During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, the early death of the crown prince Zhu Biao caused Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty to suffer huge losses. But if someone is damaged, someone will inevitably benefit, and the biggest beneficiary is Zhu Di.
Later, he relied on the Battle of Jingnan to take the throne of the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao. As much as the so-called benefits are, there is a lot of pressure. From then on, where was the Battle of Jing and Emperor Jianwen? It became Zhu Di's lifelong nightmare. So that no matter what Zhu Di did, he could not get rid of the interference of these two problems.
Why did Zhu Di want to conquer the desert north five times - he wanted to rely on military merit to prove that he was more suitable than Zhu Yunjiao, and block the mouth of the people of the world!
Why did Zhu Di have to move the capital to Beijing - he seized the throne in Nanjing, afraid that he would not be able to sleep there, beijing has always been Zhu Di's territory, of course, my territory is my master.
Why let Zheng He go to the West - it is simpler, looking for the missing Jianwen Emperor, all found overseas...
In short, there are many things like the above. Is Zhu Di depressed about this? Of course, he was very depressed, but it was not because of the Battle of Jingnan and the disappearance of Emperor Jianwen, but the problems encountered by his father Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning, and Zhu Di, who became emperor, also encountered, which is the problem of "choosing the crown prince".
Zhu Di had three concubines, the eldest son Zhu Gaoxu, the second son Zhu Gaoxu, and the third son Zhu Gaoxuan. Among them, Zhu Gaozi and Zhu Gaoxu were the two most powerful battles for the throne, and Zhu Gaoxu had little hope, unless Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaoxu had an accident.
Looking at this structure, is it very similar to Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji in the early Tang Dynasty? The difference is only in that from the eldest and the third team to fight the second, to the second zhu Gaoxu and the third zhu Gaoxuan, the second boss, to fight the boss. The rest are almost identical.
The reason why Zhu Di was able to succeed in the Battle of Jingnan was that Zhu Gaoxu had made a pioneering contribution. For example, in the Battle of Baigou River in 1400 AD, Li Jinglong commanded 600,000 troops, known as a million, and fought against Zhu Di's 200,000 Yan army. After beating Zhu Di's three war horses, he could only rely on the sword to resist stubbornly.
Here I had to "praise" Emperor Jianwen, and before he went out on the expedition, he said in a serious tone: Don't let Shuo have the name of killing uncle. Today, even if Zhu Di only has a sword in his hand, he is still invincible to the world - the so-called "who dares to kill me"! Zhu Di even shouted 30,000 times, and he could not see "Ma Dai wielding the sword", but when Zhu Gaoxu and his troops arrived, a charge saved Zhu Di, and finally returned the defeat to victory.
In 1402, Zhu Di followed Yao Guangxiao's plan to carry out the beheading operation. On the side of the Yangtze River, he was beaten by Sheng Yong and could not lift his head. When Zhu Di was ready to give up, it was Zhu Gaoxu who was fighting for Sheng Yong again, and in one fell swoop, he did not count as a chance to breathe, and waited until Chen Xuan returned with the water division, so that Zhu Di could successfully cross the river and approach the city of Nanjing.
It is precisely because of Zhu Gaoxu's brave performance that Zhu Di likes him very much, and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Second elder, your eldest brother is not in good health, you should behave well." Why did Zhu Gaoxu later dare to think of himself as Li Shimin? Zhu Di can sit in the world, and he is indeed the first achievement.
Zhu Gaozi has always been disliked by Zhu Di. One body is too fat, walking needs to be helped, and it is not easy to scatter the west one day. The second is that Zhu Gaozi is different from the Zhu family. Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu, the personality is just fierce and courageous, belongs to the same category, But Zhu Gaozi is like "dough", paying attention to "subduing people with virtue", so Zhu Di said that he is still the second oldest "like me".
Although the final result was that Zhu Gaoxu defeated Zhu Gaoxu in the battle of Rouke, he died after only ten months as emperor. That is to say, Zhu Gaozi only lived less than a year longer than Zhu Di.
This led to a conjecture: if Zhu Gaozi also died as early as Zhu Biao, dying in front of Zhu Di, then who would Zhu Di pass the throne to? Is it the son Zhu Gaoxu, or the good grandson Zhu Zhanji? It is equivalent to letting Zhu Di do it again, Zhu Yuanzhang's choice question that year, let him also experience the pain of his father Zhu Yuanzhang.
If we want to explore this issue, we must first understand that although Zhu Gaoxu is "like me", Zhu Zhanji is definitely not "like Jianwen Emperor". That is to say, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Yunjiao are completely different.
Emperor Jianwen was selected and began to cultivate after Zhu Biao's death, and Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to cultivate, what was the effect? Very poor.
