Is Zhu Yuanzhang vicious? Actually implicated ten families in Fang Xiaoru.

No , you 're going the wrong way. Fang Xiaoru was killed by the Ming Emperor Judy.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of Ming Dynasty, was located in his eldest grandson, Emperor Jianwen. Fang Xiaoru was attached great importance by Zhu Yuanzhang, who assisted Jianwen Emperor. Judy, the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the prince of Yan, attacked Nanking in the name of "Jun Qing side" for the throne. After Judy, the prince of Yan, won, she called Ming Di Chengzu. Fang Xiaoru did not surrender to Judy and was killed by Judy.

Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, was really cruel. But it can't be said that Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor with shameless behavior. In the feudal era, you can see that all the founding emperors were not heartless and "shameless" and could not achieve great things. Liu Bang, Li Shimin and his son, Zhao Kuangyin, etc. Have used extreme means.

Zhu Yuanzhang's cruelty was mainly to officials, but not to civilians.