In 1399 (the first year of Jianwen), Zhu Di, the King of Yan, fought the Battle of Jingnan, and after four years, finally defeated the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao, and himself became emperor from the king of the domain, transferring the ming imperial lineage to his own vein.
Zhu Di's Battle of Jingnan lasted four years, and at that time it could be said that the whole country was well known, so what were the other twenty sons of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor, doing at that time, and why did Zhu Di's brothers rarely appear in the records at that time, and it seemed that they did not play a big role?
That is to say, a king of Ning is more famous, to know that the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang wantonly divided the king of the domain, so that they have military power, for the wei of the central imperial court, according to the internal turmoil of the Battle of Jingnan, other kings of the clan will become a decisive third-party force, but the result is not so, what is going on, Song Anzhi today to talk specifically.
First, some of the brothers (including Prince Zhu Biao) have passed away or died prematurely, a total of 8 people
Ming Taizu had a total of twenty-six sons, Zhu Di was the fourth eldest, and at the time of the Battle of Jingnan, he was already the head of the Qiang Clan, indicating that his three brothers had died, and these three brothers were the eldest brothers
Zhu Biao, the Crown Prince of Yiwen, Zhu Zhu, the second brother of the Qin King, and Zhu Zhuo, the third brother of the Jin Dynasty
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Zhu Di also had two younger brothers who died prematurely, namely the ninth brother Zhu Qi and the twenty-sixth brother Zhu Nan.
And also
Three younger brothers died unnaturally, namely Zhu Zi, the eighth brother of Tan Wang, Zhu Tan the tenth brother of Lu Wang, and Zhu Bai, the twelfth brother of Xiang Wang.
The eighth brother, King Tan, was killed by his father-in-law Yu Xian in the Case of Hu Weiyong, and he was afraid of implicating himself, so in a panic, he was summoned by his father Zhu Yuanzhang, mistakenly thinking that he was going to kill himself, and in fear, he actually set himself on fire with his concubine and died.
The tenth brother, King Lu, died at a young age because he believed in Taoism and served JinDan, and Zhu Yuanzhang thought that King Lu was too absurd, and also gave him the title of "Absurd".
The twelfth brother, King Xiang, chose to set himself on fire because the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao had cut off the domain and plotted against him, so he chose to set himself on fire to die.
In this way, when Zhu Di raised his army, eight brothers had already died.
Among these eight brothers, the crown princes Zhu Biao, the King of Qin, the King of Jin, and the King of Lu all had descendants.
Needless to say, the crown prince Zhu Biao was the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao.
Zhu Shangbing, the second-generation Qin king, and Zhu Jixi, the second-generation Jin king, were more inclined to the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao. Therefore, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he first sent Zhu Jixi to the title of King of Jin. He also arrested and punished All the officials of Zhu Shangbing's palace and warned:
Marquis Of Jin, After seeing the ridicule, Wang Mianzhi
”。 Frightened, Zhu Shangbing rushed to see Zhu Di to apologize for his sins, and only then did he keep the throne.
As for the second-generation Lu king Zhu Zhaoxuan, who was still young, did not play any role, nor did he show any clear position, but on the contrary, he ended up with a good ending, and Zhu Di was not bad to him after he ascended the throne.
2. Some of the clan kings were deposed, a total of 4 people
Within a few months of the Jianwen Emperor's ascension to the throne, the Jianwen Emperor had five kings in a row, with Zhu Di
The fifth brother was Zhu Yu the King of Zhou, the seventh brother was Zhu Yu the Prince of Qi, the thirteenth brother was Zhu Gui the Prince of Qi, and the eighteenth brother was Zhu Yu the Prince of Min
There is also the twelfth brother Zhu Bai, the King of Xiang, who was mentioned above, and also set himself on fire and died because of this.
Among the four deposed kings, Zhu Xu, the King of Zhou, was Zhu Di's half-brother and must have supported Zhu Di, but he was deposed, so he did not play any role.
Third, some of the clan kings are still young, and they do not have a clan, a total of 6 people
When Zhu Di fought the Battle of Jingnan, six of his brothers were too young to take the throne and remained in the city of Nanjing.
The six digits are:
Twenty-brother Zhu Song, twenty-first brother Zhu Mo, twenty-second brother Zhu Yang, twenty-third brother Zhu Jue, twenty-fourth brother Zhu Dong, twenty-fifth brother Zhu.
These six brothers, because they were still young, did not take the domain, stayed in Nanjing, naturally they were strictly guarded by the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao, they had no power, let alone the right to speak, and at that time they belonged to a dispensable existence and could not play any role.
4. Forced to support Zhu Di, a total of 1 person
Among the kings of the early Ming Dynasty, the more powerful ones were the nine clan kings on the border, who were the nine kings of the Nine Great Sai.
