Zhu Yuanzhang's family is huge, and there is an outstanding general, although he is not Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son, he treats him like his own son. This general is the adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang, whose status surpasses that of Mu Ying, He Wenhui and many other heroes, and was named a duke during his lifetime, and was posthumously crowned king after his death.
He is Li Wenzhong. Li Wenzhong's mother, Zhu Fonu, is Zhu Yuanzhang's sister, in other words, Li Wenzhong is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew.
At the age of twelve, Li Wenzhong went through hardships and dangers and finally found his uncle Zhu Yuanzhang, who carefully trained him to become a founding general with outstanding military achievements. In the seventeenth year of Hongwu, Li Wenzhong died young, Zhu Yuanzhang lamented it, and two years later, he let Li Wenzhong's eldest son Li Jinglong inherit the title of his father Cao Guogong.
Li Jinglong was born after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he was familiar with poetry and books since he was a child, and he was comfortable in the court, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied, and even the crown prince Zhu Biao often praised Li Jinglong as both civil and military.
During the Hongwu period, Li Jinglong was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to train troops in major fortresses many times, and the official was the crown prince.
After Emperor Jianwen succeeded to the throne, he appointed Li Jinglong as his right-hand man. In order to weaken the strength of the vassal king, Emperor Jianwen, under the advice of Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others, began to secretly prepare for the reduction of the domain.
Although Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was the oldest and most powerful among Zhu Yuanzhang's surviving sons at that time, in view of his difficulty in dealing with it, Emperor Jianwen decided to first take his half-brother Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, to open the knife.
Therefore, Emperor Jianwen asked Li Jinglong to lead his troops through Kaifeng in the name of inspecting the frontier, besieged the palace of the king of Zhou, and successfully captured Zhu Husheng, and then demoted him to a concubine.
According to the history of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor sent Li Jinglong to guard the border, and when he passed through Bianzhou, he suddenly surrounded the palace and arrested him. Later, King Yan raised an army to settle the country, and the veteran Geng Bingwen was defeated in Zhending.
Emperor Jianwen hurriedly summoned Li Jinglong and asked him to be the head coach. Li Jinglong vowed to Emperor Jianwen on the Yangtze River that he would be able to destroy the rebels. Emperor Jianwen was deeply moved, personally supported Li Jinglong's carriage, performed the gift of "holding the hub and pushing the wheel", and gave him plenty of space to play freely.
Li Jinglong's performance on the battlefield proved that he was just Zhao Kuo on paper. According to the "Chronicle of the History of the Ming Dynasty", Zhu Di sneered at Li Jinglong, saying that he had committed five taboos in the art of war: first, the government decree was not repaired, and the upper and lower sides had different intentions; the second is to be unprepared and go deep into danger; the third is greedy and resourceless, and lack of wisdom and trust; Fourth, the command is chaotic, and the three armies are flexible; Fifth, the employment of people is improper, and the golden drum is not knotted.
In the end, Zhu Di also used Li Jinglong's milk name to ridicule him, thinking that he was a typical rich and noble child. Facts have proved that Zhu Di's evaluation is completely correct. Li Jinglong's campaigns against Beiping and Datong ended in failure.
In the battle of Baigou River, he lost his troops and was defeated, so that Emperor Jianwen could only rely on defense to deal with it.
After Li Jinglong was recalled, the crowd strongly advocated his execution to appease the anger of the world. However, Emperor Jianwen was benevolent and firmly believed that he had used the wrong person, and Li Jinglong was loyal to him.
However, it turned out that Emperor Jianwen was wrong, because when Zhu Di's army approached the city of Nanjing, Li Jinglong unexpectedly opened the Jinchuan Gate and allowed him to enter the city smoothly. Therefore, Li Jinglong's problem is not his ability, but his attitude.
Li Jinglong was named the crown prince and the prince, and was appreciated by Zhu Di, but was despised by Jianwen's old ministers and Zhu Di's new ministers. In the second year of Yongle, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, carried out ** on the grounds that Li Jinglong was plotting misdeeds, although Zhu Di did not pursue it on the surface, but in fact he secretly investigated.
In the end, Li Jinglong and his younger brother were found to be suspected of defection, so they were stripped of their titles and returned home for reflection.
Li Jinglong proved his innocence at home and went on a hunger strike for 10 days, and Jinyiwei was worried about his life. After Zhu Di learned of this, he said: "Li Jinglong just cherishes life, not a person who will starve to death." ”
He was looked down upon by Zhu Di in his bones, and Zhu Di didn't care about his hunger strike, thinking that he would stop in order to save his life. Later, Li Jinglong knew that the hunger strike was ineffective, so he gave up.
He lived for 20 years and died only after Zhu Di's death.
Li Jinglong, from a family of dukes, has three generations of outstanding family achievements. However, he was spurned by the world and was rated as a "straw bag" general by the "History of the Ming Dynasty", which is rare in history.
Although he was trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen, he used his actions to become the laughing stock of history.