Zheng Guifei
ConsortsThe biological mother of King Fu Zhu Changxun was deeply favored by Emperor Wanli. He was seen as the opponent of the Crown Prince in the Kokumoto dispute and the attack case.
Dynasties of ChinaMing dynastyMing dynasty lineage
GuangzongZhu Changluo
Taichang · Reign 1620
After nearly twenty years of hard work, he was crowned Prince. He died violently in the "Red Pill Case" just one month after taking the throne.
IBiography
- Reign
- Less than a year
- Reign era
- Taichang
- Order of accession
- Ruler #14 · Ming dynasty lineage
- Life dates
- 1582—1620
- Titles
- Temple name: Guangzong · Posthumous title: Emperor Zhen · Buried at Qingling Mausoleum
Zhu Changluo is the eldest son of Emperor Wanli. His biological mother, Concubine Wang Gong, was originally a palace maid and was not favored. Emperor Wanli wanted to make Zhu Changxun, the son of his beloved concubine Zheng Guifei, and the ministers argued for more than ten years citing the ancestral system. This was known as the "Struggle over the Origin of the Country" in history. He was not established as Crown Prince until 1601, and there were subsequent attacks on him. After he came to the throne in August 1620, he stopped mining taxes, distributed internal funds to reward the Liaodong frontier troops, and appointed ministers who had been demoted. The government and the public had high hopes for a while, but he fell ill more than ten days after taking the throne. He died suddenly after taking the red pill given by Li Kezhuo, and he only reigned for one month.
IITimeline
Before accession
PoliticsThe battle over national origin
Emperor Wanli delayed in appointing his eldest son as Crown Prince, and many ministers were dismissed one after another, and several chief ministers resigned as a result. Under pressure from the government and the opposition, Emperor Wanli established Zhu Changluo as Crown Prince in 1601 and named Zhu Changxun as Prince of Fortune.
PoliticsAssault case
Zhang Cha, a man armed with a wooden stick, broke into Ciqing Palace where the Crown Prince lived, injured the eunuch guarding the gate and was captured. The court officials suspected that Zheng Guifei was the mastermind, so Emperor Wanli decided to execute Zhang Cha on the grounds of madness in order to calm the matter.
During the reign · 1620
PoliticsAscended to implement new policies
When he came to the throne on the first day of August, he ordered the abolition of mining taxes and interrogation taxes in various places, issued an internal fund of one million taels of silver to reward the soldiers of Liaodong and Jiubian, and appointed officials who had been convicted of outspokenness. This was regarded as a resurgence for a while.
PoliticsRed pill case
After more than ten days after taking the throne, he became seriously ill. He took two red pills given by Li Kezhuo, the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple, and died in the early morning of the first day of September. This case, together with the assault case and the palace transfer case, were collectively known as the "three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty" and became the focus of party disputes.
IIIPeople of this reign
Fang Congzhe
PoliticsThe chief assistant of the Taichang Dynasty, he was impeached by the Donglin Party for allowing the use of medicine and excusing Li Kezhuo in the Hongwan case, and subsequently retired from office.