Since ancient times, in order to continue the royal bloodline and consolidate the absolute rule of the royal family, the imperial family will raise a large group of harems, and give birth to many princes, and strengthen their own families to maintain the absolute rule of their families.
For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty who was born at the grassroots level, was afraid that the "foundation" that the Zhu family had finally laid down changed hands, and he had 26 sons, although it is not easy to change the surname of the dynasty with more sons, and the probability of falling into the hands of others will be much smaller, but the probability of the sons "cheating fathers" is getting higher and higher, such as the vigorous "Nine Sons Seize the Inheritance" in the Qing Dynasty In order to compete for the position of this emperor, it is difficult to end up directly with blood splashed in the Taihe Palace.
But although the Ming Dynasty established by Lao Zhu was the "previous dynasty" of the Qing Dynasty, Lao Zhu, who was born as a peasant, was much more cautious, upholding the ancestral motto of "establishing the eldest son as the crown prince" in the "Emperor Ming Ancestral Training", and none of the 26 sons dared to speak.
It is said that Lao Zhu's credit is not absolute, and the ancestral training alone is not enough to make ambitious people submit, otherwise there would not be so many emperors who killed kings and fathers to seize power in ancient times.
This is mainly because of Lao Zhu's first son, the eldest son "Zhu Biao", Zhu Biao, it can be said that Lao Zhu's world is for Zhu Biao, and Zhu Biao's benevolence and righteousness, as well as the road paved by Lao Zhu, directly made Zhu Biao "like a tiger with wings" and became the most powerful crown prince in Chinese history.
He is not "arrogant", while treating others modestly, he also has a majestic and domineering spirit, regardless of his previous suspicions, he helped those princes who "made mistakes" to avoid a lot of punishment, so the 25 younger brothers are extremely respectful to Zhu Biao, so when the crown prince Zhu Biao wants to be the emperor, there is no one who is not convinced.
However, Zhu Biao died of illness at a young age, and at this time, an unstable "evil wind" blew from top to bottom of the power and opposition - who should Lao Zhu's world be handed over?
Lao Zhu thought that he forced the boss Zhu Biao too tightly, so it led to Zhu Biao's early death, and the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, Lao Zhu felt guilty and heartbroken, according to the ancestral training of "Li's eldest son", it was supposed to be passed on to Zhu Biao's eldest son Zhu Xiongying, but he died prematurely, so Zhu Yunwen, the eldest son of the concubine, became the heir to the "eldest son inheritance system", which is legal and reasonable.
But these princes can directly blow up the "pot", why do you think about it? But before he could figure it out, he was calculated by his eldest nephew, and Zhu Di saw that his eldest nephew's unkind and righteous ambitions were rampant, and he directly launched the "Battle of Jingjing" to usurp the throne.
Zhu Di's "Battle of Jingyan" lasted for 4 years of tragic war, and finally the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen were unknown, and Zhu Di was called the emperor, so what did Zhu Yuanzhang's 26 sons do in the past four years?
First of all, among Zhu Yuanzhang's 26 sons, Zhao Wang Zhu Qi and Zhu Nan both died young, Zhu Yuanzhang is famous for protecting calves, and almost every son was knighted when he was full moon, Zhu Qi was named King Zhao when he was three years old, but Zhu Nan was too young when he died, so he was not crowned king.
There are also 6 people who have died in battle or died of illness at the time of the "Battle of Jingyan", and the eldest prince Zhu Biao, who died of illness, will not be introduced too much.
The second Qin king, Zhu Zhang.
Went to the west and made great achievements, but when Zhu Yuanzhang warned him not to mess around, he created an absurd thing that was extremely absurd in the "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms", which made the people complain, and Zhu Yuanzhang angrily scolded his beasts.
After the persuasion of good students, Zhu Fan always had no one in his eyes and did ridiculous beast things, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear Zhu Fan after hearing about it, and recalled him to return to the capital to wait for his fate.
And the eldest brother Zhu Biao was ordered to go to Shaanxi to see how ridiculous Zhu Fan was, but as the eldest brother, he also shielded this kid, Zhu Biao pleaded for Zhu Fan with a handful of snot and tears, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to give him another chance, but Zhu Biao died of illness shortly after he came back.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Zhu Fan had a certain responsibility for Zhu Biao's death, and later Zhu Fan was poisoned by the palace maid because of his own sin.
The third king of the Jin Dynasty, Zhu Li.
