Do you want to dominate the world?

If we are still a country in the era of emperors, you can ask this,

Since 104 years ago, we have entered the era of the Republic of China,

I don’t understand what it means to dominate the world.

What if you become the emperor? Take Zhu Yuanzhang as an example.

Slaughter the heroes, tens of thousands of people died, and no one dares to object.

Now, the infamy in history books and among the people is still endless

Let’s take a look at the cruelty of Emperor Zhu Hongwu:

The whole story of Zhu Yuanzhang’s massacre of heroes

The so-called Hongwu heroes of Zhu Yuanzhang had three endings. The first was to be convicted and killed; the second was to die without guilt; the third was to escape by chance. The third type was very rare in the Hongwu Dynasty, and was limited to Tang He, Deng Yu, Guo Ying, Mu Ying, Geng Bingwen and others. Among them, Deng Yu died early, but his son still did not escape, Mu Yingyuan was in Yunnan, Guo Ying escaped because of Concubine Ning, and although Geng Bingwen escaped temporarily, he would inevitably die in Yongle. Therefore, there were only soup and one person among the piles of bags.

In terms of achievements and scale, Zhu Yuanzhang was above Song Taizu. The two men after him, Kangxi and Taizu, who were known as great talents and strategists, both had a low opinion of Zhu Yuanzhang. Although Kangxi himself had some Zhu Yuanzhang's political intention to ease ethnic conflicts, but if he did not express admiration, there would be no need to make slogan-like comments such as "governing the Tang and Song Dynasties" to the victorious Taizu. However, Taizu had always had nothing to spare. He only has a special affection for Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is not a blind worship without reason.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a rough place. In troubled times, at the right time, all the heroes came together. The situation was not like that in the late Sui Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang had no family to rely on and no reliable background. He could conquer the world with his bare hands. Therefore, he later became the This pride is not a false boast. Zhu Yuanzhang personally created some important systems that have affected modern times for five to six hundred years. It cannot but be said that his abilities are outstanding. Among the founding emperors of the past dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang was also famous for his hard work in governance. He was proficient in politics and had a profound vision. He tried his best to correct the mistakes of the Yuan Dynasty in governing the country and won the people of Sri Lanka a well-off situation. During his thirty-one years in power, the people were able to live a prosperous life. An, sincerity is rare. However, many historians do not use this to blame Zhu Yuanzhang. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was dedicated and hardworking, his evaluation was really low, at least not proportional to his personal efforts. Even in the Taizu era, the superiors repeatedly promoted Zhu Yuanzhang, but you can still hear a lot of cynicism about the Ming Taizu from different levels. After Taizu's death, works that cursed Zhu Yuanzhang were published one after another. To this day, Zhu Yuanzhang is still among the people. In my mind, he still looks disgusting. Why? In addition to the notorious feudal shackles such as stereotypes, the wanton massacre of heroes in his later years left a shadow to future generations. Therefore, studying the fate of Hongwu heroes is also a good aid to the overall understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang's administration.

As we all know, in order to consolidate the rule of one surname in the world, Zhu Yuanzhang launched two large-scale political massacres, also known as the famous Hulan Party Prison. After these two concentrated killings, he was active in China in the fourteenth century The Huaixi political group that had been in politics for thirty years collapsed and ceased to exist. However, these two massacres were only an important chapter in Zhu Yuanzhang's huge plan to kill heroes, not the whole story. In fact, if you read carefully, Zhu Yuanzhang began to systematically purge heroes as early as the seventh year of Hongwu, just because At that time, the number was smaller, the methods were more subtle, and the methods were softer, so they were not noticeable.

