Thirty-one years after Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor who worked hard for the first time, passed away and left a sentence on his deathbed - "The King of Yan must not worry about it." This shows that Zhu Yuanzhang may have had a premonition of the struggle between the king of the clan and the central government, but he was powerless at this time.
Zhu Yuanzhang stills
Subsequently, a struggle over imperial power was intensified. We all know that zhu Biao, the crown prince who died early, was wary of the King of Yan because of the succession to the throne. Zhu Di himself was not only particularly respectful and cautious toward the crown prince, but also became the Prince of Jin. When he invaded with words, his performance was so honest, loyal, and cowardly. In fact, this is exactly what makes Zhu Di stand out.
What Zhu Di did was contrary to the righteousness of the monarch
Both the History of Ming and the Records of Ming record that after the death of Ming Taizu, the kings went to Beijing to mourn. However, the King of Yan went to Huai'an to correct the edicts, and ordered the kings to return immediately. It can be seen that the contradiction between Zhu Di and Zhu Yunjiao at this time has become irreconcilable. And the way for Zhu Yunjiao to resolve this contradiction is to cut the domain.
However, when Zhu Yunjiao did this, a problem arose: cutting the domain all over the kings, and as a result, pushing the kings even more to the side of Zhu Di, the King of Yan. At this time, Zhu Di wisely stood on the position of the king of the clan and became the guardian of the clans.
Zhu Di stills
Zhu Di is a very accomplished person. He had outstanding talents both in the military and political fields. What is even more rare is that Zhu Di's work is still very secretive, and he actively prepares and recruits a large number of talents, but does not arouse the suspicion of Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still alive at that time.
In the end, Zhu Di raised an army in the name of "Jingnan" and seized the throne from Zhu Yunjiao. In fact, Zhu Di seized the throne from ming taizu's rightful heir, an act that in itself was a serious violation of traditional Chinese moral norms. No matter how Zhu Di excused himself, what he did was "usurpation", which was contrary to the righteousness of the monarch.
Zhu Di saw the name of a death row prisoner and wondered: Is he still alive?
Zhu Di himself was also very weak-minded. This uneasy mentality of "offending the ancestors of heaven and earth" caused a lot of mental pressure to Zhu Di. Because of this, when Zhu Yunjiao's remaining ministers refused to cooperate, Zhu Di began to slaughter wildly.
Zhu Di set up the Dongchang Yamen and restored the Jinyi Wei, who had been deposed, and his massacre was so extensive and long that it was indeed rare in all dynasties.
Stills of Zhu Yunjiao
Xie Jin is an example. The History of the Ming Dynasty once commented on Xie Jin: "The young Deng Dynasty is high... However, if it is good or not, there is no scruples", but it can be seen that jin this person is indeed capable, but his shortcoming is that he talks too much and is easy to invite disasters.
Xie Jin assisted the three emperors of Hongwu, Jianwen, and Yongle. During Zhu Yuanzhang's period, although Xie Jin was just starting out and did not understand the official way, he could not stand his talent and "overflowed". Because of this, Xie Jin was favored and cultivated by Zhu Yuanzhang. Xie Jin "dared to speak out", but unfortunately, he disagreed with Zhu Yuanzhang on many major military and state affairs, so he was idled by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Just as the so-called "country and mountains are easy to change, nature is difficult to move", although Xie Jin realized his shortcomings at the cost of being "snubbed", he could not really change himself. Coupled with the fact that Xie Jin was an old vassal of the previous dynasty, he suffered greater misfortune during the Yongle years.
Zhu Di was actually wary of Xie Jin's faction. Zhu Di promoted Xie Jin to the rank of lecturer and bachelor of service, and also made him president of the Records of Taizu and the Biography of The Daughters of Lie. On the surface, Zhu Di had a lot of trust in him, but in fact, at this time, there was already a deep misfortune hidden.
Stills of The Golden Guard
Xie Jin provoked Zhu Di's anger because of the two things of "abandoning Annan" and "fixing the reserve position", and was eventually thrown into prison by Zhu Di. Xie Jin spent five difficult years in prison.
It was not until the thirteenth day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Yongle that Zhu Di saw the name of Jinjin when he read the documents presented by Jinyiwei. Zhu Di was very surprised and asked, "Jinyou is still in Yay?" (Xie Jin is still alive?) Jinyi Wei commanded the envoy to understand, and when he returned, he drunk Xie Jin with wine and buried him in the snow. A generation of talented people finally returned to the sky at the age of forty-seven.