Zhu Changxun (February 22, 1586 - March 2, 1641), also known as King Fuzhong, commonly known as Lao Fu Wang, the third son of Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong, and the half-brother of Zhu Changluo of Mingguangzong. Mother Zheng Guifei. The father of Zhu Yousong, Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Born on the fifth day of the first month of the 14th year of Wanli (1586 AD), his mother Zheng Guifei was favored and wanted to make him the prince, which caused a fight for the country. In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli (1601), he was named the blessed king. In the forty-second year, Luoyang was vassalized, and 20,000 hectares of farmland were obtained, and thousands of salt were introduced. Chongzhen, Yi indulges in wine.

On October 15, the twenty-ninth year of Wanli (1600 AD), he was canonized as King Fu. On March 24 of the 42nd year of Wanli (1614 AD), the whole family moved to Luoyang Mansion. From moving to Luoyang to being killed, King Fu lived in Luoyang for a total of 28 years.

On the twenty-first day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (1641 AD), Li Zicheng conquered Luoyang and was killed. He was 56 years old. Emperor Chongzhen gave him the word "loyalty".

King Fu is the third son of Wanli, and his mother is Concubine Zheng Guifei. The queen of Wanli was surnamed Wang, but did not give birth to a boy and a girl. Once Wanli was on a whim, he "pampered" a palace maid, and he had his eldest son Zhu Changluo. According to the inheritance law of Zhu Yuanzhang that year, "there is a grandson, there is no grandson" and "the East Palace does not treat the heir, and the son does not merge", Zhu Changluo, as the eldest son, is the natural prince. But one is because of Wanli's love for Zheng Guifei, and the other is because Zhu Changluo's mother is just an ordinary palace maid, Wanli is reluctant to make Zhu Changluo the crown prince. His intention is obvious, that is, to make Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor born to his beloved woman Zheng Guifei, the crown prince. Wanli's disregard for the ancestral system was criticized by most upright ministers. Although Wanli once "reprimanded eleven officials in a fit of anger, and the courtiers were all shocked", there was still an endless stream of critics who came after him. In the end, Wanli was no match for the ministers' war of words, and he finally understood that although he was the son of heaven, he could not set up a successor at will, so he had to accept the arrangement of the ancestral system and set up his eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince. This is the later Mingguang Sect, that is, Xizong, the father of Sizong.

The battle for the country

Zhu Changxun is the most favored concubine of Mingshenzong, Zheng Guifei, born in the fourteenth year of Wanli and is the third son. Before that, in August of the tenth year of Wanli (1582), Concubine Wang Gong had a son, Zhu Changluo. Mingshenzong favored Concubine Zheng Guifei and wanted to abolish the elder and younger, but was strongly opposed by the ministers and the Empress Dowager Li of Xiaoding, which was known as the "dispute over the country's capital" in history.

Around this issue, the ministers fought with the emperor for 15 years, during which a lot happened. The "dispute over the national capital" was the most intense and complicated political incident in the Wanli Dynasty, in which a total of four people were forced to retire, more than 10 ministerial-level officials, and more than 300 central and local officials, of whom more than 100 were dismissed, dismissed, and assigned. The intensity of the struggle can be seen. As a result, Shenzong abandoned the government in protest. Finally, in the twenty-ninth year of Wanli (1601), Shenzong had to give in, and the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo was the crown prince, and Zhu Changxun was the king of Fu.

Luoyang

Wanli's severed head government has also been vividly exerted on the crown prince. But in Zhu Changxun, who was named King Fu at the same time as the crown prince, he was full of enthusiasm.

At the end of the thirty-first year of Wanli (1603), a grand wedding was held for King Fu that cost 300,000 taels of silver. In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (1606), he ordered the construction of a palace for King Fu in Luoyang, the fief of King Fu, and it was completed a few years later, with 280,000 taels of silver. Being a father is really hard work, so that his son has a daughter-in-law and a house, if it is today's society, cars will definitely be inevitable.

In addition to thinking about this son materially, he also stepped up mentally. According to the Ming system, after the prince was entitled, he should live in the fief, and there were strict rules that after he went, he was not allowed to return to the capital to see his mother. Concubine Zheng really hated this kind of regulation, she cried, she felt that her fragile body and mind couldn't bear it at all

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) the pain of the separation of the mother and son, and resolutely refused to let the son go to Luoyang. Wanli really didn't let his son go to Luoyang.