Ten years before Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang killed two heroes one after another. If you include Liu Bowen, whose cause of death is unknown, there were three. They are: Huaian Hou Hua Yunlong and Deqing Hou Liao Yongzhong. Both of them were charged with violating the law. Hua Yunlong was offended because he "occupied Tuotuo's house, Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and misappropriated things from the palace of the Yuan Dynasty." The "History of the Ming Dynasty" did not explain the cause of Hua Yunlong's death, but only vaguely said that he "did not arrive in Beijing and was a Taoist soldier." However, He also gave some details vaguely - "To summon (Hua Yunlong) to return, He Wenhui was ordered to pass on.

"Who is He Wenhui? Just look at his biography in the history of the Ming Dynasty and you will know that he is a military agent as famous as Li Wenzhong and others. He is the adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang. He has been responsible for supervising the unified army on behalf of Zhu Yuanzhang for many years. The generals were similar to the later leader of the Jinyiwei. It was obviously very meaningful to be sent to Peking in his capacity. According to Tan Qian's research, Hua Yunlong was given death, and his death was considered honorable. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang asked his son Huazhong to succeed the marquis. The hero was not removed from the title, so he should have a "good death" in the Hongwu Dynasty.

Liao Yongzhong, the Marquis of Deqing, was his brother and assistant to Zhu Yuanzhang, and is particularly worth mentioning. Unfortunately, Liao Yongzhong did a big thing for Zhu Yuanzhang, that is, he was ordered to scuttle the boat of Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er, which relieved Zhu Yuanzhang's worries. However, in order to conceal his true intention, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give Liao Yongzhong a reward. Of course, the reasons are still the same, that is, to get close to Confucian scholars, to spy on me, etc. Once upon a time, Liao Yongzhong almost killed himself in Poyang Lake. Zhu Yuanzhang wrote in handwriting: "Superior general, wise and powerful army" to Liao Yongzhong, and then pacified Shu, with Yongzhong having the highest military merit. , called him "Fu Yi Liao Er" (meaning Fu Youde was the first and Liao Yongzhong was the second). In the eighth year of Hongwu, Yongzhong was sentenced to death for "arbitrarily using dragons and phoenixes to do illegal things." Five years later, his son Liao Quan was allowed to attack. Liao Yongzhong's grandson, Liao Yong, was a disciple of Fang Xiaoru. Later, he was ordered to persuade Fang Xiaoru to surrender, but he was killed in vain (the reason was actually to collect Fang Xiaoru's body).

Zhu Yuanzhang himself came from a humble background and was well aware of the sufferings of the people. Therefore, he hates the violations committed by officials. During his administration, he punished the most serious crimes such as embezzlement, embezzlement, and theft of pay, and he did not hesitate to use appalling methods to punish them. The law is also something Zhu Yuanzhang cannot tolerate. Zhu Yuanzhang's own consort was executed for violating the law, so other people are not to mention. However, only things like the so-called arrogance of the dragon and the phoenix are the most vague, akin to being unfounded, such as later. Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty was jealous of Geng Bingwen, so he ordered Chen Ying to expose Geng Bingwen for such a crime, which caused Bingwen to commit suicide. It can be seen that this crime can be said to be an intentional crime, and it is essentially different from the crimes of Zhu Liangzu and others. However, there is a connection. It is not difficult to understand the methods of Liao Yongzhong and Hua Yunlong's death when the "Zi Shi Tong Xun" issued by Zhu Yuanzhang warned his officials, "Do not deceive or conceal".

