuanzhang's innocent and wrongful killing.
The first to bear the brunt is Liu Ji. (Liu Bowen).
This minister, who is almost at the same level as Tang He and has accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang all his life, died under Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher's knife, and has always been considered a typical example of Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of heroes.
But in fact, Liu Ji's death has nothing to do with Zhu Yuanzhang.
"History of the Ming Dynasty: Biography 16": Even though he is still hidden in the mountains, he only drinks and plays chess, and his mouth does not speak. Eight years, he died in one month, at the age of sixty-five.This incident is clearly described in the history books, Liu Ji died of illness, what is the direct relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang?
Xu Da Portrait).
There is a reason for this matter, as well as Xu Da's death.
As the first founding father of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da has always been falsely rumored to have been poisoned to death by Zhu Yuanzhang.
In some film and television dramas, there is even a story of Zhu Yuanzhang knowing that Xu Da was sick and couldn't eat roast goose, but he sent him a roast goose for him to eat, which is really a fiction.
Zhu Yuanzhang never harmed Zhongliang, and most of the heroes he executed were self-inflicted.
In addition to the fallacy of killing heroes, there are also rumors that the emperor's six relatives do not recognize him, and he likes to attack his relatives.
And the most typical is that the emperor killed his nephew, Zhu Wenzheng.
Coincidentally, about Zhu Wenzheng, the author also wrote an article about him, if you don't dislike it, you can also read it.
Zhu Wenzheng does not seem to be too famous in history, except that he is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew.
But realistically speaking, this little-known young man can be said to be a military wizard in Chinese history.
He once resisted the attack of Zhu Yuanzhang's sworn enemy Chen Youliang's 600,000-strong army with tens of thousands of troops in the defense of Hongdu that Zhu Yuanzhang started during his entrepreneurial period, which is really a miracle in ancient Chinese military history.
Battle of Hongdu).
However, he was such a meritorious general of the Ming Dynasty, but he was imprisoned by Zhu Yuanzhang for life and died of depression.
But what we have to know is that Zhu Yuanzhang is so ruthless to his nephew, not for no reason, but because Zhu Wenzheng's ingredients are not very reliable, and he has tried to take refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang's other opponent, Zhang Shicheng.
Friends, Zhu Wenzheng is about to rebel, and he is going to directly threaten Zhu Yuanzhang's life, Zhu Yuanzhang just locked him up, isn't it too much?
This is the murderous Emperor Taizu?
This is the legendary emperor who slaughtered the loyal and good?
The author really disagrees.
In the author's eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang is a good person and a good emperor.
If you have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang has flaws, then his flaws are too harsh.
How harsh is it?
The emperor's son, Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, had bad deeds when he was alive, and Zhu Yuanzhang often punished Zhu Zhang.
After Zhu Zhang's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was still indignant, and criticized this son a lot, and in the memorial to his son, he listed Zhu Zhang's ten major crimes, and severely accused his son of misconduct, which is really not a good thing.
The emperor is still so strict with his own son, only rebuke and no sadness, and it is very understandable that he killed arrogant and lawless heroes.
Forbidden City) is a proud and fierce general in the army, colluding with Chinese officials in the DPRK, the emperor and the country, and the people of **filthy officials** Li Min.
The Ming Dynasty that Zhu Yuanzhang faced was a Ming Dynasty that was in ruins and needed to be repaired.
Let me ask you, if the emperor is not like this, what else can he do?
If you want the emperor to be a good emperor, and let him be a good person, or a good person without the slightest flaw in the traditional sense, the author really disagrees.
The hardships since childhood have given Zhu Yuanzhang a very high self-control, and this leisurely Ming has made this absolutely ruthless, ruthless, shrewd and cunning Zhu Yuanzhang.
He doesn't love to kill heroes, he just loves the world and all things.