Ming Chengzu Zhu Di He was a usurper of the Ming Dynasty? Or the Yongle Emperor in your heart?

Mondo History Updated on 2024-03-02

History, success and defeat, the iron law that has remained unchanged for thousands of years. Regarding this point, the most successful in history is Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.

He is extremely arrogant, and he does not worship the Ming Gate and the palace; He, through the rain of bullets, died nine times; He encountered the most difficult bone in the world, one side of filial piety, and killed people and destroyed the ten tribes; He dared to move the capital to Beijing, conquered the desert five times, and showed his sword to foreign enemies; He ordered Zheng He to go to the Western Ocean seven times, look down at the sea, and be bullied.

At the last moment, Queen Xu said goodbye to him, and Zhu Di, like ordinary people, hugged the woman tightly in his arms with his arms, and worshiped with tears...Many years later, people gave him a well-known title - Yongle the Great.

Unfold Zhu Di, starting with his father Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

In 1353, Zhu Yuanzhang worked beside his father-in-law Guo Zixing, and desperately charged to the deputy platoon level.

At the same time, the high-level infighting of this rebel army continued, and Zhu Yuanzhang expected that it was very likely that Guo would get out of class, so he led Xu Da, Tang He, Fei Ju and other future Huaixi 24 generals to quietly leave Dingyuan and decided to go to the south to work alone.

Along the way, Zhu Yuanzhang fought steadily and steadily, step by step, won the praise of the people, and gradually revealed the atmosphere of a king. At this time, Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, who had previously started the incident, were already big names in the Red Turban Army, one in the south and one in the north, with no less than 100,000 troops.

In response to these forces, Yuanmeng's attitude is very resolute - to eliminate them one by one from large to small. At that time, Chen Youliang took the lead and slashed each other with the Yuan army countless times, while Zhang Shicheng gloated and drank heavily in the arms of a woman.

What about Zhu Yuanzhang? After listening to the advice of the master Zhu Shen to "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king", he has been hiding in the shadows to grab turf, save silver tickets, train ** and spy personnel, and play the side ball wildly, hoping that Zhang, Chen and Yuanmeng will fight to the death before making a move.

Zhu Yuanzhang's positioning is good, and in turn, the three parties are abnormally cooperative, and they brush his way, so Zhu Yuanzhang has a saying: "History of the Ming Dynasty" contains:

Shicheng is small, and friends are arrogant.

The gist is: Both brothers have defects, and it is up to me Zhu to win the world!

But is that really the case?

In the twentieth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1360), the storm suddenly rose, and after the thorn Chen Youliang singled out Yuan Meng, he looked back and saw that Zhu's spark had gradually burned the prairie - at this time, if he didn't extinguish himself, he would be busy in vain.

This year, the two sides have fought each other many times, objectively speaking, if it weren't for Chen Youliang's too aggressiveness and Zhu Yuanzhang's espionage work being too powerful, it would be difficult for Zhu to block Chen's indiscriminate bombardment.

Chen went all the way south, acting in a domineering manner. What about Zhu? Actively defended on the front line of the Yangtze River, and made a mess, and did not have a few days of peaceful life at all.

In July of the same year, Chen Youliang led the naval army to attack Taiping again, and Zhu Yuanzhang racked his brains and finally stopped Chen Youliang's southern invasion here.

As the sun set, the two sides withdrew their troops, and Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless, raised his sword and slashed angrily, vowing to defeat this difficult opponent.

The messenger came, but he didn't dare to approach, so he specially entrusted Chang Yuchun to convey a message to Zhu: Boss, Mrs. gave birth to a son in Yingtian, and you already have a fourth son. "History of the Ming Dynasty" contains:

Yang Chengxiande, since the raising of troops, crossed the river and gave birth to seven children. Today's eldest son is named the ,......Said Di ......

The gist of it is: in the year before Zhu Yuanzhang planned to become emperor (1367), in order to comfort the Taimiao, his seven sons, including the eldest son Zhu Biao, and the fourth son Zhu Di, had their own names.

This account fully shows that during the exchange of fire between Zhu and Chen, Zhu was extremely embarrassed and did not even have time to name his son. However, from another side, it is precisely this period of fire-filled years that has made Zhu Di in the future.

Zhu Di was born stubborn, grew up in the barracks, he witnessed the broken arms of the remnants of the soldiers, the life and death parting day and night, either you die or I live bloody, since then, the generals and commanders in the army are all familiar with this young man.

