Zhu Gaoxi is the second son of Ming Chengzu, if you want to use a word to describe Zhu Gaoxi's life, the word "death" is very appropriate, Zhu Gaoxi is not so unbearable, after all, born in the royal family, Zhu Gaoxi was born and died with Chengzu during the Battle of Jingnan, there is no merit and hard work, and it is very normal to have some ideas about the throne.
Zhu Gaoxi in film and television dramas
Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, a total of three sons who lived to adulthood, among these three sons, the most like him is the second son Zhu Gaoxi, Zhu Gaoxi does not like to read, usually idle, but also loves to dance guns and sticks, Zhu Gaoxi's hands and feet are not very clean, stole his uncle's horse, but also pretended to be the emperor's relatives to kill officials and people, causing Zhu Di a lot of trouble.
After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Zhu Yunzhang took the throne and began to cut down the domain, the Yan king Zhu Di was forced to raise troops, Zhu Gaoxi was still very reliable, leading the army to go to battle with his father to kill the enemy, in the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Gaoxi repeatedly saved Zhu Di from danger, while the son Zhu Gaoxi stayed in Beijing, in the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Gaoxi was a greater contribution, so it is reasonable for Zhu Gaoxi to seek greater interests after Zhu Di seized the world.
The Battle of Jing
And Zhu Di's attitude towards Zhu Gaoxi obviously affected Zhu Gaoxi, Shizi Zhu Gaoxi was obese, and sometimes two people had to help him to move, Zhu Gaoxi's health was not very good, Zhu Di once hinted to Zhu Gaoxi, "You give me a good job, your brother is not in good health!" This will definitely make Zhu Gaoxi have some ideas as well.
Zhu Di also hesitated on the issue of heirs, Zhu Gaoxi was as brave as himself, while Zhu Gaoxi was generous and benevolent, and many of Zhu Di's ministers at that time were also more optimistic about Zhu Gaoxi, and Zhu Gaoxi was still very advantageous. Zhu Gaoxi was not the eldest son of Concubine, nor was Zhu Di, and the reason for the outbreak of the Battle of Jingnan was that in addition to Zhu Yunjiao's cutting of the domain, Zhu Yuanzhang also had some problems in re-selecting a successor after Zhu Biao's death.
Zhu Yuanzhang
Zhu Di also had to face this problem, and after much hesitation, Zhu Di believed that the country was already stable, and what was needed more was a virtuous monarch who could govern the country well, rather than a monarch who was strong and competitive, and the position of Zhu Gaozi was established by Zhu Yuanzhang, so Zhu Di decided to make Zhu Gaozi crown prince in the second year of Yongle.
Zhu Gaoxi must have been unconvinced by this decision, according to the custom, Zhu Gaoxi should go to the local area to take the throne, but he was not willing to give up the throne like this, so he stayed in the capital with a thick skin, initially Zhu Gaoxi was in Yunnan, Zhu Gaoxi stayed on the grounds that Yunnan was remote, Zhu Gaoxi once compared himself to Li Shimin, how Li Shimin became emperor, he killed Li Jiancheng, forced Li Yuan to abdicate, it can be seen that Zhu Gaoxi still had some thoughts.
Later, Zhu Di could not defeat Zhu Gaoxi and changed his title to Qingzhou, Zhu Gaoxi still wanted to lie in the capital and privately recruit soldiers, which caused Zhu Di to be alert and forced Zhu Gaoxi to go to Le'an Prefecture to take the domain. However, Zhu Gaoxi was determined to confront the imperial court to the end, continued to privately recruit troops to plot rebellion, and also sent many spies in the capital to understand the movements of the imperial court and the situation of Zhu Di and Zhu Gaozi.
After the death of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, Zhu Gaozi took the throne, for Emperor Akihito, Emperor Renzong died of illness after only one year on the throne, the crown prince Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne as Emperor Xuanzong of Ming, the imperial court underwent two drastic changes in succession within a year, plus Zhu Gaoxi had his father Zhu Di as an example, he felt that his opportunity had arrived, when Zhu Zhanji returned to Beijing to inherit the throne, he sent troops to set up an ambush to prepare to intercept Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji luckily escaped a disaster.
Zhu Zhanji
Zhu Zhanji was initially very tolerant of his uncle Zhu Gaoxi and rewarded Zhu Gaoxi, but Zhu Gaoxi regarded this as Zhu Zhanji's cowardice and continued to plot a rebellion, and as a result, the rebellion was leaked, and Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to send troops to personally recruit Zhu Gaoxi, and Zhu Gaoxi was very loud and prepared to meet Zhu Zhangxi, and when Zhu Zhanji personally led a large army to Le'an, Zhu Gaoxi suddenly instigated and went out of the city to surrender overnight.
Zhu Zhanji was also very benevolent, he was not ready to kill his uncle, but zhu Gaoxi was deposed as a shuren, one day Zhu Zhanji ran to the prison on a whim to see his uncle, at this time Zhu Gaoxi had become a prisoner of the order, but his brain was hot, stretched his legs to trip Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji was furious, let people move a copper cylinder of more than three hundred pounds to lock Zhu Gaoxi inside, Zhu Gaoxi was stunned to lift the copper cylinder, Zhu Zhanji was angry and let people light firewood next to the copper cylinder, let Zhu Gaoxi burn alive, All of Zhu Gaoxi's sons were executed.
Zhu Gaoxi is the kind of person whose eyes are higher than the top, he does have some military talents, and he also has the ambition to seize the crown prince, but when it comes to the implementation stage, the problem of insufficient ability and insufficient confidence will come out, and if he loses, he will lose, but he is not convinced, and he has become a prisoner of the ranks and still wants to fight for the courage of the puppet, and finally ended up with such a tragic end, which is also very sad.