Liu Bowen's death was quite bizarre. Liu Bowen and Yang Xian were both thorns in the Huaixi Group's side. Therefore, despite his great achievements, Liu Bowen was not granted the title of earl, and he returned to his hometown as an official in the early years of Hongwu. Liu Jing's second son Liu Jing's dialogue, Liu Bowen died in the hands of Hu Weiyong. However, in the eighth year of Hongwu, when Liu Bowen died, Hu Weiyong was at the height of his favor. According to Ming history, the reason why Liu Bowen came to Beijing was because Hu Weiyong alienated Zhu Yuanzhang. , however, the author of Ming History pointed out rather obscurely at the same time: "Although the emperor did not offend Ji (Liu Bowen), he was quite moved and took Ji Lu. Ji was afraid of entering Xie, so he stayed in Beijing and did not dare to return. "Liu Bowen was deprived of his title while he was still alive, and the punishment was obviously quite serious. Liu Bowen assisted Zhu Yuanzhang and made many strange plans. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang had to consider the ratio of rationality and irrationality of his existence. And Liu Bowen was able to accept the doctor recommended by Hu Weiyong. Liu Bowen himself had foreseen this before he took the medicine without doubting it, so it was natural that the doctor came with a background. However, after Yong's defeat, his superiors will definitely think about me and ask questions, so I will report them secretly. "So, when Liu Bowen's descendants saw Zhu Yuanzhang, they only mentioned Hu Weiyong's faults and said nothing about Zhu Yuanzhang. This was linked to the strange causes of death of Xu Da and Li Wenzhong later, and it was proved that Liu Bowen's death should not have been caused by Hu Weiyong's level. It can be solved.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he always used the bad governance of the Yuan Dynasty as a famous saying to remind himself. He stated many times: "The big drawback of the Yuan Dynasty is that the ruler cannot ignore the common government. Ministers can exercise arbitrary power.

"(Volume 59 of "Records of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty") From the time when Zhu Yuanzhang claimed the title of King of Wu, Li Shanchang and Xu Da were the right and left prime ministers of Zhongshu Province. However, in the fourth year of Hongwu after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Shanchang to become an official. Although Xu Da remained He also served as the prime minister of Zhongshu Province, but Xu Changnian was away from home leading troops and did not participate in government affairs. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's cronies were Wang Guangyang and Yang Xian. Later, Yang Xian was framed by the Huaixi Group and beheaded, and Wang Guangyang became Zhu Yuanzhang's actual prime minister, Zhu Yuanzhang compared him to Zhang Liang's first-class figure. At this time, Hu Weiyong joined Zhu Yuanzhang in the third year after he raised his army. He is from Dingyuan, Anhui, and is the native place of the core of the Huaixi Group. Li Shanchang is also from Dingyuan, and Mu Ying is also from Dingyuan. At that time, someone wrote a poem to compare the Huaixi Group: There are many tourists in short clothes on horseback, and half of the Huaihe people are in high buns in the city. Hu Weiyong worked under Zhu Yuanzhang for twelve years before he became the county chief. However, due to Li Shanchang's reference, he was quickly promoted to participate in political affairs of Zhongshu Province, and then replaced Wang Guangyang as Zuocheng of Zhongshu Province. After Yang Xian's death, Hu Weiyong gradually gained favor. When Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Bowen for advice on the choice of prime minister, he already listed Hu Weiyong among them. This was three years ago in Hongwu. It can be seen that Hu Weiyong's status in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes at that time was high.

However, neither Hu Weiyong nor Li Shanchang understood Zhu Yuanzhang’s original intention. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had not wanted to appoint a prime minister for a long time. The reason why he asked Li Shanchang to dismiss the prime minister and demoted Wang Guangyang was not to make room for Hu Weiyong, but to make room for Hu Weiyong. It was to create an excuse for himself to serve as prime minister. Only the smart Wang Guangyang understood this. Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to come back as the right prime minister to suppress Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang just drank and did not ask about government affairs. He contacted Wang Guangyang's previous "repeated loyalty" "Conspiracy" is almost difficult to understand, but in fact, Wang Guangyang saw through Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention, and it was for this reason that Zhu Yuanzhang later decided to kill Wang Guangyang.

