In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen was personally enlisted, and as a result, he was captured by Vala. The ministers such as Wang Zhi (王直) and Bingbu Shilang (兵部侍郎) believed that the country could not be without a monarch for a day, but Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen was only two years old and could not really preside over the overall situation. Therefore, under consultation, they decided to support Zhu Qiyu, the king of Qi, as emperor.
After Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, Yao honored Zhu Qizhen as emperor and launched a series of liquidation operations, the first of which was the eunuch Wang Zhen's henchmen. Later, he was promoted to the post of Bingbu Shangshu (兵部尚書), and was mainly responsible for the defense of the capital.
In November of the same year, Vala was formally repulsed, and the war to defend the Jing Division was declared victorious. Zhu Qiyu was ordered to be used as a minister such as Qian, and won this defensive battle, which not only gained people's hearts, but also allowed him to experience the pleasure of King's Landing.
A year later, when Wa Lai saw that the imperial court was unwilling to compromise and thought that Ming Yingzong was useless in his hands, he deliberately let him go back and make peace with the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Qiyu did not want to return the government, so he did not want to take back Ming Yingzong, and even said to the minister: "Shuo Ben did not want to ascend to the throne. ”
Wang Zhi and Yu Qian and others coaxed Zhu Qiyu bitterly for a long time, and he agreed to take back Ming Yingzong. At the palace gate, Zhu Qiyu took the hand of the imperial brother and comforted him for half a day, and the two of them cried so much that their clothes were wet. However, after Emperor Mingyingzong entered the palace, Zhu Qiyu immediately imprisoned his family.
Emperor Mingyingzong was imprisoned for seven years, during which time Zhu Qiyu deposed the crown prince Zhu Jianshen and installed his son Zhu Jianji as crown prince. On the surface, Zhu Qiyu had already grasped the power, and it was already more difficult for Ming Yingzong to restore the throne.
Who knew that in the second year of Zhu Qiyu's Yi Chu, Zhu Jianji died prematurely. In the eighth year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu himself was seriously ill, so Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang and others launched a change to seize the door and help Zhu Qizhen regain the throne.
I couldn't imagine zhu Qiyu's painstaking management, but in the end it was still a void. If this was the case, why didn't he kill Zhu Qizhen in the first place to avoid the change of the door?
First of all, Zhu Qiyu did not have much hatred for his brother, but Zhu Qizhen hated his brother to the bone. Zhu Qiyu knew from the beginning that it was purely a fluke that he could ascend the throne, and he did not care about the throne at the beginning, but only thought that as a descendant of the Zhu family, it was incumbent on him to defend the Daming Jiangshan.
As a result, I did not expect that the feeling of being an emperor was so good, so that Zhu Qiyu began to linger on the imperial power. After Zhu Qizhen was released, before waiting for others to request and returning to Ming Yingzong, he imprisoned his brother. Therefore, Zhu Qiyu did not have any hatred for his brother, but some guilt.
On the contrary, Zhu Qizhen hated him to the bone, after all, he not only snatched the throne, but also deposed the crown prince and took away everything that did not belong to him. If Zhu Qizhen had a chance, he would definitely kill his brother.
Since Zhu Qiyu was indebted to his brother, he naturally did not want to kill him completely. In his heart, his position was already secure, as long as he imprisoned his brother and deposed the prince in the future, he would have no worries. As for the death of his son and his own serious illness, it was not expected by him.
Secondly, Emperor Mingyingzong was captured, and the group of ministers only supported Zhu Qiyu under the circumstances of last resort. No matter how much Ming Yingzong said it, he was also an orthodox son of heaven, and Zhu Jianshen was a righteous prince. Even if Zhu Qiyu's merits are great, in the hearts of many ministers, he still respects Zhu Qizhen.
At this time, no matter what Zhu Qizhen died, everyone would point the spearhead at Zhu Qiyu. He was not a normal successor, and if he was added to the crime of killing the orthodox emperor, he would soon lose the hearts of the people.
Finally, when we lament why he did not kill Zhu Qizhen, it is based on the situation of knowing the aftermath. Due to the change of the gate, Zhu Qizhen successfully restored the throne, he stripped Zhu Qiyu of the imperial title, and also sent people to destroy the imperial tomb he built. Therefore, we will wonder why Zhu Qiyu did not kill Zhu Qizhen in the first place.
But in fact, Zhu Qiyu would not know at all, and later his son would die prematurely, and after a few years of becoming emperor, he would be seriously ill. Whether he killed Zhu Qizhen or not, this ending would not change.
Even if he had killed Zhu Qizhen in the first place, Zhu Jianji would have died prematurely, and he himself would still have died of illness in the eighth year of Jingtai. Maybe even before that, he had already been ousted from power because he had lost the hearts of the people. In this way, it is Zhu Jianshen who inherits the throne. After Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne, he would definitely restore his father's imperial title.
Some people may say that at least Zhu Qiyu will not be deposed, but as we all know, after Zhu Jianshen took the throne, he still restored his uncle's imperial title. That is to say, whether zhu Qizhen is killed or not, it will not change the fact that Zhu Jianshen is on the throne. On the contrary, if zhu qizhen was really killed, it would be even more unfavorable to Zhu Qiyu.
(Reference "Myashi")