In 1426, Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, ordered someone to bring a large copper cylinder, detain Zhu Gaoxu in the cylinder, and ordered people to light a fire around it. Zhu Gaoxu screamed in the vat until he was roasted into jerky.
Even so, the anger in Zhu Zhanji's heart did not subside, and he immediately ordered Zhu Gaoxu's sons to be executed.
Zhu Gaoxu's fate like this, in addition to being related to his own personality, also stems from his father Zhu Di's words "Work hard!".The son of the world is often sick. ”
1. Work hard, the son of the world often gets sick.
Zhu Gaoxu is the second son of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, that is, Zhu Zhanji's second uncle. He was naughty since he was a child, did not like to read, often teased the teacher, and behaved in an undignified manner. Therefore, grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang often scolded him and disliked him very much.
In stark contrast to him is his eldest brother Zhu Gaochi, who is Zhu Zhanji's father. Zhu Gaochi likes to be quiet and does not like to move, is humble and generous, polite to others, loves to read, has a mature and stable personality, and is deeply liked by Zhu Yuanzhang, and because he is the eldest son, he was named the son.
But Zhu Gaochi is a big fat man, and his legs are disabled. Therefore, in 1399, when Zhu Di launched the Battle of Jingjing, it was Zhu Gaoxu who accompanied the army and followed his father to fight. During this period, Zhu Gaoxu saved Zhu Di in danger many times.
Especially when Zhu Di was besieged by Sheng Yong in Puzikou, he couldn't break out of the encirclement for a long time, and just when he had nothing to do, Zhu Gaoxu came in time.
Zhu Di was very moved, and in order to boost Zhu Gaoxu's morale, he actually said, "Work hard!."The son of the world is often sick".
And it was such a sentence that made Zhu Gaoxu fight more heroically, and he has been assisting Zhu Di to win the emperor's throne.
Zhu Gaochu thought that it was a sure thing that he would be the prince, but the crown prince still fell to his eldest brother Zhu Gaochi, who was only named the king of Han and sent to the economically backward fief Yunnan.
In fact, Zhu Di prefers Zhu Gaoxu to be the prince, because this son is very similar to himself. But in ancient times, the elders and young were orderly, Zhu Gaoxu was not the eldest son, and he had a violent personality, so some Wenchen opposed it.
Although Zhu Gaochi is fat and disabled, he has a good son, that is, Zhu Zhanji. It is said that when Zhu Zhanji was born, Zhu Di dreamed that Zhu Yuanzhang handed Dagui into his hands and instructed him to pass it on to future generations.
Zhu Di felt that this dream was a good omen, and he felt that this grandson was a gift from God. Therefore, when the position of the crown prince could not be decided for a long time, the minister Xie Jin said "good holy grandson" to help Zhu Gaochi win the position of prince.
However, Zhu Gaoxu was not convinced, and he embarked on the road of competing for the crown prince.
2, fought for the position of the crown prince, and died in comedy.
After Zhu Gaoxu was named the queen of Han, it stands to reason that he should go to Yunnan to become a vassal domain, but he refused to go, and hugged Zhu Di's leg and cried bitterly.
Zhu Di was soft-hearted, and felt that he had made great contributions in the Battle of Jingjing, so he acquiesced to him not going to Yunnan and let him decide where to go for himself.
In this way, Zhu Gaochu chose to stay in the capital and implement the plan to deal with Zhu Gaochi step by step.
He started with the people around Zhu Gaochi, and the first one to be eliminated was Xie Jin, who was driven out of the capital.
Then he took advantage of the opportunity of Zhu Di leading the army to conquer Mongolia and let Zhu Gaochi supervise the country to sow discord, saying that the prince was eager to ascend the throne, so that there was a rift between the two.
In this way, the people around the prince were either demoted, killed, or thrown into prison.
Although Zhu Gaochi's position as crown prince was retained in the end, in the face of Zhu Gaochu's aggressiveness, Zhu Gaochi's life was even more difficult.
Zhu Gaoxu was about to succeed, but at this time he was a little carried away, and at this time, one of his actions made him miss the position of the crown prince forever.
It turned out that in addition to being happy, he actually claimed that he was like Li Shimin. But Zhu Di is not like Li Yuan, how could he allow such a thing as the Xuanwumen Revolution to happen to him?
As a result, Zhu Gaoxu was forcibly sent to Le'an to settle down. After Zhu Di died, Zhu Gaochi succeeded to the throne, and Zhu Gaochu began to rebel again. But Zhu Gaochi was benevolent and righteous, valued brotherhood, not only did not punish him, but also rewarded him with jewelry, and let him return to Le'an.
But Zhu Gaochi was a short-lived emperor, and he died after only 10 months on the throne, so the throne was inherited by Zhu Zhanji.
When Zhu Gaoxu learned about it, he sent people to hunt down Zhu Zhanji and prevent him from ascending the throne, which ended in failure.
After Zhu Zhanji became emperor, Zhu Gaoxu began to rebel again. But Zhu Zhanji was not used to him, so he drove him back to the capital and put him in prison.
Once, when Zhu Zhanji went to visit him in prison, he actually stretched out a foot and hooked Zhu Zhanji to the ground.
A dignified emperor, this posture is really **, Zhu Zhanji was angry, and asked people to cover him with a 300-pound copper cylinder, which means that he will not be allowed to move.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu's strength was infinite, and he actually hit the cylinder indiscriminately. Zhu Zhanji was furious, so he asked people to find a lot of coal to burn and execute Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Di promised him a dream of becoming an emperor, but the dream did not come true, but ended his life with this ending.