Historically, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was a generation of Ming emperors, and after he took the throne, he began to restore the people's livelihood and exempt himself from taxes, which pushed the foundation laid by Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, to the peak.
But how many people know that behind this prosperous world, Zhu Di's uncle snatched it from his nephew Zhu Yunjiao?
Zhu Di's original intention and beginning and end of the rebellion
Zhu Di launched the Battle of Jingnan in the name of "Qing Junfang", and when he entered the city of Nanjing, Zhu Yunjiao set himself on fire and died, and Zhu Di also seized the throne and naturally became emperor. Looking back, if when Zhu Di entered the city of Nanjing, Zhu Yunjiao was calmly waiting for Zhu Di's arrival, then how should Zhu Di solve this problem?
Obviously, Zhu Di's attempt to achieve the purpose of holding the throne through the "Qing Jun's side" was obviously untenable. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's "Ancestral Training of the Emperor Ming", if there are traitorous ministers in the dynasty, causing trouble to the imperial program, and disloyal to the emperor, the kings of the clan have the right to go to beijing and kill the traitors, so as to serve the king.
If Zhu Yunjiao did not panic in the end, did not run away or commit suicide, and handed over all the traitors, and wanted to kill them, then Zhu Di would be embarrassed. If you kill the traitor, the junbian will also be cleared, and after all this hard work, Zhu Di will have to return to the fiefdom, and then Zhu Di will fight this battle in vain.
Therefore, when Zhu Yunjiao smiled and squinted and sat on the dragon chair to greet Zhu Di, Zhu Di may have been suspicious in his heart, thinking that things were not good, and there must be deception, but he did not dare to kill Zhu Yunjiao. Because he played the banner of "Qing Jun's side", on the surface it was not a plot to usurp the throne. If he killed the emperor once, it would be a violation of the ancestral precepts, and he would be recorded in the annals of history and scolded by the ages.
Obviously, we all know that Zhu Di certainly could not have surrendered the hard-won capital to the throne. He had come for the throne, and if he had returned to the domain without catching anything, maybe Zhu Yunjiao would have given him a rifle at any time and killed him by surprise.
Next, taking advantage of Zhu Di's serious injury, Zhu Yunjiao used this to regain his strength, at which time Zhu Yunjiao took a bite back, saying that Zhu Di was committing a rebellion and plotting to usurp the throne, then Zhu Di could not argue with a hundred words. In short, what Zhu Di did was a troublesome matter.
Zhu Di's other possibilities for unifying the world
In fact, even if Zhu Yunzhuo did not self-immolate, Zhu Di could also rule the world by blackmailing the Son of Heaven in the way of ordering the princes, but the emperor did not necessarily have zhu Di's turn to do it, perhaps the title of Ming Chengzu was Zhu Di's son or grandson, and Zhu Di's road to becoming emperor would be relatively difficult.
Historical examples of the success of the princes such as Wang Mang, Cao Cao, and Sima Yi. All through the cultivation of puppet Tianzi, in order to achieve the ambition of domination of the world. It's just that some people wait for the day of ascending to the throne of God, and some people can only rely on their children to achieve great things.
But history is a joke with everyone, Zhu Yunjiao set himself on fire in the Ming Palace, and the Ming Dynasty was leaderless because of the emperor's death, so zhu Di was made and made him ascend to the throne, and Zhu Di no longer needed to scratch his head for how to become emperor with integrity.
However, in this matter, we think in reverse, zhu di such a cruel person, will zhu yunjiao really have the opportunity to self-immolate or escape? With Zhu Di's personality, even if blood is thicker than water, it will not leave a way for his nephew to live. That is to say, what if the fire that burned Zhu Yunjiao was actually set up by Zhu Di, and then lied that Zhu Yunjiao himself did it?
In the process of Zhu Di's seizure of the throne, there are two people that we must pay attention to. With the help of Gu Wang and Li Jinglong, Zhu Di successfully entered the city of Nanjing. These two people were originally very close to Zhu Yunjiao, but unfortunately, seeing that the general trend had gone, they turned their heads and threw themselves into Zhu Di's camp.
The murder of Emperor Zhu Yunjiao may have become their surrender. Then, it is very likely that these two people killed Zhu Yunjiao in advance, and then set fire to the palace, pretending that Zhu Yunjiao burned himself and died, thus opening the palace door to meet the new emperor Zhu Di. Of course, this is just a guess and has no relevant historical basis.
The cause of Zhu Yunjiao's death is a mystery
There is also a saying that Zhu Yunjue did not die, but fled the palace, and the charred corpse of a eunuch replaced him, and since then he has fled to the West, hidden his name, and started a new life.
Since then, Zhu Di has suffered from two major heart diseases: first, his throne has not come from the right path, and he is afraid of being remembered by the world and spurned by posterity; second, Zhu Yunjiao's life and death are unknown, and he has fled overseas after hearing the news, and he does not know that he will come back one day to expose the lie of Zhu Di's usurpation of the throne. In order to eliminate these two major heart diseases, Zhu Di wantonly killed his former ministers and tampered with historical materials, and after the Battle of Guangjing, he killed more than 14,000 people at a time, which was extremely brutal.
At the same time, Zheng He was sent to the West, ostensibly to show daming's comprehensive national strength, let the small coastal countries bow down to their subjects, voluntarily send tribute, create a prosperous scene of "all nations coming to the dynasty", and try to prove themselves from the international level that they are "destined to return"; at the same time, they can secretly investigate the whereabouts of Zhu Yunjiao, so that Zheng He can eliminate this heart disease for him.
Throughout his life, Zheng He went to the West seven times, and instead of completing the task that Zhu Di gave him to find Zhu Yunjiao, he completed a feat in human history. It strengthened cultural exchanges with Southeast Asia, opened a window to the world for the Ming Dynasty, strengthened maritime trade with neighboring countries, greatly enriched the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, enriched the people's lives, and laid the foundation for the budding of capitalism that began to appear during the Ming Dynasty.
summary
Throughout history, Zhu Di has outstanding political achievements, created the Yongle prosperous world, the evaluation of Zhu Di, merit or not, history has its own evaluation, although the reputation is mixed, but his achievements still brought a positive and far-reaching impact, later generations will divide him into "Ming Jun", thus diluting his various brutal measures after he came to power.