During the Hongwu period, Zhu Gaochi was named Yan Shizi. In the battle of Jingnan, he was responsible for guarding Beiping and successfully resisted the siege of the Central Army led by Li Jinglong. In the second year of Yongle, he was established as the Crown Prince, and served as the supervisor of the country in many northern expeditions in the Ming Dynasty, actually taking charge of state affairs. In the twenty-second year of Yongle, he succeeded to the throne with the Hongxi. During his reign, he adopted a series of political, economic and military reforms and adjustments to make the country rich. He and his son, Zhu Zhanji, were called "goodness" by later generations in political employment and administrative treatment, and were called "benevolent rule" in history. Zhu Gaochi is young and quiet, good at words, riding and shooting, and loves to talk with Confucian scholars [1]. In September of the 28th year of Hongwu (1395165438+14 October), he jumped to noon, was posthumously named Yan Shizi, and later defended Peiping. Because of his kindness, he was deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor [2].
In the battle of Jingnan, Judy, the prince of Yan, rose up and Zhu Gaochi defended Peiping. During this period, 10,000 troops were used to stop the siege of 500,000 Central Army led by Li Jinglong. At that time, Zhu He, the king of the county, was favored, and Zhu, who followed the army, repeatedly made meritorious military service, so he slandered his official position. At that time, Ming Huidi imposed disputes and gave the book to the prince; Zhu Gaochi refused to open it and submitted it directly to Judy, only breaking the plan. After Judy changed Peiping to Beijing, she still ordered Zhu Gaochi to stay in Beijing [3]. In April of the second year of Yongle (1May 404 12), Zhu Gaochi was called into Yingtianfu and made the crown prince. Ming Chengzu made many northern expeditions, and he was appointed as the supervisor of the country and was responsible for state affairs. At that time, the country was in constant war, and floods, droughts and famines were serious. He sent officials to provide disaster relief and pensions, and his benevolent governance was praised. However, Zhu He stepped up their estrangement from the Party. Ming Chengzu asked the prince if he knew someone was alienating him, but Zhu Gaochi replied that he didn't know, and "only knew his son" [4].
In the tenth year of Yongle, Judy's Northern Expedition was returned, Zhu Gaochi's envoys were postponed, and a series of officials of the Prince, including Huang Huai, were sent to prison. In the fifteenth year of Yongle, Zhu will move to Le 'an for sin. The following year, Huang Yan, a confidant of Zhu, and others framed the release of criminals without authorization, and most of his bureaucrats died because they sat together. After being ordered to investigate, Hu Meng, assistant minister of does, secretly played seven things, including Judy's saying that the prince was sincere and filial, and Ming Chengzu released everyone. Later, Huang Yan of Zhu planned to establish a position, and the aftermath was found to have ended. The prince asked him to forgive Zhu's sin, and his position was stabilized [5]. In July of the 22nd year of Yongle, Ming Chengzu died in Yumuchuan on the way to the Northern Expedition. In August of the same year, Ding Si (1September 7th, 424), Zhu Gaochi succeeded to the throne, granted amnesty to the whole world, and took the title of Hongxi the following year. After Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, he praised the truth, cherished bureaucracy and lightened the criminal law. Zhu Gaochi and his son can be called "good" in political employment and administrative treatment, and they are called "benevolent rule" in history.
Economically, he dismissed Zheng He's voyage to the West, canceled the official mining activities in Yunnan and Jiaotoe, and moved the capital back to Nanjing to save the national financial expenditure. Politically, Xia Yuanji, Wuzhong, Sangong and Sangu were restored, and Yang Rong was appointed as Taichang Temple Minister, Jin Youzi as Assistant Minister and University Student of the Ministry of Finance, Yang Shiqi as Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Finance and University Student of Huagaidian, Huanghuai as General Political Affairs Officer and University Student of Wuyingdian, and Yang Pu as University Student of Hanlin, which further enhanced the cabinet position of the Ming Dynasty. Militarily, he readjusted the frontier commanders of Datong, Jiaotoe, Shanhaiguan and Liaodong, and established the Nanjing police system [6].
In the winter of the same year, politics was further adjusted, household registration management and city defense were strengthened, and at the same time, Zhang was crowned queen, and the eldest son, the crown prince and eight other sons were made kings respectively. Subsequently, a letter was issued to pardon the old ministers of Jianwen Emperor and the families of officials exiled to the border during Yongle period, and to exempt the tax and grain in the affected areas [7]. On the diplomatic front, Ding Yong, Ryukyu, Zhancheng, Hami, Gumalang, Mammalaga, Sulu, Valla and other countries call themselves ministers and pay tribute [8].
In the spring of the first year of Hongxi, Zhu Gaochi cancelled the feast because of the obvious solar eclipse. He further adjusted politics, including establishing the Hong Wen Pavilion, and putting Yang Pu in charge of the cabinet; Many times, officials were asked to speak frankly and accept their words, and in the Taizu period, the system of extra-legal punishment was revised, the punishment was lightened and leniency was implemented [9].
Renzong was weak and sickly, and he couldn't afford to get sick after only eight months on the throne. In May of the first year of Hongxi, Xin Si collapsed in Qin 'an Hall (1May 29th, 425) and was buried in Ming Xianling (now Changping, Beijing) [10]. Zhu Gaochi continued the sacrificial system of Taizu and Chengzu, and gave birth to five concubines when he died [1 1].