In 1425 (the first year of the Ming Dynasty), the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Akihito, Zhu Gaozi, died suddenly 10 months after he ascended the throne, which made the entire dynasty panic. Empress Zhang hastily discussed with Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Xia Yuanji, Zhang Fu and several other core ministers how to ensure a smooth transition of the throne.
Finally, through consultation, there are three things that cannot be postponed:
First, it is necessary to block the news on the greatest scale and not allow Zhu Gaoxu, the king of han, and others to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.
Second, he immediately sent his henchmen to Nanjing to meet the crown prince Zhu Zhanji, who was hurrying to arrive, and only when Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne smoothly could he stabilize the overall situation.
Third, from Nanjing to Beijing, the distance is long, before Zhu Zhanji arrived in the capital, it was necessary to find someone to supervise the country and execute the imperial power instead of the emperor, but who to find to supervise the country, Yang Shiqi and others were not easy to recommend.
At the critical moment, Empress Zhang showed her determination to kill, and he immediately recommended the fifth prince Zhu Zhanyuan to temporarily supervise the country, which won everyone's approval.
Zhu Zhanyuan was Zhu Zhanji's half-brother, the son of Empress Zhang, the fifth in line, and was crowned the King of Xiang at that time, but because he had just turned 18 years old, Zhu Gaozi loved this son, so he let him live in the capital and did not go to the fief for the time being.
Next, there was a more bizarre scene in the Ming Dynasty, the crown prince Zhu Zhanji had previously been appointed by his father as the overseer of the state, and at this time he was on his way back to Beijing from Nanjing, and in the city of Beijing, Zhu Zhanyuan was appointed as the overseer. The Ming Dynasty actually had two prison states, one in the south and one in the north, which was rare in a unified dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanyuan was known as "the most cattle emperor uncle of the Ming Dynasty", he went through 7 dynasties, passed the throne 3 times, and finally became a model for the Ming Dynasty king, enjoying the highest courtesy of the king of the ming dynasty.
In this article, the author shares Zhu Zhanyuan with you, setting aside the complex historical background, hoping that everyone can see a different king of the clan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="13" > first, the queen concubine ranked fifth</h1>
In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1395), because Zhu Gaozi, the eldest son of Zhu Di, the King of Yan, turned 18 years old, Zhu Yuanzhang decreed that Zhu Gaozi be made the son of the King of Yan. Although Zhu Di did not like him as the eldest son, Zhu Yuanzhang had always been a resolute enforcer of the "primogeniture inheritance system", so the candidate for the Son of the Yan King was destined to be Zhu Gaozi from the beginning.
According to the Ming Shi Vol. VIII, Renzong Benji, Zhu Gaozi studied in Nanjing since childhood, and Zhu Yuanzhang always liked Zhu Gaozi very much. Therefore, in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang not only made Zhu Gaozi the son of the Prince of Yan, but also gave Zhu Gaozi a marriage, and made Zhang Qi's daughter Zhang Qi the princess of the Yan King.
The Biography of Ming Shi Zhang Qi records:
For twenty years, Hongwu took a female concubine as the princess of Yan Shizi and was given the title of deputy commander of the terracotta army.
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Qi's status was not very prominent, and his younger brother Zhang Lin was Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law (married to Zhu Yuanzhang's eighth daughter, Princess Fuqing).
Zhu Yuanzhang certainly did not expect that the wife he married to Zhu Gaozi, Zhang Shi, would become the later Empress Chengxiaozhao, who went through six dynasties and became an important woman in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Gaozi and Zhang Shi were married, Zhang's origin was not high, and after he married into the Yan King's Palace, he had great respect for Zhu Gaozi, and the relationship between the husband and wife was excellent. Not only that, Zhang Shi is also an excellent daughter-in-law. The Biography of Empress Ming Shi Chengxiaozhao records:
women are the most respectful, Yade Chengzu and Empress Renxiao huan.
