Zhu Gao sui

Timeline

1. 1404–1424Beijing · Beijing CityEnfeoffed as Prince of Zhao in the second year of Yongle (1404) and remained in Beijing. He allied with his brother Zhu Gaoxu and repeatedly slandered Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi. In May of the twenty-first year of Yongle (1423), guard commander Meng Xian and others conspired with Imperial Astronomy Bureau official Wang Shecheng to forge an edict, plotting to depose the prince and install Gao sui; standard-bearer Wang Yu reported the plot, and Chengzu executed Meng Xian and others without severely punishing Gao sui.
2. 1425–1426Zhangde Prefecture · Anyang CityIn the first year of Hongxi (1425) he went to his fief at Zhangde Prefecture in Henan and resigned his two Changshan guards. When Prince of Han Gaoxu rebelled in the first year of Xuande, Gao sui did not rise in arms to join him; court ministers requested troops to capture the Prince of Zhao, but Xuanzong refused as the signs of rebellion were not yet evident.
3. 1426–1431Zhangde Prefecture · Anyang CityAfter the Prince of Han was captured, Gaoxu confessed to having conspired with the Prince of Zhao; Gao sui, greatly frightened, requested to return the Changshan central guard and the herd offices, which Xuanzong accepted. Thereafter he served his fief, dying in the sixth year of Xuande (1431) with posthumous name Jian, known in history as Prince Jian of Zhao.