When Heshen’s house was ransacked, what was the only thing Jiaqing dared not touch?

In ancient feudal society, bloodthirsty monarchs were often regarded as faint kings and tyrants. However, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was an extremely contradictory existence. He suffered from the sufferings of the people and immigrated after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. Farming and military settlements, building water conservancy projects, liberating slaves, and reducing tax burdens won the favor of the people.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's later years, the old emperor was very afraid that his descendants would be arrogant, frivolous, and willful in using troops, thereby causing disaster, so he specifically wrote his national policy of prudent external military use into the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions". List Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other countries as "non-conquest countries": "I am afraid that future generations will rely on China's prosperity and strength, be greedy for temporary military achievements, raise armies for no reason, and cause harm to human lives, so remember not to do so." ?

However, it was such an emperor who also began to massacre heroes in his later years. More than 100,000 people were implicated. Lan Yu, as the famous founding general of the Ming Dynasty, had reached the rank of general and Duke of Liang. At the same time, he was also the brother-in-law of Crown Prince Zhu Biao's father-in-law Chang Yuchun, so he was also regarded as the prince's uncle, and maintained a good relationship with Zhu Biao. However, Lan Yu was killed for treason in 1393, and was skinned and made grass. Preached everywhere.

His members were implicated in the deaths of more than 15,000 people. Emperors of all dynasties seemed to have the habit of getting rid of the founding heroes, but no one went as extreme as Zhu Yuanzhang. Is it really all caused by Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion? Why did Lan Yu, who had made great military exploits, end up being skinned? In fact, if you look at Lan Yu's character, you will understand.

In fact, Lan Yu had already laid the foundation for his own disaster when he led the Ming army on an expedition to the Fishing Sea in 1387. At that time, the Ming army learned that the leader of the Yuan Dynasty, Togu Si Timur, was in Fishing in the sea, they stopped their flags and drums and advanced on the road without the Yuan army noticing. After the army arrived, Yuan Taiwei Manzi hurriedly refused to fight and was killed. Tuogusi Timur, Prince Tianbaonu and dozens of others fled away. In the end, the Ming army obtained more than 120 princes and nobles from the Yuan Dynasty, 3,000 officials and subordinates, and more than 70,000 soldiers, men and women. The remaining forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were completely disintegrated and divided, so Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy.

However, some of the next actions made Zhu Yuanzhang unhappy. Lan Yu first seized the concubine of the Yuan Lord, and did not form a good control over his soldiers. This was difficult to persuade the remaining His participation in the surrender of the Yuan Dynasty forces was obviously extremely disadvantageous. When he returned from this expedition, he arrived at Xifeng Pass at night. The officials guarding the pass failed to open the door in time to admit him, and the complacent Lan Yu set off to destroy the Xifeng Pass. Passed the gate and broke in. The emperor was very unhappy when he heard about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who originally wanted to make Lan Yu the "Gong of Liang", withdrew his order, changed the word "Liang" to "Liang", and ordered people to correct these mistakes on the iron certificate of the elixir given to Lan Yu. .

However, Lan Yu did not regret this. The "History of the Ming Dynasty" records that Lan Yu was arrogant and indulged in self-indulgence. He kept many village slaves and false children, took advantage of the situation to be violent, and often occupied the people's fields in Dongchang. All of these were criticized. The censor saw this and reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang. Although Zhu Yuanzhang scolded him many times, Lan Yu still showed a nonchalant attitude. After he returned from the Western Expedition, he was named the Crown Prince and Tutor. For this reason, Lan Yu did not want to take the throne. He was subordinate to Dukes Song and Ying and said, "Can't I be the Grand Master?" After that, Zhu Yuanzhang mostly refused to adopt his suggestions, and Lan Yu became more and more unhappy.

What really made Zhu Yuanzhang change his mind was the death of Prince Zhu Biao. In order to enable Zhu Biao to complete the purpose of the Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang specially formed a group of capable generals as his assistants, but the Prince After his sudden and unexpected death, the young Emperor Jianwen was obviously unable to control so many senior ministers with heavy troops and seniority. Zhu Yuanzhang was also very clear about the possibility of changes in his succession to the throne in the future, and Lan Yu and other arrogant figures , naturally became the target of eradication led by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Judging from Lan Yu's life, he did not know how to retreat bravely like Fan Li, nor did he know how to preserve his status by dishonoring himself like Xiao He, which would become his own way to bring disaster.