After stealing the throne from his nephew, Zhu Di suddenly burst into tears and said sorry: Why?

During the Chinese feudal dynasties, there were many battles for the throne. There were wars fought by foreign forces and there were also many wars for the throne and power of the family.

Regarding the competition for the throne, it is impossible not to mention the Ming Dynasty. The headline is the fact that Zhu Di overthrew his nephew to claim the throne. But then, he discovered a secret and burst into tears apologizing to his nephew. What is the truth?

Zhu Di overthrew his nephew to gain power

The Ming dynasty was founded by Minh Thai To Chu Nguyen Chuong. He was an emperor from a poor background but eventually became the founder of the Ming Dynasty. Chu Nguyen Chuong loves his son Chu Tieu very much.

In order for his son to later be able to maintain the throne, Chu Nguyen Chuong directly killed the founding gods so that no one would threaten his son’s throne. But people’s calculation is not equal to heaven’s calculation, Chu Tieu fell ill and died early, causing Chu Nguyen Chuong to grieve and mourn.

Chu Tieu died early, Chu Nguyen Chuong passed the throne to his grandson, Chu Doan Van. Before passing the throne to his grandson, Chu Nguyen Chuong also sent his children to different remote areas with the purpose of wanting them to protect the country and avoid them going to fight for Chu Doan Van’s power.

Chu Doan Van implemented policies to assert his power and position. Typically, the policy of “Deprivation” is implemented to recover part or all of the power under the princes (his uncles) so that they can control and avoid being usurped by the army.

At this time, Zhu Di also realized that his power was threatened and he also thought that this was a good opportunity. Therefore, he decided to take action first, taking the name “Thanh Quan Trac” from his fief to raise troops to attack the capital Nanjing.

When Zhou Di attacked Nanjing citadel, Zhou Yunwen also did not know his whereabouts. It is said that Chu Doan Van was conferred, but there are also opinions that this emperor crossed the ocean to become a monk.

Why did Chu Di cry and apologize to his nephew?

After entering the capital, Zhu Di found a decree of Zhou Yunwen in his office. Zhao wrote that, knowing that his fourth uncle Zhu Di had conspired, he was afraid that he would not get what he wanted. After doing this, Chu Doan Van hoped that the three-armed general would not injure his uncle.

Reading this decree of Chu Doan Van, Chu Di couldn’t help but cry and apologize to his nephew. He said that he was forced and that it was Zhou Yuanzhang’s favoritism towards Zhou Tieu and Zhou Yunwen that made him do this to gain his power.

It can be said that in any era, the struggle for power is not uncommon. Where there is power there will be competition. But the feudal power competition was fierce, it was often at the expense of many people’s lives.