After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he adopted a new system of feudal domains, and he divided his sons into various places to defend the security of the Ming Dynasty, most of which were divided into northern frontiers, and the nine clan kings from Liaodong to Gansu were collectively known as the Nine Great Sai Kings.
The nine great kings were Zhu Zhu the King of Qin, Zhu Tang the King of Jin, Zhu Di the King of Yan, Zhu Gui the DaiWang, Zhu Yu the Prince of Su, Zhu Zhi the Liao King, Zhu Li the Qing King, Zhu Quan the Ning King, and Zhu Xuan the Gu King. With the death of Zhu Yuanzhang, the fate of Zhu Yunjiao's succession also changed.
1. Zhu Zhu, King of Qin
Zhu Zhu, the second son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was born in the sixteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1356), Hongwu was crowned the King of Qin in the third year (1370), and Hongwu was in Xi'an Province in the eleventh year (1378).
After Zhu Zhu took the throne of Xi'an, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to control the military of the northwest and take charge of the conquest of the northwest region, and in the first month of the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu (1395), Zhu Zhu was ordered to lead the Pingqiang general Ning Zheng to Tao Prefecture (present-day Lintan County, Gansu) to fight the rebellion, and many were captured, and the rebels were afraid and surrendered.
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However, Zhu Zhu acted arbitrarily in the fiefdom, he built a lot of civil engineering, labored and hurt the people, and due to many mistakes, he was summoned to the capital by Zhu Yuanzhang in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu (1391), and was later released back to the fief the following year after being persuaded by the crown prince Zhu Biao.
In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu (1395), Zhu Zhu was poisoned to death by three old women in Xi'an at the age of 40, and he reigned on the Qin throne for a total of 27 years. It is worth mentioning that Zhu Zhu's wife is the sister of the famous Yuan Dynasty general Wang Baobao, which is the prototype of Zhao Min in the Book of the Dragon Slaughter in the Heavens.
After Zhu Zhu's death, the throne was succeeded by his eldest son Zhu Shangbing as the King of Qin Yin, who passed on a total of 11 16 kings in the Ming Dynasty.
2. Zhu Tang, King of Jin
Zhu Tang was the third son of Zhu Yuanzhang, born in the eighteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1358), Hongwu was crowned king of Jin in the third year (1370), and Hongwu was in Taiyuan Province in the eleventh year (1378).
After Zhu Tang took the domain of Taiyuan, he built a city, trained troops, and tun points, and was repeatedly praised by his old father Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Zhu Tang was the most stubborn of the Nine Great Kings, Zhu Tang often whipped his subordinates, if it were not for the maintenance of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Tang's throne would have been deposed by Zhu Yuanzhang long ago.
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When Hongwu was in Taiyuan in the eleventh year, Zhu Tang had whipped his cook for no reason, and this matter was reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang, who also said that he had been fighting in the world for many years and had punished many people, but he did not dare to blame his own cook, for fear that the cook would poison his own diet.
In the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), Zhu Tang died of illness in Taiyuan Province at the age of 41, and the throne was succeeded by his eldest son Zhu Jixi. A total of 14 titles were passed on as kings of Jin.
3. Zhu Di, King of Yan
Zhu Di was the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, born in the 20th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1360), Hongwu was crowned the King of Yan in the third year, and Hongwu was born in the 13th year (1380) of the Northern PingFu. Among all the sons of the Nine Great Sai Kings and even Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding sons, and the reason why he said one was because the crown prince Zhu Biao was also very good.
After the death of Zhu Yuanzhang in the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunjiao succeeded to the throne, and at the beginning of the succession he implemented the policy of cutting down the domain, in less than a year, the king of Zhou, the king of Min, the king of Xiang, the king of Qi, and the king of Dai were deposed successively, and Zhu Di launched the Battle of Jingnan in the name of "Fengtian Jingnan" for his own interests, and successfully seized the throne four years later, becoming the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
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After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he marched on the Mongols five times, edited the Yongle Canon, sent Zheng He to the West, and built the Forbidden City in Beijing. The Yongle years of his reign are also known as the Yongle Dynasty. In the twenty-second year of Yongle (1424), Zhu Di died of illness in Yushuchuan on the way back to Mongolia during the Fifth Northern Expedition at the age of 64. The temple name Taizong, buried in Changling, was changed to Chengzu during the Jiajing period, which is why some people wonder why there was no Taizong in the Ming Dynasty, because later we learned in the textbooks that Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, not Ming Taizong Zhu Di.
4. Acting King Zhu Gui
Zhu Gui was the 13th son of Zhu Yuanzhang, born in the seventh year of Hongwu (1374), Hongwu was made the Prince of Yu in the eleventh year (1378), and Hongwu was renamed the Acting King in the twenty-fifth year (1392), and was in Datong Province, Shanxi.
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After Emperor Jianwen succeeded to the throne, Zhu Gui was deposed by Zhu Yunjiao for his sins, and Zhu Di succeeded in rebelling and became emperor, and Zhu Gui's title was restored. Although Zhu Gui was one of the kings of Sai, he did not have much achievement, and during his time in Datong Province, he often plagued the people in the fiefdom, and was also reprimanded by Zhu Di, but Zhu Gui did not change his dead nature, and in desperation, Zhu Di cut off his three guards.
