Since Han Gaozu entered Xianyang and made three chapters of the Covenant law with the world, the Han Dynasty system has been generally established as the basic system of the feudal dynasty for thousands of years.
Among them, the non-Liu surname of the emperor Zong clan did not crown the king, established the exclusivity of the royal royal power, and laid hidden dangers for the turbulent country of the princes and kings in later generations, and there were rebellions by the kings of the clan in all dynasties, and the consequences of this farce were only to make the people suffer.
During the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's two uncles rebelled, and the emperor eventually only killed Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxuan was safe and sound.
Zhu Gaoxu, the hero of jingnan
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang died in the 38th year of Hongwu, and the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunjiao became Emperor Jianwen, and because of Emperor Jianwen's vigorous slashing of the domain, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was dissatisfied, and Zhu Di, who was deeply in crisis, rebelled from Beiping and was known as Jingnan.
In 1398, Zhu Yunjiao ascended the throne, when Emperor Taizu, for the sake of the stability of the country, wantonly rewarded his son as the king of the domain, and enjoyed military power, guarding the border pass in the outer town, and the local major events and army movements had to ask the king of the domain for instructions before they could be implemented, and the rights were not insignificant.
At the beginning of the reign, because Ming Taizu was located in the emperor's grandson, it caused dissatisfaction among the kings, and the problem of the king of the domain became more and more prominent, and Emperor Jianwen decided to cut the domain, first of all, the king of Zhou, who was a compatriot of Zhu Di's mother, was convicted and demoted to a commoner, and at the same time, the kings either died or exiled several people.
At the beginning of the cutting of the domain, Zhu Di began to prepare for the rebellion, and when the imperial court issued an edict to arrest the official office of the King of Yan, Zhu Di disobeyed the oath and raised an army in the name of the Qing Jun's side, 'JingNan', known in history as the Battle of Jingnan.
In this war, Zhu Di's son Zhu Gaoxu shined and made great contributions to Jingnan.
Zhu Gaoxu was the second son of Zhu Di, the King of Yan, who studied with the princes in Nanjing in his early years, and was not liked by Zhu Yuanzhang because of his frivolous behavior, but his heart was cunning, vicious, and scheming, so after Zhu Di raised an army, he took him as the vanguard and accompanied the army.
In the Battle of Baigou River, Zhu Gaoxu led a fine horse to charge the front, killing the father and son of the enemy general in front of the battle, and the army's morale was greatly encouraged, and his reputation spread throughout the Yan army.
When Zhu Gaoxu was brave enough to crown the three armies, when preparing for a big battle, the front line Zhu Di was defeated at Dongchang, the Yan army general Zhang Yu was killed, and Zhu Di was trapped and captured, Zhu Gaoxu led his army to arrive, and his men led their troops to fight to the death, and finally repelled the enemy army and saved Zhu Di.
Zhu Di, who was rescued, was full of emotions, and he patted Zhu Gaoxu's back and said the words that made his people struggle for a lifetime: "I am sick, Ru is working hard, and shizi is sick." ”
Hinting that he might pass on the position of Shizi to him, in order to inspire Zhu Gaoxu, for this sentence, Zhu Gaoxu had the idea of taking the concubine, and fought more and more on the battlefield, and then rescued Zhu Di many times in times of danger.
Under the great victory, Zhu Di attacked the city of Nanjing in one fell swoop, Emperor Jianwen set himself on fire and died, and Zhu Di took the throne for Ming Chengzu.
After taking the throne, the issue of Zhu Di as the heir began to tangle, he saw his own shadow in the second son Zhu Gaoxu, psychologically, Zhu Di was more inclined to make Zhu Gaoxu the crown prince, but the civil officials above the court all one-sidedly supported the more benevolent and well-known eldest son Zhu Gaoxu, and the abolition of Changli was chaotic since ancient times.
After much deliberation, Zhu Di finally decided to make his eldest son Zhu Gaozi crown prince. Zhu Gaoxu became a vassal king, but how could Zhu Gaoxu be willing to be a vassal king, he remained in Nanjing despite Zhu Di's repeated orders to return to his fiefdom, he was waiting for the opportunity, and he never forgot the promise That Zhu Di had given him.
Before Zhu Di died, he forcibly sent Zhu Gaoxu back to the fiefdom, but his people were not at peace in the fiefdom, recruiting troops and horses, waiting for an opportunity to rebel.
