Since there is a struggle for power, there must be killing. When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dogs are cooked. This is the famous saying of Fan Li, a doctor of the Yue Kingdom, and he did guess it right. Some people can deal with hardships, but cannot deal with wealth. King Gou Jian of Yue is this kind of person, but historically speaking, Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang are not people who cannot deal with wealth.

So why did Zhu Yuanzhang kill the heroes? Why couldn't he learn from Liu Xiu and Zhao Kuangyin? I think there are three reasons:

First, some people in the hero group wanted to die

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, some heroes began to be arrogant. Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu were the representatives. After Hu Weiyong became prime minister, he deceived his superiors and deceived his subordinates. He killed his colleagues, formed cliques for personal gain, and even withheld information from Zhu Yuanzhang. Any of these were You can kill him. The same goes for Lan Yu. Relying on his high achievements and breaking the law, he privately adopted the twelve Taibao adopted sons and developed his own power. It was not an exaggeration for Zhu Yuanzhang to kill him, but his method was a little crueler, killing three tribes and tens of thousands of people. implicated.

Second, the Zhu family’s ruling foundation is weak

Everyone knows that Zhu Yuanzhang came from the lowest level, had to make a living and worked as a monk. Unlike Li Shimin, Liu Xiu, and Zhao Kuangyin, he did not have a prominent family to rely on. Li Shimin's Guanlong Li family was one of the most powerful families in the Sui Dynasty at that time. They were rich, powerful, and Li Yuan himself was the Duke of the country. Although Liu Xiu was a commoner in his generation, he was the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, and his blood relationship was not far away. In the struggle against Wang Mang, the aura of the Han Dynasty royal family shrouded him, and the Liu clan provided money and efforts, so powerful The family background of Zhu Yuanzhang is incomparable. Their world has the merits of heroes, but the family also plays a great role, so it can suppress or even balance the group of heroes.

Third, the premature death of Prince Zhu Biao

If Prince Zhu Biao had not died, he would have been a benevolent king who could suppress these heroes. Even if he was young, he could survive the death of these heroes. Zhu Yuanzhang There is no concern at all that Zhu Biao's regime will be unstable. But Zhu Biao died early, and Zhu Yuanzhang had to consider making his grandson Zhu Yunwen the emperor's grandson. Zhu Yunwen is still young, so he will definitely not be able to suppress these arrogant and powerful generals. In order for the Zhu family's world to last forever, hidden dangers must be eliminated for his children and grandchildren.

Conclusion: Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes. On the one hand, these heroes changed their character after gaining the world. They became arrogant and even more unruly and undisciplined. There is also the fact that Zhu Yuanzhang's ruling foundation is weak and he has no family power to suppress and balance the group of heroes. This is the same as Liu Bang. The most important reason is Zhu Biao's early death. Zhu Yuanzhang is afraid that his grandson will not be able to suppress these heroes. If he dies , The Zhu family's world is in jeopardy, so they must clear obstacles for their descendants.