As soon as "Daming Fenghua" was broadcast, it triggered a fierce discussion among countless audiences, pulling us back to the love and hatred of generations of the Zhu family more than 600 years ago. In the play, Zhu Di's mighty and domineering spirit became a faction of his own, the crown prince Zhu Gaozi and the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji became a faction, and Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, and Zhu Gaoxuan, the king of Zhao, were also a faction.
In the play, King Han and King Zhao always find trouble with the eldest brother, and both want to overthrow the prince and put themselves on the throne. The crown prince Zhu Gaozi joined hands with his son Zhu Zhanji to repeatedly make Zhu Gaoxu suffer and stage a fatherly filial piety. However, Zhu Gaozi's father-son affection may not be as simple as it seems.
Zhu Gaozi and Zhu Zhanji joined forces, first because the two were father and son, of course, to prevent others from shaking their own position. The second reason is that they each have to think for themselves. How do you mean that?
Zhu Gaozi was the eldest son of Zhu Di, and Zhu Zhanji was also the eldest son of Zhu Gaozi, according to the patriarchal system of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the two did not make major mistakes, they could successfully inherit the throne in the future, and others only had a red eye. But the bad thing is that Zhu Di is not very satisfied with his prince, in contrast, he prefers Zhu Gaoxu, the second eldest of yongwu.
But Zhu Di had no way, Zhu Gaozi was the legal heir, and even if he wanted to change to crown prince, he could not get the support of the civilian official clique. Coupled with the fact that he himself was a usurper, if Zhu Gaozi did not make a mistake, he would hastily depose the prince, and it would be even more impossible to account to the world.
So in the state of not being accustomed to his obese son, he directly crossed the generation and set his eyes on his grandson Zhu Zhanji.
Zhu Di saw the shadow of his youth in Zhu Zhanji. He believed that Zhu Zhanji had both the benevolence of the crown prince and the courage of the king of Han, so when the prince was still alive, he appointed Zhu Zhanji as the emperor's grandson.
In fact, he was crowned as the Emperor's grandson, and there was no problem. First, Zhu Zhanji was also the eldest son of a concubine, and sooner or later the throne would also be his. Second, he was designated as the next generation heir, which also ensured that Zhu Gaozi's position as crown prince was more stable. Overall, it is more favorable to Zhu Gaozi's family.
However, for Zhu Gaozi himself, this practice of his father is equivalent to skipping himself directly. If you think about it, Zhu Gaozi is the crown prince and will inherit the throne in the future, and it is reasonable to say that the heirs after him should be decided by himself. However, Zhu Di skipped over him and directly established the emperor's grandson, which made Zhu Gaozi lose his decision-making power.
As the eldest son of a concubine, Zhu Gaozi took the throne as a matter of course, but under the oppression of a strong father like Zhu Di, Zhu Gaozi has always lived trembling. During this period, he did not dare to do a wrong thing, and at the same time he had to guard against the second and third elders, so Zhu Gaozi's pressure was great.
As a prince, he was always "bullied" and endured, and now even the most basic decision-making power was deprived by his father, and Zhu Gaozi's dignity was hit.
Moreover, he was like a bird of fright in front of Zhu Di, and his son Zhu Zhanji wanted to be in the wind, wouldn't Zhu Gaozi be jealous? In addition, there were many people who said that the reason why Zhu Di did not change the crown prince was because of Zhu Zhanji, the "good saint grandson", which is equivalent to indicating that Zhu Gaozi relied on his son to keep the crown prince.
Zhu Gaozi will complain that his father does not value himself, and he will be jealous of his son and be more favored. And Zhu Zhanji will certainly deliberately curry favor with his grandfather Zhu Di for his own interests. Therefore, the father and son worked together to deal with Zhu Gaoxu, out of the intention of defending their own interests, but under the appearance, the father and son are not necessarily so harmonious.
Finally, after Zhu Gaozi ascended the throne, he overthrew many of the policies of the Zhu Di period. For example, stop Zheng He from going to the West, rehabilitate the old Jianwen Department, prepare to move the capital back to Nanjing, and so on. In addition to political considerations, it may also be that Zhu Gaozi is venting some dissatisfaction with his father.
Later, when Zhu Zhanji took the throne, he reopened Zheng He's plan to go to the West and stopped the plan to move the capital to Nanjing. It can be seen from this that Zhu Zhanji was more influenced by his grandfather, and at the same time, it also proved that his feelings with his grandfather were deeper, and he was more in line with the policies implemented by his grandfather.
According to some wild history records, Zhu Zhanji also assassinated Zhu Gaozi, of course, the authenticity of wild history needs to be verified. In general, the father and son are not as harmonious as they seem, and there will certainly be some selfish practices in order to consolidate their position.