Become the richest man in the world from answering questions

Chapter 157

"Okay, let's continue. It is said that in the 43rd year of Wanli, that is, in March of 1615 A.D., there was a shooting case in the palace. Since then, Zheng Guifei and King Fu can no longer threaten Zhu Changluo's crown prince. gone."

"Then what's going on with this stiletto attack? Why is it that after the stiletto attack, Concubine Zheng and King Fu can no longer threaten Zhu Changluo?"

"Now, let's talk about the assassination case, one of the three most mysterious cases in the late Ming Dynasty. This is a political case related to the assassination of Prince Zhu Changluo."

"Old rules, before we talk, let's briefly understand the situation and background of the shooting. Let me just say it briefly."

"In the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor wanted to appoint the eldest son born to the empress as the prince, and if the empress had no prince, the elder would be the prince."

"This Zhu Changluo belongs to the second situation. Since the first queen of Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun's wife Wang Xi has no children, the crown prince falls to Zhu Changluo."

"Although Zhu Changluo was not born to the empress, he is Zhu Yijun's first prince, and he can be regarded as the eldest son. Do you understand what Master is talking about?"

Jiang Xiaoli nodded quickly, expressing his understanding.

"Of course, although the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty is clearly stipulated in this way, there are also some emperors who ascended to the throne through special methods."

"For example, Zhu Di who fought against his nephew and took the throne from his nephew, Zhu Qiyu who was forced to ascend the throne because his elder brother was captured in a war, and Zhu Houcong who succeeded Zhu Houzhao because he had no children."

"Of course, most of the time, the etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty continued the replacement of the throne according to the eldest son inheritance system."

"Zhu Yijun has been in power for 14 years since he ascended the throne, and his first queen, Sister Wang Xi, has never moved. Instead, he favored Concubine Wang Gong once because he went to pay his mother's peace, and in the end, Zhu Changluo was born."

"I have repeatedly emphasized that Zhu Yijun doesn't like Zhu Changluo many times, so I won't say more now. You just need to know that Zhu Changluo has never received Zhu Yijun's love and care."

"Because he was not born to the empress, but to a court lady, and because he is not very honorable, Zhu Yijun has always resisted Zhu Changluo's mother and son, so he doesn't like them."

"Zhu Yijun's favorite is of course Zheng Guifei. Zheng Guifei became Zhu Yijun's favorite concubine when she was 14 years old."

"Because this Concubine Zheng is different and talented, Zhu Yijun likes her very much, and Concubine Zheng later gave birth to the third son of the emperor, Zhu Changxun, so Zhu Yijun likes her very much."

"Because he likes Concubine Zheng and the third son of the emperor Zhu Changxun, Zhu Yijun wanted to make Zhu Changxun the crown prince, but according to the ancestral system, he could only make Zhu Changluo the crown prince."

"So this is the root cause of the conflict between Zhu Yijun's waywardness and the conservative ministers. One side is wayward and the other side is conservative, which eventually led to the dispute between the country and the country."

"Oh, by the way, here is an explanation of why it is called a country-based dispute. This is because the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace is the foundation of the country, so it is called a country-based dispute."

"Okay, let's move on to the important thing. According to the ancestral system, Zhu Yijun can only appoint Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, but he can't stand Concubine Zheng giving him the pillow wind, so he has always wanted to appoint Zhu Changxun as the crown prince."

"But conservative courtiers disagree. Concubine Zheng can blow pillow wind to Zhu Yijun, so can she also blow pillow wind to courtiers?"

"That's why the courtiers insisted on appointing the eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince. Besides the courtiers, the Empress Dowager Li and sister Wang Xi also insisted on appointing Zhu Changluo as the crown prince."

"Although Empress Dowager Li supported this matter, Zhu Yijun was determined to appoint Zhu Changxun as the crown prince, so the dispute between him and the courtiers lasted for 15 years."

"In the face of Zhu Yijun's violations, the ministers went to the evacuation one after another, asking Zhu Yijun to quickly register Zhu Changluo as the prince, but Zhu Yijun refused to do it, and delayed again and again."

"It is said that Zhu Changluo cannot go to school normally because the position of prince has not been finalized for a long time, because he does not know whether he should be trained as prince."

"At the beginning, because the situation was not yet clear, there were not many ministers who supported Zhu Changluo, so Zhu Yijun punished those few ministers who supported Zhu Changluo."

"It doesn't matter if you don't punish, once you punish, all the ministers will know that Zhu Yijun wants to appoint Zhu Changxun as the prince, so the courtiers unite to support Zhu Changluo, and the momentum for appointing Zhu Changluo as the prince will become even greater."

"By the 29th year of Wanli, Zhu Changluo was already 20 years old. Besides, the Empress Dowager Li came out to mediate the conflict, and the courtiers were very determined. Zhu Yijun had no choice but to canonize Zhu Changluo as the prince in this year."

"And conferring Zhu Changxun as the King of Fortune and enfeoffing Luoyang, but this Zhu Changxun is not simple, we will talk about him later."

"After understanding the background, let's talk about the prelude and process of the shooting case, and you can guess what happened to the shooting case."

"In October of that year, Zhu Changxun was canonized as the King of Fortune, and the fiefdom was in Luoyang. Logically speaking, after being canonized, he had to go to the fiefdom immediately, which is Luoyang."

"But Concubine Zheng kept blowing wind beside Zhu Yijun, and Zhu Yijun was also reluctant to part with Zhu Changxun, so I left Zhu Changxun temporarily."

"And after staying here, Concubine Zheng has been waiting for an opportunity to seize Zhu Changluo's crown prince."

"The Crown Prince Zhu Changluo's position was not stable when he was just conferred. The two sides were fighting openly and secretly, so the most serious court vendetta case broke out since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the maiming case."

"It is said that it was the evening of the fourth day of May in the 43rd year of Wanli. Zhu Changluo was studying quietly in the Ciqing Palace, that is, in the East Palace."

"Hey, just at this moment, a man, holding a wooden stick in his hand, swaggered into Zhu Changluo's East Palace. He first injured the eunuch guarding the gate. I gave Zhu Changluo a stick."

"The man hit Zhu Changluo directly on the head with a stick. Zhu Changluo had never been attacked like this before, and he immediately fell to the ground and bled profusely."

"At this moment, Zhu Changluo's personal bodyguard, Han Benyong, rushed over after hearing the news. He first arrested the man who hurt someone, and then sent the injured Zhu Changluo to be treated."

"Let's not talk about what happened next, but let's talk about the doubts that emerged in this incident."

"The first doubt is why the stick-wielding man can swagger into the Eastern Palace and injure the Crown Prince."

(End of this chapter)