Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 809: Jian Sheng Ye Wen
The argument didn't last long.

Of course, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, it was because he was in the Huagai Palace and it would be disgraceful to quarrel with his ministers. It was definitely not because he was short of breath in front of the empress.

Another more important reason is of course that the kings have not yet started to establish fiefdoms on a large scale, only the second and third sons.

The fourth and fifth sons were also originally planning to go to the vassal state, but now...

As the emperor was thinking about this, he suddenly became worried. Once the kings left the capital, it would be hard for them to gain influence and it would be difficult for them to correct their nature and behave properly.

The result is a crime, and I can't bear to punish or beat him, but if I don't punish him...

Looking up, he realized that no subject would dare to say these words, and not only did Guangmu say them recklessly, he was also helpless.

But unfortunately, he still has to rely on this light curtain to avoid Hu Qing's actions on behalf of Ming. This is really unacceptable to him.

[Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's motive for eliminating the nobles, there is a story recorded in "Jian Sheng Ye Wen" written by a Ming Dynasty person.

It basically meant that Zhu Yuanzhang had killed too many people, and Zhu Biao advised him that the constant killing might damage the harmony.

So Zhu Yuanzhang found a thorn stick and threw it on the ground for Zhu Biao to pick up, but of course he couldn't pick it up.

So Zhu Yuanzhang said earnestly: I kill people to eliminate the dangers in the world and to remove thorns from you. Wouldn't it be wonderful to leave you a peaceful country?
Zhu Biao stood with his neck stiff and unmoved, saying, "We have rulers like Yao and Shun above us, and people like Yao and Shun below us."

This made Zhu Biao very angry, and he immediately picked up a chair to let Zhu Biao understand his father's love, that is, "move the couch where he was sitting and shoot him."

Zhu Biao was not stupid, so he just ran away. But Zhu Biao refused to give in and kept chasing him to fight. So Zhu Biao had to use his ultimate move - he took out the portrait of his mother from his arms, which made Zhu Biao "stop in grief".

In fact, we can see from this record that people in the Ming Dynasty could see clearly Zhu's motive for killing people.

However, the credibility of this little story is not high, because the famous "Zhu Yuanzhang murdered Xu Da with roast goose" came from this "Jian Sheng Ye Wen".

In addition, it is also recorded in "Jian Sheng Ye Wen" that Zhu Yuanzhang disliked Zhu Biao's "lack of kindness and gentleness", so one day he secretly had a carriage full of corpses brought into the palace. When Zhu Biao passed by, the corpses were dumped on the ground, which frightened Zhu Biao so much that he "crowned up in agony" and then clasped his hands and said "Good, good".

This action can only be described as a sign of serious illness. The writing style is a bit like what we said before - the emperor swung the golden hoe, and the empress of the East Palace made pancakes.

There are many different opinions in official and unofficial history about Zhu Biao's character, but in the end, he was responsible, and he was either pleading for his brothers or for his teacher.

In the Hu Weiyong case in the 13th year of Hongwu, Song Lian's grandson and second son were involved. Faced with the fact that their teacher was going to be sentenced to death, Zhu Biao dragged Empress Ma to plead for mercy, and finally Song Lian was pardoned and exiled to Sichuan. However, Song Lian was already very old at that time, and died of illness in the 14th year.

Regarding this matter, the "Jian Sheng Ye Wen" wrote that it was because Song Lian forgot to send the annual congratulatory message, so the emperor found a random excuse to kill Song Lian's entire family, but was dissuaded by the prince and his wife, so only Song Lian's son and grandson were killed as a warning.

This cannot be said to be too wild a history. It can only be said that the impression Zhu left on the people of the Ming Dynasty was indeed closely related to his love of killing.

As for the even more horrifying record in "Jian Sheng Ye Wen" about Zhu Yuanzhang sharing human flesh with his meritorious officials and scaring Chang Yuchun crazy, it can only be said that it is as wild as Zhu Yuanzhang selling ditches, which is really too outrageous.

A year after Song Lian's death, the Jinyiwei was formally established. At the beginning of its establishment, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered this agency to investigate the remnants of the Hu case.

