Xu Da was the first general of the Ming Dynasty, and in the process of Zhu Yuanzhang's establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da commanded troops to conquer the world, made great merits, and was named "Duke of Wei".
Xu Da is burly and has an extraordinary temperament, he has been a horse warrior all his life, good at managing the army, and, cautious, he is a rare handsome talent.
Zhu Yuanzhang relied heavily on Xu Da and praised him as the "Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles".
Xu Da had four sons, the eldest son Xu Huizu, the second son Xu Yingxu, the third son Xu Tianfu, and the fourth son Xu Zengshou.
So, how did Xu Da's four sons die? How did they end?
Xu Da's eldest son, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, recorded in the history books, Xu Huizu is dignified, talented, a handsome man, quite like his father.
At the time of Zhu Di's "Battle of Jingjian", Xu Huizu was a staunch supporter of Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiang, Xu Huizu was loyal, he led his army to resist Zhu Di's army, and successfully blocked the Yan army many times, and later, the straw bale general Li Jinglong opened the Jinchuan Gate, causing Zhu Di's army to rush in and enter the Beijing division Nanjing.
After Zhu Di entered Nanjing, Xu Huizu saw that the general trend had passed, and his heart was like death, and he sat in the ancestral temple of his father Xu Da without saying a word. Zhu Di learned that he ordered Xu Huizu to be sent to personally question, but in the face of Zhu Di, Xu Huizu still did not say a word, and he resolutely did not support Zhu Di.
Zhu Di was furious and wanted to kill Xu Huizu, but because his father's merits were too great, and his wife was Xu Huizu's sister, he was afraid that his wife would be sad, so Zhu Di ordered Xu Huizu to be imprisoned.
In the fifth year of Yongle (1407), Xu Huizu died of depression at the age of more than forty.
Xu Da's second son, Xu Yingxu, whose life is unknown and has little historical information, served as Shangbao's secretary, and later rose to the rank of governor of the Chinese army, hereditary commander. He died in the fourteenth year of Yongle (1416).
Xu Da's third son, Xu Tianfu, died early.
Xu Da's youngest son, Xu Zengshou, in his early years, Zhu Yuanzhang selected him as Xunwei's sword attendant, and the official was the left governor of the right military capital.
When Zhu Di launched the "Battle of Jingjian", Xu Zengshou and his eldest brother Xu Huizu took opposite positions.
Xu Zengshou admired his brother-in-law Zhu Di very much, he actively served Zhu Di, and secretly reported the news, and repeatedly secretly informed Zhu Di that Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunjiang's deployment in the capital became an "undercover" that Zhu Di installed beside Emperor Jianwen in the capital, and soon, Xu Zengshou's abnormal behavior was discovered by Zhu Yunjiang.
After Zhu Di led his army across the Yangtze River, Zhu Yunjiao questioned Xu Zengshou in person, but he could not answer, Zhu Yunjiang was furious, took the sword with his own hands, and killed Xu Zengshou on the spot, blood splattered on the spot.
In addition to his four sons, Xu Da also has four daughters.
Xu Da's eldest daughter married Zhu Di, and after Zhu Di's success in the "Battle of Jingjian", he declared her emperor and made her empress.
Xu Da's second daughter, married to Zhu Gui, the acting king, was the acting princess.
Xu Da's third daughter, said to be called Xu Miaojin, is very beautiful, and, quite talented, Zhu Di likes her very much and wants to take her as a concubine, but Xu Miaojin does not like Zhu Di, she is also very spineless, directly rejected Zhu Di, and later became a nun.
Xu Miaojin looked down on Zhu Di, the emperor, and directly ignored it, it was really a husband in a woman.
Xu Da's youngest daughter, married to Zhu Ying, the king of An, is the princess of An.
Reference: History of Ming