In "Daming Fenghua", Zhu Di's three sons are full of drama, and the prince Zhu Gaozi plays a pig and eats a tiger, which is cowardly and incompetent on the surface, but in fact, he eats zhu Di's routine. The King of Han and the King of Zhao were full of scheming, but they always returned without success, and they never succeeded in bringing down the eldest brother. However, in front of Zhu Di, the three brothers must show brotherhood and brotherhood, and it is most appropriate to describe it as "loving and killing each other".
In "Daming Style", the three brothers love and kill each other, so what is it like in history? How did they end up? Today, we will talk about the history of the three brothers of the Zhu family.
In fact, in history, the three brothers also loved and killed each other, zhu Gaozi was the patriarchal heir, but the King of Han and the King of Zhao looked down on this big brother, and both thought that they were more suitable to be princes than the eldest brother. However, Zhu Gaozi had never made a mistake, and Zhu Di could not find a reason to abolish him.
In the end, Zhu Gaozi still successfully ascended to the throne. After he ascended the throne, he did not dispose of his brothers in order to avoid any troubles, but treated them kindly, hoping that the brothers would achieve true harmony. What did king Han and king Zhao do? What did they end up with?
Boss Zhu Gaozi
Zhu Gaozi had a kind personality, heavy and calm, and was deeply loved by his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, and Hongwu was established as the son of the King of Yan for twenty-eight years. Zhu Yuanzhang liked this grandson, but Zhu Di somewhat disliked him, mainly because Zhu Gaozi was obese and had difficulty moving, in comparison, he was still the brave king of Han and the king of Zhao, and he won Zhu Di's heart.
However, Zhu Gaozi's personal ability was very strong, and every time Zhu Di went out on a campaign, he let Zhu Gaozi supervise the country. According to historical records, Zhu Gaozi supervised the country six times, and each time successfully completed his mission. However, during this period, Zhu Gaozi pardoned the prisoners several times, all of whom were personally imprisoned by Zhu Di, so that the King of Han and the King of Zhao could find the opportunity.
The Second King's repeated remarks caused Zhu Di to become suspicious of Zhu Gaozi and even moved the idea of changing the crown prince. Fortunately, Zhu Gaozi was lenient in his daily life and had the support of the civilian-official clique, so Zhu Di had to give up.
After six prisons, Zhu Di's trust in Zhu Gaozi increased, and at this time, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaoxuan's words could no longer shake Zhu Gaozi. This also allowed Zhu Gaoxu to succeed to the throne smoothly, and also led to the rebellion of Zhu Gaoxu later.
In the twenty-second year of Yongle, Zhu Di died of illness, and Zhu Gaozi took the throne as Emperor Akihito. After he ascended the throne, he began to adjust the administrative policies of the Zhu Di period, while pardoning the old ministers of Jianwen and the relatives of officials of the Yongle Dynasty who were seated consecutively.
In May of the first year of Hong Xi's reign, Zhu Gaozi sent his crown prince Zhu Zhanji to Nanjing to pay homage to Zhu Yuanzhang, the ming emperor, with the intention of making final preparations for moving the capital to Nanjing. Unfortunately, before the plan was completed, he suddenly fell ill and died at the age of forty-seven.
The second eldest Zhu Gaoxu
Zhu Gaoxu was fierce by nature and had always coveted the position of crown prince, and when he first went out with Zhu Di, Zhu Di once said to him: "Mian Zhi! The world is sick. This made Zhu Gaoxu think that his father was hinting at him that he would change him to crown prince in the future, so Zhu Gaoxu was doubly brave on the battlefield.
Zhu Gaoxu made a lot of merit in the Battle of Jingnan, and even saved Zhu Di's life, but after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he still made Zhu Gaoxu the crown prince, which made Zhu Gaoxu resentful.
After that, Zhu Gaoxu did a lot of illegal things, and Zhu Di imprisoned him and prepared to be demoted to a commoner. Zhu Gaozhi thought of his brotherhood and tried his best to intercede in front of his father, and finally, Zhu Di cut off Zhu Gaoxu's two guards, hoping that he would relent.
After Zhu Di's death, in order to prevent the King of Han and the King of Zhao from taking advantage of the opportunity to rebel, the military ministers chose not to send a funeral secret and quietly informed the crown prince Zhu Gaozi. Zhu Gaozi sent his son Zhu Zhanji to greet the funeral, and the transfer of power was smoothly realized, and Zhu Gaozi smoothly took the throne.
However, Zhu Gaoxu reigned for less than a year, and Before Zhu Gaoxu could create his rebellion, the eldest brother died. The crown prince Zhu Zhanji was in Nanjing at the time, preparing to return to Beijing for funerals, and Zhu Gaoxu plotted to intercept and kill him halfway. Unfortunately, Zhu Zhanji was on guard, and Zhu Gaoxu did not succeed.
After Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, Zhu Gaoxu finally rebelled, underestimating his nephew's ability and eventually being forced to surrender. Zhu Zhanji imprisoned his second uncle, and the group of ministers requested that Zhu Gaoxu be executed, but Zhu Zhanji never agreed.
One day, Zhu Zhanji went to visit the second uncle, and Zhu Gaoxu held a grudge against him and deliberately tripped him up. Zhu Zhanji was furious at once, sent someone to carry a copper cylinder over, and then threw Zhu Gaoxu into the cylinder, and finally ordered someone to light charcoal and roast Zhu Gaoxu alive. Zhu Gaoxu's sons were also executed.
Old Third Zhu Gao fu
Like Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu had always coveted the position of crown prince, but the possibility of him ascending to the throne was less likely, after all, there were still two brothers in front of him. With his own ability alone, I am afraid that it will be difficult to ascend to the throne, so Zhu Gaoxuan chose to side with the second brother, wanting to take down the prince first.
He also used his merits to do many illegal things, and often framed Zhu Gaozi in his words and plotted to take his wife. Later, the matter was revealed, and Zhu Di intended to reduce him to a commoner, but thanks to Zhu Gaozi's intercession, he was pardoned.
What is different from zhu Gaoxuan and the second brother is that after being severely reprimanded by Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu became more and more angry, and even chose to rebel. Zhu Gaofu, on the other hand, recognized reality and began to converge. After Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, Zhu Gaoxu also invited him to participate in the rebellion, and Zhu Gaoxuan finally gave up.
He asked to return the guards of Changshan, chose to go back to the pension, and finally died in the sixth year of Xuande, which was also a good death. In contrast, Zhu Gaoxuan's approach is definitely smarter than Zhu Gaoxu's, and it is obvious to see the fate of the two.
The three brothers who love and kill each other in the play are also in the open and secret struggle in history. Zhu Gaoxu had the world in his heart, but it was a pity that the king died early; Zhu Gaoxu had a bad heart and ended in tragedy; Zhu Gaoxu strangled his horse from the cliff and exchanged it for a good death. With the death of Zhu Gaoxuan, the story of the three brothers of the Zhu family who fell in love and killed each other has officially become history.
(References "History of Ming", "Ming Shilu")