Zhu Gaoxu's life is summed up as "stupid people still love to work", with the identity of Zhu Di's second son, he could have enjoyed the glory and wealth, but because of his many deaths, he was not only demoted to a concubine, but also roasted to death by his nephew Zhu Zhanji in a vat !
As we all know, the magical dynasty of the Ming Dynasty has given birth to many wonderful emperors, such as Emperor Jiajing, who was almost strangled to death by the palace maid because of his long-term abuse of the palace maid;
Emperor Longqing, who was addicted to alcohol all day long and finally died by taking aphrodisiacs, and Emperor Taichang, who had diarrhea more than 40 times in one night, finally collapsed due to exhaustion.
In addition to the emperor's wonders, the minister and the prince also like to die. For example, he was unwilling to prepare an edict for Zhu Di, and even threatened the other party to "have the ability to punish my ten clans", but his wish really came true.
and our protagonist today, Zhu Gaoxu, is either dying, or on the way to death, and in the end, because he has to make inches, he was pressed by Zhu Zhanji and roasted to death in the tank, which has become a joke for future generations to talk about.
Zhu Gaoxu was also born with a golden key, his father was Zhu Di, who later launched the "Battle of Jingjing", and his grandfather was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Gaochu also has an older brother of the same father and mother-Zhu Gaochi, who is also the later Mingrenzong.
The two brothers have completely different personalities, the elder brother Zhu Gaochi has a big neck and thick shoulders, and is willing to sit down to read and write (probably because he is too lazy to move because of his body type);
And his younger brother Zhu Gaochi is active and fierce, likes to jump around, and sneers at reading and learning.
As a father, Zhu Di likes his second son Zhu Gaoxu even more, after all, he is ruthless in his bones and is very similar to himself, but Zhu Yuanzhang has no good impression of this kind of unlearned and unskilled child.
During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang once summoned the princes and heirs of various feudal princes to the capital to study, but Zhu Gaoxu looked like life was worse than death, refused to learn anything, and his words and deeds were very frivolous, and he did not have the appearance of a prince at all, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very disgusted.
In contrast, Zhu Gaochi was even more loved by his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, who sent him to review the army at dawn, but Zhu Gaochi thought that the weather was too cold at that time, and the review should be placed after breakfast.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to correct the recital, and Zhu Gaochi quickly divided the recital into two categories: civil and military, and completed the task in an orderly manner, this kind of political talent made Zhu Yuanzhang impressed.
So in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu (1395), Zhu Yuanzhang personally issued an edict to establish Zhu Gaochi as the son, and Zhu Gaochu, who was his younger brother, only got the identity of the king of Gaoyang, and the status of the two was very different.
And the annoying Zhu Gaoxu also has a hand in the aspect of "cheating father".
After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Zhu Di sent Zhu Gaochu's two brothers to Beijing, Zhu Gaoxu's idleness and frivolous behavior attracted the attention of his uncle Xu Huizu, who warned him to get rid of these bad habits, but Zhu Gaochu not only did not listen to persuasion, but also stole a good horse of Xu Huizu and ran back to Yanjing, on the way back he killed many officials and people because of trivial things, even Zhuozhou Yicheng was not spared.
After the matter reached the court, the minister strongly condemned Zhu Gaoxu's bad behavior, and Zhu Di, who was his father, had no light on his face.
Although Zhu Gaoxu is very uncomfortable in his conduct of life, he has to admit that he still has a certain talent in military affairs.
After Zhu Di was in the Yanjing Uprising, his elder brother Zhu Gaochi stayed in the base camp, while his younger brother Zhu Gaochu followed his father to fight in the north and south. In the battle of Baigou River, Zhu Gaochu led thousands of elite troops to charge into battle, and beheaded Qu Neng's father and son under the horse; later, Zhu Di Dongchang was defeated, and his general Zhang Yu died, and Zhu Gaochu arrived in time to repel the enemy at the critical moment.
In the battle of Puzikou, Zhu Di was defeated by the Southern Army again, and this time it was Zhu Gaoxu who descended like a god to save him from danger. At that time, Zhu Di was overjoyed when he saw this precious son, patted him on the back and said: "Reluctant!
The meaning of this sentence is: Be diligent! The son of the world is often sick. The subtext is: Work hard, Sao Nian! Your brother is often sick, and there may be a day when you take the throne.
