In 1424, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, passed away. The monarch who took the throne from his nephew finally legitimately passed the throne to his son, Zhu Gaochi, Renzong of the Ming Dynasty after his death. However, this much suppressed emperor died after only ten mon

In 11424, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di passed away. The monarch who seized the throne from his nephew finally legitimately passed the throne to his son, Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi, after his death. However, this much suppressed emperor died after only ten months in power. The person who took his place was Zhu Zhanji, the emperor's grandson whom Zhu Di liked the most. .

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On March 16, 11399, Zhu Zhanji was born in Prince Yan's Mansion in Peking . He was smart and clever since he was a child, and was deeply loved by his grandfather Zhu Di. It can be said that Zhu Di was able to establish Zhu Gaochi, who he was not satisfied with, as the prince. , a large part of the reason is to let Zhu Zhanji become the future emperor naturally.

Of course, after Zhu Di later became emperor, he did train Zhu Zhanji as his successor. Zhu Di loved fighting. During his campaign in Mobei, he took Zhu Zhanji with him to the battlefield several times to exercise his courage and military abilities. At the same time, he did not neglect the cultivation of Zhu Zhanji's "cultural classes". The teachers assigned to Zhu Zhanji were all famous Confucian officials in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di paid much more attention to him than Prince Zhu Gaochi, which shows that he The importance attached to this emperor's eldest grandson.

And Zhu Zhanji did not disappoint him. Under Zhu Di's careful training, Zhu Zhanji soon grew into a talented man with both civil and military skills. It was not until the twenty-second year of Emperor Yongle's reign (1424) that his father Zhu Gaochi succeeded him as emperor, and he transformed from the emperor's eldest grandson into the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that there is God's will in the dark. Zhu Gaochi, who had finally escaped from the whirlpool of power struggle, was preparing to show off his talents, but before his emperor's bench was overheated, he fell ill. Fortunately, he was a good emperor. Even though he only reigned for ten months, during these ten months, he not only abolished the harsh rule left by the previous dynasty and renovated the army, but also advocated the policy of recuperating with the people. It laid the foundation for the subsequent " Renxuanzhizhi".

Time has come here, and it is finally our turn for today’s protagonist Zhu Zhanji to appear.

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On May 29, 11425, 26-year-old Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne and became the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. As the eldest son of Zhu Gaochi, his mother was Emperor Renzong Chengxiao Empress Zhang. This Empress Zhang was not favored by Ming Renzong when he was alive, but due to Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di's love for their son Zhu Zhanji, she also sat firmly in the center. Palace position.

It is said that "where there are women, there will be intrigues." What's more, in a Shura field as big as the harem, even the queen is not exempt from the common custom.

When Renzong of the Ming Dynasty was still alive, he especially loved his concubine Gongsu, the noble concubine Guo. She played the harp with her and gave birth to three sons and one daughter. However, Renzong 's favor for Guo was dissatisfied by Queen Zhang, but in the past, she could not say much because of Renzong.

It wasn't until 1425 that her biological son Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne. Empress Zhang finally managed to keep the clouds clear and see the moonlight, so she vented all her long-pent-up anger on the Guo family. It stands to reason that Renzong loved his concubine Guo so much, and they also had several young children. Renzong would never let Guo be buried for him.

But Empress Zhang was different. She used the excuse of accompanying Renzong to coerce the Guo family to die for her, leaving only a few "lonely and helpless" children.

Zhu Zhanji saw this in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. As a son, he could not disobey his mother's wishes, but as an elder brother, he felt that he owed them from the bottom of his heart and wanted to make some compensation to these brothers and sisters.

thought so in his heart, and he actually did it, especially what he did to his ninth brother Liang Zhuang Wang Zhu Zhanyi . It is no exaggeration to describe it as "a doting brother and a madman".

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Zhu Zhanji, the king of Liangzhuang, was the ninth son of Renzong of the Ming Dynasty. His mother was Guo, the noble concubine of Gongsu, and the half-brother of Zhu Zhanji, Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty.

Neither Zhu Zhanji nor Zhu Gaochi's favorite prince, nor his eldest son, King Liang Zhuang knew from an early age that he would never be the emperor. He enjoyed countless glory and wealth on the edge of power, and did not like power. Fighting, but living a leisurely life.

King Zhuang of Liang was also a person who loved Buddhist activities. Under his vigorous planning, many temples sprung up in the country, which greatly promoted the development of religious culture in the Ming Dynasty.

The aloof character of King Liang Zhuang is in sharp contrast to his uncle Zhu Gaoxi. While Zhu Zhanji is focusing on solving the rebellion launched by his uncle, he also loves King Liang Zhuang very much. Out of guilt for him, he successively rewarded him with a large number of treasures. According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty": "In the early days of Xuande, the five kings of Zheng, Yue, Xiang, Jing, and Huai were ordered to give 50,000 guan in annual currency, but Liang paid twice as much." Whether the King of Liangzhuang was moved or not, but later generations were undoubtedly shocked by Zhu Zhanji's brotherly love for King Liangzhuang.

A total of more than 5,300 exquisite funerary objects were unearthed from the tomb of King Liangzhuang , including more than 1,400 gold, silver, and jade items, and more than 3,400 beads and gems. Such rich and exquisite funerary objects have become the most abundant among princes since the Ming Dynasty. . According to research, most of the gold, silver, and precious stones came from the imperial palace. In other words, these properties were given to him by Zhu Zhanji, the brother of King Liangzhuang.

Summary

Before the tomb of King Liangzhuang came out, there were not many records about this prince in history. It was not until 2001 that the rich and exquisite funerary objects in the tomb of King Liangzhuang made this prince unknown in the long history. The unassuming prince was well-known to later generations, and this led to a brotherhood that will be praised through the ages.

Regardless of whether Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji and King Liangzhuang really had a good relationship or Zhu Zhanji felt guilty for him in his heart, based on so many funerary objects from the palace in the tomb of King Liangzhuang, we can find that Zhu Zhan Ji is undoubtedly a "little brother fanatic" through and through.