Hu Weiyong Case

Timeline

1. 1380Yingtian Prefecture (Nanjing) · Yingtian PrefectureIn the thirteenth year of Hongwu, imperial guard officer Yun Qi denounced Hu Weiyong for plotting treason. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the arrest of Left Chancellor Hu Weiyong, who was executed on charges of perverting the law and slandering the worthy, and Imperial Censor Chen Ning and Vice Censor Tu Jie were also executed. The case shocked the court and the realm.
2. 1380Ming dynasty territory · ChinaAfter Hu Weiyong's death, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately abolished the Secretariat, dismissed the chancellorship, and pursued the Hu Party to the fullest. Over the following decade the case continued to expand; in the twenty-third year of Hongwu, the 'Record of Exposing Treacherous Party Members' was used to execute Duke of Han Li Shanchang and other founding merit subjects, with over 30,000 people implicated in total.