The TV series "Daming Fenghua" was a hit, and the film and television created an image of an honest and weak prince who was not treated by his father.
However, in history, as the son of Zhu Di of Ming Taizong, Zhu Gaochi has a very important position in history. He reigned for less than a year, but history has held him in high esteem. During his 20 years as crown prince, he was imprisoned six times, including:The five times happened during Zhu Di's Northern Expedition
In February of the seventh year of Yongle (1409), Zhu Di went north and ordered the crown prince Zhu Gaochi to supervise the country. The secretary of the Ministry of Officials and Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi Jianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War and Zhan Shi Jin Zhong, Zuo Chunfang University Scholar and Hanlin Attendant Huang Huai, Zuo Yude and Hanlin Attendant Yang Shiqi tutored the prison country. This time he was in charge of the country until November of the eighth year of Yongle, when Zhu Di returned to Beijing, and the prince's period of imprisonment ended. The prison period is one year and ten months.
In February of the 11th year of Yongle (1413), Zhu Di visited Beijing for the second time. Zhu Di went north to Beijing, and the imperial grandson Zhu Zhanji followed, and ordered Shangshu Jianyi, scholar Huang Huai, Yude Yang Shiqi and Xima Yang Pu to tutor the prince and supervise the country. In September of the twelfth year of Yongle (1414), Zhu Di returned to Nanjing. The prison lasted for one year and nine months.
In March of the fifteenth year of Yongle (1417), Zhu Di visited Beijing for the third time, and ordered the secretary of the Ministry of Officials and Zhan Shi Jianyi, the scholar of Hanlin and Yang Shiqi, and the attendant and Zanshan Liang Qian to assist the prince Zhu Gaochi in supervising the country. In July of the same year, he gave the crown prince the "Discipline of the Order". In the autumn and September of the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420), the Beijing palace was completed, and Zhu Di ordered the head of the household department to summon the crown prince Zhu Gaochi and the grandson Zhu Zhanji to arrive in Beijing in December. In the nineteenth year of Yongle (1421), Zhu Di returned to Nanjing, and the third prison ended. This time he was in prison for three years and ten months.
From March to September of the twentieth year of Yongle (1422), during the third battle of Ming Chengzu's personal expedition to Mobei, Zhu Gaochi was ordered to supervise the country for seven months.
From July to November of the twenty-first year of Yongle (1423), Ming Chengzu personally conquered the battle of Mobei for the fourth time. ordered Yang Shiqi and others to assist the prince in supervising the country for four months.
In March of the twenty-second year of Yongle (1424), Zhu Di personally conquered Mongolia for the fifth time. In April of the same year, the imperial decree ordered the crown prince Zhu Gaochi to supervise the country again. Before leaving, Yang Shiqi was ordered to assist the prince in supervising the country. In July of the same year, Zhu Di died of illness in Yumuchuan. Yang Rong, a university scholar, and Hai Shou, a young eunuch, were ordered to obituary the prince. The duration of this supervision is 4 months.
Zhu Gaochi's main achievements during his imprisonment
"The End of the Ming History Chronicle": "The name is the storage position, but in fact it is the long king;."It's called Jianguo, but it's actually Yuyu. Therefore, the history of Renzong is short, and the Peize of Renzong is long."During Zhu Gaochi's tenure in prison, although he had not yet officially ascended the throne as emperor, his ability to govern the country and his political ability had been fully demonstrated. His many achievements during his time in prison are two examples.
Disaster reliefIt was one of Zhu Gaochi's major political achievements during his time in prison. In the seventh year of Yongle, during Zhu Gaochi's first imprisonment, a serious flood occurred in the Fengyang area of the central Ming Dynasty. Not only did he send people to inspect and verify the damage, but he also exempted the area from paying taxes. In addition, he also actively helped the people who were forced to sell their children to redeem their flesh and blood, and disaster relief was one of Zhu Gaochi's main achievements during his imprisonment in the country, showing a deep people-oriented feeling.
InTuntianDuring Zhu Gaochi's tenure in prison, he inherited and deepened his father's policy concept, and actively promoted the policy of rewarding land reclamation of "reclamation for oneself". In addition, he further implemented the Tuntian policy. In the twelfth year of Yongle (1414), when Zhu Gaochi served as a supervisor for the second time, he successfully moved more than 2,000 displaced families from Shanxi and other regions to Longqing Prefecture for planting. This measure not only injected new vitality into local agriculture, but also showed that Zhu Gaochi attaches great importance to and actively promotes agricultural development.
Zhu Gaochi's six prisons can be said to have created a good one for the Ming DynastyA model for supervising the country, but also for him to accumulate a lot of experience in governing the country after he ascended the throne, and the ministers who assisted him in supervising the country became important ministers during the Hongxi and Xuande periodsThe rule of RenxuanThe foundation was laid.