Zhu Quan, the King of Ning, was one of the Nine Great Sai Kings, and his fief was in Daning, and the history books recorded that "
Eighty thousand armored soldiers and six thousand chariots
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After the Yan king Zhu Di raised an army, the king of Ning had an ambiguous attitude, and after Zhu Di went to Daning, he took advantage of his lack of preparation to kidnap him, and then controlled his army and greatly increased his own strength.
According to the historical records, if there was no unexpected move of Zhu Di, perhaps King Ning would also want to blend in and seize the world, but Zhu Di was so unexpected, King Ning could only be forced to support him.
King Ning's fate was not very good, although he contributed a lot, but he was also jealous and distrusted by Zhu Di, so after Zhu Di ascended the throne, zhu Quan was renamed in Nanchang and suppressed, and the second half of Zhu Quan's life was not good, and eventually he was depressed.
V. Some of the real-powered clan kings were either neutral, or supported Emperor Jianwen, or they were wall-headed, a total of 6 people
Speaking of this, nineteen clan kings have been confessed, and the remaining six clan kings belong to the clan kings with certain influence, and they each choose to be neutral, or support Emperor Jianwen, or the wall grass falls with the wind.
Zhu Di's sixth brother, Zhu Zhen the Prince of Chu, belonged to the real power faction at that time, sitting in Wuchang, and chose neutrality.
There was no explicit preference for Zhu Di or Emperor Jianwen's side, but this was already very good for Zhu Di, so after Zhu Di ascended the throne, Zhu Zhen's treatment was not bad.
The eleventh brother, Zhu Chun, the King of Shu, was in the kingdom of Heaven and belonged to the neutral faction.
After Jing was difficult, the treatment was also good, and he was not suppressed.
The fourteenth brother was Zhu Yi the Prince of Su
He is one of the Nine Great Cypriot Kings and can be said to be one of the real power factions. In the first year of Jianwen, because the fiefdom was too remote, he requested to move the town of Lanzhou successfully, and was busy moving.
There was no mixing of the Battle of Jing
Sixteenth brother Zhu Li, the King of Qing
, belongs to one of the nine kings of the early Ming Dynasty, but because of the late time of the domain and other factors, it is actually not very powerful,
Neutrality was chosen in times of difficulty
The above four brothers belong to the neutral faction.
The remaining fifteen brothers, Zhu Zhi the Prince of Liao, belonged to the clan who explicitly supported the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao, and after Zhu Di was in difficulty, Emperor Jianwen was afraid that he would support Zhu Di and summoned him to Beijing, and Zhu Zhi came to Nanjing by sea, and the fief was changed to Jingzhou.
After Jing was difficult, Zhu Di suppressed Zhu Zhi and cut his guards, but the evening view was much better than that of the suppressed King Ning.
Zhu Di's nineteenth brother Zhu Hui the King of Gu was a wall-headed grass or ambitionist, and at the beginning of the Battle of Jingnan, he supported the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao and obeyed his arrangement, and later Zhu Di attacked all the way to the city of Nanjing, and king Gu saw the situation and opened the Jinchuan Gate to welcome Zhu Di into the city, and later intended to rebel, was deposed by Zhu Di as a Shuren, and died in prison during the Xuande years.
Finally, to sum up, the kings of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang's wanton division did not become a third-party force during the Battle of Jingnan, and the reasons for this were complicated, and there were reasons for the death of the king of the real power faction, such as the King of Qin and the King of Jin in the Nine Great Sai Kings had already died at that time, otherwise if they were there, whether they helped Zhu Di or Emperor Jianwen, it would be enough to affect the overall situation.
There are many reasons why the kings of the clan are still young and have no real power.
There were also many reasons why the powerful feudal lords chose to be neutral, because Emperor Jianwen did not trust them and did not use them to deal with Zhu Di, and they were naturally happy to sit on the wall and watch.
From this, it can also be seen from the side that the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's sub-feudal system, although it has been criticized by many people, is actually not so unbearable, otherwise, the Yan King Zhu Di will raise an army, and the other clan kings will definitely respond, or become a third-party force independent of the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao and the Yan King Zhu Di, and then it is likely to evolve into a chaos like the Rebellion of the Seven Kings of Han and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty.
But this kind of chaos did not happen, although there are many reasons, but in essence, there is a key reason is that the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang has limited the power of the king of the clan in the sub-feudal system, and they are only for the positioning of the central imperial court, not the powerful king of the Han and Jin dynasties.
However, after Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ascended to the throne, because he was afraid that there would be another king of the clan who would emulate him in later generations, he made a major reform of the clan king system, slashed his military power, and made it position from the position of the imperial court to become a mixture of eating and waiting for death, which could not play a role, and also became a huge financial burden on the imperial court, making the clan king system one of the reasons why later generations criticized the Ming Dynasty.
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