Sun Ruowei in "The Style of Daming" had auxiliary political power at the time of the death of Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, and the will of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming wrote:
"All important affairs of the state shall be carried out by the White Emperor and Empress Dowager, and then carried out"
The empress dowager refers to Zhu Zhanji's mother, Zhang Shi, and the empress refers to Sun Ruowei.
However, after her own son Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen was captured by Hua Lai, at the suggestion of the courtiers, Zhu Qiyu, the half-brother of Zhu Qizhen, ascended to the throne, although it was out of consideration to resist Hua Lai, but after Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen was released by Zhu Qizhen and returned to the Ming Dynasty, why did Sun Ruowei not ask Zhu Qiyu to return the throne to Zhu Qizhen, but watched his son be imprisoned?
Who is more important, the pro-son or the stepson? Sun Ruowei clearly knew in his heart that after the "change of Tumu Fort", Sun Ruowei's approval of zhu Qiyu the Prince of Qi was probably not voluntary, because her own son Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen had already appointed his eldest son Zhu Mishen as crown prince before the expedition, which was Sun Ruowei's own grandson.
According to normal rules, it should be crown prince Zhu Jianshen who directly inherited the throne, but Zhu Jianshen was only 2 years old at the time, and the clique of civilian officials led by Yu Qian took the opportunity of the country to be in danger, and the "lord and the country were suspicious" would lead to instability in the dprk, giving the enemy the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity, insisting on establishing a changjun, that is, letting Zhu Qiyu, the king of Hao, succeed to the throne.
For Sun Ruowei, the emperor let his grandson Zhu Jianshen do it better than his stepson Zhu Qiyu, but she did not have the ability to persuade the civilian official clique, and she did not have the corresponding prestige, when Emperor Mingying Emperor Zhu Qizhen succeeded to the throne, she was only 9 years old, and there were also rumors of Li Changjun, it was the then empress dowager Zhang Shi who insisted that Zhu Qizhen succeed to the throne:
Emperor Xuanzong, nine years old, said in the palace that he would summon King Xiang. The empress dowager summoned the ministers to the Qianqing Palace and pointed out that the crown prince was weeping: "This new Heavenly Son is also." "Long live the king, and the words are breathless. The minister asked the empress dowager to bow the curtain and listen to the government, and the empress dowager said: "Do not break the ancestral law." The first thing is not urgent.
At the insistence of the Zhang clan, Zhu Qizhen successfully succeeded to the throne as Emperor Mingyingzong, and the Zhang clan could also convince the ministers, and even took the initiative to ask her to listen to the government. Obviously, Sun Ruowei did not have the prestige of Empress Dowager Zhang, and Yu Qian simply asked for the establishment of a changjun and did not consider letting her bow to the government, even though she also had the power of auxiliary government given by Emperor Xuanzong's will.
Moreover, the situation was indeed critical at that time, and the country needed an adult emperor to lead the military and civilians of Daming to unite and resist the invasion of the Wallachian army, so even if Sun Ruowei was very reluctant to let his stepson King Wu succeed to the throne, he could only compromise, Ming Yingzong was not there, and her biological mother had nothing to rely on.
As for the return of Ming Yingzong, the power of the imperial court was already in the hands of Zhu Qiyu, who had the prestige of leading the Ming army to drive out the Wallachians, and had painstakingly operated for more than a year, and his position was quite stable, which could be seen from the fact that Ming Yingzong could only honestly be imprisoned when he returned, and the unwilling Sun Ruowei could only often visit his son in captivity to prevent him from being assassinated:
And also, Younan Palace, the empress dowager counted into the province.
Sun Ruowei did not do nothing after this, she must have hoped that her son would be reinstated, before the "change of the door", Shi Heng and others who were preparing to launch a coup d'état first greeted Sun Ruowei, should hope that she could cooperate in the palace, and also asked her permission by the way, Sun Ruowei, who had the power of auxiliary power, could still play a role afterwards:
Shi Heng and others plotted to seize the door, and first secretly bai empress. Xu Zhi. Emperor Yingzong resigned, and the title of Empress Dowager Cishou was given the title of Empress Dowager Cishou. Ming Xing, the palace emblem also began from this.
From the description in the "History of Ming", it can be seen that she obviously contributed to the incident, so Ming Yingzong quickly gave her a title of honor after being restored to the throne to express her gratitude. Therefore, Sun Ruowei did not let Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty return to the return of Zhu Qizhen, the returning Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but only waited for the opportunity in the case of temporary powerlessness.
If it were not for Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang and others to launch the incident, Sun Ruowei probably would not have been able to do anything, and emperor Zhu Qiyu and the civil official clique of the Ming Dynasty would not have allowed Sun Ruowei to change the emperor at will, so that the already stable situation would reappear, and the wise Sun Ruowei also knew that they did not want to see themselves, fortunately, she was the empress dowager after all, and as long as she lived, she could play a role at a critical moment.