The story between Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen and the Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu has always been of interest to later generations, the two were not originally brothers, but they had a good relationship, Zhu Qizhen even left Zhu Qiyu in the capital to assist himself, and when he decided to personally conquer Vala, he also let Zhu Qiyu supervise the country.
But no one thought that after the change of Tumu Fort, the relationship between Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu underwent an essential change, Zhu Qiyu temporarily replaced Zhu Qizhen as emperor to preside over the overall situation, and as a result, after being confused by the imperial power, Zhu Qiyu no longer wanted to take the throne, in order to preserve his imperial power, Zhu Qiyu first put him under house arrest after Zhu Qizhen returned, and then deposed Zhu Qizhen's son Zhu Jianshen's position as crown prince, causing a great sensation, and finally after Zhu Qiyu became seriously ill, Zhu Qizhen launched a change to seize the door with the support of Shi Heng and others. To regain the throne, then how did Zhu Qizhen, who regained the throne, treat Zhu Qiyu's concubines?
The love-hate relationship between Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu's brothers
Originally, Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu can also be regarded as brotherhood, the two lived in harmony in the capital, and the relationship between many emperors and princes was different, Zhu Qizhen's trust and kindness to Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Qiyu can be said to be difficult to repay in a lifetime.
However, these two brothers, because of the influence of imperial power, eventually turned against each other, and when Zhu Qizhen decided to personally conquer Vala, and let Zhu Qiyu supervise the country, the relationship between the two brothers was doomed to come to an end.
When the change of Tumu Fort occurred, Zhu Qizhen was trapped in Wa La, life and death were at stake, and Zhu Qiyu became the new emperor under the support of Qian and others, and one of the conditions for Zhu Qiyu to become emperor at that time was that after Zhu Qiyu became emperor, zhu Qiyu's son Zhu Jianshen must be made crown prince, in this way, Zhu Qiyu died later, and the throne could return to Zhu Qizhen, which was also worthy of Zhu Qizhen, when Zhu Qiyu agreed to this condition, and then ascended the throne as emperor.
With the joint efforts of Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian and others, they won the victory in the defense of Beijing, defeated Vala again and again, and made Vala begin to feel that Zhuqi Town had no use, and finally under Yang Shan's constant maneuvering, he took Zhu Qizhen back from Vala without a single soldier.
When Zhu Qiyu saw that Zhu Qizhen had returned, he superficially praised Yang Shan, but there was no substantial reward, and after Zhu Qizhen returned, he immediately put Zhu Qizhen under house arrest, so that Zhu Qizhen spent a miserable six or seven years under house arrest.
Zhu Qizhen people under the eaves, had to bow their heads, but as long as Zhu Qiyu can govern Daming well, Zhu Qizhen also has no superfluous ideas, unfortunately, the longer Zhu Qiyu is emperor, the greater his ambitions, he began not to be satisfied with just being emperor himself, but also wanted to violate the original agreement, abolish Zhu Qizhen's son Zhu Jianshen's position as crown prince, let his son Zhu Jianji become the prince, although some people were dissatisfied at that time, but did not dare to disobey Zhu Qiyu.
After Zhu Qiyu changed his son Zhu Jianji to crown prince, Zhu Jianji died soon after, Zhu Qiyu wanted to have another son to inherit the throne, but he was never able to give birth to a son, at this time some people suggested that Zhu Qiyu continue to make Zhu Jianshen the crown prince, but Zhu Qiyu was not willing at all, and always wanted to have a son to inherit the throne.
In this way, under various pressures, Zhu Qiyu not only did not give birth to a son, but his own health deteriorated, and eventually fell seriously ill, just at this time, some speculators began to support Zhu Jianshen as the crown prince, and Shi Heng and others understood that it was too late to support Zhu Jianshen, so they went to release Zhu Qizhen, who was under house arrest, and supported Zhu Qizhen as emperor.
After the change of the gate, Zhu Qizhen became emperor again, in view of what Zhu Qiyu had done to Zhu Qiyu over the years, how would Zhu Qizhen treat Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Qiyu's concubines?
The way Zhu Qizhen treated Zhu Qiyu and his concubines
Zhu Qizhen was not a big emperor, and after he became emperor again, he immediately abolished the title of Emperor Jingtai of Zhu Qiyu, and the various history books compiled at that time did not allow the recognition of Zhu Qiyu's title of emperor, and even Zhu Qiyu did not even have a temple number.
Because Zhu Qiyu was already seriously ill at that time, after experiencing such a heavy blow, he died less than a month later, and after Zhu Qiyu's death, Zhu Qizhen did not bury him according to the emperor's standards, only according to the standards of a prince, because Zhu Qiyu had no sons, so there was no case of Zhu Qizhen killing his children and grandchildren.
When Zhu Qiyu's affairs were handled, Zhu Qizhen began to deal with Zhu Qiyu's concubines, and during Zhu Qiyu's reign, there were a total of three empresses, the first was Empress Wang, the second was Empress Hang, and the third was Tang Guifei (preparatory empress).
Empress Wang had already become a proper wife when Zhu Qiyu was still a prince, so after Zhu Qiyu became emperor, she was made empress, and it can be said that the period when Empress Wang was empress was also considered to be conscientious and performed well, but because Zhu Qiyu wanted to abolish Zhu Qiyu's position as crown prince, Empress Wang strongly opposed it, and was abolished and imprisoned by Zhu Qiyu.
This imprisonment lasted for several years, until Zhu Qizhen became emperor again, heard that Empress Wang had supported Zhu Jianshen's touching behavior, released her, and restored her status as a princess of Qi, and gave Empress Wang, the palace where Zhu Qiyu lived, and she lived until the time of the Zhengde Emperor and died, at the age of 80, and those emperors after Zhu Qiyu had great respect for her.
Zhu Qiyu's second empress, Empress Hang, was zhu Jianji's biological mother, and when Zhu Jianshen's position as crown prince was abolished, it was the result of Empress Hang instigating Zhu Qiyu behind her back, but she died during Zhu Qiyu's reign, and later after Zhu Qiyu was restored, she dug up a grave to vent her anger.
The third is the preparatory empress Tang Guifei, when Empress Hang died, Zhu Qiyu let Tang Guifei command the six palaces and perform the duties of the empress, if it takes longer, Tang Guifei must be able to become an empress, but unfortunately, before she can become an empress, Zhu Qizhen was restored, so Tang Guifei, like the rest of the concubines, was all taken to Zhu Qiyu at once by Zhu Qizhen and buried.
Speaking of this, some people may be more curious, wasn't the martyrdom system abolished by Zhu Qizhen in the first place, and why was he still so cruel? In fact, the martyrdom system was abolished by Zhu Qizhen after this incident, in this matter, of course, Zhu Qizhen cannot be abolished, after all, as long as Zhu Qiyu's concubines are alive, they are still somewhat of a threat to Zhu Qizhen, in case anyone has Zhu Qiyu's son, the consequences will be even more serious, and Zhu Qizhen does not want to repeat the same mistakes.
epilogue
In the face of the imperial power, in fact, there is not much human feeling to talk about, Zhu Qizhen's treatment of Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Qiyu's concubines, although it is still a little cruel, but compared to Zhu Qiyu's cruel house arrest and treacherous behavior of Zhu Qizhen in those years, everything can only be regarded as self-inflicted, if he does not have those crazy behaviors, maybe the outcome will be completely different, but in the face of imperial power, who can maintain sanity?
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