Zhu Di and his father's early journeys are very similar - to live and fight, rather than being cut off by a blade, it is better to be a king who leads thousands of troops.

Although, at this time, it was still far, far away from the Yongle era.

In the third year of Hongwu (1370), the world gradually settled, and Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to crown Zhu Di as the king of Yan, and Zhu Di was ten years old this year. A few years later, Zhu Yuanzhang led Zhu Di to the countryside with the crown prince Zhu Biao, and returned to Fengyang's hometown to experience life.

He saw the yang and yin of the officials in Fengyang, the land of Longxing, and the hardships of the people in the fields - for them, it doesn't matter who is in charge of the world, the important thing is to pay less taxes in the coming year, and just have rice to put in the pot.

At the same time, Princess Yan Xu gave birth to her eldest son Zhu Gaochi in Fengyang Mansion, this gentleman is the future Ming Renzong, does not like vegetarian dishes, only loves meat, reads more than 10,000 volumes, is gentle and elegant, and has the honor to open the curtain of "Renxuan Shengshi".

Let's start with Zhu Di's clip! "History of the Ming Dynasty" contains:

Twenty-three years, with the king of Jin to ask for a child does not spend. The king of Jin was afraid to enter, Wang Beidao tended to the capital mountain, got all of it and returned, Taizu was overjoyed, it was the generals who were repeatedly handsome after the expedition, and made the king control the horses along the border, and the king was famous.

The author will not explain the original text for the time being, hoping to unfold this shocking story in modern words.

In the twenty-third year of Hongwu (1390), Hu Weiyong's case broke out, and a group of founding heroes were also executed.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very embarrassed, and he had no generals to send in his hands - Geng Bingwen focused on waterproofing and couldn't deal with the hungry steppe cavalry; Lan Yu is under the watchful eye of the Jinyi Guard, and Zhu wants his head; In addition, it is most reliable to protect the country or your children and grandchildren.

Zhu Di set off with the fast reaction troops, Zhu Yuanzhang originally hoped that Zhu Li, the king of Jin, would respond from the side and cooperate with him, but he didn't expect that the third brother would not be afraid, and he responded to the day (now Nanjing) to report the account before he met with the Mongolian soldiers at the border.

What about Zhu Di? Arrange a number of special forces to search for Na'er's station, and strive to fight a blitzkrieg with the wolf smoke as the number, and the rest follow him, sleeping during the day and rushing 800 miles at night, running wildly on the endless ice and snow land.

At dawn that day, the logistics soldiers began to stir-fry the vegetables, and the others were holding swords and had already surrounded Nai'er Buhua's camp, and when Nai Er's Buhua smelled the food, it was too late.

Guan Tong flashed to Nai'er's tent and made a condition: we will wait for work, the knife will be sharpened quickly, either we will start working immediately, or we will surrender immediately, the grain and grass will return to me, and the personnel will be disbanded on the spot.

Naier didn't look up to the sky and sighed, so she had to show the white flag.

In this battle, Zhu Di surrendered the soldiers without a fight, and won the unconventional cards, the news was transmitted back to Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed, and the reward for Zhu Di was: There is no money, but the command of the north can be considered for the time being.

Zhu Di became famous in a battle, not moved by fame and fortune at all, in his opinion, even the most elite Mongolian soldiers had to eat, and they hoped to get a good basic salary and high year-end performance.

History is so strange - it has the intention to plant flowers and flowers, but it has no intention to plant willows and willows but goes to the barren pond, and also, at critical times, it will always give the opportunity to those who are prepared.

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu (1392), the 37-year-old prince Zhu Biao fell ill when he went out to Shaanxi for an investigation, and soon returned to Beijing and left this world forever.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, his old tears were full of tears, and his heart was painful, but this tireless iron man was not frightened, and at the same time, in order to maintain the integrity of the country, he thought of two sets of plans.

The first plan, in order to avoid unnecessary disputes, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Liu Sanwu, a scholar from Hanlin, in a secret room, as recorded in the "Ming History Chronicle".

King Yan is as heroic as me, what is the standing?

The gist of it is: King Yan has quite my demeanor, do you think it's okay to set him up?

Liu Sanwu did not take a detour and replied directly:

King Liyan, where are the two kings of Qin and Jin?

No, if Your Majesty establishes King Yan, the second (King of Qin) and the third (King of Jin) will be too ugly.

Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer solicited anyone's opinions, but only wrote "Emperor Ancestral Training" in the Qinzheng Palace every day.

This news cut off the dreams of all princes, and they knew that a hundred oxen would not be able to pull back what their father had set.

Zhu Yuanzhang's personality is very paranoid and at the same time meticulous, he asked Zhu Yunwen two questions: What should I do if my uncles don't listen to you? What if they want to rebel against you?

Zhu Yunwen replied, first reason, convince people with virtue, and then admonish, disarming private people, if you really can't do it, you can only do it.

In June of the 31st year of Hongwu (1398), Zhu Yuanzhang completely put down his power and left, and the news spread to all provinces, localities, and feudal palaces, and the whole country cried and shook the sky.

The vassal kings actively contacted and suggested that they either go alone or lead troops to Beijing for funeral - Zhu Yunwen thought of this and issued an edict in the tone of his grandfather, "Ming History Volume 5" contains:

The edict of the kings is in the country, and they do not have to go to the capital. The king went to the funeral from Beiping, and the edict stopped.

The gist is: Grandfather confessed that after he left, the kings should stay in their fiefdoms and not return to Beijing to mourn. Previously, Zhu Di had set off from Beiping and received the highest instructions as soon as he arrived at the Yangtze River.

Zhu Di threw away his horsewhip and jumped like thunder on the shore.

Here, the author suddenly thought, how many soldiers did Zhu Di bring this time? Do you have any plans to go back to Beijing to lift Zhu Yunwen**? There is no history of this idea, and the author does not dare to comment on it.

But the next case fully shows that Zhu Di may have been planning for a long time.

In less than two months, the big drama began.

This time, Zhu Yunwen did not fulfill his promise - according to the three-step strategy above Zhu Yunwen accelerated in advance - he listened to the advice of Qi Tai, the squire of the military department, and Huang Zicheng, the teacher, that it was necessary to weaken the local armed forces and strengthen the centralization of power, that is: cutting the feudal domain.

Zhu Yunwen did it, and the reasons were a lot of reasons: gangsters, evil, human trafficking, adultery with women, undermining the financial order, and doing things against **, etc.

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou (the same mother as Zhu Di), was the first to lie down with a gun - cut three guards, and escorted back to Beijing to take care of it. Then, the four kings of Xiang, Dai, Qi, and Min were cleaned up one by one.

Among them, the one with a lot of backbone is King Qi, he didn't even see the court **, so he closed the door and let the whole family turn into ashes, ironically, the spy leader is the notorious Li Jinglong in the future.

For a time, the mountain rain broke out, and there was a tendency for the sky to collapse and the earth to crack. It is no exaggeration to say that Zhu Di, who is far away in Beiping, may have already been restless, he knows very well that the above feudal kings are only small targets, and Zhu Yunwen not only wants to cut his hegemony in the north, but also wants his life.

Zhu Di appeared, and as soon as he made a move, he was a big deal. "History of the Ming Dynasty" contains:

and Taizu collapsed, and Chengzu sent Renzong and Gao Xu into the Linjing Division.

The gist is: My father is gone, and the vassal king's visit to Beijing for mourning may pose a threat to the imperial power, so I can always send my two sons!

Zhu Di was scheming, and a set of lost fists beat Zhu Yun Yunyun Mountain fog, however, Qi and Huang repeatedly insisted, saying that the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable, either detain the two sons, or use the two sons as bait to let Zhu Di throw himself into the net.

What about Zhu Yunwen's opinion? Wait and see!

As a result, before Zhu Yunwen sent out his troops, the two sons successfully escaped from the surveillance of Jinyiwei and their uncle Xu Huizu and achieved a victorious escape.

Throughout the ending, the eldest brother Xu Huizu has never favored Zhu Di, the "evil thief" who defends the sky, Zhu Di's soldiers are dangerous or just a delaying tactic, of course, the most stupid is Zhu Yunwen, his indecision is destined to be an unsuccessful king.

Stills of the three brothers of the Zhu family.

The two leading actors are fighting each other, and hundreds of thousands of extras are cutting each other thousands of miles away, and the name of this blockbuster is called: The Battle of Jingjing.

