Zhu Gaozi stills
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Now friends brush vibrato to see the headlines, but also often brush to the TV series "Daming Fenghua", this TV series tells the story of the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the heroine experienced the Five Emperors and Six Dynasties. Among them, there are many famous Ming Chengzu Zhu Di and Ming Xuanzong, who founded the rule of the world. But it is precisely because these two emperors are so dazzling that people are accustomed to forgetting that what lives in between is Akihito Zhu Gaozi. Zhu Gaozi temple number is Renzong, generous and benevolent for benevolence, Zhu Gaozi is not only one of the few good emperors in the Ming Dynasty, but also one of the few "Ren" emperors in history.
During his reign, he vigorously developed the economy, and was also good at receiving advice and being diligent in political affairs, which not only healed the war wounds brought about by the Battle of Jingnan, but also filled the emptiness of the national treasury brought about by Zhu Di's expedition to the north of the desert, so he and his son Xuanzong became the "rule of Benevolence" during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong.
However, as the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaozi died suddenly after less than a year of reign. According to official historical records such as the Records of Emperor Akihito and the Chronicle of Emperor Mingshi, Zhu Gaozi's death was "a sudden collapse without illness". How can you suddenly die without disease?
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Zhu Gaozi's life can be described in two words - bumpy. In the early years, due to the rebellion of his father Zhu Di, Zhu Gaozi almost lost his life.
It turned out that when Zhu Di launched the Battle of Jingnan, Fang Xiaoru, a minister under Emperor Jianwen, personally wrote a letter to plot against Zhu Gaozi. At the same time, he also sent spies to protect Zhu Di, saying that Zhu Gao was plotting rebellion. As a result, Zhu Di believed it to be true, and almost killed his own son with his own hands. It is no wonder that after Zhu Di occupied Nanjing, he wanted to exterminate these ministers who had advised Emperor Jianwen, and even cursed the Fang Xiaoru Ten Clan.
However, in the course of the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Gaozi also proved his innocence with actions, and he and his mother Xu Shi helped Zhu Di successfully block Li Jinglong's 500,000-strong army and save Zhu Di's old nest in Beijing. This battle was zhu Gaozi's most splendid battle in the Jing Dynasty, and it was also the most crucial battle.
Later, Zhu Di became emperor, and Zhu Gaozi, as the eldest son of concubine, naturally became the best candidate for the crown prince. But this prince is not comfortable. Because of what? One word – fat.
It is said that Zhu Gaozi is obese and has limited mobility, to what extent? He couldn't walk on his own, he needed two people to help him to move, and he always stumbled, so for Zhu Di, who had been a horseman for a lifetime, he really didn't like this son. Instead, he preferred another son, Zhu Gaoxu.
However, because Zhu Yuanzhang liked Zhu Gaozi very much, he was made the son of the Prince of Yan early and later became the crown prince. However, in his twenty years as a prince, he was often suppressed by his father, and Zhu Gaozi, who was sincerely afraid, had always lived in the huge shadow of his father.
And his younger brother Zhu Gaoxu also looked down on his eldest brother more and more.
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The big brother with a weak personality and an obese body made Zhu Gaoxu very dissatisfied. In the TV series, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, complained many times, saying, "What does he have, why should he be the son of the world?" In order to prove that he was the better one, Zhu Gaoxu took the lead in the later Battle of Jingnan, and also protected Zhu Di in danger many times, and Zhu Di also felt that Zhu Gaoxu was more like him.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, Zhu Gaoxu also joined the battle for the throne. Although the eldest brother Zhu Gaoxu was already the crown prince, he still had a chance before he became emperor, so Zhu Gaoxu repeatedly said bad things about the eldest brother to his father. Later, when Zhu Di went out on a campaign, during Zhu Gaozi's stay, he repeatedly poured dirty water to slander him.
