Foreword: On June 19, the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Ming Yingzong (1439 AD), inside the Palace of the Zhou Dynasty in Kaifeng. Before his brother Zhu Youyi, the King of Zhou Xian, took the throne, he coldly said to his sister-in-law, The Concubine Gong of Zhou Xian, "The january period has arrived, and the sister-in-law can go on the road." The relatives of the Zhou Xian dynasty, including the Gong clan and the Wang wives Shi, Bao, Chen, Han, Zhang, and Li, all "committed suicide" that day to be martyred.
Shortly after the death of Gong and the others, emissaries from the imperial court with a handwritten letter from Emperor Zhu Qizhen also arrived in Kaifeng. In his letter, the emperor demanded that Zhu Youyao obey his brother Zhu Youyi's last words and not have to let Gong and others be martyred. So the question is, since Zhu Youyi can play to the imperial court, why can't he command the King of Xiangfu in person? Who is this Auspicious Rune King? Let's talk today.
Yi You, the book and the Xiangfu King have a name: "Hearing of the death of king Xue of Zhou, I deeply mourn." Its survival day tastes funerary beggars to choose a nearby place, from thrift to save people's strength. From the concubine or the lady below, there is no need to die. Young people with parents are sent back to their homes. He also played the nine brothers' relatives and the crowd was scarce, begging and lieutenant. The Ministry has been informed of its words. —Ming Yingzong Records Volume 56
Kaifeng Longting Park: The former seat of the Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou Dynasty Mansion took the drama of concubines
Zhu Youyao was born on the second day of the first month of December in the 25th year of Hongwu (1392 AD), the fourth son of Zhu Shushu the Prince of Zhouding, the thirty-fifth grandson of Emperor Taizu Gao Zhu Yuanzhang, and the mother of Hu Shi. Zhu Youyao's father, Zhu Xu (朱橚), was the fifth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, in kaifeng, Henan, in the fourteenth year of Hongwu (1381 AD).
In the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang died in May, and the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunzhang took the throne. In July of that year, at the age of 7, Zhu Youyao was deposed as a shuren along with his father, The King Zhu Xu, and began a four-year prison career. In June of the fourth year of Jianwen (1402 AD), the fourth uncle Zhu Di led an army into Nanjing, overthrew Zhu Yunjiao's rule, and Zhu Xu's family was able to regain their freedom. In August of that year, the 11-year-old Zhu Youyao was crowned king of Xiangfu. In the first month of the first year of Yongle (1403 AD), Zhu Youyao, the King of Xiangfu, returned to the Zhou Dynasty palace with his father, Zhu Xu, who had been separated for five years.
In the first month of the fourth year of Yongle (1406 AD), the 15-year-old King of Xiangfu, Zhu Youyao, together with his younger brothers Youxi the Prince of Xin'an, Youyi the King of Yongning, and King Youyou of Ruyang, performed the crown ceremony together. In December of the eighth year of Yongle (1410 AD), Xu Shi, the daughter of Xu Jian, the commander of Laizhou Wei, was crowned Princess Xiangfu. However, only three years later, in the eleventh year of Yongle (1413 AD), Xu died tragically. During the Yongle period, not only the prince, but even the county king could go to the capital to make a pilgrimage to the emperor. However, in September of that year, Zhu Di used the weather to make Zhu Youyao not use it, I don't know if he felt that he had just died the princess, obscure.
Nong Yin, the King of WenXiang Fu, came to the dynasty, and the weather became colder. — Ming Taizong Records Volume 143
Portrait of Zhu Di
- The scheming King of Zhou Ding
As the fourth son of Zhu Xu, and he was a concubine, he thought that Zhu Youyao would not have any intention of taking a wife at first. His eldest brother Zhu Youyi was the grandson of Feng Sheng, the founding father of the Song Dynasty, and had been crowned as the Son of Zhou shizi as early as the twenty-third year of Hongwu (1390 AD), and was called both concubine and long and virtuous.
