In recent years, the prevalence of court film and television dramas has made the audience have an illusion of history, will think that the ancient emperors are handsome and mighty, long and jade, in fact, otherwise, film and television dramas will beautify historical figures, but the real history will not, even the most honorable royal family in the world, the royal family members can not all be dragons and phoenixes, among them there are also extremely ordinary appearances, and even less than ordinary people. But to be elected emperor, relying on imperfect external conditions, this is really too arbitrary, inheriting the country is not a child's play, but to see whether there is a ability to govern the country, it is necessary to go through layers of selection, select the most suitable person to be the emperor, so that they can contribute to the country.
There was an emperor in the Ming Dynasty, he was fat, short, incapacitated, and even disabled, and he needed two internal servants to support him when he walked, and he would stumble, and it was really unreasonable to want to inherit the throne with such physical conditions. For example, if the emperor is a royal conquest, I am afraid that once such an emperor comes on the field, presumably the morale of the soldiers will not rise too much, and the image of the emperor of a country is such a person, which makes those barbarians who covet the Central Plains Dynasty have a laughing stock, at least it should be good-looking and medium-sized. This emperor is Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozi, and his father is Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Chengzu, so will Zhu Di, who has always been a martial artist, choose Zhu Gaozi as emperor?
Considering from the comprehensive conditions, in fact, Zhu Gaozi is the most suitable heir, first of all, the primogeniture inheritance system basically used in all dynasties, Zhu Gaozi is the eldest son of Zhu Di and Empress Xu, and it is said that he was also born from the dream of Empress Xiaowen Xu who dreamed of having a crown and a ruler.
If Zhu Di insisted on changing the heir, I am afraid that the Manchu Dynasty's ministers of culture and military affairs would oppose it, which was the traditional practice of the Central Plains Dynasty, and if it was casually violated and the long and young were abolished, it was likely to be considered a faint emperor. Such a primogeniture system became Zhu Gaozi's greatest advantage, and his heir's position was deserved.
Although Zhu Gaozi was physically weak, his brain was not stupid, on the contrary, he was very intelligent, concentrating on scriptures and literature, and the teachers who taught him liked him very much. Later, he made great contributions to the neutrality of the "Battle of Jingnan", after Zhu Di raised an army, he stayed in Beijing to guard their base camp, when Emperor Jianwen sent the general Li Jinglong to lead an army of 500,000 people, while Zhu Gaozi only had an army of 10,000 people, but under his leadership, they successfully defended the city of Beijing, and when Emperor Jianwen made a counter-plan and promised Zhu Gaozi to be crowned king, Zhu Gaozi did not waver in the slightest and sent the letter to Zhu Di. From this point of view, Zhu Gaozi is not without strengths, on the contrary, he is very suitable for rear command, rather than personally in the front, so that he can be an emperor.
Kangxi because he loved the son of the fourth brother Yinchen, Hongli, and incidentally attached importance to Yinchen, and indeed Yinchen became the Yongzheng Emperor in the future, which is a saying that Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, although there is not much credibility, but if there is really a generational relative, this is very applicable to Zhu Gaozi, he has a son Zhu Zhanji, smart and clever, outstanding ability, Zhu Di loves his grandson Zhu Zhanji very much.
When Zhu Di was in the Northern Expedition, he would often take Zhu Zhanji with him, and when Zhu Zhanji was in danger in the First World War, Zhu Di was very anxious and ordered the army to rush to attack and save the emperor's grandson, which was a treatment that their sons had not enjoyed, so it seems that Zhu Di was likely to decide to let Zhu Gaoji take the throne because he loved Zhu Zhanji, and Zhu Zhanji, who he personally cultivated in the future, was also likely to inherit the throne.
Moreover, this generation of relatives is not only between Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji, but also between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Gaozi, Zhu Gaozi's ability was recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang, once Zhu Yuanzhang sent him to review the army, but Zhu Gaozi soon returned, giving the reason of "it is too cold in the early morning, let the soldiers finish eating and then review", which made Zhu Yuanzhang greatly satisfied, and on another occasion, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to approve several official recitals, only to see Zhu Gaozi methodically divide the recitals into two categories, which were divided into two categories, and dealt with each other, and soon made a report. This made Zhu Yuanzhang impressed by his administrative ability.
Zhu Di himself was not very satisfied with Zhu Gaozi's son, he had been a martial artist all his life, he had fought in the south and the north, and he had a skill, how could he watch his son stumble even after walking? Compared with Zhu Gaozi, he favored his two young but martial sons, Zhu Gaoxuan and Zhu Gaoxu, and often took them to fight.
Zhu Gaoxu was an excellent military general, he made great contributions to the Battle of Jingnan, and when Zhu Di was in danger, he rescued Zhu Di many times, Zhu Di thought that Zhu Gaoxu was very similar to him, and even hinted that he wanted to pass the throne to him, which made Zhu Gaoxu proud and arrogant. In fact, when the imperial court was discussing the matter of establishing a crown prince, there were also people who supported Zhu Gaoxu, but he really did a lot of illegal things with merit, and in the end he still thought that Zhu Gaozi was benevolent, and considering his love for the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Gaoxu was made crown prince.
After Zhu Gaozi ascended the throne, during his reign he was enlightened in politics, developed production, and rested with the people. He pardoned many of Emperor Jianwen's former subjects, rehabilitated many unjust prisons, abolished many harsh governments, and in terms of military armaments, stopped the large-scale use of troops during the Yongle period.
The people of the world were rested, laying the foundation for the rule of Renxuan. In this way, it seems that Zhu Gaozi's non-martial personality is exactly in line with the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and excessive military force is likely to make a country weaken from then on, and the Ming Dynasty at this time is exactly the policy of needing recuperation. Unfortunately, Zhu Gaozi died after only one year on the throne, and after his death, his eldest son Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne.
Zhu Di was reluctant to choose Zhu Gaoxu in his heart, but due to various external conditions, such as the ancestral system and the opinions of the chancellor, he could only choose Zhu Gaozi, who was not like him, and gave up Zhu Gaoxu, who was similar to him, but the facts proved that the choice he made was correct, and Zhu Gaozi was the most suitable person to inherit the throne, but unfortunately it was too short-lived.