The Battle of Jing ( also known as the Change of Jing ( also known as the Change of Jing ) was a war waged by Zhu Di in 1399–1402 with Emperor Jianwen 's seizure of power , and after Zhu Yunjiang succeeded to the throne , he began to reduce the domain, Zhu Di was dissatisfied with Zhu Yunjiang and the policy of reducing the domain, and rebelled against the central government of the Ming Dynasty, and the Yan army attacked Jinling, ending the Battle of Jingyan.
The Battle of Jing not only led to a change in the ownership of the Ming Dynasty's imperial throne, but also greatly affected the political and ideological trend of the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years
The division system implemented by the Ming Dynasty
Ming Taizu
Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty slaughtered the heroes, only trusted his own family, and in order to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty, he tried to strengthen the power of the royal family itself, and the specific way was to divide the kings. He made twenty-five members of the clan (24 sons and 1 grandson) the princes of the clan, stationed on the northern border and in strategic places throughout the country, hoping to use them to control the royal family. Zhu Yuanzhang believed: "The world is great, it is necessary to build a domain, to defend the country, to live in peace, and now all sons are long, and it is advisable for each to have a knighthood and divide the towns and kingdoms." "From the perspective of the whole country, there are two main types of these fiefdoms, one is the belly, and the other is the border fortress. The appointed kings established royal palaces in their fiefs, set up official subordinates, and their status was quite high, and the princes and ministers had to bow down when they saw the prince.
Emperor Jianwen succeeded to the throne
In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu (1392), the crown prince Zhu Biao died of illness, and Emperor Ming made Zhu Biao's second son Zhu Yunjiang the crown prince.
Zhu Yunjiang
In the leap month of the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness, and the temple name was Taizu, and the crown prince Zhu Yunjiang ascended the throne as emperor. Before his death, Zhu Yuanzhang made a posthumous edict, "Crown Prince Yunjiang Renming filial piety, the world is hearted, and it is appropriate to ascend the throne." Internal and external civil and military ministers and ministers work together to assist the government, with the people of Anwu" "kings in the country, not to the Jingshi division."
Emperor Jianwen cut the Five Domains
After the little emperor ascended the throne, the kings guarding the northern frontier already had great power, and Zhu Quan the King of Ning "brought 80,000 armor and 6,000 leather cars." Zhu Di, the king of Yan, also held the heavy power of "moderating the horses along the border". Zhu Yunjiang was worried about these imperial uncles. With the support of Fang Xiaozi and Huang Zicheng, he vigorously reduced the domain. Since Zhu Di and his brother King Zhou, the kings of Zhou, Dai, Min, Xiang, and Qi have successively cut it off, and King Xiang set himself on fire, and the rest are abolished as commoners.
King Yan raised troops on the side of the Qing Jun and launched the Battle of Jingyan
Zhu Di, the king of Yan, saw Emperor Zhu Yunjiang of Minghui's drastic slashing of the domain, so he also began to secretly organize his own army and secretly train. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, pretended to be crazy and foolish, concealed the eyes and ears of Emperor Ming Hui Zhu Yunjiang, and then occupied Beiping first. Later, he led his army south, in the name of "the side of the Qing monarch", to kill the "traitors" around Emperor Ming Hui Zhu Yunjiang.
Because Zhu Di had been leading troops to fight, at the beginning of the war, the subordinates who had previously belonged to Zhu Di the King of Yan had already surrendered to the King of Yan. However, after all, Zhu Di's troops were weak, and the strength of the 300,000 troops of the central government of the Ming Dynasty was very different, but fortunately, Zhu Di the King of Yan was an excellent commander, so the two armies faced each other, and for a while, it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat.
Later, the Ming Dynasty army sent Li Jinglong to replace the veteran general Geng Bingwen, and the army led by Li Jinglong was repeatedly defeated.
Huang Zicheng, the minister who recommended Li Jinglong, not only did not ask Emperor Ming Hui to replace him in time, but also helped Li Jinglong hide the defeat together.
As a result, the army of the central government of the Ming Dynasty was defeated by Zhu Di the King of Yan, and waited until Zhu Di the King of Yan had led his army to the city tower of Yingtian.
Li Jinglong led his family members to rebel en masse, opening the city gate to Zhu Di the King of Yan, and after Emperor Ming Hui Zhu Yunjiang learned the news, he set fire to the palace and committed suicide.
Ming Chengzu Zhu Di
Zhu Di the King of Yan successfully obtained the throne and became Emperor Chengzu of Ming.