When the ministers reminded him of the ancestral provisions, he was beheaded; When the ministers screamed, he still cut off his head, and later released the words, King Fu's house has not been built yet, do you want him to go to Luoyang to live on the street

Okay, then, just wait for the house to be built, and the ministers have time. There are too many ministers, although they can be assigned to the court, but in this matter, they are in a group and attack Wanli together.

In the fortieth year of Wanli (1612), the Fuwang Mansion was completed, but Wanli said that it would be said during the Spring Festival next year. In April of the forty-first year of Wanli (1613), the Spring Festival had passed, and King Fu was still in the capital. The ministers are on fire, as an emperor you can certainly spank me, but you must not insult my arithmetic intelligence, time has long passed, why not fulfill your promise.

Wanli had no choice but to let King Fu go to Luoyang, but before King Fu left, Wanli told the cabinet that he would allocate 40,000 hectares to King Fu's field. Shoufu Ye Xianggao almost jumped up, where is this emperor, it is simply a deflated three. The crown prince has nothing, but this blessed king has everything. It's all your blood and bones, why is there such a big difference in treatment.

Ye Xianggao was sparse, to the effect that you have repeatedly violated the agreement with your courtiers, and you have given the Fu King treatment in all directions, what should the people of the world think

Wanli was decapitated, and the ministers were sparse, thinking that the emperor was a bit excessive, and Wanli was still decapitated.

Although the 40,000 hectares allocated to Fuwangtian did not succeed because of the demon book case related to Zheng Guifei that happened later, Wanli's attitude towards his two biological sons can be seen.

At the time of the attack, King Fu had already gone to Luoyang to enjoy his blessings. This is what Zheng Guifei cried in front of the prince, "My son is gone, I killed you, according to the rules of the ancestors, he can't become the prince." ”

In fact, King Fu's departure from the capital objectively further affirmed Zhu Changluo's status as the crown prince. In other words, Zhu Changluo's fact as a prince was not implemented until King Fu went to Luoyang.

Indulge in wine

When he arrived at Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Changxun was close to the throne, and the court respected him. Zhu Changxun closed the pavilion all day long and drank alcohol, and only loved women, singing and dancing. Thieves rose in Qinzhong, Henan also suffered from a great drought, locust plague, people cannibalized each other, the people were in chaos, all said that the first emperor spent the world's wealth to fat the king, and Luoyang was rich in the palace. The reinforcements who passed through Luoyang shouted: "The palace has millions of money, but we died of hunger at the hands of thieves." Lu Weiqi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, was living at home, and he was very scared when he heard about it, so he informed Zhu Changxun of the stakes, but Zhu Changxun did not take it to heart.

How did Zhu Changxun die?

In the winter of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen (1640), Li Zicheng successively captured Yongning and Yiyang. In the first month of the second year, Wang Yinchang, who participated in the political process, led the army to guard and guard, and the chief military officer Wang Shaoyu, and the deputy generals Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai also led their own troops. Zhu Changxun summoned the three generals into the palace, set up a banquet with wine, and treated him with great courtesy. A few days later, the thieves came and attacked the city. Zhu Changxun took out his daughter to recruit warriors, walked out of the city, and rushed into the thief camp with a spear in hand, and the thief army retreated slightly. In the middle of the night, Wang Shaoyu's pro-army beckoned the thieves from the city, talked and laughed with each other, killed the soldiers defending the city wall with a knife, burned the city tower, and opened the north gate to lead the thieves into the city. Zhu Changxun escaped with a rope from the city wall and hid in the Ying'en Temple in the western suburbs. The next day, the thieves followed him and arrested him, and Zhu Changxun was killed on the spot.

The two servants (the attendants of King Fu) lay down on their bodies and wept, and the thieves grabbed them and told them to leave. Cheng Feng struggled and shouted: "King Fu is dead, and we don't want to live anymore, we just ask for a coffin to contain King Fu's bones, and we have no complaints even if we are broken bones." When the thieves saw this, they granted their request. With a pay of one inch thick paulownia

After the coffin was packed and placed on a tattered cart, the two hanged themselves next to it. The princess Zou and her son Zhu Yousong fled to Huaiqing. The thieves burned down the palace of the king, and the fire lasted for three days.

