Recently, "Daming Fenghua" was screened, and there was a problem that was not mentioned in the drama, that is, after the Battle of Jingnan, how did Zhu Di treat the wife and sons of the eldest brother Zhu Biao?
Zhu Di was the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ming emperor, zhu biao was the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and in the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Biao was made crown prince and the legitimate heir of the empire. Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely distrustful of officials and killed a large number of founding heroes, but Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to the education of the prince, and Song Lian, Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Liu Ji and others all taught Zhu Biao.
Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao was gentle and elegant, gentle in his dealings, and repeatedly persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang not to kill indiscriminately, and if he could succeed to the throne smoothly, he would also be a benevolent monarch. Zhu Yuanzhang's idea is to relax one by one, under his rule, the country has just started, wars are frequent, so a strong emperor is needed, and with the stability of the country, a moderate emperor is needed to ease social contradictions, which is undoubtedly the best choice for the country and the people.
Historical records:
"Next April, the emperor wept."
Zhu Biao, the crown prince who was not beautiful and focused on cultivation, suddenly died of illness in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, which was a huge blow to Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was in pain for this. When Zhu Biao was alive, Zhu Di did not dare to have any extravagant expectations, and after Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Di's disobedience was out of control.
Among Zhu Yuanzhang's many sons, Zhu Di should be the one with the strongest ability and the best, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not choose Zhu Di. Due to Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang made Zhu Yunjiao the emperor's grandson, which made Zhu Di furious. Zhu Di, who had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, of course looked down on Zhu Yunjiao, and zhu Di only had jealousy and resentment towards this nephew.
Judging from Zhu Yunjiao's performance after he took the throne, both his political skills and his military level were too different from Zhu Di's. Zhu Yunjiao had almost no self-judgment ability, and all operated according to the plan of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, and was defeated in the Battle of Jingnan. Under Zhu Yuanzhang's brutal killing, Zhu Yunjiao no longer had any capable people under him, and coupled with Zhu Yunjiao's own personality problems, even if Zhu Di did not rebel, Zhu Yunjiao was not a competent emperor.
At that time, the Mongol tribes still had considerable strength, the Wala and Tatars still posed a certain threat to the Central Plains, Zhu Yuanzhang unified the country, and whether Zhu Yunjiao could hold this foundation was a problem. If Zhu Yunjiao could not keep the foundation of Daming, then Zhu Di's ascension to the throne was the best plan, although Zhu Di was a rebel, he was also the most suitable person to be an emperor.
For the country, emperor Zhu Di was a suitable candidate, and for Zhu Biao's concubines and Zhu Yunjiao's brothers and sisters, it could be a disaster. Since ancient times, after the new emperor took the throne, there was a phenomenon of exterminating the previous imperial family, the Song Wu Emperor Liu Yu almost killed the Sima imperial family, the Qi Gao Emperor Xiao Daocheng killed all the Liu Song imperial family, yang Jian unified the whole country, but destroyed the Yuwen family.
Sometimes being born in the royal family is not a good thing, in addition to the golden clothes and jade food, it may be an endless killing machine, and I don't know which day it may become a fish on the board and a lamb to be slaughtered. After three years of hard work, Zhu Di finally attacked the city of Nanjing and became the true master of the empire, killing many people along the way and paying a huge price, of course, when harvesting, he could not be confused.
"Gu Wang, Li Jinglong and other kings opened the door, and the capital fell. On that day, the king ordered the generals to defend the city and the imperial city, and also stationed in Longjiang, and ordered the army and people to be pacified. ”
After Li Jinglong opened the city gate, the city of Nanjing was immediately captured, and Zhu Di immediately ordered his troops to surround the imperial city, the only purpose of this was to capture Zhu Yunjiao, as long as he found Zhu Yunjiao, whether dead or alive, it was easy to say. Zhu Di has already controlled the situation, as long as he controls Zhu Yunjiao, he can say anything to the outside world, after all, he Zhu Di is also the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and he has the right to inherit.
If Zhu Yunjiao is still alive, he can force Zhu Yunjiao to give up the throne, and then find an opportunity to depose Zhu Yunjiao, and there will be no worries. If Zhu Yunjiao was indeed burned to death, then it would be very easy to deal with, and since the emperor was gone, then Zhu Di could naturally take the throne.