One is that Zhu Yuanzhang was already old at that time, and the other is that Zhu Yuanzhang put more energy into clearing mines for Emperor Jianwen, such as starting the blue jade case, etc., rather than cultivating all-round and dead ends as when cultivating Zhu Biao. The second is that Emperor Jianwen was not a malleable talent, which can be clearly seen from his performance in the Battle of Jingnan after he succeeded to the throne.
Zhu Zhanji is a different style of painting. He was liked by Zhu Di as soon as he was born, and Zhu Gaoxu was able to defeat Zhu Gaoxu, which was largely stained with Zhu Zhanji's light. Moreover, from the analysis of Zhu Di's relevant records, he also had early prevention against Zhu Gaoxu's moths. Therefore, Zhu Zhanji was cultivated in an all-round way and without dead ends.
Why did Emperor Jianwen recruit one after the other in the Battle of Jingnan? Because I don't understand soldiers.
When Zhu Di went out to attack northern Mobei, he threw his son Zhu Gaozi in the capital city of Li Jianguo, but took Zhu Zhanji to practice: the eldest grandson of The Emperor was wise and heroic, and brave and wise. Now to clear the desert, let the attendants go, know the strange way to use the soldiers, but also make the journey through the battlefield, see the hardships of the soldiers, and know the difficulty of conquest. (From the History of the Ming Dynasty)
And there is nothing to test Zhu Zhanji: in the upper sitting tent, the emperor's grandson is on the side, and the upper calm language is the difficulty of the previous generation's victory and loss and the preservation of the monarch's face, and the emperor's grandson is all in agreement. Shangxi, Gu said of the attendant: "Man must learn to be able to increase his intellect, to adapt to the language of the eldest grandson, and his understanding of the degree of power is beyond the reach of ordinary opinions, and he is also more advanced than learning."
Subsequently, Zhu Di began to establish a pro-army for Zhu Zhanji: to accompany the emperor's grandson and young officials, and there were weak people in between, it was advisable not to choose a strong and sharp. The vanguard of the prefectural army set up to command thousands of households to care for the young soldiers should choose old and upright people, and a few young officials should have a view of the law.
What does it mean? That is to say, Zhu Di specially established a puma for Zhu Zhanji, selected talents, eliminated the old and weak, and completely handed over to Zhu Zhanji to personally command. This can be said to be Zhu Zhanji's wings or minions!
It can be seen from the above three historical materials that Zhu Dishi did not have much hope for Zhu Gaozi and directly skipped it, but spared no effort to cultivate the Saint Sun Zhu Zhanji. In fact, this is equivalent to blocking, Zhu Gaoxu copied the operation of the "Battle of Jingnan". Sure enough, Zhu Di's painstaking heart had an effect.
After Zhu Gaoxu's death, sure enough, Zhu Gaoxu turned against him, and Zhu Zhanji led his troops to personally recruit it easily without saying a word, and Zhu Gaoxu did not even turn up a little wave.
At the same time, with regard to Zhu Zhanji's strategy and so on, Zhu Di even sacrificed his own "killer skill", asking Yao Guangxiao, the black-clad prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, to teach Zhu Zhanji personally, and personally informed Yao Guangxiao: The eldest grandson of the Emperor is talented and wise, and Er and others should be enlightened wholeheartedly, and all the filial piety and benevolence contained in the history of the scriptures can be taught by the emperor and the emperor... The meaning is just one: don't care whether it is a conspiracy or a conspiracy, you will play with your life to teach me a good saint.
Zhu Di personally passed on the martial strategy, Yao Guangxiao personally passed on the strategy, plus Zhu Zhanji's "talent and wisdom", how did Zhu Yunjiao compare with Zhu Zhanji? How could Zhu Gaoxu sing "Battle of Jing" again?
That is to say, although Zhu Di was the beneficiary of the Battle of Jingnan, after he became the eldest brother of the emperor, he would definitely try his best to prevent the possibility of "doing it again". For example, a large number of able ministers were left behind, such as Sanyang (which worked until the time of Zhu Qizhen), and Xia Yuanji.
These courtiers are by no means comparable to the "lip handle style" of Huang Zicheng who was around Emperor Jianwen. Coupled with the relocation of the capital to Beijing, the two "Heavenly Sons guarded the border and faced the desert north", and at once they captured Daming's elite troops.
Therefore, even if Zhu Gaoxu died as early as Zhu Biao, Zhu Gaoxu still had nothing to sing, and Zhu Di would still pass the throne to Zhu Zhanji. The general environment has changed, and after Zhu Di's operation, the factor of wanting to do another "Battle of Jing" in his Ming Dynasty has been basically eliminated by Zhu Di.