The reason why Hu Weiyong was promoted and reused was It is not entirely due to Li Shanchang. Zhu Yuanzhang has never been willing to rely on others in employment and administration, not to mention such an important position as prime minister. Although Zhu Yuanzhang relied on the Huaixi Group to make his fortune, once he was successful, this full-fledged political and military The group has become a thorn in Zhu Yuanzhang's back, and he must get rid of it quickly. Li Shanchang is the leader of the civil servants of the Huaixi Group. Over the years, he has formed a unique political power. Therefore, although Zhu Yuanzhang verbally said that he was "good at being good". His merits are so great that he should enter a great country. " And secretly instigated Wang Guangyang and Chen Ning to impeach Li Shanchang and ruin Li Shanchang's political reputation. Hu Weiyong was just a clerk under Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang took a fancy to the fact that Hu Weiyong had no party members and was in Li Shanchang's camp, so he decided to Hu Weiyong raised Li Shanchang to restrain him. However, he did not expect that Hu Weiyong could not realize that the emperor's original intention was to turn the prime minister into a senior secretary and assistant. Instead, he stepped up his personal relationship with Li Shanchang. This made Zhu Yuanzhang unable to Don't be nervous, you can't help but be annoyed, and you can't ignore it. It is said in history that Hu Weiyong "takes music as his best intention. When he is favored and prosperous, he will be alone for several years, and he will be killed and deposed, or he will go on his own. All internal and external officials must first read and review matters that are sealed by the superiors, and those who harm themselves will often hide and not hear about them. Enthusiastic people from all directions and heroes and warriors who neglected their duties fought to escape from his door, and they gave him countless gifts of gold and silk, famous horses, and good games. "Hu Weiyong's actions are completely different from Zhu Yuanzhang's guiding ideology of "the supreme position, the power to exercise, rewards and punishments, and the ability to be independent". The emperor has no choice but to kill him, and it feels like time is running out. .

Zhu Yuanzhang's steps were very compact. He first killed Wang Guangyang, whom he had always felt was wrong, and then asked Tu Jie to confess that Hu Weiyong had contacted Chen Ning and others to prepare for rebellion, and thus killed a large number of people. The heroes were old, including officials who were attached to Hu Weiyong and officials from the six ministries. More than 15,000 officials, big and small, were executed. Then in the 19th year of Hongwu's reign, the Hu Party was suppressed, and evidence was actually fabricated that Hu Weiyong was involved in the Japanese. He also killed Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng, Fei Ju, Zhao Yong, and finally Li Shanchang became the last member of the Hu Party.

Among them, Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji'an, began to follow Zhu Yuanzhang in the uprising at the age of seventeen. Zhu Yuanzhang said that he was "a confidant when I first started." Later, during the so-called rebellion trial, Zhu Yuanzhang clearly knew that Lu Zhongheng was not a treasonous person in the true sense. Still, he made up an excuse and said: "I blame him for being worried because of his high position." This is simply an unfounded accusation. Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang, even paid for the life of his son Fei Chao to Zhu Yuanzhang. In turn, he was accused by Zhu Yuanzhang of being a ruthless party. Zhu Yuanzhang said that Fei Ju was "the one who made Gusu fail to fulfill his purpose in the past. I feel the blame, so I You want to rebel!" All the old accounts have been uncovered, it can be seen that Fei Ju can't survive. This is something that even the author of "History of the Ming Dynasty" cannot look past.

After Hu Weiyong's death, Zhu Yuanzhang resolutely abolished the prime minister system, exposing his long-planned true thoughts.

Although Li Shanchang's younger brother Li Cunyi was related by marriage to Hu Weiyong, he did not involve Li Shanchang. He just belittled Li Cunyi. However, Li Shanchang did not thank him for some unknown reason. This made Zhu Yuanzhang boss. Unhappy, Zhu Yuanzhang was ready to take action against Li Shanchang due to his various arrogant behaviors in the early years of Hongwu.

