Opening Pirate Clips: Fifteen Shocking Famous Scenes

Chapter 332 Great and cruel at the same time

There is a little expectation in his eyes...

A little nervous again.

【However, no one is perfect. The Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, who has made great achievements, also did some pretty brutal things in his later years.】

[During the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, relying on the power of many Huaixi nobles to pacify the Mongolian Yuan, the Mongolian Yuan forces did not dare to go south to herd horses for more than ten years, recovered the Hexi Corridor, and restored the authority of the Central Plains Empire over the Western Regions]

[But after the world was pacified, most of the Huaixi nobles took credit for their pride, were greedy and corrupt, and harmed the common people. Things that should have been solved by implicating the nine clans were infinitely expanded by Emperor Hongwu]

[In the case of Hu Weiyong, more than 5000 people were implicated, and most of the innocent people were killed. Grand Master Li Shanchang and more than [-] family members were killed because of their involvement]

[The great Confucian Song Lian was exiled only because his grandson was implicated, his whole family was demoted, and he died on the way]

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's 'killing' record, Li Shimin, Liu Che, and even the First Emperor were dumbfounded.

He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang...

All of a sudden, I feel a little unconfident. Who is the tyrant?
It seems that even he Yingzheng is not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang!

[Afterwards, with the help of Jin Yiwei's participation in the performance, he killed the hero Lan Yu on the charge of treason]

[Jingchuan Hou Cao Zhen, Heqing Hou Zhang Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials Zhan Hui, Minister of the Ministry of Households Fu Youwen and other ministers were also accused of treason. Only 5000 people were included in the "Rebellion Records", and their blood flowed like a river]

[After more than a year, Emperor Hongwu, who was still unsatisfied, swung the butcher knife again, and bestowed the dead heroes Fu Youde, Duke of Ying, Wang Bi, Duke of Dingyuan, and Feng Sheng, Duke of Song]

[After more than ten years, the number of people who were implicated and killed reached [-], and people were panicked]

"It's really merciless to kill people!"

Zhao Kuangyin said with a twitching face.

Zhu Yuanzhang is really ruthless!
Killing is like drinking water.

[And invented many tortures, such as 'peeling real grass', 'destroying ten clans', 'killing corpses', 'shackles', etc., they were extremely worried about heroes and even scholars, and sent brocade guards to monitor them, and set up big prisons at every turn to win with words Criminal phenomena appear]

[As a result, Emperor Hongwu had no generals to use in his later years, talents withered, and court officials were trembling]

[And restore the inhumane "human sacrifice system" of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, which is a great retrogression in history]

[Cruel treatment of women, often convicting and dismembering the wives and concubines of heroes, throwing them into rivers, treating criminal women is even more dehumanizing, frequently beating, scolding and killing, peeling and storing grass for public display]

[In order to suppress the normal physiological needs of the palace ladies, the palace ladies were 'castrated', and their houses were closed with irons, resulting in the tragic death of many palace ladies]

"hiss!"

Liu Bang, Li Shimin and others all gasped.

They suddenly felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was a psychopath?
otherwise…

Why do you like to kill so much?
Harm court ladies, kill meritorious officials, and implicate the ten clans at every turn!

Let’s just talk about restoring the system of human martyrdom. Isn’t this going backwards in history?
These are all things that have disappeared many years ago.

It was gone long, long before they were in Tang Dynasty.

Such a system that violated Tianhe, Zhu Yuanzhang actually recovered?
Does he enjoy killing people?

Looking at his deeds just now, Li Shimin and others felt that this is really a great emperor with outstanding achievements and great talents.

But now...

They more or less think that Zhu Yuanzhang is a little mentally ill.

Such cruelty is almost comparable to that of King Zhou.

"They conspired against, embezzled, and endangered the people. How could we let them go!"

It seems to have noticed the unbelievable and even resisting eyes of the emperors.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes turned cold all of a sudden, and his tone was rather violent: "Their family members knew that they were corrupt and didn't stop them, but if they stopped them, how could they let those hateful corrupt officials harm the people? Shouldn't they be killed? "

"I'd rather kill a thousand by mistake than let a potential corrupt official go!"

"Senior emperors, do you think we did something wrong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's questioning made Li Shimin and other emperors fall into silence.

But Li Shimin quickly gave the answer!

"You did nothing wrong in killing corrupt officials, but you shouldn't expand your implicated targets and cause innocent people to be killed."

"You should know why there are so many corrupt officials. If the salary you give cannot meet their normal living expenses, then they can only corrupt!"

"Also, it doesn't matter if you implicate their families, it's justifiable."

"But it's too much to implicate the ten clans at every turn. There must be many innocent people here. This really shouldn't be something a wise king should do."

Li Shimin looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, calmly, and said word by word: "There is also the issue of the founding heroes. I think since you can command them to conquer the world, why should you guard against them, for fear that they will rebel?"

"Are they tired of living? To rebel against you? As an emperor, why worry about not being able to deter his generals?"

Zhao Kuangyin also interjected at this time, "Even if you are afraid that they will rebel if they are too powerful!"

"You can take away their military power and let them return to their hometowns, or keep them under your nose."

"There is really no need to kill them, and implicate so many people. This will not only make people in the court panic, everyone will be in danger, but it will also lead to the withering of talents and the crisis of the country!"

"They rebelled against you, and they fought all over the world for the sake of wealth and honor?"

Zhao Kuangyin sighed, "Then you can just give them this wealth, I think you have a good control over military power, don't say that the generals are left at home, even if you still have the power to train and manage the army, there is no chance of rebellion. "

obviously…

Li Shimin and Zhao Kuangyin have given Zhu Yuanzhang two different templates.

So what about the founding heroes!

Why are you afraid of their rebellion?

Especially Li Shimin was the most puzzled. Zhu Yuanzhang also conquered the world immediately. A military emperor with outstanding achievements, is he afraid that he will not be able to deter the generals under him?

He Li Shimin is also a military emperor who will conquer the world immediately.

Do you think he is afraid that his generals will rebel?
I'm not afraid at all!

Almost all the founding heroes started well and ended well.

Monarch and minister harmony/harmonious...

Moreover, the talent will not wither all at once.

The founding heroes also had successors, who continued to provide powerful generals for the Tang Dynasty.

I'm afraid they will rebel...

After the world is settled down, it is not enough to take away their power and let them enjoy wealth at home.

Whoever is full will rebel!

"Taizong Li Shimin, Emperor Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty, you are you, and you come from a noble group, so naturally you are not afraid of rebellion by your generals."

"But we are just an emperor from a peasant background, and we don't have as much background as you."

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "The best way to prevent them from rebelling is to kill them."

Hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said...

Li Shimin and Zhao Kuangyin were stunned for a long time.

(End of this chapter)