However, after the death of Zhu Youxuan, the third son of Zhu Xu(橚), the Prince of Shunyang, in June of the thirteenth year of Yongle (1415 CE), the succession to the Zhou Dynasty changed subtly. At this time, Shizi was 37 years old, but he was still childless, and most likely had no heirs. Zhu Youyao's second brother Zhu Youyi (朱有爋), the prince of Runan, had framed his father Zhu Shu for plotting rebellion, causing the Zhou family to suffer during the Jianwen years, so Zhu Shu insisted on killing this contrarian son after restoring his title. In the end, Zhu Di took a compromise plan and sent Zhu Youyi far away to Dali, Yunnan. In other words, once the King of Zhou and Shizi Xue died, Zhu Youyao would most likely be able to attack the King of Zhou with the ancestral precept of "brother and brother".
However, Zhu Youyi was excited for a few years, and the situation changed again. In June of the twentieth year of Yongle (1422 AD), Princess Feng of Zhou died, and the family of King Runan moved back to Kaifeng from Yunnan. The Feng clan had two sons, the eldest son, Zhu Youyi (朱有燉), the eldest son of Zhou Shizi (周世子), and Zhu Youyi (朱有爋), the Prince of Runan. The Yongle Emperor believed that his mother had died, and his son was sorry for the reason, forcing the King of Zhou to recall the King of Runan.
King Huan of Zhou said: "The queen mother of Runan, the son and woman should be mourned." It and the palace people in Dali are the ones who are retrieved. —Ming Taizong Records Volume 254
Dali Ancient City
The return of the King of Runan, for the Xiangfu King's road to the King of Zhou can be described as a blow to the head. Although Zhu Youyi was as unkind to this son as always, he passed Zhu Youyi's son Zhu Ziyuan to Zhu Youyi's name. I have to say that Jiang is still old and spicy, and Zhu Youyi's hand not only makes Zhu Youye completely desperate, but also makes Zhu Youyi collapse incomparably. Patriarchally speaking, after the succession, Zhu Ziyuan was even the son of Shizi, and naturally he would naturally attack the King of Zhou in the future. Whether it is the King of Runan, or the King of Xiangfu, they all have to stay where they are cool.
- The King of Runan, who fought back against the Jedi
In July of the twenty-second year of Yongle (1424 AD), Zhu Di died. As the younger brother of Emperor Daxing, the King of Zhou, Zhu Xu wanted to go to Beijing to attend the funeral with illness, but was rejected by the new emperor Zhu Gaozi. In the first year of Hong Xi (1425 AD), Zhu Xu died in the leap july, and in October of that year, Zhu Youyi, the son of Zhou, attacked the King of Zhou.
Nongshen, the King of Zhou, asked Emperor Daxing to perform several feasts of sacrifice. The shangshu replied: "Shu Tongqi laments the feelings, sincere and heartfelt." However, the labor of trekking in the high years, not only the only nephew has not been safe, but also the Holy Spirit of the Emperor Ji Daxing may not be safe, and it is advisable not to stop. —Records of Akihito, Vol. II
If it is said that when Zhu Xu was alive, whether it was Shizi or Shizi, the King of Runan, or the King of Xiangfu, although they all looked at the position of the King of Zhou, everyone could still be harmonious on the surface. Now that his father wang Xue was gone, Zhu Youyi, the king of Runan, took the lead in making a move to make himself from Zhu Ziyuan's "uncle" to become his biological father again.
From Zhu Youyi's point of view, in this way, the eldest brother Zhu Youyi was once again in a state of no heir, and when he died, the throne would be his own. For Zhu Youyi, although the King of Runan was his own brother-in-law, his betrayal of his biological father was too bad. Moreover, he has no heirs so far, which is not the root of the disease left by Jianwen when he was imprisoned in Yunnan during the Jianwen years. Similar to the ideas of the previous king Zhu Xu, Zhu Youyi did not want Zhu Youyi to inherit the throne. Since he wanted to take his son back, could he simply skip him and pass the throne to the fourth brother Zhu Youyao? After all, before the King of Runan did not return, the object of the "brother and brother" was the Xiangfu King.
