In July of the first year of Jianwen (1399), Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who was forced into the corner by Emperor Jianwen, pulled up the anti-flag, "Fengtian Jingjing". Because it is a corner of the Yan Domain against the whole country, the difference in strength is very large, and there is no precedent for success in history, so the Yan Domain is uneasy.
So what is the attitude of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons and Zhu Di's brothers towards this one-sided battle of Jingjing?
A brother and vassal king who had passed away before that
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang had a total of 26 sons, of which the ninth son Zhao Wang Zhu Qi and the youngest son Zhu Nan died early, so only twenty-four sons grew up**, among these people, six of them had died before the martyrdom, in chronological order:
1.In January 1390, Zhu Tan, the tenth son of Taizu, died of drug addiction at the age of twenty
2.In March 1390, Zhu Zi, the eighth son of Taizu, Tan Wang, and his father-in-law were implicated in Hu Weiyong's case, Zhu Yuanzhang recruited Zhu Zi, Zhu Zi was afraid to go to the palace, had no children, died at the age of 21, and was the heir of the Tan Domain;
3.In May 1392, Zhu Biao, the eldest son of Taizu, died of illness at the age of 37;
4.In March 1395, Zhu Zhang, the second son of Taizu, was poisoned by the palace people at the age of 39;
5.In March 1398, Zhu Li, the third son of Taizu, died of illness at the age of 40. In May of that year, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness.
6.In April 1399, Zhu Bai, the twelfth son of Taizu, King of Xiang, could not bear the humiliation of Emperor Jianwen's cutting of the feudal domain and escorted him into Beijing, and died at the age of 28.
The vassal king who has been deposed as a concubine
Emperor Jianwen ordered a fierce medicine to cut the domain, and abolished five princes within a month, making everyone in the clan feel at risk, and they all sympathized with King Yan, namely:
1.Taizu's fifth son, Zhou Wang Zhu Hu, was 38 years old at the time, because he was the same brother of King Yan, so Emperor Jianwen first attacked Zhu Hu, Zhu Yunwen sent Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, raided the Zhou fiefdom Kaifeng, arrested the whole family of King Zhou, abolished as a concubine, and went to Yunnan. In the fourth year of Jianwen (1402), he was recalled to Jingshi and placed under house arrest.
2.Taizu's seventh son, Qi Wang Zhu Rong, was 35 years old at the time, had many lawless acts, and was a thorn, so he was abolished as a concubine by Emperor Jianwen;
3.Zhu Gui, the thirteenth son of Taizu, was 25 years old at the time, one of the nine kings of the border fortress, and held military power, Emperor Jianwen was afraid that he would collude with King Yan, so he was deposed as a concubine and placed under house arrest in the fiefdom of Datong.
4.Taizu's eighteenth son, Minwang Zhu Yang, 20 years old at the time, was the vassal king of Zhu Yuanzhang installed in Yunnan to monitor Mu Mansion, the prince and Mu Mansion have an extraordinary relationship, Xiping Marquis Mu Sheng took the opportunity to report to Emperor Jianwen that Zhu Yang did not send it, killing two birds with one stone, Zhu Yunwen comprehended the spirit and issued an edict to abolish Zhu Yang as a concubine and move to Zhangzhou, Fujian, so that the local ** was strictly guarded.
5.Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, has a strong temperament, which has been described above and will not be repeated.
The vassal king who supported Emperor Jianwen
There were also two vassal kings who openly supported Emperor Jianwen:
Taizu's fifteenth son, Liao King Zhu Zhi, was 22 years old at the time, the fief was in Guangning, Liaodong, and was also one of the nine border kings
Zhu Lu, the nineteenth son of Taizu, was 20 years old at the time, and his fief Xuanfu was close to the Yan Domain. After the outbreak of Jingnan, Zhu Lu was afraid that the fourth brother would take the opportunity to attack him, so under the edict of Emperor Jianwen "King Qin", he hurriedly led the guards of the Gu clan to abandon the Xuanfu and go south to Beijing, but when Zhu Di attacked Nanjing, he saw the wind and the rudder, opened the Jinchuan Gate and took refuge in King Yan.
The two vassal kings who don't help each other
In addition to the above-mentioned vassal kings, there are also vassal kings who do not express their positions publicly, do not help each other, and wait and see the situation, in fact, they do not make a sound, they support King Yan in disguise, after all, Zhu Yunwen is too ruthless, if the court exterminates the Yan Domain, then the remaining vassal kings will eventually end up like this.
Zhu Zhen, the sixth son of Taizu, the king of Chu, was 35 years old at the time, fiefdom Wuchang, and had strong strength, but the Chu domain has always abided by the law, and Zhu Yunwen couldn't find an excuse to start;
Zhu Chun, the eleventh son of Taizu, was 28 years old at the time, fiefdom Chengdu, among the sons of Taizu, he was famous for his gentle temperament, love to read, and elegant appearance, known as Shu Xiucai. Such a character is very compatible with Zhu Yunwen, so he did not attack the Shu Domain;
The fourteenth character of Taizu, Su Wang Zhu Ao, was 23 years old at the time, and when Jing was martyred, the fief of Su was far away in Ganzhou, Gansu (now Zhangye, Gansu), and he was the most distant prince of the fief among the sons of Taizu, and he was a marginal figure.
