At the beginning of the broadcast of "Daming Style", many viewers said that they liked to watch the daily interaction of the five sons of the Zhu family the most. As a big parent, zhu Di also had to educate three "bear children" while cultivating "good saints", which was really too difficult.
The three brothers Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaoxuan were all concubines born to Empress Xu. As the eldest son of a concubine, Zhu Gaozi should naturally be a righteous crown prince. But the second and third elders, in their hearts, look down on the boss and think that they are more qualified to become heirs. Especially the second eldest Zhu Gaoxu.
When Zhu Gaoxu was young, as the son of king Yan, he was summoned to the capital by Zhu Yuanzhang to study. However, he liked martial arts and did not like literature, always refused to study with his heart, and even acted frivolously, causing Zhu Yuanzhang to dislike him very much. In contrast, the clever and benevolent Zhu Gaozi was deeply loved by his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang.
(Zhu Gaozi stills)
Zhu Gaoxu's character was misbehaving, fierce and cruel, but he inherited his father's bravery and became a generation of warriors, which was also his greatest merit. In the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Gaoxu made many meritorious contributions and successfully helped Zhu Di seize the throne. The reason why he worked so hard was not just for his father.
In the second year of Jianwen, Zhu Di's army defeated Dongchang, and the general Zhang Yu was also killed. At the moment of crisis, Zhu Gaoxu rushed to the rescue and successfully rescued Zhu Di.
In the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Di was in trouble at Puzikou, and Zhu Gaoxu once again led an army to rescue him. Zhu Di was very happy to see his son, and smiled and said to him: "I am tired, and I should fight again." Then he patted him on the back and said, "Mian Zhi! The world is sick. ”
When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, the meaning of his father's words was that he was old and it was time for his son to play. And Zhu Di also said that Zhu Gao was very ill, which meant that he was dissatisfied with this heir and planned to pass the throne to himself in the future. So he bravely repelled the Southern Army and once again saved Zhu Di.
(Zhu Gaoxu stills)
Later, Zhu Di ascended the throne and began to discuss the establishment of the reserve. Many military generals had fought alongside Zhu Gaoxu, and they admired Zhu Gaoxu so much that they persuaded Zhu Di to make him crown prince. But Zhu Di believed: "Yuan Zi RenXian, and Taizu lied, and Gao Xu has many faults." "Therefore there was no consent.
In the second year of Yongle, Zhu Di made Zhu Gaoxu the crown prince, Zhu Gaoxu the King of Han, and Zhu Gaoxuan the King of Zhao.
All along, there has been a saying that Zhu Di wants to be easy to store. In "The Style of Daming", before Zhu Di died, he also said that he wanted to pass the throne to the King of Han. However, in my opinion, Zhu Di had never actually thought of passing the throne to Zhu Gaoxu. Why?
First, Zhu Gaozi was the eldest son of a concubine, and according to the provisions of the "Imperial Ming Ancestral Training", the crown prince was destined to be his. Unless he died as early as Zhu Biao, it would be the turn of the second eldest Zhu Gaoxu. However, in this case, it is not excluded that Zhu Di will directly pass the throne to the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji.
(Zhu Zhanji stills)
Second, Zhu Gaoxu was deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang and had been affirmed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and if he were to be allowed to choose, he would certainly not choose Zhu Gaoxu, who had misbehaved character.
Third, Zhu Gaozi's eldest son, Zhu Zhanji, was deeply impressed by Zhu Di's heart, and he intended to let his grandson succeed to the throne in the future. Among Zhu Gaoxu's sons, there was no better person, so Zhu Di would not consider Zhu Gaoxu.
Fourth, although Zhu Gaoxu was brave and martial, he had saved Zhu Di's life many times, but he had the courage and strategy, and he could never become the second "Zhu Di". On the contrary, Zhu Gaozi had been undertaking the heavy responsibility of supervising the country during Zhu Di's conquest, and he had done a good job, indicating that he was a shoucheng king.
After Zhu Di seized the throne, he definitely wanted to pass it on from generation to generation, and if the country wanted to be stable, it could not be solved by force forever. Since Zhu Gaozi was good at civil rule, he would certainly be able to defend the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, at that time, Zhu Gaozi was stationed in Beiping, and he also rejected Li Jinglong's 500,000 troops with 10,000 people, which also showed that Zhu Gaozi could "guard the gate of the country with the son of heaven."
(Zhu Di stills)
Therefore, Zhu Di would not pass the throne to Zhu Gaoxu at all, everything was just Zhu Gaoxu's wishful thinking. But Zhu Gaoxu's wishful thinking also stemmed from zhu Di giving him hope. Since Zhu Di did not want to pass the throne to Zhu Gaoxu, why did he have to hint at him that Zhu Gaoxu was ill?
Let's see that Zhu Di hinted at Zhu Gaoxu's time in the fourth year of Jianwen. Why did Zhu Di launch the Battle of Jing? The first was dissatisfaction with Emperor Jianwen's cutting of the domain, and he was afraid that his nephew would not be good for him. The second is that Zhu Di himself wanted to be emperor, believing that he was more qualified than his nephew. Therefore, he did not hesitate to fight all the way from Beiping to Nanjing.
Although Emperor Jianwen was an incompetent commander, after all, the capital was strong in strength, so after four years of fighting this battle, Zhu Di had not yet won, and even fell into crisis in Dongchang and Puzikou. At this stage, Zhu Di already knew that in this battle between himself and his nephew, either you died or I died.
However, Zhu Di was besieged and was already exhausted, and the general was also killed. Just at this time, Zhu Gaoxu rushed to the rescue, and Zhu Di saw hope. He naturally hoped that his son could take himself out to kill, as long as he could live, his nephew must not be his opponent.
Therefore, he must let Zhu Gaoxu also see hope, and this hope is the position of prince. If Zhu Di did not hint at him, Zhu Gaoxu might not fight so hard, and even in a critical moment, it would be difficult to ensure that Zhu Gaoxu would not give up Zhu Di and choose to flee on his own. At this time, hinting at the position of a prince, Zhu Gaoxu will definitely desperately try to save Zhu Di.
But because of this hint, Zhu Gaoxu's expectations were too high. When Zhu Gaozi became the crown prince, he became resentful. At the same time, in his heart, he had already decided that he was the prince, and such an idea led to a series of acts of rebellion that led to his later rebellion. In the end, because of his repeated teachings, he was burned to death by Zhu Zhanji.
(Reference "Myashi")