In the twenty-third year of Yongle (1425), Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi, who had only been emperor for 10 months, passed away. Prince Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne. If Zhu Zhanji became the emperor, the person he should be grateful to was none other than Jie Jin.

Yongle Twenty-three years (1425), Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi, who had only been emperor for 10 months, died.

Prince Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne.

If Zhu Zhanji can become the emperor, the person who should be grateful is none other than Jie Jin.

Xie Jin was a talented man in the Ming Dynasty . The highlight of his life was the completion of the compilation of Yongle Dadian . However, in Chinese history, the possibility of an intellectual not dying well was because he was mixed with the heir to the throne. problems, Xie Jin is one of them.

When Zhu Di asked the officials about the candidate for the crown prince, the others did not dare to say anything. They only said "good saint grandson" to Jie Jin. This sentence made Zhu Zhanji successful, and at the same time ruined Jie Jin's own life. .

After Zhu Gaochi was established as the prince, Zhu Gaoxu, who had been coveting the throne, refused to give up. He learned that this result was all because of a word from Jie Jin, so he hated Jie Jin deeply and always wanted to get rid of Xie Jin. Lose.

In the fourth year of Yongle, the secrets of the imperial court were leaked. Zhu Gaoxu falsely accused Jie Jin in front of Zhu Di of leaking "forbidden Chinese" for a long time.

Then Xie Jin was falsely accused of "unfair marking" in the imperial examinations, so Xie Jin was demoted one after another.

Xie Jin still didn’t know how to restrain himself. In the eighth year of Yongle, Xie Jin went to Beijing to report, but it happened that Zhu Di was not on the northern expedition, and Jie Jin went directly to report to Zhu Gaochi. This violated Zhu Di’s taboo, and Zhu Gaoxu seized this When he had the opportunity to complain to Zhu Di, Zhu Di was furious and sent Xie Jin to prison for the crime of "no courtesy".

Until the thirteenth year of Yongle, Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, reported the prisoner information to Zhu Di. Zhu Di said: "Is Jie Jin still alive?" Xie Jin was drinking. After Xie Jin got drunk, he threw Xie Jin into the snow. The talented Ming Dynasty scholar was frozen to death. He was only 47 years old at the time.

Xie Jin's death was undoubtedly a victim of the royal struggle in the Ming Dynasty, but after his death, the struggle for the throne of the Ming Dynasty did not stop, but intensified.

In the 22nd year of Yongle, Zhu Di died on his way back to Beijing from the Northern Expedition. At that time, Yang Rong and other ministers did not announce the funeral secretly in order to prevent Zhu Gaoxu from taking the opportunity to rebel.

After receiving the news, Zhu Gaochi sent his son Zhu Zhanji out of Beijing to attend the funeral immediately. At this time, Zhu Zhanji knew that there was another pair of eyes staring at him, that was the eyeliner of his second uncle Zhu Gaoxu.

While arranging to leave the capital, Zhu Zhanji told his father, Zhu Gaochi, to arrange for ministers to prepare for the enthronement ceremony. In the end, Zhu Gaochi successfully succeeded to the throne, and Zhu Gaoxu failed to launch a rebellion.

Unexpectedly, 10 months later, Zhu Gaochi also died. Now Zhu Gaoxu could not sit still. He wanted to follow the example of his father Zhu Di and launch another " Jingnan Campaign", and the goal was exactly Prince Zhu Zhanji was in Nanjing at that time.

According to historical records, after learning about the death of Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji set out from Nanjing to rush back to Beijing to ascend the throne, and he would definitely pass through Shandong on the way. At this time, what was waiting for Zhu Zhanji in Shandong was the dragnet laid by his second uncle. .

It turned out that Zhu Gaoxu was planning to assassinate Zhu Zhanji on the way, and then go straight to Beijing.

He laid an ambush on the road from Shandong to Beijing, waiting for Zhu Zhanji to fall into his trap. As a result, after waiting and waiting, Zhu Zhanji did not show up. Suddenly one day, news came from Beijing that Zhu Zhanji had ascended the throne in Beijing.

When Zhu Gaoxu got the news, he was furious. When his father Zhu Di passed away, he missed the opportunity and his brother Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne. Now that his brother died, he missed the opportunity and allowed his nephew Zhu Zhanji to ascend the throne smoothly.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't figure out how Zhu Zhanji crossed Shandong and returned to Beijing.

Regarding this matter, through research by later generations of scholars, there are basically two theories:

The first is that Zhu Gaoxu acted slowly, and Zhu Zhanji had already left Shandong when he laid the ambush.

The second one is that Zhu Zhanji learned of Zhu Gaochi's death earlier than Zhu Gaoxu, so he left early. Considering that the etiquette for Zhu Zhanji's enthronement was well prepared, some scholars believe that Zhu Gaochi's death was related to Zhu Zhanji. That's why he could return to Beijing in advance.

In any case, Zhu Zhanji successfully ascended the throne. Zhu Gaoxu, who had been coveting the throne, once again missed a good opportunity. Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help it. Zhu Zhanji, who had just ascended to the throne, was also preparing to carry out drastic reforms of the cabinet and eunuchs to realize his political ambitions and create his " rule of benevolence and xuanzhi".