One day in the fifth year of the Tomorrow Enlightenment, Zhu Youjiao of Ming Xi Sect went to Xiyuan for a cruise. When swimming to the lake, due to the influence of wind and waves, the bottom of the boat shook, and Zhu Youxiao and the two eunuchs fell into the water. The two eunuchs drowned directly, and Zhu Youxiao was rescued. But after that, Zhu Youxiao fell ill, and two years later, he died.
The cause of Zhu Youjiao's death is not clear in the history books, and even different historical books record different things. Thereupon. There are many people who have doubts about the cause of Zhu Youxiao's death. Some people say that he died because of the wind and cold caused by falling into the water; There are even conspiracy theories that he was poisoned. So how did Zhu Youxiao die?
Let's first review the scene when Zhu Youxiao fell into the water that day. On the same day, after Zhu Youxiao went to the Temple of Earth to hold a ceremony, he went to Xiyuan to play. At the time of the incident, it was Shen Shi, Zhu Youxiao, Gao Yongshou, and Liu Siyuan, two little eunuchs, rowing a boat and playing. Zhu Youxiao personally supported the boat, and two little eunuchs helped beside him. Suddenly, a strong wind blew the boat over. Wei Zhongxian was far away from the big boat at that time, and he even jumped into the water to save it, but it was too far. In the end, a steward eunuch named Tan Jing swam over as fast as possible and rescued Zhu Youxiao. The other two little eunuchs on the boat, Gao and Liu, drowned that day.
Gao Yongshou is a subordinate of the eunuch Wang Qiqian, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, while Liu Siyuan is a person under the name of Wei Zhongxian, and Gao Yongshou is also one of Zhu Youxiao's most trusted little chamberlains. Although there were still two years before Zhu Youxiao's death at this time, he fell ill due to cold and fright in the water. Because of the strange nature of this incident, this conspiracy theory has been supported by many people.
Because in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the bureaucracy was very powerful, otherwise there would not have been such a freak as the Donglin Party later. But in reality, it is not very easy to carry out an assassination on a ship. The palace is Wei Zhongxian's sphere of influence, and even if the Donglin Party has this heart, it does not have this strength. If the boat is manipulated, it should be discovered by Zhu Youxiao soon. Because they used to play in shallow waters for a while, and there were no problems. The two eunuchs on the ship were also eunuchs, and Wei Zhongxian naturally would not murder the emperor. Because after all, they are his food and clothing, and without Zhu Youxiao, everything about him will be gone. So this time it fell into the water, it should be just an ordinary accident.
From the beginning of May of the seventh year of the Apocalypse. Zhu Youxiao's condition began to worsen, and until August, Zhu Youxiao basically never got out of bed. Zhu Youxiao's illness made Wei Zhongxian anxious, even if everyone in the world wanted Zhu Youxiao to die, Wei Zhongxian also hoped that Zhu Youxiao could live well. Seeing this scene, Wei Zhongxian's sworn friend Huo Weihua offered Jin a kind of elixir and a set of cooking utensils. The device for making the elixir may seem a bit complicated, but the principle is actually very simple. The fresh dew produced should not be much different from the rice soup we have today. However, Zhu Youxiao felt that it was very good after eating, so he planned to continue eating. But soon after, his body was swollen and he died.
So, some people said that Zhu Youxiao ate Huo Weihua's rice soup and ate it to death, but in fact, Huo Weihua only contributed a rice soup steaming method, and Wei Zhongxian asked the housekeeper to create an upgraded version of it from gold as it was. This rice soup was also made by the Imperial Pharmacy, and Fok Yinghua did not participate in it. And Zhu Youxiao felt that it tasted sweet after tasting it, and he gave it to several people around him. After drinking for half a month, everyone else is fine. If it is to be poisoned, it is impossible to poison Zhu Youxiao alone. On the one hand, Huo Weihua had no motive to kill the emperor, he was also a member of the eunuch party, and it would not be beneficial for him to kill the emperor. Therefore, this rice soup should not have been poisoned, and it was not the cause of Zhu Youxiao's death.
So did Zhu Youxiao really die because of the flooding? When Zhu Youxiao was in May of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, he already felt that his body was not very good. My whole body was swollen, and I couldn't leave the bed in June or July. Later, it was accompanied by coughing up blood, and blood clots were sprayed out of the nose. Some people say it's kidney disease, some people say it's lung disease, in short, when he feels sick, Zhu Youxiao should have been in the advanced stage of illness, and it should have nothing to do with him falling into the water.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty usually liked to take some self-tonic pills, and these pills usually contained some metal substances. For example, lead, mercury, and so on, and these substances can affect the kidneys. In addition, Zhu Youxiao not only likes carpentry work, but also his lacquerware work, and he is often in this environment, which will inevitably inhale some harmful substances. Coupled with the fright of the Apocalypse, as well as the cold that hit his lungs after falling into the water, he eventually became terminally ill and died. Maybe this is the final cause of Zhu Youxiao's death!