One
Gao Wei, an official of the bureaucracy, wrote to discuss current politics and suggested that the imperial court implement the policy of Tui En:
"If it is not cut, the discipline of the imperial court will not be established; if it is cut, it will hurt the kindness of relatives." Jia Yi said: "If you want to have peace in the world, it is better to build princes and have less strength." 'Now the master's intention is not to carry out the wrong plan of cutting, but to follow the master's father's tui grace strategy!' ”
But Zhu Yunjiao did not take his advice!
Why?
Zhu Yunjiao and Liu Che faced different situations.
When Liu Che succeeded to the throne, the Han Dynasty passed through four emperors, it has been almost eighty years, before the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" during the Jing Emperor period was quelled by the imperial court, the princely states were weak and weak, and they could no longer make big waves, Liu Che did not have to worry, he could slowly clean up.
But Zhu Yunjiao was different.
The uncles are all in their prime, for example, the fourth uncle Zhu Di is only in his thirties, and many other uncles are younger, not much older than Zhu Yunjiao.
If the edict of tutelage is implemented, it will not be divided until after their death, but it will not be until the Year of the Monkey and the Month of The Horse?
Zhu Yuanzhang lived to be seventy years old, how long these uncles can live, who knows!
When Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang feudalized the kings, he stipulated that the small royal palace had 2,000 soldiers, and the large royal palace reached as many as 19,000, although it was later greatly reduced, and the actual military strength was far from reaching this number (Zhu Di's royal palace soldiers were only less than a thousand), but it still made It difficult for Zhu Yunjiao and his ministers to sleep and eat.
Zhu Yunjiao felt that he could not wait for a moment, and he must immediately cut the domain and implement the "plan of cutting and plundering"!
Two
Zhu Yunjiao's method was simple and rude, and his practice of cutting the domain was to directly arrest the king of the domain and abolish him as a commoner!
After Zhu Yuanzhang's death in 1398, in just one year, zhu xu the king of Zhou, Zhu Yu the king of Qi, Zhu Gui the dai king, and Zhu Yu, the king of Min, were all dealt with in this way, or imprisoned, or exiled to Yunnan and Lingnan. The kings of the various clans immediately endangered themselves, and Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, even set himself on fire and died in fear!
Zhu Yunjiao dared to be so direct, what was his dependence? Aren't you afraid to rebel against the kings?
Seriously, he's really not afraid!
This is called "the fearlessness of the ignorant."
"Though the kings have guards, they are only enough to defend themselves. Imperial court military guards, canine teeth system. If there is something to be done, and the soldiers of the world come to it, can it be deserved? ”
Zhu Yunjiao's aide Huang Zicheng analyzed the general trend of the world for him in this way, and Zhu Yunzhao was convinced of this!
If you look at it only from paper data, this is indeed the case.
The strongest Yan King Zhu Di could directly command only a thousand palace guards, even if you count the northern border defense army he once commanded, it was only about 50,000!
On the side of the imperial court, when Zhu Yuanzhang died, there were 60,000 or 70,000 people in the Yulin Army in Nanjing, plus more than 100 guards in the country with 500,000 or 600,000 regular troops, and Zhu Di's little bit of personnel and horses was really not enough to see!
Therefore, Zhu Yunjiao did not think how difficult it was to cut the domain. He entrusted the matter to Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, and he was busy learning the ancient system all day, studying "retro" with Fang Xiaoru.
What they don't know is that there is a power called influence, and soldiers can fight more and more!
Three
The event that best reflected the mentality of the Jianwen imperial court was the return of Zhu Di's three sons to the north!
After Taizu's death, Zhu Di's three sons Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaoxuan were all mourning in Nanjing, so should they let these three people go back?
At that time, Shi Gecheng, the governor of the Yan Dynasty, had already reported Zhu Di's rebellion to the imperial court, and the evidence was conclusive; and Zhu Di was already on the string secretly, but he was afraid of the life and death of his third son and had been secretly afraid to move!
Huang Zicheng's opinion is:
"To receive his three sons is to give him a handle, so that he can make him famous." If you do not allow your son to return to the domain, so as to show no doubt, you can take advantage of his slackness and unpreparedness to attack him! ”
Such a proposition is purely the opinion of scholars.
The imperial court and the King of Yan collided with each other, and the conflict was inevitable, and at this time, it was ridiculous to talk about "taking advantage of slackness and not being prepared"!
Zhu Yunxiong unexpectedly listened to Huang Zicheng's opinion and let the three of them return to the north.
A group of students and Zhu Didou, where is the opponent?
Four
In July 1399, Zhu Di officially raised an army, and the Battle of Jingnan began.
In August, Zhu Yunjiao ordered the general Geng Bingwen to lead the Northern Expedition and issued an edict of "Uncle Mo Hurts the Emperor".
Zhu Di did not avoid the arrow stone on the battlefield, and this was the reason.
How else is this battle fought?
On the one hand, he roared and slashed the clan, unwilling to use the strategy of pushing grace, and on the other hand, he was afraid of the wolf and the tiger before the contradiction, and even the crime of killing the uncle was scrupulous!
Lack of killing spirit to give up on others.
Again, a group of benevolent and weak students are not the opponents of Zhu Di, the tiger and wolf man!