Ming Taizu was born in a peasant family. Knowing a little about farmers' life, he also paid attention to the policy of rest and recuperation after he succeeded to the throne. He warned local officials: "Now the world is just stable, and the people are poor in financial resources, just like a bird that can't pluck its hair;" A newly planted tree cannot shake its roots. " He asked officials to be honest and honest, not to take bribes and bend the law, and to increase the burden on the people. Later, he summoned exiled farmers to reclaim wasteland and exempted them from labor and taxes for three years. It is necessary for all localities to station troops to reclaim land and wasteland to achieve food self-sufficiency. He also built water conservancy projects to encourage the planting of saplings and marijuana. Therefore, the agricultural production in the early Ming Dynasty developed obviously. The rule of the newly established Ming Dynasty was also consolidated.

Ming Taizu was always worried about the ministers who helped him build his country. He set up a secret organization called "Royal Guard" to monitor the activities of the reconnaissance minister. He knows all the activities of the minister outside or at home. Anyone who is found to be suspected is in danger of being put into prison or even beheaded.

Ming Taizu is strict with officials. The minister made him angry when he went to court. He was beaten to the ground in court and was called "Zhang Ting". Some of them were killed on the spot. This practice makes all ministers nervous. Every day when I go to court, I say goodbye to my family with a sad face. If he comes home safely on this day, his relatives will be happy that he has lived another day.

In A.D. 1380, Prime Minister Hu was accused of treason and rebellion, immediately beheaded Hu and investigated his accomplices. The investigation involved more than 15,000 people, and Ming Taizu was so cruel that he killed all the civil and military officials suspected of the Hu Party.

Song Lian, a bachelor, was valued by Ming Taizu together with Liu Bowen in the early Ming Dynasty, and later became a Prince Taifu. Song Lian is cautious, but Ming Taizu is still uncomfortable. On one occasion, Song Lian invited some friends to drink at home. The next day, he went to Ming Taizu and asked him if he had drunk yesterday, which guests he invited and which tables he prepared. Song Lian answered truthfully, and Ming Taizu smiled and said, You didn't lie to me. It turned out that Song Lian's house was a treat that day, and Ming Taizu secretly sent someone to watch. Later, Ming Taizu praised Song Lian in court, saying that Song Lian had served me for 19 years, and never said a lie or spoke ill of others. What a great saint. When Song Lian retired at the age of 68, Ming Taizu also gave him a pair of brocade, saying, "Keep it, and I will make you a centennial dress in 32 years." .

However, after the Hu case, Song Lian's grandson was also exposed as a Hu party, and Song Lian was implicated. Ming Taizu sent a security guard to arrest Song Lian from his hometown and put him to death.

When Ma Huanghou learned about this, Ma Huanghou suggested to Ming Taizu that ordinary people should hire a teacher for their children, treat him respectfully and treat him well, not to mention the teacher of the emperor's family. Besides, how did Mr. Song know that his grandson lived in the country?

Ming Taizu was furious and still refused to forgive Song Lian. On the same day, Ma Huanghou accompanied Ming Taizu to dinner. She just sat at the dining table, not drinking or eating. Ming Taizu was surprised and asked her if she was sick. Ma Huanghou replied, "I'm sorry that Mr. Song committed a capital crime. I am praying for Mr. Song. " .

After all, with Mao * * is husband and wife, but also respect her at ordinary times. After hearing what she said, she was a little moved, so she ordered the pardon of Song Lian's death penalty. Change the sentence to exile in Maozhou. The 70-year-old man couldn't stand the shock, and he died before he arrived in Maozhou.

Ten years later, it was reported that Li Shanchang had close contacts with Hu. Knowing Hu's rebellion, but not exposing it, he took a wait-and-see attitude and committed heinous crimes. Li Shanchang is a founding hero and Ming Taizu's in-laws. When Ming Taizu was a hero, he personally gave Li Shanchang two gold medals to avoid death. This year, Li Shanchang was 77 years old, but as soon as Ming Taizu turned against him, he and his family in their 70s were executed.

Then, Hu dang was arrested again and more than 15 thousand people were executed!

After the Hu case, I felt uneasy about handing over the military and political power to the minister, so I cancelled the post of prime minister, and the emperor directly ruled over the ministers of six departments: the official department, the household department, the Ministry of War, the Xing department and the Ministry of Industry. He also abolished the viceroy's office, which held military power, and set up five viceroy's offices around and before the middle school to train soldiers respectively. When war was needed, the emperor gave orders directly, so that the rights of Ming Chengzu were greatly concentrated.

Even so, things didn't end there. Three years later, the Royal Guards reported the rebellion of General Aquamarine. Ming Taizu killed aquamarine, tracked down his associates, and officials from the civil and military departments.15,000 people were collectively killed.

These two major cases almost swept away the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, and Ming Taizu's autocracy and brutality were well-known in history.

Historians of later generations commented that Zhu Yuanzhang killed the hero because Prince Zhu Biao died young, and Zhu Yunwen, the great-grandson of the emperor, was too young to be convinced, so he thought it was the great-grandson who paved the way. Throughout history, no one can kill the founding heroes on such a large scale except Zhu Maoyuan Zhang!

Many people have suggested that if Prince Zhu Biao had not died, these founding heroes might not have such an end. what do you think?