Ding Wang Xue, the heir of the world, was sick at times. There is a king who has misfortune and no children, that is, he is the heir, so he wants to take the son and return. The king did not gain himself, but sent his son to the place of the house. - Ming Xuanzong Records Volume 27
Zhu Zhanji stills
At this time, the adult clan in the Zhou Dynasty had been divided into two major factions, one headed by Zhu Youyi, the King of Zhou, and Zhu Youyi, the King of Xiangfu, and the main members of the other faction were Zhu Youyi, the King of Runan, and Zhu Youxi, the fifth son of Zhu Shu. At that time, Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaozi had already died, and the new Tianzi was Zhu Zhanji, who was known as a "good saint grandson". In August of the first year of Xuande (1426 AD), Zhu Zhanji's second uncle Zhu Gaoxu the Prince of Han plotted a rebellion, and the emperor personally marched to pacify him.
Zhu Youyi was good at speculation in those years, so he falsely accused his father to Emperor Jianwen. Now, taking advantage of the rebellion of the King of Han, the king of Runan, once again acted as a demon, and framed his brother Zhu Youyi. The problem was that the three guards of Henan in the Zhou Dynasty had already been handed over to the imperial court five years ago, so why did Zhu Zhanji have to go to the trouble of his cousin Zhu Youyi?
- The Yellow Sparrow is in the back of the Xiangfu King
The king of Runan, who had no plan, patiently lay dormant for more than a year, seeing that he had already run for five, and the legendary big brother who was not good in bones was chanting poems in the palace every day, and he wrote countless opera books, looking like his body was doubly good, and he did not know that the year of the monkey and the month of Ma Yue could end without heirs. Zhu Youxi and his younger brother Zhu Youxi discussed it for a while and decided to get a big vote.
In March of the third year of Xuande (1428 CE), Wang You, the head of the Zhangde Weishidu, commanded Wang You to secretly report to the imperial court that Zhu Youyao, the King of Xiangfu, had joined forces with Zhu Gaoxuan, the King of Zhao, to rebel, as evidenced by letters between the two kings. King Zhao was the third uncle of the emperor of the dynasty, and had carried out a coup d'état as early as zhu Di's lifetime. Zhu Zhanji did not dare to be idle, and immediately sent someone to Kaifeng to summon Zhu Youyao into Beijing to defend himself.
Stills of King Zhao
Before Zhu Youyao entered Beijing, he had a secret conversation with his brother Zhu Youyi, the King of Zhou. Both of them knew very well who was behind this time. Now the most urgent task was for Zhu Youyao to draw the emperor's attention to the king of Runan and The king of Xin'an in the capital, and Zhu Youyi had to find out the ironclad evidence of the involvement of the two kings in Kaifeng and Henan as soon as possible.
After arriving in the capital, in the face of inquiries from the emperor and the chancellor, Zhu Youyao calmly and calmly staged a pubic survival drama. Contrary to everyone's imagination, Zhu Youyao did not mention a word about the King of Runan, only that he and the King of Xin'an had a bad relationship, perhaps because the subordinates in Zhu Youxi's mansion made false accusations in order to retaliate against themselves. Zhu Youyao is really very clever, the king of Runan is a brother, he is a brother, if you openly say bad things about Zhu Youyi, it is easy to be put on a big hat of "disrespecting the brother". At the same time, he lowered his posture very low, but said that this matter may have been done by the people under the Xin'an King's Palace, and this response can definitely score a full score.
And the auspicious king has arrived, and it is shown in a book. King Xiangfu said, "This is not an outsider, and the subject cannot do anything to the new king of Xin'an." PiSu's evil subjects, or his subordinates, did not dare to do so. "Shang Shu and the King of Zhou, the King of Xiangfu suspected the new King of An of what he had done. It is clear that Xin'an must be ordered to come to Beijing to return to the hostage. He also summoned King Youxi of Xin'an. - Ming Xuanzong Records Volume 43
When Zhu Youyi was fighting alone in the capital, Zhu Youyi was not idle. After sending a large number of people to investigate, he finally found the ironclad evidence that the King of Xin'an had sent people to Zhangde, and then Shunten touched the melon to find the person who helped Zhu Youxi forge the seal of the Xiangfu King and the letter. In the face of ironclad facts, the psychological defense line of the Xin'an King quickly collapsed, and he also bit out the real black hand behind the scenes: Zhu Youyi, the king of Runan.
The final outcome of this matter was that in addition to Zhu Youyi, the king of Runan, and Zhu Youxi, the king of Xin'an, even Zhu Youyi's stepdaughter Zhu Ziyuan, who had previously been deposed, was also deposed as a Shuren. The drama of the Zhou Dynasty's palace ended with the total defeat of the Runan's faction.
