The emperor usually passes on his throne to his son, so that future generations can enjoy endless prosperity. But it's not unusual to pass it on to my brother. Historically, it is not uncommon for the throne to be passed on to the younger brother but not to the son.
Although brotherly love is not as good as father and son, and brotherly respect is not as good as father's love, brotherly love itself is a way of inheritance, and there is nothing to argue about.
Good point, but there is a reason why brothers are usually brothers and sisters.
First, I don't have a son. After the son loses his inheritance, the younger brother is also a good choice. After all, besides the father-son relationship, the closest thing is the brotherhood.
Second, being forced to do nothing. There are two very famous cases in history, both of which were passed on to their younger brothers. One is Sun Quan and the other is Zhao Kuangyin. Both of them have sons. Sun Ce passed the throne to his younger brother Sun Quan, largely because his son was young and could not control the overall situation. Sun Quan followed him for a long time, which had a great influence.
There has been controversy about Zhao Kuangyin's passing on his younger brother to future generations. According to Song Taizong, it was mainly because the Queen Mother thought that the demise of the Zhou Dynasty was due to the young master's coming to Korea, so she left her brothers and sisters' last words, and asked Song Taizu to set up the Golden Pavilion League and pass it on to her younger brother. But this statement is questionable. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin's son was an adult, not a young master.
Of course, there are also many cases passed on to younger brothers in history. In fact, the reasons are nothing more than these.
Then, why didn't Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, pass on his throne to his younger brother and son?
Zhu Youxiao is a famous "carpenter emperor" in history. The mediocre Ming Xizong not only likes carpentry, but also has superb skills.
However, he has not made outstanding achievements in governing the country. Instead, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch, was reused, which led to chaos in state affairs. Although he suppressed the arrogant Lindong Party, it also made politics extremely dark and Daming Mountain was in jeopardy.
At first, Zhu Youxiao was unpopular, so he didn't get a good education. In fact, his father is also unpopular. Wanli always abolished him first, and the ministers disagreed, which led to a national struggle and Wanli's despair and no longer went to court.
Ming Guangzong died less than a month after his reign, which made Zhu Youxiao soon become emperor. He was unprepared and inexperienced, so he went astray.
In the seventh year of the apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao fell into the water on a cruise ship in Xiyuan and almost drowned. Although he was rescued, his health went from bad to worse. At this time, Huo Huawei, a senior minister, presented a kind of "fairy medicine", and Zhu Youxiao became edema and bedridden after drinking it.
This is a replica of the Marubeni case, which is really ridiculous. Knowing that his days were numbered, Zhu Youxiao called his fifth brother, the trusted king Zhu Youjian, and said to him, "My brother should be Yao Shun." This didn't also way, Zhu Youxiao itself is sickly, but all the children born are dead, and he has no children, so he can only pass it on to his younger brother.
In this way, after the death of Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youjian succeeded to the throne, and he was Emperor Chongzhen.
It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen didn't save Daming from danger and bring him back to life. On the contrary, Daming was destroyed by various divine operations.