Zhu Gaozi, the eldest son of Zhu Di, the King of Yan, lived for a total of forty-seven years, but only served as emperor for nine months, with the temple name Renzong.
Zhu Gaozi was a legendary emperor, he was sick and obese, seriously overweight, fat enough to walk very inconveniently, needed the support of attendants to wander around, as a Ming Chengzu Zhu Di who had beaten down the country from horseback, he was extremely unpleasant. At the same time, he was always facing the emperor from his brothers Zhu Gaoxu the King of Han and Zhu Gaoxuan the King of Zhao, and if it were not for the primogeniture system set by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di might have changed the crown prince.
So what did a prince in such a situation rely on to finally become a great treasure?
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As a big fat man who even needed to be supported when he walked, compared with his brother Zhu Gaoxu, who was excellent in everything, Zhu Gaoxu was really difficult to please Zhu Di. As the saying goes, the words of the emperor, a word of nine Ding, Zhu Di once personally promised to pass the throne to Zhu Gaoxu, but the emperor's words in terms of heirs are mostly unsatisfactory, I believe that when you watch the historical drama, you will find that many emperors want to set up their favorite sons as princes, but most of them have to seek advice from the court's important ministers, and at the same time they are subject to the relevant restrictions of etiquette and tradition.
In particular, the Ming Dynasty's appointment of the crown prince Zhu Yuanzhang had regulations: it must be the eldest son of the concubine, that is, the eldest son born to the empress. If the empress is childless, she is made crown prince of the eldest son of the concubine. Zhu Di's three eldest sons were all born to Empress Xu, and the eldest son, Zhu Gaozi, was made the son of the Prince of Yan as early as the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very fond of the benevolence and elegance of his grandson. You don't have to say that since ancient times, appearance has largely determined a lot, such as handsome often promoted is easier, in ancient times, officials should also require the five features to be correct, look good, so you have not seen the history of mentioning very ugly people to be big officials. Zhu Gaozi is a typical example, because he was ugly and almost lost the throne.
In fact, a large part of the reason why Zhu Gaozi was able to ascend to the throne all the way was because of his elegance and benevolence, which was deeply supported by the wenchen, not to mention that he was also the legitimate heir to the throne. Although Zhu Di was more fond of his second son Zhu Gaoxu, handsome and brave, his personality was most consistent with his own, and he also performed well in the midst of jing difficulties and made many military achievements. Compared with the weak Zhu Gaozi, Zhu Di was very worried that he would be coerced, but in the end Zhu Di still failed to achieve his wishes, because the power of The Wenchen was too strong, and as long as the Wenchen in peacetime controlled them, it was equivalent to mastering the country, and Zhu Gaozi did not have major principled faults, so the name of the abolition was not correct and the words were not smooth.
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In the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Gaozi and his mother Xu Shi resisted Li Jinglong's 500,000-strong army with 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, successfully defended Beiping, and saved Zhu Di's rear area. Therefore, this battle has a very important significance, which undoubtedly adds a lot to the frail and sickly Zhu Gaozi.
As mentioned earlier, Zhu Di had personally promised Zhu Gaoxu that the throne would be passed to him in the future, so in the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Gaoxu's enthusiasm was high, as if he had beaten chicken blood, killing the enemy bravely and fiercely, and his prestige among the military generals was very high. However, later, when Zhu Di announced that the crown prince was his brother, Zhu Gaoxu was extremely unwilling and refused to leave the capital for a long time, and wanted to stay in the capital and wait for the opportunity. Zhu Gaoxu greatly resented the courtiers who had prevented him from making him crown prince, especially Xie Jin. Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu kept giving him eye drops and bad words in front of Zhu Di, which was a success in deposing Xie Jin, and was brutally killed a few years later. Similarly, Zhu Gaoxu, like his old son Zhu Di, had a kind of learning, and privately raised many samurai in order to plot against him, but he lacked Zhu Di's calm and sophisticated, typical zhi da talent.
Later, the scheming Yang Shiqi and the quiet and courageous Empress Xu helped Zhu Gaozi, and successfully persuaded Zhu Di to deprive Zhu Gaoxu of some of his personal guards and force him to go to Le'an to take the domain. In this way, the dispute between Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaoxu for the crown prince also came to an end, who knew that halfway out of the way to kill a cheng to bite the gold, the old third Zhu Gaoxuan was also secretly coveting the position of prince, and on the surface he was fiercely fighting with the eldest brother Zhu Gaozi, but secretly he kept framing Zhu Gaozi. Especially during Zhu Di's illness, Zhu Gaoxuan secretly murdered his father and then forged an edict to take the throne, but was informed. Afterwards, Zhu Gaoxu, as the eldest brother, interceded for the third elder in front of Zhu Di, and Zhu Di did not execute Zhu Gaoxuan, after which Zhu Gaoxu's benevolence and benevolence were highly appreciated by Wen Chen, making the position of prince more stable.
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Another aspect of Zhu Gaozi's ascension to the throne was due to the fact that he gave birth to a clever and clever son, Zhu Zhanji, who was deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the aforementioned Wenchen Xie Jin persuaded Zhu Di to make up his mind to make Zhu Gaozi crown prince with the "good saint grandson". Legend has it that on the eve of Zhu Zhanji's birth, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, had a dream in which Zhu Yuanzhang gave him a piece of jade gui with the words "Descendants of The Inheritance, Eternal Prosperity". When Zhu Zhanji was full of moon, Zhu Di saw that he was full of heroism, which was very similar to the appearance he saw in his dreams, so he was particularly fond of him.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne in Nanjing, Zhu Zhanji accompanied his grandmother Xu Shi to Nanjing, and Zhu Di especially loved this imperial grandson and was quite attentive to his education. Zhu Zhanji was intelligent and loved to read since childhood, and Zhu Di also asked Yao Guangxiao, the first hero of the Battle of Jingnan, to teach him the scriptures. Zhu Zhanji also did not live up to his grandfather's earnest expectations, studied hard, and was deeply loved by Zhu Di, which also added chips to Zhu Gao's ascension to the throne.
In 1424, the 65-year-old Yongle Emperor Zhu Di died of illness during the Northern Expedition to Beijing. At this time, the British public Zhang Fu and the cabinet Yang Rong avoided Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaoxuan from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, and kept the matter secret. At the same time, Yang Rong entered Beijing to secretly report the matter, and Zhu Gaozi immediately sent his son Zhu Zhanji out of Beijing to greet the funeral after learning about it. Thanks to the careful planning of Wen Chen, the regime was finally transitioned steadily, and Zhu Gaozi successfully ascended to the throne.
During Zhu Di's five conquests of Mongolia and his outings, Zhu Gaozi conducted a total of six long-term supervision of the country during the period of the crown prince, these six supervision of the country was as short as 4 months, as long as nearly 4 years, a total of 9 years and 8 months, in the nearly 10 years of supervision of the country, Zhu Gaozi formed a relatively fixed concept of governance, cultivated his own auxiliary political team, so that his political ideas can be quickly realized.
However, Akihito Washito Was a completely lustful person, and he did not know how to temper himself during his mother's funeral. Some of the courtiers advised him, but he was thrown into prison. As the saying goes: listen to people's advice, eat enough. Eventually, Zhu Gaozi overindulged and entered Huangquan with a heart attack at the age of forty-seven. Most of his descendants followed his example, indulging in femininity and gathering wealth.
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