As we all know, in 1399 AD, Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign in the name of "clearing the emperor and pacifying the country", and in the context of Emperor Jianwen's measures to reduce the vassal state. This battle lasted four years. In the end, Zhu Di fought from Beijing to

As we all know, in 1399 AD, Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign in the name of "clearing the emperor and pacifying the country", in the context of Emperor Jianwen taking measures to reduce the vassal vassal. This battle lasted four years. In the end, Zhu Di fought from Beijing to Nanjing and seized the throne of his nephew Zhu Yunwen .

For the failure of this battle, some people blamed Zhu Yunwen, thinking that he did not understand military warfare and did not know how to use people; others blamed Li Jinglong, saying that he did not know how to lead troops to fight and was a fool.

Some people even say that it was because of Zhu Yuanzhang. He killed all the generals who could fight, leaving only Zhu Yunwen with a bunch of talkative civil servants. It is really ridiculous that the whole country could not defeat Peiping.

The above opinions may be reasonable, but there is another person who must be mentioned as the reason for the failure of the Jingnan Campaign. This person's name is Mei Yin. Maybe many people have never heard of his name, but this is not important. What is important is that he has an army of 400,000 in his hands, and he is also Zhu Yuanzhang's entrusted minister.

When the Battle of Jingnan was in full swing, Mei Yin was actually indifferent. Even when Zhu Di crossed him to attack Nanjing City, Mei Yin did not return to rescue him. It is not an exaggeration to say that he cheated Zhu Yunwen. So, what's the story behind this? Let’s talk about it today.

Zhu Biao was born, and Zhu Yunwen came to power

In 1355 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang came into contact with on Jiqing Road, and Zhu Biao was born at this time. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy when he learned the news of the birth of his eldest son. He even wrote on a local mountain: "Those who come to this mountain will have no heirs..."

This shows how much Zhu Yuanzhang likes Zhu Biao. Looking at the historical dynasties of our country, many emperors were afraid that their princes would be able to form a team privately, but Zhu Yuanzhang not only was not afraid, but actually supported him in doing so.

Zhu Biao's status as a prince was very high, rarely seen in history. Zhu Yuanzhang devoted half his life to him. Unfortunately, in 1361 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Biao to Shaanxi to inspect the terrain and prepare to select a site for the new capital.

As a result, Zhu Biao fell seriously ill not long after, and died of the disease the next year, which was a great blow to Zhu Yuanzhang. The crown prince of the Ming Dynasty passed away, and Zhu Yuanzhang had to choose his successor again. At this time, Zhu Di was the best choice.

First of all, although Zhu Di is the fourth son, his three previous brothers are all dead, so he is considered the eldest son. Secondly, Zhu Di's military talent is very high, and his personality is similar to that of Zhu Yuanzhang, so he is the best successor.

Unfortunately, perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang based on the traditional perspective of past dynasties, the death of the prince should be passed on to the prince's eldest son, so he passed it on to Zhu Yunwen and established him as the emperor's grandson. In order to ensure the stable succession of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang began to kill everyone again.

Lan Yu and Zhu Biao are related to Weng's son-in-law, and he is also a warrior left by Zhu Yuanzhang to his son. After the Hu Weiyong case broke out, the reason why Lan Yu was not involved in it was somewhat related. After Zhu Biao's death, Lan Jade was useless, and Zhu Yuanzhang got rid of it directly.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill Zhu Di, but after all, blood is thicker than water. He did not kill him, but just issued an imperial edict, which roughly means: "The vassals cannot travel between each other, nor can they leave the fiefdom at will... "After arranging everything, Zhu Yuanzhang passed away.

cut the fan, cut the fan! Jingnan , Jingnan!

In 1398 AD, Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne of the Ming Dynasty. He began to worry about what to do if he "supported his troops with self-respect and committed many crimes"? Under this circumstance, he began to consider weakening the power of the feudal king in order to maintain centralization.

Minister Qitai suggested that Zhu Di should be killed first, but Huang Zicheng believed that the kings of Zhou, Qi, Hunan, Dai and Min should be killed first. These people were relatively weak, so Zhu Yunwen adopted Huang Zicheng's suggestion. , starting from weak to strong.

During this process, Zhu Yunwen was very tough and even forced an uncle to death.Zhu Di was afraid that this would happen to him, so he secretly prepared for war. A year later, King Yan launched a rebellion under the banner of "Qing Jun Side".

The Battle of Jingnan can be roughly divided into three stages. In the first stage, Zhu Yunwen's army attacked Peiping, and Zhu Di was on the defensive side. Because Zhu Yunwen had no generals available, the Ming army retreated and failed to capture Zhu Di in one go.

In the second stage, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di fought back and forth. Although Zhu Di won the battle, due to insufficient troops, he could only reduce the scope of defense and occupy the three state capitals of Beiping, Baoding, and Yongping.

Zhu Yunwen, relying on half of Jiangnan, was in a stalemate with Zhu Di. Seeing that this was not the way to go, Zhu Di adopted the suggestions of Yao Guangxiao and adopted the strategy of going straight to Nanjing. This was the third stage.

In the end, Zhu Di fought under the city of Nanjing and invaded Nanjing. Zhu Yunwen was missing, and Zhu Di became the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty and was Ming Chengzu . It has to be said that Zhu Yunwen holds the world in his hands, but Zhu Di, who has never conquered the established territory, is somewhat useless.

