Zhu Qiyu Two mysteries, a lifetime of hatred
Why is Zhu Zhanji dissatisfied with Zhu Qiyu?It is said that in 1428 AD, he intended to depose the Empress Hu. His reason was that the Hu family did not give birth to a son for him, and "there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest".
However, his Sun Guifei gave birth to Zhu Qizhen for him. The first to stand up against this decision was Empress Dowager Zhang, who believed that the emperor and the empress had always been a loving husband and wife, a role model for the world, and Zhu Zhanji should not destroy this tradition.
Minister Yang Shiqi also objected, he thought that the queen was benevolent and virtuous, she had not made any mistakes, and they were still young, their sons would have it, everything would have been, and they couldn't be abolished just because Sun Guifei gave birth to a son, which was too unreasonable.
In order to abolish Empress Hu, Zhu Zhanji made up his mind, and finally got the result of "the world heard it and took pity on her". Empress Sun and Zhu Qizhen were not among them, and Zhu Zhanji was very happy about this.
As time passed, Zhu Zhanji hugged Zhu Qizhen on his knees and asked him: "After you become the emperor, can you make the world peaceful?"Zhu Qizhen looked up at him and replied in a childish voice: "Yes!."”
Zhu Zhanji was very pleased when he heard this, and then asked: "If anyone is not convinced, do you dare to personally unify the army to conquer them?"Zhu Qizhen clenched his little fists and said firmly: "Dare!."”
Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji immediately stood up, put Zhu Qizhen on the dragon chair, and the ministers knelt down together, shouting "Long live" in unison!
Zhu Qizhen's oath was finally confirmed, and he did personally lead an army of 200,000 and personally went into battle. However, the ending slapped Zhu Zhanji hard - is this the consequence of my forcible abolition in disregard of the world's sympathy?
In this world, there is also a child named Zhu Qiyu, who is one year younger than Zhu Qizhen, when he raised his head and asked in a milky voice, "Where is my father?"”
At that time, the incident after Zhu Zhanji's abolition had just happened less than a year ago. However, Zhu Zhanji suddenly became interested in a palace maid surnamed Wu, and as a result, Zhu Qiyu was born.
But he immediately sent the mother and son out of the palace and hid them outside.
Zhu Qiyu's mother and son have a low status in Zhu Zhanji's heart, and obviously he doesn't like them. Although Zhu Qiyu dared to abolish the queen, if he really cared about Zhu Qiyu's mother and son, why would his existence be so embarrassing?
Zhu Zhanji's ruthlessness towards them may stem from their origins. According to the record of "Sins and Records", Zhu Qiyu's mother Wu was originally a palace member of his uncle Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han.
After Zhu Zhanji put down Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion, the palace people of the Han Dynasty were enslaved in the harem, which made Zhu Zhanji deeply hostile to Zhu Qiyu's mother and son.
In 1435 AD, Zhu Qiyu was eight years old. He had never met his father, only that he was the emperor's son. Suddenly, one day, a large group of strangers broke into his life and took him to meet his father.
For this child, this was both an accident and a fright. It turned out that his father Zhu Zhanji was very ill and decided to admit Zhu Qiyu and his mother to the palace and give him a name.
Despite the fact that the father was dying, he still cared about the child.
Zhu Qiyu met his biological father for the first time and found that he had an older brother. And Zhu Zhanji is assuring his mother, Empress Dowager Zhang: "This is your own grandson, I owe them too much to their mother and son, you have to compensate for me and treat them well." ”
Empress Dowager Zhang could only nod. She understood why Zhu Zhanji would tell her so much, because only she could protect the mother and son. And Empress Sun only took a fancy to Zhu Qizhen, which can't be blamed on her.
But the question is, Zhu Qizhen is about to become the heir to the throne, will he treat this "flying" younger brother well? The answer is yes.
After Zhu Zhanji's death, Empress Dowager Zhang successfully let Zhu Qiyu return to the clan and was named "King of Servants". Now the living conditions are much better than before, Zhu Qiyu is very happy, no one treats him coldly anymore, he can play freely in this big palace of the king of Yu.