It can be said that Zhu Gaoxu is the person in the world who wants Zhu Gao to die. Therefore, regarding the cause of Zhu Gaoxu's death, there is a theory of Zhu Gaoxu's murder.
However, after Zhu Gaozi's death, Zhu Gaoxu sent special people to intercept Zhu Gaozi's son Zhu Zhanji, who had rushed from Nanjing to Beijing to die. And the most crucial thing is that due to the hasty preparation, Zhu Gaoxu's plan to intercept and kill failed.
If Zhu Gaoxu plotted to kill Zhu Gaoxu, he was determined to seize the throne. Then Zhu Gaoxu, who was in Shandong at the time, should have rushed to Beijing immediately, certainly much faster than from Nanjing. Moreover, it should be prepared early, rather than rushing to intercept and lead to failure.
Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu's murder seems unreasonable. Another suspect also surfaced.
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In the imperial society of ancient China, being an emperor meant supreme power and a noble position, and who wouldn't want to be an emperor? Then everyone wants to be the emperor, and the world is not chaotic, so the succession to the throne is very important, and there is a father who dies and the son succeeds. Thus the second theory appeared--the murder of his son Zhu Zhanji.
Because the Ming dynasty hardly mentions the death of Emperor Renzong, there is no silver in this place, which has to make us wonder whether the later emperor erased the most crucial evidence.
The biggest reason why Zhu Zhanji was suspicious was because he was a direct beneficiary, and the emperor died and the natural crown prince took the throne. But if you think about it, there are loopholes.
First of all, he has been made the crown prince, it is sooner or later to become an emperor, and now his uncle is still alive, this uncle is not a fuel-saving lamp, every day wondering how to be an emperor, if the emperor dies at this time, this uncle can keep to himself? You know, this uncle has participated in the Battle of Jingnan, and no one can guarantee a sequel.
Secondly, Zhu Gaozi had only been on the throne for ten months, less than a year, and even if his son was in a hurry to take the throne, he would not be too anxious, right? If Zhu Gaozi had been on the throne for twenty years, and the crown prince could not wait, he could not wait, and it had only been ten months, how could he be in such a hurry? Reasonably, this argument doesn't seem to hold up very well.
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As for the cause of Akihito's death, the more reliable theory is the third kind of death- theory of indulgence. It is said that when Zhu Gaozi was emperor, his minister Li Shimian once gave advice to the emperor, advising him not to indulge too much in harem women. At that time, Zhu Gaozi was furious after seeing the recital, and immediately ordered That Li Shimian be sentenced to a large punishment.
According to the "Biography of Ming Shi Luo Rujing", Zhu Gaozi did suffer from some diseases because of excessive indulgence. To this end, Zhu Gaozi also took some Golden Stone Dan Medicine. It is true that if there is a father, there must be a son, the father is taking medicine to die, and the son does not have a long memory.
In fact, this statement cannot fully explain the sudden death of Zhu Gaozi, because in the Ming generation, his degree of lust is not in the top few, and taking Dan medicine is not particularly frequent. In other words, Zhu Gaozi died after only ten months on the throne, even if it was indulgence, then what kind of indulgence did he have to become to suddenly die violently?
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The cause of his death, I am afraid, has a lot to do with his fat body. As early as the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Gaoxu was left in the rear to defend because he was obese and inconvenient to fight with the army, and it can be seen from this that Zhu Gaoxu's physical condition was still not very optimistic.
In fact, Zhu Gaozi's body type is too obese, according to our medical terminology today, he belongs to the typical "three high" group. Therefore, such a person, the probability of getting sick is very large, what high blood pressure, heart disease, especially cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases sudden death is very likely.
To sum up, because Zhu Di did not like him, he was frightened and feared every day. After taking the throne, Zhu Gaozi, who was not in good health, became ill by the country's labor, and by the way, he had a little love for beautiful women, and then took a little tonic elixir, and the possibility of sudden death became very high.
Author: Our special invited author Kang Jiahua