Zhou Jian Wang Anshi
After the king of Runan was deposed, Zhu Youyao, the king of Xiangfu, became the first heir to the title of King of Zhou in the actual sense. In November of the tenth year of Xuande (1435 AD), Zhu Youyao's biological mother Hu Shi died, and the imperial court not only posthumously awarded her the title of Lady of Zhou Ding, but also allowed Zhu Youyao, together with his two younger brothers Zhu Youyi the Prince of Yiyang and Zhu Youxi, the King of Fengqiu, to go out of the city to the Dingwang Cemetery to bury his mother.
Tomb of King Ding of Zhou
In May of the fourth year of the orthodox reign, Zhu Youyi, the king of Zhou, died, and Zhu Youyi insisted on sending his successor concubine Gong and others on the road, despite his brother's last words that the princess should not be martyred. Xiangfu Wang's move is actually very understandable, as the natural candidate for the next King of Zhou, if Gong And others do not die, where will they live? If you live in the palace together, will there be gossip? Judging from Zhu Youyao's performance in the capital before, this person's city government is extremely deep, so how could he leave these weak women to become hidden dangers in the future? On August 23 of that year, Zhao Hui, the only living horse of the founding grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, served as an envoy and crowned Zhu Youye, the King of Xiangfu, as the King of Zhou.
- Zhou Wangfu small ceremonial discussion
Although Zhu Youyao achieved the feat of Xiaozong's counterattack, he was neither a concubine among the sons of King Ding, nor was Hexu the fourth son, so in order to elevate his own identity, the new King of Zhou also used his brain.
Similar to the Imperial Court,it has its own temple, and the Prince's Mansion also has its own temple. After Zhu Xu's death, the Zhoufu Zongmiao Temple was completed in the third year of Xuande (1428 AD). After Zhu Youye entered the Zhou Dynasty, there were several tablets of the god enshrined in the Zhoufu Zong Temple:
Zhu Xu, the King of Zhou Ding, the Princess of Zhou Ding, the Princess of Feng, the King of Zhou Xian, Zhu Youyi, and the Princess of Zhou Xian, the Princess of Lü.
In the fifth year of orthodoxy (1440 AD), the new King of Zhou, Zhu Youyao, made two requests to the imperial court: one of which was to crown his mother, Hu Shijin, the wife of King Ding of Zhou, as a princess, and to enjoy the same worship at the Zongmiao Temple. The second is to enshrine Concubine Gong of the Xian King Zhenlie (i.e., the martyred Concubine Gong of Zhu Youyi) in the east room of the Zongmiao Temple.
Beijing Taimiao Temple
After some heated discussion, the officials of the Ministry of Rites gave examples of Chengfeng, the mother of Duke Huan of Lu and Chengfeng, the mother of Duke Lu of Lu, in the Spring and Autumn Period, believing that the Hu clan could not be enfeoffed as a concubine, and could only be enshrined as a lady in another room. As for the Gong clan, according to the principle of "courtesy without two concubines", they can only be in the room of Lady Dingwang and are not eligible to sit on an equal footing with the original match. Recently, I saw a certain "expert" scoff at the claims of yuan and concubine, hoping that he could travel back to the Ming Dynasty to punch those officials in the face.
Another example is the "Spring and Autumn Biography" that "the princes no longer marry, and Yu Li has no second wife". It is said that Concubine Gong should be in the room of Lady Dingwang. All the officials have evidence, and they cannot be violated. Although the uncle's filial piety is endless, Confucius has a word of sacrifice to pay tribute. Only Uncle Zu Liangzhi. - Records of Emperor Ming Yingzong, Vol. 65
- Strive for the efforts of the years
The original age of the Zhou Dynasty was 10,000 stones, and after Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaozi ascended the throne, he pushed the Enzong Room and increased the age of the fifth uncle to 20,000 stones. However, by the time Zhu Youyao entered the Zhou Dynasty, Shi Lu had dropped back to ten thousand stones. Zhu Youyao had raised objections to this, but Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen believed that the addition of Lu Rice in that year was only "a temporary grace". However, since the uncle opened his mouth, this 10,000-year-old Lu of the Zhou Dynasty could "fully support the true color", that is, there was no worthless Daming Bao banknote to indiscriminately fill the number.
