Zhu Yueyao, the first feudal monarch of Huayang County of the Shu Domain, had a bad character, and repeatedly tried to usurp the status of his concubine by virtue of his status as a concubine, and also tried to seize the position of prince from his nephew. However, his ambition and misdeeds were seen through by his cousin Mingrenzong Zhu Gaochi, who drove him to Huguang Li Prefecture on the grounds that "Luan and Xiao cannot get along with each other", and deprived him of the inheritance of his own clan.
In the end, he could only watch as the throne of the King of Shu, which originally belonged to him, fell into the hands of Zhu Yue, the king of Baoning. What is even more sad is that his descendants were also influenced by him, and they were all non-virtuous people, who did not learn the lessons of their ancestors, but caused many troubles because of the pursuit of profit.
The ancient city wall of Li County, located in Huayang County, was once the residence of Zhu Yueyao, who was a brother and brother. Zhu Yueyao has two sons, the eldest son is named Zhu Youyan, and the second son is named Zhu Youbi, both of whom are concubines.
In August of the sixth year of Xuande (1431), they were jointly given the name of the imperial court. Zhu Youyan's birth year, according to the record of "Ming Xianzong Records", is the year of Yongle (1403).
According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, receiving a title meant that a knighthood would be granted, while a female member of the clan receiving a title meant that a marriage would be given. However, in August of the eighth year of Xuande (1433), when Zhu Yueyao died, his two sons were still young.
This is also reflected in the "Daming Huayang Mourning for the Hidden King", which records the fact that Zhu Youyan and Zhu Youbi have not yet been knighted.
The year of Zhu Mao is a magical year, because that year was born Zhu Youyan. The nearest year to us is 2023, and if we push forward in a 60-year cycle, then 1423 is the 21st year of Yongle.
It is said that when Zhu Yueyao died, Zhu Youyan was only 11 years old, and Zhu Youbi was about the same age. After Zhu Yueyao's death, the Huayang Wang branch was left in Lizhou, losing strong male members and the support of the big clan, and the clan power was very weak.
And in Jingzhou to the north, it was the fiefdom of the Liao Domain. Zhu Guiyan, the cousin of Zhu Youyan's brother, is a crazy person who works to die. He poisoned the army and civilians, did not friends with his brothers, treated his mother-in-law harshly, and even occupied his two younger sisters.
He is a tyrant in Jingzhou, a tumor in the clan, and he doesn't dare to do anything except rebellion. Zhu Guiyan sent people to the mausoleum area of King Huayang to cut down bamboo fruits, which was simply a grave jump.
The Sishu Pavilion on Guan Mountain witnessed the process of Zhu Youyan's brothers uniting as one to protect the clan after being bullied. From the historical records of a few words, we can see their brotherhood.
Zhu Youyan once went to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to take care of it, and finally got 300 stone rice. And Zhu Youbi was younger and still lived in the Huayang Palace, and Zhu Youyan got 200 stone rice for him.
Later, the brothers turned against each other for various reasons. Although they have experienced many difficulties and setbacks, their brotherhood is still worthy of our learning and respect.
The story of the ancient city wall of Jingzhou originates from the conflict between brothers. Zhu Youyan and Zhu Youbi, brothers are not decent people under the influence of their father. As the influence of the Liao clan gradually faded, their dominance became higher and their relationship became more and more estranged.
After the Tumubao Incident, the Ming Dynasty succeeded to the throne as a vassal king, and the imperial court's management of the clan was relaxed, and the problem of Huayang County began to be exposed. Among them, Zhu Youbi, the general of Zhenguo, is an unstable element, in the second year of Jingtai, he violated the ban and crossed thousands of miles from the domain without permission, and was **.
In the matter of the brothers' opposites, it was also Zhu Youbi who made the first difficulty. He reported that his eldest brother had a number of violations of law and discipline, including taking the United States on a trip in the name of hunting, drinking and having fun with Princess Yang and others all night regardless of the season, and casting royal supplies without authorization.
