Regarding the visit of Emperor Wanli to Wang Shurong and the eldest son of Zhu Changluo, which caused a fatal dispute over the foundation of the country in history... But it is definitely not the case that it was all caused by romantic affairs.

You should know that giving birth to Zhu Changluo is not a sufficient and necessary condition to trigger a dispute over the foundation of the country.

Even though Emperor Wanli was about to discover that Concubine Zheng was his lifelong love and spiritual pillar, when he later wanted to make her son Zhu Changxun the crown prince, Zhu Changluo's birth was still not a sufficient and necessary condition to trigger a dispute over the foundation of the country.

But why did there still a terrible dispute over the foundation of the country occur in history?

From the perspective of Zhu Yili's later generations, in fact, when dealing with the issue of establishing a crown prince, what is serious is Emperor Wanli's indecisive personality and the set of ethical and moral standards that are above the law - this is fatal.

Those who are familiar with this history know that because Concubine Zheng was deeply favored by Emperor Wanli, Emperor Wanli wanted to make her son, the third prince Zhu Changxun, the crown prince.

Therefore, Zheng was named the imperial concubine, and was above other concubines under the empress. The son in the harem was always noble for his mother (and vice versa).

In this way, the third prince Zhu Changxun's status surpassed the eldest son Zhu Changluo, and he could naturally become the crown prince.

However, this was just the wishful thinking of Emperor Wanli.

In the eyes of most civil officials, this is a way of being too young to be superior to the elders, which is naturally unethical.

But at this time, Emperor Wanli could not find sufficient reasons to publicly express his intentions, so he could only find various excuses to delay. It can be said that he had been making mistakes.

The first excuse is that Zhu Changluo is too young to withstand the torture of various ceremonies (this is obviously ridiculous, and age is never a problem);

The second excuse is that the plan to establish a crown prince belongs to the emperor's power and cannot be interfered with and forced by anyone (this is impossible. Since ancient times, emperors have been selfless. Not to mention ancient times, even modern public figures could not do it, because the issue of inheritance rights will involve interests);

After neither excuses worked, Emperor Wanli suddenly made a unique idea and on the same day he canonized his three sons as kings, but not the crown prince, and continued to avoid delays.

Naturally, the ministers cannot accept this practice.

There was no way, Emperor Wanli could only continue to make excuses: Empress Wang is still young and still has the possibility of having children. If Empress Wang gave birth to a son, then the son was valued by his mother, so there was no need to argue.

This is a reasonable reason, but when will it take?

All kinds of excuses actually show that Emperor Wanli in history was an indecisive person and did not have enough courage.

Because of this, the protests of the ministers will naturally not stop.

If Emperor Wanli is stronger and tougher, will there really be a dispute over the country's foundation?

In Zhu Yili's view, the deadlock in the issue of establishing a crown prince cannot be broken for more than ten years, and the reason is not because of the law.

If we come from the perspective of the law, Emperor Wanli must depose the eldest son and establish the youngest son, but he wanted to make Concubine Zheng's son Zhu Changxun the crown prince, not because he could not find theoretical support.

If the issue of appointing a crown prince is regarded as a legal case and is handed over to an independent court to judge, then the possibility of winning the case by Emperor Wanli entrusting a lawyer to defend it according to written and unwritten law is 70% or 80%.

This means that Emperor Wanli is fully capable of pushing Zhu Changxun to the position of crown prince.

First of all, although Zhu Changluo was the eldest son of the emperor, he was not born with the right to inherit the throne, and his younger brothers also did not have this right.

The emperor's sons have no right to be enthroned before they are enthroned, otherwise there would be no special ceremony to enthrone the crown prince or the crown prince.

That is to say, power is all given by the emperor. Only when it is given, but if it is not given, there is nothing.

Secondly, establishing a eldest child but not a young child is just a traditional habit, and it is also possible to call it the patriarchal law, but it is not a mandatory regulation.

