Why did Zhu Yuanzhang burn down the palace building? It really happened?
According to legend, after Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he was worried that his brother who fought alongside him would seize power, so he built the Qinggong Building. On the day of the completion of the Qinggong Building, he held a big banquet and invited all the civil and military heroes to come to the banquet to celebrate, but secretly sent people to bury a lot of gunpowder and dry wood downstairs, ready to take the opportunity to set fire to the building to avoid future troubles. Although it was done in secret, Liu Bowen caught on. He had a clever plan. At the banquet, Liu Bowen sat next to Zhu Yuanzhang and quietly put a corner of Zhu Yuanzhang's robe on the chair. When everyone was as drunk as a fiddler, Zhu Yuanzhang quietly left. Because of the influence of skirts, Liu Bowen immediately became alert and followed the emperor out of the door. Sure enough, after Zhu Yuanzhang went downstairs, the meritorious service building was shrouded in rolling fire. All the poor people who went to the party died in the fire.
Although historians have long confirmed that this story is purely fabricated by later storytellers, it makes Zhu Yuanzhang's story vivid. Anyway, this story depicts Zhu Yuanzhang's character, and everyone is willing to agree.
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On the hillside of Gulou Gang in Nanjing, there used to be a meritorious building. This was ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, after he ascended the throne.
When I heard about this heroic building, all the founding heroes who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight in the north and south were deeply moved and praised Mao's wisdom. Only the military strategist Liu Bowen was worried. When he came to the palace, he met Zhu Yuanzhang and pleaded, "Now that Wang Ye is a minister, I hope to resign and return to the field." Zhu Yuanzhang quickly said: "The military adviser has worked hard with me for half a lifetime, and now he is enjoying happiness. Why did he retire to Liu Bowen's body and say, "I'm tired of Korean politics and just want to live a leisurely old age. "Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly refused to retain, he took out a lot of gold and silver to Liu Bowen, personally sent out of the palace.
Liu Bowen left the palace and went to Xu Da Palace to say goodbye to him. When leaving, Liu Bowen held Xu Da's hand and said, "Brother Xu, I'm leaving. There is a saying that I hope you can firmly remember: on the day of the celebration of Hero House, you must follow the emperor and never leave. " Xu da didn't understand at the moment and wanted to ask. Liu Bowen said: "If you act according to this, you will know in the future."
The meritorious building has been completed. This building, located on the hillside of Gulougang, is wide and short, and looks very strong; The window is tall and small, so it looks safe. Zhu Yuanzhang chose a date and invited all the heroes to dinner. On this day, the sun has just set, and the hero building is full of music, lights and candles. The heroes at the party congratulated each other and each other. Very lively. Xu Da remembered Liu Bowen's parting words in his heart and couldn't bear to say hello to everyone. He looked up at the roof, carved beams and painted buildings, connected vertically and horizontally; Looking down at the ground, the square stone is latticed and smooth as a mirror. Suddenly, he put his ear close to the wall and knocked on the wall several times with his hand. He felt a bang and his face was washed as white as paper. At this time, I heard a loud cry: "The emperor is coming!" Hundreds of officials stood in silence and bowed. Zhu Yuanzhang swept into the hall, smiling, and came to the table, calling for forgiveness. Everyone straightened up in succession.
The banquet was full of passion. Xu Da usually drinks a lot, but he dare not drink more today, staring at Zhu Yuanzhang's every move. The wine was in a mood when Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stood up and walked to the door. Xu da hurriedly catch up. Zhu Yuanzhang found someone behind him. He looked back and saw that it was Xu Da. He asked, "Why did the Prime Minister go?" Xu Da said, "I'm here to protect you." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "No, please go back." Xu Da mourned him and said, "Does the emperor really leave no one?" Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly surprised and thought: What a clever guy! He saw through my secret. Seeing that the emperor was silent, Xu Da said, "If the emperor insists, I dare not disobey his orders. I sincerely hope that my wife, children and mother can take care of me in the future. " Say that finish, turn around and return. Zhu Yuanzhang quickly said, "Prime Minister, come with me."
They had just walked out of a few hundred steps when suddenly there was a loud noise, and the building was full of bricks and tiles, and the flames were blazing. Poor people all died in the fire. It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang set up this deadly trap to burn down the meritorious building in order to protect Zhu's surname forever.
Xu Da narrowly escaped from the Hero Building and returned home. He didn't want to eat all day, but he was afraid to go out. Before long, he was depressed and hurt his back. He is so thin that he is out of shape.
One day, two eunuchs brought a steamed male goose to Xu Dafu's house and said, "The emperor heard that the Prime Minister was in poor health and sent a messenger to express his condolences." Xu Da knew that the goose was a hair and hurt his back. If he eats that goose again, it won't kill him. This is the emperor's death. Thinking about it, two lines of tears welled up. They came forward to thank them and accepted the goose. Soon, he died with resentment.