In history, there are many people who fight for the throne to launch wars, and there is a very famous "Battle of Jingnan" during the Ming Dynasty, but Ming Chengzu Zhu Di did not admit that he rebelled and seized the throne of his nephew, but under the banner of "Qing Jun's side", he found an excuse for this rebellion.
As we all know, Zhu Yuanzhang's empress Ma died early, so after Zhu Yuanzhang died, the Ming Dynasty was left with Emperor Jianwen alone, and he also had to guard against this group of imperial uncles, if Empress Ma was alive, would Zhu Di not dare to rebel?
Emperor Jianwen was soft in nature and difficult to be a big responsibility
Emperor Jianwen was a weak man, not bad in ability, but indecisive in character, in other words, it was really not a character suitable for being an emperor. In short, Emperor Jianwen could not suppress Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang could, if Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, Zhu Di did not have the courage, the original Zhu Di did not even dare to move his mind, a little move, zhu Yuanzhang cut off the back road. Unfortunately, Emperor Jianwen was not like Zhu Yuanzhang, and his personality was all inherited from his father Zhu Biao.
But Zhu Biao knew more about strategizing than Emperor Jianwen, although weak, but not cowardly, the court could also see the situation clearly, no matter which aspect was a qualified heir, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very satisfied with this, the only dissatisfaction was that Zhu Biao loved to work against him, and as a result, when the father died of anger, the son died early.
As soon as the two of them died, the heir to the throne was Emperor Jianwen. However, Emperor Jianwen did not have the strength, and after the death of the crown prince, this seat was directly passed to Emperor Jianwen, rather than Zhu Yuanzhang's other sons, so that these imperial uncles were not at ease in their hearts, and always felt that Emperor Jianwen had robbed them of their seats. But if not, who let Zhu Yuanzhang like this grandson?
Zhu Yuanzhang, decisive but obsessed with killing
If Emperor Jianwen could not suppress Zhu Di, could Empress Ma suppress him alive? Speaking of Empress Ma, she is also a legendary figure, to know that Zhu Yuanzhang's life of killing decisively, showing no mercy to the enemy, even if the old minister in the dprk is powerful, he also holds the spirit of preferring to kill by mistake and not let go, removing hidden dangers for the Ming Dynasty, even before dying, he is worried about Emperor Jianwen, afraid that he will not be able to suppress several imperial uncles, hoping that he will cut the domain.
It was such a "bad man" who was very obsessed with the late Empress Ma and made her an empress in her lifetime. It is said that the husband and wife need to complement each other to go on, this horse empress's personality is just the opposite of Zhu Yuanzhang, she is careful, kind, very opposed to Zhu Yuanzhang's indiscriminate killing of old ministers, rescued them many times, and later Zhu Yuanzhang took concubines and gave birth to several sons, she did not embarrass them, but took care of them as if they were her own children. In order to make up for Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang also passed Zhu Di and others to Empress Ma's name.
The Horse Queen, kind but not likes to be in power
From this point of view, even if Empress Ma is alive, she is unlikely to interfere in Zhu Di's rebellion, because she is not an ambitious person, when she is alive, she only knows to share the worries of Zhu Yuanzhang, and she is afraid that he has killed and has "regurgitation", this kind woman in her bones, doing a lot of things is praying for Zhu Yuanzhang, facing the family she is strong, but after all, she does not like the life of turning clouds and rain and ruling the court.
Of course, if she lived, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely entrust Empress Ma before she died, let her assist Emperor Jianwen, Empress Ma was very popular in the court, and this point Jianwen Emperor was not as popular as her, which was what Emperor Jianwen, who had just ascended the throne, lacked the most, he was originally unpopular, and the ministers of the court rarely supported him, if Empress Ma opened her mouth, these ministers who had been helped by Empress Ma would definitely stand on the side of Emperor Jianwen.
Zhu Di's ambitions were already evident during Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, but Zhu Yuanzhang was clever, and he did not say that he broke his back road. After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, Zhu Di had no chance or excuse to rebel, and then Emperor Jianwen mentioned cutting the domain at an inappropriate time, and the result can be imagined, it was to give Zhu Di an excuse.
If Empress Ma was there, how could she possibly have Emperor Jianwen propose to "cut the domain"? In other words, Zhu Di may rebel, but it may be postponed for a few years, and it is not known whether it will succeed or not.
Resources:
History of the Ming Dynasty, etc