Chapter 14 9. Bloody integration of internal resources

The prisoner exchange incident in Hezhou must have brought unprecedented spiritual stimulation to Zhu Yuanzhang. From that day on, he was no longer willing to let things go out of his control, and he was no longer willing to hand over his destiny to the random rules full of variables. He began to forge his own Iron Guard, and carefully forged his army using the wisdom he learned from the Buddhist scriptures. At this time, after being stimulated by the Hezhou incident, Guo Zixing suddenly fell ill and died.The power of the army fell into the hands of Guo Zixing's son Guo Tianxu, brother-in-law Zhang Tianyou and Zhu Yuanzhang.However, Guo and Zhang were really unbearable compared to Zhu Yuanzhang in terms of wisdom, so Zhu Yuanzhang further firmly grasped the military power, and with the arrival of fierce generals Deng Yu, Chang Yuchun, Liao Yongzhong and others, his strength increased greatly.

Afterwards, the bloody battle in Jiqing city broke out. The cause of this battle was that the Yuan army assembled superior forces and launched a large-scale encirclement and suppression against Zhu Yuanzhang's troops.The main force of the Yuan army took the water route by boat, while the land route was in charge of the security regiment of the puppet army, whose leader was Chen Yexian.In Zhu Yuanzhang's first battle against Chen Yexian, he ambushed a strange army behind Chen Yexian, and suddenly launched an attack, attacked Chen Yexian twice, and captured Chen Yexian alive. Then, Zhu Yuanzhang publicized the policy and educated Chen Yexian, and then released Chen Yexian and asked him to take his own soldiers and horses to attack Jiqing City in cooperation with Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou.Chen Ye first took the opportunity to invite Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou to drink, cut off Guo Tianxu's head on the wine table, and tied Zhang Tianyou into the city.Then Chen Yexian attacked the Red Turban Army aggressively, killing the Red Turban Army so badly, they fled in despair, and Chen Yexian killed more than 20,000 people in one breath.

Just when the reactionary Chen Yexian was triumphant and pursuing the victory, he didn't watch out for a cry from the ground, and killed a security team of the Great Yuan Empire out of thin air.This group of puppet soldiers didn't know that Chen Yexian was chasing and killing the Red Scarf Army. They only knew that Chen Yexian had surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang. In Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial journey, the death of Chen Yexian has decisive significance.It can be said that no one understands the obscure human nature better than Zhu Yuanzhang. He deliberately put together Chen Yexian, Guo Tianxu, and Zhang Tianyou.The death of Guo and Zhang confirmed Zhu Yuanzhang's supremacy in the Haozhou army.The tragic line struggle within the organization will come to an end at this time, and from then on Zhu Yuanzhang can let go of his hands and feet and work hard.

But before competing in the Central Plains, there is still one urgent thing to do.In the old father-in-law Guo Zixing's family, there was only one lonely little daughter left. Zhu Yuanzhang took the little girl into his tent when he was unprepared: "Little sister, don't be afraid, let my brother-in-law take care of you from now on." Three-bedroom concubine, to show his great fraternity. Kejiqing, according to Yingtian.Five years after Zhu Yuanzhang joined the army, that is, when he was 29 years old, he had grown into an excellent military commander, with hundreds of thousands of people under his command, he was qualified enough to aspire to the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes turned to Poyang Lake. The emperor of the Han Dynasty, Chen Youliang. Speaking of Chen Youliang, he had just completed the integration of internal resources, and after a brutal line struggle, he finally took control of all the power. Chen Youliang's line struggle mainly occurred between him, Emperor Xu Shouhui of Tianwan, and Prime Minister Ni Wenjun.Speaking of the emperor Xu Shouhui, he was originally a cloth dealer, but because of his strange appearance, he was promoted as the emperor.Prime Minister Ni Wenjun was looking at him, and the more he looked at him, the more angry he became. You said that although there are many emperors in this world, who has ever heard of someone with a muddy head who is qualified to be an emperor just because of his weird appearance?

So Ni Wenjun wondered whether to hold a general election or something, and knew that Xu Shouhui would not agree, so he had no choice but to kill Xu Shouhui. But Xu Shouhui is not a vegetarian either, he managed to get a dragon chair, how can he let people easily?Immediately ordered to kill Ni Wenjun, Ni Wenjun was forced to flee, and fled to Huangzhou in one breath, and fled to Chen Youliang's war zone.When Chen Youliang saw him coming, he was overjoyed and killed him immediately. When Xu Shouhui learned of this, Longyan was overjoyed, so he took Sangong Sixth Hospital and drove to Chen Youliang's defense area in a mighty way.

Chen Youliang waited for him to come, closed the door, asked his brother to take a big hammer, and smashed Xu Shouhui's head with a "crack". So Chen Youliang quickly ascended the throne in Caishi, with the country name Dahan and the year name Dayi.On the day of ascension to the throne, there was a heavy rain, which drenched all civil and military officials like drowned rats. It doesn't matter if you are drowned, anyway, Chen Youliang is the emperor anyway.So he pointed his sharp edge and approached Poyang Lake to take down Zhu Yuanzhang. The decisive battle of the Ming Dynasty, known as the Ming-Han War in history, began from this.

(10) Brilliant Tactics He was wise and powerful, and adopted the most correct means of long-distance and short-term attack. He contacted Zhang Shicheng of Gaoyou and wanted to attack from two directions and destroy Zhu Yuanzhang, a separatist. On June 11, 1360, the Ming-Han War and the Taiping Campaign started. Chen Youliang marched in and went eastward.There are more than 100 naval ships named Hunjianglong, Saiduanjiang, Knockdownshan, Jianghaiao, etc.There are hundreds of battle boats, just like the so-called throwing arms to cut off the flow, the boats are thousands of miles away, and there are countless sail shadows on the river from a distance, and the flags dance wildly.Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates were all terrified. At the military meeting, everyone proposed two perfect solutions.

The first option - to surrender quickly.Hurry up sooner rather than later, if you come down early, maybe the emperor of the Han Dynasty will make himself an official when he is happy. The second option - run fast.If you want to escape quickly, pack your luggage and roll up the small package immediately. If you walk slowly, you will die... These two plans were quickly proved to be correct.In just three days, Chen Youliang captured Taiping with ease and captured Zhu Yuanzhang's fierce general Hua Yun alive.But because Huayun's head was more stubborn than granite, and he refused to go astray and turn back, Chen Youliang chopped off his head.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a predicament. Although his combat troops were no less than Chen Youliang's, the strength of the naval forces was far apart. The ratio of the Ming and Han naval forces was one to ten.So the counselors suggested: "Since Zhu Yuanzhang won't surrender, and he won't flee quickly, then we should lure Chen Youliang ashore and start a decisive battle." However, Zhu Yuanzhang rejected this suggestion. He must start a water battle with Chen Youliang and defeat Chen Youliang in the water battle. why? Because, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that wars were fought not because of numbers of people or morale, but because of the establishment.

