Successive Chinese emperors ascended the throne, and during their reign they were said to be few years and more than decades, but
There was a Ming emperor who was suffering
He ascended the throne 38 years later, and died less than a month after reigning, he was zhu Changluo, the "Son of Heaven in January", the shortest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Changluo not only died in a bizarre cause, his life was also involved in the "three major unsolved cases of the Ming Dynasty", from childhood was not loved by his father Ming Shenzong, the emperor's throne was once in danger, it was difficult to survive until the first day, why did he die inexplicably? To uncover the story of the Ming emperor, we must start with a series of mysteries.
Zhu Changluo, the son of the palace maid, was not loved by his father since he was a child
As the eldest son of emperor Ming Shenzong of Wanli, why was Zhu Changluo not welcomed?
Zhu Changluo's origin was not noble, and his mother, Princess Gong, was originally a palace maid by Empress Li, the mother of Emperor Shenzong
Because of the whim of Emperor Shenzong, he was fortunate to be blessed with the Wang clan, and later the Wang clan was pregnant with Zhu Changluo in October, and the mother was gui, and the Wang clan was crowned as a concubine. However, the MingShen Sect always thought that Zhu Changluo's birth was an ugly thing, and coupled with the fact that he did not have much affection for the Wang family, he naturally did not pay much attention to his son. In contrast, Emperor Shenzong favored the harem lady Zheng Guifei and her third son, Zhu Changxun, instead.
Emperor Mingshenzong favored Zheng Guifei and placed high hopes on Zhu Changxun, but because the Ming Dynasty Emperor Li Tianzi had a "concubine system", that is, the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty could become the Son of Heaven, Emperor Mingshenzong had a hearty idea to abolish the old system and support his favorite Zhu Changxun to succeed to the throne, but such a move was hindered by most ministers, and the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, had made a rule that the harem should not interfere in politics, and Zheng Guifei repeatedly instigated The act of deposing Emperor Shenzong to abolish Chang Liyou was regarded as influencing the government, which made the ministers and Empress Li quite dissatisfied.
The ministers wrote to zhu Changluo as crown prince, but Emperor Shenzong was bent on arranging the position of crown prince for his son Zhu Changxun, which also triggered the incident of collective staff rebuking the chancellor. This dispute over the crown prince has been debated for 15 years and has not yet been decided, but the establishment of a prince is a major state affair, and Empress Li also realized that it could not be delayed any longer, so she called Shenzong to the front to discuss.
Shenzong confessed to his mother the reason why he did not want Zhu Changluo to succeed him, believing that the eldest son, Zhu Changluo, was of low birth and was not suitable to be a prince. Empress Li was also born as a palace maid, and when she heard her son say something rebellious, she was very angry: "You are also the son of a palace girl!" Emperor Shenzong, aware of his own mistakes, finally agreed to make Zhu Changluo the crown prince and made Zhu Changxun, the son of Concubine Zheng Guifei, the Prince of Fu.
Designed, or self-directed? He was assassinated and nearly killed
Zhu Changluoda from birth, life is not good, there is no mother's family to rely on, nor the love of his own father, the palace life must be cautious every step of the way, which cultivates his cautious personality, he thought to himself, as long as he does not go out of the basket, behave decently, so that the father and king are impeccable, at least he can survive in the palace.
Even if Zhu Changluo became crown prince, the dark and turbulent struggle in the palace still threatened him.
At noon one day, something major happened in Zhu Changluo's palace, and an assassin named Zhang Cha broke into the Ciqing Palace, the prince's residence, with a wooden stick, and was caught by the eunuch on duty on the spot, without injuring Zhu Changluo. The assassins entered the palace through layers of checkpoints, and also entered the prince's residence with familiarity, and there must be an internal ghost behind them to guide the way.
When Zhang Cha was interrogated, he confessed that Zheng Guifei's eunuchs Pang Bao and Liu Cheng joined forces, which made the courtiers suspect that Zheng Guifei wanted to assassinate the prince for her son, and was horrified; but there is also a saying that this incident was self-directed by the crown prince Zhu Changluo, with the purpose of eradicating Zheng Guifei's power. What the truth is, or it is unknown, has become a major strange case of the Wanli years "attack case".
After ascending the throne, he was absurd, and even snorted "red pills" to fight several women
In 1620, Emperor Shenzong died, and Emperor Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo finally took the throne. Just when the ministers were full of expectations for Ming Guangzong, hoping that his new policy would sweep away the vices of the previous dynasty, they did not expect it
The new emperor, who had suffered for 38 years, tasted the taste of power for the first time, immediately changed his previous cautious style, and began to splurge on it, going to court during the day and indulging in lust at night
In order to please Guangzong, Zheng Guifei, the political enemy of that year, presented 8 beautiful girls, Zheng Guifei's move really worked, Guangzong was in a good mood, singing at night, ten days after ascending the throne, there was a problem with health, and the doctor diagnosed and treated Zhu Changluo was "too heavy with sperm damage" to stop indulging and raise up the spirit to recover.
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Guangzong listened, and he accepted the "red pill" divine medicine of Li Kezhuo of Hongxu Temple, which is the "aphrodisiac" passed down by the folk.
It is said that the composition is quite complex, and it is made of virgin menstrual blood, human urine, human milk, cinnabar, pine resin and other drugs. After Guangzong ate a red pill, his spirit was greatly encouraged, and he praised Li Kezhao: "Loyal minister! Loyal! He also urged the other party to quickly offer the second red pill.
Zhu Changluo's health improved slightly after taking the "red pill", however
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On the 29th day after ascending the throne, he died violently in the palace.
Is the real cause of death of Guangzong really because of the Red Pill? There has never been an answer to this, and this "red pill case" has become one of the three major unsolved cases in the late Ming Dynasty.
The life of Emperor MingguangZong Zhu Changluo was full of the sinister struggle for power, but when he was very cautious when he was young, after becoming emperor, he did not know how to settle down and was absurd, so he died suddenly and inexplicably, which made posterity sigh.
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