In the history of Ming Dynasty for more than 2200 years, there were 17 emperors in total. One of them had a lot of twists and turns. His father died when he was 9 years old, and he became the emperor early. Maybe it was because of the throne. It was too easy, and I didn’t know how to cherish it. As a result, I conquered it rashly, lost the battle and became a prisoner.
became a prisoner. I originally thought that this would be the end of my life, but I didn't expect that after suffering all the hardships, I would see the light of day again and become the emperor again.
His life was like a movie, full of ups and downs and full of suspense. This is the legendary life of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Qizhen is like
(1) Reckless personal expedition
Xuande Ten years (1435) Ming Xuanzong passed away. Zhu Qizhen, who was only 9 years old, inherited the throne and was known as Ming Yingzong in history.
For ordinary people, a 9-year-old is an innocent child, and he will cuddle up to his parents and act like a spoiled child from time to time. However, for Zhu Qizhen, he needs to take on the responsibility of governing the Ming Empire .
This throne, which is considered supreme by ordinary people, is definitely not that beautiful to Zhu Qizhen, and is even a bit dull and boring.
But the Mr. Wang eunuch Wang Zhen beside him deeply understood his psychology and often played with him, allowing him to spend his childhood happily.
In this way, in the seventh year of Zhengtong (1442), the Queen Mother who presided over the government passed away, and 16-year-old Zhu Qizhen began to take charge.
At this time, Zhu Qizhen had grown up, and he dreamed of making great achievements like his ancestors.
Zhu Qizhen Film View
In the 14th year of orthodoxy (1449), Wala sent more than 2,500 people to pay tribute. In order to get more feedback, they falsely reported 3,000 people, but the feedback given by the Ming Dynasty was 500 less. The price of tribute horses from Wala was reduced by four-fifths, which suddenly made the Wala mission very angry.
The leader of Wala was very angry about this and immediately ordered to conquer the Ming Dynasty.
And all this was caused by the greed of the eunuch Wang Zhen.
The Wala army, led by military advisor Ye Xian, was unstoppable and quickly broke through the Datong defense line and attacked Beijing.
When the news came, under Wang Zhen's instigation, Zhu Qizhen decided to personally conquer Mongolia like his ancestors. He wanted to leave his feat in history.
Wang Zhenying's view
The decision of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was opposed by many ministers, but Zhu Qizhen ignored it. Perhaps in his heart, he felt that he would definitely win as long as he conquered it himself. Why do you object?
In this way, amid the opposition of the ministers, Zhu Qizhen personally led 200,000 troops and more than 100 civil and military officials on the road.
(2) Capturing the Emperor
History is sometimes so weird and so helpless.
Zhu Qizhen, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, led an army of 200,000 to fight, but he handed over military command to Wang Zhen, an eunuch who knew nothing about fighting, leaving a group of knowledgeable civil servants and generals to do the work in a hurry but without any solution.
Wang Zhen refused to listen to the correct opinions put forward by the ministers, and used his power to suppress them.
Due to the rush of the expedition, logistics was not guaranteed at all. Within a few days of the trip, there was not enough food. Some soldiers even starved to death because of the lack of food. This caused panic among the people and unstable military morale. In addition, the autumn rains made the roads muddy. , before reaching Datong, the army lost 10% or 20%.
When the army arrived in Dazhou, the previous troops had already withdrawn, but Wang Zhen told Zhu Qizhen that it was his reputation as a personal conscript that scared the Oara army away.
Just when Wang Zhen was feeling proud, Guo Jing, the general of Datong who was also Wang Zhen's ally, told him about the terror of Ye Xian's army and Ye Xian's strategy of luring the enemy deep into the army. Wang Zhen began to be afraid.
So, Wang Zhen ordered the army to withdraw, but when withdrawing, Wang Zhen wanted Ming Yingzong to pass through his hometown Yuzhou to show his glory. However, when the army was approaching Yuzhou, Wang Zhen was worried that he was in his hometown. Guangzhi's banker was destroyed by the army, so he redirected the army eastward. The
army has been retreating for more than 40 days, always taking detours and wasting a lot of time.
During this process, the 22-year-old Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was arranged at will by Wang Zhen like a mentally retarded person, while turning a deaf ear to the correct opinions put forward by those loyal ministers.
The troops who are chasing first will soon arrive!
Under the cover of the blocking troops, the army came to Tumu Fort , but in order to wait for the property he collected along the way, Wang Zhen let the army camp in Tumu Fort.
The next day, when the Ming army woke up, they found that they were surrounded by Oara troops and they had been surrounded.
It was here that the " Civil Fort Incident" occurred. The 200,000 troops led by Zhu Qizhen were completely annihilated. More than 100 ministers died in the battle. Zhu Qizhen failed to escape and became a prisoner. Wang Zhen was killed by a Ming army general in the rebellion.
Zhu Qizhen, who wanted to imitate his ancestors and immortalize his name in history, became a prisoner of the enemy. History is sometimes so funny.
