Chapter 34 2. The strange age of emperors

Let's take a look at the personal information of Zhu Zhanji, the fifth emperor of the Ming Empire. Historical Archives of Zhu Zhanji last name: male Name: Zhu Zhanji Born: March 16, 1399 Birthplace: Beijing Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit Constellation: Pisces Blood Type: Type A Height: 176 Weight: 59 kg Appearance characteristics: handsome and handsome, with an oversized chin, he has the style of his ancestors. Occupation: Served as the fifth emperor of the Ming Empire. Specialty: strategy and wisdom, famous painter, calligrapher and poet. social relationship Father: Renzong Zhu Gaochi

Mother: Zhang Wife: Hu Shi Son: 4 people Mental journey 0 years old: born. 12 years old: Because he was deeply favored by Chengzu Zhu Di, in order to make him the grandson of the emperor, Zhu Di had no choice but to make his father Zhu Gaochi the crown prince. 15 years old: Together with Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, he participated in the second expedition to Mongolia, and won the second-class meritorious service for his bravery. 16 years old: Successfully planned the "Zhu Gaoxu Reactionary Group" case, which dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Zhu Gaoxu Group. 23 years old: Successfully planned the "Zhu Gaosui Reactionary Group" case, completely defeated Zhu Gaosui, the last political opponent of his father Zhu Gaochi, and never recovered.

25 years old: Father Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne as emperor and made him crown prince. 26 years old: succeeded his father and was elected as the fifth emperor of Ming Dynasty. 27 years old: He personally commanded the royal army, went on an expedition to Le'an, and wiped out the anti-emperor group headed by his uncle Zhu Gaoxu in one fell swoop. 27 years old: Order the Confucian scholars to enter the palace, teach the eunuchs to read and write, and prepare for the eunuchs to fully grasp the government affairs. 28 years old: The Battle of Annan broke out, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force was defeated by Annan, with more than 70,000 dead. Since then, it has completely lost its military control over Annan.

31 years old: Zhu Gaoxu, the leader of the reactionary group, did not repent at his death. Zhu Zhanji buckled it in a copper vat and roasted it slowly with charcoal fire. 32 years old: The great eunuch Zheng He made seven voyages to Nanyang. 36 years old: died. Zhu Zhanji's personal resume is full of unexplainable mysteries.The most eye-catching thing is that he died at the age of 36—or 37, some people think he was 38—why was he in such a hurry?Thirty years old, he was impatient to let go and return home. Not to mention a pampered emperor, even a commoner would be a little anxious.Why did Zhu Zhanji die so early?

He was nothing more than—to put it simply, he was too smart, he used his brain too much, and his physical strength and life were overdrawn, so he called the curtain call earlier. The actual situation is that Zhu Zhanji was involved in intricate political struggles when he was still a child, and he served as the coach of the father-son combination of Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji.It was he who lived behind the scenes, forbearance, and secretly manipulated. He successively cut off two powerful men, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi, and helped his father, Zhu Gaochi, ascend the throne. Zhu Zhanji's first shot was when he was 16 years old.Historians have already found out clearly that in that year, Zhu Gaoxu resisted the order for the second time, refused to obey the assignment, refused to go to Qingzhou to take up the post, and insisted on staying in the capital and becoming the prince—it was nothing more than forcing Chengzu Zhu Di to fulfill his promise.But what happened next was jaw-dropping. Zhu Gaoxu had a fierce conflict with Xu Yelu, the commander of the soldiers and horses, and smashed Xu Yelu's head to pieces with a gourd.After this happened, Zhu Gaoxu was exiled to Le'an, and his dream of becoming a prince was completely eradicated from then on.

However, according to historians' inspection, this incident turned out to be the masterpiece of 16-year-old Zhu Zhanji.This little thing has already studied Zhu Gaoxu's character thoroughly, and deliberately instigated Xu Yelu to come forward, conflicted with Zhu Gaoxu, triggered Zhu Gaoxu's violent outburst, killed Xu Yelu, and completely cleared Zhu Gaoxu from the scene. Zhu Zhanji's second shot was when he was 23 years old.His wisdom has matured, and his mind has become more careful.So this time, he chose the foolish Zhu Gaosui as his target, secretly bought Zhu Gaosui's subordinates, and instigated that group of fools to mess with their brains and discuss the matter of poisoning Zhu Di.As a result, Zhu Gaosui was convicted of infidelity, so Zhu Gaosui was purged for no apparent reason.

In addition to these two political conspiracies, the young Zhu Zhanji also practiced martial arts every day to please his grandfather Zhu Di, forced himself to study every day to please his father Zhu Gaochi, and warned his heart to avoid revealing his evil nature. To please his subjects and people—this poor unlucky bastard, he has lived for more than 30 years, but he has not lived a single day for himself. Go down the sacred mission.He is really tired. Don't say that he will try his best to satisfy himself and satisfy everyone's wishes in the future, but how many brain cells will he consume just to destroy the two hostile gangs Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui?How much mental energy did he use up?Before he was 16 years old, he had already done more than most people in the world would do in a lifetime. No matter how much life energy he had, he couldn't resist such consumption.

Although he only lived to be 36 years old, he had already exhausted his life and physical energy, so he died prematurely.What's more, the things he experienced, one after another, were bizarre and permeated with the obscurity and complexity of human nature.For example, at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, the first thing he encountered was the strange case of Li Shimian.