In the battle of Jingnan, Zhu Yunwen, the emperor of Wen Jian, was repeatedly defeated by his uncle Judy, the prince of Yan, because of improper employment and indecision, and finally lost the throne. But Emperor Wen Jian had an older brother, Zhu Xiongying, who had more rights to inherit the throne than he did. If Zhu Xiongying succeeds to the throne, Judy may not dare to launch the war of Jingnan.
First, born in the royal family.
King Huai Yu, the eldest son of Xingzong, the eldest son of Taizu. (Shi Ming Wang Zhu Sang)
In October of the seventh year of Hongwu (1 374,65438+February,1), a baby boy was born in the Prince's Mansion in Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty. He is the eldest son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao and the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang. Later, the baby boy was named "Zhu Xiongying", which means "outstanding", showing the love between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.
His mother is the concubine of the Crown Prince, so he is the eldest son. Naturally, he is also the grandson of the emperor and even the heir to the throne of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Chang's father is Chang Yuchun, a famous soldier in Huaixi, so he is his grandson, and naturally he is also the nephew of General Aquamarine.
In the tenth year of Hongwu (1377), Lu, the side princess of the prince, gave birth to Zhu Biao's second son, but the position of the Lu family was far less than that of the regular family. At this time, Chang Yuchun had already passed away, but following the rules in Huaixi still had a great influence in the Ming Dynasty. Originally, Zhu Xiongying was born to be a well-behaved supporter of Huaixi, and there is no doubt about his right to inherit the throne, so Zhu Yunwen poses no threat to this brother.
Second, die young.
In May of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the eldest son of the emperor was born. I felt a kind of sadness. I was buried in Zhongshan. My courtiers are all dressed in plain clothes, walking to the funeral, chasing the king in danger. (Memoirs of Ming Taizu)
Zhu Xiongying, who was under eight years old, died in May. Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad about this, so he ordered him to quit North Korea, buried his grandson Zhu Xiongying in Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and asked Wu Wen Guan Bai to attend his funeral in Pima Dai Xiao. It can be seen that Zhu Xiongying was deeply loved by his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang. If he had not died, he would have succeeded Daming to the throne.
After Zhu Xiongying's death, Zhu Biao's successor became vacant, and two candidates and Zhu appeared. Zhu is a half-brother, the second son of Zhu Biao, and should be the heir. However, Chang 'e died in childbirth soon after giving birth to Zhu, which made Lu righted as a crown princess and made him the eldest son and qualified as an heir. In addition, he is older than Zhu and has an age advantage.
In the 25th year of Hongwu (1392), Zhu Biao died, leaving the warehouse of Ming Dynasty vacant. Because Zhu Xiongying died before his father Zhu Biao, there is a great controversy about the heir to the Ming Dynasty throne. According to the rules of the inheritance system of the ancient eldest son, the eldest son and the eldest son have priority in inheritance, but Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son and the eldest son have both died, so the inheritance right of his second son is better than that of his second son, and Zhu Shuang, the second son, should inherit the throne.
But shortly after Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang insisted that Zhu Yunwen be his great-grandson. If Zhu Xiongying lived for another ten years, he would be the undisputed grandson. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that Aquamarine supported Zhu, so he created the Aquamarine case, killed it the following year, and implicated a large number of well-behaved people in Huaixi, completely eliminating their threat to the throne.
Third, the influence on the Ming Dynasty.
The prison sentence said: "Yu Tongjing, Hou Cao Zhen, Yi, Hou, Bo Herong, Dongguan, Zhang Hui, the official minister, and Fu Youwen, the assistant minister of the household department, conspired to change and will wait for the emperor to go through the customs to raise things in Putian." Prison equipment, family rules. Countless people have fallen under Hou's ranks ... Therefore, Yuan Gong's enemies have been exhausted one after another. (Shi Ming Lan Yuchuan)
If Zhu Xiongying succeeds to the throne, Judy may not dare to rebel, mainly for the following reasons:
First of all, on the eve of his death, Zhu Yuanzhang took the Hu case as an opportunity to abolish the prime minister and strengthen centralization. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang used Hu's case to get rid of Huaixi conformism and consolidate imperial power. If Zhu Xiongying was a great-grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably leave aquamarine for him to assist him. Aquamarine is good at fighting, and his men can recruit good fighters. Judy knows that she is far from being an opponent of aquamarine, so she naturally dares not rashly arise and is willing to be a captaincy.
Secondly, Zhu Xiongying is the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang. According to the eldest son inheritance system in Ming Taizu's legacy, there is no doubt that Yu Hongwu succeeded to the throne in the thirty-first year (1398). As the second grandson, Zhu Yunwen's inheritance is weaker than Judy's uncle's. In order to consolidate the throne, it is natural to weaken the captaincy in case they seize the throne. Zhu Xiongying, on the other hand, has no such worries. He can gradually separate the vassals and avoid the battle of Jingnan.
Finally, an important reason for Wen Jian's failure is that Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the heroes, and none of them were available. At the same time, our mother, the Lushi family, is also very weak and has no consorts to rely on. If Zhu Xiongying ascended the throne, his mother's consorts could be used to balance the imperial clan king. Zhu Yuanzhang will also leave some rules of Huai Xun to assist him, so there will be no embarrassing situation like this.