In the leap month of May in 1398, Zhu Yuanzhang, the son of cloth, returned to the west at the age of 70.
Zhu Yuanzhang would never have thought that only a year after his death, his son Zhu Di would rebel and rob his nephew Zhu Yunwen of the throne three years later.
It stands to reason that Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen has a huge amount of resources, and the vassal king Zhu Di is much weaker, so why can't he beat Zhu Di?
Careful analysis shows that there are actually three major reasons, one of which is related to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very bitter when he was young, he worked as a cattle herder, worked as a monk, and had to eat.
The rich experience determines that Zhu Yuanzhang has seen through the complex society and hates the ** filthy officials and the rich and unkind. This made him very hateful for ** and favoritism**.
In the process of founding the country, Zhu Yuanzhang defeated many heroes of the world, thus forming his self-righteous and self-righteous character.
In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang finally ascended the throne of the Ninety-Five, and the thirty-year Hongwu drama began.
In the past 30 years, Zhu Yuanzhang unknowingly dug two "big pits" for his successors.
The first pit: the vassal system.
In the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty caused the famous "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" because he wanted to cut the feudal domain, which almost caused the Western Han Dynasty to capsize. However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to have read that period of history, and after the founding of the country, he also designed the "vassal king system" and made his sons kings one by one. According to statistics, a total of 25 people were sealed, of which 24 were sons and one was a grandson.
Regarding this vassal king system, Zhu Yuanzhang has his own opinion: the world is big, and a feudal screen must be built, the upper defense of the country, and the lower peace of the people.
Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also let the vassal kings control the military power, as little as 3,000, as much as tens of thousands, and the most was Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who controlled 100,000 soldiers and horses, the purpose was to let him guard Beiping and defend the north.
There is a cattle man, Ye Boju, who feels that things are not going well, and once advised Zhu Yuanzhang: What should I do if the tail of the vassal king is too big to fall off and it affects the imperial court?Couldn't Your Majesty see the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" in the Han Dynasty and the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in the Western Jin Dynasty?
What does that mean?Questioning his own arrangements, questioning the loyalty of his sons?Kill!
Since then, no one has dared to persuade him.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have any worries at all?That's not right, he told the vassal kings not to contact each other, not to visit each other after coming to Beijing, and even, if a vassal king enters Beijing, a vassal king must leave Beijing. In short, don't give the vassal kings a chance to cooperate with each other, and it's better not to meet.
Zhu Yuanzhang's simple idea was: As long as the vassal kings are not united, a vassal king will not be able to succeed.
However, while restricting the vassal kings, Zhu Yuanzhang also left this sentence to the vassal kings: There are no ministers in the court, and there are treacherous people inside, and they will raise troops to punish them, so as to clear the king's side.
What do you mean?If there are traitors who control the emperor and affect the problem of "eternal stability", you can send troops to the side of the Qing monarch. This ancestral training made Zhu Di's later army become justified, and Zhu Di's later banner was "Qingjun side".
This is the first big hole dug by Zhu Yuanzhang for his successor: at a critical moment, the vassal king can raise troops to clear the king's side!
The second big pit: the killing of the military generals of Wenchen.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the "great" designer of the Ming Dynasty, found that it was not easy to govern the world, and the development of things was not as good as he imagined: ** stealing and treacherous, the court was constantly fighting, and corruption was endless.
So, Zhu Yuanzhang reshuffled again and again, from 1376 to 1385, Zhu Yuanzhang single-handedly launched three major operations, namely: the empty seal case, Hu Weiyong's case, and Guo Heng's ** case.
These three big cases have made countless heads fall to the ground. In particular, the impact of Hu Weiyong's case was very great, allowing more than 30,000 civil servants and military generals at all levels of the imperial court (including family members) to embark on the Huangquan Avenue.
In 1392, the crown prince Zhu Biao died, and Zhu Yuanzhang made his grandson Zhu Yunwen the crown prince, who was only 15 years old at that time and was still very immature.
was worried that after his death, his grandson would not be able to control those powerful characters, so in 1393, Zhu Yuanzhang had another big operation "Blue Jade Case". Through the Lanyu case, Zhu Yuanzhang expanded and expanded, killing more than 15,000 people.
In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer has to worry about his grandson not being able to control the court.
In the seventh lunar month of 1399, when the "Jingnan Change" occurred, there were almost no so-called famous generals in the imperial court, only the elderly Geng Bingwen and others who could only defend, and Zhao Kuo-like figures like Li Jinglong, who were famous generals.
In such a situation, it seems that Emperor Jianwen has a lot of resources, but in fact, there are few generals who can really stand in the way. This led to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who was able to fight well, and as soon as he rebelled, he was invincible and developed rapidly.
In a word, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who dug a big hole, making the available celebrities of his successor Zhu Yunwen very few, very few. In this way, how can you not be defeated?
I have not experienced the test of blood and fire, and I have not experienced all kinds of ditches and bumps, and it is difficult to practice superb "employment vision".
