Who was the biggest courtier Zhu Yuanzhang killed?

The centralization of imperial power is not only a system, but also a necessary procedure to eliminate those who threaten imperial power. After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, the quartet gradually calmed down, and the honeymoon period between Zhu Yuanzhang and the hero who once fought the world together soon ended. The story of "the rabbit died and the dog cooked" was staged again, with unprecedented duration and number of people involved. From the fourth year of Hongwu to the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the political situation in Daming changed, and groups of people kept going to the guillotine. The only winner is Zhu Yuanzhang. This chess game, with the whole Ming empire as the chessboard, is really big. Zhu Yuanzhang is behind the manipulation of the whole chessboard, and all people are used and played by him like chess pieces on the chessboard.

However, is he really a winner in the long run? This chess game is divided into five steps.

The first step is to weaken Li Shanchang.

From the period when Zhu Yuanzhang called the King of Wu, Li Shanchang and Xu Da were the prime ministers of Zhongshu Province. In November of the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang thought: "Although you are good, you have no sweat and no Ma Lao, but you have worked for me for a long time and made great contributions to the army. It is appropriate to be a big country. " Li Shanchang was named as the founding minister of auxiliary transport, Dr. Jin Guanglu, Dr. Zuo, a surname, and Prime Minister Zuo Zhongshu, and was named Gong Koryo, aged 4,000 stone, and his descendants inherited it. At that time, Rong Chong was unparalleled.

Li Shanchang's "harmonious outside, carved inside." . Participate in Li Yinbing and Yang Xisheng, and slightly infringe on the right to be good, that is, fight according to their crimes. "Bing Lin violated all the laws in China's books that he admired, and Liu Ji was brought to justice. Li Shanchang complained to the wicked first, and Liu Ji was forced to retire. Zhu Yuanzhang started with the strength of Huaixi, and Huairen naturally occupied a very prominent position. Li Shanchang, in particular, is either rich or expensive, arrogant and expert, and is superior to officials by taking advantage of his power. Non-Huairen Group and Zhu Yuanzhang are increasingly dissatisfied. Li Shanchang doesn't know the truth of "full loss, modest benefit". Under Zhu Yuanzhang, an autocratic monarch who likes to monopolize power and does not allow others to be suspicious, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be hit, even if his fetishism is self-defeating. What's more, he is now fighting for power and profit, showing off everywhere.

Sure enough, the good times didn't last long, and Zhu Yuanzhang soon started his first step with a series of dazzling actions. In the first month of Hongwu four years, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Li Shanchang home for illness on the pretext that Li Shanchang was in poor health. In the second year, he was sent to supervise the construction of Lin Hao in Zhongdu (now Fengyang County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province), moved the140,000 rich households in the south of the Yangtze River to Zhongdu, and ordered him to govern. From then on, Li Shanchang stayed away from the power center, just like staying at home, and stayed in Zhongdu for several years. During this period, Zhu Yuanzhang constantly moved, promoted Li Shanchang's younger brother Li Cunyi as a servant, and his two sons and Li You as pastoral officials. Nine years after Hongwu, they married Li Shanchang, and Li Shanchang's son, Li Qi, married Princess Lin 'an (known as "Shang Princess" in history). Only a month later, Wang Guangyang and vestbo impeached Li Shanchang for "spoiling himself", and Li Qi was impolite and disrespectful. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately cut down one thousand eight hundred stones from Li Shanchang's Lao Lu, and ordered Li Shanchang to make an appointment with Prime Minister Cao Guogong in the provincial capital.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang started from Huaixi Group, after his success, this full-fledged political and military group became an obstacle to Zhu Yuanzhang's autocratic power, and he must get rid of it quickly. Li Shanchang is the leader of civil servants in Huaixi Group. After years of operation, he has formed a unique political force. Therefore, although Zhu Yuanzhang verbally said that he was good at "doing a lot of work and becoming a big country", he gradually weakened Li Shanchang in the dark. During this period, the marriage and promotion of relatives are just smoke bombs.

The second step is to foster Hu.

Hu took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang in the third year after he rose up. He is from Dingyuan, Anhui, and so are Li Shanchang and Mu Ying. At that time, someone wrote a poem to compare the Huaixi Group as follows: clothes are short and there are many guests, and people in the city are half Huai. Under the promotion of Li Shanchang, Hu Yuhongwu quickly rose to the position of consultant in Zhongshu Province for three years, and was later replaced by Zuocheng in Zhongshu Province. After Yang Xian's death, Hu gradually gained the favor.

But it was Zhu Yuanzhang who really promoted Hu. Hu is just a document under Zhu Yuanzhang's original account. It was Zhu Yuanzhang who took a fancy to the strength of Hu and Li Shanchang's camp and promoted Hu to restrict Li Shanchang. However, he didn't expect Hu to be as arrogant as Li Shanchang, and he had a good relationship with Li Shanchang. History said that Hu "tried his best to be interested in music and was favored by heaven. He was only a few years old, so he killed it or didn't play it." Both internal and external departments should read the seal first, and those who hurt themselves should not hide the news. Those who rushed into the square, those who were responsible for Beowulf's dereliction of duty, all scrambled for their doors, gave them gold, silk and famous horses, and played well, countless times. "Compared with Li Shanchang, Hu's actions are even more outrageous.

