Every emperor in history has his own life story, and some may be as brilliant as Tang Taizong Li Shimin and create a prosperous dynasty. Some may be like Emperor Huizong of Song, who is greedy for wine and does not think about state affairs, and some may have a lot of puzzles on them, and we still don't know the answer to this day. For example, Zhu Zhanji, the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who fought all his life, had courage and strategy, and led the Ming Dynasty to glory, although he did not reign for a long time, he was a very accomplished emperor.
In addition, there are two mysteries that have not been solved in 600 years, and many experts and scholars today have no clue and do not know the hidden truth, so what are these two mysteries?
In the struggle for the throne between his uncle and nephew, Zhu Zhanji took the lead in the battle
The first mystery is the struggle for the throne between Zhu Zhanji and his uncle Zhu Gaoxu, who is not the first time in the history of the Ming Dynasty that the struggle for the throne between uncles and nephews has occurred. The former Ming Chengzu Zhu Di seized the throne of his nephew Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunjiao, and now that such history has repeated itself, Ming Chengzu would never have imagined that his son would compete with his beloved emperor's eldest grandson for the throne.
However, this time the struggle for the throne between uncles and nephews did not end with Zhu Gaoxu's victory, and the final outcome was that Zhu Zhanji was the first to ascend and also eliminated his uncle Zhu Gaoxu, it is reasonable to say that Zhu Zhanji has the orthodox name of being the eldest son of the concubine, and the succession to the throne is also expected, so why is it called a mystery?
In fact, to talk about this matter, we must start from Zhu Zhanji's father, the previous emperor Zhu Gaozi. Ming Chengzu Zhu Di has a total of four sons, to say that the most outstanding, is the boss Zhu Gaozi, Wen can rule the country, wu can defend the city, in addition to force can not do, the body is almost, there is nothing wrong; Another Han king, Zhu Gaoxu, followed Zhu Di on a southern expedition to the north, and worked hard and made great achievements.
These two sons each had their own abilities, but to say that there was no suitable candidate to choose a person who could take on the great task of building the Ming Dynasty, but fortunately, Zhu Gaozi gave birth to a son who could write and be able to fight, that is, Zhu Zhanji, which made Ming Chengzu firm in his idea and pass the throne to this eldest son Zhu Gaozi.
Zhu Gaoxu saw himself doing this and knew that his eldest brother had been selected as the next Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but he was not convinced by this arrangement. After all, he had been following his father to fight on the battlefield since he was a child, and this Ming Dynasty should have his share in the world, but now he had only become a clan king, so he wanted to usurp the throne.
However, when Ming Chengzu died of illness, Zhu Gaoxu saw his brother's ideas and ambitions, and feared that he would rebel, so he immediately blocked the news and secretly ascended the throne, waiting until everything was arranged before Zhu Gaoxu received the news.
In the face of this final result, Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to honestly face his clan king, after all, if he rebelled, it was really unjustified, even if he succeeded, it was difficult to win people's support, all he needed to do now was to wait, because he knew that his eldest brother Zhu Gaoxu's health was not very good, even if he became the emperor, he could not support it for too long.
This time, he had a long memory, first installed his own eyeliner in the capital in advance, at the same time, he was ready to enter the capital on the only way to enter the capital, in order to learn the news at the first time and block the passage, so that Zhu Zhanji, who was fighting outside, could not return to the capital in time, so that he could compete for the throne without hindrance.
However, zhu Gaoxu still miscalculated, Zhu Zhanji did not know when he had secretly returned to the capital, but also arranged his own father's funeral in advance, before Zhu Gaoxu realized, the god unknowingly ascended the throne.
It is reasonable to say that Zhu Gaoxu made very careful arrangements, both in terms of intelligence and in the process of implementing the entire plan, but his men did not find out when Zhu Zhanji returned to the capital, so how did Zhu Zhanji secretly return to the capital? Why he was able to predict the death date of his father Zhu Gaozi in advance and arrange all the matters in time is really puzzling.
After the arrangement was fruitless, the angry and corrupt Zhu Gaoxu finally could not sit still, this time and again the miscalculation made him lose touch with the imperial throne, since the matter was a foregone conclusion, then simply make a dangerous move, rebel, rely on force to seize the throne, but at this time, the people's will is Zhu Zhanji, the orthodox emperor, Zhu Gaoxu naturally has no support, there is no chance of victory and so on is only the defeat and death of the army.
He was in his prime, but he died early
The second mystery is that Zhu Zhanji died suddenly of illness at a young age, in his prime, and it is said that he was inspecting the border guards at the time, during which he suddenly felt unwell, and died violently not long after, at the age of 36.
Under normal circumstances, this age is the most robust time in a man's life, even if the body has some diseases, it can also rely on its own resistance for a period of time, not to mention that he is still the emperor of the dynasty, the resources and medical level he enjoys are definitely the best, but in the end he will die.
Many people may think that Zhu Zhanji's own life is improper, or there are some bad habits and hobbies, but in fact, on the contrary, he is neither greedy for alcohol, nor does he have any habits that endanger his health, and he only focuses on the noble concubine Sun Clan, and he does not indulge excessively in his daily life, so it is really impossible to find the reason for his sudden death, of course, some people speculate that someone assassinated him, but there is no record of this in the history of the Ming Dynasty, so what is the truth behind this is still a mystery.
Zhu Di was the eldest grandson of the Emperor who had high hopes
In fact, zhu Zhanji not only has many unknown puzzles in his body, but he also has an enviable fate personally, and he can even be called the "son of heavenly choice". Mainly because he was loved and valued by Ming Chengzu as soon as he was born, his love for his grandson far exceeded that of his two sons, who let him have so many sons without a single instrument, although everyone has their own talents, but can not find a person who can carry the Ming Dynasty's beams, just when he is worried about the future there is no suitable heir, Zhu Zhanji's birth makes Ming Chengzu see hope.
He not only inherited his father's wisdom and wisdom, but also very bold, with a little bit of Zhu Di's style, perhaps from the closeness of the grandfather in the bloodline, or maybe Zhu Zhanji was indeed different, so that Ming Chengzu attached great importance to his grandson, often took him with him, asked him the best teacher to teach him, under such careful cultivation, Zhu Zhanji also lived up to expectations and became a perfect emperor who could write and fight.
This also made Ming Chengzu feel very relieved, feeling that he had a successor, and the future Ming Dynasty could finally have a qualified monarch to lead. Out of this importance, even if he himself did not like the eldest son Zhu Gaozi, he wanted to pass the throne to him, in order to naturally inherit the throne for his grandson in the future, and Ming Chengzu had already established him as the emperor's eldest grandson when Zhu Zhanji was young, which meant that he had told the world that Zhu Zhanji was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
epilogue
Fortunately, Zhu Zhanji did not live up to the expectations of Ming Chengzu, during his reign, he worked hard to rule, and also created the "Rule of Renxuan" to push the Ming Dynasty to another prosperous era, but unfortunately he did not live a long life, he died early, and the situation of the Ming Dynasty's Eternal Prosperity that Ming Chengzu longed for could not be realized after all, and with Zhu Zhanji's death, many mysteries were also sealed and could not be solved to this day.
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