As we all know, after Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, his uncle Zhu Gaoxu was not only unconvinced, but even felt that he was the most suitable person for the throne, so he decided to start planning to seize the throne. In the first year of Xuande (1426), Zhu Gaoxu's confidant Mei Qing was ordered to go to the house of General Zhang Fu, hoping to unite with Zhang Fu to rebel. Unexpectedly, after Zhang Fu received the "invitation" from Mei Qing to rebel, not only did he not agree, but he immediately ordered Zhu Gaoxu's confidant Mei Qing to be tied up, and he wisely escorted Mei Qing to Zhu Zhanji. Zhu Gaoxu's premeditated rebellion was strangled in the cradle before it even started.
It stands to reason that rebellion is a serious crime that will kill one's head, and Zhu Gaoxu will undoubtedly die.
However, Zhu Zhanji did not punish Zhu Gaoxu for his death penalty, but gave him a chance to reform. Therefore, he did not directly send out a large number of troops to exterminate the rebellious ministers, but chose to send the envoy Hou Tai to inform him. He, if he thought about it carefully, he did not expect that Zhu Gaoxu was not only ungrateful, but also said a lot of strong words. He said that he had made great contributions in the Battle of Jingnan, and he was the one who was most appreciated and liked by Zhu Di. . If Zhu Di hadn't listened to the slander and sealed him to Le'an Mansion, he would have been the one who once ascended the throne. Moreover, he also said that even when Zhu Gaochi took the throne that originally belonged to him, he still tried to win over him in various ways, either giving him official titles or giving him various rewards. It means that I am very powerful. Zhu Zhanji not only didn't know how to appreciate others, but also suppressed him in every way after ascending to the throne, which made him very unhappy.
In addition, not only did he not take the envoy seriously, he also arrogantly took the envoy Hou Tai to visit his military exercise site, and arrogantly told Hou Tai that he was not afraid of Zhu Zhanji at all. , he can compete with them with the troops in these military exercises. Finally, he sent the envoy Hou Tai back to tell Zhu Zhanji that if he did not want him to lead troops into the palace, it was best to prepare for peace talks in advance. In fact, the peace talks he was talking about here were nothing more than asking Zhu Zhanji to give up his throne.
After Hou Tai returned, he truthfully informed Zhu Zhanji of everything Zhu Gaoxu said and did. Zhu Zhanji was furious, and the ministers also reported that Zhu Gaoxu must be destroyed immediately. At this time, when he heard that there was a war, General Zhang Fu, who had not fought for a long time, began to get ready to take action. He took the initiative to ask Zhu Zhanji for a fight. He assured Zhu Zhanji that he only needed 20,000 troops to defeat Zhu Gaoxu. Take it. However, Zhu Zhanji hesitated at this time, not only because Zhang Fu's father had a good relationship with Zhu Gaoxu, but also Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaoxu had gone to the battlefield together, and Zhu Gaoxu had sent someone to recruit him to rebel together before, so It is normal for Zhu Zhanji to have concerns about not trusting him and fearing that he would defect. In addition, there was a precedent of Zhu Yunwen, the son of the ranking general, being defeated in the crusade against Zhu Di and losing the throne. He was afraid that history would repeat itself. Therefore, under the advice of the civil servants in the court, he decided to lead the expedition in person.
In August of the first year of Xuande (1426), Zhu Zhanji led his troops and it took ten days to arrive at Zhu Gaoxu's house. At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was stunned when he saw Zhu Zhanji, who was personally conducting the expedition. He had always thought that it was Xue Lu who was conducting the expedition. Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhanji personally led the troops, and because the emperor personally led the troops, the morale of the army was very high, which was not what he expected at all. He began to become timid, even issuing battle orders was obedient and trembling so much that when the soldiers saw this, they instantly lost the courage to resist.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Zhanji decided to fight quickly and directly dispatched the musketry and archery teams to launch an offensive. Because the offensive was too fierce, the soldiers defending the city fled one after another. Immediately afterwards, he ordered the archery team to shoot the edict into Anle City, clearly telling the enemy that he only wanted to punish Zhu Gaoxu, and he did not want to kill indiscriminately. He would not pursue the others who abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. Moreover, he also emphasized that if anyone could He would also reward Zhu Gaoxu heavily if he captured him dead or alive.
The rebels who had no fighting spirit in the first place lost even more fighting spirit after receiving Zhu Zhanji's order, and some even surrendered directly. Later, Zhu Gaoxu also knew that he had no way to save himself, so he did something before surrendering. Very funny thing.On the morning when he was about to leave the city and surrender, he summoned the rebels and delivered a shocking speech to the soldiers. The soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit suddenly regained their fighting spirit after hearing this.
Just when the fighting spirit was high and when the war was about to begin, Zhu Gaoxu disappeared after delivering his speech. The general never expected that Zhu Gaoxu would secretly stay out of the city and surrender. I have to say that Zhu Gaoxu's so-called rebellion is just like playing. He is really a ridiculous clown. It can be said that compared with his father Zhu Di, he is really worthless. In this way, Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion ended in comedy.
According to convention, in order to show the emperor's authority, after Zhu Gaoxu surrendered, the central government would send a very eloquent person to scold him. Therefore, he handed over this seemingly simple task, but actually a severe test to the person who received the task, to a person named Yu Qian. After receiving the mission, the man named Yu Qian lived up to his expectations. He began to eloquently curse the former prince, because not only did he have a loud voice, but he also scolded him well-founded. Zhu Gaoxu was scolded. He was shivering, and in the end he just lay on the ground, trembling. After
was scolded, fortunately Zhu Zhanji was kinder and did not kill Zhu Gaoxu because of his rebellion. Moreover, Zhu Zhanji felt that Zhu Gaoxu was still his uncle after all, and he could still forgive him as long as he did not commit any more crimes. . As a result, the hopeless Zhu Gaoxu lived a stable life in the cell.
Until one day, Zhu Zhanji suddenly had a whim and wanted to go to the cell to see his uncle. So he followed his own will and went to see him. After the two met, something might have gone wrong. Zhu Gaoxu actually kicked Zhu Zhanji. Zhu Zhanji was caught off guard and fell. The emperor was plotted to fall. How embarrassing. So Zhu Zhanji decided to teach his uncle some lessons, so he ordered someone to cover Zhu Gaoxu with a large copper vat weighing more than 300 kilograms as a punishment and warning. Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu, who was covered, actually lifted the vat got up.
When Zhu Zhanji saw this, he directly asked someone to find dry firewood, pile it with coal on the top of the copper cylinder, and light the fire. So, Zhu Gaoxu ended his life like this. If Zhu Gaoxu had not challenged the emperor's authority, he would not have died so early. Unfortunately, he not only likes to challenge authority, but even loves to play the clown in front of authority. His rebellion was just a historical farce. It does nothing except make people laugh and make people think.
