Hu Weiyong
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Ming dynasty official (d. 1380)
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Hu Weiyong (Chinese: 胡惟庸; pinyin: Hú Wéiyōng; Wade–Giles: Hu Wei-yung; died 1380) was a Chinese politician and the first chancellor of the Ming dynasty, from 1373 to 1380. Hu was a main member of Huaixi meritorious group. He was well known as the central character of the case which named after himself and caused about thirty thousand deaths. Besides, his biography topped the Biographies of the Treacherous Courtiers, History of Ming. He was later accused of attempting to rebel and was thus executed by emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
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