On the sixteenth day of the first month of the eighth year of Jingtai (1457), Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, discussed with the ministers and decided to jointly play Emperor Jingtai and request to restore the status of the crown prince of Zhu Jianshen, the king of Yi.
After the discussion, it was too late to enter the palace immediately, so they decided to present the song again the next morning when they went to court. However, at the same time, another group of people were also plotting to overthrow Emperor Jingtai, including the chief military officer who was regarded as Emperor Jingtai's confidant.
After careful consideration, several wise men decided to carry out the operation on the evening of the 16th day of the first lunar month. In the middle of the night, they decided to disperse their operations. On the pretext that Warat was harassing the border, Zhang Xuan led a large number of soldiers from Beijing to march to the imperial city.
With Shi Heng's help, they successfully entered the imperial city. Then, Xu Youzhen locked the gate to prevent any reinforcements from entering. After everything was ready, they went to the Nangong where Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned.
Before Zhu Qizhen could sleep, he suddenly saw a group of people rushing in, he thought that Emperor Jingtai had sent someone to kill him, and hurriedly wanted to find a place to hide. However, the crowd knelt down together and called him long live, much to his alarm.
He finally understood that these people had come to support his restoration. Surrounded by everyone, he entered the palace and regained the throne of the Fengtian Temple, which had been lost for many years. Shi Heng rang the bell and drum and summoned the ministers to come.
Zhu Qizhen wanted to seize his son's throne in the change of seizing the door, but when the ministers entered Fengtianmen, they saw the old lady who had been imprisoned for many years. Suddenly, the ministers fell into a state of confusion and confusion.
At this moment, Xu Youzhen stood up, and he shouted loudly: "The Emperor Taishang has been reinstated, Zhu Qiyu is on the sickbed in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and mistakenly thinks that Yu Qian is plotting to oppose the usurpation." ”
The eunuch Xing'an replied that this was not the case, and Zhu Qiyu learned the truth. However, on the first day of the change of Yuan Tianshun, Zhu Qizhen ordered the arrest of Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, and Wang Wen, the secretary of the ministry, and executed them for treason the next day, and confiscated their families.
Although the Ming Dynasty entered a new period, Zhu Qizhen's behavior was regrettable and painful.
Zhu Qizhen's biggest mistake after the restoration was to unjustly kill Yu Qian. Originally, Yu Qian's heroic performance in the defense of the capital defended the Zhu family, but he was said by Xu Youzhen to be an obstacle to the restoration of Zhu Qizhen.
In fact, Xu Youzhen was worried that he would be liquidated, because Yu Qian always believed that Jiangshan's surname was Zhu. And Zhu Qiyu originally planned to make Zhu Jianshen the prince, but Zhu Qizhen took away his position.
In addition to Yu Qian, the civil and military officials who were related to him in Jingtai were also implicated, some were dismissed and imprisoned, and some were confiscated and transferred. Only Takaya was left in the cabinet during the Jingtai period, and he also returned to his hometown the following year.
The general Fan Guangyin was activated by Yu Qian and killed by him, and his wife and daughter were also given to the Warat people, which was unique among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Although Zhu Qizhen was supported by Shi Heng and others, he did not give them any rewards.
After the death of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Qizhen died within a month of restoration, the cause of his death is unknown, some people say that he was killed by Zhu Qizhen, and some people say that he was tortured, no one to heal, no one to take care of.
Eventually, he died alone.
If it weren't for Zhu Qizhen's rash behavior, Zhu Qiyu might never have been able to ascend to the throne. Although it is recorded in "The Chronicle of Illness and Escape" and "The Record of Sin" that Zhu Qiyu was strangled to death by the eunuch Jiang Anxi, this is not reliable, after all, Yu Qian's unjust death was not immediately rehabilitated.
And does Zhu Qizhen have brotherhood for his younger brother? The answer is obvious, otherwise he wouldn't have been the first thing after the restoration. As for Zhu Qiyu's tomb, although he built a mausoleum for himself before his death, he did not say anything about his brother's death, and simply buried him.
