Emperor Guangzong of the Ming Dynasty can be described as a tragic emperor, and his time as crown prince seems to be the longest in history, but his time as emperor is very short. Zhu Changluo in the historical record is actually a good emperor who thinks about the people, knows how to govern the government and is very kind, but his body is very thin.
After Zhu Changluo became crown prince, the emperor at that time let Zhu Changluo live in the princely palace with his mother Concubine Gong early in order to avoid the dispute between the princes in the harem. Although the crown prince moved away from the palace, the battle in the harem did not stop, and at that time, Zheng Guifei framed Zhu Changluo at every turn in order to get her son to sit on the throne of the prince. Every time he was in distress, he was able to kill Chengxiang every time he was killed, and the emperor said that he was the next emperor destined by heaven.
As soon as these words came out, Concubine Zheng Guifei was angry and decided to gather her forces to prepare to seize the throne for her son. At this time, after Zhu Changluo learned the news, he was always thinking about the emperor's health, so as to oppose Zheng Guifei, in order to eliminate Zhu Changluo, Zheng Guifei instigated the emperor to let Zhu Changluo supervise the border war.
It was obvious that she was supervising the war, but secretly Zheng Guifei did not intend to let Zhu Changluo return to the palace alive, and Zheng Guifei sent someone to drug the emperor while assassinating Zhu Changluo. Soon Zhu Changluo received news that the emperor was critically ill, and broke through the layers of obstacles of Zheng Guifei to return to the capital.
After arriving in the capital, he found that Concubine Zheng guifei had surrounded the palace, so Zhu Changluo took someone to kill him but still failed to save the emperor.
After the emperor's death, Zhu Changluo ascended to the throne, but with a kind nature and a broad heart, he not only did not execute Zheng Guifei and the three princes, but also made Zheng Guifei a concubine to manage the harem. The third prince went to the fiefdom to become the King of Fu. However, Zhu Changluo's approach did not make Zheng Guifei reform, but instead intensified.
While trying to provoke Zhu Changluo's relationship with his concubines, Princess Zheng guifei trained eight beautiful women for herself to confuse the emperor and kill him. Later, after the eight women trained by Zheng Guifei entered the palace, they confused the emperor according to Zheng Guifei's instructions, but Zhu Changluo was not, so they gave Zhu Changluo a large amount of aphrodisiacs during a drink.
After the seizure of the drug, Zhu Changluo spent the night with eight women and then fell unconscious the next morning, and after the doctor took the pulse and found that the internal fire was strong caused by the aphrodisiac, he prescribed laxatives with the intention of reducing the medicinal properties. Unexpectedly, although Zhu Changluo was awake, he had been constantly diarrhea, and he could pull more than forty times a day.
At this time, a minister recommended a Daoist who was refining medicine to Zhu Changluo, saying that there was a panacea that could alleviate the emperor's symptoms, and Zhu Changluo, who was in a hurry to go to the hospital, summoned the Daoist priest without thinking and took the "red pill" he brought. After taking it, Zhu Changluo did feel a lot better, and he went to the early dynasty the next day. So Zhu Changluo, who was anxious to recover, continued to take the "red pill".
Zhu Changluo, who had taken the "Red Pill" again, collapsed, and this time he quickly went to the Western Elysium. The so-called "red pill" of the Taoist priest is not a panacea, but a folk aphrodisiac, although it can make people refreshed for a short time, but continuous use is a deadly poison, which can quickly empty the body of the user.
If Zhu Changluo had not taken these two aphrodisiacs, perhaps the Ming Dynasty could have lasted longer, after all, he was a good emperor. But there is no if in the world, and the fact that he wanted his own life because of two aphrodisiacs is indisputable.