1376, Zhu Yuanzhang rose to " empty seal case ." Zhu Yuanzhang's method only has one word: kill. In 1385, Zhu Yuanzhang rose to the rise of " Guo Huan case ." Zhu Yuanzhang's method also had only one word: kill. After
, Zhu Yuanzhang liquidated the founding heroes.
1380, that is, Hongwu thirteen years, the bad luck of being killed finally fell on Hu Weiyong .
Regarding the situation at that time, Hu Weiyong did have bad ideas, and it was indeed not unfair to be killed. Hu Weiyong was sinister and cunning. In order to get rid of his political enemies, he first coerced and lured Xu Da’s servants and coerced his servants to falsely accuse Xu Da of rebellion. As a result, his servants offered Hu Weiyong, but Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Hu Weiyong's hard work and great contributions at that time, and did not pursue the matter. Later, Hu Weiyong instigated the doctor to poison Liu Ji under the guise of treating Liu Ji and . After Liu Ji was poisoned to death, Hu Weiyong's behavior became more and more arrogant.
Hu Weiyong heard from his family that stalagmites grew from the dry well in the Hu family’s old house, and Hu Weiyong believed that this was a kind of auspiciousness. Later, Hu Weiyong's family's ancestral tomb "lights flashed in the sky at night", and Hu Weiyong became more convinced that he would be "developed". Now, Hu Weiyong is already the prime minister. If he is "developed", he will probably be on the dragon throne.
Coincidentally, at that time, Pingliang Hou and Ji'an Hou had a handle in Hu Weiyong's hands. Hu Weiyong intimidated the two and wanted to "correct the Dharma". The Marquis of Pingliang and Marquis of Ji'an were scared out of their courage and asked Hu Weiyong for advice on how to protect themselves. So, Hu Weiyong fooled the two of them to recruit soldiers and horses in preparation for "emergency demand".
At the same time, Hu Weiyong colluded with Chen Ning, a senior official of the dynasty, and agreed with Chen Ning to take Ming Dynasty and replace it. In order to strengthen his strength, Hu Weiyong also came to Li Shanchang and his younger brother Li Cunyi, hoping that they can also join the "revolutionary cause". However, Li Shanchang's attitude was quite ambiguous, and he always refused and refused, "to go against it."
Speaking of which, the word "Yong" in Hu Weiyong's name is really not in vain. He is indeed more "Yong". Hu Weiyong was known to everyone as the supreme secret of rebellion, and he formed a clique openly. Hu Weiyong did not win over any of the officers of the Imperial Guards who could truly play a decisive role in the rebellion. Instead, he colluded with the Mongolian Yuan survivors and overseas Japanese pirates far away, intending to have a "internal and external cooperation."
I have to admit that Hu Weiyong still has a certain appeal, and he really found 400 Japanese pirates. According to Hu Weiyong's plan, these people would pretend to be Japanese envoys and take the opportunity to assassinate Zhu Yuanzhang in the name of tribute. In order to distort the real thing, Hu Weiyong asked someone to prepare huge candles and hide all the Japanese pirates' swords in the candles. At that time, the Japanese pirates would take out the swords from candles in the court and assassinate Zhu Yuanzhang in the court.
As a result, when these Japanese came to Nanjing by boat, Hu Weiyong had been eradicated by Zhu Yuanzhang. As soon as four hundred oriental dwarfs landed, they were beaten to death by the Ming army with iron rods and were all exiled to the deep mountains and forests of Yunnan for "labor reform".
In theory, Hu Weiyong did not need to arrange it so hasty. However, a few small things forced Hu Weiyong to jump over the wall and accelerate the pace of rebellion.
The first thing is that Chameng Kingdom came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Hu Weiyong did not report to the court as soon as possible. When Zhu Yuanzhang blamed him, Hu Weiyong shirked the responsibility again, which made Zhu Yuanzhang furious;
The second thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang began to investigate the cause of Liu Ji's death and sentenced the Wang Guangyang involved to death;
The third thing is that Hu Weiyong's son traveled in a car and had a "car accident" and died on the street. Hu Weiyong, who lost his son, blamed the driver for all the blame and killed him quickly. Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry when he heard about this incident and vowed to pay the blood debt.
These small things were intertwined, which made Hu Weiyong panic, and he said to his subordinates: "The emperor intends to kill all the heroes. I may also be on the 'death list'. Instead of being killed, it is better to take the initiative." What Hu Weiyong never dreamed of was that the Censor Zhongcheng, who was originally standing in the same camp as him, became a traitor and took the initiative to report Hu Weiyong's conspiracy to Zhu Yuanzhang. At the same time, another censor, Shang Song, was demoted to a minor official of the Secretariat by Hu Weiyong in his early years and held a grudge against Hu.In order to retaliate against Hu Weiyong, Shang Song took this opportunity to make Hu Weiyong's brief report to Zhu Yuanzhang.
After the two reported Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and immediately arrested Hu Weiyong for trial.
torture of the Ming Dynasty was notoriously cruel, and Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of spareing Hu Weiyong's party. Not long after, the truth of the counter-case broke out. Hu Weiyong, Chen Ning, and Tu Jie and others who reported Hu Weiyong were all taken to the downtown area to cut into pieces. Along with Hu Weiyong's gangsters and aides, and even the several literati painters who had had an intersection with Hu Weiyong were all implicated, with a total of 15,000 people dead in this disaster. After Zhu Yuanzhang killed Hu Weiyong, he even took the opportunity to abolish the position of prime minister.
When liquidating the Hu party, the great writer Song Lian was also involved in this counter-case. Although Song Lian had a conservative style and did not form cliques with his colleagues for personal gain, his grandson had a close personal relationship with Hu Weiyong. Therefore, Song Lian, who had retired and unemployed, was arrested and imprisoned and was about to be taken to the capital for being stabbed. Sure enough, Empress Ma stepped forward and said that Song Lian was the leader of the kings in his early years and was not aware of the rebellion. Zhu Yuanzhang listened to his wife's opinion, and then he was spared from the death penalty and sent him to Maozhou for trouble.
Reference materials:
["Hu Weiyong Case", "The Records of Taizu of Ming Dynasty"]
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