The story of the Ming Dynasty always has a lot to explore, especially the story of Zhu Di's ascension to the throne has appeared many times in many film and television works, but today's talk is not how Zhu Di came to power, but the story of Zhu Quan, another son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Ning, who can live to the age of seventy-one in that era and die, which can be said to be a representative figure in the end.
Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy of recuperation laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty's prosperity, but Zhu Yuanzhang also had a time to consider mistakes, when Zhu Yuanzhang chose to let several sons lead the army to the domain in order to avoid his sons fighting and avoid being destroyed again, thinking that anywhere in the world was his own people, and as a result, when his grandson Zhu Yunjiao ascended to the throne, these uncles, who should have been a stabilizing factor, became a factor of instability.
After all, there is only one throne, Zhu Yunjiao is also the nephew's generation, several uncles naturally want to ascend to the throne instead of handing the throne to a junior to manage, Zhu Di is the real headache inside, Zhu Di has been the king of the clan many times since he has made many northern expeditions, is a great general who is fearful in the minds of many people, and is also the king of the clan who really rebelled successfully.
Zhu Quan, the seventeenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was also a troublesome figure, and was loved by Zhu Yuanzhang at a very young age, and at the age of fifteen he was already assigned to command the Duoyan Three Guards Cavalry, which was a nightmare existence for the Northern Yuan.
Zhu Quan was assigned to the position of Daning City outside the Xifeng Pass, where the east is connected to Liaozuo, the west is connected to Xuanfu, which is very important in the position, with more and more wars, the glory of Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, is getting bigger and bigger, and he has his own escort and the glory of being in a high position, but Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, is different from Zhu Di, and he has not thought of becoming emperor himself, nor has he thought of rebellion.
In the eyes of Zhu Quan, the King of Ning, as long as he could live the life of his own king in a down-to-earth manner, even in the face of Zhu Di's rivalry with Zhu Yunjiao, Zhu Quan only wanted to go with the flow, but unfortunately, the military power in his hands at that time belonged to all parties and was doomed to be afraid and contested. After Emperor Jianwen ascended to the throne, he felt that the power of the kings of all sides was a hidden danger, so he thought of the idea of cutting the domain, which was the right thing to do from the emperor's point of view, at that time, in addition to Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, there were many clan kings who had ambitions, and the success of Zhu Di's rebellion showed that Emperor Jianwen's idea of cutting the clan at that time was correct, but the implementation of the above problems led to failure.
Emperor Jianwen had an advantage in cutting the domain at the beginning, and Zhu Di also knew that his timing was not right, and he could only pretend to be crazy and stupid to paralyze Emperor Jianwen, until Emperor Jianwen really had a flaw, and Zhu Di launched a war in the name of the Qing Junfang, which is known as the Battle of Jingnan in the history of this war.
At this time, Emperor Jianwen did not know what to do, thinking of quickly letting several uncles come to escort, among which the Duoyan Three Guards Cavalry of King Zhu Quan of Ning became the focus of people's attention, and Zhu Quan, who had been uncomfortable with the matter of Emperor Jianwen's cutting of the domain, chose to wait and see, Emperor Jianwen did not realize where the problem was at this time, but instead removed the powerless Mongolian Wuliangha Three Guards moderation, which made Zhu Quan really inclined to Zhu Di.
Compared with Emperor Jianwen's superiority, Zhu Di was obviously much smarter, and he disguised himself and ran to King Ning's home to cry and complain, saying that he would rebel only as a last resort, and at the same time he made contact with the senior general of Duoyan Sanwei, so he tricked Zhu Quan into sending him off in the suburbs, and then kidnapped Zhu Quan directly, threatening Zhu Quan with his family that he had to side with him.
In the face of the situation at that time, Zhu Quan was not willing to choose which one, but he could only choose to follow Zhu Di's path, And Zhu Di said that in order to coax Zhu Quan to do well, he also said that when things became, they would divide the world together, and Zhu Quan had already seen through the words that Zhu Di said were used to deceive people, but since things had already decided to go on, they could only take one step at a time.
With the support of Duoyan Sanwei, Zhu Di captured the city of Nanjing in one fell swoop and declared himself emperor as he wished, and after gaining the world, Zhu Quan asked himself to leave for the fiefdom in order not to be suppressed by Zhu Di, but Zhu Di did not give Zhu Quan a fief, but directly fixed Zhu Quan in Nanchang, and did not even arrange for Zhu Quan to belong to the mansion that the king of the clan should have.
What Zhu Quan did not expect was that Zhu Di was very jealous of this brother who originally held troops in his hands and was very prestigious, and even arranged a secret agent to monitor the actions of Zhu Quan's family at all times, as long as there were any small actions, they would be amplified immediately, even if this was still arranged for false accusations.
Soon some people reported that Zhu Quan had done something to do the curse of witchcraft, this matter was actually thought by Zhu Di to be assigned and operated, the purpose was obviously to suppress Zhu Quan, this suppression also completely discouraged the original courageous and resourceful Zhu Quan, and decided to live a life of contentment with the status quo and never talk about political matters again.
Later, Zhu Quan studied the taoist cultivation of immortals, as well as literature, music, drama, etc. have become the object of Zhu Quan's research, and in the process of research, he created many works, Zhu Quan's Taihe Zhengyin score is the earliest surviving miscellaneous opera score in China, and it is also a very important theoretical work in the history of Chinese opera.
Zhu Quan's indisputable heart allowed him to live until the age of seventy-one, and in the process of his life, he went through six emperors, and after Zhu Di's death, Zhu Quan also wrote to hope that Emperor Renzong could change the fiefdom, but later this request was still rejected, and then Zhu Quan's request for some fields was also rejected, and when he was thirteen years old, Zhu Quanxue, the king of Ning, died, when he was 71 years old.
Zhu Quan's life is not completely chosen by his own will, when he was young, he was obviously a proud son of heaven but was calculated by his brothers he trusted, helping his brother to ascend to the throne but in exchange for endless suspicion and suppression, including Zhu Di's death still did not get a little good treatment.
Obviously brave and resourceful, but can only choose to spend the rest of his life on the music of the cultivation of immortals, such a life is not a good thing for a prince, but everything has both good and bad aspects, and it is precisely because Zhu Quan gave up his yearning for power behind him that he saved his life in such a royal struggle, and experienced six generations of emperors to become the longest-lived prince.
Moreover, Zhu Quan's achievements in art and literature also had a great impact on future generations, and many things left behind have become the main content of learning for future generations, so it is a good thing to spend the rest of their lives in that chaotic world, whether they choose or are forced to choose, born in the royal family There is not so much freedom to speak of, and it is good to have a long-lived old age.