He was made a prince in his early years and became a vassal in Peiping. After Wen Jian (the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang) ascended the throne, he began to gradually eliminate the influence of local governors. It is in this context that Judy raised the banner of "clearing the monarch and calming the country" and finally seized the throne. Many people later accused Judy of usurping the throne and being ambitious. But to be fair, this view is not objective.
Although it can't be denied that Judy is really ambitious, she was forced to compete with Jianwen Emperor for the world under the condition of "artificial knife, I am a fish". To put it bluntly, this is the power struggle within the ruling class, and there is no saying that whoever is just is evil. The most innocent people are the whole country. Whoever wins has nothing to do with them, but they are also helplessly involved in the war.
Judy's seizure of the throne is not evil, but after he seized the throne, he killed the minister loyal to Jianwen Emperor and implicated many innocent people, which can't wash him white. For example, the biological father of Sun, the heroine in Daming Fenghua, was implicated by Jiuzu, and the stockade in Zhenning, Shaanxi, where Jing Qing grew up, was destroyed, so there is no orphan Sun in real history. Judy was in office for 22 years, during which he did many great things.
For example, Mobei (including the expedition to Arutai, Fenghua, Daming), the occupation of Annan (now Vietnam), the relocation of the capital to Beijing and so on. These things are remarkable at first glance, but behind these so-called achievements, it is the nightmare of countless Ming people. Judy is at a disadvantage, so she is eager to prove that she is the only thrill by expanding her territory.
However, successive years of campaigns soon exhausted the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, and the people had to bear a heavy burden in order to satisfy the happy wishes of Emperor Yongle.