Chapter 94 Section 5 Prime Minister Hu Weiyong "Conspired to Rebel"

Even in the case of Hu Weiyong in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the heroes were deliberately defended. Hu Weiyong is a native of Dingyuan, Anhui, and a fellow of Li Shanchang. He defected to Zhu Yuanzhang in the second year of Longfeng (1356 A.D.), but because of his extraordinary talent and good at drilling, he was promoted very quickly.In the sixth year of Hongwu, he was promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang to be Prime Minister of the Right, and in the tenth year of Hongwu, he was promoted to Prime Minister of the Left, becoming a role under one person and above ten thousand people. People with outstanding abilities often have outstanding shortcomings.Hu Weiyong's rocket-like rise was due to his ability, and his final fall was also because he was too capable.Hu Weiyong's personality is very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang's: "He is bold and generous, but he is insidious and dangerous, and many fear him." Like Zhu Yuanzhang, he likes to seize power, loves to be arbitrary, does things boldly, and does not shy away from the edge: "Life and death If you depose, you may not go ahead. The internal and external ministers must first read the seals."

It is easy for people with similar personalities to restrain each other, not to mention the conflict between monarchy and ministerial power has always been a difficult problem in China's high-level politics.In essence, the Hu Weiyong case was the inevitable result of Zhu Yuanzhang's adjustment of the relationship between monarchy and prime ministership.Because Hu Weiyong failed to handle the relationship with the emperor's power distribution, he was too domineering, which triggered Zhu Yuanzhang, who was extremely sensitive to power, to cancel the prime minister system, and also caused himself a fatal disaster.In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang set up a large prison on the charge of "rebellion".

The handling of the Hu Weiyong case was also very cruel.Yu Ben, who was once the vanguard of the Yellow Banner in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's account, described the Hu Weiyong party case in the "Records of Records" written in the early years of Yongle: This year (the thirteenth year of Hongwu)... Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of the left, and Chen Ning, the doctor of the right, abused power and violated the law. Eat it.His family assets were recorded, his wives were assigned as sergeants, and his children were all beheaded... The people of Shangyuan and Jiangning counties under Yingtianfu and Hu Weiyong were the party, and all men, women, elders and children were slaughtered.

That is to say, Hu Weiyong was taken to Xuanjin Bridge to beheaded, buried in a big pit more than ten feet deep, and the next day he felt unrepentant, ordered people to dig out the body, dismembered it in full view, and then let the dogs eat it.All property was confiscated into officials, wives and concubines were distributed to sergeants, and all male offspring were beheaded.A large number of officials close to Hu Weiyong were also executed.Even because of the close relationship between the people of Shangyuan and Jiangning counties and Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the people in these two counties, regardless of gender, age or age.Its ferocity is beyond the imagination of normal people. However, for the heroes involved in the case, he opened his eyes: Yi Shanchang and Lu Zhongheng were all sympathetic at the beginning and ignored them. ("Zhu Yuanzhang's Chronicles") Hu Weiyong has a very close relationship with Li Shanchang. "Su and Li Shanchang, the grand master, are married, and they are blessed by brothers, daughters, wives, and their sons, and they will become more and more powerful."Hu Weiyong's initial success was due to Li Shanchang's recommendation.So he is very grateful to Li Shanchang, "because of mutual communication", he regards Li Shanchang as his ladder and umbrella to climb up.He not only married his niece to Li Shanchang's nephew Li You, but also tried his best to help Li Shanchang fight against non-Huaixi ministers.

Lu Zhongheng, Fei Ju and others were also the targets that Hu Weiyong tried his best to win over in order to cultivate power.Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji'an, returned from Shaanxi, and was reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang.Fei Ju, Marquis of Pingliang, was once ordered to go to Suzhou Fusui army and civilians. "I don't do anything, but I'm addicted to alcohol and sex. If I call back, I'm responsible for recruiting Dada to the northwest. If I don't succeed, the superior will also be responsible." Both of them took refuge in Hu Weiyong's sect for asylum because they were afraid of punishment.Zhu Yuanzhang was very clear about their close relationship with Hu Weiyong, but when announcing Hu Weiyong's crimes, he only vaguely said that Hu Weiyong was suspected of forming a party, and did not involve these three heroes.The crimes he announced were: "stealing the power of the state, perverting the law and slandering the virtuous, engaging in unruly intentions, wanton deceitful deceit, good words for the tongues of the public, peers for the evil, evil politics, and endangering the country."

Not only that, after Hu Weiyong was killed, Zhu Yuanzhang further expanded his marriage relationship with the founding military general, "because of the heart and soul", and stabilized the emotions of the heroes.He personally decided to hire the second daughter of Zhongshan King Xu Da as Dai Wangfei, the third daughter as Princess An, the eldest daughter and second daughter of Duke Xin Guo as Princess Lu, the daughter of Marquis Wu Fu of Anlu and the daughter of King Deng Yu of Ninghe as Princess Qi, and the former army The daughter of Yu Xian, the governor, is Princess Tan, the daughter of Wu Zhong, Marquis of Jinghai, is Princess Xiang, the daughter of Lanyu, Marquis of Yongchang, is Princess Shu, and the daughter of Duke Fu Youde of Ying is Princess Consort Jin, and she married Princess Runing to Lu Zhongheng, Marquis of Ji’an. His son Lu Xian, Princess Fuqing married Zhang Lin, son of Fengxiang Hou Zhang Long, Princess Shouchun married Fu Zhong, son of Ying Guogong Fu Youde, Princess Nankang married Hu Guan, son of Dongchuan Marquis Hu Hai, and Princess Yongjia married Guo Zhen, son of Wuding Hou Guoying .