Dealing with Li Shanchang, the number one hero, is naturally not as simple as dealing with Hu Weiyong. However, Li Shanchang borrowed 300 people from Tang He to build his mansion, and Tang He reported him. He pleaded for Ding Bin, which allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to seize the opportunity and use harsh torture to extract a confession from Ding Bin. He obtained the so-called evidence that Li Cunyi followed Hu Weiyong's message and asked Li Shanchang to join the rebellion alliance, and there was also circumstantial evidence that Li Shanchang did not report Hu Weiyong's transportation of Japanese pirates. , in short, a domestic slave actually raised everything his master said in the secret room to the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang calmly issued the order in this way: A person who is a good leader and a relative of the country, knows the treacherous plot but does not take action, is suspicious and waits and has two ends, which is treason. However, Shan Chang still did not kill him, until a minister said that the star had changed and it was necessary to kill the minister to eliminate the disaster. So Shan Chang made his last contribution to Zhu Yuanzhang. More than 70 members of his family were killed at the same time. Li Shan Chang was already seventy-seven years old. At the age of 18, Zhu Yuanzhang granted death to the whole body. This was regarded as Zhu Yuanzhang's tribute to the founding auxiliary of the country. Thousands of stones, hereditary for descendants. If you give me an iron coupon, you will avoid two deaths, and your son will avoid one death. "I am of one mind with Your Majesty, and I will sacrifice ten thousand lives to conquer the world. I will be the first in the honorable ministers. I will be granted the title of duke in life and the king in death. The male will be the princess. The relatives will worship the official. The distinction between people and ministers is very clear." "The reward of the greatest hero who has been called "Xiao He" many times.

After Li Shanchang died unjustly, the doctor Wang Guo used the above form to protest. Even with Zhu Yuanzhang's violent character, he was speechless and speechless.

The case of Hu Weiyong marks the basic eradication of the civilian power of the Huaixi Group. The next target is the military power.

The leaders of the military generals in the early Ming Dynasty were Xu Da and Chang Yuchun. Three years after Hongwu, they often led troops outside to annihilate the forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, namely Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Deng Yu, Tang He, and Feng Sheng. Others, in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, after Xu Da and Li Wenzhong died, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, and Lan Yu were basically the ones who conquered the Jing Desert. Among them, Lan Yu became the main military assistant of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang in his later years. Zhu Yuanzhang compared him to Wei Qing. It can be seen that trust leads to favor. However, it was because of this brother-in-law of Kaiping King Chang Yuchun and the Huaixi Group The military leader, in the years before Zhu Yuanzhang's death, actually launched a political murder case that was larger than the Hu Weiyong case. The reasons are naturally more complicated.

Lanyu himself is said in history: "Rao Yonglue has great general talents. He has neither Zhongshan nor Kaiping, but he has a large army and has made many meritorious deeds." Especially in the 21st year of Hongwu, Lanyu was defeated. The Yuan army "killed the Taiwei Manzi and others in Yuerhai and surrendered them. The Yuan Lord and the Prince Tianbaonu escaped with dozens of horses. Yu chased him with fine cavalry, but failed. He got his son Dibaonu, his concubine, and the princess. More than a hundred people below were also captured, including Wu Wang Duo'erzhi, Dai Wang Dalima, and 3,000 officials and subordinates below Pingzhang, and more than 77,000 men and women, as well as precious seals, gold medals, gold and silver seals, horses, camels and cattle. There are more than 150,000 sheep. It is useless to burn their armor and save the capital." This was a decisive battle for the Bei Yuan after the founding of the Ming Dynasty. At this point, the Bei Yuan was unable to recover and did not dare to face the Ming Dynasty again. Compared to the north.