Although the Jinyiwei was disbanded after the Lan Yu case in the 26th year of Hongwu, Zhu Di later re-established it and soon made it an indispensable institution. It was active not only until the demise of the Ming Dynasty, but it also continued to play a role in the Southern Ming regime until the Ming Dynasty took its last breath.

The Jinyiwei of the Hongwu Dynasty can be confirmed to be Zhang Ren and Jiang Li. Zhang Ren's record can be found in the twenty-fifth year of Ming Taizu Shilu, while Jiang Li was the last Jinyiwei commander of the Hongwu Dynasty and the person who handled the Lan Yu case.

The most controversial one is Mao Xiang. The History of Ming Dynasty states that from the 15th year to the 23rd year, Mao Xiang was always the Jinyiwei envoy. After he finally handled the Li Shanchang case, he was thrown out by Zhu Yuanzhang to take the blame and was killed with the name of a remnant of the Hu party.

However, the real record of Mao Xiang clearly states that when Hu Weiyong rebelled in the 13th year of the Han Dynasty, he and Chen Ning reviewed the military registers of the country, and then "ordered the governor Mao Xiang to take the guard Liu Yubao and the fugitive Wei Wenjin as his backbone."

Xinlu means confidant, and soon after, Hu Weiyong was implicated and all the people involved lost their heads. Mao Xiang probably did not escape either, because this name never appeared in the official records again after that.

If we go back further, the story of Mao Xiang is also recorded very clearly, there is no such thing as it being omitted.

For example, in the fifth year of Hongwu, when the three armies were launching a northern expedition and hoping to achieve their goal in one battle, news of the invasion of Japanese pirates came from the southeastern coast. So Zhu ordered the commander of the Yulin Guard Mao Xiang Yuxian and the commander-in-chief Yuan Yi to wipe out the Japanese pirates in the coastal counties.

While the Northern Expedition was advancing, Mao Xiang also sailed out to sea, sweeping across thousands of miles to wipe out the Japanese pirates:

"Commander Mao Xiang defeated the Japanese pirates at Xiahu Mountain in Wenzhou, chased them to Shitang Ocean, and captured a Japanese ship... He was rewarded for his meritorious service."

Shitang Ocean is today's South China Sea. The coastline alone is one thousand kilometers long starting from Wenzhou. As a meteor in the early Ming Dynasty, Mao Xiang can be said to have fully demonstrated the powerful qualities of Zhu Yuanzhang's personal army.

It is no wonder that the Jinyiwei, which was later set up by Zhu Yuanzhang's personal army, could become a sharp sword. 】

"Mao Xiang."

Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent.

I still remember that this man's father was Mao Qi. When he ran away in anger and led 24 people to the south to conquer Dingyuan, vowing to make a name for himself, it was Mao Qi who "helped the county magistrate to surrender" and soon became his personal soldier. He was in charge of investigating the generals who had failed in their service. His function was similar to that of the Jinyiwei. Later, when Mao Qi died of illness, he cried for him.

Therefore, his son was highly valued from the beginning, starting from the position of assistant commander of the imperial army, and then rising to the position of commander of the imperial guards. In the end...

Zhu Yuanzhang let out an imperceptible sigh and turned around:

"I didn't expect that a girl's portrait could have such an effect."

But at this time, Queen Ma was a little nervous:

"Chongba, if I am unable to..."

But before he could finish his words, Emperor Ming said loudly:

"What can we do? Imperial Doctor Dai has said that as long as we follow the prescription, there is an 80% chance that we will be fine, and a 100% chance that we will live another 10 years. By then, there may be a 99% chance that the hidden disease will be eradicated."

"Why are you so discouraged?"

The couple was still trying to persuade each other, and the brothers laughed at each other:
"These later scholars think that we brothers have never seen corpses. Apart from other things, my eldest brother was already fourteen years old when the Ming Dynasty was founded. He has seen the battlefield many times!"

Zhu Biao also shook his head and smiled bitterly, then became curious:
"Later generations have said it many times, what is a ditch?"

(End of this chapter)