The holy king fulfills the wish fruit, and the prince whisks the heavenly clothes. ——Zhang Rui
The most honorable status in ancient times, they were the kings of a country, the lords of heaven and earth, with supreme honor and admiration above all people. The throne is a symbol of the powerful, a position that only the Ninth Five-Year-Old deserves to ascend, and this noble position tempts countless people to fight for it. There is only one person on the throne, and under the throne are countless open and secret struggles, and the blood is flowing like a river.
Under the throne, there was originally a definite heir, honored according to the ancient concubines, most of them were empress sons who naturally became princes, but many princes in history did not wait for the day of the throne. They may have died from the murder of their brothers, or from the swords of the harem of the former dynasty. Since ancient times, the struggle for power has to go through bloody storms, but there is a prince who has successfully ascended the throne, is the safest prince in history, is the eldest son of the emperor and the only son, and his throne is almost unshakable.
Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao
Zhu Houzhao's father was Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, a very famous Ming Emperor in history, who not only loved the people like a son, but also fulfilled his promise to the empress of "one or two people in one lifetime". Emperor Xiaozong of The Ming Dynasty took the throne with Chenghua for twenty-three years, was generous and loving, and practiced frugality, and treated the business of the imperial court very seriously and diligently, often in the middle of the night still seriously marking and correcting, and devoted his whole life to the country and the people.
Zhu Youfan was very attentive to the people's country, and he also loved his wife very much. His wife, Empress Xiaokangjing, married him before he ascended the throne, accompanied him through all the storms, never abandoned him, and accompanied him through the most difficult moments. Zhu Youfan also loved his wife very much, and after becoming emperor, he never forgot his wife's help to him in the past, still loved her alone, and fulfilled the beautiful promise of "willing to be a person with one heart, and the white head is not separated". He and his wife lived a life of sleeping together, talking about poetry and painting every day, and caring. The courtiers above the court did not allow the emperor to have only one concubine, for the sake of the emperor's thousands of things, Zhu Youfan should also fill the harem more, let other concubines open branches and leaves, Zhu Youfan resisted all disputes, and there was only one empress in the great harem.
The empress gave birth to two sons, but the younger son died at the age of one, and the only eldest son, Zhu Houzhao, became the only heir of the crown prince, who was not only the only son of the emperor, but also the eldest son, and even if his brother was alive, he should be on the throne. After the death of the younger son, Ming Xiaozong was even more fond of the eldest son Zhu Houzhao, he put all his hopes on the eldest son's body, Jiangshan Sheji will be entrusted to him in the future, must let him become a wise and upright emperor, so that the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan more stable.
Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao
Emperor Mingxiaozong died prematurely at the age of 36, causing Zhu Houzhao to take the throne early. Zhu Houzhao, who had not experienced any bloody storm of fruit and power, successfully inherited the throne, he did not understand the importance of the throne, he did not know how to cherish what he got without any difficulties, and he was still young and could not distinguish between loyal and treacherous words. And growing up, he hardly encountered any adversity, no one could hurt him, he was like a flower protected in a greenhouse. He did not understand the difficulty of being a king and a subject, nor would he sympathize with the suffering of the people of the world, let alone the difficulty of defending the Jiangshan Society.
After Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, he reused the eunuchs led by Liu Jin, and these traitors lured him to have fun every day. Zhu Houzhao was absurd, first disregarding the ancestral system to build city streets and houses in the palace, so that eunuchs and palace women dressed as ordinary people, and then felt that it was not fun enough, and even imitated the folk Qinglou Tavern in the palace, so that the palace women became prostitutes for his amusement. The harem made a miasma of smoke and upset the loyal and honest old courtiers of the previous dynasty, and the forces of the old dynasty fought against the eunuch forces of the current dynasty for the first time, and the eunuch clique won, so the eunuch clique was even more arrogant.
Emperor Mingwuzong later built such a wind and moon place as the "Leopard House" for his own entertainment, and later disregarded the early court etiquette and went to the people to rob the women, which made the old ministers feel that the country was hopeless. He indulged in the land of fireworks all his life, and the Zufa ritual law could all be abandoned, just to be free to do whatever he wanted. He did not know his responsibilities and burdens, he spoiled his traitors, he was absurd every day, he abandoned the government and ignored the government, and he did not go up to the court, and he played with different women in the "leopard room" every day.
Unbridled play made the economic and political deterioration of the Ming Dynasty step by step, and it also slowly declined. The people's lives were miserable, and many peasant uprisings broke out, and the clan brothers also rebelled one after another, but Zhu Houzhao still did not care about the affairs of the court, and finally died at the age of thirty-one. epilogue
Zhu Houzhao's life was smooth, but also let him mistakenly think that there is only one thing to enjoy in life, too happy life paralyzed his perception, but also let him not know the suffering of the world, and will not cherish his throne and people.
Resources:
"The Words of the Seller of Oranges"
"Fenghe Tong Crown Prince Guo Ci'en Temple Should Make Two Songs"