Especially after Zhu Di, the Ming Chengzu, ascended the throne, was even more obvious. As the fourth son, the Ming Chengzu seized the throne from his nephew, and did not consider the priority inheritance rights of his second and third brothers.

If you have to insist that the inheritance of the throne must be determined in the order of birth, isn’t that equivalent to denying the legitimacy of Emperor Yongle?

Third, according to the regulations of Emperor Hongwu of Taizu, the legitimate son has the priority to inherit the throne. What does the right of priority inheritance mean?

To put it bluntly, it is the son who is noble because of his mother. The status of a prince depends on his mother's status. The date of birth is secondary, not the key.

So, Zhu Changluo's mother Wang is Concubine Gong, while Zhu Changxun's mother Zheng is the imperial concubine. Who has the right to inherit the priority?

Fourth, take another step back. If you have to establish Zhu Changxun, the son of Concubine Zheng, Emperor Wanli still has a solution.

He could find any reason (such as infertility) to depose Queen Wang and make Zheng the queen.

In this way, Zhu Changxun became a legitimate legitimate son.

During the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Xuande, Emperor Jingtai, Emperor Chenghua, and Emperor Jiajing all acted as an act of abolishing the queen, but there was no political turmoil in the court.

Therefore, when it comes to the issue of establishing a crown prince, if Emperor Wanli insists on abolishing the elders and establishing the young people, he will most likely win.

But unfortunately, he did not take a tough stance, dragged it on again and again, and finally got into a big mess.

If Emperor Wanli was considering Empress Dowager Li’s feelings, it seems unreasonable.

Why dare to avoid Empress Dowager Li and then take down Zhang Juzheng, but then take down Feng Bao, but is indecisive about the issue of becoming a crown prince?

Of course, this issue cannot be simply attributed to the powerful power of the civil service group.

It seemed as if the emperor could not resist the civil servant group, as if the emperor's authority was completely born from the bowing and kneeling of all officials, as if the emperor was the nominal emperor, but was actually subject to court officials.

If we look at it from a later life, this logic seems to be true, because the emperor (or president or president) is not the handler of state affairs, but is just an authoritative symbol of handling state affairs.

But the problem is that the Zhuming Dynasty was never a country ruled by law.

Once the emperor makes a tough decision, no matter how hard the civil servants or censors are, they can ignore it!

Not to mention the distant past, like Emperor Yongle, Emperor Zhengde, and Emperor Jiajing, he would talk about Emperor Wanli himself.

How powerful was Zhang Juzheng's opposition when he seized love? In the end, it was a moral contest, but it still succumbed to the imperial power. It ended under the court stick, and there was no turmoil!

Therefore, in Zhu Yili's view, the dispute over the foundation of the country is not inevitable.

The birth of the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Changluo is not a sufficient and necessary condition for triggering a dispute over the foundation of the country. The key lies in Emperor Wanli.

Of course, Zhu Yiliu cannot make a complete conclusion based on his later theories and experiences.

After all, later generations of theory and experience are the same thing, but it is another to get reality.

Zhu Yiliu has never seen how much energy the Chinese civil service group has.

However, he believed that he would have to see it sooner or later. Moreover, he had a premonition that he would face it immediately.

He is the prince, he is getting older and has been in frequent activities recently. He has not played the role of "pig" well, so someone must have noticed it.

But in fact, to be honest, he really wants to see it, just treat it as an exercise.

It was already late at night when I returned from the East Warehouse.

As soon as he returned to the side hall of Cining Palace, he saw Zhao Lingsu coming up and report: "Prince Lu, Empress Dowager has just arrived."

"Is there something wrong?"

"The Empress said she couldn't sleep. For some reason, she wanted to chat with you for a while."

"Oh, then I'll go there right away." Zhu Yili thought it was discovered that it was mahjong.

Zhao Lingsu hurriedly shouted: "Prince Lu, it's already very late now, why don't you go tomorrow?"

Zhu Yili replied, "What if my mother is not sleepy yet? If she goes to bed, I will be back."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

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Chapter completed!