What is an establishment? In today's words, it is the squad platoon company.On the battlefield, the soldiers listen to the squad leader, the squad leader listens to the platoon leader, the platoon leader listens to the company commander, and the company commander listens to the battalion commander... just like this, one level obeys one level, and they obey orders unconditionally, so they have a strong force. fighting power. What if the battlefield is chaotic and the soldiers can't find the squad leader, the squad leader can't find the platoon leader, the platoon leader can't find the company commander, and the company commander can't find the battalion commander?That means that the army is defeated like a mountain. No matter how many people you have, once the organizational system is broken up, a powerful army will become a mess. Without coordination on the battlefield, you can only fight on your own, and what you are facing is the enemy's organized and coordinated attack. Under such circumstances, the possibility of not being defeated fundamentally does not exist. And if you want to defeat Chen Youliang's navy and break up his establishment, the most suitable place is neither on the shore nor in the water, but in the water on the shore, where Chen Youliang's navy lands when. But what if Chen Youliang's navy refuses to land? What you want is that you think you are not logged in, but find that you are in the state of logging in.If it wasn't such a style of play, how could it win you? But what is "you thought you were not logged in, but found that you are in the state of logging in"? This matter will be understood soon. It is said that Chen Youliang's army sailed through Longwan and approached Jiangdong Bridge, and suddenly found a lone Ming army navy on the water. The Han army was overjoyed, and immediately gave a loud cry and chased after it.I just feel sorry for the navy of the Ming army, with few people and small boats, but the other party is chasing and killing them relentlessly, and it seems to be the end of the game.Just when the navy of the Han army was about to slaughter the Ming army, they suddenly discovered a terrible thing.At this time, they were not on the water or land, but on the shore between the water and the land, and in all directions, Zhu Yuanzhang's army was attacking like crazy. so, what happened? After asking around, it turned out that the tide was low. Poor Han army, they don't know the water situation and geography, and they don't know that the river will ebb in this specific place and at a specific time.And Zhu Yuanzhang knew this a long time ago, so he lured the Han army navy here.At this time, the tide receded suddenly, and the warship of the Han army suddenly ran aground on the mudflat. There was nowhere to escape, and there was nowhere to hide. Zhu Yuanzhang waved the small yellow flag and drove all the troops to kill him. Han army.More than 20,000 Han soldiers were slaughtered on the spot, and 7,000 were captured. There is a famous story about this battle, it is called the scene where the dragon enters the shallow water and encounters the shrimp - I am not afraid that you are a shrimp, but I am afraid that if you do not know the rules, it is called unwise to go into the deep water and challenge the dragon one-on-one.And lure the dragon to the beach, kill or slaughter, cook or fry, you can slowly show your wisdom in life. (11) Murder for Equality After the victory in Longwan, Zhu Yuanzhang struck while the iron was hot, led his navy down the river and entered Jiangxi, looking for Chen Youliang's main force to launch a final battle.At this time, two vicious incidents broke out: one was the Zhu Zongkangtai reactionary group rebellion case, and the other was the Shao Rong Zhao Jizu reactionary group rebellion case. The former, Zhu Zong and Kang Tai, were just low-level military generals under Zhu Yuanzhang's command, but with the expansion of the army's strength, their ambitions became bigger and bigger.Suddenly one day, the two led the navy to Nanchang, which was guarded by Zhu Yuanzhang's general Deng Yu.Without any explanation, he killed the soldiers outside the city, blasted the city gate to pieces with artillery, and then the two rushed into the city, slashing and killing.Seeing that the situation was not going well, the guard Deng Yu shouted: "You cover, before I leave, I escaped from the city gate first, and fled back to Nanjing alone." Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy, so he thought, "Why don't I go to the military parade outside Nanjing first, and see those stupid soldiers silent in front of you, maybe I will feel better." ?” During the military parade, General Shao Yun was in charge of scheduling.Shao Yun is a partner of playing with Zhu Yuanzhang when he was young and playing with his bare butt, so he is naturally loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang.So Zhu Yuanzhang let himself be like a puppet, obeying Shao Yun's arrangements.When the military parade reached seven, seven, eight, eight, the soldiers of the three armies were still walking forward foolishly in the wilderness. Here, Zhu Yuanzhang was already under the arrangement of Shao Yun, guarded by a strict retinue, and began to return to the city. He had already reached the city gate, when suddenly a gust of wind blew a red flag onto Zhu Yuanzhang's face, Zhu Yuanzhang grabbed the corner of the flag, put it on his nose and sniffed it, then frowned and said, "No, this is not right. Ah, how could there be such a strong murderous intent in