Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was a vicious man. Even if officials made small mistakes, they would often be killed, even if there was a risk of genocide. Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang sometimes killed heroes in his family because of trivial matters. This is one of the most typical incidents. It happened to Xie, the wife of Xu Da, the first founding father of the country. Xie Shi was beaten to death by Zhu Yuanzhang for joking. The Xie family name is Xie Cuiying, the daughter of General Xie Zaixing. ?
Xie Zaixing had two daughters, Xie Cuiying and Xie Cuiou. The eldest daughter Xie Cuiying married Xu Da, and the younger daughter Xie Cuiying married Zhu Yuanzhang’s nephew. What's even more interesting is that the marriage between Xu Da and Xie Cuiying was the media event that Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to do. ?Since Xie Cuiying married Xu Da and fought with his father, she has repeatedly achieved success. Women don't let men.
What crime did this nobleman commit? During the peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da lived and died together. Xu Da was the first person to establish the Ming Dynasty. Xu Da's wife and Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, later Empress Ma, were sisters. Over the years, the two families had a harmonious relationship and had very close contacts. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da's wife came to the palace once, and the Mahou Lao Daily praised the royal style, which translated into words like "Your home is really big and the decoration is really luxurious."
Empress Ma didn’t react at all. After all, sisters who had been together for many years said that these families were normal. But when Zhu Yuanzhang found out about this, he thought that Xu Da's wife coveted the royal family, so he died to let Xu Da express his gratitude. These records are of course in historical opposition. There are two possibilities: First, the Qing Dynasty people deliberately discredited Zhu Yuanzhang and deliberately polished the story of Zhu Yuanzhang killing Xu Da's wife and killing Xu Da. It's also possible that something is happening, but in a more subtle way, so that less information leaks out and those who know can paint a more vivid picture. I don’t think Zhu Yuanzhang needs to be discredited at all. He killed so many people, and they were all meritorious ministers in his family. So I thought there should be a prototype, otherwise it wouldn't just appear out of nowhere.