Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Zhu Zhanji was the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he was the "good holy grandson" of Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Cheng, and the most outstanding son of Emperor Mingrenzong Zhu Gaoji.
At that time, because Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, attached great importance to this imperial grandson who was very similar to himself and had both civil and military abilities, and both ability and integrity, he passed the throne to his father Zhu Gaoji, and later, under the joint governance of Emperor Mingrenzong Zhu Gaoji and Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, the Ming Dynasty opened the prosperous chapter of "Renxuan's Rule".
As a heroic son of the early Ming Dynasty, the accession to the throne of Emperor Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong and the death of his prime of life have left various mysteries for future generations, and until today, 600 years later, these mysteries remain unsolved.
Zhu Zhanji, the legendary emperor of Daming who can be called an all-round talent
As we all know, there were 16 emperors in the entire Daming Dynasty, and the experiences of many of them were extremely legendary, such as Zhu Zhanji, known as the "Clamshell Emperor", who was a legendary emperor.
In fact, the real Ming Xuanzong is not a playful son who only knows how to fight clams, on the contrary, the erudite Zhu Zhanji is good at poetry and song, proficient in calligraphy and painting, and can be said to be "Wen like Li Shimin, art is better than Song Huizong", is an outstanding emperor who can write and martial arts, and can be called an all-round talent.
Born in 1398, Zhu Zhanji is the eldest son of Emperor Mingrenzong Zhu Gaoji, who has been fond of writing and intellectually outstanding since he was a child, so he has always been loved and valued by his parents and imperial grandfather Zhu Di.
According to historical records, Zhu Zhanji was very popular with the imperial grandfather Zhu Di for two reasons: first, Zhu Zhanji's appearance resembled his grandfather Zhu Di, so such a precious imperial grandson was naturally very pleasing;
Second, before Zhu Zhanji was born, Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, dreamed that Zhu Yuanzhang had handed over a "great gui" symbolizing royal power into his arms, and said to him: The descendants of the inheritance will prosper forever.
And Zhu Di woke up and immediately came to the door of his daughter-in-law's delivery room, and soon a servant woman came to report that the concubine had given birth to a son, and this son just imprinted the auspicious sign in Zhu Di's dream.
Therefore, for Zhu Di, who was the clan king at that time, a lively and healthy baby grandson and a beautiful dream symbolizing the auspicious omen of royal power seemed to urge him to rekindle the "imperial dream".
So many historians speculate that when Zhu Zhanji was 2 years old, his grandfather Zhu Di launched the "Battle of Jingji" in the Yan Royal Mansion in Beiping, which was actually in response to the auspicious dream before the birth of his eldest grandson Zhu Zhanji.
In the end, Zhu Di successfully defeated Zhu Zhanji's cousin Zhu Yunji, and he immediately became the third monarch of the Daming Dynasty, Ming Chengzu.
When Ming Chengzu wanted to make the crown prince, he made another difficulty: the eldest son, Zhu Gaojie, was too fat and cowardly, and had foot diseases, and he looked like he did not have the solemn appearance of an emperor, which was particularly sad.
Although the second prince Zhu Gaoxu can fight a good battle, he has a radical personality and no foresight, and if he becomes a great son, he may also put Daming at risk of dying the country.
The third prince, Zhu Gaoxiao, was a mediocre person, and he was not suitable for being a king at all.
So for a long time, Ming Cheng ancestor Zhu Di was secretly entangled between the two emperors Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaoxu, not knowing who to give the throne to.
Later, Wen Chen Xie Jin, who was deeply trusted by Chengzu, saw the emperor's difficulties, and he pointed out Zhu Di with the phrase "good saint sun".
Therefore, because Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Cheng, wanted the imperial grandson Zhu Zhanji to govern the great tomorrow in the future, he simply passed the throne to his eldest son Zhu Gaoji, hoping that he could pass the throne to the "good saint grandson" Zhu Zhanji in a hundred years.
After the funeral of Emperor Mingrenzong Zhu Gaoji, his son Zhu Zhanji inherited the throne of Daming and began to dismiss Fang Xuan and govern independently.
He inherited the high-quality national policy of the emperor when he was in power, constantly reused his talents, further improved the cabinet system, ensured the completeness and vitality of the central inspection system, cut off the road of chaos by the clan king, optimized the imperial examination system, and established a more stable foreign policy...
In short, Zhu Zhanji let us see a stronger and more prosperous Ming Dynasty through martial arts, and indeed lived up to the ardent expectations of the imperial grandfather Zhu Di.
One of the unsolved mysteries of Ming Xuanzong: 38-year-old Zhu Zhanji died young, and the cause of death is still a mystery
After Emperor Mingrenzong ascended the throne and became emperor, the first thing he did was to promote and reuse a number of wise ministers such as "Sanyang", listen to their good policies for governing the country, reduce taxes, save expenses, fight against wrongful cases, and pardon sins, slowly govern the world of Daming with the law of benevolence, and slowly open the famous "Reign of Renxuan" in history.
