Zhu died in Hanwang: the only prince in history who was roasted alive.

In the ancient history of China, what kind of people would be called "kings"? Before the Qin Dynasty, the so-called "king" was a title for princes and emperors. Since Ying Zheng, King of Qin proclaimed himself emperor, "Wang" has become a title, and this title is not necessarily sealed for people born in princes and nobles. In the Han Dynasty, people who were called "kings" generally referred to the brothers of the prince and the emperor. When Emperor Yang Di arrived, he customized his uncle, uncle, brother and prince as kings. This system was also inherited by the later royal family and remained in use until the demise of the Qing Dynasty.

From this point of view, the monarch's identity and status are extraordinary, and most of them are of royal blood, and its dignity is self-evident. However, there are exceptions. Some people outside the royal family are also called kings, usually the heroes praised by the emperor, and sometimes they are named kings. There are too many such examples, so I won't say much here.

During the five thousand years in China, many princes have been born in history, but you must know that one of them is the prince who was burned to death in history. Is it a surprise? Never heard of it, or you don't know it at all. In fact, there is such a monarch in history. His position is absolutely prominent, and he is of royal blood. Who is this man? He is Zhu, the second son of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, someone wants to ask, how did Judy's son die in the fire? Speaking of reasons, we should start with Zhu's rebellion.

Zhu was fierce by nature and frivolous in words and deeds, which was hated by Mao. Later, after he ascended the throne, Zhu stood out, followed the expedition to the north and made repeated military achievements. At that time, the court was discussing the establishment of a repository. Both King Qi and Wang Ning like Zhu very much and often praise his great contribution in front of them, so they are favored by others. In the second year of Yongle (A.D. 1404), it was named Hanwang.

Shortly after Zhu was named Hanwang, his younger brother was appointed as the Crown Prince. At this time, he was deeply disappointed. He was very dissatisfied with his younger brother Zhu Gaochi's brilliant exploits, so he didn't take him seriously. Cheng Zu gave lectures many times, but he didn't listen at all. Finally, in the fifteenth year of Yongle (A.D. 14 17), he aroused the anger of his ancestors and was exiled to a small manor in Shandong.

Since Zhu was exiled to Le 'an, the resentment in his heart has been growing, and it is very urgent to plot to seize the throne. In August of the 21st year of Yongle (A.D. 1423), Cheng Zu went to the Northern Expedition and died on his way back to his division. In the 22nd year of Yongle (1424), Zhu Gaochi proclaimed himself emperor and was renamed Hongxi the following year. After only ten months in office, Hongxi died suddenly in May of the first year (1425) at the age of 47. He was buried in Tianshou Mountain Tomb in Changping, Beijing. Subsequently, Zhu Gaochi's eldest son, Zhu Zhanji, acceded to the throne, changing his country name to Xuande and Xuande Emperor. As his nephew Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, Hanwang Zhu's anger was even more boiling.

In August of the first year of Xuande (A.D. 1426), Zhu rebelled in Le 'an, sent cronies and others to sneak into Beijing, and joined his former headquarters as an internal force. When Zhang Fu learned about it, he arrested them and played for the Emperor. At that time, Zhu had reached an agreement with the governor of Shandong, and contacted the governors and commanders of Tianjin, Hebei, Qingzhou, Cangzhou and Shanxi as coordination. Publicly distribute swords, arrows and flags, and plunder horses in surrounding counties.

Zhu also formed five armies, namely, the front, back, left, right and middle armies. The former army was commanded by Wang Bin, the right army was commanded by thousands of households, the later army was commanded by his son, and the Chinese army was commanded by himself. Prince Zhu Zhantan lived in Le 'an, commanded Wissing, led thousands of Wang Yu, and led four sentry horses. The deployment has been decided, and Zhu appointed Wang Bin as a captain, a commander-in-chief and a minister, and set up another central committee. A rebellion is about to break out. Five days later, he sent an assistant to the court to list his dissatisfaction to show that his behavior was justified. He accused the emperor of giving the title of nobility to a civilian, thus violating the rules formulated by Emperor Yongle and Emperor Hongxi. He also accused the emperor of poor judgment in selecting officials. It seems that these allegations are basically copies of the allegations made by the prince against Wen Jian. But this time, they didn't get any response.

Xuanzong was hesitant at first when he heard the news of the uprising. However, on September 9th, at the strong request of Yang Rong and others, Emperor Xuande personally signed. On September 2 1 day, under the leadership of veteran Lv Xue, the vanguard troops of 20,000 people besieged Le 'an. After persuading Zhu to surrender, they attacked the city the next day.

As a result, Zhu came out, and he and his entourage were taken back to Beijing, while Zhu was under house arrest in the imperial city. Xuanzong read the feelings of an uncle and visited the place where Zhu was imprisoned. Zhu tripped him with his leg. Xuanzong was furious and ordered people to cover Zhu with a 300-catty copper cylinder. Zhu mentioned the copper cylinder in the cylinder capacity to smash Xuanzong. Tang Xuanzong was very afraid. He ordered people to get charcoal, pile it around the copper cylinder, light it, and roast Zhu alive in the copper cylinder. His concubine Webster and other scholars were executed. More than 600 civil and military officials who followed the rebellion against the king were executed, and more than 2,000 officials were sent to the border. Zhu's younger brother, Zhao Wang and another king were also involved in the plot. But because the emperor was worried about the stability of the dynasty, he ordered not to pursue it. The rebellion ended in Zhu's tragic failure!

Since ancient times, most conspirators have come to no good end, but Hanwang Zhu did not learn the lessons of his predecessors. He insisted on insurrection, contending for the mercy, and finally ended up being put in a copper jar and roasted alive by Xuan Di, and so on, which really made people sigh!

In fact, in the long history of more than 5,000 years in China, there are countless rebellious princes like Hanwang Zhu, but the dead princes like him are unique.