After it was completed, he held a banquet in the celebration building and invited all the founding heroes to come to the banquet to celebrate the victory. However, he secretly sent people to plant a large amount of gunpowder and dry firewood downstairs, preparing to take the oppo

In the history of our country, the biggest criticism of Zhu Yuanzhang is undoubtedly that he almost slaughtered all the founding heroes. There are even rumors that after he became emperor, he was afraid that those heroes would rebel and seize his throne. For this reason, he ordered the construction of a celebration building. After it was completed, he held a banquet in the celebration building and invited all the founding heroes to come to the banquet to celebrate the victory. However, he secretly sent people to plant a large amount of gunpowder and dry firewood downstairs, preparing to take the opportunity to set the building on fire. Eliminate future troubles forever.

However, this matter had already been seen through by the scheming Liu Bowen. Therefore, he had excused himself and returned to his hometown before the completion of the Qinggong Building. Before leaving, he also warned Xu Da that on the day of the Qinggong Building celebration banquet, you are important. Follow the emperor and never leave. Xu Da didn't know what he meant and wanted to ask what happened, but Liu Bowen only said one sentence, act accordingly and you will know later. So later at the banquet, when Zhu Yuanzhang left quietly, Xu Da followed him out. As a result, not long after, the Qinggong Tower burst into flames. Thousands of meritorious officials, guards, and maids attending the banquet were all killed in the flames. Only Xu Da escaped the disaster.

However, although the story of the burning of Qinggong Tower is wonderful, it is not true. Although in the official history, Zhu Yuanzhang did build a building in Nanjing called Zhongqing, this was the place where Zhu Yuanzhang and his ministers discussed military and state affairs, and it was not used to celebrate achievements. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang did kill many founding heroes in order to secure the throne. However, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there are detailed records of the death causes of those founding heroes, and none of them were burned to death by fire. You know, Ming Dynasty was revised by Qing Dynasty . If there were historical facts that were unfavorable to Ming Dynasty , they would not have missed it, not to mention that the matter was related to the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. As a founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't need to go to such great lengths even if he really wanted to kill heroes. Regarding this point, just look at the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, including the Hu Weiyong case. In which case did he not kill someone justly? So if Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to kill them, there was no need to beat around the bush. In fact, the rumor that the Qinggong Tower was burned down originated from the novel The Heroes of the Ming Dynasty. However, what is interesting is that this story did not exist in this novel during the Ming Dynasty. However, in the Qing Dynasty, some literati made up the story in order to please their new masters. This story was used to discredit the Ming Dynasty, vilify Zhu Yuanzhang, and weaken the resistance of the Han people.