I tell my legendary life in Zhu Di's tone, if you feel interested, you can help me pay attention. Without further ado, here is the text:
I was born in 1360, a turbulent time, and my father was the famous Zhu Yuanzhang. I am the fourth oldest among my brothers. My father named me "Zhu Di", and the English name was Judy.
When I was 10 years old, I had my own fiefdom, and my father sealed me in Peiping, which is now Beijing. However, the capital of our Ming Dynasty was in Yingtian, which is now Nanjing. My father sealed me to the north near Mongolia, mainly to defend me against the Northern Yuan regime, when the Yuan Dynasty was driven out of the Central Plains, but they could go south at any time. So many of my brothers and I were sealed off to the periphery of the Ming Dynasty, so that we could jointly protect the security of the country.
I confess that my eldest brother Zhu Biao is a good heir, and he is also very appreciated by his father. Our younger brothers love our eldest brother very much, and feel that after the death of our father in the future, the eldest brother will definitely be able to lead our Ming Dynasty to a more prosperous era. Unfortunately, the eldest brother died at the age of 38, seeing the tear tracks on his father's face and his weakening body, we know that my father felt sad about the death of his eldest brother, and he did not expect that the successor he had worked so hard to cultivate would actually ask his white-haired person to send a black-haired person.
After that, my father became cruel and suspicious. I thought: Since the eldest brother is dead, then let the second brother Zhu Shuang be the prince, or the third brother Zhu Huan, I am out of drama anyway, because my mother is Concubine Gong, and the mothers of the three brothers are all Empress Ma, and I am already inferior in terms of identity. Unexpectedly, his father made a decision that surprised everyone, and he actually made his eldest brother's son Zhu Yunjiang the prince. My nephew is only a teenager, and his milk smells dry, how can he lead us Daming. Not only me, but my brothers are not convinced. But our father's will could not be disobeyed, so we had to swallow our anger.
In 1398, my father died, and Zhu Yunjiang's kid successfully inherited the throne, although I was unwilling, but on the surface I still congratulated my nephew, after all, there is no royal land under the whole world, and there is no royal minister on the shore of the land. Originally, everyone was at peace with each other, but he never expected that he would swell as soon as he became emperor. He actually listened to the advice of his subordinates Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng to come and cut the clan. Boy, you need to know that your uncles and I are following your grandfather on the battlefield to fight the world, and now the world is not so peaceful, maybe there will be enemies invading our Daming border, and my uncles and I are all to protect the stability and prosperity of Daming. I didn't expect you kid to unload the grind and kill the donkey! Disappointment, I'm really disappointed in you. Seeing that you have slashed off five lords in one year, I don't think I can sit still, because soon my fate will be the same as your five uncles. Now that you have already started your actions against me, you have actually sent Xie Gui and Zhang Bing to take over the command of my army, and now that I have been vacated by you, it seems that if I don't act, there is only one way to die. But at the moment I only have 800 hole cards in my hand, and I know that if I play hard, I will only have a dead end. I could only pretend to be crazy and sell stupid in an attempt to avoid this disaster. To confuse you, I even defecated on the streets and even ate raw fish sold at the market. In order to survive, I can't manage so much! I didn't expect that these actions of mine did not confuse you, and you still want to capture me back to Nanjing to wait for my death. Soon, Xie Gui and Zhang Bing surrounded my palace with tens of thousands of soldiers, and as soon as they gave an order, these soldiers would storm my room and take me down. In that case, I can only take action! I first invited Xie Gui and Zhang Bing into my palace, lied to them that I wanted to explain to the other comrades, and told them that the matter was very important, and that other soldiers except the two of them were not allowed to enter without permission. They entered my house without much thought, and at the same time entered my trap. I wanted to rebel against them and make them obey me and use them for my use, but they are still loyal and refuse to betray you! So I ordered my men to capture and kill them. After that, I threw the heads of the two of them at the gate of the palace, and the soldiers saw that their superiors had been cut off by me and surrendered to me. That night, I occupied the Nine Gates of Peiping and took command of the defenders of Peiping, and now I had tens of thousands of soldiers! I knew that if I didn't take the initiative, you would soon send troops to suppress me, so I decided to start a war. Of course, I also need a proper reason, this reason is that the emperor you are too young to defend the traitor, just take this slashing of the domain, that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng are both traitors, villains, I must kill the traitors around you for you! When you learn the news of my rebellion, I don't know if you kid will panic.
In 1399, at the age of 39, I stepped on a war horse, armed with a spear, and led tens of thousands of soldiers to launch this battle of appeasement in the name of the Qing monarch's side, and no one knew what happened to me. You first sent General Geng Bingwen to fight me, but General Geng knows me well, he is a general known for defense, and active attack has never been his style, and he is almost 70 years old, too old. As the saying goes, "knowing oneself knows that the other is victorious in a hundred battles", I know him so well, he is certainly not my opponent. Soon we started a big battle, and as expected, our army won a big victory! I believe that after hearing the news of General Geng's defeat, you must have stayed up all night. Soon you will let Li Jinglong replace General Geng. You are still too young, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, how can you easily change the main general? Moreover, this Li Jinglong is also a wine bag rice bag, where does he know war! It's just the title of hereditary father Li Wenzhong. I don't put such people in my eyes at all. Soon I defeated Li Jinglong. Later, you repeatedly replaced the general, but our army is gaining momentum, so it can win again and again!
From 1399 to 1402, this war lasted a total of 4 years, and in general, I won more than I lost, and finally I reached the city of Nanjing. Coincidentally, the Nanjing city defender at that time was this Li Jinglong, maybe he was afraid of me, and soon he went out of the city to surrender. Okay, I have won a complete victory in the Battle of Yasuk. That night, I entered the palace and came to talk to you about life, but who knew but I could not find it. I was told that there were charred corpses in the palace, saying that it might be your corpse, and I didn't believe it, and I didn't want to believe it.
Since then, I have officially ascended the throne, but secretly sent people to search for your traces all the way! After becoming emperor, I decided to develop production well, because years of conquest made my people in Daming miserable. I took a series of measures to restore the production and life of the common people, and the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was greatly improved, which later generations called "Yongle Prosperous". I did not stay in the palace to enjoy myself, but returned to my fief Beiping from time to time, which is not that I miss home, but the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty come back from time to time to invade my Daming border, making my border people miserable. In order to completely solve this group of remaining forces, I moved the capital of Daming from Nanjing back to Beiping, and then I personally conquered Mobei 5 times, and these personal conquests really dealt a great blow to the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty and created a peaceful and stable environment for my Daming. On July 18, 1424, my fifth conquest ended, and I took my last breath on the way back to Beijing. After all, I am 65 years old, and with the hard work, my body can no longer withstand such a toss. In my early years, I guarded the border pass, then Jing rebelled, and finally drove my family, was born in troubled times, died on the journey, and a "typing" word ran through my life!
Portrait of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di