Taizu's sixteenth son, Qingwang Zhu Chang, was 21 years old at the time, and the feudal territory of Ningxia Town (now Yinchuan, Ningxia), like the fourteenth brother, was a little transparent.
The vassal king who openly supported Zhu Di, the king of Yan
Zhu Quan, the seventeenth son of Taizu, was 21 years old at the time, fiefdom Daning, one of the nine great border kings, located in the north of Beiping of the Yan Domain, with important terrain. Moreover, Daning faced the Northern Yuan Dynasty directly, and was the first important place for the Ming Dynasty to counterattack and defend the Northern Yuan, so the guards under the command of King Ning were also the most powerful among the kings, with "80,000 soldiers and 6,000 military vehicles", and could control the Mongolian Wuliangha Sanwei attached to the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying that "King Yan is good at fighting, and King Ning is good at strategizing".
After the Jingjing disaster began, Emperor Jianwen ordered the kings of Liao, Ning, and Gu to go south to the "King of Qin" in order to prevent the kings of the north from falling to the king of Yan, which was actually to hold the kings in his hands. The king of Liao and the king of Gu were edicted to go south, but Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, did not send an edict, neither went south, nor contacted the Yan army, and stationed a large army in Daning, waiting to see the consequences. Emperor Jianwen was furious when he saw that Zhu Quan did not obey the order, and issued an edict to cut off the three guards of the Ning Domain, cut Zhu Quan's title, and abolished him as a concubine. But the distance is far away, and King Ning's strength is strong, so he can't help him.
Zhu Quan knew the truth of cold lips and teeth, and was also very sympathetic to Zhu Di, Zhu Di took advantage of King Ning's soft-heartedness, and used Zhu Quan, who was half-pushed and half-done, to pull into the Jingnan camp, annexed his army, and greatly increased his strength. and also drew a big cake to King Ning, promising to divide the world after the matter was completed. But after Zhu Di won the world, he broke his promise, and in the end Zhu Quan couldn't, so he had to settle in Nanchang.
In the future, Zhu Quan, who felt deceived, was angry and resentful of the Yan family, and secretly instructed his descendants. In the thirteenth year of orthodoxy (1448), Zhu Quan, the seventy-year-old king of Ning, died of depression at the age of seventy. And his children and grandchildren also keep in mind the instructions of their ancestors, and always remember the hatred with the Yan family.
A young prince who did not become a vassal.
In the end, because they were young, the six princes who had not yet married were not even older than their nephew Zhu Yunwen, and they were still studying in the capital, namely:
Zhu Song, the twentieth son of Taizu, was nineteen years old at the time of Jingnan, and he was not a vassal member;
Zhu Mo, the twenty-first son of Taizu, was the same age as Zhu Song, and when he was martyred, he was nineteen years old and had not yet become a vassal
Zhu Ying, the twenty-second son of Taizu, was seventeen years old at the time of Jingnan, and he was not a vassal yet;
Taizu's twenty-third son, Tang King Zhu Huan, was thirteen years old at the time of Jingnan, and he was not yet an adult, and he had not yet become a vassal;
Zhu Dong, the twenty-fourth son of Taizu, was eleven years old at the time of Jingnan, and he was also a minor and had not yet become a vassal;
Taizu's twenty-fifth son, Yiwang Zhu, was the same age as Zhu Dong, was eleven years old at the time, and he was not a vassal domain.
Other vassal kings.
In addition to Zhu Yuanzhang's son, several vassal kings are already grandsons or even great-grandchildren, especially the ** second feudal lord, whose strength is above the Yan domain, but the prestige of the second generation of feudal kings is insufficient and he cannot integrate the forces in the fiefdom, and the king of Yan is the de facto chief of the kings. **The two feudal clans did not do much in the Jingjing, and Zhu Jixi of the Jin Dynasty was still the oldest among all the grandchildren of Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was frantically suppressed by the three generations of Zhu Di's ancestors and grandchildren in the future, which is all a later story.
1.Zhu Shangbing, the second king of Qin, was 19 years old at the time;
2.Zhu Jixi, the second king of the Jin Dynasty, was 24 years old at the time;
3.Lu Shizi Zhu Zhaohui, then 11 years old;
4.Zhu Zanyi, King of Jingjiang, was 17 years old at the time, the great-grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest brother.
Write at the end
From the statistics, we can see that when Zhu Di launched the Jing Rebellion, among the 18 brothers alive, only Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, publicly expressed his support, but fortunately, several major feudal domains such as the powerful Qin Domain, the Jin Domain, the Chu Domain, and the Shu Domain sat back and watched the success or failure, and the two did not help each other. After King Yan entered Beijing, Chu Fan went to congratulate Xinjun to show his loyalty as soon as possible, which is enough to prove how immature Zhu Yunwen's methods of cutting the feudal domain were, and it is not surprising that the people's hearts were lost.
End of this issue.Reference: History of the Ming Dynasty
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