That is, the Zhang clan has a meek personality and serves his in-laws, and Zhu Di and Xu Shi (Zhu Di's wife and Xu Da's daughter) are very satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
In February of the 31st year of Hongwu, when Zhu Yuanzhang was already bedridden, Zhang gave birth to Zhu Gaozi's eldest son, Zhu Zhanji. According to the "Ming Shi Xuanzong Benji", when Zhu Zhanji was born, Zhu Di happened to have a dream, dreaming that Zhu Yuanzhang gave him a big gui, which was an ancient sacrifice heavy weapon, representing imperial power. Therefore, Zhu Di has always been very partial to Zhu Zhanji. After the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Gaozi was made crown prince, and Zhu Zhanji added a lot of points to his father.
Zhu Zhanji was born before the Battle of Jingnan and was deeply loved by his grandfather Zhu Di, and his two younger brothers did not have such opportunities. In the third year of Yongle, Zhang gave birth to a second son, named Zhu Zhanyong; in the second year, Zhang gave birth to a third son, named Zhu Zhanyuan.
In the history books, Zhu Zhanyong is relatively mediocre, and although Zhu Zhanyuan is not as good as the eldest brother Zhu Zhanji, he is much more brilliant than the third brother Zhu Zhanyong. Biography of the Ming Dynasty:
King Zhan of Xiangxian, the fifth son of Emperor Renzong, was enfeoffed in the 22nd year of Yongle. Police Zhuang has a reputation.
Here is a sentence "Zhuang police have a reputation", indicating that Zhu Zhanyuan was clever and dignified from an early age, and he was praised by everyone.
Although not the eldest son, Zhu Zhanyuan, as the concubine of the empress and loved by her parents, was destined to take on more responsibilities for the Ming Dynasty. Because next, Zhu Zhanyuan will witness many stormy moments of the Ming Dynasty.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="13" > second, the days of being a prince are too short</h1>
During the Yongle Dynasty, Zhu Gaozi had been trembling and trembling, and he was made crown prince. Zhu Gaozi supervised the country for many years as a crown prince, and in order not to arouse his father's suspicion, he never dared to win over the ministers in the court. Even so, the second brother Zhu Gaoxu never gave up the attack on Zhu Gaoxu, who was "too difficult" to attack.
Under these circumstances, Zhu Gaozi asked his sons to be cautious in their words and deeds, and try not to cause trouble for themselves. Therefore, Zhu Zhanyuan grew up to the age of 18 in the Yongle Dynasty and has always been very low-key.
In the twenty-second year of Yongle, the 65-year-old Zhu Di died of illness in the Yumu River during the fifth northern expedition to Mongolia. In order to avoid Zhu Gaoxu's seizure of power, Yang Rong ordered Zhu Di's body to be packed in a sealed lead canister and pretend that Zhu Di was still alive. Then secretly sent people into Beijing to inform Zhu Gaozi, who carefully laid out the layout and sent Zhu Zhanji to the grassland to meet Zhu Di's coffin, and then took control of the situation.
On the seventh day of September in the 22nd year of Yongle, Zhu Gaozi officially ascended the throne as Emperor Akihito. He made his wife Zhang Shi empress and his eldest son Zhu Zhanji crown prince. At the same time, Zhu Gaozi made his adult sons one by one, and the fifth prince Zhu Zhanyuan was crowned king of Xiang. Perhaps out of love for Zhu Zhanyuan, Zhu Gaozi did not let Zhu Zhanyuan immediately go to Xiangyang to take the domain, but instead left him in the capital temporarily.
For Zhu Zhanyuan, being a prince was much more enjoyable than being an imperial grandson, and at that time, the position of crown prince of the eldest brother Zhu Zhanji was very stable, and Zhu Zhanyuan could be at ease to be a king of the clan.
However, what Zhu Zhanyuan did not expect was that his time as emperor was too short, and he soon became an imperial brother.
In early April of Hong Xi's first year, Zhu Gaozi heard that there had been many earthquakes in Nanjing, and sent his crown prince Zhu Zhanji to Nanjing to supervise the country. Zhu Zhanji had just left for more than a month, and on May 28, Zhu Gaozi fell ill and hurriedly sent someone to Nanjing to summon Zhu Zhanji back to the dynasty, and the next day, the people sent to pick up Zhu Zhanji had just left the capital not far away, and Zhu Gaozi died.