A child is a child after all, even if he becomes a vassal king or emperor, Zhu Qizhen is the same. In the first year that he became the only seedling, he suddenly had a younger brother of the same age, and he felt very novel and happy.
Therefore, Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu had a very good relationship at the beginning, and even as they grew older, this relationship did not change. Because Zhu Qizhen knew very well that his younger brother could not threaten his throne at all.
Therefore, he broke the rules of the Ming Dynasty and let Zhu Qiyu, who had been crowned king, stay in the capital, and they could often masturbate and drink together.
History is always full of twists and turns, just like the story of the Zhu Emperor, the brotherhood between them cannot be erased. However, the arrangement of fate was ruthless, and the dialogue between Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen became a reality, and Zhu Qizhen hunted in the north, leaving the crown prince Zhu Jianshen to be in charge of the country by Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Qiyu was full of gratitude and promised to protect the country until Zhu Qizhen returned. However, they did not foresee that this decision would change the future of Daming.
3. Zhu Qiyu's unsolved mysteries Zhu Qiyu's life is full of drama, and his two unsolved mysteries still make people wonder today. In the Tumubao Incident, Zhu Qizhen was captured, and Zhu Qiyu unexpectedly sat on the throne.
Under his rule, Yu Qian succeeded in saving the Ming Dynasty. However, the twist of fate happened again, Zhu Qizhen was taken back and became the emperor, but when Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill, he launched a change to seize the door and regain the throne.
In 1457, Zhu Qiyu died at the age of 28. His death sparked controversy and speculation, especially as to why he died suddenly and what the cause of his death was, which remains a mystery to this day.
Why did Zhu Qiyu cheer when he learned that Zhu Qizhen had reappeared? The answer to this question lies in the "change of seizing the door". There are many irregularities in this incident.
For example, only Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen and Cao Jixiang can cause such a big stir? The answer is no. Because behind these three people is the Empress Dowager Sun. Cao Jixiang had already told her in advance that they were going to make your son emperor again.
With the support of Empress Dowager Sun, even if Yu Qian wanted to stop it, he couldn't stop it. Not to mention that Yu Qian had no intention of stopping it at all.
Brother do, okay! Some people think that this is because he is afraid of Yu Qian, fearing that he will usurp the world of the Ming Dynasty. But in reality, this logic does not hold. He asked Yu Qian because he regarded Yu Qian as his right-hand man and wanted to know if things had changed.
Since he didn't control the script of history, he couldn't foresee that Zhu Qizhen was back.
Faced with his brother's return, he said, "Brother do, good!" "It's not just an expression of helplessness, it's a deep despair. He understood that if it weren't for his own mistakes, the throne would not have been his brother's turn, and even his father was disgusted with him.
For his brother's blood suppression, he has penetrated deep into the bone marrow and cannot get rid of it. Therefore, he could only accept the reality, helplessly shouted "yes", and accepted his brother's return.
My husband has been the emperor for seven years, and he has desperately saved the future, and now that he has passed away, why can't he even enjoy a few pieces of jade? ”
The second theory believes that Zhu Qizhen was the culprit who caused Zhu Qiyu's death. This view is mainly derived from the records of wild history. For example, in the "Miscellaneous Notes of the Garden", it is mentioned that the day before the change of seizing the door, Zhu Qiyu's condition had improved, and said that he would go to court to meet with the hundred officials the next day.
However, after the change of seizing the door, Zhu Qiyu died suddenly for unknown reasons. The record of "Sick and Escaped" is more direct, saying that Emperor Jingtai's death was due to Zhu Qizhen ordering the eunuch Jiang An to die with a buler.
In addition, "The Record of Sins" also recorded this incident in detail, pointing out that on the 19th of that month, Zhu Qiyu's condition had improved. However, in order to cater to Zhu Qizhen's will, the eunuch Jiang An killed Zhu Qiyu with Bule and reported that he was dead.
In general, there seems to be no answer to these two unsolved mysteries about Zhu Qiyu. But there is one thing that everyone agrees on, and there is no need for any explanation: Zhu Qiyu's historical achievements obviously surpass Zhu Qizhen.