If according to the complexity of the matter, It is best for Zhu Yunjiao to die, after all, the dead cannot speak, and the final result is that Zhu Yunjiao disappeared and became an eternal mystery. In order to find Zhu Yunjiao, Zhu Di spent a lot of thought, and even after he took the throne, there were problems with childbirth, and he could no longer have children, which showed his attention to this matter.
At the beginning of Zhu Di's reign, looking for Zhu Yunjiao is not necessarily just to find, it is likely to be hunted down, that is, immediately executed after discovery, the simplest and most direct way, the highest efficiency, to eliminate future troubles. For Zhu Yunjiao, Zhu Di already had such an attitude, so there would be no preferential treatment policy for Zhu Biao's concubines and other sons.
Zhu Biao had five sons, namely Zhu Xiongying the Prince of Yuhuai, Zhu Yunxi the Prince of Jianwen, Zhu Yunxi the Prince of Wu, Zhu Yunxi the Prince of Heng, and Zhu Yunxi the Prince of Xu. Zhu Biao also had two concubines, namely The Yuan Concubine Chang and the Stepfather Lü Clan.
"The fifth son of Emperor Xingzong." Later Chang was born Yu Huai Wang Xiongying and Wu Wang Yunxi. Lü Housheng was Emperor Hui, King Yunxi of Heng, and Yunxi the Prince of Xu. ”
Zhu Xiongying, who was originally the eldest grandson of the concubine, died in the fifteenth year of Hongwu at the age of eight. It was precisely because of Zhu Xiongying's early death that Zhu Yunjiao had the opportunity to become the emperor's grandson. Zhu Yunxi, in the first year of Jianwen, was sealed in Hangzhou, but before he could go, Zhu Di began to wage war.
"Jianwen sealed the country of Hangzhou in the first year, and it was not the same. Chengzu ascended the throne and was demoted to the position of King of Guangze and lived in Zhangzhou. Before long, he summoned back to Beijing and abolished him as a Shuren and Fengyang. Yongle died in the fifteenth year. ”
When Zhu Di became emperor, Zhu Yunxi did not have a good life, first demoted to the king of Guangze, and then abolished into the common people. Even if he became a commoner, it was okay, at least he could live, but Zhu Di still imprisoned him in Fengyang, and Yongle died in fifteen years, and the specific cause of death did not matter.
Zhu Yunxi, the King of Heng, zhu Di was first demoted to the title of King of Huai'en, and was imprisoned in Fengyang with his brother Zhu Yunxi, and died about twelve years later in Yongle. Zhu Yunxi, the King of Xu, was demoted to the position of King of Shihui and lived with his mother Lü Shi in the mausoleum of Prince Yiwen, and soon after, a fire broke out in the residence and was burned to death, and it was thought that it would not be a normal death.
Zhu Biao's concubine Chang Shi died in the eleventh year of Hongwu because of difficult childbirth, and according to the medical level at that time, difficult childbirth was almost certain to die. Lü Shi died with Zhu Yunxi in the inexplicable fire. Lü Shi and Zhu Yunxi died the most strangely, generally the fire is mostly man-made, and Zhu Yunxi was only sixteen years old when he died, which is likely to be related to Zhu Di.
This is somewhat similar to The Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, after Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, Zhao Dezhao committed suicide and died, Zhao Defang died of illness, after speculation, most of the later generations believe that Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang were killed by Song Taizong.
Although Zhu Di was a wise and divine emperor, he was also a self-absorbed, murderous, suspicious and suspicious person. After he ascended the throne, he killed many people, including Jianwen's former ministers, Jianwen's generals, and a large number of palace maids. There may not be much affection between the royal families, and if they had a choice, Zhu Biao's sons might no longer want to reincarnate into the Imperial Family.
After Zhu Di's death, several of his sons followed in the footsteps of his father, a total of three living sons, and the second brother created a rebellion against his nephew Ming Xuanzong, who was defeated and surrendered and killed, and the third son was also depressed.
Ruthless is the most imperial family!