Since ancient times, the throne should be inherited by concubines, but there is no shortage of such phenomena, the emperor died unexpectedly and there was no child, then only the emperor's brothers could inherit the throne, the political struggle environment was sinister, and countless people were staring at the most honorable position.
And the protagonist we want to introduce today, it is precisely because the emperor's brother is seriously ill, he was made the heir to the imperial throne, and the eunuch who controls the government of the dynasty came to the palace and invited himself to the palace to inherit the throne. The road is dangerous and the road ahead is unknown. How does this prince behave? Can you get away with it and become a big treasure?
Presumably speaking of this, everyone has already guessed that this prince who is both lucky and unlucky is Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although Zhu Youjian's position as emperor was very easy to get to, the road ahead was extremely dangerous. As a central figure of imperial power, he naturally had his life at stake.
At that time, Zhu Youjian was only 17 years old, and his relationship with his brother Zhu Youxiao was very good, and he originally had no intention of the imperial throne, and he did not expect that his brother Zhu Youjian would pass the throne to himself, Zhu Youjian was worried about his brother's body in the palace, but he did not expect a holy will to pass into the palace, and he actually became the emperor.
Zhu Youjian was not happy about his becoming the heir to the imperial throne, but was afraid, because the person who took him into the palace as emperor was none other than Wei Zhongxian, a powerful eunuch of the dynasty.
Zhu Youjian had lived in the palace since he was a child, and he knew that Wei Zhongxian was a fierce figure. And at that time, the imperial court was controlled by Wei Zhongxian, and Zhu Youjian guessed that Wei Zhongxian would not tolerate himself, and he would definitely find an opportunity to kill himself.
Zhu Youjian was a very intelligent person, and he decided to do some means of self-protection to survive.
First of all, in order to protect his own safety, before going to the palace, Zhu Youjian ordered his subordinates to make a lot of dry food to take on the road, because he was afraid that he would be poisoned by Wei Zhongxian in the palace meals.
Secondly, since the body of Emperor Mingxi Zhu Youxiao had not yet been buried, Zhu Youjian did not officially ascend the throne, and he could only temporarily live in the Wenhua Hall in the imperial palace. The first night of his stay at the palace was a very dangerous night, and Zhu Youjian decided not to sleep all night, and he was always cautious and vigilant.
Finally, after entering the palace, Zhu Youjian was searched, and he did not have any weapons on his body, and he could not defend himself at all. Therefore, at night, Zhu Youjian saw some eunuchs patrolling the palace, so he secretly borrowed a sword from the eunuch and rewarded him heavily, and this sword was used by Zhu Youjian as a self-defense weapon and wore it all night.
Perhaps Wei Zhongxian did not take Zhu Youjian in his eyes at all, or perhaps Zhu Youxian was meticulous and overly defensive, and Wei Zhongxian had no chance to kill him at all. Therefore, on the first night of the palace, Zhu Youjian was safe.
Later, Zhu Youjian naturally sat on the throne, Zhu Youxiao was a wise man, and he was also a qualified emperor. During his reign, Zhu Youjian gradually seized power and followed the rules gradually, eventually eliminating Wei Zhongxian.
Although the Chongzhen Emperor was a subjugated monarch, he did his best and was a qualified monarch. None of us could have imagined that such a noble monarch would once go to the palace with the dry food of his own royal palace to inherit the throne.