Qu Hong, who was dressed as a woman, stepped forward, first saluted slightly to everyone, and then said, "Little girl Qu Hong, I have seen all the heroes." Fu Jun is the Marquis's Mansion, Guo Ying. ”

It turned out that after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he began to think about the reasons for the failure of the Yuan Dynasty and came to an important conclusion. That is, the force of the Yuan Dynasty was the first in the world, but it failed so quickly because the imperial court had no power. The power is in the hands of the local government, which leads to great chaos in the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang decided to do the opposite, concentrating local power to the central government. In 1376 AD, the eighth year of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang completed the reform of the local political system, and four years later carried out the reform of the central political system, taking the local and central power into his own hands to prevent the power from falling. In terms of law, the country is governed by fierceness, the punishment is heavy, and the wrist is steady, accurate, and ruthless, which is comparable to the harsh punishment and strict law of Qin Shi Huang, so as to scare officials and people from committing crimes.

Think about how harmonious the monarch was back then!

In 1370 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded meritorious deeds and named six people as dukes - Li Shanchang, Duke of Korea, Xu Da, Duke of Wei, Chang Mao, Duke Li Wenzhong, Duke Li Wenzhong, Duke Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, and Deng Yu, Duke of Wei. They are the outstanding leaders of the country and the army, the essence of the elite, the warriors of the heroes!

Twenty-eight generals were named marquises: Tang He, Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng, Zhou Dexing, Hua Yun, Gu Shi, Geng Bingwen, Chen De, Wang Zhi, Zheng Yuchun, Fei Ju, Wu Liang, Wu Zhen, Zhao Yong, Liao Yongzhong, Yu Tongyuan, Hua Gao, Yang Jing, Kang Maocai, Zhu Liangzu, Fu Youde, Hu Mei, Han Zheng, Huang Bin, Cao Liangchen, Mei Sizu, Lu Ju, Guo Zixing, etc. Among the five titles of Duke and Marquis, Duke and Marquis are the highest two levels, and their status is very respectful.

Lu You wrote in his poem: "Back then, thousands of miles were looking for the marquis, and a horse was in Liangzhou."

And these people are much luckier than Lu You, they will be crowned princes and marquises, and they will always be able to glorify their ancestors and go down in history. It was also their birth and death, the crusade to the east and the west, that they were exchanged for Zhu Yuanzhang's great future.

Zhu Yuanzhang treated them well, gave high-ranking officials generous gifts, and gave them a lot of land, which was worthy of them.

Li Shanchang, the Duke of Korea, was the prime minister of Zhongshu Province and the left, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, was the right prime minister, and Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao, was the governor of the army.

These thirty-four men had a total of nearly 40,000 tenant farmers, and they were supported by an average of 1,123 tenant farmers.

Zhu Yuanzhang also climbed relatives with them, took Guo Ying's sister as his concubine Ning, married the daughters of Feng Sheng, Lan Yu, and Xu Da to the prince, and married the princess to the sons of Li Shanchang, Fu Youde, Hu Hai, Zhang Long and others.

These military aristocrats enjoyed great military achievements and high social privileges. Zhu Yuanzhang also awarded them a sacred artifact - an iron coupon. With iron coupons, people are like cats, as if they have nine lives, and they can be reincarnated after dying once. If you or your descendants commit a crime, you can be spared death several times.

Most of these heroes are Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow villagers in Anhui. Therefore, the "Hui officials" seized the military and political power of the whole country, formed the Huaixi clique, and overthrew other political blocs. At that time, the poet Pei Qiong saw most of the dignitaries and nobles in his eyes were from Anhui.

"The soldiers of the two rivers are full of red scarves, how can there be a peach source to avoid Qin. Immediately short-clothed and multi-chuke, high-haired and half-Huai people in the city. ”

However, the iron coupon is not a miracle medicine that resurrects people again and again, but a quick death iron card that lures heroes to speed up their mistakes and commit suicide. Relying on iron coupons, many people quickly corrupted and deteriorated. Murder and injury, bullying, land occupation, tax evasion, ** women, eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, corruption and bribery, and even making knives and guns, wearing dragon robes. It's just that they ignore a common sense: accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and the high merit shocks the master. The hero is too strong, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang feel afraid, and he is worried in his dreams that his subordinates will rebel and the country will not be protected, and future generations will be prisoners of others.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, these heroes posed a serious threat to the long-term stability of the dynasty, so they should be ruthlessly purged. In particular, those who pose a threat to their children and grandchildren must be eliminated as soon as possible. Only by killing can he and his heir control the army and not lose the throne.

Zhu Yuanzhang's charges against the heroes are also very patterned, rebellion and conspiracy. As long as he wants to kill someone, someone will definitely stand up and expose him for rebellion. Because there is no crime more vicious and convenient than these two charges, and one is accurate. Whoever dares to make him unhappy, who dares to take a step beyond Lei Chi, is tantamount to looking for death. As soon as he kills, he is a family, and some of the killing methods are very cruel.

The anti-rebellion movement came one after another, Zhu Yuanzhang successively purged the Hu Party, dealt with the empty seal case, the Guo Huan case, arrested the officials who harmed the people, and killed nearly 100,000 officials in several major cases, trying to use the blood of others to extinguish the anger in his heart.

Deqing Marquis Liao Yongzhong's death-free iron coupon was the first to become a blank check. He was instrumental in many battles, especially in the Battle of Poyang Lake. He also drowned King Xiao Ming and swept away the obstacles to Zhu Yuanzhang's claim to be emperor. In 1375, Zhu Yuanzhang killed him on the grounds that he was wearing clothes embroidered with dragon and phoenix motifs. Wearing the emperor's clothes is overstepping, which is equivalent to having the ambition to usurp the country and seize power.

Because he is Zhu Yuanzhang's henchman, let him go. Therefore, only Guo Ying can die a good death.

When she had said this, she continued: "One day, ten years ago, my husband came back in a hurry, looking nervous, and I went up to ask why. ”

I saw that Guo Ying's eyes were red, and he shouted faint.

"He Zhu Yuanzhang is really crazy, really crazy, when he fought the world, if it wasn't for the people in the rivers and lakes who swore to fight, how could he Zhu Yuanzhang's current status. It's good now, it's good now, after killing my loyalty, I started the idea of the Jianghu sect again, if the people in the rivers and lakes really want to rebel, then the Ming Dynasty will destroy the country, he is crazy, he is crazy!"

At that time, Qu Hong saw Guo Ying sleepless all night in the study, and he was full of white hair during the day.

"Go, go and call me the four great families, go quickly!"

In the door, Guo Ying was angry, but no one knew what was going on!

Half a month later, the next person came with bad news, hearing that the four major families and nine clans were wiped out, and the person sent by Guo Ying to report also died under the horse, and his head was gone.

Guo Ying was furious when she learned about it, and exclaimed: "Okay, good, good you border city style, good ah, good you border city style, sure enough, the means are extraordinary." I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it. ”

"Husband, what happened, why are you like this?"

Qu Hong didn't know why at the time, but he was deeply trusted by Guo Ying in the Guo Mansion.

Guo Ying's eyes were red, he couldn't stand on his knees, asked Qu Hong to open the doors and windows, looked out the window, and muttered: "The emperor ordered to collect the martial arts of various rivers and lakes and write "Wuding Ji", as soon as this book comes out, presumably the qi of this Ming Dynasty should also be exhausted!"

(To be continued)