Zhu Gaozi's sudden departure caught the entire Ming Dynasty off guard, so Empress Zhang consulted with Yang Shiqi and others, sending people to greet Zhu Zhanji on the one hand, and letting Zhu Zhanyuan oversee the country on the other hand.
According to the epitaph written by Yang Shiqi for Xia Yuanji (谥号"Zhongjing"), it is recorded that:
Emperor Renzong Bintian, Xia Zhongjing was ordered by Gu. Shi Xuanzong was the crown prince, overseeing the state of Nanjing, which was fierce at home and abroad, and had the worries of the Han people. The empress dowager was assisted by gongdonggong, and all military and state affairs were ordered to be adjudicated. The public conspired to rush back to Beijing. When the drive was approaching, the group of courtiers came out to greet them, and the empress dowager secretly ordered the prince to stay with King Xiang to oversee the country.
This means that Empress Zhang asked Xia Yuan Ji to assist Zhu Zhanyuan the Prince of Xiang to supervise the country, and later the crown prince Zhu Zhanji rushed to the capital, and all the courtiers went to greet her, and Empress Zhang, probably out of safety considerations, did not let Xia Yuan Ji and Zhu Zhanyuan go out of the city to greet each other, but let Xia Yuan Ji still assist Zhu Zhanyuan.
It can be seen that The time that Zhu Zhanyuan supervised the state lasted until Zhu Zhanji returned to the capital. After that, Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne as emperor, and it was for Emperor Xuanzong of Ming that Zhu Zhanyuan's mission to supervise the state was officially over. Zhu Zhanyuan changed from a prince to an imperial brother.
In fact, Empress Zhang had three sons, in addition to the emperor's eldest son Zhu Zhanji and the emperor's fifth son Zhu Zhanyuan, the emperor's third son Zhu Zhanyong was also the empress's concubine. When Emperor Akihito died, Zhu Zhanyong was also in the capital, and Empress Zhang did not let the emperor's third son oversee the country, but let the emperor's fifth son take on this responsibility, which can also be seen that Zhu Zhanyuan has superiority.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="13" > third, I had no intention of taking the throne</h1>
After Zhu Zhanji reigned, he also had great trust in this fifth brother. In the first year of Xuande, Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han, rebelled, and Zhu Zhanji, at the suggestion of Yang Rong and Zhang Fu, decided to march in person. At this time, Zhu Zhanyuan was once again entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the eldest brother. The Ming Shi Xuanzong Benji records:
He personally enjoined Gao Xu, ordered King Zheng Zhan Biao, King Xiang Zhan Ju Shou, Marquis Xue Lu of Yangwu, Wu Cheng of Qingping, and generals of the Fifth Army of Dalai.
This means that Emperor Xuanzong of Ming left the second brother Zhu Zhanbiao (the second son of Emperor Akihito) and the fifth brother Zhu Zhanyuan to leave the prison state. In the "Biography of Ming Shi Zhu Zhanbiao", it is said that "Zhu Zhanbiao was violent, and several people were killed under the staff", which shows that Zhu Zhanbiao was more brutal, and Emperor Xuanzong of Ming let Zhu Zhanbiao supervise the country, perhaps because Zhu Zhanbiao was older. However, when Emperor Xuanzong abandoned the third brother and let the fifth brother and the second brother supervise the country together, it could be seen that he looked at the fifth brother Zhu Zhanyuan differently.
Ming Shi Yun:
The secrets played everywhere are revealed and sent to play. For example, robbers, anti-prisons, and other things that cannot be postponed, immediately enlightened and carried out; and the cultivation of military weapons, the urgent use of all things, the public and the same accounting...
This means that When Zhu Zhanquan and Zhu Zhanquan were in charge of the country, when they encountered confidential matters, they would immediately send someone to quickly increase their whips to ask Zhu Zhanji. If you encounter robbers, anti-prisons, etc., which are too urgent, you will deal with them immediately. Because Zhu Zhanji was a royal conscript, as a superintendent, in addition to handling the affairs of the dynasty, he also had to supply military food and weapons in the front, and the two overseers would consult with the ministers to properly arrange the supply of military supplies.
