In the history of China's feudal dynasties, there have always been many stories of power struggles, such as those who have the right to rebel, those who have foreign relatives interfering in politics, and even those who have sons usurping the throne of Lao Tzu. The crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao, was a clear stream in history, and few princes of other dynasties were not afraid of LaoZi, and the emperor basically did not delegate power to the prince, but Zhu Biao was able to command hundreds of officials, so why did Zhu Biao win zhu Yuanzhang's trust?
Zhu Biao was able to personally handle the affairs of the imperial court at the age of 22, which had a great deal to do with his identity, first of all, his mother had accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang from scratch, and Empress Ma had given birth to Zhu Biao within a few years. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was fighting at the time, heard that Empress Ma had given birth to a son for him, and happily immediately carved a few lines of large characters on the mountain, meaning that if you come here, you will be able to give birth to a big fat boy. As empress Ma's eldest son, Zhu Yuanzhang liked him very much. Empress Ma, who accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang throughout his life, the two people were true love. The son born to Empress Nama, he was naturally very fond of him.
When the Ming Dynasty was established, Zhu Biao was only 14 years old, and Zhu Yuanzhang knew the importance of education, so he arranged for the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty to be his teachers, and the famous scholar Song Lian at that time, xu Da, Li Shanchang and others also had to teach the prince every day. It was in this kind of environment that Zhu Biao became a polite and gentle prince of Huairou, who practiced the Confucian idea of ruling the country with virtue and subduing people with virtue, opposing harsh punishment and cruel laws, and when deciding on big and small affairs, he could let it go, and only killed the most vicious people. Although Zhu Yuanzhang pursued the policy of killing if he did not obey, he undoubtedly agreed with Zhu Biao in his heart, but he believed that Zhu Biao's kindness and benevolence did not apply to this newly established Daming.
Zhu Biao has a lot of power, if he is replaced by an ordinary prince, he may indulge in it, and even do things that are contrary to the law of etiquette, and he has never made such a mistake, and he is very good at handling the relationship between father and son. In dealing with his father, he was very much in awe of Zhu Yuanzhang, but it was the son's reverence for his father, not the fear that the courtiers had for Junshang. After Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to participate in politics, the two often had problems of disagreement, and Zhu Biao was also bold, and on several occasions he directly refuted Zhu Yuanzhang. For example, once, Zhu Biao advised Zhu Yuanzhang to be kind to people and not to kill too many people, Zhu Yuanzhang replied to him: I will help you remove the sharp thorns on the thorns, so that you can be emperor in the future! As a result, Zhu Biao not only did not express gratitude, but also retorted to him: There are yao shun kings on the top and yao shun people on the bottom. Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he chased after him and beat him, until Zhu Biao took out the portrait of his mother, and Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down.
Zhu Biao was also very tolerant of his brothers and sisters, and when they made mistakes, he always tolerated them, advising Zhu Yuanzhang not to punish them. I have to say that Zhu Biao's emotional intelligence is first-class, and brothers and sisters have often killed each other in history, and Zhu Biao's brothers and sisters have great respect for him and trust him very much. Once Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Zhu Zhu, the King of Qin, had been not doing the right thing in Xi'an, and that this King of Qin was also his second son, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to punish him, and by the way, he asked Zhu Biao to see what was going on. Zhu Biao went, and when he returned, he only picked a little mistake and said that the rest were all praises of the King of Qin, and the King of Qin was spared punishment. If Zhu Biao had not died young, even if Zhu Di, the King of Yan, had great ability and ambition, he would not have dared to create a rebellion against his eldest brother.
It can be said that Zhu Biao completely followed the character of the birth mare empress, generous and benevolent, and if he inherited the throne, he would certainly be able to become a Ming Emperor in history. When Empress Ma was still alive, she was able to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior with him, and saved many ministers in the court many times, such as Song Lian, Liu Bowen and so on. However, after Empress Ma's death, Zhu Biao's persuasion effect on Zhu Yuanzhang was significantly weakened.
Every time Zhu Biao finished arguing with his father, he began to be frightened, the most difficult thing for people to overcome was heart disease, coupled with the day and night work like Zhu Yuanzhang, and finally fell ill one day, the doctor had no way, Zhu Yuanzhang could only watch his son who had high hopes lose weight day by day until his death. After Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer hold back his father-son affection for the prince and cried loudly, but unfortunately the prince could not come back. Zhu Biao did not leave until ten years after Empress Ma's death, and lost a good empress and a good heir inside and outside the imperial court. With the thought of the mother and son, Zhu Yuanzhang did not make Zhu Di, who had the greatest hope, the crown prince, but chose his grandson, Zhu Biao's second son Zhu Yunjiao, as the new prince. Although this Zhu Di was dissatisfied in his heart, he still hadn't done it, after all, his father was still alive, and his nephew was the emperor, as long as he didn't endanger his own interests, it was nothing.
During Zhu Biao's handling of government affairs, he was diligent and loved the people, and both the officials of the imperial court and the ordinary people loved him very much. Coupled with his excellent political ability and his eldest son, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally trusted him very much. Unfortunately, history always likes to joke, and the development of things often deviates at some nodes, and Zhu Biao's death was a loss for the Ming Dynasty, but it also ushered in another heroic monarch, Zhu Di.
In life, we must also pay attention to the combination of work and leisure, excessive work will only make the body worse, only the combination of work and leisure, work can also be done with half the effort.