Of course, behind this kind of cowardice, there are also some "good teammates". Li Jinglong is one, as are Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng who like to play tricks, and even more so Mei Yin, the only minister of Tuogu.

Who is Mei Yin?

Speaking of Mei Yin's life experience, we have to mention the war between Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Dynasty . Mei Yin's father (some say he is a nephew) is called Mei Sizu , but he is not his biological father. This will be explained below. At first, he was a subordinate of Wang Baobao, the general of the Yuan Dynasty.

After the Yuan Dynasty was over, he defected to the rebel army Liu Futong . Later, because Liu Futong was not the master, he turned to Zhang Shicheng to show his favor. From then on, he worked under Zhang Shicheng and conquered the world for him.

Originally, when Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, and Zhu Yuanzhang divided the world, Mei Sizu was doing well. However, Zhu Yuanzhang showed favor to Zhang Shicheng, turned around and defeated Chen Youliang, and then came to deal with him. Zhang Shicheng was no match for the powerful Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Xu Da's army came, Mei Sizu led the army out and surrendered without saying a word. In a rage, Zhang Shicheng killed several of Mei Sizu's brothers, including Mei Yin's father. Mei Sizu felt somewhat ashamed, so he raised Mei Yin as his own son.

By the way, since he followed Zhu Yuanzhang, Mei Sizu has also become very capable. When he attacked Zhang Shicheng and the remnants of Beiyuan , he made great achievements many times. After Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he was granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister. He was granted the title of Marquis of Runan. , hereditary disregard.

From this point of view, Mei Yin can be regarded as the queen of the generals, but he is not a "second generation ancestor". It is reported that Mei Sizu paid great attention to Mei Yin's training. He hired famous teachers to teach him Confucian classics and history since he was a child, and also gave him some military knowledge in his spare time.

In addition, Mei Sizu also brought Mei Yin into the army to experience first-hand some of the life of military training and fighting. It can be said that Mei Yin can be regarded as an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, but he is more inclined to be a civil servant. A Shandong scholar once called him "proficient in classics and history, worthy of being a Confucian."

From the word "Confucianism", it is not difficult to tell that Mei Yin was rich in learning. Perhaps it was because of this that when Zhu Yuanzhang was looking for a husband for his daughter among many princes, the first one he took a fancy to was Mei Yin.

According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma gave birth to a total of 5 children, four of whom were sons and only one was a daughter. Zhu Yuanzhang valued this daughter very much, named her Princess Ningguo, and personally selected her consort.

chose Mei Yin when he was running away. When Princess Ning Guo was 14 years old, she married Mei Yin, and the latter also became a relative of the emperor. Because Mei Yin was talented and had some military ability, Zhu Yuanzhang called him into the palace to "tuogu" before his death.

Historical books say this: "The emperor was of great age and the kings were powerful.Yin Chang was secretly ordered to assist the emperor's grandson..." According to historical records, Mei Yin was also Zhu Yuanzhang's only minister who trusted him, and his status was extremely high and noble.

Mei Yin's actions during the Jingnan Campaign

Zhu Yuanzhang died and Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne , the first thing he did was to cut off the vassal. At that time, Mei Yin persuaded Zhu Yunwen not to be so impatient and to do things step by step. However, Zhu Yunwen refused to listen and sent him to Huai'an to lead the troops. To put it bluntly, He was demoted.

As expected, Zhu Yunwen's impatience forced Zhu Di to rebel, and the two sides fought for four years... In the third stage of the war, Zhu Di wanted to go straight to Nanjing. He planned two routes. The first was to go through Huai'an. Nanjing, the second way is to enter Nanjing through Yangzhou , the former is closer.

As Mei Yin's uncle, Zhu Di wrote to Mei Yin, hoping that he would let him go. However, after the two letters passed, Not only did Mei Yin not agree, he also taught Zhu Di a lesson with Confucian ideas, which made Zhu Di very angry.

But because he was afraid of Mei Yin's 400,000 troops, he did not dare to make any mistakes and could only go straight through Yangzhou. Force Nanjing. At this time, if Mei Yin goes south to pursue Zhu Di, Zhu Di may be trapped in a north-south attack. At least Zhu Yunwen will not be in danger!

What’s funny is that Mei Yin actually stood still, or he didn’t react at all. . In other words, although Mei Yin did not let Zhu Di go south, he indirectly harmed Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen, who was in Nanjing, did not have any military power, and the road to the north was blocked, so he could only go south to recruit troops.

Before the troops could be recruited, Zhu Di had already surrounded the city of Nanjing. He could only burn the palace and choose to escape without knowing where to go... After the success of the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Di forced his sister to persuade Mei Yin to surrender. The latter was also very wise. The land surrendered.

When discussing merits and rewards, Zhu Di said: "The prince-in-law has worked hard," and Mei Yin replied: "If you don't work hard, you can't even stop me. It's a bit embarrassing..." In this way, Mei Yin became an old minister from Jianwen. He became an official in the Yongle dynasty, but he was never reused.

About a year later, someone accused Yin of cultivating dead soldiers at home, and even cursed Zhu Di. This made Zhu Di very unhappy. Later, Zhu Di arranged. Jin Yiwei threw Mei Yin into the river and drowned in winter. Mei Yin ended his life like this.

In general, although Mei Yin had some military abilities, he was more like a scholar and lacked the knowledge of war. Otherwise, Zhu Di would not have taken advantage of the 400,000-strong army, harming Zhu Yunwen and himself.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Mei Yin made Zhu Yunwen miserable. . What do you think about this?