Zhu Yu is the seventh son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and his biological mother is Dading concubine. In the three years of Hongwu, Zhu Yu was appointed King of Qi. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, he was in Qingzhou.
During Zhu Yu's feudal period, he followed his elder brother Yan Wang Zhu Di to expedition and made contributions. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang sent him out of the town of Kaiping again, and made another contribution. But Zhu Yu is so happy for his achievements, Zhu Yuanzhang also warned him not to compete with the generals. History records: "The number of calendars is plugged, and I am happy with martial arts, but it is violent and illegal."
After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, three teachers, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and Fang Xiaoru It became a confidant, and followed their suggestions and began to cut the feudal clan. The first to fall was Zhou Wang Zhu Xun. Zhu Wei committed many illegal acts, and was accused of plotting illegalities, so Emperor Jianwen summoned him to the capital, deposed him as a general, and imprisoned Zhu Wei together.
was also liquidated like Zhu Xun and Zhu Gu, as well as the acting king Zhu Gui, the Xiang king Zhu Bai, and the Min king Zhu Yan. After the five uncles were liquidated one after another, Emperor Jianwen set the next goal as Yan Wang Zhu Di. Soon, Zhu Di raised his troops under the banner of "the side of the Qing Dynasty", but in fact he deliberately usurped the throne, known in history as the "Battle of Jing Nan".
In this battle, Emperor Jianwen was unclear about the use of personnel and had poor strategy, so he missed several opportunities to put down King Yan. He also ordered that Zhu Di was not allowed to injure Zhu Di's life, which made Zhu Di escape from danger many times. Under his "wise" leadership, Zhu Di successfully made it to Nanjing.
In the fourth year of Jianwen, King Zhu Sui and Li Jinglong opened the gate of Jinchuan, Zhu Di led the army into Nanjing City, and Emperor Jianwen disappeared in the fire. After Zhu Di broke through Nanjing, he immediately sent someone to protect his younger brothers, namely Zhu and Zhu. Unexpectedly, when my younger brother saw the soldier, he was so scared to cry, why is this happening?
It turned out that as soon as Zhu Di entered Jinchuan Gate, he immediately sent someone to protect the two younger brothers. But the two kings who were still imprisoned didn't know. When they saw the soldiers coming with weapons, they thought it was Emperor Jianwen who ordered them to be killed, so they were so scared to cry. When the soldiers declared their intentions, the two turned from sadness to joy.
Zhu Di regained the titles of the two after he became the throne. However, "the ancestors made Wang Qi the same as before, and you are arrogant and indulgent." Someone reported on Zhu Yu, but Zhu Di thought about brotherhood and only wrote a letter to persuade Zhu Yu. But Zhu Yu couldn't hear it at all. He said, "Yin animal assassin, recruiting strange warlocks as a curse, he used guards to guard Qingzhou City, and the wall of the city was built to cut off the communication, and the guards were not allowed to go to the city for night patrol."
Some officials once again reported Zhu Yu to Zhu Di, and Zhu Yu privately detained them, intending to silence them. It happened that at that time it was rumored that Zhou Wang Zhu Xun would also rebel. Zhu Xun was afraid, so he wrote a letter of apology. While looking for Zhu Yu's important person, Zhu Di showed him Zhou Wang's apology, hoping that he would correct it.
In May of the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Yu entered the Beijing dynasty to see Zhu Di, and some ministers took the opportunity to impeach him. However, Zhu Yu said: "When the treacherous ministers chatter, I want to follow the example of Jianwen! He will kill this generation." Zhu Di listened very much. Not happy, he found a reason to stay in the capital, and then cut his guards, and found evidence of his misconduct.
Qunchen asked Zhu Yu's teacher to be asked for guilt, but Zhu Di sighed and said: "The king is fierce and perverse, I Wen Zhao said to six or seven, I still don't understand, the professors are like kings! Yuan waited for the first time, but don't ask." It means that Zhu Yu refused to listen after he had persuaded him several times, let alone his teacher. Besides, his teacher had already taken the initiative to inform him, so don't blame them. After
, Zhu Yu's son was also summoned to the capital, and was deposed as a common man with him. Since Zhu Yu was the king of Qi before, his descendants are called "Qi Shuren".
(reference "Ming History")
