Zhu Yuanzhang is a very topical figure in history, he came from the grassroots, but he won the emperor's throne, without two brushes, it is really difficult to complete this feat.
Zhu Yuanzhang suffered a lot when he was a teenager, which made him even after becoming an emperor, he also had a strong "small peasant" thought, and his unparalleled love for his eldest son was the most incisive performance.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son is Zhu Biao, from beginning to end he has cultivated Zhu Biao as an heir, when Zhu Yuanzhang was called king, he immediately established Zhu Biao as the prince, and when Zhu Yuanzhang was called emperor, he immediately made Zhu Biao the crown prince, without the slightest hesitation.
You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang has 26 sons, so the other sons can only look at the "standard" and sigh, not to mention, when Zhu Biao was alive, none of his younger brothers dared to covet the throne, even Zhu Di could only be a good little brother in front of Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao is indeed very capable, he is Zhu Yuanzhang's good helper in governing the world, in addition, he is also very good to his younger brothers, and he also painstakingly maintains his courtiers, Zhu Yuanzhang sings black face, Zhu Biao sings red face, the two cooperate together, so that Zhu Biao's status is deep-rooted and no one can shake it.
It's just a pity that Zhu Biao was short-lived, he left earlier than Zhu Yuanzhang, and he died at the age of 37, which made Zhu Yuanzhang sad, people can't be resurrected after death, life has to go on, and someone will always take over the old Zhu family.
Zhu Yuanzhang finally put aside his own sons, set up Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunwen as the emperor's grandson, and gave all his love for Zhu Biao to Zhu Yunwen by the way.
No one has an opinion on Zhu Biao as emperor, butWhen Zhu Yunwen became the emperor, his uncles were very unconvinced, but no one dared to say anything because of Zhu Yuanzhang's majesty.
But Zhu Yunwen was really angry, and as a result, Zhu Di robbed him of the throne, and Zhu Di after succeeding to the throne also faced the problem of heir, and his son Zhu Gaoxu and grandson Zhu Zhanji also staged a big scene of competition for the throne.
But on the way back to Beijing and ascending the throne, Zhanji disappeared out of thin air, and by the time Zhu Gaoxu reacted, he had already ascended the throne in BeijingThis matter has not been solved for 600 years.
In the second year of Yongle, Zhu Di, who usurped the throne, threw out a ** sexual problem that was easy to lose his head above the court:
Who should be made the crown prince?
The reason why Zhu Di threw out this question and let the ministers discuss it is becauseHe looked down on his eldest son Zhu Gaochi from the bottom of his heart, and preferred his second son Zhu Gaochi, who was similar to himself.
But since ancient times, the young and the young are orderly, to think about stepping over the eldest son and supporting the younger son, this is not a joke, if you don't play well, the country is in danger of overturning, there have been too many living examples in history, as a usurper, Zhu Di knows it.
So,He wants to make this issue above board, in order to use the power of the court ministers to achieve his own careful thinking of abolishing the elders and establishing the young.
There has always been no shortage of capable people in politics who can observe words and feelings, and after seeing through Zhu Di's thoughts, a large group of speculators who support Zhu Gaochu popped up, and they took Zhu Gaochi's military exploits in the Battle of Jingjing as the starting point, in order to turn a bicycle into a sports car.
While Zhu Di was overjoyed in his heart, Jin Zhong, the secretary of the military department, poured a basin of cold water and bluntly said that it was better for the prince to be the eldest son.
The hesitant Zhu Di summoned Xie Jin again to ask for advice, Xie Jin naturally understood that the matter was serious, and he said quietly:
The eldest son of the emperor is benevolent and filial, and the world returns to the heart.
After Zhu Di fell into thought, Xie Jin then said three more words:
Good saint grandson.
What Xie Jin refers toZhu Gaochi's eldest son Zhu Zhanji, he is Zhu Di's favorite eldest grandson, and it is these three words that make Zhu Di make up his mind to make Zhu Gaochi the crown prince.
