Zhu Di's rebellion was a mutiny that had been brewing for a long time, the main reason was that Zhu Di disobeyed Zhu Yunjiao, and the fuse was Zhu Yunjiao's cutting of the domain. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang restored the practice of the Han Dynasty's Dafeng Prince, and in history, there was only one Han Gaozu Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang with such a humble origin, so Zhu Yuanzhang often followed Liu Bang's example, and also learned from Liu Bang in the matter of dafeng domain.
However, he did not carefully consider why the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms occurred in the Han Dynasty, and why the Rebellion of the Eight Kings occurred in the later Western Jin Dynasty. At that time, a person reminded Zhu Yuanzhang that if the king of the great feudal domain could not be destroyed in a few generations, there would inevitably be serious civil unrest, and Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not listen to him, but also sent this person to prison.
However, the development of the facts did not go as expected by this person, and Zhu Yuanzhang successively enfeoffed 24 sons and 1 grandson as the king of the domain, stationed in various places. The ability and quality of the first generation of clan kings were relatively high, and many of them were taught by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, or educated by famous teachers, and these people were still capable of taking up their duties after becoming the king of the clan. This was good news for Zhu Yuanzhang, indicating that his decision was correct, so he strengthened his determination to be crowned king.
Zhu Yuanzhang himself attached great importance to his eldest son Zhu Biao, invited famous teachers to educate, and taught Zhu Biao the experience of governing the country, which made Zhu Biao grow rapidly, but unfortunately, Zhu Biao died of illness before Zhu Yuanzhang. At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's plan to pass the throne was frustrated.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad, he still had to continue to re-establish the reserve, and finally determined Zhu Yunjiao, the eldest son of Zhu Biao, which was a very heavy blow to Zhu Di, and he originally thought that Zhu Biao was dead, and he had hope, but he did not expect such a situation to occur.
In order to prevent the courtiers from gaining power, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the king of the clan could question the central government's arrest of the traitorous subjects, and when necessary, he could follow the Tianzi's "secret edict" to calm the difficulties, and at the same time, in order to prevent the king of the clan from rebelling, he also allowed the future emperors to cut the clan. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's kings were the most powerful among the kings of Qin, Jin and Yan.
After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he immediately began to cut down the domain, deposing or killing the Kings of Zhou, Daiwang, Qi, and Xiang, and also transferred the elite cavalry of Zhu Di, the King of Yan, to prepare to attack Zhu Di. Zhu Di listened to Yao Guangxiao's advice and killed the officials sent by Zhu Yunjiao to arrest Zhu Di, and rebelled in the name of "Qing Jun's side, Jing Nei Difficulty".
At this time, differentiation began within the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunzhuo and Zhu Di were two opposing factions, and the other kings, especially the powerful factions among them, were the objects of both sides, but these clan kings also knew that this incident was caused by cutting the clan, and if they supported Emperor Jianwen and suppressed Zhu Di, then they would not have good results, so there were two who openly supported Emperor Jianwen - the Liao King and the Gu King.
There were more people who secretly supported Zhu Di, and those deposed kings—the King of Zhou, the King of Dai, the King of Qi, and the King of Min—all supported Zhu Di.
Zhu Di knew that King Ning had an elite cavalry under him, Duoyan Sanwei, and King Ning was still hesitating between Zhu Di and Zhu Yunjiao. So Zhu Di personally went to see king Ning, and after seeing king Ning, Zhu Di cried out his bitterness with a handful of snot and tears, and asked king Ning to intercede for himself, and he was forced to do so.
King Ning lost his vigilance, and the people who came with Zhu Di at this time had already bribed duoyan sanwei's people. A few days later, King Ning gave Zhu Di a ride outside the city, and suddenly ambushed the troops, and Duoyan Sanwei also returned to king Shunyan. King Ning was kidnapped and forced to support King Yan. Zhu Di also received 80,000 elite cavalry.
The King of Qin and the King of Jin were already in the second generation, and their strength was not weak, so they supported Emperor Jianwen, but they did not save Emperor Jianwen's defeat.
In this way, Zhu Di hit Nanjing and seized power. Zhu Yuanzhang's policy of dividing up the kings and assisting the central government had no effect, but instead triggered civil unrest.