Although Zhu Zhanji, played by Zhu Yawen, was spat on too much when "Daming Fenghua" was first broadcast, as the plot progressed, everyone admired Zhu Yawen's acting skills more and more. He played the wonderful life of "Zhu Zhanji", for this interesting and powerful role, what kind of person is his historical prototype?
Zhu Zhanji was the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with the era name Xuande and the self-titled Changchun Zhenren. In history, he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who rarely made any achievements after Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. Because he contributed a "rule of benevolence" to the Ming Dynasty. What is the rule of Benevolence? It refers to the period when Zhu Zhanji was the emperor, when the relationship between the monarch and the subject was the most harmonious, the politics was relatively clear, the society was relatively harmonious, the economy developed steadily, and the border defense was relatively stable.
Zhu Zhanji was Zhu Di's eldest grandson and his favorite grandson. He was the eldest son of Crown Prince Zhu Gaozi and Crown Princess Zhang, and was made the emperor's grandson by Zhu Di at the age of 12, and also followed Zhu Di on several occasions to conquer Mongolia. Zhu Zhanji was very good at military and government affairs. After Zhu Di's death, Zhu Gaozi took the throne, and Zhu Zhanji was made crown prince. His father, Zhu Gaozi, was also a virtuous emperor, and his achievements laid the foundation for the "rule of Renxuan".
Unfortunately, Zhu Gaozi only served as emperor for 8 months before he died. That is to say, Zhu Zhanji only served as the crown prince for 8 months before he sat on the throne, known as Ming Xuanzong. Crown Princess Hu was made empress and Sun was made a noble concubine.
In the second year of Zhu Zhanji's reign, he quelled the rebellion of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han. After that, Zhu Zhanji stopped using troops to fight with each other and continued to implement measures to alleviate social contradictions by Emperor Renzong. During his reign, wen had "Three Yangs" (Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu), Jian Yi, and Xia Yuanji. Wu had British gongzhangfu, and there were local inspectors like Yu Qian and Zhou Chen. Talents are abundant, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, which has enabled the economy to achieve unprecedented development.
However, Zhu Zhanji did not reign for a long time, taking the throne in 1425 and dying in 1435 at the age of 38. Emperor Xian Tian chongdao, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, made an indelible contribution to the Ming Dynasty during his ten-year reign. He was a very competent emperor, so he was also known as the "Taiping Heavenly Son" by historians, and also the famous "Shoucheng King" in history. Zhu Zhanji and his father Zhu Gaozi ruled for as little as eleven years, and were praised by historians as "meritorious as Wenjing (the rule of Wenjing in the Western Han Dynasty), which is called 'the rule of Renxuan'".
Zhu Zhanji's exploits do not stop there, but there is also a stain on his life, that is, the post-corruption storm that occurred in the third year of his reign. Zhu Zhanji favored Sun Guifei more than the original Empress Hu, who was a virtuous empress and was deeply loved by Empress Zhang. However, Empress Hu had only two daughters in her lifetime, one of whom died prematurely. Sun Guifei was deeply favored by Zhu Zhanji and gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Qizhen. Zhu Zhanji wanted to depose Empress Hu on the grounds that she was childless, and the ministers' repeated dissuasion was to no avail.
In the end, Empress Hu was deposed without mistake and moved to Chang'an Palace as a Daogu, giving her the title of Jing Ci Immortal Master. Soon after, Zhu Zhanji made Sun Guifei empress. Because of this incident, it also caused criticism from the people. However, a few years later, Zhu Zhanji also regretted this, feeling that it was an impulse when he was young.