In the first month of 1565, the 59-year-old Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi learned of the sudden death of his son. Surprisingly, Jiajing did not grieve over his son's death, but said, "This son has always wanted to take his wife as the prince, and now he is finally dead!" ”
Why did Jiajing say such a thing after his son's death? What mistake did this son make Jiajing so indifferent?
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Zhu Zaizhen, the King of Jing, was the fourth son of the Jiajing Emperor, born in February of the sixteenth year of Jiajing, only one month younger than his third brother Zhu Zaizhen the Prince of Yu.
Before the birth of the brothers Yu Wang and Jing Wang, Jiajing already had two sons, of which the eldest son died two months after birth, and the second son, Zhu Zaiyuan, was made crown prince by Jiajing at the age of three.
If there is no accident, then the old Sanyu King and the old Sijing King will only go to the fiefdom to be an idle prince in the future, and have no connection with the throne.
However, for his sons, the Jiajing Emperor was really not a good father, not to mention that he was very cold to King Jing and King Yu, even if he did not care about the prince.
The crown prince did not go out of the cabinet to study at the age of 14, and Jiajing was not in a hurry, and finally under the repeated urging of the courtiers, he agreed to go out of the cabinet to study after the crown ceremony of the prince. This is true for the prince, it is conceivable that he is even more indifferent to the brothers Of Yu and King Jing.
In fact, in Jiajing's view, he did this to his sons entirely to "protect" them. When Jiajing's eldest son died prematurely, the Taoist tao Zhongwen said that "the two dragons do not meet", the emperor is a real dragon, the prince is a hidden dragon, and there will be disasters when the two dragons meet.
Jiajing, who has always been superstitious, also believed this statement. Therefore, he tried his best to avoid meeting the prince, and even when he went out to study, jiajing pushed him again and again.
It seems that the heavens also want to confirm the correctness of "the two dragons do not see each other", and on the second day of the crown ceremony, the crown prince Zhu Zaiwei, who has always been weak, suddenly fell seriously ill and died only one day later.
When the crown prince died suddenly, Jiajing was shocked and saddened, and he believed even more stubbornly that it was because of the "meeting of the two dragons" that the prince died violently. Therefore, he was even more reluctant to see King Yu and King Jing.
According to the patriarchal system of the Ming Dynasty royal family, after the death of the crown prince, Zhu Zaiyuan, the prince of Yu, should be appointed as the crown prince in order, but Jiajing shelved the matter, and the brothers of Yu Wang and Jing Wang could not see their father and emperor for many years.
Jiajing delayed the establishment of the prince, which made King Jing's mind come alive. After all, he was only a month younger than the third brother Yu Wang, and from childhood to adulthood, he and the third brother Yu Wang's clothing, food, and living were exactly the same.
Even after the death of the crown prince, Jiajing did not pay special attention to King Yu, plus King Jing's biological mother, Concubine Lu Jing, was very favored, and King Yu's birth mother, Princess Du Kang, fell out of favor for many years.
In King Jing's view, isn't the fact that the father emperor has delayed making the third brother the crown prince dissatisfied with the third brother? As long as he was recognized by his father, he might be able to replace the third brother.
However, King Jing forgot one thing, although Jiajing did not like Yu Wang very much, but King Jing himself was not good enough to let Jiajing waste Long And Young.
On the contrary, Jiajing was very dissatisfied with King Jing's performance of jumping up and down and desperately wanting to be the prince. King Jing even encouraged his birth mother, Concubine Lu Jing, to say good things to herself in front of Jiajing, which made Jiajing, who was very suspicious, even more jealous of King Jing.
King Jing's ambition to become crown prince was known not only to Jiajing, but also to Wenwu of the Manchu Dynasty.
In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing, a frustrated civilian official named Guo Xiyan played a song to Jiajing, advising the emperor that he should make a prince early, and also alluded to the interference of Yan Song, the head of the dynasty, in interfering in the establishment of the crown prince, and also attempted to murder King Yu.
Jia Jing was furious, believing that Guo Xiyan was rebellious and directly cut him off.
However, Guo Xiyan's letter still has some effects. Half a year later, Jiajing urged Yan Song to handle the affairs of King Jing's domain, so that King Jing broke off his desire to become crown prince, leaving only King Yu in the capital, establishing The status of Crown Prince Yu.
In February of the 40th year of Jiajing, Zhu Zaizhen, the King of Jing, hung his head and took his family to Huguang De'an to take the domain.
After arriving at the fiefdom, King Jing did not settle down, he asked his father for a large amount of zhuangtian, and also clashed with local officials, because his status as a prince was finally gone. King Jing actually encroached on 40,000 acres of fertile land.
However, King Jing's life was really too bad, not only could he not be the prince, but even the prince could not be long. In the first month of the 44th year of Jiajing, Zhu Zaizhen, the King of Jing, died in the fiefdom at the age of 29, without a child. The vast inheritance of king Jing's mansion was later given to King Yu's son, King Lu.
After learning of King Jing's death, Jiajing did not mourn much, but said extremely coldly: "This son has conspired to take the wife, and now he is dead." ”
Jiajing said that the funeral rites that his son should have were not much, and he was posthumously honored as "King Jinggong", buried in Xishan, Beijing, and his family moved to Beijing to live.
In the second year of King Jing's death, the Jiajing Emperor died, and Zhu Zaizhen, the Prince of Yu, ascended the throne and changed his name to Yuan Longqing, that is, Ming Muzong. The vast inheritance of the Jing Dynasty was given to King Lu, the third son of Emperor Mingmuzong.
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The Jiajing Emperor was superstitious about "the two dragons do not meet each other" and delayed in establishing a prince, which made King Jing have the delusion that he had the opportunity to become a prince. And King Yu faced his brother's tiger gaze, I am afraid that it is also like sitting on a needle felt.
Guo Xiyan's letter made Jiajing realize that if he did not establish the crown prince again, it would cause instability in the court, and even brothers would turn against each other and each other in the same room. Therefore, Jiajing decisively let King Jing take the throne and cut off king Jing's idea.
King Jing's organs were exhausted, and finally ended up with an untimely death, it seems that he was destined not to be the emperor.