In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there was an emperor who reigned twice and had two era names, he was Emperor Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen! In 1457, on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the "change of seizing the door" broke out, and Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne for the second time and changed his name to Yuan Tianshun. However, during Emperor Ming's second reign, he quickly killed the ministers who helped him ascend the throne.
As a result of the tumu fort, Emperor Mingyingzong was made a captive by emperor, while his younger brother Zhu Qiyu became emperor from prince. Later, Ming Yingzong returned to Beijing, and although he was ostensibly honored as Emperor Taishang, he was in fact placed under house arrest. Until the outbreak of the "Change of The Gate", Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen and others led an army into the Nangong, and then surrounded Ming Yingzong into the imperial palace, preemptively ascending the throne, thus ascending the throne again.
After the restoration of the Nangong, Emperor Mingyingzong rewarded these people, among them Shi Heng was made the Duke of Zhongguo and ate 3,000 stones; Xu Youzhen was made the first assistant of the cabinet, Bingbu Shangshu, and was also awarded the title of Wugong Bo, eating 1,100 stones; Cao Jixiang, because he was a eunuch, could not further increase the rank of knight, so he rewarded his heir Cao Qin and was given the title of Zhaowu Bo (昭武伯) and 1,200 stones of Food Lu.
In addition, all those they sponsored were rewarded by Emperor Mingyingzong, for example, Shi Heng held up more than 1,500 people. It should be explained that Emperor Yingzong's reward for "heroes who seized the door" has broken the historical record of the Ming Dynasty! However, the fate of these people is very tragic, and even rare to die well, what is the matter? Why was Emperor Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen ungrateful and preyed on these benefactors of his own?
After the restoration, Ming Yingzong soon felt threatened, these people can lead the army to launch a coup, they can threaten their imperial power, who can guarantee that they will not have another coup? Shi Heng was a military general, Cao Jixiang was a eunuch, both were factors that could threaten imperial power, and once Ming Yingzong's power fell, it would be a fatal threat to the Ming Dynasty.
However, before Ming Yingzong could act, the restoration group was divided. Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang are not literate, while Xu Youzhen is quite talented, although the character of others is not good, but still quite talented. Xu Youzhen, as the first assistant of the cabinet, used his power to restrict Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, which angered the two.
Xu Youzhen intended to use Yushi to impeach Cao and Shi, but failed. In order to appease the two, Emperor Ming Yingzong punished Xu Youzhen and "commanded the golden teeth to serve the people". After that, although Xu Youzhen was pardoned and returned to his hometown, he never became an official again in his lifetime. Compared with Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen was still lucky, at least there was no head difference.
After expelling Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang became even more arrogant, recruiting power and bribery, and wantonly interfering in the appointment of personnel in the imperial court, stimulating Ming Yingzong's sensitive nerves. In the third year of Tianshun, Emperor Mingyingzong began to attack Shi Heng's party, "the emperor ordered Biao to be imprisoned, Heng was idle, and he was deposed from the dynasty", and "the poor Rule Heng Party was deposed by Heng's officials". In the first month of the following year, Jin Yiwei reported to the emperor that Shi Heng "complained about it, rather than making evil rumors from His grandson and so on, and cultivating rogues, and serving the imperial court and the movements of the court, and did not have a trajectory."
Emperor Mingyingzong immediately issued an edict, arresting Shi Heng and imprisoning him, "sitting on the plot of treason and beheading, without his family's credit." A month later, Shi Heng died in prison, "Biao, Hou and Ambush". Shi Heng's downfall caused Cao Jixiang to panic, and he knew that Ming Yingzong would sooner or later do something to him. Cao Jixiang was very bold, and actually wanted to be strong first, using a group of dead soldiers he had raised to launch a coup d'état.
In July of the fifth year of Tianshun, Cao Jixiang's heir Cao Qin launched a coup d'état, and as a result, the news leaked, and Cao Jixiang was first trapped. The two sides then engaged in a bloody battle in the capital, and in the end Cao Qin failed to break through the imperial city and committed suicide in defeat. Three days later, Emperor Mingying issued an edict and put Cao Jixiang lingchi to death. With the end of the "Cao Shi Change", the several major heroes of the "Gate Capture" all "withered". Although Ming Yingzong was the beneficiary of the change of the door, the coup was also a threat to Ming Yingzong.
References: 1. Records of Emperor Ming Yingzong; 2. History of Ming; 3. Chronicle of Ming History