Chapter 76 The tragic end of Liu Bowen in the seventh quarter

In addition to educating the common people, Zhu Yuanzhang also focused on the ideological construction of the officials. Zhu Yuanzhang's work is characterized by extremely long-term consideration.When fighting the Yuan Dynasty, he had already thought about the consolidation of the future dynasty.Therefore, when he met those Yuan Dynasty officials who would rather die than submit, he weighed the pros and cons, picked out a few, and praised them greatly, so as to establish the concept of "loyalty" among his ministers. Jin Yi, the general manager of Taiping Road in the Yuan Dynasty, committed suicide by throwing himself into the water when Taiping City was broken. Zhu Yuanzhang called it a "righteous man" and ordered "to be buried in a coffin".General Fushou of the Yuan Dynasty died in Jiqing, Shimo Yisun died in Chuzhou, and Yu Que died in Anqing.He praised Fushou and said: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the toughness knows the loyal ministers. What do you mean by good fortune and longevity? A minister should be like this."

Cai Ziying was a Jinshi from the Yuan Dynasty to Zhengzhong, and was tired of officials to participate in politics in the provinces.Yuan Dynasty was captured by Ming soldiers and taken to the capital.Zhu Yuanzhang had heard of his name for a long time and treated him with courtesy, but Cai Ziying was unmoved and cried loudly in the detention center. "People ask the reason, and they say: 'There is no other, I miss the old king's ears!'" Zhu Yuanzhang was very moved when he heard this, "In December of the ninth year of Hongwu, he ordered Yousi to send him out of the fortress, and ordered him to follow the old master Yu Helin." Paid the toll, and sent him to the northern grasslands to find Emperor Beiyuan.This unexpected move effectively declared to the world his admiration for the quality of "loyalty".

Zhu Yuanzhang was good at recruiting talents, and many generals and officials of the former Yuan Dynasty defected to him and made great contributions to his career.On the way to the throne, he respected these people and obeyed the etiquette. For example, because Liu Ji was a courtier of the Yuan Dynasty, he didn't want to go out of the mountain. Respect, every time "calling the old man but not the name". However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the importance of these people decreased, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude changed subtly. Liu Ji has done his best for Zhu Yuanzhang's career.Without Liu Ji, perhaps there would be no world for Zhu Yuanzhang.Therefore, when Emperor Yuanshun fled to the north and the Libachi bought by the prince was sent to Nanjing, he was as happy as the other founding fathers. He wrote a congratulatory article, and when he was about to send it to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang But issued such an edict:

"Because of the order of the Ministry of Rites, it is announced that those who have won the victory in the north are not allowed to congratulate those who have tasted the officialdom." People who have been officials of the Yuan Dynasty should not participate in the celebration. One can imagine the mental blow to those who had been officials in the Yuan Dynasty headed by Liu Ji.Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning was clearly expressed. According to the standard of "loyal ministers do not serve two masters", Liu Jiyi changed his master's name, which is "a big festival with a loss". He made a principled error, which is unforgivable.Therefore, when the hero was named, he was only named an earl, and he was driven home soon, and finally allowed to be killed by his political enemies.

Wei Su, a scholar of Yuan Hanlin, committed suicide by throwing himself into a well when Yuan died, but was rescued.When Zhu Yuanzhang heard about this, he thought that he was loyal and worthy, so he recruited and arranged him to be a civil servant by his side, and he trusted him very much.Wei Su also worked hard and did a lot of work for Zhu Yuanzhang.But after the world was settled, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little displeased with him.One day, when Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting behind a screen in the side room of the East Pavilion, Wei Su walked slowly from outside the screen, making the sound of tuo.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Who?" Wei Su replied: "Old Minister Wei Su." Zhu Yuanzhang thought he called himself a veteran, so he laughed and said, "I only think Wen Tianxiang is here!" Emperor Yuan Shun had an elephant, which could dance at banquets.After the Ming army invaded Dadu, it was transported to Nanjing.Once, when Zhu Yuanzhang hosted a banquet for his ministers, he asked someone to bring an elephant to dance, but the elephant lay motionless on the ground.In a fit of anger, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the elephant to be slaughtered.The next day, they borrowed this matter and asked someone to make two wooden plaques, one with the words "Dangerous as Xiang" and the other with "Plain is worse than Xiang", which were hung on Wei Su's left and right shoulders to humiliate him.

Later, Yushi Wangzhu and others wrote a letter impeaching Wei Su as a minister of subjugation, "it is not suitable to be a servant", Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to demote him to Hezhou to guard Yuque Temple.In less than a year, Wei Su died of depression. Dangerous element is not the only example of this.Many surrendered officials of the Yuan Dynasty were "although they were honored at the beginning, they must be disgraced in the end."