Why was the most virtuous emperor of the Ming Dynasty driven out of the Taimiao by his own descendants?
Emperor Yongle's son, Mingrenzong Zhu Gaochi, was the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he gradually pushed the Ming Dynasty's national power to its peak. Although he reigned for only ten months, looking at the 16 emperors of the Ming Dynasty, his comprehensive evaluation should be able to squeeze into the top three.
The emperor is also a human being, it is impossible to be without shortcomings, even the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di are also mixed, and the controversy continues, but the evaluation of Zhu Gaochi is basically not negative in history.
Zhu Gaochi is Zhu Di's eldest son, according to the "History of the Ming Dynasty" compiled by the Qing Dynasty, when he was born, his mother Princess Xu had dreamed of the real dragon appearing, so she loved him very much.
Believe it or not, 90% of the people who can sit on the dragon chair in our Chinese history will have a unique birth warm-up, either auspicious, or dreaming, etc.
But as Zhu Gaochi grew up, he was a little high and low, first of all, he didn't have any imperial appearance at all in appearance, not only surprisingly obese, but also his legs and feet were not good, which once made Zhu Di, the king of Yan who could fight well, very disgusted.
In comparison, his second brother Zhu Gaoxu is different, his body is strong, his martial arts are powerful, and he is completely a copy of Zhu Di when he fights, which also lays a hidden danger for the future battle of the prince.
Although Zhu Gaochi's figure and appearance are not satisfactory, but since childhood, Zhu Gaochi has been calm and atmospheric, and he is very studious, he has dabbled in hundreds of schools, and he can humbly ask the minister for advice when he encounters problems that he does not understand, and even his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang admires him very much.
In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed the eighteen-year-old Zhu Gaochi as the son of King Yan and became the legitimate heir to the throne of Zhu Di.
It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang especially liked this chubby grandson in his later years, he stayed by his side to teach personally, and also took him to review the army, read books together, and even slept in the same bed at night, which was a very rare sight when Zhu Yuanzhang was in power.
And Zhu Gaochi doesn't look at his young age, but he is not floating at all, and he is not spoiled because he is favored by his grandfather, but unites his brothers, cares about his subordinates, and is particularly kind-hearted.
Zhu Yuanzhang also said many times in front of everyone that he was a model for the descendants of the royal family.
In 1398 AD, after Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he began to recklessly cut the feudal domain, forcing Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to rebel.
Second, the third child went out to fight, let the boss Zhu Gaochi guard Beiping, in the case that everyone was not optimistic, Zhu Gaochi resisted Li Jinglong's 500,000 army with 10,000 defenders to attack the city, and made great contributions to Zhu Di, it can be seen that Zhu Gaochi is not as weak as he seems, he is actually an excellent military commander, but he is completely covered by Zhu Di's light.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he has been hesitant about the choice of the crown prince, although he values the second Zhu Gaochu who is most like him, but under the pressure of ministers and etiquette and more long-term considerations, he still made his eldest son Zhu Gaochi the crown prince.
Zhu Gaochi's contribution to the Ming Dynasty was actually obvious when he was the crown prince.
In 1409 AD, Zhu Gaochi was ordered to supervise the country for the first time.
In light of the actual problems encountered by the people, he introduced a series of pacification policies, such as tax reductions and exemptions, opening granaries, and distributing relief, thus stabilizing social order to a great extent.
Later, the flooding of the Yellow River in Shandong and the relief of the 100-year famine in Longzhong were all work presided over by Zhu Gaochi and won unanimous praise from the government and the public.
In addition, he was very kind to scholars, opposed cruel criminal laws, and advocated harmony between monarchs and ministers, which greatly alleviated the sharp social contradictions in the early Ming Dynasty.
After Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, the first major thing he did was to ease the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, because the perennial war was too laborious and costly, so it was better to use political and economic influence to maintain tributary relations with Mongolia. Therefore, during the reign of Injong, the northern border was very stable, and the common people were given a chance to recuperate. In addition, many of the ** formulated by Zhu Di back then were also abolished, and many Jianwen courtiers were also pardoned for their crimes.
In a peaceful atmosphere, the Ming Dynasty entered another prosperous era of Renxuan's rule.
But I didn't expect such a great emperor, a hundred years later, his tablet was kicked out of the Taimiao by later generations.
Emperor Jiajing of Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi, after inheriting the throne of his cousin Zhu Houzhao of Ming Wuzong, wanted to enshrine his father's tablet in Taimiao.
However, according to the regulations of the ancestors, the temple can only enshrine nine tablets. Jiajing is the 11th emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't enter the Taimiao, but coincidentally, the two emperor tablets of Jianwen and Jingtai in front of him did not enter the Taimiao, and he was the ninth, and he could enter the Taimiao.
But he was not satisfied, and wanted to posthumously honor his father, who was originally a prince, as Emperor Ruizong and move to Taimiao, but there was no place for Taimiao.
So he pondered and pondered, and felt that Emperor Renzong had only been in power for ten months, so let's move him out. So under the opposition of the minister, he moved the tablet of the ancestor out, and then moved his father's tablet into the Taimiao.
Everyone said, Emperor Renzong was wronged?