In the eleventh year of the reign of Emperor Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen (1446), Zhu Gui died at the age of 72, and the throne was inherited by his grandson Zhu Shiyi.
5. Su Wang Zhu Yi
Zhu Yu was the 14th son of Zhu Yuanzhang, born in the ninth year of Hongwu (1376), Hongwu was crowned king of Han at the age of two in the eleventh year, Hongwu was renamed King of Su in the twenty-fifth year (1392), and Hongwu was in Ganzhou (Zhangye, Gansu) in the twenty-eighth year (1395).
Zhu Yu
Zhu Yu was responsible for the military affairs of the Five Guards of Ganzhou, the capital of Shaanxi Province, and had an army of more than 50,000 people, second only to the Kings of Yan and Ning among the Nine Great Sai Kings. Zhu Yu was intelligent since childhood, and he was very good at reading, and was called the Showman of the Zhu family by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Yongle died in the eighteenth year (1420) at the age of 44, and the throne was succeeded by his eldest son Zhu Zhanyan.
6. Zhu Zhi, King of Liao
Zhu Zhi was the 15th son of Zhu Yuanzhang, born in the tenth year of Hongwu (1377), Hongwu was made the Prince of Wei when he was less than one year old, and Hongwu was renamed the King of Liao in the twenty-fifth year (1392), and he was enfeoffed as the King of Liao.
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Zhu Zhi was good at riding and shooting, was familiar with military affairs, and repeatedly built military merits in Liaodong, and was commended by Zhu Yuanzhang, who ordered him to control the military horses of Liaodong together with Zhu Quan, the king of Ning. After Zhu Dijing was difficult to raise an army, Emperor Jianwen feared that Zhu Zhi would support Zhu Di, so he recalled Zhu Zhi to Nanjing and changed his title to Jingzhou. After Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, he was annoyed that Zhu Zhi did not support him at that time, and he suppressed and criticized Zhu Zhi in many ways.
In the twenty-second year of Yongle (1424), Zhu Zhi died at the age of 48, and the title was inherited by his second son Zhu Guiyun the Prince of Changyang.
7. Qingwang Zhu Li
Zhu Li was the 16th son of Zhu Yuanzhang, born in the eleventh year of Hongwu (1378), and was crowned the Prince of Qing in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu (1391), and in the twenty-sixth year he was in Ningxia.
Zhu Li
Zhu Li was authorized to manage the military affairs of Qingyang, Ningxia, Yan'an, and Suide, and was responsible for the defense of the territory of the town. Since the Hongwu period, Zhu Li has gone through the 5 dynasties of Jianwen, Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Zhengtong. In the third year of orthodoxy (1438), Zhu Li died of illness at the age of 61, zhu Li enjoyed 47 years of domain, and the throne was inherited by his eldest son Zhu Zhikui.
8. Zhu Quan, King of Ning
Zhu Quan was the 17th son of Zhu Yuanzhang, born in the eleventh year of Hongwu (1378), hongwu twenty-four years (1391) was crowned the king of Ning, and twenty-six years later he was in Daning.
Among the Nine Great Sai Kings, Zhu Quan's strength was also relatively strong, he commanded 80,000 armored soldiers, 6,000 chariots, and duoyan sanwei also under his control. He has repeatedly joined the kings to fight in the jam, and his achievements are great.
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In the first year of Jianwen (1399), Zhu Quan was coerced by four Zhu Di and forced to participate in the Battle of Jingnan. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, Zhu Quan was resealed to Nanchang, during which he was repeatedly suppressed.
In the thirteenth year of orthodoxy (1448), Zhu Quan died in Nanchang at the age of 71, and the throne was succeeded by his eldest son Zhu Panju. In the fourteenth year of Zhengde (1519), Zhu Quan's grandson, Zhu Chenhao, the fifth king of Ning, rebelled with 100,000 troops, and was eventually captured by Wang Shouren, the governor of Gannan Province, and escorted to Nanjing, where he was deposed as a Shuren.
9. King Zhu of the Valley
Zhu Xun was the 19th son of Zhu Yuanzhang, born in the twelfth year of Hongwu (1379), and was crowned the King of Gu in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu (1391), and in the twenty-eighth year he was in Xuanfu. Jianwen was renamed to Changsha in four years. In June of the same year, when the King of Yan besieged the city of Nanjing at the end of the Battle of Jingnan, he surrendered with Li Jinglong and opened the Jinchuan Gate of Nanjing, which was guarded by his town, to let the Yan King's army enter the city, which is known as the change of the Jinchuan Gate.
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During the Yongle period, Zhu Xi plotted a rebellion, and was informed by Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, that he was stripped of his two sons by Ming Chengzu on the sixth day of the first month of February in the fifteenth year of Yongle (February 22, 1417), and was imprisoned with his family in the New Anwei Office of Huizhou, and Gu Guo was removed. In the third year of Xuande (1428), Zhu Xi died in captivity at the age of 49.