Chapter 709 - 201 Mianshui Shocked, Chen 94 Still Knows Peng Yingyu!_4
Since then, he was despised by those of that time, leading many to abandon Chen Youliang and defect to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Among the most famous was Fu Youde.
Chen Jie reflected on the historical records, which merely noted that first, Ni Wenjun rebelled against Xu Shouhui, but Xu Shouhui found out and Ni Wenjun fled to Chen Youliang for refuge. However, not long after, Chen Youliang killed Ni Wenjun and took his head to Xu Shouhui.
Xu Shouhui was overjoyed and rewarded Chen Youliang, appointing him as the Minister. Yet, soon after, Chen Youliang usurped the power.
Finally, Chen Youliang, braving immense disapproval, executed Xu Shouhui!
He became a widely despised regicide of the time.
In future evaluations, it was noted that Chen Youliang’s political maneuvers were immature, the usurping was one thing but killing Xu Shouhui was unnecessary. This act drove away Xu Shouhui’s top generals, such as Fu Youde and Ding Pulong.
Chen Jie also felt that Chen Youliang was indeed overly ruthless. He aimed to become the Emperor; having defeated Xu Shouhui, he could have simply incarcerated him and then, after some time, poisoned him or used some other means to quietly eliminate him.
There was no need for such drastic measures as killing Xu Shouhui, heaping upon himself the infamy of regicide, a stigma lasting for thousands of years.
As Chen Jie thought this, Monk Peng belched and said, "Brother Jiu Si, you haven’t read the letter from Brother Ni yet. Have a read, then we can talk."