It only took four years for Zhu Di to usurp the throne, why was it so easy?

Zhu Di has a large following. As the saying goes, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world, Zhu Di has a lot of civil officials and generals, and in addition, Zhu Di is a person with great wisdom.

Because Zhu Di has been preparing for the usurpation of the throne for many years, he began to prepare as early as when the prince was still alive. And Zhu Di is a military wizard and is good at leading troops.

Zhu Di started planning a long time ago, secretly recruiting troops and making a lot of preparations. After Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, he began to cut the feudal domain on a large scale, which provoked many vassal kings, and everyone rebelled together, and Zhu Yunwen was not easy to parry.

Zhu Yuanzhang once said: If you are not the eldest son, you are not the prince. Zhu Di was not the eldest son, so he could not be the emperor. Besides, he also grabbed the throne of his nephew Emperor Jianwen. Hence usurpation.

Ming Chengzu Zhu Di is the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, born in Yingtian (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), current affairs, and was named the King of Yan. During the period of Emperor Jianwen, Ming Chengzu launched the Battle of Jingyan, raised troops to attack his nephew Emperor Jianwen, and seized the throne.

On the fifth day of the seventh month of the first year of Jianwen (August 6, 1399), Zhu Di, the fourth son of Ming Taizu, rebelled against his nephew Zhu Yunwen, Emperor Jianwen, and the war lasted for three years. Emperor Jianwen lacked strategy and appointed the commander improperly, resulting in the main force being constantly annihilated. Zhu Di used Yanjing (present-day Beijing) as his base, attacked at the right time, flexibly used strategies, and after several major battles, he eliminated the main force of the official army, and finally took advantage of the victory to march and capture the imperial capital Yingtianfu (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) on June 13, 1402 (July 13, 1402) in the fourth year of Jianwen.

Emperor Jianwen disappeared, and Zhu Di ascended the throne for the Ming Dynasty.

I think Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhu Di might do this, but Zhu Yuanzhang was very powerful at that time, so he was not afraid.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he didn't know that Zhu Di was going to usurp the throne, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't do anything about it, so there was no way to get rid of Zhu Di in advance.

Zhu Yuanzhang should be able to sense that Zhu Di will usurp the throne one day in the future. And Zhu Yuanzhang himself believes that among his more than 20 sons, Zhu Di is the most like himself, and Zhu Di is also the most heroic. Why don't you get rid of Zhu Di?

After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, Zhu Yunwen's surname was Zhu, and Zhu Di was also surnamed Zhu.

I don't know, because Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect his family to kill each other, and only made efforts for the Zhu family to control the world.

It should be able to survive until Zhu Yunwen dies, because Zhu Yunwen is not a faint king, he just won't lead troops to fight, but his benevolence will let the people recuperate.

If Zhu Di doesn't rebel, according to Emperor Jianwen's talent, I think he can hold out until he dies, because Emperor Jianwen is a very talented virtuous monarch.

can't support it for a long time, because Zhu Yunwen doesn't have his own opinions when he encounters things, and he doesn't know how to promote the development of things step by step.

It's absolutely no problem in the short term, but it can't last for 276 years like Zhu Di after he usurped the throne. Because Zhu Yunwen is kind and weak, since his father Zhu Biao was sick, he tried to ask how many sons would be as filial as him. Taking a step back, he is a grandchild, even if Zhu Di does not rebel, other vassal kings will rebel after a little ability, because if Zhu Yuanzhang passes the throne to any son, it is easy to say, but if it is passed on to his grandson, other sons have some great emotions.