Zhu Gaoxuan, the king of Zhao in the play, gives people the feeling that he is timid and afraid of things, suspicious of foxes, and a person who falls on both sides of the wall grass, when things happen, he pushes his second brother Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, in front of him, and says with a straight face: "I am a second brother party"; but when he sees that the limelight is not right, he sells his second brother again, like a conspiracy to change defenses that time, there are many stumbling blocks, stabbing knives, and this kind of thing is not done less, it is reasonable to say that this kind of person should die a very miserable death, but he lived to the end unscathed, open the history books to record him, you will be surprised to find His life is like "opening and hanging".
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When he was 21 years old (the second year of Yongle), Zhu Di made him the King of Zhao, with his fief in Zhangde (present-day Anyang, Henan), and later Zhu Di wanted to move the capital to Beijing, and many things had to be done by a trustworthy person, so he transferred king Zhao to Beijing to help him do things. In the second year of Yongle, he was enfeoffed as the King of Zhao. Seeking a life to live in Beijing, the edict has a division, and the government affairs are all enlightened by the queen. ”
King Zhao felt that Zhu Di trusted him more than his two brothers, so he floated up a bit, walking sideways in the city of Beijing, offending countless officials. At that time, zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, had a lot of ideas about the position of prince, and king Zhao also followed suit, and together they found various ways to frame the prince and want zhu Di to depose the prince. "Gao Xuan was spoiled, did many illegal acts, and conspired with Gao Xu, the king of Han, to seize his wife, and was always called the crown prince."
However, because there were too many people who had offended, at that time, the officials in Beijing jointly gave Zhu Di a fold to expose the crimes of their brothers, "Cheng Zu heard about his illegal deeds, was furious, and reprimanded his chief Shi Gu Sheng, and gao Fu guanfu" Zhu Di was very annoyed, beheaded his staff officer Gu Sheng and cut off his real power, put him shuanggui up, and prepared to take time to slowly clean him up. But at this time, the victim prince actually jumped out to intercede for him, "with the prince's strength, he will be spared." The victims all said that it was okay, Zhu Di was not good at tidying up too much, and the final result was to arrange for King Zhao to arrange two people to supervise his words and deeds at all times, and this matter was picked up so hard that it was gently put down.
After that incident, King Zhao became very honest. He used 19 years of honesty to regain The Trust of Di, and he constantly got to know the people around Zhu Di, the guards, the eunuchs, the Yulin Avant-Garde, and all the people who could help him. Finally, one day, the 64-year-old Zhu Di fell ill, and it was still quite serious, and it seemed that he could not get up from now on. So King Zhao began to use the resources he had accumulated for 19 years, "Yongle twenty-first year in May, chengzu did not hesitate." The guards commanded Meng Xian and other Qin Heavenly Supervisors Wang Zhaocheng and the adopted son of Yang Qing, the internal attendant, to create a false edict, plot to poison the emperor, qi Yan driving, the edict from the middle down, depose the prince, and establish the king of Zhao. "He wants to kill the emperor and usurp the throne!"
But the secrecy work was not done well, a military general involved in the operation told his nephew Wang Yu about the matter, Wang Yu was frightened and trembled, this is a matter of the Nine Tribes, he is also in the Nine Tribes, his own head is afraid that it is about to be cold, so in order to save his head, he chose to go to inform. After Zhu Di heard this, he was half frightened and sick, and immediately sent someone to check the facts, and sure enough, he found the false edict of the King of Zhao. "The general banner Wang Yu's in-laws are highly righteous, and they plot for xian and others to plan and tell Yu. Yu shang change. The Emperor said, 'How can this be!' 'To make a catcher is to be a false edict.' ”
Zhu Di was furious again, which still made people sick? King Zhao came over and threw the false edict directly at him in the face for him to explain, and King Zhao knelt on the ground and shivered, unable to say anything. "Emperor Gu Gao said, 'Er for the sake of Yahweh?' Gao Fu was terrified and could not speak. ”
This time it seemed that it was difficult to escape death, and the result was that the prince jumped out to intercede, saying that this should be the work of king Zhao's men, and king Zhao certainly did not participate. "The prince li explained: 'What this subordinate does, Gao Fu will not know.'" Self-righteousness. Zhu Di actually believed it and did not pursue it any further. Zhu Di probably also knew that his life was not long, there was no need to take another one to the bottom, how to say that it was his own son. King Zhao miraculously escaped death again, when he was 40 years old.
Later, Zhu Di collapsed, and it was his eldest brother Zhu Gaozi's turn to be emperor, and soon after he also collapsed, it was his nephew Zhu Zhanji's turn to be emperor. At this time, his second brother King Han pulled him along to rebel, and he was 43 years old. Saying that they would bully the eldest nephew together, they did not expect that the han king, who had always been mighty, was destroyed by the eldest nephew in a few clicks. King Zhao went home and washed his neck and waited for the knife. But what he did not expect was that his eldest nephew actually did not go to his trouble, "Xuanzong captured Gao Xugui, to ShanQiao, Shangshu Chen Shan greeted him, saying: 'King Zhao and Gao Xu conspired against Him for a long time, and it is advisable to move troops to Zhangde and capture King Zhao.'" ...'Emperor:'... King Zhao was not in reverse. 'Don't listen. ”
Zhu Zhanji said at the time that there was no evidence and it was not easy to catch people. Later, the King of Han confessed the evidence of King Zhao's involvement in the rebellion, and Zhu Zhanji asked him to send these evidences to King Zhao, and did not say what to do with him, which meant that you should watch and do it yourself. "Gao Fu was terrified, but please return the guards in the changshan mountains and the herd houses and the official school of the Yiwei Division." Emperor Xuanzong ordered that he be returned to the guards, and that he should be with the Yi Wei Division. King Zhao took the initiative to hand over all his troops, and Zhu Zhanji took it, leaving him only some manpower to take care of the family and nursing home, and this matter was not resolved.
King Zhao survived several times as if "hanging", and retained the position of king of the domain, his children and grandchildren hereditary eleven generations of king of the domain, now In Anyang, Henan, there are monuments of the Zhao King's Mansion, of which the Gaoge Temple was once a large hall in the Zhao King's Mansion.
Ruins of the Zhao Dynasty Mansion - Gaoge Temple