Brocade legend

Chapter 142
In July of the 23rd year of Chenghua, the 12-year-old Xingxian King Zhu Youzhu was officially conferred the title of Xingwang, Weihui, and he was granted the feudal status in Luzhou, Guang'an, Huguang.

Dozens of Jinyiwei banner officials, as well as many eunuchs, moved to Anlu Prefecture with their families along with King Xingxian.

Emperor Jiajing's father Zhu Youtang, who later became King Xingxian, was the second son of Emperor Xianzong Zhu Jianshen of the Ming Dynasty. His brother Zhu Youtang was Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty.

Concubine Shao, the mother of King Xingxian, was born in poverty and humble in Zhejiang Province. Her father was a soldier who washed sand. After she gave birth to Shao, she was unable to raise her, so she was sold to the eunuch's house in Hangzhou as a maid.

The guarding eunuch saw that Shao's appearance was lively and intelligent, so he taught her to read and write.By the time Shaw was 16 years old, he was already in full bloom.It just so happened that the emperor was choosing a concubine again, so the guarding eunuch sent Shao to the palace, hoping to get the favor of the emperor and develop his family.

Although Shao's family is beautiful and dignified, and he is familiar with poetry and books, it is a pity that he has been in the palace for many years and has never had the chance to see the emperor, let alone be favored by the emperor.Once entering the palace, the gate is as deep as the sea. For a young woman, life in the harem is lonely and boring.One day, Shaw was wandering in the garden, feeling the lonely life in the palace for a moment, and unconsciously sang a little poem: "After the rain on the jade steps, the autumn air is cold, the wind shakes the golden locks, and there are many nights. I haven't seen the king for a few years. In front of you, how close is Peng Lainai!"

At this time, Emperor Xianzong happened to pass by the garden and was deeply moved when he heard Shao's low-pitched poem.

In the 12th year of Chenghua, Shao's first son Zhu Youzhu, also known as King Xingxian, was born. This was the second son of Xianzong, so he was very happy. Concubine Chen was promoted to the title of noble concubine.

Because she is Shao's only son, Shao paid great attention to the education of King Xingxian Zhu Youzhu, and she devoted all her efforts to the education of King Xingxian.

Xingxian Wang Zhu Youzhao started to teach him to read poetry and books from the time he was sensible.Therefore, King Xingxian has developed a good habit of loving reading and thinking independently since he was a child.As a result, King Xingxian also paid special attention to the education of his son, the current Emperor Jiajing, so Emperor Jiajing had a good name since he was a child, which also laid some foundations for him to be selected to succeed him later.

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty received lofty status and generous treatment in the fief, but their words and deeds were also strictly restricted and restrained: "Dividing the enfeoffment without tin soil, being a noble without being close to the people, eating salary without governing affairs."

In this living environment, King Xingxian Zhu Youzhu did not indulge in pleasure and act recklessly like many clan nobles did, and even went to the street with a golden hammer in his arms to beat the people to death at will.

Relying on their royal status, some vassal kings violently killed people in the vassal land, murdered their fathers, licentiously corrupted, and harmed the people.Among the feudal vassals in the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to find a vassal mansion without bad deeds.And among the vassals, there are many evil people everywhere.

For example, Zhu Youxi, king of Xin'an, had a eccentric hobby, and liked to eat the liver and brain of living people.He often waits for those who pass by his door in the evening, and waits for an opportunity to lure them into the mansion to kill and eat them.Therefore, before the end of the afternoon, there were no traces of pedestrians in front of the Wangfu gate.

There are also some eldest sons of vassal kings who even killed their fathers and mothers, raped their concubines and court ladies, and acted viciously.

For example, Zhu Jianjun, the son of King Jing, resented his mother for favoring his younger brother Zhu Jianpu, king of Liang, so he imprisoned his mother in the dog cave and did not give him food. Her mother was starved to death.Later, he called his younger brother Zhu Jianpu into the back garden and beat him to death.He also raped his younger brother concubine He by force.Seeing that his younger brother Zhu Jiantan's wife, Mao Shi, was beautiful, he became lustful. Because Zhu Jiantan's mother, Ma Shi, was under strict supervision, he was annoyed. They crushed him to death with bags of soil, and tied Mao to the palace to commit suicide.In addition, Zhu Jianjun also gathered thugs from the market, rode across the Han River, and kidnapped the wives and daughters of the common people.