Unfortunately, because of his chronic physical illness, Emperor Mingrenzong died suddenly in the Qin'an Temple after only 10 months of reign, and after the state funeral, Emperor Mingrenzong was buried in the tomb of the thirteen tombs of the Ming Dynasty.
According to Emperor Renzong's edict, the eldest son of the young emperor, Zhu Zhanji, inherited the throne and became the fifth emperor of the Daming Dynasty, Emperor Ming Xuanzong, who stood on the shoulders of his grandfather and father and looked forward to the future, and continued to shoulder the heavy responsibility and bravely create the "Reign of Renxuan" of the Daming Dynasty.
According to the Ming history, Zhu Zhanji's death was unusually sudden—he could not go to the court on the day he fell ill, and the next day he hurriedly wrote the edict, and on the third day he suddenly died in the Qianqing Palace at the age of 38.
Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji was diligent and dedicated all his life, had a wide range of hobbies but was very elegant, neither obsessed with women nor alchemy, but died in a hurry in the prime of life, which could not help but make future generations feel very puzzled.
So, why did such a virtuous and wise emperor die early?
After looking through the historical books of the Ming Dynasty, we deduce that the early death of Emperor Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong may have the following two reasons:
First, Ming Xuanzong had a strong personality, and was willing to do his own work everywhere in order to govern the country well, so much so that he often ate and slept at night, but unfortunately died young due to excessive overdraft of energy and health.
Second, according to the "History of Ming", Emperor Renzong was ill for many years, Emperor Xuanzong died early in his prime, and Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu, the two princes of Emperor Xuanzong, also died at the ages of 30 and 38 respectively.
From this, it can be speculated that perhaps the descendants of Emperor Mingrenzong Zhu Gaoji have some kind of hereditary disease, which led to the early death of Emperor Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji.
The second unsolved mystery of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming: Why did Zhu Zhanji quickly sit on the throne in just 9 days after receiving his father's edict
Those who read history often know that the enthronement ceremonies of ancient emperors were cumbersome and abnormal, and they needed to plan months in advance and complete all kinds of details in terms of procurement and purchase.
In the past, when Emperor Zhu Gaozhi, who had been a prince for 20 years, was preparing for his enthronement ceremony, even if the manpower and material resources around him were very sufficient, he had prepared for 30 days to implement all the procedures of the ceremony.
And Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji completed the enthronement ceremony in only 9 days, which is amazing, and it is even more difficult to imagine how Zhu Zhanji did it.
In addition, before his death, Emperor Mingrenzong Zhu Gaoji sent his imperial son Zhu Zhanji to Nanjing to investigate the relocation of the capital, but he never thought that Renzong was affected by illness and died suddenly in the Qin'an Hall in the Forbidden City.
The old lord has passed away, the new monarch has not yet arrived, and the time before and after the state funeral ceremony has become a dangerous moment for the change of imperial power - knowing that his nephew Zhu Zhanji will definitely rush back to Beijing from Nanjing to mourn, the ambitious Han king Zhu Gaoxu plans to take the opportunity to set up an ambush halfway, intercept and kill his nephew Zhu Zhanji in one fell swoop, and then lead the army to swagger into the Forbidden City and sit on the throne of the Daming Emperor.
But what the Han king Zhu Gaoxu did not expect was that he waited left and right for several days and never saw Zhu Zhanji's men, but on the ninth day of Renzong's funeral, he received an accurate tip that Zhu Zhanji had succeeded to the throne in Beijing and held the imperial power of Daming.
According to the analysis of some historians, Zhu Zhanji, who is brilliant, actually expected that the imperial uncle Zhu Gaoxu would make a big move and plot evil after his father's funeral, so he chose another route back to Beijing for funeral, and the biggest possibility was to return to Beijing by boat, so he successfully avoided Zhu Gaoxu's interception.
Because the matter of ascending the throne was hasty and urgent, and for Zhu Zhanji, the result of a successful succession was the most important, so under the circumstances of many dangers and insufficient preparation, Zhu Zhanji ordered his subordinates to follow the principle of "simplifying everything and simplifying everything", and simplified all the enthronement ceremonies to the extreme, so that in just 9 days, he quickly completed all the necessary procedures and etiquette, not only successfully ascended the imperial throne, but also frustrated the conspiracy and trickery of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han.
Generally speaking, Emperor Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong is a rare virtuous monarch in Daming, he grew up next to Emperor Zhu Di since he was a child, he was exposed to the ideas and purposes of governing the country and the people, and he was well versed in the difficulties of rejuvenating the country.
Perhaps the achievements of Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji cannot be compared with Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Cheng Ancestor Zhu Di, but at a young age, he was able to govern a Central Plains dynasty with a wide territory into a strong and prosperous dynasty, rich in material and people, and managed the rivers and mountains left by his ancestors in Tai'an and Shun, which is indeed completely worthy of the ardent expectations of Zhu Di, the original imperial grandfather, and it is also a good completion of the historical mission he shouldered!
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