Since the death of Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite son, he has devoted himself to cultivating Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunjiao. In order to let Zhu Yunjiao sit firmly on the throne, he washed half of the court in blood, killed many founding fathers who fought together in the country, and pulled out all the potential threats and thorns on the road to imperial power at all costs, before he was relieved to die.
Zhu Yunjiao
Before his death, he also entrusted Zhu Yunjiao to a heavy minister, the only one who held an army of 400,000, which was enough to eliminate all the existence that threatened Zhu Yunjiao's imperial power, and it was also enough to destroy Zhu Di, who later rose up and seized power. However, this lonely minister was not reliable, and Zhu Yunjiao was miserable, what was the matter?
The only one who is entrusted with the orphan
Although Zhu Yuanzhang killed decisively and his means were fierce, he was also a person who cherished love and righteousness, of course, this love was only for family affection and love. For example, Empress Ma is the love of Zhu Yuanzhang's life, as early as when Zhu Yuanzhang was still a grassy mang, Ma Shi married him, and the two shared hardships and hardships, and their feelings were deep.
Portrait of the Horse Queen
For the seven children born to Empress Ma for Zhu Yuanzhang: five princes and two princesses, Zhu Yuanzhang also loved Wu and Wu and doubly loved. Among them, Princess Ningguo is the most popular daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang, after Princess Ningguo became an adult, in order to find a good husband for her, Zhu Yuanzhang can be described as painstaking, left and right are not satisfied.
Princess Ningguo film and television image
At that time, Mei Sizu, the founding father of the country who accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the Jiangshan, had a nephew named Mei Yin, a table of talents, Wen Neng Bo Tong Jing Shi, Wu Neng riding and archery, deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang gave Mei Yin, the princess of Ningguo, his favorite princess, to Mei Yin, and made Mei Yin a horse master. And Mei Yin soon became the most appreciated horse master of Zhu Yuanzhang, according to historical records, "Among the sixteen female horses of Taizu, Yin is especially loved." ”
After the death of zhu Biao, the most beloved crown prince, Zhu Yuanzhang changed Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunjiao to crown prince. In order to pave the way for Zhu Yunjiao, he wantonly purged the founding heroes, lest his merits be overridden by the lord and intended to seize power. As a result, in his later years, there were few virtuous and loyal generals in the court who could pick up the big beams.
Mei Yin
On the other hand, the local clan kings are also constantly growing, and Cain has become a separatist force that can threaten the central government. Zhu Yuanzhang began to realize that he had to keep a hand and make plans to guard against those foolish kings. At this time, the only surviving best candidate in the court was his favorite son-in-law, Princess Mei Yin of Ningguo.
Mei Yin is talented, simple and kind, and it is most appropriate for him to be alone. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly recalled Mei Yin to the palace, and entrusted the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunjiao and this Daming Jiangshan to him: "Ru Laocheng is loyal, but he can entrust the young lord." If you violate the great, you can kill him. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang
Mei Yin naturally expressed deep loyalty, saying that he would not bear the heavy responsibility and vowed to die to defend the country for Zhu Yunjiao, but the reality often backfired.
Zhu Di raised an army
After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, according to his will, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunjiao successfully ascended the throne and was given the title of Jianwen Emperor. Originally, Zhu Yunjiao would have no worries as long as he was to follow the path that Zhu Yuanzhang had paved for himself and be his own emperor with peace of mind, but he was not safe enough, and the emperor's seat was not yet secure, and he was impatient to cut the domain. This slashing of the domain completely angered several major clan kings headed by Zhu Di.
Zhu Di wore a full-body portrait of a dragon robe
Zhu Di, the King of Yan, was the most powerful and ambitious of the many clan kings, and he had long been eyeing the throne. Under the persecution of Zhu Yunjiao, Zhu Di, who was not willing to be cut, led an uprising in the name of "Qing Junfang" and launched the Battle of Jingnan.
Seeing that the imperial army was defeated and defeated again and again, Zhu Yunjiao panicked and used Mei Yin and directly allocated him 400,000 troops to guard Huai'an. In the face of Mei Yin's 400,000 troops guarding Huai'an, Zhu Di did not dare to rush to attack, but sent emissaries to throw stones to ask for directions.
The emissary told Mei Yin that Zhu Di was just returning to Beijing to enter the incense and talk about filial piety, hoping that the other party would give way. But Mei Yin's attitude was also very tough, and he replied: The former emperor told you not to enter the capital, you disobeyed the order, and you are not a great filial piety. However, Zhu Di was not discouraged by this, and he sent emissaries to send a message, saying that he was only entering Beijing to stabilize the political situation and eliminate the miserly villains in the dprk.
