#History#There are nearly ten great unified dynasties in Chinese history, the most famous of which is the Ming Dynasty founded by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang, as the lowest starting point among all the founding emperors, successfully achieved a starting point of "bowl beating the world". In addition, the Ming Dynasty is famous for being the most backbone dynasty, known as the "Son of Heaven Guarding the Gate", and in its three-hundred-year history, there is no record of peace, reparations, land cession, or Nagon. Even the strength of the Han and Tang dynasties needed to maintain border peace through peace; Not to mention the Nagon of the Song Dynasty and the cession of land in the Qing Dynasty.
Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, is regarded as the founder of the system of "the Son of Heaven guarding the country" and is a great and controversial historical figure. He led Daming into a prosperous era, but he seized the throne of his nephew Zhu Yunjiang, an act that has been controversial. Zhu Yunjiang was the heir personally proposed by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. He was canonized as the crown prince at the age of 15 and ascended the throne at the age of 21. However, before his position was stable, he implemented a series of policies to reduce the domain, which led to Zhu Di's Battle of Jingqing. After three years of war, Zhu Di finally invaded Nanjing and became the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
After Zhu Di led an army into Nanjing, a fire broke out in the palace. Although only three charred corpses were found at the scene, and the identities could not be determined, the eunuchs identified them as the bodies of Emperor Jianwen, Empress and their eldest son, which also provided a basis for Zhu Di's legal accession to the throne.
Years later, however, the Ming imperial family is still secretly searching for the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen to eliminate this potential threat. Among the people, there are various speculations about Zhu Yunjiang's life and death: the official version is that Emperor Jianwen burned himself in the imperial palace; The second version is that he fled to Dongming Temple in Qiantang County, Hangzhou to become a monk; There is also a theory that he fled to Jiangxi, assumed the name Zhan Biyun, and became a Taoist priest in the Sanqing Palace.
In general, the people generally sympathized with Emperor Jianwen and believed that he survived. Therefore, many people reviewed the "Battle of Jingjian" and raised a question: If Zhu Yunjiang sat on the dragon chair and waited for Zhu Di when the city of Nanjing was breached, would Zhu Di take the initiative to do something to him?
Xiao Xin's view is that although Zhu Di ostensibly opposed the practice of Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and others to reduce the domain under the banner of "the side of the Qing monarch", in fact, he rebelled to seize the throne after the Jing disaster. Therefore, he could no longer be at ease as a clan king, and he would inevitably take action against Zhu Yunjiang.
After Zhu Yunjiang ascended the throne, his determination was unshakable, and his jealousy of the clan king was vividly displayed. Less than three months after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he began to reduce his domain, and the situation between the DPRK and China was not yet stable. This shows that he will not give up the clan because the external environment does not allow it.
Zhu Yunjiang's means of reducing the domain were very urgent, and the lords of the clan everywhere were harmed by it, and Zhu Di was the most threatened. Qi Tai suggested that Zhu Di's own brother, Zhu Wei, the King of Zhou, be cut first and slowly weaken Zhu Di's strength. Although the specific people are different, they are actually aimed at Zhu Di. Within two months of the beginning of the eradication of the domain, the kings of Zhou, Qi, Daiwang, and Min were all demoted to commoners and exiled, and the Xiang king set himself on fire out of fear. This caused great panic to many clan kings, and they were also happy to see Zhu Di's army.
At the last step, Zhu Di couldn't help himself. His generals who had worked hard in the Battle of Jing also hoped that he would become emperor. Therefore, Zhu Di eventually launched an uprising, overthrew Zhu Yunjiang's rule, and ascended the throne as emperor.
Emperor Taizu of Song Zhao Kuangyin was forced to wear a dragon robe and tied to the throne, he also claimed to be Chai Rong's loyal courtier, but the generals "hurt him". Similarly, 100,000 soldiers followed Zhu Di in a fierce war for three years and finally won. At this time, if Zhu Di again said that he would return to Beiping to become a clan king, would the soldiers be able to agree?
Secondly, from the perspective of Zhu Di's inner desire to be an emperor. As Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son, he was not originally qualified to compete for the throne. Although after the death of the prince's eldest brother, he did not care much about his grandson Zhu Yunjiang, but he also had no idea of rebellion. However, with the death of the second and third elders, Zhu Di became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son, and his ambitions gradually swelled, and he felt that he should be made crown prince.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang never considered this idea. Before his death, he issued an edict to Zhu Di, asking him to lead the prince of the clan to assist his nephew Zhu Yunjiang. Therefore, Zhu Di had to suppress his thoughts and be the head of a clan king with peace of mind.
However, Zhu Yunjiang gave him a chance. Zhu Di decisively raised troops and raised the banner of the Qing monarch's side, but in fact took the opportunity to realize his dream. Zhu Di eventually succeeded in ascending the throne and became emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
The key is that in the early days of the army, Zhu Di promised Zhu Quan that the world would be divided equally, which was the most favorable evidence. If you just want to eliminate Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and others, why make such a promise? Even if Zhu Yunjiang did not run away, and even actively suppressed the rebellion, he could not change the final outcome. Just as the Rebellion of the Seven Kings during the Han Jing Emperor opposed the imperial power, although the Han Jing Emperor killed Chao Qiao, he could not stop the rebellion, and finally could only solve the problem by military means.
At most, Zhu Di proclaimed himself regent, and a few years later Zhu Yunjiang voluntarily "abdicated" to cede the throne to his uncle, and a few years later, Zhu Yunjiang died of illness. There are many similar examples in history, so do not have any illusions about the enemy. However, if it were not for Zhu Di's accession to the throne, considering Zhu Yunjiang's character, the Ming Dynasty might not have carried out many Northern Expeditions and would not have achieved such great achievements. But this is only a possibility, and no one can be 100% sure.