Zhu LiHe is a legendary prince, who showed a super high IQ and strong means at a young age, and was so brutal that people sweated for him, only to grow up to be a resourceful and gentle loyal servant.
After the death of the eldest brother Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang paved the way for Zhu Yunwen to have the third Jin King Zhu Li to protect Zhu Yunwen, but Zhu Li, the king of Jin, died of illness two years before Zhu Yuanzhang died. ”
Zhu Zi, the king of the old eight pools
Zhu Zi, pretending, very good at pretending, but in the end Zhu Yuanzhang was found to be promiscuous in the harem, indiscriminately killing innocents, and when he was guarding Changsha, he tortured and killed 482 people in 5 years, including the two of Dianzhan and Dianbo, although they did not kill but killed innocents.
But Zhu Yuanzhang protects the calf, as long as you don't rebel, whatever you want, coincidentally, Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, was involved in the case of Hu Weiyong, and finally because Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly summoned him to know that the matter was exposed, he was finally overly frightened and died hand in hand with the concubine.
Zhu Tan, the king of the old Shilu
The old ten Zhu Tan can be poetry and martial arts, and has both ability and political integrity, but it is a pity that he loves the art of the Fangshi to pursue immortality, and finally refines the so-called "Jin Dan" and dies violently at the age of twenty after taking it.
12. Zhu Bai, the king of Hunan Province
The death of Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, had a great impact on Zhu Di, Zhu Bai was lively and lovely when he was a child, and the "Xiangxian King Shendao Inscription" recorded: Wang is young and beautiful, long and bright.
Playing small is the fourth brother Zhu Di's little follower, and he is loved by the fourth brother Zhu Di, and Zhu Bai has studied and progressed since he was a child, trained hard, has both ability and political integrity, and has both civil and military skills.
Zhu Bai is the most benevolent and righteous person among the twenty-six brothers, except for the eldest brother Zhu Biao, but it is a pity that the eldest nephew Zhu Yunwen directly forced the twelfth uncle after becoming Emperor Jianwen, and raised the fire**!
Then Zhu Di, the king of Yan, learned that his younger brother was actually forced to raise fire**, and he was angry and decided to launch the "Battle of Jingjing"!
Among the remaining "Seventeen Vassal Kings", in addition to Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, there are also Zhu Lu, the king of Zhou, Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, Zhu Gui, and Zhu Yang, the king of Min, who were cut down by the vassal king and reduced to a concubine.
Zhu Bai** is the last straw for Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to raise troops to launch the "Battle of Jingyan", and under the encouragement of the black-clothed prime minister Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Di adhered to the practice of "regardless of the people's will, only believe in the way of heaven" and began to fight vigorously.
In addition to the rebellious Zhu Di, there are five vassal kings who were deposed by Zhu Yunwen, and there are twelve princes, most of whom are not too big to see the excitement, and some have no military power at all, so they can only observe the situation and protect themselves.
But there are still princes with clear "ideas", such as Zhu Zhi, King of Liao, Zhu Lu, King of Valley, and Zhu Quan, King of Ning.
The three of them were at both ends of the valley king Zhu Luo snake and rat, and wanted to take advantage of the benefits of both ends, and finally wandered on both sides and became disliked by everyone, and finally Zhu Di was put in prison after the victory, and deprived of his official position, reduced to a concubine, and died tragically in prison.
After Zhu Di's extraordinary acting skills, he finally "wooed" Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, a great strategist with 80,000 elite soldiers and 6,000 chariots, to incorporate his army, and provided Zhu Di with super combat power in the almost isolated "Battle of Jingyan".
Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, supported his eldest nephew Zhu Yunwen, and directly "stood on the wrong team", but Zhu Di did not kill Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, but changed the vassal state to Jingzhou, and he was not disloyal for life, and Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, was lucky, and although he died of depression in Jingzhou, he also lived for 47 years and died in the twenty-second year of Yongle.
Look at it, none of these sons of Zhu Yuanzhang's family are worry-free, and all their desires let them occupy all of them, but if you look closely, you will find that every prince does not have the saying of "good death", death from illness, death in battle, death by poison, premature death, ** death method is different.
It is not difficult to find that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was almost isolated in the "Battle of Jingyan", why could he still defeat Zhu Yunwen, who owned the entire imperial court? In fact, the main thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang "washed" the soldiers around Zhu Yunwen, leaving only some messy straw bag ministers, plus Emperor Jianwen is too young, straw bag ministers plus young masters, how can they not be defeated?
Zhu Di is the experienced Yan King!