Chapter 11 The Emperor of Yongle, blooming on all sides

"Biao'er's health has not been good... Could it be that he will die young?? ”

"No, it won't! No......" Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, and suddenly his body staggered, almost fell to the ground, and wailed: "My son! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang watched his relatives die one after another, so he regarded family affection as extremely important.

And now, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly learned that his eldest son Zhu Biao, who he valued the most, would go before him, how could this not make Zhu Yuanzhang feel sad and painful in his heart.

But in fact, not long after Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang's second son Zhu Fan and third son Zhu Li will also die within three years. So Zhu Di, as the fourth child, suddenly became the leader of the brothers.

The successive deaths of his sons are undoubtedly one heavy blow after another for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Biao looked at the words in the light curtain and muttered softly: "The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies...... Fourth brother, what a courage! It is worthy of my Ming royal family! ”

"Turns out, I died before I inherited the throne?" Zhu Biao has a benevolent and generous personality, and he does not have too much resentment towards Zhu Di replacing his son as emperor, but only regrets that his body is not angry: "Alas... It seems that I didn't have the life to be the emperor myself. ”

[Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was a controversial emperor. 】

[Some people say that he expanded his territory during his reign and was a model for a generation of Ming monarchs; It is also said that he not only usurped the throne of his nephew, but also killed people like hemp, and was an out-and-out tyrant. 】

Qin Shi Huang said with some disdain: "The Son of Heaven is angry, and millions of corpses are ambushed!" As an emperor, how can you not have blood on your hands? "In the process of Great Qin's unification of the Six Kingdoms, the Qin State was indeed stained with countless blood.

"Blood..."Li Shimin's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was reminded of the eventful years of the past and the unbearable past. His hands were stained not only with the blood of countless enemies, but also with the blood of his own brothers!

[Today, let's get to know this controversial emperor, and let us get rid of the veil of mystery that is hidden on Ming Chengzu! ] 】

As a slightly gloomy background music sounded, the video began to detail the reasons for Zhu Di's rebellion.

[Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was named King of Yan by Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years, and he was vassal in Beiping. 】

[After Zhu Yuanzhang died and Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, in order to strengthen the power of the central government, he adopted the suggestions of Huang Zicheng and others, and used an extremely radical policy of cutting feudal domains. 】

[Zhu Yunwen successively cut five vassal kings, namely: Zhou King Zhu Hu (deposed as a Shuren and exiled to Yunnan), Acting King Zhu Gui (abolished as a Shuren and placed under house arrest), King Zhu Rong of Qi (abolished as a Shuren and placed under house arrest), Min King Zhu Lu (abolished as a Shuren and exiled to Zhangzhou), and Zhu Bai, King of Hunan (self-immolated and died). 】

[The reason why Emperor Jianwen has not taken action against Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, is only because they still have a strong military force under them. 】

[However, Emperor Jianwen finally secretly attacked Zhu Di.

It's just that the secretary of the military department doesn't know anyone, which led to the other party surrendering to Zhu Di.

In the end, Zhu Di, who was forced to retreat, decided to rebel and launched the Battle of Jingyan in the name of "Qingjun's side". 】

[Zhu Di first deceived the powerful forces under the command of Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, for his own use, and then with the assistance of Yao Guangxiao and others, he successfully seized power in only four years. 】

In Zhu Yuanzhang's world,

Zhu Quan, who was standing beside Zhu Di, couldn't help but glance at his fourth brother, and there was something inexplicable in his eyes.

[After ascending the throne, Zhu Di knew that he was not in the right position, so on the one hand, he revised the "Record of Ming Taizu", on the other hand, he used troops in the north and expanded the territory to prove to the world that he Zhu Di was the true son of heaven who was ordered by heaven. 】

[However, the exploits of Emperor Yongle and Ming Chengzu Zhu Di are indeed extremely dazzling! 】

When the video came here, the background music suddenly became excited,

[After his second imperial expedition to sweep away the desert class master and return to the court, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di said:

"The dignity of our dynasty, beyond the ancient times, its control of the north and the west of the South Island, the Western Ocean, no Han harmony, no Tang alliance, no Song Dynasty's year-old coins, and no brothers' gifts of the enemy!" 】

[And all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty did what Zhu Di said! 】

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the parallel world, civil and military officials, princes and nobles were stunned!