Later, Zhu Zhanji successfully captured Zhu Gaoxu alive, the army triumphed, saw the order of the capital, and praised the two younger brothers. Two years later, in the third year of Xuande, Zhu Zhanji's eldest son, the two-year-old Zhu Qizhen, was made crown prince, and the ministers believed that since the kingdom had been decided, the princes of the clan should be allowed to leave the capital and take up the fiefdom. Zhu Zhanji renamed his younger brother Zhu Zhanyuan the "King of Xiang", and he took the throne of Changsha, and finally Xuande dynasty, Zhu Zhanyuan never returned to Beijing.
Ten years after Xuande, Emperor Xuanzong of Ming died at the age of 38. Crown Prince Zhu Qizhen was only 9 years old, and at that time some people believed that in order to ensure the normal development of the dynasty, in order to ensure the normal development of the dynasty, in a special period, it was necessary to adopt the method of "brother to brother and brother" to let Zhu Zhanyuan, the king of Xiang, ascend the throne as emperor.
Because Zhu Zhanyuan was Empress Zhang's own son, everyone rumored that this was Empress Zhang's idea. For a time, people's minds were moving, and in the case of knowing that there was a prince, many "wall-headed grasses" did not express their support for the prince, but waited for Empress Zhang to speak.
After Empress Zhang heard about it, she hurriedly summoned her courtiers to the Qianqing Palace and clearly told everyone that although Zhu Qizhen was young, his name had been determined, and he absolutely had no idea of supporting his young son to ascend the throne. At this time, the group of courtiers collectively embraced the town of Zhuqi. Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne for Emperor Mingyingzong, and Empress Zhang became the "Empress Dowager".
Moreover, at that time, Zhu Zhanyuan was far away in Changsha, and a month later, he heard the news that someone wanted to proclaim himself emperor, and Zhu Zhanyuan was sincerely afraid and quickly went up to show that he was immoral and incompetent, and absolutely did not dare to covet the throne. By the time his recital was sent to the capital, Zhu Qizhen had already ascended the throne.
In the second year (the first year of orthodoxy), Zhu Zhanyuan was suddenly "moved" to the place. The Biography of the Ming Dynasty kings records:
In the first year of orthodoxy, xiangyang was moved.
Curiously, in the first year of orthodoxy, Zhu Qizhen's second uncle Zhu Zhanyong, third uncle Zhu Zhanyong, and sixth uncle Zhu Zhanyuan were still alive, and there were only two imperial uncles who were moved to the fiefdom, one was the fifth uncle Zhu Zhanyuan, and the other was the seventh uncle Zhu Zhanyuan. Why the seventh uncle wanted to move the fiefdom, the Ming History gave specific reasons:
In October of Emperor Yingzong's ascension to the throne, he migrated to Rao Prefecture in the first year of the reign of Emperor Yingzong.
Zhu Zhanyuan was given the title of Shaozhou, and he was not in good health, and he thought that Shaozhou was "full of miasma", so he wrote to Emperor Mingyingzong and asked himself to move to the fiefdom. Later, Emperor Ming Yingzong moved his seventh uncle to Raozhou. On the other hand, Zhu Zhanyuan, who moved from Changsha to Xiangyang, did not give any reason.
Therefore, the author speculates that although Zhu Qizhen was young at that time, the "Three Yangs" and other people who assisted the government may have considered that last year someone tried to support Zhu Zhanyuan as emperor, and in order to take precautions, it was better to move Zhu Zhanyuan's fiefdom, which could shake his foundation. Therefore, from then on, Zhu Zhanyuan was changed from "Xiang Wang" to "Xiang Wang".
