The "Battle of Jingnan", which occurred at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, I believe many people have understood that the fuse was Emperor Jianwen's policy of cutting the domain. If Emperor Jianwen was not in a hurry to succeed, but like a boiled frog in warm water, it is estimated that Zhu Di, the King of Yan, would not dare to oppose. Regarding Zhu Di's rebellion, netizens have made countless assumptions. For example: "If it was Crown Prince Zhu Biao who ascended the throne, not Zhu Yunjiao, would Zhu Di dare to rebel?" There are many similar assumptions. Today we will explore one of the assumptions: If Empress Ma was still alive during the Battle of Jing, would Zhu Di still dare to rebel?
Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma
In a high probability, Zhu Di did not have the guts. Why? Just look at Zhu Di's actions before and after he became emperor. In addition to the Qing Dynasty, the imperial succession system in ancient China was generally the "primogeniture inheritance system". Even if the eldest son dies, the only one who inherits the throne can be the concubine, and the concubine has no right to inherit. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he declared that his birth mother was Empress Ma, so he was eligible to inherit the throne.
Concubine
But is that really the case? In fact, regarding the identity of Zhu Di's biological mother, historians have always been suspicious. According to the Records of the Taichang Temple in Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang had a concubine named "Gōng", who was the biological mother of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, and it is said that Chengzu built the Dabao'en Temple to commemorate his biological mother. However, with the exception of the Nanjing Taichang Temple Chronicle, there is almost no information about concubines in the history of the Ming Dynasty. On the placement of the ming emperor's tomb throne, it is Li Shufei on the left and concubine on the right. The ancient gods were placed strictly according to the status level, and the right side was respected, which showed the high status of the concubine.
Zhu Di
Concubines with such a high status, but not recorded in the official historical records, have to make people suspicious. Therefore, the most reasonable explanation is that Concubine Qi was Zhu Di's biological mother, but Zhu Di tampered with historical materials in order to inherit the throne, deleted the relevant information about her birth mother, and then turned herself into the son of Empress Ma. If this is indeed the case, then as long as Empress Ma lives, Zhu Di will never be eligible to inherit the throne. Therefore, he did not dare to speak of rebellion lightly.
Horse Queen
In addition, Empress Arima sat in Nanjing, and the other princes did not dare to sit idly by. Zhu Di, the King of Yan, was not Empress Ma's biological son, but Empress Ma had other biological sons, such as the late crown prince Zhu Biao, the second son Zhu Zhu, the third son Zhu Tang, and the fifth son Zhu Xu. Of course, the identity of Zhu Xu,the King of Zhou,000, was in doubt, because he and Zhu Di were brothers of a sibling. In addition to these sons, the other princes also had great respect for Empress Ma. With her there, the probability of other clan kings entering the Capital Qin King was very high, and it was impossible to sit back and watch Nanjing being surrounded. Therefore, even if Zhu Di rebelled, he could not find a few kings who responded.
Zhu Yunjiao
Finally, under the guidance of Empress Arima, Emperor Jianwen would not rush to cut the domain. The reason why Emperor Jianwen was in a hurry to cut the domain as soon as he ascended the throne was actually seduced by several courtiers around him, such as Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng. There may be nothing wrong with these people's suggestions, but the political experience is still too young, belonging to the kind of people who talk on paper. Compared with them, the Horse Queen is much more experienced.
She was a person who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world, and when Zhu Yuanzhang was in charge of the government, she referred to her opinions on many major events. Therefore, in terms of governing the country, Empress Ma also has some experience. With her watching Emperor Jianwen from the sidelines, Emperor Jianwen estimated that he would not implement too radical measures. Since Emperor Jianwen did not make mistakes or made fewer mistakes, what reason did Zhu Di have to rebel?