At that time, Zhu Di said this probably just to thank Zhu Gaochu for saving his life, but to Zhu Gaoxu's ears, it was simply a heavenly sound, and since then a seed of rebellion has been planted in his heart, which has prompted him step by step to the road of rebellion until death.
In the Battle of Jingjing, Zhu Gaochu was praised by the latter for helping Zhu Di turn things around and turn defeat into victory many times, so Zhu Gaochu became more and more unpopular, and often relied on merit and did whatever he wanted.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, the ministers of the court, Qi Guogong Qiu Fu and the concubine Wang Ning, suggested that Zhu Gaochu be established as the crown prince, at first Zhu Di was difficult to decide, but thinking that Zhu Gaochi's identity as the son was determined by Taizu, plus he was the eldest son, Zhu Di still did not agree to this request.
The following year, Zhu Gaochi was made the crown prince, and Zhu Gaochu was named the king of Han and obtained the domain of Yunnan, but Zhu Gaochu was not only not grateful, but thought that this was a disguised exile for himself, and said that he was unwilling to go to Yunnan to take office.
Later, Zhu Gaoxu and his son visited Beijing, and he strongly asked to stay in Nanjing, but Zhu Di had to agree to his request.
With his favor, Zhu Gaoxu has won the opportunity to stay in Nanjing, if he is like his father Zhu Di, he is obscure and secretly accumulates strength, maybe he has the opportunity to realize the emperor's dream, but unfortunately the death gene in his blood does not agree, it is not obscene development, and he wants to wave!
Zhu Gaoxu asked to change the guards to Tiance Guard, and then compared himself to Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Please! Then Li Shimin is a lawbreaker who killed his brother and forced his father to abdicate, Zhu Gaoxu regarded him as a benchmark, is he afraid that Zhu Di would not know that he wanted to rebel? This kind of magical brain circuit is also rare in the world!
Later, Zhu Di thought about it for a long time and felt that Zhu Gaochu might not be satisfied with the fiefdom of Yunnan, so he changed his title to Qingzhou, but unfortunately Zhu Gaochu still did not give face and was still unwilling to take office.
Even if Zhu Di likes Zhu Gaochu, he will inevitably be suspicious of him, and he specially issued an edict to Zhu Gaochu, telling him to go to work on time.
But who is Zhu Gaoxu? A famous emperor of death! If he listened to Zhu Di's nonsense, wouldn't it be very shameless? So he regarded Zhu Di's edict as if it were nothing, and continued to find all kinds of excuses to delay time.
Maybe Zhu Gaoxu didn't think it was exciting enough to do this, so he collected 3,000 soldiers and ordered them to rob houses everywhere. As a result, these people fell into the hands of Xu Yedonkey, the commander of the soldiers and horses, and were punished according to law, this time Zhu Gaoxu was unhappy, he held an iron spoon and beat Xu Yedonkey to death, while the others did not dare to speak at all.
When the matter reached Zhu Di's ears, he was furious and took the time to come to Nanjing to investigate the situation, but he was shocked when he didn't know if he didn't check, it turned out that his good son Zhu Gaochu had already done dozens of shady illegal acts, so he scolded Zhu Gaochu to the blood, and imprisoned him in Xihuamen, and even planned to demote him to a concubine.
Fortunately, his brother Zhu Gaochi tearfully pleaded, and Zhu Gaochu escaped, Zhu Di just deprived him of two guards, and then killed several of his cronies as punishment.
The next year, Zhu Gaoxu was renamed Le'an Prefecture again, and now he no longer dared to be presumptuous, so he went to his destination to take up his post.
Because of his death, Zhu Gaochu lost his father's favor, and since then, as long as Zhu Di lives for one day, not only does he not have any possibility of ascending to the throne, but he must also restrain his restless heart.
(Zhu Gaoxu stills)
A few years later, Zhu Di died tragically on the way to the north, and the crown prince Zhu Gaochi naturally sat on the throne. Zhu Gaoxu felt that there was an opportunity, so he sent people to Beijing to investigate the situation, intending to launch a rebellion to realize the dream of becoming a master.
Later, when the matter was exposed, Zhu Gaochi not only did not get angry, but recalled his younger brother Zhu Gaochu back to the capital, increased his fortune and rewarded him with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and at the same time named all his sons as princes and county kings, hoping to influence each other with love.
However, Zhu Gaoxu didn't appreciate it at all, just looking for an opportunity to rebel, perhaps it was his sincerity that moved the heavens, and finally ushered in a great opportunity to become the emperor.
