The second part of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" mainly tells the history of the twenty-six years from Emperor Jianwen to Yongle.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness, he confidently passed the throne to his grandson Zhu Yunwen. Subtle instability was brewing in the seemingly orderly succession of the Ming Dynasty. The nine border-guarding vassal kings held heavy troops. The young and weak Zhu Yunwen always felt threatened and began to reduce the vassal policy. King Zhu Di of Yan responded and rebelled, thus provoking a four-year peace war. How could Zhu Yunwen, who had taken advantage of the right time, location, and people, be forced to lose his strength and change hands?
Zhu Di went from resisting despite the reputation of being a traitor to marching straight into Beijing with his troops. During this period, he experienced many crises and miraculously escaped from death many times. Is there really a destiny? Fang Xiaoru, Tie Xuan, Dao Yan... Loyal ministers and good generals all showed their true colors, creating momentum and slandering Fang Qiu.
The impact of this war has not dissipated. Jianwen's old ministers were driven out and killed, and the unknown whereabouts of Zhu Yunwen's life and death have become an eternal mystery. But no matter what, Zhu Di started his career as a king and single-handedly created a prosperous dynasty, a great country that everyone looked up to, the Ming Dynasty!
