The first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, was originally from a peasant background and came from a poor family, and when he was fifteen years old, his family died one after another due to the plague, leaving only his second brother to live with him. Zhu Yuanzhang was homeless, so he went to the temple to become a monk to ensure his daily basic life. But the temple was soon dissolved, and Zhu Yuanzhang had to beg for his livelihood.
By chance, Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Red Turban Army at that time, was successfully appreciated by the general Guo Zixing, and then promoted step by step until he finally became an emperor. It can be said that his life is the most inspirational of all the emperors.
Zhu Yuanzhang was the eldest son
On the way, Zhu Yuanzhang met the general Guo Zixing, and Guo Zixing discovered his talents and gave him a huge advantage. Guo Zixing slowly promoted Zhu Yuanzhang from a small soldier to a general who commanded the whole army. He also appreciated Zhu Yuanzhang and married his adopted daughter Ma Shi to him. This made Zhu Yuanzhang regard Guo Zixing as a benefactor, and he was even more harmonious and respectful to his wife Ma Shi.
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he made his eldest son Zhu Biao crown prince. Zhu Biao was born to Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife Ma Shi. Because Zhu Yuanzhang always remembered the kindness of Guo Zixing and Ma Shi, and because all dynasties and generations had the rule of making the eldest son a virtuous, Zhu Biao became the crown prince.
After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he became more suspicious, he thought that he could finally become an emperor without status before, so the founding generals who fought with him everywhere must also have the ambition to become emperors. So he found all kinds of reasons to kill all the founding generals one by one. Other officials of the Ming Dynasty were trembling every day, afraid that they would provoke Zhu Yuanzhang to be killed.
And Zhu Biao's personality is gentle and kind, and he is also very friendly, which is exactly the opposite of Zhu Yuanzhang. Some ministers of the Ming Dynasty hoped that Zhu Biao would inherit the unification as soon as possible, so that his life would be guaranteed. Therefore, in the imperial court, most of the ministers were very partial to Zhu Biao, and they were all veritable princelings.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a young grandson, and Zhu Di was dissatisfied
Among Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, only the fourth son, Zhu Di, and Zhu Yuanzhang had the most similar personalities, and the level of conquest was also quite high. He inherited Zhu Yuanzhang's ambitions and also vainly wanted to sit on the throne. However, I had no choice but to have the rule of making the eldest son a virtuous, so I couldn't do anything about it. It was not until 1392 that Zhu Biao fell ill and died, which rekindled his long-dashed hopes.
At the same time, Zhu Di was not the only one coveting the throne. Zhu Di's other two brothers were also imperative to the throne. And their strength in the DPRK was also comparable to Zhu Di's strength. When the successor princes, who were originally eyeing the throne, were all rubbing their fists and preparing to show their skills, Zhu Yuanzhang's move completely aroused their anger.
After Zhu Biao's death, when Zhu Yuanzhang was sad, his grandson Zhu Yunjiao often came to visit. Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Biao's shadow in Zhu Yunjiao, so he loved Zhu Yunjiao even more. Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to prevent other princes from competing for the throne and established Zhu Biao. After Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang, because he loved Zhu Yunjiao and did not want to break the previous rules, he made Zhu Biao's son the crown prince.
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang established Zhu Yunjiao as the emperor's grandson, the hearts of Zhu Di and other brothers became more and more unbalanced. In addition, in order to ensure that his sons did not harm his grandsons, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Di and others to the frontier separately to guard the town and defend the land, and without orders, they could not return to Beijing, and even Zhu Yuanzhang made a holy decree before his death, saying that after his death, Zhu Di did not have to return to Beijing to mourn. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang is full of desire to protect his grandson. It is no wonder that he is jealous of Zhu Di.
Zhu Di rebelled and ascended the throne
After Zhu Yuanzhang made Zhu Yunjiao crown prince, Zhu Yuanzhang's second and third sons also died one after another, and Zhu Di lost his two biggest competitors and thought he could win. However, Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly warned Zhu Di not to covet imperial power anymore, and also sent him to a far away land. Psychologically unbalanced, Zhu Di secretly gathered his men and horses, hoping to one day regain the position that should have belonged to him.
After Zhu Yunzhuo succeeded to the throne, he wanted to expand his own strength, but at that time, the forces in various regions were slowly rising, and if they were allowed to become stronger, they would form the same situation as the previous sub-feudal system, so Zhu Yunjiao slowly weakened the power of the feudal towns in various places.
Zhu Di saw that Zhu Yunjiao had already attacked Him, and thought that it would not be long before he would be destroyed by him, so he decided to preemptively attack and mutiny one step at a time, and slowly attacked Nanjing at that time. In the end, he successfully raised an army and ascended to the throne himself. In the palace, Zhu Di saw a zhu Yunjiao's handwriting, which said that Zhu Di was helpless to rebel, and hoped that his soldiers would not hurt him with sword weapons to ensure his safety.
When Zhu Di saw this holy will, he immediately wept bitterly, he had such a good nephew, but he killed him. And this is all blamed on Zhu Yuanzhang's disregard for him and his love for Zhu Yunjiao during his lifetime. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's eccentricity really harmed Zhu Di and Zhu Yunjiao.