In the 24th year of Hongwu (AD 1392), Yuelu Timur, a general surrendered by the Yuan Dynasty, rebelled in Jianchang. Lan Yu led the troops to quell the rebellion, captured Yuelu Timur and his son, sent them to the capital to be executed, and was granted the title of Crown Prince and Tutor. In his early years, Lan Yu followed Mu Ying, Fu Youde, Feng Sheng and others to conquer Yunnan, pacify Shuzhong, or conquer the desert. His military exploits were extremely outstanding. Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Lan Yu as the general in the army because General Feng Sheng was convicted. Enbi Xu Da and Chang Yuchun. However, Lan Yu himself was a fierce warrior, and he obviously underestimated Zhu Yuanzhang's favor and trust, thinking that he could have descendants for generations to come. Therefore, he often exposed the arrogance typical of heroes, "deposing generals and commanders, and promoting self-employment". After returning from the north, someone reported that Lan Yu had betrayed Concubine Yuan and broke into Xifengkou. Lan Yu had the greatest military merit and was named Taifu. He actually said: Am I not worthy of being Taifu? Lan Yu has too many godsons. This is related to the tradition of the rebel army in the late Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang is said to have dozens of godsons. The key is that these adopted sons of Lan Yu usually rely on their power and cause trouble everywhere. The censor reported them They, Lan Yu, drove the censor away in anger. Zhu Yuanzhang once wrote down Lan Yu's illegal activities in the iron certificate issued to Lan Yu, in order to warn Lan Yu to keep the distinction between people and ministers. However, Lan Yu did not take it seriously. In the 25th year of Hongwu, Prince Zhu Biao After his death, the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Yun was weak, and Zhu Yuanzhang began to feel unhappy with the existence of the hero. At this time, Lan Yu, who had always violated the law, became the first target.

As early as the first incident of the Hu Weiyong case in the 13th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang began to kill military generals in a planned way, but it had not been carried out on a large scale. In the 23rd year of Hongwu, he successively killed Lu Zhongheng , Fei Ju and others, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude has become quite obvious. Especially in August of the 25th year of Hongwu, his son illegally killed his old friend Zhou Dexing, Marquis of Jiangxia, on the pretext of causing a great stir among the heroes, and among Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow villagers and friends. In his childhood, the people who had the best relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang were Zhou Dexing and Tang He. Zhou Dexing was older and Zhu Yuanzhang called him his brother. In the 14th year of Hongwu, Wuxi was in chaos. Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Zhou Dexing's advanced age and still asked Zhou Dexing to come forward and gave Zhou Dexing a hat. The haters said that Dexing was Ma Yuan and Zhao Chongguo. Later, when something happened in Fujian, Zhu Yuanzhang found Zhou Dexing again and said more sincerely, "The merits of Fujian have not yet been completed. Although you are old, you are still willing to do it for me." As a result, Zhou Dexing still had to die. Even so, Lan Yu didn't feel that Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher knife was forcing itself into him. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang would not give up the massacre just because Lan Yu was unaware. On the contrary, it accelerated the pace of massacre.

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Jiang Yu, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, was ordered to report Lan Yu that Lan Yu was raising domestic slaves in private houses and wearing armor. There would be changes. He also detained and interrogated Chahan, the son of Naha Chu, the general of the Yuan Dynasty, and inquired about the relationship between the Mongolian general and Lan Yu. Zhu Yuanzhang punished Lan Yu for treason, implicated the thirteen princes and the second uncle, and killed more than 20,000 people, leaving the army empty. As in the Hu Weiyong case, the so-called evidence of collusion with foreign invaders was also fabricated, but the fabrication method was worse than in the Hu Weiyong case. In the "Ming History Chronicles" written by Gu Yingtai in the late Ming Dynasty, he openly doubted the authenticity of Lan Yu's rebellion. Gu Yingtai pointed out that Lan Yu's death was due to Zhu Yuanzhang's "suspicious suspicion of Wei Da's plot", which was "a matter that Fu Hui could not understand". The author of "History of the Ming Dynasty", which was the most taboo about Zhu Yuanzhang, did not believe Lan Yu's rebellion and still included Lan Yu in his biography. series, but not included in the biography of traitorous ministers like Hu Weiyong.

