Hu Weiyong (; died 1380) was a Chinese politician and the last

chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

of the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

, from 1373 to 1380. Hu was a main member of Huaixi meritorious group. He was later accused of attempting to rebel and was thus executed by the

Hongwu Emperor The Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang (), courtesy name Guorui (), was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1368 to 1398. As famine, plagues and peasant revolts i ...

. More than 30,000 people were implicated in the case and executed as part of the

Four Major Cases of the early Ming dynasty The Four Major Cases of the early Ming dynasty ( / ) refer to the following mass executions and persecutions perpetrated by Zhu Yuanzhang at the start of the Ming dynasty: * Hu Weiyong case (): resulted in the executions and deaths of Hu Weiyon ...

. Together with the other members of his clique, their offences were compiled a book tilted ''Zhaoshi Jiandang Lu'' (;''The Record to Proclaim the Treacherous Clique''), at the behest of the emperor.''History of Ming
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' Besides, his biography topped the ''Biographies of the Treacherous Courtiers'', ''History of Ming''.

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