In the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), on the occasion of his death, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Yunwen, who was about to become emperor: After you take the throne, do not embarrass your uncles. Zhu Yunwen had to deal with the dying Zhu Yuanzhang and agreed to Zhu Yuanzhang, and when Zhu Yuanzhang died, he implemented the long-planned plan to cut the domain, and attacked his uncles one after another!
Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, the founding emperor of the Daming Dynasty. Formerly known as Zhu Chongba and Zhu Xingzong. Zhongli of Haozhou (present-day Fengyang, Anhui), Zhu Yuanzhang was poor as a child, and used to herd cattle for landowners. At the age of twenty-five, he joined the Red Turban Army led by Guo Zixing to resist the Yuan Dynasty, and later successively eliminated Chen Youcheng, Zhang Shicheng and other separatist forces, overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and established the Ming Dynasty.
In order to defend the Daming dynasty of the Zhu family, Zhu Yuanzhang divided his sons, and the kings of the major clans took the throne one after another, so as to consolidate the power of the Daming. At this time, the crown prince Zhu Biao was helping to handle state affairs in a flourishing manner, and this prince, as the most powerful and stable prince since the Chinese feudal dynasty, was the second emperor of the future Ming Empire. However, the heavens made a joke on Zhu Biao, and in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, the crown prince Zhu Biao toured Shaanxi, on the one hand, to investigate whether Xi'an could be used as the imperial capital of Daming; On the other hand, it was to investigate the wrongdoing of his second brother, Zhu Shu the King of Qin. During the inspection, he suddenly fell ill, then hurriedly returned to Yingtian (Nanjing), and died soon before Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. After Zhu Biao's death, all the times when Zhu Yuanzhang laid out for Zhu Biao were chaotic, which led to a lot of killings in Zhu Yuanzhang's later years.
Zhu Yunwen, the second son of Zhu Biao, the crown prince of Yiwen, according to the primogeniture system of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial throne would not fall to Zhu Yunwen. Even if the crown prince Zhu Biao did not die and Zhu Biao took the throne, the throne was also that of Zhu Biao's eldest son, Zhu Xiongying. But his luck couldn't stop it, but Zhu Xiongying died. The most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang was bent on passing on the line of the crown prince, so he bypassed his sons and directly passed on to the then crown prince Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen, who had just ascended the throne, wanted to destroy his uncles before even the emperor's chair was hot, and his long-planned plan to cut the domain was finally implemented at the instigation of Shangshu Qitai of the military department and Huang Zicheng of the Tai Changqing. Starting from the weakest clan king, he deposed the kings of Zhou, Daiwang, Qi, and Min one after another, among which the king of Xiang died by self-immolation in order not to be humiliated by the slaves. Left the strongest Yan King last.
At first, he thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was hanging, and put his three sons under house arrest in Nanjing to control Zhu Di. After Zhu Di returned to Beiping, he swallowed his anger and pretended to be crazy and stupid, dispelling Zhu Yunwen's scruples, so he released Zhu Di's three sons.
In the autumn and July of the first year of Jianwen (August 1399), inspired by Yao Guangxiao, who later became the black-clothed prime minister of Yongle, Zhu Di the King of Yan swore an oath to disobey the order, issued an edict to the generals, and raised troops under the banner of "the side of the Qing monarch" to "Jing Jian", which is known in history as the "Battle of Jing Difficulty". The young Zhu Yunwen was the opponent of Zhu Di the King of Yan, and this "Battle of Jingyan" was fought for three years.
On June 13, the fourth year of Jianwen (1402), Zhu Di arrived at the gate of Jinchuan. The king of the valley, Zhu Qi, and Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, opened the Jinchuan Gate to welcome the surrender, and the Jing division was broken. In the melee of the palace, Zhu Yunwen set fire to the palace, escaped from the palace himself, and has since changed his name and surname, and his whereabouts are unknown. As for how Zhu Yunwen escaped from the heavily guarded palace? Where did it escape? It's still a mystery!
If Zhu Yunwen had listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's words at that time, had not attacked his uncles, and had not cut the domain, would it have been another ending? According to the military talent of Yan King Zhu Di, it is estimated that he will not be willing to stoop to his nephew to become a clan king, otherwise there will be no dazzling Yongle prosperous era in history!