In 1425 AD, Zhu Gaochi, who had not yet sat on the throne, died of illness, and his son Zhu Zhanji was far away in Nanjing, and he had not been able to return to the capital to inherit the throne for the first time. In comparison, Zhu Gaoxu's Le'an Prefecture (Shandong) is closer to Beijing, even if the two of them get the news at the same time, he can enter Beijing one step ahead of his nephew Zhu Zhanji, which is a godsend opportunity to win the throne!
It's a pity that Zhu Gaoxu's brain circuit is completely different from ordinary people, and he plans to set up an ambush on Zhu Zhanji's way back to Beijing, so as to kill his competitors in one fell swoop.
And Zhu Zhanji is not stupid, he relied on the line to gain insight into this ambush operation in advance, so he changed the route and secretly returned to Beijing to successfully ascend the throne, on the other hand, Zhu Gaoxu, who thought he was sure of victory, not only worked in vain, but also lost the best opportunity to become emperor.
(Zhu Zhanji stills)
After Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, he continued his father's friendly attitude towards Zhu Gaoxu, and he rewarded his uncle Zhu Gaoxu greatly, as if the latter had a meritorious service for him. (To some extent, there is)
In order to cover up the embarrassment of the failed ambush, Zhu Gaoxu took the initiative to present Zhu Zhanji with four suggestions for governing the country and securing the country.
For these four suggestions, Zhu Zhanji adopted them all and specially wrote a letter to express his gratitude, and he also said in front of the ministers: "Grandpa once told my father that my uncle Zhu Gaoxu had bad intentions and must be more guarded, but because my father treated my uncle well, my uncle has obviously changed his mind, so he put forward such a constructive suggestion, and it is obvious that my grandfather's words are not credible!"
Since then, Zhu Zhanji has been almost obedient to Zhu Gaoxu, and he agrees to the other party no matter what he asks, which is even better than treating his own son!
However, there is a saying that "the country is easy to change and the nature is difficult to change", Zhu Gaoxu's submissive side is just to let Zhu Zhanji relax his vigilance, he has never given up the idea of seizing the throne, and because of Zhu Zhanji's obedience, his idea is getting stronger and stronger.
So a year later, Zhu Gaoxu rebelled. This time, he didn't plan to do any bells and whistles and tricks, but wanted to adopt the method of a real man to defeat Zhu Zhanji head-on and seize the throne.
The funniest thing is that he sent his cronies to infiltrate the capital, intending to collude with the British Duke Zhang Fu and other former ministers as internal responses, but Zhang Fu was already in a high position and enjoyed endless glory and wealth, so he would follow Zhu Gaochu to rebel when his brain was in water, so Zhang Fu betrayed Zhu Gaochu very simply and played Zhu Zhanji about his intention to rebel.
Even so, Zhu Zhanji, who remembered the old feelings, was still unwilling to deal with his own uncle, and he sent the eunuch Hou Tai to Shandong to deliver a letter, hoping that Zhu Gaoxu would stop in time to avoid causing a catastrophe.
Zhu Gaoxu saw that his nephew had just sent a eunuch to deliver the letter, thinking that the other party was afraid, so he was even more arrogant, and he told the eunuch, "I, Zhu Gaoxu, am a good man who stands up to the sky, how can I be wronged to live an unhappy life because of the gold, silk and other petty profits sent by Zhu Zhanji? You hurry back and tell Zhu Zhanji, tie up the traitor Xia Yuanji and others, and then slowly discuss my request, if not, don't blame my uncle for turning my face and being ruthless!"
(Zhu Gaoxu stills)
After hearing these words, Hou Tai was very frightened, so he could only agree repeatedly, and when he returned to the capital, Zhu Zhanji asked him how the situation was, and Hou Tai did not dare to answer truthfully.
Soon after, Zhu Gaoxu personally wrote to the princes and ministers, accusing them of all kinds of acts and feeling sorry for their behavior of abandoning the open and turning to the dark! At this time, Zhu Zhanji finally had to admit that his uncle had really rebelled, and it was imperative to send troops to quell the rebellion.
When discussing countermeasures, the British public Zhang Fu thought that Zhu Gaoxu was cowardly and incompetent, and took the initiative to lead 20,000 horses to capture the other party. (It can be seen that the people in the central court don't take Zhu Gaoxu seriously at all)
However, Zhu Zhanji insisted on driving the expedition in person, and he planned to use this opportunity to deter those who were unsubservient with ill intentions.
