01 The child Zhu Yunjiao is more sensible than the adults
Zhu Yuanzhang's crown prince Zhu Biaoying died young, which Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect, and the death of the prince also brought a problem of succession, so he also cried and said to the attendant: "I originally hoped that the prince would rule the world in the future, but I did not expect him to die so early, and this pain in my heart cannot be described in words!" ”
Immediately afterward, the "Memorandum of The Deeds of Emperor Jianwen" also "explained" by the way why Zhu Yuanzhang set up his grandson Zhu Yunjiao as the emperor's grandson - after the unfortunate death of crown prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang would be sad and cry whenever he thought of it, and at that time, Zhu Yunzhang was still a child who was still changing his teeth (髫龀), and whenever he saw Taizu thinking bitterly, he cried and advised: "Since ancient times, there is a life and death, do not be overly sad, and your majesty will value the world, in case the dragon body violates the peace, what should the subjects do?" ”
This is where a child said, it is simply more sensible than adults, so Taizu "smells and is surprised", plus in the process of mourning for his father, his behavior and behavior also behave like an adult, leaving a very good impression on Zhu Yuanzhang, so he was soon made the emperor's grandson, and the most learned Confucian courtiers were ordered to cultivate well.
With the growth of age, Zhu Yunjiao's morality and wisdom have also risen, and he has been deeply favored by Zhu Yuanzhang.
02 Zhu Di was expelled from the palace
According to the Records of Emperor Jianwen's Deeds, Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to discover that his fourth son, zhu Di, the most powerful King of Yan, was rebellious. According to the book, since his nephew Zhu Yunjiao was made the heir to the throne, Zhu Di had the heart to seize the concubine-
Once, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the emperor's grandson was living in the right corner of the palace, and the king of Yan was in front of the seat, he was very angry, "Taking the king's position on the grandson, he knew that he had a plan to seize the concubine."
However, after seeing from this detail that the fourth elder had the intention of taking a wife, Zhu Yuanzhang did not make a sound, but only drove Zhu Di out of the palace, let him live in the garden, and ordered that the palace was not allowed to give him food, as if to starve him to death.
If Empress Gao hadn't seen Zhu Di pitiful and secretly asked someone to bring him food, Zhu Di would have starved to death.
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang released him, and later "the great division sealed the kings to live in the country", Zhu Di officially became the king of Yan. Let's talk about Zhu Yunjiao.
Judging from Zhu Yuanzhang's reasons for looking up to him, Zhu Yunjiao is a precocious child, so old and heavy at such a young age, he will definitely be able to take on big responsibilities in the future.
However, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Zhu Yunjiao succeeded to the throne, and his performance was surprising. Leaving aside the ability to govern the country, Zhu Yunjiao's political naivety simply makes people wonder where this is the lord of a country valued by the old and treacherous Zhu Yuanzhang, and is purely a stunned young man who plays with Jiangshan Sheji and his own future!
What is referred to here, of course, is that not long after he succeeded to the throne, he began to cut the domain recklessly. Although the idea of cutting the domain originated from Zhu Yunjiao's own head, he thought that the kings were too powerful and might be difficult to control, and it was Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, the secretary of the bingbu who advocated cutting the domain, and Huang Zicheng, the secretary of the TaichangQing.
03 The kings of the clan were cut down one after another
Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, as well as Fang Xiaoru, were also Zhu Yunjiao's most trusted and trusted ministers, and were cited as his confidants.
Zhu Yunjiao can be described as obedient to them, and they have also grown up under their cultivation, so to speak, what they have in their minds is what zhu Yunjiao has instilled.
Sadly, these few learned people, who have memorized the Four Books and Five Classics, are all nerds with no political brains and no experience in governing the country, and judging from their argument that "I am afraid that the kings will be difficult to control", they have not seriously and scientifically assessed the feasibility of cutting the domain, let alone considered the consequences, and their actions are completely taken for granted!
The "masters" didn't think about this, how could the young Zhu Yunjiao take this into account? He only knew how to obey the "masters".
In the actual operation of cutting the domain, they made another big mistake. The first to be cut off was Zhu Xu, the King of Zhou. Why did you take the Zhou King's knife first? This was not the result of their casting of lots, but after some consideration: the King of Zhou was the half-brother of Zhu Di, the King of Yan, and they were worried that he would engage in a joint front with the most powerful King of Yan.
As for the crime, it is said that the second son of the King of Zhou accused his father of rebellion, so Zhu Yunjiao sent Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, to Kaifeng to arrest the whole family of the King of Zhou and send him to Yunnan.
