Zhu Qizhen, the emperor who was captured in the tumu fort rebellion. If it were not for Yu Qian's insistence on not retreating in Beijing, the Ming Dynasty might have retreated to the south of the Huai River like the Southern Song Dynasty, and Zhu Qizhen might have stayed in the north as a prisoner for the rest of his life, like Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this that when Zhu Qizhen was redone as emperor, he killed Yu Qian to appear mean and unthinkable.
However, after Zhu Qizhen returned to Beijing, he was always jealous of his brother Zhu Qiyu, the Jingtai Emperor, so he was always enclosed in the Southern Palace. As an deposed emperor who buried hundreds of thousands of troops and killed dozens of meritorious nobles, the possibility of him ascending the throne again as emperor was already very small, but zhu Qiyu, who could not stand the Jingtai Emperor, was even more unlucky.
Zhu Qizhen became emperor for the second time
When Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, he had already promised to make his nephew, that is, Zhu Qizhen's son, as the crown prince, but later he repented and replaced his own son as the heir. Unfortunately, the next year his son fell ill and died, and even more unfortunately, he had only one son.
Zhu Qiyu's spirit was greatly hit because of this incident. And the orthodox courtiers were still adding fuel to the fire, and even one of the inspectors, as an official, went so far as to say that his son was dead, which meant that the Mandate of Heaven was not his son and that his nephew's position as prince should be restored. Zhu Qiyu was naturally furious and attacked his heart, and directly imprisoned this Yushi, and finally beat him to death.
Of course, at this time, Zhu Qiyu was not yet 30 years old, and it was not difficult to have another son. So he naturally spent more time in the harem, so his body was gradually hollowed out, and he eventually became seriously ill in the eighth year of Jingtai. Zhu Qiyu suddenly became seriously ill, which made the group of ministers feel that it was better to establish the prince early. Otherwise, if Zhu Qiyu accidentally died, the later emperor who ascended the throne would have flaws in legitimacy, which was not conducive to the operation of feudal power.
On the seventeenth day of the first month of the eighth year of Jingtai, a group of ministers of culture and military affairs went to the Nangong Where Zhu Qizhen was located and took out the former emperor Zhu Qizhen, who had been imprisoned for seven years. Among the ministers were shi heng, a meritorious nobleman, Xu Youzhen, the left capital of yushitai, Zhang Who, the governor, and the eunuch Cao Jixiang.
These people surrounded Zhu Qizhen back to the palace, re-ascended the throne on the same day, and seven days later changed the era name jingtai to Tianshun. Less than ten days after ascending the throne, under Xu Youzhen's intentional reminder and zhu Qizhen's hatred for Qian, yu Qian was killed for such a major crime of rebellion as "welcoming the foreign domain". After another ten days, Zhu Qiyu suddenly fell ill and died.
Zhu Qizhen's two hatreds in his heart died like this, and he didn't know how happy he was in his heart. However, because zhu qizhen in the nangong had no bottom card at that time, it gave those who supported his restoration too prominent rights and rewards, resulting in his second day as emperor, far less freewheeling than the first time.
Re-ascending the throne is almost a puppet, and it has been four years to eliminate the troubles
Zhu Qizhen let Xu Youzhen grasp the power of the imperial court, let Shi Heng grasp the power of border defense, and let Cao Jixiang grasp the power of the court. So in such a situation, can Zhu Qizhen still regain power?
In fact, he still has an advantage, that is, his status as an emperor. Even if he was captured by Vala, even if he was imprisoned for seven years, even if he took advantage of the chaos to seize his brother's throne, as long as he became emperor, all this would not be discussed, but would help cover up. In order to gain power and wealth, in order to realize their ideal of serving the king, there will always be someone willing to help the emperor solve the problem. As long as the emperor can know people and do good job, basically there is not much difficulty.
It just so happened that Zhu Qizhen's ability to be an emperor was still quite outstanding. Especially after being pit by Wang Zhen and his brother, in the days when the Nangong was imprisoned, he must have been thinking day and night and pondering repeatedly. When it came time to regain the position of the Great Treasure, his patience and means naturally made great progress.
Xu Youzhen, as the first assistant of the cabinet, seems to be in charge of power, but as a civilian official, he is actually the best to clean up.
Xu Shoufu was already in power, but he still wanted to monopolize the government, so he naturally clashed with Shi Heng. When Shi Heng went to the border guard, he asked his officials to impeach Shi Heng and prepare for rebellion. When Shi Heng heard this, he was naturally shocked and angry, and also regarded Xu Youzhen as a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh. In order to overthrow Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, who was the emperor's sidekick, joined forces.
After Zhu Qizhen and Xu Youzhen discussed major state affairs, Cao Jixiang spread the contents, creating the illusion that Xu Youzhen leaked secrets. Zhu Qizhen took the opportunity to demote Xu Youzhen to a local government, and from then on began a life of exile.
The next person to be eliminated was Shi Heng. To solve Shi Heng, first of all, to take down his military power, and the Shi family in addition to Shi Heng, there are many people in the army, and have a deep influence in the border defense force, the most notable of which is Shi Heng's nephew Shi Biao. Therefore, Zhu Qizhen waited patiently, and before finally starting to move, he also gave Shi Heng's newborn child the title of Marquis, and personally went to Shi Heng's home to put on a gold collar for the little marquis to show his honor and closeness to Shi Heng. Until the time was ripe, when Shi Heng also returned to the capital to clear the possibility of the Shi family's rebellion, he was immediately arrested by JinYiwei, and Shi Heng was also arrested and imprisoned for treason, and eventually died of illness in prison.
The last to be picked up was the eunuch Cao Jixiang. As a eunuch, he actually attracted many Mongols and dead soldiers, in a vain attempt to become an emperor through rebellion, but he did not expect to be reported before he began, and finally he was cut down.
When Zhu Qizhen calmed down the court and regained his rights, it was already five years after the change of the gate. The few people who cleaned up their men were all fast and accurate, and they did not bring much chaos to the imperial court. Obviously, after the second ascension to the throne, Zhu Qizhen's level of being emperor was significantly improved.
However, the price of this increase in the level of power was the hundreds of thousands of Ming Dynasty troops slaughtered by The Wallachians in the Tumu fort rebellion, the frontier people who were looted and killed on the frontier, and the imbalance in the civil and military strength of the court. I'm afraid that after Zhu Qizhen's death, he also had no face to see the ancestors.
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