Not long after Lan Yu died, Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, said to Fu Youde: The emperor was executed in his later years, and there are few of us like him. As a result, the conversation was detected by Zhu Yuanzhang, and Wang Bi ordered him to die. Wang Bi was known as the "King of Two Swords", he was brave and adept at fighting, and could not defeat thousands of people. Even Chang Yuchun paid him a lot of respect. His daughter married Zhu Yuanzhang's son, King Chu, and she was not immune to death as an in-law. After Wang Bi died, Zhu Yuanzhang simply killed the last two famous generals Feng Sheng and Fu Youde who had made great achievements. Fu Youde was able to conquer battles and was the best among the generals. He changed his master three times (Liu Futong, Ming Yuzhen, Chen Youliang), and finally chose to follow Zhu Yuanzhang. Historically, Fu Youde was said to be "dumb and dancing, risking hundreds of deaths." As a general, he must take the lead in every battle. Although he was wounded, he gained strength in the battle. He successively defeated Yunnan and Sichuan with Xu Da, Feng Sheng and others, and made outstanding achievements.

Historians have always pointed out that Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of Hua Zhong was to kill people and silence him. "History of the Ming Dynasty: Biography of Li Wenzhong" said, "The emperor suspected that he was poisoned, demoted him to the middle rank, and put his family under Jianchang Wei." Imagine that Hua Zhong was under Li Wenzhong. The younger generation was also under Li Wenzhong and had never had any grudges. Why did he want to poison Li Wenzhong to death? At least one thing revealed here is that Li Wenzhong did not die in a normal way. However, it was not stated whether the murderer of Li Wenzhong was Hua Zhong or Zhu Yuanzhang. However, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance. Therefore, Wu Han said in his book that Li Wenzhong died at the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, which is not false. As for his nephew Zhu Wenzheng, Ming history did not clearly state the cause of his death, but judging from the records, he did not die a good death. Therefore, historians generally assume that Wenzheng died of flogging, similar to Zhu Liangzu.

The only one among the heroes who was able to save the leader was Tang He. Tang He was straightforward, but he was not stupid. He believed that his merits were far greater than Deng Yu's, but his remuneration was inferior to Deng Yu's. , so when he was drinking, he complained to Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that "looking to the left will make you left, and looking to the right will make you right." Later, he found that Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to be with the hero, so he immediately bowed his face and apologized, and his attitude has always been very respectful, especially After the deaths of Xu Da and Li Wenzhong, Tang He liberated himself from military power, and because of his meritorious service in exposing Li Shanchang, he was named the county king after his death and enjoyed the same treatment as Li Wenzhong. However, with Tang He's caution, if he had not died in the critical year of Hongwu's twenty-eighth year, he might not have died on the pillow. This can be seen from the fact that Tang He's descendants were not allowed to ascend the throne for forty years after Tang He's death. It was not until Xiaozong that Tang He's title became a hereditary commander, and it was not until the 11th year of Jiajing that the title was returned to the marquis. There was another one among the generals who was relatively lucky, and that was Mu Ying. However, it was because the military affairs in the southwest were critical and could not be separated from his close friends, so Zhu Yuanzhang let Mu Ying lead Yunnan and become the screen vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

Furthermore, Ming history records that Song Lian's death was caused by illness because he was able to guarantee it from Empress Ma, while Tan Qian was recorded as suicide in "Guoyan" (Volume 7 of "Guoyan"). Zhao Yi, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, said of Zhu Yuanzhang: "In order to conquer the world through the help of heroes, and when the world is established, he will seize all the people in the world and kill them all. His cruelty is unprecedented in the ages." It can be said to be a final assessment. Sima Wen Gong's comments about Yang Jian in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" are basically taken from "Sui Shu", because he could not understand Yang Jian's treatment of heroes. If Wen Gong lived to the Ming Dynasty and came to compile history, wouldn't he have to give it to Zhu Yuanzhang? Infuriated by what he did.