That's not it, Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao's father Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan originally had only two sons under his knees, and as a result, he died one prematurely, leaving Zhu Houzhao, as long as Zhu Houzhao did not let Zhu Youfan's white-haired people send black-haired people, he was doomed to be a prince. In contrast, in fact, Zhu Biao's position as crown prince was not so stable.
Zhu Houzhao's luck is mainly because he has a dedicated father, the ancient emperor and the queen concubines, not only to satisfy the emperor's personal desires, but also to extend more heirs to ensure that there are heirs, the country and the mountains are thousands of years. Although more concubines do not necessarily have more heirs, but there are fewer concubines, there must be fewer heirs, which is a very simple truth.
However, Ming Wuzong's father, Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan, is a clear stream in the emperor, among the ancient emperors, it is not uncommon to have a deep affection for the empress, but like Zhu Youfan, the harem only has an empress and no other semicolon. It was Emperor Wen of Sui at that time, when the LoneLy Empress was there, it was inevitable to steal food, and after the Death of the Lonely Empress, Emperor Wen of Sui began to do it, and as a result, she died within a few years.
Perhaps related to the childhood injury of Wan Guifei, Zhu Youfan was not interested in sound and color, after marrying Empress Zhang, the two slept and ate together in the palace as a normal husband and wife, and Empress Zhang gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Zhu Youfan, Zhu Houzhao was the eldest son, and the second son was Zhu Houwei.
Speaking of Zhu Houzhao's ability to succeed to the throne, we must also thank him for having a single-minded father and a favored mother, but if his mother falls out of favor, or his father spends a little and other princes appear, then Zhu Houzhao's throne may not be necessary.
Zhu Houwei was originally the second son, and he died at the age of only one year, and the only prince who could inherit his throne under Emperor Xiaozong of Ming was Zhu Houzhao, who was originally the eldest son of The Concubine, and this time he became the only seedling, and Zhu Youfan had no choice. No matter from which point of view, Zhu Houzhao is a unique candidate for the crown prince.
Zhu Houzhao could not succeed to the throne, unless he hung up first, as far as the situation at that time was concerned, there were only force majeure factors, such as what was wrong with Zhu Houzhao's brain, he was paralyzed and unable to move, or he hung in front of his father, Zhu Youfan, in addition, even if Zhu Houzhao was very mediocre, the throne was still his, after all, the ancient primogeniture system, whether the eldest son was virtuous or not was not within the scope of consideration.
Of course, not everyone can smoothly pass the throne to the eldest son, so the ancients have long thought of a way, that is, to pass the throne to the son or establish an heir.
Obviously, it was impossible to pass on the throne, because Zhu Youfan had no other sons at all, so in this case, if Zhu Houzhao really could not succeed to the throne at that time, Zhu Youfan would have to choose an heir, that is, according to the distance of patrilineal kinship, choose one from his own sons and nephews as his heir, and inherit his own great cause in the future.
Although Zhu Houzhao did not have brothers, he had a large number of cousins, after all, his grandfather Ming Xianzong had more than a dozen princes under his knees, Zhu Houzhao's uncles, so that Zhu Houzhao had more than twenty cousins, if Zhu Houzhao really failed to succeed to the throne for some reason, the throne naturally fell into the hands of these collateral clan relatives.
Conclusion: In contrast, the position of Zhu Biao, the prince of Yiwen, was actually unstable, although zhu Yuanzhang, the ming emperor of that year, clearly passed the throne to the crown prince Zhu Biao, and even after Zhu Biao's death, he did not pass the throne to the other sons of the elder, but chose to pass on the throne to the eldest grandson Zhu Yunjiao, that is, Zhu Biao's son, on the surface it seems that Zhu Biao's position is indeed very stable, but in fact it is not as good as Zhu Houzhao.
The stability of Zhu Biao's status comes entirely from the favor of his father Zhu Yuanzhang, once this favor disappears, then his status will also collapse, after all, whether Zhu Biao is Empress Ma's own child or not, there are still many doubts, and Zhu Houzhao is different, he is the only surviving eldest son of Zhu Youfan and Empress Zhang, and has a supreme position that is absolutely undisputed in the legal system.
Most importantly, Zhu Biao is different from Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao has no other brothers to fight with him, because he has no other brothers at all, but Zhu Biao is different, although he is the eldest son and has the favor of Zhu Yuanzhang, but he also has more than 20 brothers, many of whom have outstanding military achievements, which are potential competitors for Zhu Biao.
So in this regard, Zhu Biao's position at that time was not as stable as Zhu Houzhao's, but it is interesting that the two people who were so stable in the final position could not pass on the throne in their line, Zhu Yunjiao was driven off the throne by his uncle's Jing Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao collapsed without heirs, and let his cousin Zhu Houxi pick up the cheap.