Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, to be beheaded. Feng Sheng asked, "We have no power in our hands, and there are no children under his knees. Why did the emperor give Wei Chen a death?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The crown prince is dead, and I am old. Don't worry about you."
It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, as the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was born from the grassroots, and a group of brothers followed him to conquer the world of Ming Dynasty, but he did not end well in his old age.
Some people say that Zhu Yuanzhang is ruthless, and some people say that the emperor is ruthless, but most people think that Zhu Yuanzhang did this because he, as an emperor, was too afraid of his brothers holding heavy troops and worried that they would take the opportunity to rebel.
Especially after the death of his most esteemed prince Zhu Biao and his lifelong love, Queen Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicious and sensitive character was fully revealed. There is also more fear for the ministers of the DPRK and China.
The other sons were unbearable, and in order to pave the way for his grandson Zhu Yunwen to ascend to the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang successively killed several old ministers with heavy soldiers in his later years, Feng Sheng was one of them.
To say this Feng Sheng, his actions actually aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction. Although this person is brave and good at fighting, he is sometimes quite complacent. Although he has made countless contributions, he has also caused a lot of troubles because of his arrogance.
Feng Sheng was not outstanding at first, but he gradually revealed himself under the leadership of his elder brother. After the death of his elder brother, he gradually grew up in the army and made great military exploits. After Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty, he was named Duke of Song. Several civil servants and generals became the elders of the dynasty together.
However, although he is brave, he has a fatal flaw. It is easy to win a battle, and the enemy takes advantage of it and ends up in a disastrous defeat. At the beginning, Xu Da was sent to Gaoyou with the intention of occupying this place, but he was repeatedly defeated in many battles with Zhang Shicheng.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang changed the candidates and sent Feng Sheng to Gaoyou to deal with Zhang Shicheng. Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that Zhang Shicheng was very difficult to deal with, so he urged Feng Shengwan not to take it lightly and deal with it carefully.
However, Feng Sheng thought that Xu Da's inability to win Gaoyou was just due to his incompetence. When he saw Zhang Shicheng welcoming him into the city with a smile and expressing his willingness to surrender, he couldn't help but start to get carried away, thinking that Zhang Shicheng was just afraid and there was nothing difficult to deal with. .
So he entered the city calmly, and sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that he was confident that he could capture Gaoyou without spending a single soldier or soldier.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the news, he had a hunch that something bad was going on. He knew that Feng Sheng's temperament would definitely suffer a big loss from Zhang Shicheng.
As expected, the army led by Feng Sheng fell into the trap set by Zhang Shicheng as soon as they entered the city, and the army suffered a disastrous defeat.
Feng Sheng managed to escape, but Zhu Yuanzhang scolded him angrily when he heard about it, thinking that Feng Sheng was a total pig-brained idiot!
But with Feng Sheng's character, he never wanted to suffer this loss, and he vowed to be ashamed. So he carefully formulated a strategy and began to siege the city all night long, and then sent news to Xu Da asking him to come for reinforcements. Together, the two finally took Gaoyou.
Although the credit for this matter is huge, Zhu Yuanzhang was annoyed at Feng Sheng's previous mentality of underestimating the enemy.
Feng Sheng did not complain too much about this, but he did not restrain his actions after that, and was still reckless and reckless.
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of his straightforward character and repeated military exploits. The many wrongs he committed, such as disobeying orders and leaving without permission, or seizing a wife, were just punishments and didn't care too much, but Feng Sheng did it. The last thing he should have done touched Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line and made Zhu Yuanzhang kill him.
Feng Sheng has a daughter and is married to one of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons as his wife. But when Zhu Biao died, the crown prince became vacant, and Zhu Yuanzhang's sons were obviously eager to move.
Zhu Yuanzhang was already dissatisfied with the other sons, and their behavior at this time undoubtedly made Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, even more disgusted. However, Feng Sheng accidentally hit the muzzle of the gun.
After Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was immersed in grief, but received a secret report that his son secretly met his old husband, Zhu Yuanzhang's good brother Feng Sheng. In the eyes of the sensitive and suspicious Zhu Yuanzhang, this is obviously suspected of usurping the throne and treason.
First, when Zhu Biao died, his son wanted to fill the vacancy; second, Feng Sheng held a heavy army and had a relationship with his son Yue-in-law. If the two joined forces, wouldn't the throne be subverted in an instant.
In his life, Zhu Yuanzhang also hated forming a party for selfishness, but his son he valued most died young, and there was no successor to the throne.
Zhu Yuanzhang must have murderous intentions towards Feng Sheng. If his son colluded with his father-in-law, there would be a hidden danger of foreign relatives interfering in politics, or it might be usurping power and conspiring against him.
In order not to fall into the hands of others, Zhu Yuanzhang must ensure that the throne will be passed on to his grandson Zhu Yunwen in order to be at ease.
In order to stabilize the regime, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to kill the killer, gave Feng Sheng poisonous wine, and executed him together with his daughter to eliminate future troubles forever.