But why did Zhu Yuanzhang tolerate Hu for so long? Some people say that this is playing hard to get, and Hu He should be allowed to commit suicide instead of living, and then be killed in one fell swoop when Hu's misdeeds are fully exposed. This analysis makes sense. There are actually two reasons. If Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew Hu prematurely, Hu's roots were not deep and his contacts were not wide, so it was difficult to achieve the purpose of hitting Huaixi Group hard. In addition, although Hu is a villain, the villain also has the use of a villain. Hu is not only a chess piece on Zhu Yuanzhang's chessboard, but also a knife in his hand. Liu Ji died of this knife.

The third step is to get rid of Liu Ji by Hu's hand.

Liu Ji played an important role in Zhu Yuanzhang's crusade against the world, and even saved Zhu Yuanzhang's life in the Poyang Lake War. If it weren't for Liu Ji, Zhu Yuanzhang would have been killed by a shelling. According to folklore, Liu Ji is the same figure as Zhuge Liang, and Ming history also praised him for "helping the world like a god and predicting things." Liu Ji's tragedy lies not in his character, but in the inhumanity he meets. If Liu Ji met a benevolent Lord like Liu Bei instead of a male Lord like Zhu Yuanzhang, it would be another world. It was because of Liu Ji's unpredictable things that he was killed. The world is stable, do you still need Liu Ji, a peerless wizard? Met Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Ji born to die. As a result, people have to sigh that the founding heroes often die of natural causes. Is this a system problem, a human nature problem, or something else? How can we avoid this tragedy?

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, the method of dealing with Liu Ji was exactly the same as that of dealing with Li Shanchang, except that Liu Ji's foundation in North Korea was not as deep as that of Li Shanchang and his influence was not as great as that of Li Shanchang. After Zhu Yuanzhang played several tricks, Liu Ji died. Deliberate, crisp and neat, this is the consistent style of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Liu Ji knows astronomy above and geography below, so he often uses his astronomical knowledge to achieve the purpose of admonition. However, even the current weather forecast is not accurate, let alone the Ming Dynasty. Once Liu Ji stumbled. He asked Zhu Yuanzhang for an "overdraft" on the condition that it rained, and Zhu Yuanzhang agreed. It didn't rain for more than a month. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and finally caught Liu Ji's handle. On the surface, he flew into a rage. Seeing that Liu Ji was not good, he took the opportunity to take care of his wife's affairs and retire to his hometown.

How could Zhu Yuanzhang forget him? Liu Ji recalled that winter. Liu Ji is determined to keep a low profile. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to make him a knight many times, but Liu Ji just didn't want him.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang awarded Liu Ji a bachelor's degree in Hong Wen Pavilion. In November, Liu Ji was awarded the positions of founding minister, good doctor, guardian and sincere, with a salary of 240 stones. In the second year, Zhu Yuanzhang gave Liu Ji a home-based pension. After Liu Ji returned to his hometown, he "played chess only with wine, not with words", and his kung fu of keeping a low profile was more in place. Even a small official was tricked into Liu Ji's home after careful disguise. When Liu Ji learned the truth, he immediately hid away. So it's called providing for the aged, but it's actually avoiding disasters.

But Zhu Yuanzhang will not forget him, and neither will Hu. It happened that a leopard cannot change his spots. He is in Shan Ye and his heart is in the world.

Between Wenzhou and Chuzhou, there is a place called Tan Yang, which is the lair of smugglers, and Fang Guozhen started from there. In October of 13th year of Zheng Zheng, Liu Gene was found guilty of destroying the Yuan government and was detained in Shaoxing. Now Liu Ji hopes that the imperial court can set up a patrol inspection department here to prevent unrest. As a result, it is opposed by local people. Liu Ji asked his eldest son, Mclynn Killman Liu, to fight it in court.

Hu took the opportunity to gossip in Zhu Yuanzhang's ear, saying that Liu Ji actually took a fancy to that land and wanted to build a grave there, so that his descendants could be kings in the future. The locals refused, so Liu Ji asked for the establishment of a patrol inspection department, actually for his own benefit. Yes, yes, the villain framed Zhongliang, and he really did everything he could.

Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards this matter deserves careful analysis. "Although the emperor didn't commit a crime, he was quite moved and seized the capital." What did Zhu Yuanzhang's heart "move"? He believed what Hu said, did Liu Ji really choose a land of feng shui for himself? I don't think so. If Liu Ji wanted to be king and proclaimed himself, he wouldn't have gone out to help Zhu Yuanzhang conquer the world. However, there is one reason to be sure of Zhu Yuanzhang's "moved" heart, and that is Liu Ji's talent, which is also the place where Zhu Yuanzhang can't rest assured. Now that the world is at the beginning, if Liu Ji has different ambitions or votes for others, it will be in trouble.