However, he was very generous to the eunuch Wang Zhen, who brought disaster to the country and the people, not only built a temple, but also held a funeral ceremony for him. In the Ming Dynasty, the funeral was buried by the imperial court according to the merits and status of the first court, so what kind of merit did Wang Zhen have?
It turned out that Wang Zhen had died in the Tumubao Incident, but Zhu Qizhen made a fake corpse with fragrant wood, and also found a group of monks and Taoists to "summon spirits" for him.
Zhu Qiyu also became the first emperor in history to build a temple for eunuchs, and he often sacrificed in the temple.
Zhihua Temple still stands in Tianshun three years (1460), time flies, Zhu Qizhen still misses Wang Zhen, and even set up the "Yingzong Edict Sacrifice Wang Zhen Monument" during the sacrifice.
What's even more unbelievable is that Zhu Qizhen actually built a temple for his enemies first, maybe he thought that he would also let him back first. However, in fact, it was Yu Qian and others who strongly recommended that Zhu Qiyu take him back.
The fact that a dignified son had built a temple in Kyoto for the enemy monarch and the Hulu chieftain may have been a bit of a brain confusion during his year in Warat, or perhaps he was genuinely grateful to Yasen, and even regarded him as a benefactor.
However, I wonder how the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and people who sacrificed their lives would feel when they saw that their Son of Heaven actually built a temple for the culprit? When Zhu Qizhen first became emperor, he trusted the eunuch Wang Zhen the most, and after the restoration, he still re-employed eunuchs, this time it was Cao Jixiang, it seems that without eunuchs, he would not be able to deal with the government.
Therefore, the power of eunuchs was more rampant than in the previous dynasty.
A eunuch was sent on a business trip, passing through Nanxiong Mansion on the way. He is Zhu Qizhen's favorite eunuch and the local prefect. Zhu Qizhen did not hesitate and directly arrested the two of them in prison.
The eunuch confessed his mistake in prison, so Zhu Qizhen ordered Liu Shi to be released. However, Liu Shi suddenly "fell ill" and died in prison, and the matter was over.
Yuan Bin was a loyal retinue of Zhu Qizhen during the Wara period, and after the restoration of Zhu Qizhen, Yuan Bin was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard. However, Zhu Qizhen favored Menda more, and Yuan Bin was ** because of this.
Although Yuan Bin was wronged, no one dared to stand up and defend him because Menda's power was too great. Just when Yuan Bin was in a predicament, a righteous man named Lacquer Gong stood up, but in the end he could not change what happened to Yuan Bin.
Zhu Qizhen's trust in Menda and Lu Gao made them arrogant, and even falsely accused and ** the vassal king. The most shocking thing is that Zhu Qizhen actually ordered the execution of Zhu Dianyan and his mother, and even after learning the truth of the matter, he still insisted on the wrong decision.
Zhu Dianyan is the grandson of Zhu Quan and the great-grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was wrongfully killed for offending Zhu Qizhen's eagle dog, which fully exposed the dark rule of the Tianshun Dynasty.
After the restoration of Zhu Qizhen, the Tatar leader Shi Biao had successfully resisted the Mongol invasion, but then he became involved in Shi Heng's rebellion, which gave the Lai and Maoli children a chance.
They led their army to attack Shanxi, and although they were defeated, they still threatened the safety of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, Zhu Qizhen's decision to change Gongdao shows his lack of military strategy and long-term consideration.
Zhu Qizhen's tossing in the Hetao area left a century-long Hetao trouble for future generations, and his mediocrity made the Ming Dynasty stormy. At the end of his life, although he left behind an edict abolishing the funeral system restored by the Ming Dynasty, this flash does not seem to hide his mistakes.
In fact, his mistakes deeply affected the political, social and military aspects of the Ming Dynasty, making the Ming face many difficulties and challenges. Although his son Zhu Jianshen was a good emperor, Zhu Qizhen's mistakes and mediocrity still left a deep impact on the Tianshun Dynasty.