Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty (Emperor Jingtai) Zhu Qiyu can be said to be quite a good emperor. He was ordered to turn the tide and did not make the Ming Dynasty the second last year of the Northern Song Dynasty. He is diligent in government affairs and works hard. During his reign as emperor, the work was so dedicated that it exhausted the body. The appointment of a group of upright and capable ministers, such as Xian Neng, who worked hard to govern, and appointed Qian, changed some of the accumulated shortcomings of the Ming Yingzong period, and gave the Ming Dynasty a brief revival. Later, Ming Yingzong was restored, and Ming Yingzong appointed adulterers, and this good atmosphere was forced to be interrupted.
(Zhu Qiyu, who was in danger)
However, such a good emperor did a confused thing because he had some selfish intentions. As a result, he died a very lonely death, and future generations did not highly value him.
What he did was to depose the old crown prince Zhu Jianshen (also known as Zhu Jianshen, the son of Emperor Mingyingzong at the time) and install his own son Zhu Jianji as crown prince.
Zhu Qiyu became emperor the following year. Mongol Walla felt that Ming Yingzong was useless and a burden, so he offered to send Ming Yingzong back. Although Zhu Qiyu was somewhat unhappy, he could not withstand the persuasion of his mother Empress Sun and the ministers (including Yu Qian). After Zhu Qiyu took back Emperor Mingyingzong, he imprisoned him in the Southern Palace.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, and everyone has no opinion. After all, without Zhu Qiyu, the Ming Dynasty might not have existed. Therefore, he imprisoned Ming Yingzong in the Nangong, and everyone had no opinion.
However, at this time, in order to let Jiangshan pass on to his descendants, he moved the idea of changing the prince.
Zhu Qiyu first tested the eunuch Jin Ying. One day in the second year of Jingtai, he said to Jin Ying: "On the second day of the first month of July, the birthday of the Eastern Palace is also." But Jin Ying replied: "Donggong's birthday is the second day of the first month of November." "The birthday of the prince that Zhu Qiyu said was Zhu Jianji's birthday. The birthday of the prince that Jin Ying answered was Zhu Jianshen's birthday.
(Si Li eunuch Jin Ying)
Jin Ying is an old qualified eunuch. He was highly regarded during Zhu Di's time, and later served as a eunuch (the first male eunuch in the eunuchs) in the dynasties of Emperor Renzong and Emperor Xuanzong. Later, after Emperor Mingyingzong came to power, he was demoted and gave the eunuch Si Li to Wang Zhen. After Zhu Qiyu came to power, he was promoted to be a eunuch. Logically, he should be very grateful to Zhu Qiyu, but on the issue of the prince, he sided with Zhu Jianshen. On the one hand, this shows that Jin Ying is more upright, and on the other hand, it also shows the desire of the people of the imperial court at that time.
Zhu Qiyu did not get a response from Jin Ying and was very depressed. So he expressed this meaning to his own empress Wang. Unexpectedly, Wang Shi also disagreed.
Wang disagreed, in addition to because Zhu Jianji was not his own son, but the son of Hang, but also explained the people's desire at that time.
Wang disagreed, and Zhu Qiyu was very unhappy. Later, Zhu Qiyu deposed her and made Zhu Jianji's birth mother Hang Shi empress.
Jin Ying disagreed, and Zhu Qiyu also attacked him. At that time, Yan Guan and Jin Yiwei accused him of corruption, and Zhu Qiyu sent him to prison. Later, the eunuch Wang Cheng suggested that Zhu Qiyu bribe the chancellor. Zhu Qiyu felt that this suggestion was good, so he sent someone to the cabinet to pass on the message and gave the cabinet minister Chen Xun and others a lot of gold and silver. At the same time, he implicitly expressed to them the intention of changing the prince.
(The Change of The Door)
Three years after Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu proposed to change the crown prince. Hu Kedu gave Li Kan and Guan Ke both to Lin Cong and Yushi Zhu Ying in the matter to express their opposition. However, Yu Qian, Wang Zhi, Hu Qian, and Chen Xun, the most important ministers, did not take a stance.
At the same time, Zhu Qiyu's mother, Empress Sun, did not take a stand.
Finally, with the acquiescence of Empress Sun and her ministers, Zhu Qiyu replaced the crown prince with Zhu Jianji.
Unfortunately, Zhu Jianji died the following year (when Zhu Jianji was 5 years old). Zhu Qiyu had no other sons. Later, another minister proposed whether to re-establish Zhu Mishen as crown prince, but Zhu Qiyu did not agree.
Later, Zhu Qiyu became seriously ill. Therefore, the eunuch Cao Jixiang and the ministers Shi Heng and Xu Youzhen joined forces and, with the consent of Empress Sun, launched the "Change of Seizure of the Gate" and restored Emperor Yingzong of Ming.
A year later, Zhu Qiyu died mysteriously.
It can be said that if Zhu Qiyu did not do the "Yi Chu" thing and always let Zhu Jianshen become the crown prince, then his contribution to the Ming Dynasty and the evaluation of him by future generations would be very high.