In the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang, the ming emperor, died and was succeeded by emperor's grandson Zhu Yunjiao.
Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, rushed from Beiping to Nanjing for funerals, but when he heard the edict telling the kings of the various clans to stay in the feudal kingdom and not to go to The Capital Division, Zhu Di did not dare to go there.
At that time, although Zhu Yunjiao inherited the throne, the situation was very bad for him, because the kings of the clan were all relatives of the emperor and the state, and they supported the army and respected themselves, forming a top-heavy situation.
Zhu Yuanzhang was fashionable and moderate, but it was difficult for Zhu Yunjiao, who was still in a shallow qualification, to serve the public after he ascended to the throne.
In order to change this situation, the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunzhao adopted the advice of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, and wanted to use the cutting of the domain to consolidate imperial power.
In fact, the case of "cutting the domain" is not the first time to appear, as early as the time of the Han Jing Emperor, the Han Jing Emperor adopted the chaotic "Cutting the Domain Strategy" to cut the domain, but the consequences were very unsatisfactory, because the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" directly broke out.
Therefore, Emperor Jianwen wanted to consolidate imperial power by "cutting the domain", and the starting point was good, but it lacked consideration.
In the first year of Jianwen (1399 AD), someone reported that Zhu Di, the King of Yan, was plotting rebellion, and Emperor Jianwen reprimanded Zhu Di and arrested the subordinates of the Yan Dynasty.
After that, Zhu Di wrote to Emperor Jianwen reprimanding Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng for being traitors and raising troops to rebel, and Zhu Di set up a hundred officials of his own, calling it the "JingNan" army, which had tens of thousands of troops within half a month.
When the imperial court learned of the news, Emperor Jianwen made Geng Bingwen a general and led an army to conquer Zhu Di.
The four-year-long "Battle of Jingnan" began.
I. When Zhu Di launched the Jing Dynasty, what were Zhu Yuanzhang's sons doing?
1. Zhu Yuanzhang had a total of 26 sons, and when Zhu Di launched the "Battle of Jingnan", all 3 of his older brothers died of illness, and 2 younger brothers also died prematurely.
Zhu Di is the fourth oldest, and he has three older brothers on top of him, namely
Crown Prince Zhu Biao,
The second brother Zhu Zhu and the third brother Zhu Zhuo
。
Of these three brothers, Zhu Biao died in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu (1392 AD), Zhu Zhu died in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu (1395 AD), and Zhu Tang died in the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398 AD).
Zhu Di's
The ninth brother Zhu Qi and the twenty-sixth brother Zhu Nan died prematurely, and they had not yet had time to be knighted.
Zhu Di launched the Jing Dynasty in the first year of Jianwen, that is, in 1399, and he became the oldest and most senior king of the clan at that time.
Why is it said that Zhu Di is senior, because as early as the thirteenth year of Hongwu, he went to Beiping, when he was only 20 years old.
Although Zhu Di was young at the time, he knew that he was good at his duties, and he and the King of Jin attacked Nai'er without spending, and the King of Jin was afraid to attack, but Zhu Di quickly advanced to the Mountain of Qidu and returned with a great victory.
After that, Zhu Di often led his army to go out on expeditions, and was ordered to restrain the kings and soldiers and horses along the border, and over the years he played a prestige.
Therefore, in the "Battle of Jing", when Zhu Yuanwen, who had little experience, faced his tough uncle, he would have more than enough heart and insufficient strength, and he would lose completely.
After all, Zhu Di was prepared to come, in the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Di was 39 years old, in his prime, and had rich combat experience.
Zhu Yunjiao could not be his opponent, and the brothers who were older than him were dead, and the old father was also dead, and no one could restrain him at all.
2. Hu Weiyong's case implicated in 1 death, and 1 person died himself
The case of Prime Minister Hu Weiyong involved many people, among whom Zhu Yuanzhang's
8th son
Zhu Zi
He was also implicated, because he was uneasy in his heart, and he actually set himself on fire with his own princess.
Zhu Zi was only 20 years old when he died, and because he had no sons, he was stripped of his kingdom.
Zhu Yuanzhang's
10th son
Zhu Tan
It is particularly absurd, because he died of excessive taking jinshi medicine, and he was only 20 years old when he died.