After Zhu Di's death, Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne as emperor, but after ascending the throne, Zhu Gaochi's physical condition was worse day by day, which made Zhu Gaochu see hope, and he planned to follow Zhu Di and snatch the throne from his nephew Zhu Zhanji.
And what makes Zhu Gaoxu happy is,When Zhu Gaochi was seriously ill, Zhu Zhanji was far away in Nanjing, so he laid a net on Zhu Zhanji's way back to Beijing.
In ancient times, when transportation was extremely underdeveloped, it was very difficult to think of making a long journey, and the easiest way was only feasible by official roads and waterways.
As for navigating through the inaccessible mountains and jungles, it is almost self-defeating.
Zhu Zhanji's return to Beijing from Nanjing was naturally not an easy task at that time, and it was even more fatalOn the way back, we had to pass through the Shandong region, which was Zhu Gaoxu's fiefdom.
This is a godsend for Zhu Gaoxu.
As long as Zhu Zhanji is solved on the road, then all the problems will be solved, and he will be able to sit on the coveted emperor's throne.
In Zhu Gaoxu's view, it is not a difficult thing to intercept Zhu Zhanji halfway, the waterway boat is extremely conspicuous, it is difficult not to be exposed, and the official road is not better, after all, the road was sparsely populated at that time, and there was a group of people galloping on horseback, and the movement was not small.
After analyzing all the possibilities of Zhu Zhanji's return, Zhu Gaoxu used his connections in the army in his early years to start a big net, waiting for Zhu Zhanji to throw himself into the net.
But the final result was that Zhu Gaoxu did intercept the team returning to Beijing from Nanjing on the way, but there was no Zhu Zhanji in this group of people at all, and the net he laid only made Zhu Zhanji a fish caught in the net.
No trace of Zhu Zhanji was found in any of the ambush places, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.
Will people disappear into thin air?
Of course not, so where did Zhu Zhanji go, and how did he successfully return to Beijing in the net of heaven and earth, this has always been a mystery, and there is no answer to this day.
However, some people believe that at that time, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and Zhu Zhanji could have avoided the main road and shuttled through the wilderness, leaving day and night to avoid ambushes and hurry.
When you think about it, it makes sense, but if you think about it, it doesn't work at allBecause time was very short, Zhu Zhanji received the news that he was seriously ill on 28 May, and received the edict in Liangxiang on 3 June.
Therefore, the mystery of Zhu Zhanji's disappearance out of thin air, when even Zhu Gaoxu couldn't figure out what was going on, the news came that Zhu Zhanji accepted the edict in Liangxiang and entered the palace for funeral.
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu could only stare dryly, waiting for the punishment of the new monarch after he ascended the throne, after all, the wood was already in the boat, and he was powerless to turn things around.
Unbelievable, there may be a huge conspiracy.
And the most convincing conjecture is that when Zhu Gaochi was seriously ill, he had already expected that Zhu Gaochu would rebel, so he openly arranged for Zhu Zhanji to let Zhu Zhanji inspect Nanjing on the grounds that he was south and planned to move back to Nanjing.
ActuallyThis was just a cover, the inspection team did go to Nanjing, but Zhu Zhanji did not follow, and went only as a "stand-in".
The real Zhu Zhanji has been staying in Liangxiang and waiting for Zhu Gaoxu to take the initiative to show the fox's tail, and then seize the evidence of his rebellion, and then wipe out his forces in one net, focusing on a surprise.
This kind of inference can also explain why Zhu Zhanji was not in the team stopped by Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Zhanji is an extremely wise emperor, it is not surprising that he can think of this, otherwise how could Zhu Di pass the throne to the fat and sick Zhu Gaochi because of him?
As for whether this is the case with real history, there is no answer to the question, but it is often impossible to be the most likely truth, after all, people always create miracles.
References: "History of the Ming Dynasty", "Records of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty", etc.
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