"This emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really iron-clad!"

"There is no harmony between the Han Dynasty, no alliance with the Tang Dynasty, no Song Dynasty's New Year's coins, and no brotherly enemy gifts! What a Ming Dynasty! What a Yongle Emperor!! ”

"Tsk... The Han Dynasty was peaceful, the Tang Dynasty was allied, and the Song Dynasty was ......"

Zhao Kuangyin felt that his face was on fire, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, his Great Song Dynasty seemed to be much worse than other dynasties...

The Tang Dynasty formed an alliance and was considered an equal; The Han Dynasty and the relatives were half-dwarfs; But only he is the Great Song Dynasty to the foreign country... That's too much...

At this point in the video, a picture suddenly appeared.

In front of thousands of troops, a "great general" dressed in military uniform and wearing helmet and armor rode a horse and slowly came to the front of the army.

[Militarily: Ming Taizu Zhu Di advocated moving the capital to Beijing, and since then the emperor of the Ming Dynasty "the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies in Sheji".

At the same time, Zhu Di conquered Mongolia in the north, Annam in the south, garrisoned Hami, defended the Japanese invaders, expanded the territory from the east, west, south and north, and consolidated the border defense of the territory! 】

"Wow! This guy is so fierce!! Liu Che's eyes couldn't help but light up when he saw this, but then he wondered: "Expand the territory from four directions?" But the east and the south, are they not the sea and the wilderness? ”

The video quickly responded to Liu Che's doubts,

[Ming Chengzu Zhu Di has many achievements, but the most praised by later generations is to send the Three Treasures eunuch Zheng He to the West seven times! ] 】

[At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, issued a ban on the sea, but Zhu Di broke the confinement with great perseverance and took the initiative to send Zheng He and other more than 200 ships, a fleet of more than 20,000 people, to the Western Ocean seven times. 】

[Zheng He led a fleet from Nanjing, sailed to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and also visited more than 30 countries and regions, and his fleet even reached the Red Sea coast and the southeast coast of Africa.

These voyages were also the largest series of maritime loops and expeditions in the history of the country and abroad at that time.

This also enabled the Ming Dynasty to establish the Huayi political system in Southeast Asia, demonstrating the Ming Dynasty's national strength and military superiority, and making many countries submit and pay tribute.

It has done a real and true dynasty of all nations! 】

"Indeed, Emperor Yongle sent Zheng He to the West seven times, which is unprecedented!" Xuan Ye nodded secretly and agreed with the content in the video, and then a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "But now, there may not be no one behind!" ”

Although the Qing Dynasty tampered with the history of the Ming Dynasty in many places, it also deliberately smeared and scandalized Zhu Yuanzhang and other emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

But it is undeniable that during the Yongle period, the Yongle Emperor did do many great events beyond the reach of emperors.

Li Shimin rubbed his forehead, and a trace of solemnity appeared on his face, "This guy is so powerful that he is only ranked eighth?" It seems that the throne of my eternal emperor is still not very stable. ”

[The opening of the sea route is not just for the sake of showing off force, in fact, maritime trade is the fastest of all transactions. 】

[The Song Dynasty was weak in force, but it was able to hold out under the oppression of strong enemies for more than 200 years, the key is that they are "rich"! 】

[The prosperity of the Song Dynasty can be said to be the richest of all dynasties, and why can they achieve the richest economy with the smallest land? It's all about maritime trade! 】

[It is precisely because of this that later generations fully affirmed the feat of Ming Chengzu sending Zheng He to the West seven times.

But it is disappointing and regrettable that in the late Qing Dynasty, they actually closed themselves off from the country, saw their advantages buried in front of their eyes, and finally ended up in the tragic situation of the invasion of the Qing Dynasty by the Eight-Nation Alliance. 】

"The Eight-Nation Coalition Invades the Qing Dynasty !!" Xuan Ye was stunned.