The eldest son, Zhu Biao, is benevolent and generous, brotherly and friendly, and is deeply favored by his father. After being made the crown prince, Zhu Biao assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in handling court politics until he died of illness at the age of 37.
Soon after, Zhu Yuanzhang moved the capital to Xi'an and ordered Zhu Biao to inspect. Zhu Biao died of illness shortly after returning to Beijing, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang without his right-hand man. After that, Zhu Yuanzhang killed Zhu Biao's uncle Lan Yu and his subordinates as a precaution.
However, this led to the loss of Zhu Biao's son, Emperor Jianwen, in the Battle of Jingjing. The second son, Zhu Zhang, was named the king of Qin and governed Xi'an. However, he has a brutal temperament, robbing people's daughters, looting people's property, abusing lynching, and indiscriminately killing innocents.
In the end, he was poisoned to death by three old women at the age of 40, nicknamed "Sorrow". The third son, Zhu Li, is intelligent and heroic, but has a brutal temperament. After being named the king of Jin, he whipped and split the car many times, which made Zhu Yuanzhang extremely dissatisfied, and he was almost abolished, but fortunately the prince Zhu Biao was spared.
However, in the end, he died of illness in the same year at the age of 41.
Zhu Di, King Yan, feudal Beiping. With his father-in-law Xu Da's northern expedition to the Northern Yuan, when Emperor Jianwen cut the domain, in the name of the Qing monarch's side, he launched the battle of Jingyan, and took the throne after the capture of Nanjing.
Zhu Hu, King of Zhou, Feng Fan Kaifeng, compiled "Saving Famine Materia Medica" and "Puji Fang", and made great contributions to the cause of Chinese medicine. Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, feudal Wuchang, followed Tang and pacified the rebellion in Guizhou and Yunnan.
Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, sealed Qingzhou, followed his brother to the north to conquer the Mongolian tribes, and later abolished as a concubine, and then restored the throne. Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, the feudal lord of Changsha, his father-in-law participated in Hu Weiyong's rebellion and was implicated in suicide.
Zhu Qi, King Zhao, died at the age of 1. Zhu Tan, King of Lu, was a feudal feudal domain in Yanzhou, Shandong, and died due to excessive use of pills. Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, sealed Chengdu, and was praised by Zhu Di for reporting the plot of the king of Gu.
The twelfth son Zhu Bai, Zhu Bai was smart since childhood, good at calligraphy, painting and poetry, he was later named the king of Hunan by his father Zhu Yuanzhang, and moved to Jingzhou to become a vassal. However, after Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he began to implement a policy of cutting feudal domains, and Zhu Bai was accused of rebellion, and was besieged in the palace by Emperor Jianwen's army.
After learning of this, Zhu Bai was shocked and angry, and finally chose to end his life in the first way, at the age of 28. The thirteenth son, Zhu Gui, Zhu Gui was named the acting king by Zhu Yuanzhang and stationed in Datong.
After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he began to implement the policy of cutting feudal domains, and Zhu Gui was deposed as a concubine. However, after the accession of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, he was restored to the throne. He finally died in the 11th year of Ming Yingzong at the age of 73.
The fourteenth son, Zhu Ao, was one of the nine kings of the Ming Dynasty, and was later named King Su by his father Zhu Yuanzhang, stationed in Zhangye, Gansu. However, in the 17th year after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he died of illness in office at the age of 44.
The fifteenth son, Zhu Zhi, Zhu Yuanzhang was named the king of Liao and stationed in Guangning, Liaoning. However, after Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he began to implement a policy of cutting feudal domains, and Zhu Zhi's fief was close to the fief of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, so Emperor Jianwen was afraid of becoming an ally of King Yan.
Emperor Jianwen then summoned Zhu Zhi to Nanjing and cut off his guards. After the outbreak of the Battle of Jingyan, the newly enthroned Zhu Di changed the title of Zhu Zhi to Jingzhou, Hubei, and later died in the same year as Zhu Di, Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, at the age of 48.
The sixteenth son, Zhu Chang, was named King of Qing by Zhu Yuanzhang and was stationed in Yinchuan, Ningxia. He went through the six dynasties of Taizu, Jianwen, Taizong, Renzong, Xuanzong and Yingzong.
In the end, he died of illness in the third year of Ming Yingzong at the age of 61. The seventeenth son Zhu Quan, Zhu Quan was named King Ning by Zhu Yuanzhang and stationed in Daning. Daning is located outside the Xifeng Pass, east of Liaozuo, west of Xuanfu, is a big fortress.
And Zhu Quan has 80,000 armored soldiers and 6,000 chariots, and the Duoyan Sanwei cavalry under his command has extremely strong combat effectiveness. After the outbreak of the Battle of Jingjing, Zhu Di hijacked Zhu Quan to participate in the side of the Qing monarch, and promised him to divide the world equally after the deed.
However, Zhu Di did not fulfill his promise when he said that the emperor, but changed Zhu Quan to Nanchang. After that, Zhu Quan Taoguang cultivated obscurity and studied Taoism. In the end, he died of illness in the 13th year of Ming Yingzong at the age of 71.
Zhu Yuanzhang's twenty-first son was named Zhu Mo, who was named King Shen, and his fief was in Changzhi, Shanxi. Zhu Mo died in the sixth year of Ming Xuanzong's accession to the throne at the age of 52.