However, Zhu Youyan also fought back, listing many of his younger brother's illegal acts, including withholding military rations and giving him old Taishan bow horses. This story tells us that no matter how high the status, we must not violate the etiquette law, otherwise we will suffer backlash.
Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty turned a blind eye to his brothers' mistakes, but forgave them, and exiled Zhang Ji, Yang Jun and others, who were accomplices, to the Guangxi Border Yuanwei Army, and forgave the wicked was a reward for their actions.
Although Zhu Qiyu closed the case in the first month of the third year of Jingtai (1452), in June, Zhu Youbi had a new trouble, his eldest brother Zhu Youyan encroached on his servants, and Zhu Qiyu once again acted as a peacemaker and ordered Zhu Youyan to return the servants.
However, Zhu Youyan did not return the servants, but used his privileges to **. Zhu Youbi went up again, asking to separate his vein from Zhu Youyan and move to a different place to save his life.
After rejecting Zhu Youbi's proposal, Ming Dynasty Zong warned Zhu Youyan to observe etiquette and maintain friendship in order to ensure the longevity of wealth. Affected by this, the Zhu Youyan brothers have been very peaceful for several years.
On the seventeenth day of the first month of that year, Zhu Qizhen launched a rebellion to seize the door, regained the throne from his younger brother, and successfully restored, but he did not expect that this royal farce also affected the Huayang Palace.
When Zhu Youyan, the king of Huayang, saw that the dragon chair had changed its owner, he took the initiative to attack and accuse his younger brother of many crimes. The Ming Ying Sect sent important ministers of the court to check and found that they were basically false accusations. Zhu Youyan was punished for this.
After that, King Huayang and General Zhenguo began a new round of mutual attack. Ming Yingzong ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate, and it was found that the Huayang Wang brothers had committed many illegal acts.
Because of his belief in Buddhism, the king of Huayang actually brought the great monk Hongchuan into the palace to worship, and ordered the old palace people to serve well. At the same time, he also forced the remaining soldiers of the palace to pay a large amount of silver taels, causing a large number of remnants of the army to flee.
Because of the conflict between General Zhenguo and his brother, he didn't even pay tribute on major festivals such as the Holy Birthday Festival and the Thousand Autumn Festival. In addition, he also violated the etiquette system by committing adultery with servant women, cutting down trees on the graves of ordinary people, and falsely detaining civilians as thieves.
The clan violates the law, and the final decision is in the hands of the emperor, so the relationship between the clan and the emperor is like that of a mouse and a cat. Since the bottom of the butt is not clean, then don't jump so much and make a fortune in secret, isn't it fragrant?
They have to jump out and go to the court to hurt each other. This is the equivalent of a rat that sends itself to a cat and wanders around. Ming Yingzong was also angry and laughed at the death of these two brothers.
During the Ming Dynasty, the brothers Zhu Youyan, the king of Huayang, annoyed Ming Yingzong because of their misdeeds and enmity, and Ming Yingzong issued the most severe warning to them and threatened to deal with them according to the laws of their ancestors.
Since then, there has been no record of the broken incident of the Huayang Wang brothers in the historical records, which is estimated to be that they were shocked by Ming Yingzong's murderous words. Although the Zhu Youyan brothers have their own faults, the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, should also bear half of the responsibility.
This "no changer" clan rule and imperial law gave the clan all kinds of privileges, allowing them to override the imperial law. The clan violates the law, and the civil and military officials and ministers at all levels only have the right to go up and down, but not the right to judge, and the emperor is the judge who judges the members of the clan.
For example, a superintendent named Quanzhi was punished because of Zhu Youbi's crossing of the border. The absolutization of power leads to the absolutization of corruption.
There was a relationship between the clan and the emperor between the large clan and the small clan, and this relationship was strengthened in the era of emphasizing the righteousness of relatives and ruling the world with filial piety. As a result, members of the clan were often protected by the emperor when they did not commit serious crimes, and their associated accomplices were punished heavily.