After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he summed up that a fatal weakness of the Yuan Dynasty was the lack of powerful governors in various places, which caused the situation that they could not echo each other in the war. So, shortly after he proclaimed himself emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang sent more than 20 sons to various places, including Zhu Quan and Prince Judy who later became emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought that enfeoffment of kings could allow many sons to monitor the whole country instead of themselves, and the country would be stable forever. Therefore, it is stipulated that if the traitor is autocratic, the captaincy can denounce the traitor and even send troops to the "Jun Qing side". The intention of this practice is to use the royal relatives to safeguard the imperial power.
According to historical records, in 139 1 year, Zhu Quan was canonized as the King of Ning, and later Wang Fu was established in Daming Town, Ningcheng. Among the numerous princes at that time, Judy, the prince of Yan, and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, who was sealed in Ningcheng, were the most powerful. At that time, all the vassal kings who were blocked had thousands or tens of thousands of guards, but Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, had a powerful force unmatched by other vassal kings. Describing this in ancient books, Zhu Quan said: He has 80,000 pieces of armor and 6,000 wagons, all of which are cavalry belonging to Duo Yan and San Wei, and they are brave and good at fighting.
Zhu Quan's 80,000 elite soldiers include the Taining, Fuyu and Duoyan Sanwei cavalry of Mongolia, which surrendered in the Yuan Dynasty. These Mongolian cavalry are notoriously brave and good at fighting, and they are a very powerful armed force. In addition, the captaincy stationed in Wang Ning and other border towns not only unified the army, but also held the local administrative power. When necessary, we can control the local senior generals sent by the imperial court and mobilize a large number of regular troops. At the same time, Ningcheng, which was sealed by Zhu Quan, is also a vital place in the military.
"Ming history? "Kings" records Ningcheng said:
Daning is a big town outside ancient xifengkou, with Liaozuo in the east and Fu Xuan in the west. In addition to Ningcheng, Zhu Quan has also "united more than 90 cities". That is to say, at that time, Zhu Quan ruled a large area of the Ming Dynasty, with Shenyang in the east, Xuanhua in Hebei in the west, the Great Wall in the south and the Xilamulun River in the north. In addition, as a well-armed king of Ning, Zhu Quan is also known as the "knight of the wise king". According to the chronicle of Ming Dynasty "Tong Mingjian":
Mao was a philosopher, Rebecca was good at fighting, and Wang Ning was good at planning.
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his resourceful son to master the valiant soldier Qiang Bing and let him guard the military fortress in the north to prevent the royal family from making a comeback in the Yuan Dynasty. 1398, Zhu Yuanzhang died, and his grandson Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, that is, the later emperor Wen Jian. Shortly after Wen Jian ascended the throne, he began to separate governors and restore military power. In less than a year's time, Wen Jian first stripped the relieving of the King of Zhou, then abolished Xiang, Qi and Min governors and stripped five governors of their power. Wen Jian immediately ordered Wang Ning, who was far away from the Great Wall, to report back to Beijing. Facing the imperial edict that Wen Jian ordered to go to Beijing, King Ning immediately called his ministers to discuss countermeasures. Counselors all think that going to Beijing at this time is tantamount to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.
Therefore, King Ning resisted the imperial edict and did not go to Beijing. As a result, the imperial court fined the three guards of the Mongolian five-grain Harbin Department, but Emperor Wen Jian did not transfer the three guards of the Mongolian five-grain Harbin Department from Ning Wang. Because at that time, although Zhu Quan was a noble prince, he was also a famous Taoist in Ming Dynasty. He had a high self-cultivation and acted like a hermit, and had no intention of fighting for power and profit. At ordinary times, Zhu Quan always likes to associate with literati and devotes himself to drama, entertainment, writing and Buddhism. Later, Judy, the prince of Yan, proclaimed himself emperor and was known as Emperor Yongle in history. Ming Chengzu changed Zhu Quan to a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi. Then, Zhu Quan, a versatile man, built an exquisite house in Nanchang, playing drums and reading all day long, and often associating with literary scholars, calling himself a "great master". The history books say that Zhu Quan:
She is beautiful and clever. She reads everything.
Zhu Quan devoted his whole life to studying his works and eventually became a famous dramatist, drama theorist, guqin, historian and Taoist theorist in the early Ming Dynasty. He is an influential figure in the history of drama development. Zhu Quan, who is good at playing guqin, has not only completed many operas and historical works, but also collected and explained ancient music, including Collection of Guqin Music, Magic Secret Music, Northern Music Score and review monograph Taihe Yin Zhengpu. Taihe Yin Zhengpu is the earliest score of China's zaju and an important theoretical work in the history of China's traditional opera.
Zhu Quan also made a "Zhonghe" piano, known as "Waterfall Lianzhu" and signed it "Director Yun 'an." Waterfall of a string of pearls is a famous piano work in Chinese history. Only one piano has been handed down from generation to generation, which is called the first piano in Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying of "looking forward to the four Qin Dynasties", and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, ranked first.