the wind?" What?Whether Zhu Yuanzhang is a human or a wild animal, how can he even smell the murderous aura in the wind? Just when everyone was stunned, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This city gate is too murderous. It is clear that someone is engaged in a political conspiracy to murder me." After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the people around him: "Go and get Chang Yu Chun called, and I asked him to protect me immediately and enter the city through another gate." The fierce general Chang Yuchun arrived on flying horse, first escorted Zhu Yuanzhang to enter the city from another gate, and then ordered his generals to go through the city and smash the gate that Zhu Yuanzhang refused to leave just now.When I got to the city gate and looked, tsk tsk, good guy, I saw many ambush soldiers poking their heads, and when they planned to wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to come in, they would stab their heads with their arms. Who did it? Killed most of the ambush soldiers, and arrested the rest for careful interrogation, and soon found the person who gave the order to kill Zhu Yuanzhang. Sure enough, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who beat his childhood playmate Shao Yun, and secretly contacted another general, Zhao Jizu. The plan of the two was to ambush the dead at the gate of the city in advance, and then escort Zhu Yuanzhang back to the city with his own soldiers.When Zhu Yuanzhang stepped into the door with one foot still outside the door, the ambushes inside the door and the soldiers behind him were launched at the same time. If Zhu Yuanzhang was not chopped into pieces, the matter would not be over. But everyone plays small and big, Shao Yun why would he do this? Shao Yun also has his rational explanation: "Because everyone grew up playing with each other, you were not taller than me when you were young, and I am not shorter than you when you grow up. Why do you want five people and six people to sit on the top? Why should I stick up?" Lie down at your feet and kowtow to the soles of your shoes? Everyone is raised by their parents, and they are all the same people. Whoever gets stabbed with a knife will spurt blood. Why can you Zhu Yuanzhang sit In the rear, waving small flags, forcing us to fight against those strangers? We hacked them to death, and you, Zhu Yuanzhang, won. If they hacked us to death, you, Zhu Yuanzhang, would not lose a hair. Why? Why do you want to do this?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he stood up excitedly and said: "It makes sense, what you said is really reasonable... It is necessary for brothers to listen to such a profound truth in life." The brothers Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned are the military generals who played together with Shao Yun, played small games with Zhu Yuanzhang, and are now fighting the world together. There are a total of twenty-two people—one Hua Yun was killed by Chen Youliang, but a new one was added. Chang Yuchun. Hearing that Shao Yun was in a bad mood and wanted to kill Zhu Yuanzhang, the brothers were shocked and didn't know what to say for a while.He wanted to intercede for Shao Yun, but he was worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would be unhappy and cause trouble for himself.But if he didn't intercede for Shao Yun, would he just watch his childhood friend be executed? At the meeting, Chang Yuchun and Shao Yun were the only ones who had no friendship, so he yelled and quarreled, saying that he would kill Shao Yun according to the military order.Since the generals could not express any objection, this resolution was passed in this way. Shao Yun's bloody head was presented, and the generals looked ashen, drooping their heads, and walked out of Zhu Yuanzhang's camp with heavy steps.They didn't notice the cold stare behind them. At this meeting, the fate of all has been decided. The reason why the smart Zhu Yuanzhang called this meeting is to see who is the second Shao Yun, and who will suddenly give him a knife when he is sleeping sweetly. These people will, all of them will. The most terrible opponent is not the enemy, but the trusted comrades around you. At that moment, Zhu Yuanzhang deeply realized that conflict and rebellion are originally part of obscure human nature.As long as you go forward, all those who follow you will sooner or later become your worst enemies. No exceptions, no exceptions.There has never been before, and there will never be again. Since God has chosen me to embark on this lonely road of life, let all the blows come, and let all the enemies face me face to face. Zhu Yuanzhang looked up to the sky and mourned: "Chen Youliang, how lucky you are!" (12) So I need enemies Due to Zhu Yuanzhang's deliberate exaggeration, the Poyang Lake water battle that took place in 1363 attracted the attention of many historians. But in fact, this battle was extremely boring. When Zhu Yuanzhang used his standard methods to clean up the opponents around him, Chen Youliang's weakness and kindness revealed his sheep nature. What future generations pay attention to is the tragic fight on the river, but the bloody battle on the river is just a secondary battlefield. The main battlefield is at the side of the general. By Zhu Yuanzhang's side, he had already destroyed Zhu Zong, Kang Tai, Shao Yun, and Zhao Jizu, two reactionary gangs that made him unhappy, but who did Chen Youliang get rid of? Chen Youliang didn't kill anyone, you didn't even say to kill the class enemies sleeping