These absurd things about the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are too numerous to enumerate.Of course, there are also those who are unwilling to be mediocre, rise up to rebel, and bring disaster to the country and the people, such as Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao

In the fifth year of Zhengde, Zhu Zhiyu, king of Anhua in Ningxia, launched a rebellion and beheaded Zhou Dong, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, who Liu Jin sent to Ningxia to search in the name of "clearing the farmland". Nineteen days, but it inspired Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao.

In June of the 14th year of Zhengde, Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao rebelled against the imperial court in Nanchang, which brought great chaos to Jiangxi.

Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao is frivolous by nature and has no dignity, but he is good at pretending to be himself; he is a prostitute in Nanchang, greedily amassing money, and has political ambitions. Long before the rebellion, Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao had a premeditated plan He successively bribed the eunuch Liu Jin, the courtier Qian Ning, the actor Zang Xian, etc. to confuse Emperor Zhengde, restore the abolished guards of King Ning, and raise animals to death. Moved tens of thousands of people, plundered merchants, harbored thieves, and conspired to raise troops.He also attempted to use his son as the heir to Emperor Wuzong and obtain the throne.

After Wang Shouren led the army to quell the chaos, Zhengde arrived in Nanchang in August 15 and stormed the city the next day.Two days later, Wang Shouren's troops ambushed and rushed back to rescue King Ning's army in Nanchang.The main force of the Ming army caught up with King Ning's fleet on the morning of August [-]th, just as King Ning was coming to court.Wang Shouren lit the boat and let it drift into Ningwang's fleet.King Ning was forced to flee when his own ship caught fire, and was captured shortly thereafter.

In the eighth month of the 15th year of Zhengde, Wang Shouren took the captured Zhu Chenhao to Nanjing and dedicated it to Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, and the rebellion of King Ning ended here.

Compared with those vassal princes in Ming Dynasty who were restless, even tyrannical, had no public interest, and didn't understand public opinion, King Xingxian was "respectful and frugal, despised salary and profit", and had a heart of excellent ministers and love for the people.

According to reports from the spies of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, who specialize in monitoring the vassal kings: King Xingxian’s clothes, close-fitting clothes, that is, underwear are all made of fabric, and he ordered the clothes room not to be messed up or changed. "" Absolutely precious play, no animal music for girls, no wine for non-public banquets."

Indeed, after he arrived in the vassal state, many merchants offered rare jade and treasures many times, but King Xingxian did not accept them.Do not wear silk, whether it is outerwear or underwear, only cloth.They do not keep singers and dancers in captivity, they do not entertain ministers, and they do not eat livestock such as cattle and sheep, let alone delicacies from mountains and seas.And he often reprimands those who dedicate or persuade him by "playing with things to lose one's ambition".

Xingxian Wang Zhu Youzhu was also very appropriate in handling the relationship with the local officials of Anlu Prefecture and County.

According to the archived archives of Ju Jinyiwei's secret report, King Xingxian was very sympathetic to local officials, and had a noble demeanor for the benefit of the people.

In the last years of Hongzhi, there was an Anlu magistrate, whose name was Xiangfang, styled Xingyi, and a native of Tongcheng. In the 20th year of Hongzhi, he was promoted from Gishizhong to Anlu magistrate.He is low-key, and when Anlu took office, he was accompanied by only a book boy.During his governance of Anlu, he was honest and frugal, upright and decisive, and he was a rare official who was quite talented and could be called a "good official".

However, after three years of full rank, he should be transferred to leave his post, but the people are reluctant and want to stay.King Xingxian Zhu Youzhang Shangshu Emperor kept him, and asked to be promoted to the rank of the direction, which shows the heart of King Xingxian Youchen loves the people.

Because the emperor was worried that King Xingxian would buy local officials, he asked Dongchang to review the matter, but in the end he did not find out that King Xingxian had any selfish intentions, and King Xingxian's virtuous name was applauded by others.

(End of this chapter)