This was the first time that Zhu Zhanyuan had passed by the throne, he had no intention of taking the throne, but someone had considered him, and he might have been angered by this. I have to say that with the situation at that time, if his mother Empress Zhang supported him, Zhu Zhanyuan would really be able to ascend the throne as emperor.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="13" > four, one after the other</h1>
Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne at a young age, and at that time there were empress dowagers and Three Yang auxiliaries, and the Ming Dynasty was still a political and harmonious person. With the death of Empress Dowager Tai and Sanyang, Ming Yingzong took full control of the royal power, and he began to be less "obedient". Emperor Mingyingzong hoped that he could gallop like Taizu and Emperor Taizong, so the eunuch Wang Zhen encouraged him to personally conquer Vala.
In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Ming Yingzong took the 500,000 elite imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty to march in person, Wang Zhen, in order to show his power to his hometown, urged Ming Yingzong to bypass his hometown of Weizhou, but unexpectedly, here was raided by the Wa people, the Ming Dynasty's 500,000 elite and Xungui clique were almost completely destroyed in this battle, and Ming Yingzong became a prisoner of the Wa people, known in history as the "change of Tumu Fort".
The change of Tumu Fort was a huge turning point for the Ming Dynasty, and Ming Yingzong became the only emperor of the Ming Dynasty who had been a prisoner. The capture of Emperor Mingyingzong plunged the Ming Dynasty into great panic, when Emperor Ming's eldest son, Zhu Jianshen, was only two years old, and the Wala people used Emperor Mingyingzong as a blackmail to blackmail the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, some people proposed that for the sake of the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, a new monarch should be established. At this time, Zhu Zhanyuan once again became a candidate for the crown prince.
The Biography of the Ming Dynasty kings records:
Among the kings, Emperor Yingzong was the longest and wisest of the kings, and the crowd was quite popular.
This time, it can be said that Zhu Zhanyuan is the closest to the throne. His nephew Zhu Qizhen was captured, and Zhu Qizhen's son was only two years old, and the state relied on Changjun, because Zhu Zhanyuan was the younger brother of the former emperor (Zhu Zhanji), and he was also the "longest and wisest" of the clan kings, and the most prestigious among the clans. Therefore, Zhu Zhanyuan's voice was very high.
At that time, empress dowager Zhang Shi had died, and Empress Sun, the mother of Zhu Qizhen in the harem, had the most say, and although Empress Sun was distressed about her son, she also had to think about the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and at the critical moment, Empress Sun listened to the advice of the ministers. Ming Shi Yun:
The empress dowager ordered xiangguo to enter the palace with the golden charm, but it was not successfully summoned.
Empress Sun sent someone to take the golden charm of Zhu Zhanyuan, the Prince of Xiang, and then sent someone to summon her younger uncle Zhu Zhanyuan to Beijing.
Empress Sun had already sent people to Xiangyang, but almost at the same time, Yu Qian, a military attendant, and others suggested that Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Qiyu,the younger brother of Zhu Qizhen (朱祁镇), the Prince of Qi, be made emperor. Since Zhu Qiyu was in the capital at the time, Empress Sun agreed to Yu Qian's suggestion, and Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne as Emperor Ming.
After Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, he won the defense war of Beijing, allowing the Ming Dynasty to avoid a "shame of Jingkang". However, due to the distance, Zhu Zhanyuan did not know that Zhu Qiyu had ascended the throne, and Zhu Zhanyuan once again resigned after receiving an edict from Empress Sun summoning him to Beijing. The Ming Shi Kings records:
Zhan Yuan wrote a letter, asking the emperor to be the eldest son, ordering the king to supervise the country, and recruiting brave and wise men to welcome the car. Book to, Jing Di Li a few days.
What Zhu Zhanyuan meant was that Ming Yingzong had a son and a younger brother, and his uncle suddenly came to take over the plate, and he could not say anything about etiquette. It was best to support the young Zhu Jianshen to succeed to the throne, let Zhu Qiyu come to oversee the country, and then send wise and courageous men to save Ming Yingzong.
By the time Zhu Zhanyuan's recital was sent to the capital, Zhu Qiyu had already ascended the throne for several days, and the defense war in Beijing was about to begin.
After Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, Zhu Qizhen, the eldest brother of Yaozun, became the Emperor Taishang, and later Zhu Qizhen returned, and Zhu Qiyu, fearing that Zhu Qizhen would regain the throne, ordered Zhu Qizhen to be imprisoned in the Southern Palace. After Zhu Zhanyuan heard about it, he wrote a note to Zhu Qiyu, and the Biography of the Ming Dynasty kings recorded:
He also wrote to Emperor Jing that emperor Yi Danxi province was to ask for food and greetings, and led the group of ministers to see him, and did not forget to be obedient.
Zhu Zhanyuan meant that since Zhu Qizhen was honored as Emperor Taishang, and Zhu Qiyu, as his younger brother, went to emperor Taishang every day to greet Him, and led his courtiers to meet Emperor Taishang, don't forget to be obedient.
I have to say that Zhu Zhanyuan's heart is still relatively thick. He had been the younger brother of Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji and knew the duty of being a younger brother, so he advised Zhu Qiyu not to embarrass Zhu Qizhen.
After Zhu Qiyu received Zhu Zhanyuan's recital, he was very unhappy, but after all, Zhu Zhanyuan was his uncle, and he ordered zhu Zhanyuan to be praised.
To be fair, Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty was a good emperor, but he did two things wrong in his life: First, after he became emperor, he became a slave to power and imprisoned his brother. Second, when he ascended the throne, Empress Sun had agreed that Zhu Jianshen's position as crown prince could not be moved, but Zhu Qiyu deposed his nephew as crown prince and established her own son Zhu Jianji as crown prince.
Zhu Qiyu wanted to completely keep the throne in his own vein, but unfortunately, the heavens did not go according to people's wishes, and his son Zhu Jianji died after only one year as crown prince, resulting in the country being empty.
In the eighth year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill, and because he was childless, the ministers fell into panic. At that time, Shang Ren, a ming dynasty official, Sanyuan and Zuo Chunfang University scholar Shangrui, proposed to re-establish Zhu Jianshen as crown prince, but Zhu Qiyu vetoed it. Everyone saw that Zhu Qiyu had no intention of leaving the throne to Zhu Jianshen, so they had to think of another way, for example, the university scholar Wang Wen urged Zhu Qiyu to welcome the emperor's uncle Zhu Zhanyuan or Zhu Zhanyuan's son to Beijing to inherit the throne.
This was the third time that Zhu Zhanyuan had passed by the throne, but at that time, Zhu Qiyu was terminally ill and did not agree with Wang Wen's suggestion. At this time, Zhu Zhanyuan was already 51 years old and had been the king of the domain for half a lifetime, and even if Zhu Qiyu agreed, it was estimated that Zhu Zhanyuan would not enter the capital.
On the night of the sixteenth day of the first month of the eighth year of Jingtai, Shi Heng and others launched a change to seize the door, Zhu Qizhen re-ascended the throne, and Zhu Qiyu's eight-year imperial career ended.
After Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, he heard that some people wanted to welcome the foreign clan into Beijing, and pointed the spearhead directly at Zhu Zhanyuan, and became suspicious of Zhu Zhanyuan. History:
Emperor Yingzong's restoration, Shi Heng and others slandered Yu Qian and Wang Wenyou, and the emperor was quite suspicious.
Later, Zhu Qizhen saw the above two recitals of Zhu Zhanyuan at the empress dowager' place, knew that Zhu Zhanyuan had always been very protective of himself, and was very touched, not only dispelling his suspicions about Zhu Zhanyuan, but also ordering Zhu Zhanyuan to come to Beijing and have a long talk with the emperor.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="13" >5, the highest courtesy of the king of the clan</h1>
When Zhu Zhanyuan entered the dynasty, Emperor Mingyingzong personally feasted, and after the meal, Zhu Qizhen asked: "Uncle Huang has not entered the capital for a long time, if there are any requirements, even if you open your mouth to Xiang Yuan!" Zhu Zhanyuan said: "On the way to the subject's arrival, passing by Kaifeng, Kaifeng's father and elder stopped the way and complained, saying that According to the inspection, Wang Huan was framed and imprisoned, and implored the minister to ask His Majesty to look into it." ”
What Zhu Zhanyuan asked for was not his own private affair, but what the people asked for. Emperor Mingyingzong immediately ordered Wang To be released. It can be seen that Ming Yingzong has great trust in his uncle.
