The young Zhu Yunjiao asked his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang worriedly: "If my uncles create my rebellion in the future, what can I do?" The white-haired Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned at once, and he didn't know how to answer well.
Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to pass on his eldest son Zhu Biao, but Zhu Biao was weak and sick since childhood, and only lived for 36 years before he died. Zhu Yuanzhang was hit hard and had to pour all his energy into the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Yunjiao. Both Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunjiao received a good cultural education, but they were kind in heart and weak in temperament, gentle and elegant, and insufficient in martial arts and prestige. This made Zhu Yuanzhang very worried.
In the second year after Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang executed Lan Yu, who had become famous in the Battle of Yu'erhai and made great achievements. Subsequently, Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, and Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, and other founding heroes who had made outstanding military achievements were also killed one after another. Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that the weak Emperor Taisun could not stop these old brothers who followed him to fight the world together, and he cleared up the hidden dangers for Zhu Yunjiao in advance.
It is said that the crown prince Zhu Biao once advised Zhu Yuanzhang not to kill the heroes indiscriminately, and Zhu Yuanzhang threw a thorn on the ground for Zhu Biao to pick up. Zhu Biao looked at the thorn-filled thorns and couldn't get his hands on it, so Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to educate him: "What You are doing now is not pulling out these thorns for you!" After the death of his son Zhu Biao, he selected his grandson Zhu Yunjiao as his heir, and the work of "pulling thorns" was even more urgent.
At the same time as purging the founding heroes, Zhu Yuanzhang made all his sons the king of the domain and let them go to his fiefdom, because he believed that his own flesh and blood were of course much more reliable than those warriors, and they went to the border areas to lead the army to defend the country, and they could sit back and relax.
Ye Boju Shangshu, a minor official in charge of education in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province, strongly objected: "I am afraid that after a few generations, the relationship between the king of the clan and the emperor will become more and more distant, and he will not be able to lose his tail." At this time, if he cuts his land and seizes his power, he will feel resentment and even rebel. The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Han Dynasty and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Jin Dynasty are the lessons! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he saw the recital: "What does a corrupt Confucian know?" The Zhou Dynasty divided the princes to defend the Heavenly Son, the fortunes of the country lasted for eight hundred years, and the Qin Dynasty died without dividing the seals II, is it not enough to explain the problem? It is clear that it is the love between my father and son, which is really hateful! "Ordered ye Boju to be arrested and imprisoned, and finally died in prison."
In order to prevent the occurrence of power and abuse of power, Zhu Yuanzhang also made a special decree: the king of the clan has the right to ask the imperial court for traitors, and he can follow the secret edict of the Son of Heaven to "qing jun's side". This is undoubtedly a big trick.
After doing this, Zhu Yuanzhang finally felt relieved and said to his grandson Zhu Yunjiao: "You have entrusted all the things that guard the frontier to your uncles, they can ensure the stability of the frontier, and you will be left with a world without external troubles." ”
Zhu Yunjiao looked at the aging emperor's grandfather and worriedly expressed his concerns: "Foreign enemies have come to offend your uncles to pacify. But if the uncles rebel, how can the grandchildren be good? ”
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and after a long time he could not give an answer: Yes, the generals who can fight good wars have all been "plucked" by him, if the kings of the clan rebel, who will let them pacify? Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't figure it out, so he asked Zhu Yunjiao, "What do you think should be done?" ”
Zhu Yunjiao, who usually reads the history of the scriptures on weekdays, said after a little thought, the head of the head said: "The grandson first uses virtue to impress them, and if it does not work, then use etiquette to restrain them, and then cut their territory." If they do not relent, their grandchildren will depose them, and if they really can't do so, they will send troops to fight them. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied after hearing this, and he couldn't imagine that his grandson would have such an insight before he was 20 years old. Of course, his heart also has a little more hidden worries: in case he is a hundred years later, how can his sons not be convinced of Zhu Yunjiao? Can Zhu Yunjiao, who has no political experience and is not familiar with the use of soldiers, be able to calm his uncles?
Unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang died before he could come up with a perfect solution. Two months before Zhu Yuanzhang's death, his third son, Zhu Tang (朱棡), the Prince of Jin, also fell ill and died. This was nothing less than worse for Zhu Yunjiao, and it was good news for Zhu Di, the King of Yan. Because Zhu Tang and the crown prince Zhu Biao had a good relationship, their strength was comparable to Zhu Di's but they were hostile to each other. In this way, Zhu Yunjiao not only lost the protection of his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, but also lost an important ally.
The biggest beneficiary of Blue Jade's death was Zhu Di, the King of Yan, because Blue Jade was also close to the crown prince Zhu Biao, and with him guarding the north, Zhu Di did not dare to act rashly. Now that Lan Yu and Zhu Tang were gone, Zhu Di's restless heart was no longer dormant.
At this moment, Zhu Yunjiao made several major mistakes in succession, which was tantamount to adding a few points of chance to Zhu Di:
Because Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding prince of the country, the status of a military general during his reign was much higher than that of a civilian subject. When the meritorious men were divided, only Li Shanchang, the head of the wenchen, was made a duke, Liu Bowen and Wang Guangyang were made an uncle, and dozens of military generals were made a prince.
As soon as Zhu Yunjiao succeeded to the throne, he immediately reused civilian officials such as Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru, and paid no attention to military generals. Therefore, when it came to the Jing Kang Disaster, most of the martyrs were civilian ministers, and Tie Xuan, who was stubbornly defending Jinan, was a civilian official, and the military generals refused to sell their lives for Zhu Yunjiao. This is one of Zhu Yunjiao's tricks.
Subsequently, Zhu Yunjiao, who was unstable, began to eagerly implement the new policy, appointing his own confidants to make those elders complain, and Zhu Di just used these public opinions as evidence of his inability to govern. This is the second trick.
After having his own team, Zhu Yunjiao began to cut the domain. Someone advised him: "Don't learn from the wrong way of cutting the domain, but follow the example of the Lord's father's strategy of grace." But Zhu Yunjiao was anxious to achieve success and insisted on cutting the domain. This is the third trick.
On the question of who to cut first, his two ministers disagreed: Qi Tai believed that the ambitious Yan king Zhu Di should be attacked first, while Huang Zicheng insisted that persimmons be pinched softly. Zhu Yunjiao once again made a wrong choice and adopted Huang Zicheng's suggestion, which not only hit the grass and snake, but also left Zhu Di plenty of time to prepare. This is the fourth trick.
After Zhu Di raised his army, Zhu Yunjiao made more strategic mistakes, and eventually paid a terrible price for his mistakes.
With the fire after Nanjing was breached, Zhu Yunjiao's whereabouts also became an unsolved case for thousands of years: some people said that he self-immolated and died, some people said that he fell into the hair and became a monk, and some people said that Zheng He went to the West to find him... Where did he go? #历史 #
