Author: Not remarkable
Under the multiple blows of the early death of his grandson, the death of his son, and the death of his wife, Zhu Yuanzhang had an immature idea, that is, to leave Daming's inheritance not to his remaining sons, but to his grandsons.
In fact, in history, such things are rare. However, Zhu Yuanzhang still stubbornly did it, and in order to let his grandson sit on the throne, he killed many founding heroes and left a bunch of civil officials for his grandson.
After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, his son Zhu Di was not satisfied with his nephew being emperor, so it took four years to overthrow his nephew and take the throne himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are worthy of being father and son, and they have a common idea, that is, will the next emperor leave it to his son or grandson?
Zhu Di's crown prince is Zhu Gaojie, the eldest son of Zhu Gaojie, Zhu Gaojie is very capable, but Zhu Gaojie is fat, and he can't fight wars, Zhu Di doesn't like it very much, but Zhu Gaojie has an advantage, that is, Zhu Gaojie gave birth to a good grandson to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di's favorite son is Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of Zhu Di, Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaoxu is like seeing a young self, and he is as successful as himself, and like himself, he has a little fate, and can only lose the throne. Because of Zhu Di's selfishness, he is always a little more tolerant of his second son.
Zhu Di was also afraid that after his death, his second son would seize his nephew's throne like he had done then, so he made Zhu Gaoxu the King of Han, and the fief given to Zhu Gaoxu was also in the border of Yunnan.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to go that far, so under the pretext of inspecting the territory, he stayed with Zhu Di and lived in the capital all the time, and even Zhu Gaoxu's personal soldiers increased a lot. And Zhu Di also agreed.
Zhu Gaoxu, who had been stable for thirteen years, could not hold back, and even if Zhu Di changed the fief to Qingzhou, Zhu Gaoxu refused to join the domain, just like staying in the capital.
Zhu Di scolded Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaoxu carried Zhu Di behind his back to recruit private soldiers and began to plunder places. Zhu Di couldn't bear it anymore and planned to imprison Zhu Gaoxu for the rest of his life and depose him as a commoner.
But as the eldest brother, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't bear it, kept begging for intercession, and in the end it was only Zhu Gaoxu's henchman who died, and Zhu Gaoxu was still alive and well.
Two years later, Zhu Gaoxu finally went to the local domain, but Zhu Gaoxu has been paying attention to every move in the capital.
After Zhu Di's death, his brother Zhu Gaojie succeeded him.
Zhu Gaoxu had been appeasing this younger brother, rewarding him with gold and silver, and making Zhu Gaoxu's eldest son the son of the world, and the other sons also made him the king of the county.
But Zhu Gaoxu was still not satisfied, but before Zhu Gaoxu could do anything, his brother Zhu Gaoxu died first.
As the crown prince, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly ascended to the throne, and Zhu Gaoxu intercepted Zhu Zhanji, hoping that Zhu Zhanji would die on the road.
After Zhu Zhanji successfully succeeded to the throne, like his father, he treated his uncle Zhu Gaoxu favorably. As long as Zhu Gaoxu has requirements, Zhu Zhanji will meet them.
For Zhu Zhanji, it is true family affection. In Zhu Gaoxu's view, his nephew is too cowardly because he is afraid of himself.
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu decided to learn from his own father and take his nephew's throne to sit on himself.
Two months after Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, Zhu Gaoxu plotted in his fiefdom.
When Zhu Zhanji heard that his uncle had rebelled, he first arranged for a special envoy to bring a personal letter to appease him, hoping to eliminate the war. And Zhu Gaoxu wrote back and cursed, and in the end, Zhu Zhanji, who was forced to helpless, had to drive his own conquest.
Hearing that it was the emperor's imperial conquest, many people began to surrender, and Zhu Zhanji was not blamed for all of them.
In the end, his uncle and nephew fought against Yule An City and besieged Le'an City without attacking it.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu could only surrender and went from the tunnel to see his nephew Zhu Zhanji surrender.
Many ministers advocated that Zhu Gaoxu be executed by capital punishment, but Zhu Zhanji did not agree, but only escorted Zhu Gaoxu back to Beijing.
After returning to Beijing, he abolished Zhu Gaoxu's family and imprisoned him, and built Xiaoyao Palace, which was specially used as a place for Zhu Gaoxu's exclusive imprisonment.
Originally thought that this was the end, but after executing the rest of the rebels, Zhu Zhanji went to Xiaoyao Palace to visit Zhu Gaoxu, and was tripped by Zhu Gaoxu with a rope.
Zhu Zhanji, who was not angry when his uncle rebelled, was furious, and ordered Zhu Gaoxu to be covered with a copper cylinder filled with water in the Forbidden City, and then charcoal was lit around him, and just like that, Zhu Gaoxu was roasted alive.
After Zhu Gaoxu's death, Zhu Gaoxu's son was also executed.
Because Zhu Di valued his grandson Zhu Zhanji, he let his eldest son Zhu Gaoji succeed to the throne, from this point of view, Zhu Di is really vicious in vision and bloodless. Zhu Zhanji was a good emperor with ability, except that he died too early.
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