Zhu Yunwen is a good person, but he is not a genius, and he has very little experience.
If this person is just shoucheng, with the baptism of the years, he will definitely adjust the country to a steady place. However, he encountered a rebellion from the vassal king, which posed a severe test to him.
Facts have proved that Zhu Yunwen is not good at employing people.
First, the reuse of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng does not work well.
Qi Tai is the secretary of the Ministry of War, which is equivalent to the Minister of Defense!
However, this person has never led troops to fight, but he has a good memory, knows the geography of mountains and rivers very well, and is also a smart person. In fact, this is an excellent candidate for chief of staff, not a competent candidate for defense minister. However, after Emperor Jianwen came to power, he was pushed to a high position in the military department, which was really a bit of a mistake.
What is even more wrong is the reuse of Taichang Siqing Huang Zicheng.
Lao Huang is a person with good virtues, a Confucian and Mencian disciple, and pays attention to etiquette, but he lacks strategic vision.
After Emperor Jianwen came to power, just two months later, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng suggested "cutting the feudal domain". Qi Tai suggested cutting the feudal domain from the king of Yan and cleaning up the strongest feudal king first. Huang Zicheng suggested taking it step by step, starting with the weak vassal king. Emperor Jianwen lacked the wisdom of choice and recognized Huang Zicheng's statement.
As a result, the nearly one-year cutting of the feudal domain has caused chickens and dogs to jump, and there is chaos, which makes Zhu Di have a heart of prevention. This is the so-called scaring snake!
Without a good strategist, you really can't get things done. In terms of selecting and employing people, compared with his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunwen, who grew up in a greenhouse, is simply one Mount Everest.
Second, reusing Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong is a big mistake!
When King Yan rebelled, there were actually not many people, and the army had already been transferred.
However, even so, King Yan and his subordinates quickly opened up the situation and grew to tens of thousands of people.
Uncle Huang rebelled and had to send someone to suppress it, and there were two options at that time, one was to use experienced veterans, and the other was to use the new generation in the prime of life.
Emperor Jianwen chose Geng Bingwen.
This is the prince of the country, and he is also a veteran with rich combat experience and a proper famous general. However, this person has a big bug in combat, he is good at defense, not very good at attacking.
As a result, the first wave of the army was defeated by Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who had outstanding military ability. Just imagine, if there is a famous general like Lan Yu at this time, how can Zhu Di be able to withstand it?
It seems that the veterans will not necessarily be able to win the battle.
The second counterinsurgency coach chose Li Jinglong.
Knowing that Li Jinglong was the coach, Zhu Dile was broken, he knew too well what was going on with his cousin, that is, Zhao Kuo's second. As a result, Zhu Di defeated Li Jinglong.
At this time, Emperor Jianwen and the others were really panicked.
After that, Sheng Yong replaced Li Jinglong, and Tie Xuan caused trouble for Zhu Di. It seems that the situation is slightly better, but Zhu Di has already made it bigger.
In short, Emperor Jianwen is not very good at employing people, and he is not very accurate in seeing people, while Zhu Di is a step ahead in employing people, whether it is choosing the strategist Yao Guangxiao, or reusing Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others, they can be called a model of employment.
As the old saying goes: kindness does not lead the army, and kindness does not manage money.
However, Emperor Jianwen is a "benevolent" lord. Righteous people are only suitable for keeping the ground, not for expanding the territory, and even less for using iron-blooded means to carry out ruthless operations.
Emperor Jianwen once said to Geng Bingwen: Please don't let me be charged with killing my uncle!
The meaning of this is this: you can defeat Zhu Di, you can capture Zhu Di alive, but you can't kill Zhu Di on the battlefield!
This sentence is so stupid, it has come to the time when you are still thinking about the false name of benevolence, righteousness and morality. And Emperor Jianwen's words made Zhu Di get out of trouble many times, because the people sent by Zhu Yunwen really didn't dare to kill him!
If it weren't for this sentence, Zhu Di would definitely die on the battlefield, even if there were three resurrection places, he would have to die.
A benevolence and righteousness, focusing on false names. A calm, practical;A simple-minded, very simple-minded. One has gone through half a life and seen through the logic of the world.
Such an idea is doomed to the defeat of Emperor Jianwen, and it is also doomed to Zhu Di's victory with a high probability.
Perhaps, many people have more than one reason to say that Emperor Jianwen is not as good as Zhu Di, but I think the main reasons are the above three: first, Zhu Yuanzhang dug a pit for Emperor Jianwen, resulting in Emperor Jianwen having no generals;The second is that Emperor Jianwen's level of employment is really inferior, and the gap between him and Zhu Di is not ordinarily large;The third is that Emperor Jianwen is too "benevolent and righteous".
Throughout history, some people are not suitable to be emperors, such as the artist Song Huizong, such as the famous poet Li Yu, and the benevolent and righteous Emperor Jianwen.
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