The country has been decided, and Zhu Yuanzhang, like other emperors, is worried that his generals will be highly meritorious, and he has the intention to abandon Wu Congwen. His worries are not untargeted, because his country is not inherited by the previous monarch, but fought down with his generals, since he can sit, can't others sit down?

What made him think this kind of thing came from Xu Da's wife, Zhang.

Zhang's was originally the daughter of an ordinary farmer's family, and once Xu Da was injured on the battlefield and was rescued by Zhang's family, Xu Da married Zhang's family home to repay the grace of saving his life. Zhang's affection for Xu Da is also very affectionate, but she comes from a humble background, so she naturally knows the etiquette and laws like a woman raised in a deep boudoir, and she speaks with a big grin and no obstacle.

Later, Xu Da was forced to marry Xie Zaixing's youngest daughter Xie Cui'e, who was born rich and noble, and was carefully raised by her family since she was a child.

Zhang's was indignant, she and Xu Da were originally harmonious and beautiful, but Xie Cui'e destroyed her relationship with Xu Da as soon as she intervened. She was jealous that Xie Cui'e was more beautiful than herself, her temperament was better than herself, she lost her temper at home all day long, and even complained about Zhu Yuanzhang, who was married, and Ma Xiuying, who let Xu Da marry Xie Cui'e into the door, and she was dissatisfied with the two of them.

Ma Xiuying became the queen, and as usual, she had to entertain all the ladies in the harem, and Zhang, as Xu Da's wife, the Duchess of Wei Guo, was naturally arranged in the seat closest to the queen.

During the period, when Ma Xiuying and the ladies toasted to celebrate, she said, "We can have a good day today, it all depends on the battle of the princes and generals, and this glass of wine should be honored to them." ”

When the ladies heard Ma Xiuying say this, they hurriedly thanked them, and humbly said that without the emperor, there would be no current glory and wealth, and thanked the emperor for giving them and their husbands the glory.

Zhang watched coldly and said nothing, she felt that Xu Da's current status as a national prince deserved it. Xu Da fought everywhere for Zhu Yuanzhang, injured all the year round, and said that he was a brother who shared difficulties and blessings, but now he has become a minister and a king, if Zhu Yuanzhang really misses the old feelings, at least he should have named Xu Da a king with a different surname, but only a small prince was sealed.

Ma Xiuying saw that Zhang's didn't speak, but when she was silent, she had the intention to let her blend into everyone's atmosphere, and said with a smile: "This palace used to hear the emperor mention things when he was a child, and at that time he and Xin Guogong, Wei Guogong, Xingyang Hou and others had to experience hardships, no one would have thought that there would be today's creation, and Wei Guogong also had the same feelings, right?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang added officials to the civil and military officials, the Duke of Xinguo was Tang He, the Duke of Wei was Xu Da, and the Marquis of Xingyang was Zheng Yuchun, Zheng Yulin died in battle a long time ago, so Ma Xiuying did not mention him.

Zhang was caught off guard by Ma Xiuying, and unconsciously said what was in his mind, "Yes, in the past, they all went through hardships and dangers, and my husband contributed the most, but now how can my Xu family compare to your Zhu family." ”

When all the ladies present listened to Zhang's words, their faces were pale, and they couldn't believe how anyone could talk like this in front of Ma Xiuying, and several ladies who were close to Zhang's hurriedly moved to the side.

Is Zhang blatantly complaining that Zhu Yuanzhang has rewarded Xu Da less? Ma Xiuying was stunned, her smile froze on her face, and she was also a little unhappy in her heart, but it was just inconvenient.

The hall was silent for a moment, and the Zhang family didn't know that a catastrophe was coming, and it was still strange to see that everyone stopped talking.

Because of this incident, the ladies were restless, and the wine banquet ended hastily.

Ma Xiuying didn't have time to stop it, so the palace people reported the matter to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, a woman dared to say this in public, and I don't know how dissatisfied Xu Da was in his house, especially Xu Da had a heavy army, huge credit, and a great reputation, Zhu Yuanzhang had long been worried about him. Out of deterrence and warning to Xu Da, in the evening of the same day, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhang's death for the crime of "no words".

When Ma Xiuying learned that Zhu Yuanzhang had actually killed the Zhang family for this incident, she was shocked for a moment and casually killed the minister's wife. The depreciation and praise finally calmed down the suspicions of outsiders about Xu Da, the Duke of Wei.

At that time, Xu Da was still fighting outside, and when he returned to Beijing, he learned that his wife had been killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and when he understood the whole story, he hurriedly went to the palace to ask for guilt, saying that he "killed well", and even Zhang's memorial ceremony was not held, and he was quietly buried. However, I heard that he was still sick in bed for a few days because of this, and I don't know whether he was frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior or sad for his deceased wife.

After this incident, Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more reluctant to trust others, Xu Da is his most important confidant general, and his wife will be like this, what if someone also thinks that the reward is less and makes him rebel?

With such worries, Zhu Yuanzhang often wanted to take back the military power from those heroes who had experienced a hundred battles. It was only because the north had not yet been completely pacified, and there were still remnants of rebellion in the south, so it was inconvenient to withdraw troops for the time being, so we had to delay it all the time. However, he was always obsessed with his heart and had a lot of suspicion of military generals, so he decided to cultivate Ming Wenzhi.

This is great news for civil officials, Zhu Yuanzhang reuses civil officials, and they will have a bright future, although they despise those founding feats are not rude men, in fact, who does not envy the titles of other people's dukes in their hearts.

Just do what he says, Zhu Yuanzhang solicited talents everywhere, sent people to find high-ranking people, and he did not dislike even the officials who worked for the Yuan people, and was willing to use high-ranking officials to recruit them. Some former officials were moved, but others were indifferent.

Cai Ziying, the provincial governor of the Yuan Dynasty, fled to Dingxi with the expansion of Temur since the fall of the Yuan Dynasty. After the defeat and escape of the expanded Temur army, Cai Ziying went into exile. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard about his name, he ordered someone to draw his appearance and look for him in various places.

After Tang He found him, he sent him to the capital, and Zhu Yuanzhang personally untied the shackles for him, treated him with courtesy, and later gave him an official.

But he refused to accept it. One night, he was overwhelmed with grief and wept profusely.

The next person told Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked him why he was crying.

Cai Ziying bluntly said that he remembered the old master.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that it was difficult for him to change his mind, so he ordered someone to send him out of the fortress and let him continue to follow the master.

In addition to Cai Ziying, the provincial governor of the Yuan Dynasty, Bo Yanzizhong, was also an old minister who would rather die than obey. Boyan Zizhong once guarded Ganzhou, and after Chen Youliang broke through Ganzhou, Boyan Zizhong fled to Fujian. Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly solicited him, but he refused to come. Later, Shen Liben, the political envoy, found him and sent someone to hire him with a lot of money. He didn't want to serve Zhu Yuanzhang, and he actually drank and died.

In order to show his open-mindedness, Zhu Yuanzhang still asked people to bury him alive.

Although the process of recruiting wise men was not satisfactory, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to accommodate even the old ministers of the Yuan Dynasty, and his act of treating the ministers well still moved countless literati, and for a while scribes from all over the world came to take refuge and serve.