In the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Yunjiao suffered defeat in the case of superiority, the throne was snatched away by his uncle Zhu Di, and he disappeared into the fire of Nanjing City, and his whereabouts are still unknown. As two of Zhu Yunxiong's hardcore supporters, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, although they had little ability, especially Huang Zicheng's recommendation of Li Jinglong as the commander of the counterinsurgency for personal gain, turned out to be a turning point in the Battle of Jingnan.
But it cannot be denied that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were worthy of Zhu Yunjiao, and when the city of Nanjing was breached, they continued to organize an army to resist the Yan army, and finally failed and were arrested to die Mingzhi. After the large-scale resistance was basically eliminated, the next thing to do was to hold the guilt accountable, and those who were loyal to Zhu Yunjiao and loyal to the Ming court all turned into chaotic courtiers and thieves, with Xu Huizu, Fang Xiaoru and Tie Xuan as typical representatives.
Xu Huizu was Xu Da's eldest son and Zhu Di's eldest brother-in-law, and the two fought side by side many times in their early years, once joining forces to defeat the Mongol general Aru Timur. Unfortunately, however, Zhu Di rebelled, and Xu Huizu firmly sided with Zhu Yunjiao and defeated the Yan army on the battlefield several times. If it were not for Zhu Yunjiao, who was as timid as a rat and transferred Xu Huizu back to the city of Nanjing, he could have defeated Zhu Di along the Yangtze River with Generals such as Ping'an.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, Xu Huizu was always reluctant to support the new monarch, and when Zhu Di forced him to surrender, Xu Huizu said that he was a founding hero and could be exempted from capital punishment. Zhu Di was furious, but there was nothing he could do, and looking at the faces of his father-in-law Xu Da and his wife Empress Xu, he did not kill Xu Huizu, but stripped him of his title of Feng Lu and put him under house arrest.
There are also historical records that Zhu Di has been imprisoning Xu Huizu and forcing him to self-destruct in the five years of Yongle. But whatever the real situation, Xu Huizu's life came to an end in 1407, and referring to Zhu Di's age, he should have been less than 50 years old when he died. Zhu Di was a wise politician, a slap will inevitably give a sweet date, shortly after Xu Huizu's death, he issued an edict to his nephew Xu Qin to inherit the Duke of Wei, and the Xu family was grateful to Dade.
Harder than Xu Huizu's bones is a literati, he is the famous Fang Xiaoru, many people think he is an old man, in fact, Fang Xiaoru was only 46 years old when he died. Fang Xiaoru was equivalent to Zhu Yunjiao's teacher, and during the Battle of Jingnan, he stayed by the emperor's side to give advice and advice, and was a representative of the hardline faction.
Fang Xiaoru's learning was very good, coupled with his good character, and his reputation among the world's readers was extremely high, and even Zhu Di's military master Yao Guangxiao had advised him that after attacking the city of Nanjing in the future, he must not kill Fang Xiaoru. However, after Zhu Di entered The Capital, he repeatedly forced Fang Xiaoru to draft an edict for himself to take the throne, but he was rejected.
Zhu Di was a murderous military general, there was no patience, Jianwen 4 June 25, that is, July 25, 1402, Zhu Di had just entered the city of Nanjing for 2 weeks, Fang Xiaoru generously died, his younger brother Fang Xiaoyou was killed together, his brother Fang Xiaowen committed suicide, his wife hanged himself with two sons, and his two daughters jumped into the Qinhuai River and drowned.
Later, the Ming Dynasty scholar Zhu Zhishan fabricated the plot of Zhu Di's destruction of the Fang Xiaoru Ten Clan, which may have met the needs of a certain part of the population, so it was widely spread, so that Zhu Di was portrayed as a cruel and cruel tyrant who was loyal. In fact, in this matter, Zhu Di and Fang Xiaoru were not wrong, Zhu Di was to control the imperial power, Fang Xiaoru was to be loyal, and the two just made different choices.
In addition to Xu Huizu and Fang Xiaoru, the person with the hardest bones was the Ming general Tie Xuan. During the Battle of Jingnan, Tie Hyun had confronted Zhu Di many times, and Zhu Di hated him to the bone. Later, because the defense of Jinan was too strong, Zhu Di followed Yao Guangxiao's advice and led his army around Jinan and went straight to the city of Nanjing.
After Zhu Di successfully seized his position, he immediately marched north to attack Jinan, and after the city was destroyed, Tie Xuan became a prisoner and scolded Zhu Di for breaking his mouth, preferring to die, Zhu Di was furious and sent someone to take him to Nanjing Lingchi for execution. Tie Hyun's relatives were implicated and ended in a miserable situation, his parents and two sons were sent to the army and reduced to slavery, and his wife and daughter were sold to the Wind moon place run by the imperial court and became the playthings of the soldiers.
Regarding the process of Tie Hyun's death, there is a more detailed description, saying that Tie Hyun never knelt down, Zhu Di sent someone to cut off his ear and stuff it into his mouth, and Tie Hyun actually said loudly: "What is not delicious about the meat of the loyal minister Xiaozi?" After Tie Xuan was executed by Ling Chi, Zhu Di ordered his bones to be fried in a frying pan, and then let the eunuch clamp his skeleton with an iron rod and force him to turn around and bow down. Unexpectedly, the oil pot suddenly exploded, the eunuchs were burned in place, and the skeleton of Tie Xuan did not move from beginning to end.
Of course, this description is slightly exaggerated, and it should be a story fabricated by posterity, but it can also be seen from the side that Tie Xuan, just like his name, is a man with iron bones, and in the face of a chaotic thief like Zhu Di, he would rather die than surrender, which is the real Ming loyalist, in contrast, Li Jinglong and the like are really self-contained.