Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has left a strong mark in the history of our country. Compared with other "greenhouse flowers" like the royal heirs, Zhu Yuanzhang earned and snatched it himself, his vitality is more tenacious, the policy is more in line with the current situation of the country, during his reign, the Ming Dynasty flourished, known as the "rule of Hongwu".
In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, zhu Yuanzhang's carefully cultivated crown prince died of illness. This was a great blow to Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was already more than sixty years old, and it was impossible for the country to be without a prince, so Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Zhu Yunjiao, who was very filial, to the position of emperor's grandson.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the fourth son, Zhu Di, might have a "heart of disobedience", and was afraid that Zhu Yunjiao would not be able to stop him. Before his death, he left four hole cards for Zhu Yunjiao, but after Zhu Yunjiao ascended the throne, he made himself clever and abolished them all. What did Zhu Yunjiao do after he ascended the throne?
One, four hole cards
When Zhu Yunjiao is mentioned, it is necessary to mention his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang once issued a deafening call during the uprising: "The prince will have a kind of feeling about Xiangning? "Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is not a proud son of heaven and comes from an imperial family.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was born into a very poor peasant family, and the reason why he became emperor was that "the times created heroes" and his excellent wisdom. Zhu Yuanzhang, with his personal ability, changed from a child of a poor family to a 95-year-old, which can be said to be "changing his life against the sky". But no matter how "anti-heavenly" people are, they will eventually have an aging day.
Zhu Yuanzhang also needed an heir. Zhu Yuanzhang made his eldest son Zhu Biaohuan the crown prince very early, and let him study with Song Lian and receive a good education. Zhu Biao was very talented in Confucian classics, and his temperament was also gentle and peaceful, and he was the most authoritative among his brothers.
But he had bad luck and died in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and his death was nothing more than a thunderbolt for Zhu Yuanzhang, who was more than sixty years old at the time, he was already very old, and he no longer had time to carefully cultivate the next crown prince. At this moment, Zhu Yunjiao, who was pure filial piety, entered Zhu Yuanzhang's vision and attracted Zhu Yuanzhang's attention.
Yes, the reason why Zhu Yunjue was able to succeed to the throne was not because of his talent, but because of his filial piety. Such Zhu Yunjiao would certainly not be able to convince the public after succeeding to the throne, so Zhu Yuanzhang intimately left four bottom cards for him.
Whether the young and benevolent Zhu Yunjiao can take on a big responsibility, not only Zhu Yuanzhang is guilty of muttering in his heart, but Zhu Yunjiao himself is also bottomless. Once, in a conversation between the two, they talked about Zhu Di and other clan kings.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought about the examination, so he told Zhu Yunjiao that he had entrusted the task of defending against foreign enemies to a number of clan kings, and you could sit back and relax as your emperor.
Zhu Yunjiao reacted quickly, and immediately asked Zhu Yuanzhang what he would do if the king of the clan rebelled? Although Zhu Yuanzhang was confident, he waited for Zhu Yunjiao to say his way.
Zhu Yunjiao deliberated for a moment and said a good strategy that satisfied Zhu Yuanzhang. One is to impress them with virtue and restrain them with etiquette. Second, if they cannot be indoctrinated, they will cut their fiefdoms. Third, the smaller fiefdoms could not curb their ambitions, so they simply ordered their thrones to be abolished. If the first three points are not enough, then the army will directly suppress the territory and execute them on the spot.
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Zhu Yunjiao's words, he praised him for saying that he was very good, and he could do so in the future. This bottom card translates as "subduing people with virtue" and "first salute and then soldiers".
In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Zhu Yunjiao's temperament was very benevolent, and he also asked him to revise the overly strict rules in the "Great Ming Law", which should be extremely applicable to Zhu Yunjiao. However, after Zhu Yunjiao became the Jianwen Emperor, he made himself clever and directly abolished the bottom card.
2. Zhu Di rebelled
As the co-lord of the world, who wouldn't want to be the emperor? Especially the children of the royal family, who were originally close to the throne, seemed to be only one step away. Zhu Di also wanted to be, but he didn't have a chance. Zhu Di was not valued by Zhu Yuanzhang from birth.
When he was born, it was an emergency in the war, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even have time to look at him, so he had to go to the battlefield again, so his sense of existence in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was very low.
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he had time to name several children who did not have big names, and Zhu Di also had his own name at this time, and at this time he was already seven years old, and the eldest brother Zhu Biao had become the prince.
Although the crown prince had been decided, Zhu Yuanzhang still attached great importance to the education of the princes, sending all the children to the "Big Main Hall" to study, and Zhu Di also gained a lot in the Big Main Hall.
When Zhu Di made a mistake and faced punishment, the crown prince Zhu Biao would reconcile in the middle to avoid him being punished. Therefore, if Zhu Biao succeeds to the throne, there may not be Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, but it is Zhu Yunjiao who succeeds to the throne. After Zhu Yunjiao succeeded to the throne, if he could use the bottom card given to him by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di might not be able to play the name of "Fengtian Jingnan" and launch the Battle of Jingnan. But Zhu Yunjiao was partial to being clever and gave up the benevolent government that he was good at.
3. Emperor Jianwen made himself clever
In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness, and the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunjiao succeeded to the throne, known as Emperor Jianwen. When the father died, it was supposed that the son would return to his hometown to mourn wherever he was.
Although Zhu Di was the king of the domain, he also wanted to enter the capital to mourn. However, halfway through, he was ordered by Emperor Jianwen to return to the same route and not to enter Beijing, and Zhu Di had to return to the fiefdom.
However, this was only the beginning, and Emperor Jianwen's big move was still to come, and he firmly remembered the threat of the kings of the domain, so he wanted to get rid of it.
Therefore, he summoned the famous minister Qi Tai to discuss with Huang Zicheng, a scholar of Hanlin, about cutting the domain, which could still be regarded as the emperor's precautions, but soon Emperor Jianwen took action.
He took the King of Zhou, who was a compatriot of Zhu Di's mother, and slashed him to the end, reducing him to a commoner and matching it with Yunnan. This is completely different from what he said before: first obey people with virtue, restrain with courtesy, then cut the fiefdom, and then abolish the throne without repentance.
He omitted the benevolent strategy in front of him and directly abolished the throne of the King of Zhou, which can be described as a model of "hitting people and punching people in the face".
In the following year or less, he successively got the mistakes of the kings of the clan and turned the kings of Qi, Dai, and Min into shuren. King Xiang, unable to dispel Emperor Jianwen's concerns, chose to directly set himself on fire to Mingzhi.
When Emperor Jianwen attacked these clan kings, Zhu Di, the most powerful King of Yan, knew that his "end" was coming, and he could no longer sit still.
Therefore, Zhu Di said that he could not get sick on the surface, and secretly recruited inhuman warlocks to accumulate strength. In July of the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Di, in the name of "Qing Junfang", raised an army to conquer Nanjing, which lasted four years, and the palace caught fire, Emperor Jianwen disappeared, and Zhu Di became Ming Chengzu.
IV. Summary
If Zhu Yunjiao could adopt the strategies of "subduing people with virtue" and "first courtesy and then soldiers" as zhu Yuanzhang had said earlier, perhaps Zhu Di would not have started a rebellion for self-preservation so early.
Of course, whether or not to become an emperor depends on his own ability, Zhu Yunjiao's ability is insufficient, and it is normal to be overthrown, but it is a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang's love and care.