Zhu Qizhen Film View
Prisoner of the Emperor. In the previous dynasties, this title was more often used for the kings who had subjugated their country, such as the empress Liu Chan who was reluctant to think about Shu, and was also captured in the "Jingkang Incident" Jin Dynasty captured Song Huizong , Song Qinzong .
Compared with them, Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, was luckier. At least the Ming Dynasty did not lose his country. In this way, he still had some use value as an emperor, so his treatment would not be too bad.
At least he still has people around him to take care of him, and he can also have enough to eat, but this is incomparable to his previous life of fine clothing and fine food.
I think that during every unbearable cold night that Zhu Qizhen experienced on the Mongolian grasslands, he must have missed his previous life very much in his heart.
But who is responsible for reaching this point?
(3) Reset
When you first discovered that the Ming Dynasty had established a new king, and it was difficult for Zhu Qizhen to fully utilize his value, he left him aside and seldom bothered, just waiting for the Ming Dynasty to take him back. , and you can also exchange some belongings by the way.
Zhu Qizhen was living a hard life in Mongolia, just like looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for the Ming Dynasty to take him back.
Such an opportunity really made him look forward to it.
During a mission to Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty envoy Yang Shan relied on his eloquent words to finally persuade Ye Xian and returned with Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen from his "Northern Hunting".
Before returning to the north, Zhu Qizhen longed for how beautiful his life would be after returning, but the reality was cruel, and brotherhood was thinner than paper in front of the highest power.
Although he is the Supreme Emperor, the treatment he can enjoy is only the freedom of heaven and earth in the Nangong Palace. In order to block the connection between him and the ministers, even the big tree in the Nangong Palace where he enjoyed the shade was cut down. .
Zhu Qizhen Movie View
At this time, Zhu Qizhen may have a lot of resentment, unwillingness and pain in his heart, but all this is incompatible with the 200,000 soldiers and soldiers who died in the "Tumu Fort Incident" caused by his stupidity. Compared with ministers, what are they?
I don’t know if he repented of his previous stupidity in his heart when he suffered.
It should be said that Zhu Qizhen was relatively lucky. After enduring the life of being a captive in Mongolia and the life of confinement in Nangong, he became the emperor again in a sudden way.
On the 16th day of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Jingtai (1457), Shi Heng, together with Zhang Fu, Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang and others, launched the " Seize the Gate Change" to support Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen reset.
The change of seizing the door
In this way, Zhu Qizhen began his career as emperor again. After the reset of
, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen almost started his revenge with a fierce attitude.
First, under the slander and instigation of Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng and others, he killed Yu Qian, the hero of the Beijing defense battle and the guardian of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he also killed many ministers loyal to Emperor Jingtai.
Then, Zhu Qizhen moved his seriously ill younger brother Zhu Qiyu to Xiyuan, and then deposed him as King Xi. After Zhu Qiyu died of illness, he was buried with a small gift and given the posthumous title of Ru.
(4) Right and wrong
After the restoration of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, he changed the reign name to Tianshun , which means that he wanted to comply with God's will, make the people happy and peaceful, and make the country peaceful.
After successfully handling the "Shicao Rebellion", Zhu Qizhen re-employed Li Xian and other upright ministers, actively listened to their opinions, and implemented lenient policies, and the country gradually stabilized. The two things Zhu Qizhen did after
was reset have won unanimous praise from later generations.
One thing is that he released the descendants of Emperor Jianwen who had been imprisoned and experienced the Five Dynasties, allowing them to live a normal life.
Another thing is that when he was seriously ill, he told the prince not to follow the unbenevolent ritual of burial.
These two things are very valuable for a feudal emperor, and they can be said to show the light of human nature.
Zhu Qizhen Movie View
Many people almost hate Zhu Qizhen because of the "Tumu Fort Incident" caused by Zhu Qizhen's idiotic behavior.
This feeling is actually understandable, because when Zhu Qizhen first took over, the Ming Dynasty was "rich both at home and abroad, and the government and the public were clean." There were also many talents in the court. It was because he reused Wang Zhen that the channels of speech were blocked. The rampage of traitors led to the "Tumu Fort Incident", which caused the Ming Dynasty to fall directly from prosperity to the brink of subjugation.
That is to say, after he was restored to power, he was still able to reuse knowledgeable ministers and did not act as willfully as his descendants. He was also able to be diligent in political affairs, which prevented the decline of the Ming Dynasty.
Throughout the twenty-four years of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen's reign, it can be said that there were few achievements in governance. The history of the Ming Dynasty commented that "there is no good governance". For an emperor, Zhu Qizhen was mediocre, and compared with the one he bestowed upon him. His posthumous brother Zhu Qiyu was much worse.
But he was able to release Jianwen descendants, and he was able to oppose burial when he was seriously ill. From these two things, we can see that although Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was not a good emperor, he was a kind person and a good person.