3. The Jianwen Emperor cut the domain, and 5 clan kings were deposed
Although Emperor Jianwen was not an opponent to Zhu Di at all, Emperor Jianwen was not joking, he did it with real guns.
Long before Zhu Di launched the Jing Dynasty, five clan kings had already been deposed in the policy of "cutting the clan".
5th son
Zhu Xu
Emperor Jianwen was afraid that he would support Zhu Di and was particularly wary of him.
His second son reported his plot to the imperial court, so the imperial court asked Li Jinglong to carry out a surprise attack, arrested Zhu Xu, and deposed him as a shuren.
7th son
Zhu Rong
Because Emperor Jianwen was bent on cutting down the domain, someone reported that Zhu Yu was plotting against him, and Emperor Jianwen summoned him to Ying Tianfu and deposed him as a shuren.
12th son
Zhu Bai,
Because Zhu Yuanzhang's death was very sad, he actually had the idea of abandoning the world.
When Emperor Jianwen implemented the policy of "cutting off the domain", some people deliberately falsely accused Zhu Bai of rebellion, and when Emperor Jianwen sent troops to surround Zhu Bai's mansion, Zhu Bai was so discouraged that he set himself on fire and died.
13th son
ZHU Gui,
Because of his short-tempered personality, he was deposed by Emperor Jianwen as a shuren.
18th son
Zhu Nan,
The defendant issued it as illegal, was deposed as a shuren, and moved to Zhangzhou.
4. Zhu Di's 6 younger brothers are too young to accomplish anything
When Zhu Di rebelled, he had 6 younger brothers, because they were still young, although they were crowned kings, they were still in Nanjing.
They were Zhu Yuanzhang's 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th sons.
5, 4 clan kings, do not care about their own high hanging
Not everyone is as ambitious as Zhu Di and dares to fight with the emperor, many of them have thought of having a peaceful birthday in two days, don't harm themselves.
And Zhu Di's requirements for these younger brothers are not high, he wants to do big things, he only hopes that they will not add to the chaos, and it is not rare to help anything.
The four princes of the domain, the 6th, 11th, 14th, and 16th sons of Zhu Yuanzhang, chose neutrality in this campaign.
6. Forced to support Emperor Jianwen 1
Zhu Yuanzhang had a son, Zhu Zhi, who said that he thought it was particularly funny, because he was crowned the King of Liao, and he was in Guangning, and at that time he was one of the Nine Great Sai Kings, but he was taught to do things by Emperor Jianwen.
Zhu Zhi's fiefdom was very close to Zhu Di, and Zhu Di was afraid that he and Zhu Di would join forces to cooperate or something, so he summoned him to the capital, cut off his guards, and was forced to support Emperor Jianwen.
7. "Wall grass falls with the wind" 1
Zhu Yuanzhang has a son who is particularly funny, and that is his
19th son
Zhu Xi,
As a royal family, at key moments, he vividly and vividly embodied what is called "speculation".
In the beginning, he was ordered by Zhu Yunjiao to lead troops to guard the Jinchuan Gate, but when Jianwen was four years old, Zhu Di was in a good situation and went all the way to Nanjing.
Zhu Xi surrendered with Li Jinglong and opened the Jinchuan Gate in Nanjing.
8. Forced to support Zhu Di 1
Among the clan kings that Zhu Yuanzhang divided, there were several clan kings on the border who were strong and were known as the "Nine Great Sai Kings", especially Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, who was particularly strong.
How strong is Zhu Quan's strength? He has
There are 80,000 armored soldiers, 6,000 chariots, and the legendary "Duoyan Sanwei" is his subordinate.
Zhu Quanxiao was brave and good at war, and had met with other kings many times to fight, and the battle was very strategic.
When Zhu Di launched the Jing Dynasty, he took advantage of Zhu Quan's lack of preparation and controlled his elite.
In this way, Zhu Quan was forced to rebel with Zhu Di, and Zhu Di drew him a big cake, and as a result, the big cake was not eaten after the incident.
The above is the state of Zhu Di's other sons when Zhu Di raised an army to launch the Jing Dynasty.
The reason why Zhu Di was able to plot a successful rebellion was to a large extent that "the time and place are favorable", of course, his own strength is also one of the reasons.
In short, Zhu Di finally became the person who won the heavens and half-son, and completed the reversal of life.