Zhu Zhanyuan only spent a few days in the capital, did not see the ministers privately, and did not move around much except to worship the ancestral tombs. Later, Zhu Zhanyuan left Beijing, and Zhu Qizhen personally sent him outside the noon gate to say goodbye to his uncle with tears. Zhu Zhanyuan looked at Zhu Qizhen and finally said:
"All sides hope to cure hunger and thirst, and may the punishment be spared."
This means that the people of the world all hope to live a peaceful life, and hope that His Majesty can reduce the prison and lightly dispense with the gifts.
What Zhu Zhanyuan said to Ming Yingzong was for the people. Emperor Mingyingzong bowed his hand to his uncle, and the two uncles and nephews said goodbye.
In fact, although Ming Yingzong was a strange emperor, he still had a certain deed after he ascended the throne for the second time.
In the fourth year of Emperor Ming's reign, Zhu Zhanyuan was once again ordered to enter the dynasty. On the day of leaving Beijing, Ming Yingzong personally rode a horse and followed Zhu Zhanyuan's shoulders and sent Zhu Zhanyuan to Lugou Bridge. Zhu Zhancheng was sincerely afraid and advised Ming Yingzong: "Sending a subject with a king is not in accordance with the law of etiquette. Unexpectedly, Ming Yingzong said:
"Wang De has great hopes and respects, today he is not sending his subjects as a king, but by sending his uncle as a nephew, what chaos!"
Meaning, uncle, you are highly respected, today it is not the emperor who sends his courtiers, but the nephew who sends his uncle!
After Zhu Zhanyuan listened, he did not dare to disobey, but let people carry their shoulders upside down, indicating that they did not dare to turn their backs on Ming Yingzong. Ming Yingzong saw that the emperor was completely sincere and very emotional.
Biography of the Ming Dynasty:
When the years are asked, the courtesy is long, and the rewards are unprecedented. Chenghua fourteen years of ferns.
During the reigns of Emperor Mingyingzong and Emperor Mingxianzong, every year they sent people to Xiangyang to greet Zhu Zhanyuan, who enjoyed the highest treatment among the kings of the domain. In the fourteenth year of Emperor Mingxian's reign, Zhu Zhanyuan died at the age of 73.
Zhu Zhanyuan was a relatively special king of the Ming Dynasty, he went through Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, Zhengtong, Jingtai, Tianshun, Chenghua, a total of 7 dynasties and 6 emperors, enjoyed the highest courtesy of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and had a far-reaching influence on the two dynasties of Yingzong and Xianzong.
Judging from the trajectory of Zhu Zhanyuan's life, he was born after the Jing Dynasty, and he was dressed in fine clothes and jade from birth, as the son of Emperor Renzong, the brother of Xuanzong, and the uncle of Emperor Yingzong, Zhu Zhanyuan was able to keep the duty of a courtier when he had three opportunities to face the throne, which was very rare.
The author has three summaries of Zhu Zhanyuan:
First, Zhu Zhanyuan was first and foremost a courtier who scrupulously abided by his duties, and he did not covet the throne.
Second, Zhu Zhanyuan was a benevolent imperial uncle, as can be seen from his persuasion of Zhu Qiyu to be kind to Zhu Qizhen.
Third, Zhu Zhanyuan was a capable clan king, but because of his own identity, Zhu Zhanyuan did not have many opportunities to show his talents except for a short period of imprisonment.
Chapter 46 of the Tao Te Ching:
There is a way under the heavens, but it is a horse with dung, there is no way under the world, and the horses are born in the suburbs. There is no greater sin than desire; no greater evil than displeasure; no greater blame than desire; therefore contentment is always sufficient.
People who do not make excessive expectations and can find their own position are "Changzu", and people like Zhu Zhanyuan are "Changzu" people. Unfortunately, in various periods of history, there are not many such people, but negative teaching materials abound.