This time, Mei Yin did not be polite with Zhu Di again, and directly cut off the messenger's ears and nose, saying: "Keep your mouth, go back and talk to your master about what is called the way of the king." "It can be seen that it is determined never to back down. Zhu Di saw the situation, although he was angry, but he had no choice, after all, the four hundred thousand troops controlled by others were not easy to mess with.
The Battle of Jing
I can't afford to hide. Therefore, Zhu Di decided to take a detour, change his route to Sizhou, and cross the river from Yangzhou to besiege Nanjing. But the strange thing is that Mei Yin, who had just torn his face with Zhu Di, did not send troops to surround Zhu Di, nor did he help Zhu Yunjiao resist Zhu Di's attack, until Zhu Yunjiao's army was defeated and killed, he never moved a single soldier.
Therefore, to some extent, Mei Yin can also be regarded as a promoter who promoted the success of Zhu Di's usurpation. It is expected that when Zhu Yuanzhang was first entrusted with loneliness, he probably did not expect that Mei Yin would stick to Huai'an and ignore the safety of the capital. So, why did Mei Yin make such a choice, and what was his ending?
Mei Yin's ending
It is worth noting that although Mei Yin did not send troops to pursue Zhu Di, he also refused to submit to him. After Zhu Di entered Nanjing, he forced the emperor's relatives to submit to him through a bloodbath, but Mei Yin never refused to enter the capital to worship. In desperation, Zhu Di could only force Mei Yin's wife, Princess Ningguo, to write a blood letter and send it to Huai'an, and Mei Yin, who received the blood letter, first cried and cried, clamoring to commit suicide and go with Emperor Jianwen, but the suicide was fruitless and "forced" to choose to surrender.
When Mei Yin entered the capital to worship, Zhu Di also pretended to be attentive and considerate: "The horses are stationed in Huai'an, and it is hard. And Mei Yin sneered arrogantly: "Labor is fruitless, what else dare to talk about hard work?" This sentence made Zhu Di a little embarrassed, but at this time he was still worried about the 400,000 soldiers in Mei Yin's hands, so he put up with it.
When the situation stabilized, the military power in Mei Yin's hands was almost diluted by him. Zhu Di, who was blind and determined to repay, also began to get rid of this serious problem. According to the "History of Ming", Mei Yin was squeezed down the bridge by the governor Tan Shen and the commander Zhao Xi during the dynasty and drowned. However, they reported to Zhu Di that Mei Yin had thrown himself into the water and died.
Ma Meiyin was killed in Nanjing
After Princess Ningguo learned that her horse had drowned on the way to the upper court, she personally ran to the palace to ask Zhu Di for an explanation. But Zhu Di said lightly: "The person who murdered the horse has already been killed by me, so don't make trouble."
So, why did Tan Shen and Zhao Xi plot to kill Mei Yin? According to the "History of Ming", "In the second year of Yongle, Du Yushi Chen Ying played yin animals to raise outlaws, and cursed the evil friends of the female Xiucai Liu clan. Emperor: I am a man of his own accord. The gist was that Du Yushi Chen Ying played Zhu Di and said that Mei Yin had been plotting against him. Zhu Di replied mysteriously, "I have my own way." However, not long after, Mei Yin was inexplicably drowned.
There is also a record that when Zhu Di personally interrogated Tan Shen and Zhao Xi, the two men shouted that they had been wronged and said, "We did this on your orders, so why did you kill us?" However, Zhu Di ordered someone to knock out the teeth of the two people and directly beheaded the two people, which showed that his heart was fierce.
For Mei Yin, the evaluation in the history books has always been polarized. Some people think that he is a noble man who is loyal to the king and loves the Lord, but some people think that he is just a person who sells his reputation and has no illusion, otherwise why did Zhu Di always stay still when he attacked Nanjing, with 400,000 strong soldiers in his hands?
In fact, Mei Yin's father, Mei Sizu, is not a too reliable person. Mei Sizu was originally a general in the Yuan Dynasty, and seeing that the Yuan Dynasty was about to collapse, he resolutely followed Liu Futong, who was anti-Yuan. When Liu Futong had an accident, he abandoned Liu Futong and turned to Zhang Shicheng and became a colleague of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Meszu
Later, when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's fame rise, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang again. In the face of Mei Sizu's choice of good wood to live in, Zhu Yuanzhang was not without doubts, but Mei Sizu said that although he had often betrayed others, all the betrayals and sacrifices were to meet Zhu Yuanzhang. In the end, Mei Sizu's words successfully impressed Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang also entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.
And Mei Sizu's nephew Mei Yin, it seems that in this regard, it is also better than blue out of blue.