In the eighth year of orthodoxy (1443 AD), Zhu Youyao again requested a restoration to 20,000 stones on the grounds that "daily use was not enough". Let's be honest, Zhu Youyao's usual expenses are indeed huge, because he has thirteen sons and ten daughters. Perhaps with this in mind, Emperor Yingzong finally agreed to raise the Zhou Dynasty to 20,000 stones, of which 70% was 14,000 stone sticks, and the remaining 30% of the banknotes (that is, converted into Daming Bao banknotes according to the official exchange rate).
Renchen, the King of Zhou has a play: "In Yongle, I was blessed, and the first minister Lu Mi was increased to 20,000 stones, and the 10,000 stones were sealed by the subjects." There are many relatives in the palace of the main house, children are married, and there is no food and clothing for daily use. Beg still gives. "The Order gave fourteen thousand stones, and the rest folded money." - Ming Yingzong Records Volume 19
Stills of Zhu Qizhen
- Women heal the storm
During the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu QiYu Jingtai period, Zhu Youyao's physical condition declined day by day. In order to cure the disease, the King of Zhou searched for remedies and found Zhang Shi, the wife of Qiu Zheng, a commoner in Bo County. No one thought that Zhang Shi really had two sons, and several pairs of medicines went down to make Zhu Youye feel endlessly useful.
In order to thank the Zhang clan, the King of Zhou gave her gold and silver, jewelry, color coins, watches and other regular thank-you gifts, and also rewarded her with dragon and phoenix pillows and writing stickers. Wu Pingwei commanded Zhou Guang to deceive Zhang Shi's note and became angry and falsely accused her husband Qiu Zheng of befriending the palace. Although the truth of the matter was revealed after investigation, the imperial court still made serious criticism of Zhu Youyao's improper behavior.
Although this matter is clear, in the future, those who pay medical personnel and other items in the royal palace must not take the prohibited artifacts with them, and have a good attitude. - "Records of Emperor Ming Yingzong, Volume 215, Appendix XXXIII of the Deposed Emperor Xi Ji Wang"
Zhu Xu's "Saving the Wilderness Materia Medica"
Then again, Zhu Youyao's father, Zhu Xu, is a well-known medical scientist, who has compiled medical works such as "Saving the Wilderness Materia Medica", "Baosheng Yulu", "Pocket Fang", "Pu Ji Fang" and so on. Isn't that ironic?
Conclusion: On November 29, the third year of Jingtai (1452 AD), Zhu Youyao, the King of Zhou, died at the age of 61. As mentioned earlier, this King jian of Zhou had a total of thirteen sons, namely:
The eldest son, Zhu Ziyuan the Prince of Zhou, the second son Zhu Ziyan the Prince of Tongxu, the third son, Zhu Ziyuan the Prince of Wu, the fourth son, Zhu Ziyuan the Prince of Yanling, the fifth son, Zhu Ziyuan the Prince of Heyin, the sixth son, Zhu Ziyan, the seventh son, Zhu Ziyan, the seventh son, Zhu Ziyan, the eighth son, Zhu Ziyao, the king of Runan (this title is very interesting), the ninth son, Zhu Zixu, the king of Yingchuan, the tenth son, Zhu Ziyuan, the tenth son, Zhu Ziyuan, the eleventh son, Zhu Ziyuan, the twelfth son, Zhu Ziyin, the twelfth son, Zhu Ziyin, the king of Ruyin, and the thirteenth son, Zhu Ziyuan, the king of Linru.
Zhu Youyao was able to enter the Zhou King as the fourth son of King Shu of Zhou Ding, relying on more than just luck. After the return of the King of Runan, he quickly adjusted his strategy, actively moved closer to his eldest brother, and finally succeeded in counterattacking with his composure within the capital. After King Runan was deposed as a Shuren, he and his son Zhu Ziyuan stayed in Beijing to live. The imperial court was also very clear about Zhu Youyao's city government and people. Therefore, it was not until after his death that Zhu Tonghua, the son of Zhu Ziyuan, was sent back to Kaifeng to live.