Posthumously sealed

King Fu was fifty-six years old. Emperor Chongzhen dropped out of the dynasty for three days, gave the funeral to be preferential, a qiē funeral was twice thicker than other vassal kings, and gave the word "loyalty", Chongzhen 16 years (1643) was buried in the original mountain on the eighth day of the first month. In March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, and after Ming Sizong hanged himself on the coal mountain, Zhu Yousong was proclaimed emperor by Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude in Nanjing, and was named "Hongguang". The country name is known as "Nanming" in history, and Zhu Changxun was posthumously called Zhenchun Su Zhesheng Jing Renyi as Emperor Gong, and the mausoleum is called Xiling. Soon Zhang Yuan took the word Gong as Emperor Xun and proposed to change it to the Emperor Gong, but finally changed his name to Emperor Zhenchun Su Zhe Shengjing Ren Yixiao Emperor. Later, Emperor Yongli posthumously sealed the temple name Gongzong, and called Mu Tianfu Daozhen Chun Su Zhe Xiu Wen Xianwu Sheng, Jing Ren Yi Xiao Emperor.

Historical records

Fugong Wang Changxun, the third son of Shenzong. At the beginning, the queen had no children, and the princess had a son, which was for Guangzong. Chang Xun is second, and his mother Zheng Guifei is the most fortunate. The emperor has not established a prince for a long time, and Chinese and foreign suspects that the noble concubine is plotting to establish his own son. The emperor was deeply disgusted with suffering. In the twenty-ninth year, Guangzong was established as the crown prince, and Chang Xunfu was crowned king, and the marriage fee was 300,000 yuan, and the camp Luoyang Mansion was 280,000 yuan, ten times the regular system. The courtiers invited dozens of the king's vassals to play. Not reported. In the forty-second year, the first order was established.

First of all, the sea is prosperous, the emperor sent tax envoys, mining envoys all over the world, the moon has entered the service, the pearl of the treasure Wen Yu Jinqi mountain accumulation, he searched to win hundreds of millions of dollars. At most, it is more senior. Before leaving the palace gate, he recalled the number four, and entered the court at the age of three. The edict gave 40,000 hectares of farmland. The division strived, and Chang Xun also made a speech, and it had to be halved. Zhongzhou is not enough soil, take Shandong, Huguangtian benefit. He also played the begging scholar Zhang Juzheng's property, and the miscellaneous taxes of Jiangdu to Taiping along the river and Dizhou, and Sichuan Yanjing tea silver for self-benefit. Accompany and flatter the officials, in the name of pretending to be accomplished, and take the rumors in and out of Henan, Bei, Qi, and Chu, and there is a commotion. Please also invite Huaiyan 1,300 to set up a store in Luoyang and the people's market. The envoy to Huai and Yangzhi salt, did not require several times. The old food of Hedong salt in Zhongzhou was changed to Huai salt, so it was forbidden not to be out of Wang Shi, and Hedong was not able to curb it, and the border salary was short. The courtiers asked to change to Wang Yan in the east of the river, and there was no city with the people. Listen. The emperor has lived for a long time, and the ministers are unconscious. Dufu Domain's envoy is the left door of the general nationality, a few times a day, and the morning and evening can be reported. The traitors from all directions are dying, exploring the wind, and taking profits like birds. If so, it will end forever.

And when Chongzhen, Chang Xun is close to the respect, and the court respects it. Chang Xun closes the pavilion and drinks alcohol, but women advocate music. The thieves in Qinzhong, the great drought locusts in Henan, cannibalism, and the people borrowed it, saying that the first emperor consumed the world to fat the king, and Luoyang was rich in the interior. The reinforcements who passed through Luo shouted: "The palace has millions of money, and my generation is killed by thieves." "Lu Weiqi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, was afraid of hearing it, and told Chang Xun with his interests, but he didn't care. In the winter of the thirteenth year, Li Zicheng even "Yu scooped" Yongning and Yiyang. In the first month of next year, Wang Yinchang, who participated in politics, was guarded, and Wang Shaoyu, the chief military officer, and Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, the deputy generals, each led troops. Chang Xun summoned the three generals to enter and gave a banquet and gifts. After a few days, the thieves came and attacked the city. Chang Xun recruited warriors with thousands of gold, came out, and entered the thief's camp with a spear, but the thief was a little away. In the middle of the night, Shao Yu's army called thieves from the city and laughed, wielded a knife to kill the defenders, burned the city tower, and opened the north gate to accept thieves. Chang Xun out of the city, hidden in the Ying'en Temple. The next day, the thief was killed. The two flattered corpses cried, and the thieves swept them away. Cheng Feng said: "The king dies and does not want to live, begs for a coffin to collect the king's bones, and has nothing to hate." "The thief promised it. The coffin was an inch, and the car was broken, and the two of them hanged themselves next to them. The princess Zou and the prince went to Huaiqing by Song. The palace of the thief fire king, three days endlessly. After hearing about the incident, the emperor mourned and dropped out of the dynasty for three days, so that Henan Yousi changed the funeral.

———— "The History of the Ming Dynasty VIII"

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