Zhu Di overthrew his nephew Emperor Jianwen by force and became emperor himself. But in fact, in the more than two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, he was not the only one who had ideas and put them into action. But the rebellions of the other clan kings all ended in failure, so what is going on?
In fact, this kind of thing has no possibility of reference, to put it bluntly, there is no comparison. After all, the other clan kings were not Zhu Di, and the situation encountered by other clan kings was completely different from Zhu Di. Just like cutting the domain, everyone else succeeded, but Emperor Jianwen failed, and he did not learn the appropriate method.
So we can only analyze the specific problems.
Zhu Di's rebellion was successful, and the reasons for this were not complicated. One of the main factors was that Zhu Di had soldiers in his hands, which was his biggest dependency.
Of course, there are some other factors. Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes and left no useful people for his grandson, so that Emperor Jianwen could only send Li Jinglongzhi out of the horse, and the result was defeated again and again, and hundreds of thousands of troops were lost.
For example, Emperor Jianwen was weak and incompetent, and seemed to be fierce, but he planned to open up to his uncle and let others not be embarrassed for him, which was a bit ridiculous. For example, Zhu Di, who has been in the fiefdom for many years, deals with the Mongols, and has a strong ability to lead troops to fight, which cannot be ignored.
In addition to Zhu Di, Daming also had four rebellions by the kings of the clan, and the reasons for the failure of these four rebellions were different, but there was one thing in common, that is, they lost their military power.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he cut the domain, and the kings of the clan no longer needed to defend the frontier and the imperial court, they just became a nobleman, wanting to do their best to be rich and prosperous, but if they wanted to rebel, they had to weigh it.
King Zhu Gaoxu of Han
At that time, he followed Zhu Di's rebellion and fought in the southern and northern wars, and his merits were not small. His ambitions were also greater, and Zhu Di always thought that he was more similar to himself, and deliberately chose him as the crown prince, but in the end he chose the boss Zhu Gaozi. Zhu Gaoxu was very depressed and very dissatisfied with Zhu Gaoxu's father and son, that is, he wanted to rebel, and finally implemented it.
However, Zhu Gaoxu's character is flawed, killing innocents indiscriminately, and being unpopular. Besides, Zhu Gaoxu did not have the courage and strategy of this son as Zhu Di thought, at best, he was only brave.
King Zhu Huixuan of Guangtong
This man is estimated to have heard very little, he is the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the fourth son of Zhu Yu, the King of Min. Old Zhu Sun Tzu has two rebels in this generation, which is really ironic. He was just a carefree prince, a little bit of strength, but there was a problem in his brain, he couldn't stand the flickering of others, and he actually planned to rebel, and as a result, the matter was exposed, and he was unlucky.
The reason why the King of Guangtong failed to rebel was very simple, he was not prepared for anything, and he had no soldiers in his hands, which was his own death.
King Zhu of Anhua
Zhu's fiefdom was in present-day Anhua, Gansu, far from the capital. He had been plotting for a long time, privately recruiting a group of loyal supporters, and after the eunuch Liu Jin took power, he set up a new army tax, resulting in many dissatisfaction among the soldiers, and the King of Anhua took advantage of this opportunity to win over the disgruntled officers to rebel, but the result failed, and he was also executed.
King Zhu Chenhao of Ning
The rebellion of Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, was relatively large, and he had been planning for a long time. By bribing Liu Jin and others, he restored the guards of King Ning. So he recruited troops and plotted against the horse, which seemed to be quite large, but it was quickly suppressed.
It is not difficult for us to find some commonalities between these four, and the soldiers in their hands are not a concept at all with the Zhu Di period. The difference in the abilities of the four of them was also relatively large compared with Zhu Di.