Aquamarine and Hu are fellow villagers in Dingyuan County, Anhui Province. At the same time, he is the brother-in-law of the founding star Chang Yuchun, and has been under his account since his early years. According to "Biography of Aquamarine in Ming Dynasty", in Chang Yuchun's army, Aquamarine was "fearless in times of crisis and attacked from all sides", while Chang Yuchun was "shady". He boasted that Zhu Yuanzhang was his brother-in-law every chance he got. He is a brave employee. From Zhen Fu and Guan Jun to Dadukou, the content of aquamarine is also rising. Unfortunately, Chang Yuchun died as early as the second year of Ming Hongwu. In the following years, Aquamarine began to work hard with her own skills: Hongwu for four years, followed the famous Fu Youde to conquer Mianzhou; Five years later, Wu went to the Northern Expedition with Xu Da, and went to the North Yuan with two grams. Since then, aquamarine has been an important general active in the military front in the early Ming Dynasty, and has repeatedly made meritorious military service. In the twelfth year of Wu, he was awarded the title of Yongchang Hou for his meritorious service in the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the Western Fan Dynasty. He ate 2500 stones and got a "world ticket"; In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, in order to pacify Yunnan, she was given 500 stones and her daughter was named Princess Shu.
Aquamarine is indeed a rare military talent, because it "has a long face, is a little brave, and has the talent of a general." However, with the continuous improvement of his position in the army, he became more and more arrogant. In the twenty years of Wu Hong, the Ming Dynasty launched the Battle of Jinshan, which annihilated and harassed the forces of Liaodong and Beiyuan and unified the whole country. As Lu Zuo's deputy, Aquamarine went out with General Sheng Feng. The sea has made great contributions in this battle. He led his troops to attack Yuan Daying in the heavy snow, and captured and killed Ping in the north of Yuan. North Taiwei Naha gave up resistance and Aquamarine was ordered to take over. At the surrender ceremony, aquamarine drank wine, and Naha drank it in one breath; When it was Naha's turn to pay for the drinks, Aquamarine "stripped naked" and insisted that the handsome enemy who had just surrendered put on his clothes in full view, otherwise he refused to accept the drinks. This is a great shame for Meng Naha, so "Naha refused to take the jade and refused to drink it", and the two sides "played for a long time". Hannah became angry from embarrassment and "poured the wine on the ground", and the aquamarine people cut it. At this time, Naha walked out of the Songhua River where his army was stationed. He heard the news and retired, almost facing the Ming army again. After many caresses, 200,000 troops finally surrendered.
In the battle of Jinshan, it is common for the Ming army to be arrogant and extravagant. It is recorded that "Song Guogong and the general were in the army, and many lines did not follow the law." Zhu Yuanzhang also sent messengers to admonish generals such as Lan Yu, accusing them of "failing to appease the system and release the shackles" and "spreading Hu Zhong's evil words". The aquamarine incident at the surrender ceremony should also be regarded as one of the above events, with a bad influence. After the victory of the Battle of Jinshan, it is said that Shengfeng secretly hid the captured horses, asked Naha's wife for jewels, and forced her to marry a noble woman in Beiyuan, which made the captured soldiers in Beiyuan lose their attachment. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard about this, he flew into a rage and took the seal of General Shengfeng. All the soldiers who participated in the Northern Expedition were penniless. Incredibly, however, aquamarine, which also caused great disasters, was not investigated, but was also ordered to be the "general officer" of Shengfeng; Soon, aquamarine was officially awarded the title of general and was promoted to commander-in-chief of the whole army.
Facts have proved that Hai's performance is even better than that of his predecessor, Sheng Feng. In March of the 21st year at the end of Yuan Dynasty, Timur, the grandson of Emperor Tuoba, won the heir of Timur, an ancient temple, and became the monarch of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, often harassing the fortress. Zhu Yuanzhang's sea was ordered to lead an army of 6,543,800+500,000 to go fishing. Encouraged by the vanguard, the Ming army once again made a surprise attack and killed Qiu and others. The owner of Beiyuan fled with Gustimo, Prince Tianbao Nu and dozens of riders. Aquamarine cleverly caught up and captured the second daughter, the princess and more than 65,438+000 people under the princess. In addition, more than 70,000 people, including horses and Pingyin below the royal family, and more than 6,543,805 horses, camels, cattle and sheep with precious seals, symbols and gold and silver seals were seized, and a large number of enemy materials such as "combat accumulation" were burned. Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang was "overjoyed" and immediately "full of praise", comparing him to Wei Qing, the Han general who fought against the Huns, and Li Jing, the Tang general who broke the Turks. However, it was later reported that Aquamarine was detained in Xifeng Pass on the night of collecting taxes in the north, and customs officials failed to open the door for his troops in time, so Aquamarine "entered the customs with soldiers who destroyed the customs". Zhu Yuanzhang "don't want to listen." Later, it was reported that aquamarine secretly raped the captured Princess Kitahara, causing her to hang herself in shame. Zhu Yuanzhang "cut off the guilt" and "carved too much" for this reason, and once carved his guilt on the iron ticket to avoid death. Originally, in order to reward him for his successful return to Korea, I wanted to name him Liang Guogong, but because of his mistake, he was changed to "Liang Guogong".
Aquamarine led the army to conquer several times and made outstanding achievements, but because of complacency, it became more and more out of control. He "saved more Zhuang Nu and fakes" and ran roughshod over everywhere. The empire asked him to seize the people's land. In a rage, he drove the examiner sent by the court to investigate the case out of his residence. After the Northern Expedition, the iron coupons were engraved, but Aquamarine was still arrogant, sometimes swearing in front of officials. He has no scruples in the army. He promoted and appointed school officials without authorization, and "studied by himself", but he did not change after many twists and turns. Zhu Yuanzhang specially added an official to show his goodwill. Taishigong, Taifu and Taibao, who assisted the prince in the Ming Dynasty, were all first-class, second only to the son of heaven. As a rising star in Ran Ran, Aquamarine was honored to receive this official gift in the later period of Hongwu. She dared not compare with Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others in the early Ming Dynasty, but she was ashamed of being ranked below Song Ying and complained, "Being a teacher is unbearable!" Just as Zhu Yuanzhang changed the word "beam" to "beam" when he appointed an official position, Aquamarine never listened to anything and felt "cold", which made him "unhappy" and his heart more uneven.
According to legend, in February of the 26th year of Hongwu, Wei Jinyi ordered Jiang Sui to accuse Aquamarine of rebellion and arrest him. After trial, it is considered that Lan Yu, Hou Jingchuan, Hou Heqing, De, He Borong of Dongguan, Zhan Hui, an upright official, Fu Youwen, an assistant minister, etc. "Made a change" and made preparations. After the case was finalized, Aquamarine was punished by the clan. "Countless people in the Party were wiped out." Zhu Yuanzhang also personally wrote to the world, announcing that within half a year, there will be "fifteen thousand clansmen". At this point, the case was settled. "The old-timers in Yuan Gong have done their best." According to Zhao Yi's Records of Shi Ming Shi Mao, after Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he "killed all the people in the world, and his cruelty was unprecedented in previous dynasties." This theory is quite absolute. After all, there were many heroes in the early Ming Dynasty, such as Xu Da, the first hero, and other kings in the early Ming Dynasty, such as Li Wenzhong, Deng Yu, Tanghe and Mu Ying, which were always loved by Zhu Yuanzhang. By comparison, it is not difficult to find that among all the so-called self-conservative means of officialdom, the most reliable one is to live on one's own ability and virtue.