next to you, why did you win this battle? So when the battle entered the most intense stage, the class enemies around Chen Youliang jumped out one after another, and gave this kind-hearted man a sap. First, Chen Youliang's Zuo Jinwu suggested to continue the beating, and Zhu Yuanzhang was killed.General You Jinwu suggested to rest and rest. The battle is endless. With a limited life, if you fight infinite battles, you will die.The left and right generals Jinwu had conflicts of opinion, and Chen Youliang chose the left wing. General You Jinwu saw that his opinion had not been taken seriously enough, and was furious. He immediately pulled out his boat and went to Zhu Yuanzhang with his navy.General Zuo Jinwu saw that General You Jinwu had jumped ship, and in a hurry, he immediately chased after him. The two elder brothers, left and right Jinwu, were inseparable and would never die. They came to Zhu Yuanzhang's place for dinner together. As long as the newly joined employees are always more active than the old employees.What's more, Jinwu, the left and right, had already had the stain of following Chen Youliang in history, so they had to behave well.So the two living treasures rushed to write letters, cursing Chen Youliang's ancestors in the last eight generations, deliberately angering Chen Youliang, and waiting for the time when Chen Youliang ran out of ammunition and food. When the battle got to this point, Jinwu left and right turned to the enemy one after another, and the psychological blow to Chen Youliang was devastating.Only now did he know that the emperor is not easy to do, the emperor is a wolf, and he is just an old sheep with a big tail.The reason why he was fierce in the past was because he always showed his prestige among the sheep. Now that he has encountered a real hungry wolf, this game is no longer fun.The psychological shock of the rebellion triggered a total military collapse.Seeing that the comrades who were his left or right wing just now suddenly showed a ferocious face, and charged towards him with a murderous aura, no one could stand it.As a result, Chen Youliang's navy was defeated, and the old sheep leader was killed by a stray arrow. This battle established Zhu Yuanzhang's unparalleled military advantage. At this time, looking at the world, there is only one left, Zhang Shicheng, who is still lying in Suzhou City, refusing to move. If Chen Youliang is a relatively strong old goat, then Zhang Shicheng is just an old goat that has lost all its teeth. It's still a sheep. It is unbelievable that Zhang Shicheng never carried out rectification within his own organization, never uncovered a class enemy, never dug out a reactionary group.The most unbelievable thing is that he actually used kindness to control the crowd, that is to say, high salary, high bonus, no matter what class enemy or dissident you are, as long as you are willing to come here to eat, gold, silver and jewelry will be moved to your house, as much as you can move How many. In this way, Zhang Shicheng was so heartbroken to his subordinates that he almost took out his heart. The subordinates should cherish this hard-won boss, and should work more faithfully for the boss, right? This idea can't be wrong-but don't forget that so many gold, silver and jewelry can only be enjoyed by the living.If you sell your life on the battlefield, how can you enjoy a happy life? What's more, human nature is accustomed to comparison, you Zhang Shicheng gave me a lot of treasures, but you gave others a lot.Why do you have to give so much to others? It's over, the dark entanglement of human nature has already doomed the ultimate fate of the kind old sheep Zhang Shicheng. On October 1, 1367, the Ming army broke through Suzhou City and rushed into Zhang Shicheng's bedroom. Without any explanation, they grabbed him by the neck and slipped him out, and became Zhu Yuanzhang's captive ever since. So far the world has been settled. Send generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to drive the Yuan people away.Send Hu Mei to pacify Fujian, and Tang He and Liao Yongzhong to pacify Guangdong and Sichuan. All that's left is to ascend the throne. In 1368 AD, the 41-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Nanjing, and the founding name was Daming.At this time, his eyes turned to his side again, looking for brand new prey. After all, he is a hungry wild wolf. Even sitting on the dragon chair, he can still feel the rigor and chill of the fierce struggle of human nature. So let's get started. Don't say I'm cruel, and don't say I'm vicious. No one understands the darkness of human nature better than me.Only in the brutal fight can the wild wolf maintain its strong fighting spirit and indomitable spirit of striving. So I need enemies - Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself in his heart. (13) Killing is the glory of wild wolves In 1370, there was a severe drought all over the world, and the hungry people fled to the wilderness. Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the severe drought was God's warning to his Zhu family, and its profound meaning would gradually emerge in his later life.In order to solemnly deal with this omen, he ordered the prince Zhu Biao and all the princes not to drink and eat meat, but to wear coarse clothes and follow him to the Yuedu altar outside the palace, begging God to continue to give strength them. In the early morning, Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing coarse clothes and straw sandals, followed by a team of concubines led by the big-footed Queen Ma, each of them grabbed a coarse rice ball, which was their standard of food for the whole day. Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the straw mat, facing the scorching sun, and was exposed to the scorching sun from morning to night.People thought he was praying for rain, but only he knew it. He still dare not forget the most difficult years.The days of being pampered and pampered are long, but he still misses the dream of a wolf. Only in the most hungry situation, the wild wolf will be full of madness and fighting spirit. Zhu Yuanzhang finally felt the long-lost hunger and bloodthirsty passion, which ignited his life again. Killing is the glory of the wolf. And so it started. Zhu Yuanzhang's first opponent was Mingjiao. Mingjiao is the ideological homeland that Zhu Yuanzhang relies on. As early as when he joined Guo Zixing’s revolutionary team in Haozhou, he followed his comrades in kowtow three times in the morning and evening, and burned incense three times in the morning and evening, and worshiped the leader Xiao Ming Wang.And when he walked towards the power center step by step, the whitewash smeared on the leader's face was slowly lifted, revealing a dull and obscure face.It was this face that made him Zhu Yuanzhang, and at the same time made Zhu Yuanzhang feel the insignificance of ability and wisdom under the power structure. But only thinking can change people's thinking, and only wisdom can reorganize the power structure. Therefore, the opponent Zhu Yuanzhang chose was wisdom and thought itself. So Zhu Yuanzhang, with the aid of power and his thoughts as a weapon, launched a massive crusade against Mingjiao. ……At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the lord lived in the deep palace, the ministers were powerful, the officials were bribed, and the crimes were avoided by affection.The temple didn't take it seriously, so they added redundant officials, changed the banknote law, and enslaved hundreds of thousands of people, drowning the Yellow River, laying their heads on the road, and hearing their sorrows in the sky.As a result, the foolish people mistakenly fall into the witchcraft, do not understand the absurdity of the gatha, and believe in the true existence of Maitreya, and they are determined to govern the world. With Su's suffering, they gather as a party of burning incense, and spread Heluo according to Ruying.As soon as the evil words are done, the murderous plan is carried out, burning the city, killing the soldiers, poisoning the living, and so on... This is Zhu Yuanzhang's call to crack down on the "Xiang Party". In the call to action, he wiped out his own kowtow in front of the portrait of King Xiaoming, and directly revealed the old background of Mingjiao.Burning the city walls, killing scholars... I think Zhu Yuanzhang was responsible for "executing" all these tasks at the beginning, but now all the brains are put on the head of Xiao Ming Wang, leaving Xiao Ming Wang no place to reason. The most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang gave himself a new positioning through this call-to-action.Now he has completely stripped Mingjiao's negative assets from his system, leaving others with the image of a chaotic hero.This image is established by a million-strong army, whoever disagrees, even if they compete with this million-strong army. King Xiao Ming has no capital to compete with, what's more, he had mysteriously drowned when he was crossing the river.This method of death is also suitable for him-obviously, staying in a leadership position for a long time will not help his intelligence to improve in the slightest.After fighting for so many years, he didn't even have a decent reputation, and he was sent off with a red card, which is really helpless. After Mingjiao was completely wiped out, Zhu Yuanzhang finally ushered in his real opponent——Wang Baobao—a hero comparable to Zhu Yuanzhang in the great era, and another wild wolf wandering in the desert. (14) Homeland of wild wolves Once, Zhu Yuanzhang had a big banquet for his ministers and asked, "My dear friends, who do you think is the real strange man in our dynasty?" Odd man?This title is good, everyone hopes to get this honor, but knowing that the hope is slim, they simply replied honestly: "If you say that I am a strange man, it must be Chang Yuchun. Chang Yuchun commanded only 10,000 troops , but rampantly invincible, he is really a rare good general.” Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and smiled and said: "Although Chang Yuchun is brave, I can easily control him. I let him go east, but he dare not go west. I let him chase dogs, but he dare not chase chickens. After all, he is just It's one... All in all, Chang Yuchun is definitely not a strange man, you all recommend another candidate." All the ministers, look at me and I look at you. Those who are thoughtful and flexible immediately cried: "Your Majesty, our brains are full of pure paste, and we don't know how to think. I only know how to do my best for Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please don't think we are stupid, tell us the answer quickly, please Your Majesty..." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly: "Wang Baobao is the only strange man in the world today!" Which one is Wang Baobao? It was the half-breed child born to Yuan Zhongchen Chahan and a beautiful Han woman.When Zhu Yuanzhang said that he was a strange man, he was chasing the defeated Ming army on horseback on the desert plains of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Linger.In the Ming army, as famous as Chang Yuchun, Xu Da, the fiercest general who can fight, is now barefoot, mingling with the defeated army and fleeing like crazy.This was the second tragic defeat encountered by the Ming army that went deep into the desert to pursue the Yuan Empire. The worst defeat came a few days later when Xu Da fled to Lingbei and met Li Wenzhong, Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew.So they regrouped and returned to the division to fight again, but it turned out that Xu Da and Li Wenzhong were mixed together in the defeated army, and they escaped faster than anyone else. Obviously, Wang Baobao is more capable of fighting. He is the last hero of the Great Yuan Empire that has collapsed into a mess. Since he was so good at fighting, why didn't he come out and kill Zhu Yuanzhang in the first place? The reason is simple, Wang Baobao is always in the line struggle within the empire.The four famous generals in Guanzhong, Li Siqi, Kong Xing, Tuo Liebo and Zhang Liangbi, did not know what kind of madness they had, they kept hacking around Wang Baobao endlessly.Wang Baobao was one against four, and although he had the ability not to be cut to pieces by the four famous generals, he really couldn't spare his hands to play with Zhu Yuanzhang again.That's why Zhu Yuanzhang went smoothly and won the world. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he sent Xu Da to go deep into the desert, capture Tuo Liebo alive, and hack Kong Xing to death.Seeing that Xu Da was being serious, Li Siqi hurriedly dropped his weapon and surrendered.Only Zhang Liangbi was more careless, and fled to Wang Baobao's office in a flash, hoping to resolve the previous suspicions with Wang Baobao and go to the national disaster together.But Wang Baobao was about to be pissed off by this bastard, how could he be polite to him?Immediately without any explanation, he pushed it out and chopped it. The four famous generals were wiped out, and the current Wang Baobao finally freed up his hands and defeated the Ming army.According to historical records, Wang Baobao established his prestige in one battle, defeated Xu Da twice, and hacked to death more than 400,000 Ming soldiers, basically killing half of the Ming Dynasty.More than 400,000 people are a very large number.Not to mention killing 400,000 living people, even killing 400,000 pigs will take years and months.Wang Baobao only focused on killing people, but he didn't want his family to be taken away by Zhu Yuanzhang.I took a look, and it turned out to be Wang Baobao's younger sister, who was as beautiful as a flower and had a bright mind.When Zhu Yuanzhang saw him, Long Yan was overjoyed, so he immediately called his second son, King Qin, and said, "Take this little girl home quickly, close the door and be happy, she will be your wife from now on...be careful, This girl is capable of nine Yin and white bone claws..." Then Zhu Yuanzhang began to write letters to Wang Baobao endlessly. He wrote seven letters in total, asking for peace, business, marriage, non-aggression, guarding the frontiers, mourning, and greetings...all the absurd things that can be imagined I thought of all the reasons, but Wang Baobao still refused to reply, and withheld it together with the sender, ignoring Zhu Yuanzhang. Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang became anxious. He said: "Wang Baobao will cut off half of our troops as soon as he makes a move. If he strikes again, it will be worth it? Send someone right away...then that one, that one...yes, it is Li Siqi, Guanzhong Four generals, you must have a way to deal with Wang Baobao. If you hadn’t been pestering him, we would have been killed by Wang Baobao long ago, so you have to do it today... What? If you don’t go, I’ll kill you first ..." In desperation, Li Siqi bit the bullet and went to see Wang Baobao, thinking that Wang Baobao would kill him as soon as he met.Unexpectedly, Wang Baobao was extremely polite. Every day, he poured wine, food, and tea into Li Siqi's stomach, but he didn't listen to his words to persuade him to surrender.After a long time passed like this, Li Siqi finally gave up and left, and Wang Baobao sent a team of personal soldiers to escort him along the way.When they came to the junction, the soldiers said: "General Li, you have come here after all, please leave some gifts." Li Siqi replied: "I came for business, and I didn't bring much money. Owe first?" The soldiers laughed and said, "General Li, look at your brain... Let me tell you straight, why don't you leave an arm?" Li Siqi thought for a while, and said: "Oh, I got in the way of Wang Baobao's big business, so I only left one arm. I made a lot of money from this deal..." After he finished speaking, he chopped off his arm fiercely, and cut off his own arm. . "Take it away quickly. Be careful to put it in the refrigerator when you go back, or the meat will go bad..." After returning, Li Siqi suffered from injuries and died. Knowing that Wang Baobao was determined, Zhu Yuanzhang was in trouble, "What should we do? Or, how about we retreat strategically?" While he was talking, a scout flew over to report: "Report, Wang Baobao recently suffered a sudden illness and died suddenly." Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a long time, and he looked up to the sky and sighed: "God, God, it's hard to find an opponent, and you are so cruel, let me suffer the torture of loneliness?" (15) Temporary games Wang Baobao's death completely destroyed Zhu Yuanzhang's hope in life. For example, a lonely wild wolf is running on the desolate and empty desert, looking around the wild, only reckless, and can't even find a partner.The Lone Wolf's state of mind at this time was extremely lonely. Suddenly, the lone wolf heard howling in the distance.The instant excitement was enough to fill the lone wolf's eyes with tears. It ran away, turned over to the top of the mountain, crossed the extreme slope, and looked down. The partner it was worried about turned out to be a dead wolf. The philosophy of the wolf is completely different from that of the sheep. The philosophy of the sheep is to hope to be surrounded by sheep, and they are gentleman sheep.All the sheep huddled together affectionately, mooed together, and ate water and grass together.The most intense conflicts are just playing against each other with delicate horns.I have never heard of any sheep being killed by another sheep's horns. The most intense conflict between two sheep is nothing more than one turning the other over, and the overturning is over.Because sheep are herbivores, it is impossible to take the other party's life after all. But the philosophy of wolves is different. Wild wolves are bloodthirsty and pay attention to killing. When two wolves fight, it is life and death, and there is no chance.Especially wild wolves in a hungry state will tear up their companions and swallow their belts and bones into their stomachs.This bloody massacre is the social game of wolves, and it is precisely because wolves play this cruel game that they also stimulate their strongest life instincts. The sheep's philosophy is to live on, eating grass is bigger than the sky.The philosophy of wolves is to fight and kill, only to see blood is happy, as for who dies and who lives, this is irrelevant. This is why Zhu Yuanzhang was excited when he heard about Wang Baobao's power.He thought he had finally found a new opponent, and he could have a hearty game again.However, the wicked Wang Baobao unexpectedly kicked his legs and died. Isn't this teasing Zhu Yuanzhang, an old man? Wang Baobao is dead, so who can I play with? The lonely Zhu Yuanzhang looked around, and those officials who were shrinking their heads and thinking about making a fortune in their positions came into his sight.Don't pick and choose, it's them. The empty printing case broke out in due course. The empty printing case, also known as the major case of statistical falsification, in fact cannot be said to be statistical falsification, it should be said that statistics are not falsified... It is not right, it should be said that statistics are forced not to falsify... It is not right, it should be said that statistics are to be falsified Fraud... Not to mention... All in all, the facts of the case are like this. At that time, when various places submitted tax statistics to Nanjing, due to inconvenient transportation, the food and silver transported to Nanjing caused a lot of loss on the way.If the local officials had filled out the report according to the actual number shipped out in advance, then when they arrived in Nanjing, the actual number would not match the number on the report.If the numbers do not match up, it means that the statistics have been falsified, and the consequences of falsification are very serious.Therefore, in order to avoid distortion of statistics, officials usually take a stamped blank report when the food and silver are on the road, and fill in the correct figures after the measurement in Nanjing. It is impossible to say that Zhu Yuanzhang did not know about this situation.He came from the bottom of society and has worked in almost all the jobs in the world.Food and silver will be lost on the way, and the result will be inaccurate figures. Needless to say, this matter has happened to his brother many years ago. Although he knew it well, Zhu Yuanzhang still used this as an excuse to kill.Statistics show that in 1376, hundreds of officials were executed. But why did Zhu Yuanzhang do this?We'll find out in a second. （16）刘伯温的黄昏奇恋 细究起来，朱元璋之所以突然对群臣露出狰狞的嘴脸，大开杀戒，这事跟两百年前的一桩战役，有着某种神秘的联系。 从朱元璋算起再往前追溯两百年，是北宋的靖康年间，那一年金兵的铁骑攻破了古城开封，将宋徽宗、宋钦宗并宫女工匠等十数万人尽数俘虏，押送去了西伯利亚劳改营。就在金兵攻打开封的时候，节度使刘延庆与金兵玩命，打不过，掉头乱跑，被金兵“嗖”的一箭，自背部人，从前胸出，就这样悲惨地壮烈殉国了。 刘延庆虽然死了，但其血脉尚存，他的儿子生孙子，孙子继续往下生，就这样一边生产一边搬家，到了自刘延庆而后的第七代人，已经搬到了浙东青田县。这家的第七代传人，那可了不得，这孩子落地就会看书，张嘴就会吟诗，让刘家人着实大吃一惊。居然生下个有天赋的孩子，怎么办呢？要不先给孩子起个名，送他参加朝廷的高考得了。 于是这孩子得名刘基，字伯温。小刘伯温很快长大了，他那小脑瓜主要专注风角之占阴阳八卦这一类封建迷信，但凡附近乡里谁家跑丢了一只鸡，跑失了一口猪娃，都要找他来测算一下。这时候小刘伯温就眯起眼睛，掐指一算，大叫一声：“不好，你家跑丢的猪娃，已经被邻居烤制成烧乳猪了耶……”这种卦刘伯温他也敢算，算不准倒也罢了，偏偏他一算就准，那偷了猪娃烤乳猪的邻居家，岂能与他罢休？ 总之，阴阳八卦不是个好东西，它铁定会让刘伯温吃大亏。但刘伯温之名还是不胫而走，他很快参加了科举高考，并轻松地夺得名次，被任命为大元帝国的一名县官——他已经是县级干部了。 而且刘伯温的运气好，赶好了高考的末班车。从他这一届往后，当时的元顺帝发布了最高指示——停课闹革命，并彻底废除了科举制度。以后的官员，就不从读书人中选拔了，知识分子都是臭老九，靠不住。 官员不从知识分子中选拔，那从什么地方选拔呢？ 主要是看家庭出身，看个人的政治表现——说穿了，就是看你跟领导的关系，是不是很铁，是不是很裙带，是不是很血缘。因为官场上的选拔制度自古以来就只有两种，一是通过考试制度的荐贤，另一个就是裙带私党了。所以刘伯温虽然赶上了高考的末班车，但官场上的日子却煞是难熬——别人都有关系，有门路，偏偏你没后台，你说你还混个什么劲儿？ 混不下去，那就辞职吧。于是刘伯温就辞去县官职务，回乡务农了。但没过多久，他就收到了反政府武装朱元璋的呼吁信，信上说：“起来，饥寒交迫的读书人，起来，全中国没有当官的人们，把元帝国打个落花流水，朱元璋要做天下的主人……”收到头几封信，刘伯温还没有理会，因为当时朱元璋还没混出名堂，最多不过是一支反政府游击队，但是连收到朱元璋的几封信后，刘伯温就有点动心了。 他毕竟是学了一手占卜算卦的好本事，这本事不拿到战场上去用，单只是在乡间替人家卜算走失的鸡崽猪娃，这岂不是屈大才了吗？ 要不，咱们先过去看看？这心思一动，刘伯温就跳上了朱元璋的贼船。 说老实话，其实朱元璋这边，并不缺刘伯温这头蒜。有一个李善长，是朱元璋三顾茅庐，高薪诚聘出山的。这李善长乃淮西人氏，和朱元璋是地地道道的老乡，所以朱元璋三番几次，登门求教。 朱元璋说：“李先生啊，我想多招几个砍人的兄弟，有什么好办法没有？” 李善长笑曰：“重赏之下，必有屠夫——你花钱啊，给的银子足够多，有的是缺心眼的人来帮你砍人。” 朱元璋道：“可是李先生，我没钱啊……” 李善长笑道：“没钱……没钱你还琢磨砍人？” 朱元璋道：“……李先生，正是因为没钱，所以才琢磨着招兄弟砍人弄钱的嘛。”李善长道：“你既然如此有诚意，那我替你想个法子。你这么着，你先把手下的人组织起来，去收保护费……不对，不能说收保护费，要说收取神圣的国家税款。这税款怎么个收法呢。老百姓你得吃盐吧，那就要收盐税！你要喝茶吧，那就收茶税。