As we all know, Zhu Di's throne was robbed of his nephew Zhu Yunjiao, the road was not right, after Zhu Di became emperor, he always wanted to prove that his throne was legitimate. Zhu Di painstakingly and lonely won himself a temple title of Taizong, but after Jiajing succeeded to the throne, he changed it and changed it from Taizong to Chengzu. What was the difference between the two, why did Zhu Di want Emperor Taizong, but Jiajing insisted on giving him chengzu?
Zhu Di was zhu yuanzhang's fourth son, and after the death of his eldest brother Zhu Biao, zhu yuanzhang did not intend to pass the throne to Zhu Di. Zhu Yuanzhang made Zhu Di the King of Yan and asked him to go to the north to guard the frontier for Daming Town. After Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang had more than twenty sons. Zhu Yuanzhang did not choose an heir from among his sons, but let his grandson Zhu Yunjiao become the crown prince of Daming, which made Zhu Yuanzhang's sons disobedient in their hearts, especially Zhu Di, Wen Tao wuluo was above Zhu Yunjiao, in his opinion, he was the best candidate for the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang made Zhu Yunjiao the crown prince, Zhu Di was a hundred unconvinced in his heart, but as long as Zhu Yuanzhang lived, Zhu Di did not dare to make a mistake.
After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the dissatisfaction of the kings was revealed, which made Zhu Yunjiao feel threatened. Immediately, he followed the example of Emperor Jing of Han and began to cut the domain. Zhu Yunjiao first slashed 5 weaker clan kings. When he felt that everything was going well and was ready to attack Zhu Di, the strongest Yan king, Zhu Di rebelled. After the rebellion, Zhu Di snatched the Duoyan Sanwei and 80,000 armor soldiers of Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, into his own hands through deception and bribery, and then with their help, successfully defeated Emperor Jianwen and seized the throne.
Zhu Di knew very well in his heart that his throne was robbing his nephew Emperor Jianwen of his origins, and the road was not right. Because of the ghost in his heart, Zhu Di always wanted to prove that his throne was legitimate. To this end, Zhu Di did a lot of things to cover his ears and steal the bell. Zhu Di claimed that Zhu Yuanzhang had originally planned to pass the throne to himself, but it was Zhu Yunjiao who blocked the news and seized his throne. Zhu Di also had people revise the Records of Taizu and abolish the rules and regulations of the Jianwen Emperor's period, hoping to eliminate the mark of the Jianwen Emperor. Zhu Di also thought about his temple number, he wanted his descendants to give him a temple name of Taizong, so that hundreds of years later, people would forget the stain of his seizure of the throne and think that he was legitimately inherited.
Zhu Di's son Zhu Gaozi, who had followed Zhu Di to participate in the Battle of Jingnan, naturally did not want to put the stigma of rebellion on himself and his father, so he gave Zhu Di the temple name of Emperor Taizong according to Zhu Di's wishes. After Jiajing succeeded to the throne, for his own benefit, he changed Zhu Di's temple name from Taizong to Chengzu, which improved Zhu Di's status, but went against Zhu Di's original intention.
The temple number originated from the Shang Dynasty, which attached great importance to sacrifice and worship. After the emperor's death, his descendants had to worship him, but they could not directly call the ancestors by name, so they used the temple number instead. In the beginning, the temple number was a very honorable name, and only the king who made a major contribution was eligible to have the temple number, but in the Tang and Song dynasties, after the death of each emperor, his descendants would give him a temple number.
According to the custom, the founding emperor is generally referred to as the ancestor, such as Liu Bang is the Han Taizu, Li Yuan is the Tang Gaozu, Zhu Yuanzhang is the Ming Taizu, etc., the Qing Dynasty is an exception, it has 3 ancestors, the Qing Taizu NurHaci, the Qing Dynasty Zu Shunzhi and the Qing Shengzu Kangxi. Behind the ancestors, there is the sect. Among the temples dominated by the sect, Emperor Taizong was the most honorable. For example, Li Shimin is Tang Taizong, and Zhao Kuangyi is Song Taizong. Zu and Taizong are the temple names of the first emperor and the second emperor of a dynasty. Zhu Di wanted to be Emperor Taizong because he wanted people to recognize him as the second emperor of Daming.
Although Zhu Di did the rebellion, he did not want to bear the stigma of rebellion, so he always wanted to erase the existence of Emperor Jianwen and make himself the second emperor of Daming recognized by everyone, so that Emperor Jianwen became an illegitimate emperor, and he himself became the legitimate emperor of Daming.
Jiajing was the eleventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he was the grandson of Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu Jianshen, the nephew of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, and the son of Zhu Youzhu, the Prince of Xingxian. When Emperor Wuzong of Daming died, he had no descendants, so he had his cousin Jiajing inherit the throne. After Jiajing succeeded to the throne, in order to continue the bloodline of Emperor Mingxiaozong, the chancellor asked Jiajing to pass on to Emperor Mingxiaozong. Jiajing passed on to Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, and his father Zhu Youqi (朱祐杬), the Prince of Xingxian, became his uncle, and Jiajing was unwilling, so a conflict broke out with the chancellor.
Jiajing inherited the throne of others, but he was reluctant to make a son to others. At the same time, Jiajing also wanted to posthumously crown his father, King Xingxian, as emperor and let him enter the Taimiao Temple. The chancellor was reluctant, and for this reason the famous "Great Ceremony Discussion" incident broke out with the Jiajing Emperor. Jiajing was very intelligent and persistent, and he not only won the great ceremonial battle, but also posthumously crowned his father as emperor and his mother as empress.
After his father became emperor, he gave him the temple number, which made Jiajing feel bad again. According to the custom of the previous dynasty, a dynasty can only have 7 temple numbers, plus two ancestral temple numbers, there can be 9 temple numbers, but the emperor before Jiajing has used up 8 temple numbers, and will give the remaining temple number to his father Xingxian King, and he will have no temple number available. At that time, the chancellor may have moved his father, King Xingxian, out of the Taimiao Temple in order to have an extra temple name, which would make all his efforts in vain, and Jiajing obviously did not want to see it.
In order to allow himself and his father Xingxian Wang to have temple numbers, Jiajing changed Zhu Di's temple number from Emperor Taizong to Chengzu. In Jiajing's view, Zhu Di's Jiangshan was laid by himself, and he should be the same as Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding prince of the country, so he gave Zhu Di the temple name of "ancestor". After Zhu Di became the founding prince of the country, he had the same status as Zhu Yuanzhang, and there was no need to grab a place in the Taimiao Temple. Jiajing prepared to remove Zhu Di from the Taimiao Temple, but due to the opposition of the chancellor, he eventually gave up, but because of this, he had an additional temple name, and Jiajing gave it to his father.
Jiajing changed Emperor Taizong to Chengzu, ostensibly raising Zhu Di's status, but in fact, in disguise, acknowledging the fact that Zhu Di rebelled and seized power. Zhu Di has always claimed that he is inheriting Zhu Yuanzhang's throne, and Jiajing promoted him to the position of founding prince, but instead he was self-defeating, and the stigma of rebellion and power seizure was once again pressed on Zhu Di's head, which was contrary to Zhu Di's original intention and was something that Zhu Di did not want to see.