Before the imperial expedition, Zhu Zhanji wrote to Zhu Gaoxu again, asking him to take the initiative to hand over the people who instigated the rebellion, so that he could be exempted from the crime, otherwise it would be too late for the army to regret it.
Although he was uneasy when he heard that Zhu Zhanji was personally driving the expedition, he did not admit defeat at all, and even took the initiative to issue a war letter after the advance of the conquest army arrived in Le'an.
When he came to the city gate, Zhu Zhanji once again opened his net and ordered the soldiers to launch a magic machine and shoot the letter of surrender into the city, hoping that Zhu Gaoxu would know his way back.
However, Zhu Gaochu still ignored him, and even the soldiers in the city couldn't stand it, they didn't want to affect themselves because of Zhu Gaoxu's death, and planned to seize Zhu Gaochu and dedicate it to Zhu Zhanji to atone for his crimes.
At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu finally realized that he "the general trend has gone", and he had no choice but to send someone out of the city to deliver a message to Zhu Zhanji, and decided to go out of the city tomorrow morning to surrender, to which Zhu Zhanji agreed. That night, Zhu Gaoxu destroyed all the weapons and all the evidence of the rebellion.
The next day, Zhu Gaochu was about to go out of the city and surrender, but his subordinate Wang Bin tried his best to dissuade him and said: "I would rather die in battle than be captured alive!" It is estimated that this Wang Bin has been mixed with Zhu Gaochu for a long time, and he is also infected with some stupid middle two atmosphere.
However, at this time, Zhu Gaoxu had already "repented", he even coaxed and deceived Wang Bin and others to stabilize them, and then secretly went out of the city from the trail and took the initiative to arrest him.
Seeing the culprit Zhu Gaoxu, the ministers were furious, and they demanded that Zhu Gaoxu be sentenced to death, but Zhu Zhanji did not agree, and only demoted Zhu Gaoxu's father and son to concubines and imprisoned them in Xi'anmen, and Wang Bin and others who suggested that he fight to the death were all executed, and only Changshi Li Mo survived because of his advice.
Originally, Zhu Gaoxu relied on Zhu Zhanji's trust and was almost able to live a good life under one person and above ten thousand people, but under the death, his dream of being an emperor was not only completely shattered, but also lost his luxurious identity and was degraded to a concubine and imprisoned in Xi'anmen.
(Zhu Gaoxu stills)
Death is like taking drugs, there have never been zero times and countless times, Zhu Gaoxu adheres to the lofty concept of "as long as you don't die, you will do it in death", and launched the last death in his life.
Although Zhu Zhanji imprisoned his uncle Zhu Gaoxu in Xi'an Gate, he still remembered his old feelings, so one day he took time to visit Zhu Gaoxu in Xi'an Gate.
And Zhu Gaoxu was quite resentful because he was imprisoned here, and he planned to take the opportunity to find the field, so he deliberately tripped Zhu Zhanji with one foot during his walking, and the latter did not pay attention to the fall of a "".
This time, Zhu Zhanji was completely provoked, and under the combined effect of new hatred and old hatred, he was furious, and ordered someone to find a copper cylinder weighing more than 300 catties and detain Zhu Gaoxu inside.
However, Zhu Gaochu was powerful and powerful, and he was able to use his strength to hold up the copper cylinder, so Zhu Zhanji ordered people to light charcoal around the copper cylinder and roast Zhu Gaochu to death with a raging fire!
This time, no matter how Zhu Gaochu pleaded in the copper vat, Zhu Zhanji turned a deaf ear, because his patience and benevolence had reached the upper limit, and Zhu Gaoxu, who had repeatedly provoked him, must vent his anger with death.
After Zhu Gaoxu's death, several of his sons were also implicated and all of them were killed, so that the Emperor of Death never had the opportunity to display his jaw-dropping talent for death!
All in all, Zhu Gaoxu's life can be described in one sentence: If he doesn't die, he won't die! Born with a golden key, he could have enjoyed all the glory and wealth, but because he liked death too much, he successively lost his father's favor, the opportunity to become emperor, and the patience of his nephew Zhu Zhanji, and finally ended up being made into a "crockpot stewed chicken".
Fortunately, Zhu Di did not make Zhu Gaochu the crown prince at that time, otherwise he might have jumped up from the coffin board because of Zhu Gaoxu's stupid behavior!