Zhu Wenzheng is the son of Zhu Yuanzhang's brother, that is, his own nephew. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was a cruel emperor, he was very kind to his family. Zhu Wenzheng is his general and right-hand man. Zhu Wenzheng was placed under house arrest because Zhu Wenzheng wanted to take refuge in Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang's rival. The reason is that Zhu Wenzheng thinks that he has made great contributions, but he has received little in return. So Zhu Wenzheng was disgruntled, and when it came to light, Zhu Yuanzhang put him under house arrest.
Zhu Wenzheng is a talented person with bad conduct. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang gave his stronghold Yingtianfu, but Zhu Wenzheng feasted all day and didn't care about Yingtianfu's defense. Until Chen Youliang led the army to attack, Zhu Wenzheng defeated Chen Youliang with excellent military ability. However, due to various reasons, Zhu Yuanzhang's reward to Zhu Wenzheng was not generous, which led to the tragedy. In fact, a long time ago, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him where you wanted to sit. He said, why can't you achieve great things? Besides, I'm your relative, and others won't be convinced if you give me a big official. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and put this sentence in his heart, thinking that he was a man who did not covet wealth. But Zhu Wenzheng didn't make a great contribution at that time, or just said it politely.