Subsequently, Akihito died less than a year after he ascended the throne, and when the crown prince returned from Beiping, Zhu Gaoxu, as an uncle, even tried to intercept and kill him halfway, but in a hurry, he did not succeed. After the crown prince ascended the throne, he not only did not pursue the crime of interception and killing his people, but instead gave him a great reward.
This became a sign of cowardice in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, and his desire to rebel became more and more restless. Finally, under the report of Yu Shi, Zhu Gaoxu's intention to rebel was exposed, so he had to raise an army in a hurry, and due to insufficient preparations, under the personal conquest of Emperor Renzong, the rebels broke up, and Zhu Gaoxu was captured along with several sons.
In this rebellion, Zhu Gaoxuan was also involved in the rebellion.
The cowardly anti-thief Zhu Gaoxuan
Like Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxuan also longed for the throne. He was zhu di's third son and was deeply trusted by zhu di.
According to historical records, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, Zhu Gaofu was made the King of Zhao and responsible for all the administrative affairs of Beiping, which was zhu Di's hometown and the root of Zhu Di's army, and this appointment showed Zhu Di's affirmation of his ability.
However, Zhu Di also did not give him the most important position, and he was as dissatisfied as the second brother, but he did not rebel like the second brother, he took another path.
Zhu Di was particularly fond of his younger son, and with this in mind, Zhu Gaoxuan began to frame the prince's subordinates in front of Zhu Di, so that most of the people around the prince were convicted and imprisoned, thereby weakening the prince's power.
Subsequently, the fact that he had married the prince for rebellion was revealed, Zhu Di was furious, and finally he was exonerated under the intercession of the prince, but Zhu Di specially found a highly respected teacher to strictly guard him, and with the teaching of Yan Shi, his behavior gradually converged.
But the unwilling seed had already sprouted in his heart, and in the twenty-first year of Yongle, Zhu Di was seriously ill, and Zhu Gaoxuan thought that his time had come, conspired with the internal servants to poison Zhu Di, fabricated a false edict to depose the crown prince, and established Zhu Gaozhuan as emperor, but he was again denounced, and after the matter was exposed, he was called to him by Zhu Di to ask him about the crime, and Zhu Di asked: "Did you do it?" ”
At this time, Zhu Gaoxuan had already been unable to say a word because of fear, and the prince vigorously defended him from the side: "It must be the subordinates who make up their own minds, and the younger brother does not know." ”
Looking at the face of the crown prince, Zhu Di did not pursue it, and after this incident, Zhu Gaoxuan's ambition did not dare to show it.
Brothers who rebel
Zhu Gaoxu's ambitions converged a lot, but he was still very eager for that position, so at the instigation of Zhu Gaoxu, he still moved his crooked thoughts, he consulted with Zhu Gaoxu, and when he rebelled, he took the city of Beijing in one fell swoop for the sake of internal response.
The matter was revealed too quickly, and Zhu Gaoxu's army was defeated quickly, and at this time someone made a statement to Emperor Xuanzong and took Zhu Gaoxuan, the King of Zhao.
Emperor Xuanzong did not allow it, saying: "The former emperor and the two uncles have always been good, and King Zhao has not conspired against him, so he cannot bear to kill him." ”
After being released by Emperor Xuanzong, King Zhao took the initiative to hand over the military power, and his ambitions were completely extinguished, and Xuanzong also took great care of him, rewarded him greatly, and gave him a title after his death.
Contrary to Zhu Gaoxuan's peace, Zhu Gaoxu was more radical, not only did he have no remorse, he was defeated and captured, when Emperor Xuanzong came to visit, he tripped the emperor with his feet, and the emperor who felt humiliated in his face was disgraced, and in anger Emperor Xuanzong ordered him to be roasted alive with a fire, which ended the life of his generation of adulterers.
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was holding the will to die, and when he was dying, he would provoke the emperor, and since Zhu Di had promised him, coupled with the blood of the hundred battles in the army, he no longer dared to live under the people.
Even if he was already an extremely popular subject, once his ambitions burned up, it would be difficult to extinguish, under the invincible tiger, he would die, but Zhu Gaoxuan was the opposite, he was originally a literati, with a cowardly nature, coupled with successive defeats, he also put down his ambitions and concentrated on a Taiping prince, naturally he could be good.
History is always pathetic and deplorable.