In 1402 AD, the fourth year of Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty, June.

Inside and outside the city of Nanjing, the 100,000 army of Yan Wang Zhu Di is fighting desperately with the army of Emperor Jianwen who defends the city, the city is up and down, the arrows are fired together, the artillery fire is in the sky, the dense ladders on the city wall of Nanjing are attacking the city, the defenders on the city wall are either with stones, or with firearms, or with short knives, or with spears, to kill the enemy who comes to attack, the offensive of the army of King Yan is beaten down by the defenders, there are many small troops have climbed the city wall, and finally outnumbered or killed by the defenders, and the corpses are thrown down the city.

The Battle of Jingyan has been fought for four years, Tie Xuan is defending Jinan, King Yan cannot attack, and he cannot advance or retreat, Yao Guangxiao wrote a letter suggesting to bypass Jinan and take Nanjing directly. Zhu Di bypassed Jinan, crossed the eastern border, and was defeated in the battle with the chasing Shandong soldiers and horses in Anhui, and the two sides held each other in the water. Emperor Jianwen knew that King Yan was going to take Nanjing directly, and he didn't know whose bad idea he had heard, so he urgently transferred the imperial army back to defense, and King Yan took advantage of the situation to break the soldiers and horses of Shandong, and drove south, Yangzhou surrendered without a fight, and the army reached the Jinchuan Gate in Nanjing.

Zhu Di and his entourage watched the battle from a high place, and the Beijing messenger came quickly and handed over the letter to Zhu Di, Zhu Di's face was heavy and opened, and Yao Guangxiao wrote on it: "The city of Nanjing is broken, Fang Xiaoru will not surrender, I hope the king can not kill, so as to leave the seed of reading in the world." Zhu Di read the letter, looked at the two sides of the fierce battle in Nanjing, was silent for a long time, and finally turned to the messenger and said: "Go back and tell the young master, just say that this king knows and will do what the young master wants." The messenger bowed and said, "Yes!" "Get on your horse and gallop away.

The messenger from the north left, and the Malay newspaper was probed ahead: "Report to the king!" Cao Guogong Li Jinglong has opened the Jinchuan Gate to welcome the surrender! Zhu Di was overjoyed and said, "Enter the city!" The three armies shouted one after another.

When the army entered the city of Nanjing, the civil and military ministers and the people on both sides of the road knelt down to greet them, all of them with panicked faces. Zhu Di sat on the horse, occasionally looking at the high imperial city in the distance, his face was complicated, and he said to the left and right: "Send an announcement to the people!" Let the people not be alarmed. ”

Zhu Di Anmin announced: "This domain was ordered by Taizu to stick to Beiping to defend the foreign invaders. The saint was instigated by the traitorous ministers and mutilated the flesh and bones, and the clan had no choice but to raise troops to protect the society of the Ming Dynasty and the flesh and blood of the whole saint and the clans. Now in Nanjing, there is nothing to do in autumn, and the people should be in peace, and don't spread rumors! Only traitors are in charge, and the guilty do not dare to pardon them, but the innocent do not dare to punish them. When the people saw it, they all praised each other, and many people said: "Now it can be peaceful, and King Yan said that he will not kill people indiscriminately." An old man with a white beard shook his head secretly.

Zhu Di's army was stationed at Jinchuan Gate, and in the big tent, Zhu Di handed a letter to an entourage and said, "Send this letter to the saint immediately." The attendant agreed to leave. The general Zhang Fu said: "King, why don't you send people to attack the imperial city? Nanjing has been taken, a small imperial city, isn't it easy to capture? Zhu Di said: "No, this king came for the sake of appeasement, everything depends on what the saint does." Zhang Fu said, "What else can he do?" Give way obediently, so as not to hurt and be angry! If we don't, we'll be attacking the city. Zhu Di was silent. didn't reply to the letter for a long time, Zhu Di was anxious, walking around in the big tent, and all the generals next to him looked at him anxiously.

Suddenly, someone outside shouted: "King! King! The Imperial City is on fire! Zhu Di was shocked, and went out to watch together, only to see a puff of black smoke in the imperial city soaring into the sky, Zhu Di said: "Quick! Hurry up and put out the fire! "There are generals who have been ordered to go. Zhu Di and the others rushed to the imperial city, passing through the Taimiao and Sheji Altar, the fire was raging in front of them, and the Fengtian Temple was shrouded in fire.

In the incomplete Fengtian Palace, two charred corpses, one large and one small, were placed on the ground, Zhu Di stared at it for a long time and asked, "Is this the Holy Lord and the Prince?" From the person said: "Let everyone admit it, the burning is too bad, I can't see it." ”

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he did not stop as Anmin's notice said, but wantonly killed and did not submit to the old ministers, cruel methods, and renovated tricks, including Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Tie Xuan, Jingqing, Zhuo Jing, Violent Zhao, Lian Zining, Mao Tai, Guo Ren, Lu Zhi, Dai Deyi, Wang Gen, Wang Shuying, Xie Sheng, Ding Zhifang, Gan Lin, Dong Yong, Chen Jizhi, Han Yong, Ye Fu, Liu Duan, Huang Guan, Hou Tai, Mao Dafang, Chen Di, most of them were Ling Chi, the men of the family were killed and exiled, and the women were prostitutes and slaves.

Among them, Fang Xiaoru Tiexuan Jingqing suffered the worst disaster, and Fang Xiaoru was punished by ten clans, and the history is only. Tie Xuan was eaten his own meat, and asked if it was sweet, Tie Xuan replied, loyal ministers and filial sons meat, sweet! It was fried by Ling Chi. Jing Qing attempted to stab Zhu Di in the court, his tongue was cut off, and Ling Chi skinned it.

Zhu Di recruited Jinyi guards again, looking for people who had slipped through the net, and wantonly killing.

But the life and death of Emperor Jianwen and the crown prince are unknown, whether the two charred corpses are or not, no one dares to say, this matter has never reassured Zhu Di, in addition to the secret search and arrest of Jinyiwei throughout the country, he also secretly ordered the minister Hu Hu to leave the dynasty for a secret visit.