Zhu Qiyu
Zhu Qiyu is the second son of Zhu Zhanji, and the half-brother of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen. He originally had no chance to be the emperor, but Zhu Qizhen, who likes to commit suicide, gave him a chance. In the 14th year of Zhengtong of the Ming Dynasty (1449 AD), the " Tumu Fort Change" took place. Hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty suffered a crushing defeat at Tumu Fort . Zhu Qizhen, who was in charge of the personal expedition, was captured by the Oirats.
The country cannot be without a king for a day. Ministers such as Yu Qian , Wang Zhi and other ministers requested Empress Dowager Sun to support Wang Zhu Qiyu as the emperor, respect Zhu Qizhen as the emperor, and changed the reign to Jingtai in the second year.
After the Tumu Fort change, the people in the capital were panicked, and some wealthy families left Beijing with their property and fled south. The Hanlin Academy lecturer, Xu Youzhen, advocated moving south and moved the capital of to Nanjing to avoid the edge of the Oirat army. Yu Qian firmly opposed the migration to the south, believing that migration to the south was an act of destruction of the country, and advocated a battle with the Oirat and defending the capital.
Yuqian
Zhu Qiyu was also unwilling to move south. He valued loyal ministers such as Qian, dispatched troops and organized troops to resist the Oirat army. In October 1449, the Oirat Taishi Ye first led the army to attack the capital. Yu Qian led the Ming army soldiers to resist bravely, and finally repelled the Oirat army and won the victory of the defense battle in the capital.
Yexian originally wanted to use Zhu Qizhen to threaten the Ming Dynasty, but failed. When he learned that Zhu Qiyu had become the new emperor, Yexian thought that Zhu Qizhen was useless, so he thought of putting Zhu Qizhen back to the capital and letting Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu fight each other to cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty.
Many ministers of the Ming Dynasty submitted a memorial to Zhu Qiyu, asking the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen to return to the capital. Zhu Qiyu was not willing to let Zhu Qizhen return to the court, but due to the face of the ministers in the court, he could only agree.
Zhu Qizhen
In the first year of Jingtai (1450 AD), the Ola released Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qizhen returned to Beijing. Zhu Qiyu put Zhu Qizhen under house arrest in Nangong and sent someone to monitor Zhu Qizhen in case Zhu Qizhen contacted his old ministers. The eunuch Gao Ping suggested that Zhu Qiyu cut down all the trees in Nangong to prevent someone from hiding behind the trees or climbing the trees over the high walls. Zhu Qiyu adopted Gao Ping's suggestion.
Zhu Qiyu wanted his son Zhu Jianji to replace Zhu Jianshen to become the crown prince. Zhu Jianshen was the son of Zhu Qizhen. After the Tumubao Incident, Empress Dowager Sun made Zhu Jianshen the crown prince.
Zhu Qiyu wanted to depose the crown prince, hoping to get the support of the ministers in the court. For this reason, he even bribed the ministers. In the end, the ministers agreed to Zhu Qiyu's approach.
Zhu Qiyu
In the third year of Jingtai (1452 AD), Zhu Qiyu deposed Zhu Jianshen and made Zhu Jianji the crown prince. Man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. The next year, Zhu Jianji died of illness at the age of five. Zhu Qiyu had just one son. Zhu Jianji's death had a great blow to Zhu Qiyu. In the following years, Zhu Qiyu's concubines did not give birth to a son for him. Who will inherit the throne without a prince in the future has become a difficult problem facing the monarch and ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
In the first month of the eighth year of Jingtai (1457 AD), Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill and could not control the government. General Wu Qinghou Shi Heng Seeing that Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill, he discussed with Xu Youzhen and wanted to support Zhu Qizhen to restore the throne. The two reported secretly to Empress Dowager Sun and received the imperial edict from Empress Dowager Sun.
On the 17th day of the first lunar month, Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, eunuch Cao Jixiang and others launched the "Snatch the Gate Change", supporting Zhu Qizhen's restoration, and Zhu Qizhen re ascended the throne.
Zhu Qizhen
Zhu Qizhen abolished Zhu Qiyu as King of Huang and put him under house arrest. A month later, Zhu Qiyu died mysteriously at the age of thirty. There are two statements about the cause of Zhu Qiyu's death: first, Zhu Qiyu died of illness; second, Zhu Qizhen sent someone to kill Zhu Qiyu. I agree with the second statement about these two statements. Zhu Qizhen hated Zhu Qiyu very much, and he wanted to get rid of this hidden danger.
Zhu Qizhen was under house arrest for seven years. During these seven years, Zhu Qiyu had many opportunities to kill Zhu Qizhen, but he just didn't do that. I have seen many people analyze the reasons why Zhu Qiyu did not kill Zhu Qizhen, and there are three main reasons.
first, Empress Dowager Sun is still there, she is an elder, after the "Tumu Fort Incident", Empress Dowager Sun pushed Zhu Qiyu to the throne. Zhu Qizhen was born to Empress Dowager Sun. Zhu Qiyu took into account Empress Dowager Sun's feelings and did not want to get rid of Zhu Qizhen.
Second, the ministers were unwilling, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were very powerful, and Zhu Qiyu was worried that if he did such a thing, he would be criticized by the civil officials.
Third, Zhu Qiyu's son died prematurely and no one succeeded the throne.
These are all external reasons. The most important thing is that Zhu Qiyu is concerned about his brotherhood and cannot make up his mind to get rid of Zhu Qizhen. Unfortunately, he could tolerate Zhu Qizhen, but Zhu Qizhen could not tolerate him, and the woman's kindness eventually harmed him.
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