The second son of the King of Zhou was named Zhu Youyi, who was the King of Runan, and the reason why he denounced his father's rebellion was to seize the inheritance rights of the King of Zhou!
The next to be cut down were the Kings of Qi, the Xiang Kings, and the DaiWang, all of whom were deposed as Shuren and then put under house arrest, with the Qi Kings under house arrest in Nanjing and the Daiwang under house arrest in the fiefdom of Datong.
Neither of them had any major incidents, because they both confessed their fate and obediently became "prisoners", but Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, could not bear the humiliation, and the whole family set themselves on fire! Two months later, Zhu Yu, the King of Min, was also deposed as a Shuren and sent to Zhangzhou, Fujian.
That place is not bad, there is seafood to eat, you can also come to the beach, see the stars of the sea.
04 The rebellion was justified and against Zhu Di, the king of Yan, but they were slow to act. Why? Because he is the strongest! However, this can also be understood, first easy and then difficult, eat peaches first find a soft pinch, which soft to eat first.
They didn't expect that this was exactly what The Yan King wanted, because their operation gave him precious time to prepare.
Yes, he's really going to rebel! And once Zhu Yunjiao began to make mistakes, he could not stop on the road of making mistakes, and he could not afford Zhu Di to pretend to be sick and crazy, and let go of Zhu Di's three sons who were under house arrest in Nanjing as hostages!
As soon as the sons returned, Zhu Di had nothing to worry about. On the fifth day of the first month of July in the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, officially raised the banner of rebellion, and the reason could not be said to be grandiose: Everyone is optimistic about Ha, I am Jing Nanha, I am a Qing Jun side Ha, I am for the little emperor to clear the traitors around ha, not a conspiracy to rebel Ha.
Most importantly, he is yi! law! Yes! affair! Someone has to say, what are you talking about? The rebellion has also created a legal basis! It is really not nonsense, Zhu Di's "Jing Difficulty" is indeed a law to follow, and this law is the law formulated by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang before his death, of which there is a special article for "Jing Difficulty".
The law formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang was called the "Ancestral Training of the Emperor Ming Dynasty", and the article on "Jing Difficulty" was as follows: "If there is no righteous subject in the dynasty, and there is treachery within, it will raise troops to rebuke it, so as to clean up the side of the king." ”
This article was also specially formulated for the kings of the various clans, to the effect that if there were traitors in the dynasty who wanted to usurp power, the king of the clan should raise troops to kill him and eliminate the villains around him for tianzi. So who are the traitors? Of course, qi tai and Huang Zicheng, these two guys, full of food and panic, work well and do not do it, provoke the little emperor who does not understand things, originally the world is too peaceful, but they want to come to a storm, it is simply to bring disaster to the country and the people!
05 "Heaven descended on Zhu Laosi"
What would such a traitor do without reprimanding him?
Since other people don't have this ability, then leave it to me Zhu Laosi, as the saying goes, the heavens are entrusted with Zhu Laosi! He shouted out loud slogans -- Qing Jun's side, Jing Guo Difficulty. "Jing" means to calm down and sweep away, and "difficult" refers to national difficulties.
Of course, there is also a law formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, that is, if the king of the clan wants to raise an army to "Jing difficulty", he must first go through the emperor, that is to say, the emperor tells you to raise an army, you can only start an army, otherwise you will get on the train without a ticket and be fined. But am I that stupid? Obviously, no, because now that this emperor has been confused by ghosts and has been blinded by traitors, how can he take the initiative to call me a soldier?
As for in the eyes of people, whether I am selectively "enforcing the law", hehe, you say that it is, anyway, the person who did this is not one of me in the past! Thus, a substantial rebellion, after being cloaked in beautiful clothes by Zhu Di, began vigorously. If Zhu Yuanzhang had a spirit in heaven, I don't know how he would feel?
I wonder if he expected this day when he first formulated the "Ancestral Formation Law"?
What makes people wonder is that since Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he, the fourth elder, had the intention of taking a wife, and he still wanted to starve him to death, why did he still formulate such a "law of formation"?
Isn't this encouraging the king of the clan to rebel?
Even if this law has been decided at that time, it can be modified or simply abandoned. But he just didn't do it, so much so that he, the fourth elder, used him to "push" his beloved emperor and grandson down the fire pit, burning not a single hair left.
Of course, even without this excuse, Zhu Di may have found other excuses to rebel, but no matter what, this law formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang before his death did objectively help Zhu Di, at least alleviating the moral pressure of rebellion.
From the current point of view, it may not be a good thing that Jiangshan eventually fell into the hands of Zhu Di, who was a man of great talent.