你还要吃饭……饭税就不要收了。万不可竭泽而渔啊，要把老百姓养得肥起来，慢慢地收，要一口猪身上收到两口猪、十口猪的肉，那才叫高手。你收了足够的银子，不就可以多招几个砍人的兄弟了吗？” 朱元璋诚恳地道：“先生果然是神机妙算，一口猪身上竟然能收到十口猪的肉，这猪也太惨了吧？那就请先生出来帮我个小忙，替我收保护费……不是，替我收税吧。”于是，李善长率领一批淮西知识分子，意气风发地来到了朱元璋的游击队中，为朱元璋地盘上的老百姓们制订了盐法和茶法，从此朱元璋财源滚滚，招聘了更多的砍人兄弟，很快就富甲一方，称雄天下了。 明摆着，有李善长及他手下淮西税务局兄弟们在，朱元璋，已经不再稀罕刘伯温这能掐会算的术士了——有花不完的钱，有数不尽的兄弟，还算什么算？再算先砍了你……事实上，你打开明史刘伯温传的部分，瞪大两只眼睛仔细瞧，无论你如何一个瞧法，都瞧不出个名堂来。 为什么瞧不出来个名堂呢？那是因为刘伯温传不好写。为什么刘伯温传不好写呢？那是因为……因为在朱元璋这个阵营中，文有李善长，武有徐达、常遇春，实在是不多刘伯温这一号。 既然不多他这一号，那朱元璋为啥非要高薪诚聘他加盟呢？ 实际上，刘伯温的才干远远在李善长之上，对于他们这种学富五车经天纬地的才学之士而言，替老大收个保护费，实在是小菜一碟。可问题在于，砍人的兄弟固然是越多越好，可是负责制订收保护费的行政管理人员，一旦多了就意味着机构膨胀——但膨胀也没办法，如刘伯温这种大才，若然你不快点将他膨胀过来，万一被对手猎头挖走，那可就惨了。 总之，由于朱元璋这边的行政编制已满，所以刘伯温实际不过是一个副部级调研员的行政级别。朱元璋征战的时候带着刘伯温东奔西跑，让他参加各种类型的军事会议，让他负责制订各种类型的政策。但由于刘伯温最终也没有获得如李善长般独当一面的机会，所以他的个人简历，也就比较难写。 终于，刘伯温获得了一个机会。 洪武元年，刘伯温出任御史中丞——相当于司法部长这么个职位。恰好李善长手下的一个兄弟李彬，也不知犯了什么事，栽在了刘伯温手下，按律，当斩。于是李善长就去找刘伯温说情：“小刘，吃了没？有点小事跟你说一下，就是李彬那点事儿……啥玩意儿？你不给兄弟这个面子是不是？” 刘伯温回答：“李老大，不是兄弟我不给你面子。实话说吧，李彬这事我也做不了主，你得去找皇上。” 于是李善长就去找朱元璋：“皇上，吃了没？有点小事跟皇上您说一下……” 就见朱元璋笑眯眯地向李善长一招手：“老李，你来得正好，朕正要找你。跟你说，有些兄弟真是太不像话了，咱们这都当上领导了，他还以为自己是黑社会呢，想砍谁就砍谁，真是太不像话了。对，没错，我说的就是李彬。老李，你是老干部了，应当能够领会朕的讲话精神。总之吧，这次咱们就是要狠狠地抓一个典型，拿李彬开刀，综合治理一下。老李你以前的表现都不错，始终都跟上形势没掉队，现在正在考虑是不是再给你晋级——你可要好好表现表现哦。” “是，是，陛下，你丫说得太对了……”李善长灰头土脸地出来，知道自己是没胆子跟朱元璋较真了。难不成就这样眼看着自己手下兄弟被干掉不成？他眼珠一转：“不行，看来要救李彬，非得算命先生刘伯温不可。” 于是李善长又绕了弯去找刘伯温：“小刘，最近你算没算天气预报？我听说有算命先生算过的，说是我们将遭遇五百年一遇的大旱，要是再杀伤人命的话，旱情就会更严重……”李善长的意思是在暗示刘伯温，就以天旱为借口，要求朱元璋大赦，放了手下兄弟李彬。 可刘伯温一听算卦，顿时亢奋了，这可是他的专业领域啊，他最有发言权了。于是他立即掐指一算，大惊日：“我靠李老大，还真有这么回事。卦象上说，这次旱情岂止是五百年不遇，那简直是五千年不遇啊。” 李善长大喜：“真的吗？那你快点打报告，让皇上大赦天下。” 万万没想到，刘伯温突然冒出来一句，“不用打报告的，卦象上说了，只要杀了李彬，老天就会下雨的。” “什么？”李善长当时一口气没上来，差一点岔了气。你说刘伯温这算的是什么怪卦啊，居然敢说杀了李彬就会下雨，这是真是假啊？ 可刘伯温卦已经算出来了，而且他乃一代卦神，占无不验，算无不准，他既然说杀了李彬就会下雨，那应当是没问题的。于是李善长只好忍着愤怒和痛苦，看着刘伯温兴高采烈地在李彬的死刑判决书上签字，小马仔李彬就这样祭祀老天了。 然而，诡异的历史，就在这时候出现了偏差。刘伯温这一代卦神，占算了一辈子，一次也未失过手。可奇怪的是，这一次却出问题了，他明明占算的是杀李彬，天必雨。可是李彬被杀之后，旱情反而更加严重了。 李善长转向刘伯温的目光，由悲哀而诧异，由诧异而愤怒，由愤怒而怒不可遏——刘伯温你个破算卦的，竟然敢玩老子！ 刘伯温也是很诧异，不对呀，我明明算的是杀了李彬就下雨的，怎么这次天气预报不准了呢？仔细一检查卦象，刘伯温突然发现了一个恐怖的征兆，他倒吸了一口冷气，立即打辞职报告：“启奏陛下，臣年迈体衰，全身上下高血压，脚上的鸡眼又犯了，臣请求办理离休手续……” 朱元璋见到他的辞职报告，笑道：“老刘，虽然你急着离休，可也不能忘了老干部发挥余热啊。你看如果李善长也离休的话，下一届宰相，由谁来做合适呢？” 刘伯温吭哧瘪肚地回答：“臣看李善长手下兄弟汪广洋、胡惟庸这两人合适。” 朱元璋冷笑：“你确定？” 刘伯温：“臣……也不敢说死。” 朱元璋冷笑：“这么大的事情，你竟然模棱两可，不敢说死，有够滑头啊。那你先去办离休手续吧。” 于是刘伯温办理了离休手续，急急如漏网之鱼，向家乡奔逃而去。回到家正要喝口水，就听门外声起：“圣旨到，刘伯温接旨，为繁荣大明文化事业，兹宣刘伯温入京抄写，钦此，谢恩。” 抄写？What does this mean?刘伯温听不明白，懵懵懂懂地再返回南京城，到了地方就被朱元璋关进一座四合院。一名来自于宫中美貌而伶俐的宫女负责照料他的茶饭，书案上放着笔墨纸张，还有一本摊开的。 居然是真的让他抄写。 可朱元璋这么个搞法，到底是什么意思呢？ 饶是刘伯温精于风角，占断如神，可他还真没算出来，有朝一日，自己居然会蹲在一幢四合院内抄写。 那就抄吧——人之初，性本善……苟不教，性乃迁……连续抄写了几天，刘伯温终于崩溃，把笔用力往地下一扔：“娘稀皮，爱谁谁，朱元璋你有本事把老子宰了，老子不抄了！” 也知道朱元璋派来监视他的那美貌宫女会立即打报告，但刘伯温已经豁出去了，大不了杀头，谁怕谁？“扑通”一声上了炕，扯过被子盖住脑袋，他呼呼大睡起来。 醒来，美貌宫女已经把饭做好端上来，刘伯温冷笑着拿起筷子开吃，吃完再睡，看朱元璋什么时候派人来杀他。可这一等就是两年，朱元璋竟然硬是没来。 两年过去了，朱元璋正在纳闷之际，突然接到圣旨：“圣旨到，命刘伯温将这两年抄写好的拿来，朕要先睹为快。” 先睹为快……快你个头！刘伯温顿时傻眼了。这两年来，他除了吃就是睡，压根没抄那缺心眼的，可如今朱元璋竟然要检查他的家庭作业，他这岂不是欺君了吗？ 正在目瞪口呆之际，就见那照料他起居的美貌宫女起身，扛来高高一摞抄写好的，放下说：“刘先生抄写的，都在这里了。” 霎时间刘伯温再次目瞪口呆。万万没想到，他已经是个老头了，而且命悬一线，可这年轻貌美、聪明伶俐的小宫女，却不知道哪根筋转错了，竟然爱上了他。看他不爱写家庭作业，两年来竟然偷偷地替他把作业全都完成了。 爱情啊，你来的未免太突然了。 就在刘伯温的感动之中，那一摞被抬到朱元璋面前，朱元璋翻开一看，咯咯乐了：“你们瞧瞧，你们都过来瞧瞧，这抄写的，笔力温柔，笔画娟秀，这分明是我派过去的女特工的笔体嘛。她怎么会放弃职守，替刘伯温抄写起来呢？是不是这小丫头春心萌苏，被刘伯温策反了呢？” 查一查！ 这一查可不了得，爱上刘伯温的小宫女犯了欺君之罪，被拖出去砍了。刘伯温痛绞于心，哭天抢地地阻拦，终究也无法拦得住。 太狠毒了。这一手真是太狠毒了。 刘伯温病倒了，任什么样的男人，也承受不住如此强烈的打击啊。 就在这时候，新任宰相胡惟庸登门看望，此后这一段历史进入了永恒的空白之中——昔日李善长手下的马仔胡惟庸亲切问候过后，就离开了，而刘伯温则悄然身死。有关他的死，多半史家确信他是中毒而亡，但到底是谁下的手，这个却说不准。有人认为是朱元璋干的，有人则认为是胡惟庸瞒着朱元璋干的，但到底是谁干的，这事，无论是刘伯温生前，还是死后，都没有留下一个明确的卦象，以供我们参详。 但是，刘伯温的血不会白流。此次事件，再次潜伏下动乱的种子，掀开了帝国大屠杀的新篇章。 （17）我憎恶私欲 1380年初春，一个普通马车夫的死亡，导致了大明帝国一场规模性的大屠杀。 当时这名马车夫正赶着他那满载货物的马车，在南京的街道上行走。不提防前面突然蹿出来一匹受惊的马，马上骑着一名富家子弟，无巧不成书。当惊马经过马车的时候，富家子弟从马上摔了下来，脑袋恰好摔在马车的轮子下，让马车往前重重地一辗，只听“咔嘣”一声脆响，那孩子的脑壳就碎烂了。 Killed! 可是最多只是个失误，马车夫想，他与这孩子无冤无仇，要不是他自己把脑壳塞进轮下面，就算是想压也压不到他……可是马车夫错了，他万万没有想到，他压死的孩子，赫赫然竟是大明帝国宰相胡惟庸的儿子。 Under one person, above ten thousand people.这说的就是宰相的权势了。 得知自己的宝贝儿子竟然被一个马车夫压死了，胡惟庸痛绞于心，他立即下令对这个马车夫进行拷打，从快从严，以偿还他那冤死儿子的性命。 马车夫就这样被杀了。可是杀他的人是宰相，按理来说，他死也是白死。普天之下，有谁惹得起宰相呢？ 然而天下敢惹宰相的人，总还是有的。比如说皇帝朱元璋，他就是一个最合适的人选。 胡惟庸杀马车夫泄愤的案子，很快被人报到了朱元璋的案头，朱元璋很不高兴，就把胡惟庸叫到朝堂之上，严厉地批评了他的错误，要求胡惟庸有错必纠，偿还马车夫的冤屈。 胡惟庸诚恳地检讨了自己的工作失误，立即对马车夫的冤案进行了平反，并拿出大量的黄金绸缎，用以补偿。 可是朱元璋却摇头说：“不，这些还不够，远远不够。” not enough?不够是什么意思？胡惟庸再往下一想，立即被自己的想法吓坏了。 接下来，这一段历史变得扑朔迷离。有资料记载，胡惟庸的亲信忽一日冲入皇宫，揭发检举说，胡惟庸痛恨朱元璋，已经在他的宰相府中设下伏兵，准备请朱元璋过去喝茶。等朱元璋一进门，就乱刀齐下，嘁哩咔嚓，将朱元璋剁碎了喂狗。 还有一份资料说得更邪乎，说是胡惟庸暗杀朱元璋的计划，被一个名叫云奇的宦官发现了，于是云奇狂奔回宫，见朱元璋摇摇摆摆，正要去胡惟庸家挨刀。于是云奇拦在前边，可是因为急惶，却说不出话来，朱元璋怒问他为何挡路，云奇急得只是指着胡惟庸家的方向，说不出一个字来。朱元璋火了，喝令暴打，于是宫中太监一拥而上，乱棍齐下，生生把云奇的手臂打断了。可是他仍然用那条断臂，指着胡惟庸的家。这时候朱元璋终于醒过神来了，登门一望，好家伙，胡惟庸家里，到处都是埋伏起来的军队……这段记载，说得云山雾罩，但明摆着是朱元璋的瞎掰。 可他为什么要瞎掰呢？ 不为什么，他只要杀胡惟庸。不仅是要杀胡惟庸，还要杀尽那些追随胡惟庸的人。朱元璋自己承认，他在这起事件中杀了一万五千人，但实际上，被他下令处死的，至少是在这个数字的两倍之上。 既然要杀人，可总得有个理由吧？ 在这里朱元璋所伪造的证据，就成了他杀尽胡党的全部理由。 可是朱元璋，为什么要瞎掰个连自己都觉得可笑的理由，杀死胡惟庸呢？ 关于这一点，史家有许多解释，甚至还有个故事说，因为朱元璋杀性过重，太子朱标就委婉相劝，于是朱元璋将一只带刺的荆棘丢在地上，对儿子说：“你能拿起这根荆棘来吗？你拿不起来的，因为上面有太多的刺，所以当爹的先替你把刺拔掉，傻孩子你听明白了没有？” 通常之下，人们就用这个理由来解释朱元璋大开杀戒的因由。 但这个理由，只是那些对权力法则一无所知的文人们的臆想。我们很快就会知道，大明王朝，曾有过三十二年拒不上朝的皇帝，也有过全然拿自己的帝位不当回事的皇帝。皇帝之所以成为皇帝，不是因为他能力强，本事高，而是因为下层官员及底层民众的相互博弈，构成了一个平衡的态势。正如已被江湖除名的小明王，他屁本事也没有，不照样号令天下？从朱元璋到张士诚，哪个不是奉了小明王的旗号行事？ 而朱元璋之所以能够取代小明王，仅仅是因为乱世。正如乱世是群体意志的选择，太平盛世也同样。乱世的时候你想求得太平，就会有人来找你的麻烦，太平时节你如果想造反，同样也少不了人来找你的麻烦。 自古时势造英雄，从无英雄造时势。朱元璋之所以能够登基为帝，是因为他处于一个皇帝短缺的伟大时代。而在这漫长的战争状态之后，大量的劳动人口死于战乱之中，此时和平已是群体共同的愿望，纵然是胡惟庸想发起战争，但以他的本事而言，还差得远。 所以，清理掉有能力及影响力的老臣子，为下一届的新皇帝扫清道路，这个说法，在此不攻而破。 可如果不是这个理由，那朱元璋何以要杀胡惟庸呢？ 事实上，朱元璋的杀机，早在他血战陈友谅，遭受昔日伙伴邵云的背叛之时，就已经注定了。 朱元璋是一匹凶猛的野狼，他渴望野狼的战斗，野狼的激情。可是自从王保保死后，他所面对的，却是一群哞哞叫的老绵羊。绵羊倒也罢了，可是在这些绵羊的心里，却涌动着无尽的贪婪与阴险。单以胡惟庸来说，他在许多政务上都有意对朱元璋隐瞒，目的就是为了多捞点油水——你说你不过是只屁本事也没有老绵羊，却比饿了八百年的野狼更加贪婪，胡惟庸你自己说你至于这样吗？ 这就是朱元璋愤怒的缘由，也是胡惟庸的处死之道。 趟过晦涩而阴暗的人性之河，抵达人生最高点的朱元璋，恰恰最为憎恨人性深处的卑污与肮脏。要知道，朱元璋从未击败过任何一个人，他所有