So what is Jingjing? There is a definition in Zhu Yuanzhang's "Imperial Ancestral Training":

"If there is no official in the court, and there is treachery in it, the prince will train the troops and stand by, and the Son of Heaven will secretly edict the kings to lead the troops to seek peace." As soon as the book was issued, the army was raised. He signed himself as an official and called his teacher "Jing Nan".

The gist of it was: If there are no upright ministers in the court, and there is a miasma in the court, the vassal kings can prepare, and if they receive a secret edict from the emperor one day, they must cooperate with the emperor to seek peace.

Interesting, isn't it?

From Zhu Yunwen's point of view, Zhu Di's initiation of the Battle of Jingjing is purely illegal, and it is completely an act against the sky by rebellious ministers and thieves, but what about Zhu Di? Using the 15 words of "there is no official in the court, and there is treachery in it, the prince will train the troops and stand by", and the army was raised under the banner of the Qing monarch's side.

In the author's opinion, the "Battle of Jingyan" is one of the most boring, tragic, and largest civil wars in Chinese history, but history is history, and everyone must accept the iron law of success and defeat.

In 1402, Zhu Di crawled out of the pile of dead, and from then on, the Ming Empire ushered in his era. What about Zhu Yunwen? Or he died in the fire in the palace, or he went to Java.

Zhu Di stills. Although the battle of Jingjing was extremely tragic, there were many wonderful things.

First of all, Zhu Di regarded himself as a mourner and a mourner, but the non-human demon monk Yao Guangxiao told him:

You are the true son of heaven, don't talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, there is nothing that should not be done, no matter what means you take, you are right, because it is reasonable to have you.

is so enlightened, deafening, Yao Guangxiao was scolded by tens of millions of people, but he had to admit that his fallacies and heresies made Zhu Di.

There is also a strange thing, before the outbreak of the Jing Disaster, Zhu Yunwen had relieved Zhu Di of the right to transfer troops on the front line of the northern border, in other words, at this time, Zhu Di only had 800 Ding guards and nursing homes, what could 800 people do to deal with Li Jinglong's 300,000 army?

Then go to the plug to find Ning Wang Zhu Quan to borrow troops! The story of borrowing soldiers is very exciting, due to space problems, this article will not repeat it, how did Zhu Di do it?

The four idioms are summarized: life-threatening, brazen, insidious and cunning, and ruin, which are replaced by conventional methods, namely: showing weakness, giving gifts, making wishes, forming alliances, and threatening to add three indiscriminate.

Also, Zhu Di's courage and the indissoluble bond he formed with Duoyan Sanwei back then, of course, Zhu Yunwen's incisive words of "don't hurt my uncle" are even more classics on the battlefield of Jingyan.

At the beginning of 1402, Zhu Di couldn't beat Xu Huizu, couldn't beat Sheng Yong, couldn't fight Tie Xuan, and the east and west wings were all south walls.

Zhu Di succeeded, Zhu Hu and Li Jinglong jointly opened the city gate to welcome, July 17, from this day, Nanjing Yijun, ushered in the Yongle era.

At this time, Zhu Di was already the king of the law of the jungle, but what he didn't expect was that there were many civil and military generals, including Fang Xiaoru and Tie Xuan, who didn't buy him.

Tie Xuan was tragically cut out of his tongue, shaved his nose, and did not say a word, wishing to end from the beginning.

Zhu Di did work in many ways and asked Fang Xiaoru to write an enthronement essay for him, Fang laughed, and smashed Zhu Di with an inkstone.

What a filial piety!

Zhu Di reigned for twenty-three years and did many things that would be difficult for later generations to surpass. For example, Ping'an South (now Vietnam), opened up the northeast base area, moved the capital to Beijing, conquered the desert five times, ordered Zheng He to go to the West seven times, set up a cabinet system, published the Yongle Ceremony, and so on.

During the period, the administrative territory of the Ming Dynasty expanded, the stragglers of Yuan and Mongolia did not dare to come out, and the Nanyang countries asked to join - Zhu Di declined, but these countries still paid tribute every year, and came to the dynasty every year.

This is a great era, which tells future generations that shrinking forward will not bring peace, and only the iron-blooded Danxin can become a domineering king.

In July 1404, Empress Xu collapsed on the hospital bed and could not breathe, Zhu Di accompanied his comrades-in-arms, tears fell down, and at the last moment, he picked up Empress Xu and cried loudly.

Twenty years later, Zhu Di also left, dying on the way to the fifth hurricane desert, protecting himself in armor before death, staring at the north.

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