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Volume First Introduction
There are many emperors in Ming Dynasty who are famous for their personal hobbies, such as Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji who likes to play with crickets; Zhengde Emperor Zhu Huzhao who likes to raise beasts. The emperor to be introduced today is also famous for his personal hobbies, he is "the descendant of Luban"-Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Tianqi.
said that Tianqi may still be unknown to people, but if you say that you like to be a carpenter, then everyone will immediately remember who he is. shows that his "side business" is far more well-known than "main business" a lot of.
An emperor who is not doing his job will naturally not have a good reputation. Regarding his bad reputation, in addition to his love to be a carpenter, there are two other things that also make him "notorious": One is to spoil yourself, the nanny, Mrs. Ke; the other is to reuse eunuchs, let the eunuch Wei Zhongxian control the government, and harm Zhongliang.
About these three black materials, everyone is familiar with them. Let’s talk about the next one.
Indulge in Mrs. guest, harm the harem
When it comes to indulging in nurses, many people may think that the editor is not a swanky head? Confused about Emperor Xianzong Zhu Jianshen's favoring Concubine Wan Gui, but it is not.
Most people know that the later "nine thousand-year-old" Wei Zhongxian and Mrs. Ke are paired, that is, a couple in name. But what you need to know is that Wei Zhongxian was the lowest eunuch in the early days. How did he climb up? It is Mrs. Ke, and Mrs. Ke relies on the emperor's indulgence.
After Zhu Youxiao passed away from illness, he passed the throne to his half-brother Zhu Youjian, to say that the brothers have a good relationship. But this was also forced to be helpless, because Zhu Youxiao had three sons, but they all died early inexplicably. According to relevant historical records, this has something to do with his nanny.
The Fengsheng Mrs. Hakka, she is cruel and vicious by nature, and has an unclear relationship with the juvenile emperor Zhu Youxiao. What's more, she "inherited" Wan Guifei's jealous heart. Because she was afraid that the concubine would give birth to the prince, she fell out of favor , so she tried every means to persecute the concubine, which also resulted in Zhu You school having many children, but none of them could grow up.
朱由校的皇后 Zhang family can not escape the poisonous hand, and finally gave birth to the dead baby ; another example is Yu Fei Zhang family, also because of the cherished dragon, was falsely passed on the imperial decree. Starved to death in the forbidden palace ; there is also 成妃李氏. Seeing Yu Fei’s end, a heart grows: She usually hides some food, but as expected, Keshi also acted on her, But in the end, Concubine Li survived more than half a month of confinement by relying on her private food.
I love carpentry work and ignore the government
In 1620, the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun died and Zhu Changluo of Mingguangzong succeeded to the throne. But within a month, his father Zhu Changluo also died. Zhu Youxiao, who was only 16 years old, was hurriedly enthroned by the Donglin Party.
To say that Zhu Youxiao loves carpentry work, which is also the bane planted by his grandfather Wanli. My father Ming Guangzong is not welcome. The Wanli emperor always wanted to pass the throne to his uncle: 福王朱常洵, in Under this circumstance, Zhu You school's studies are naturally "waste".
If Zhu Youxiao is devoted to learning and has a lot of prestige, it will attract unprovoked disasters. In order to stay away from the royal family's power struggle, Zhu Youxiao must find something that does not work properly, which also led to Zhu after he became the throne. From the school, the level of education has not been "pass".
Although it was to avoid disaster in the early stage, this kind of worry should not exist after the upper ranks.Why do you still "concentrate" as a carpenter?
This is actually an imperial strategy!
Father Emperor Mingguangzong died in January. In the end, only a few scapegoats became ghosts. However, the case of the father's death in the prime of life ended in a hasty, unclear, which made the young Zhu The heart of fear is born from the heart of the school.
What the Ming Dynasty needs at this time is someone sitting on the throne, As for who it is, it doesn’t matter, Zhu Youxiao doesn’t want to be the queen of his father!
Although Zhu Youxiao is the emperor, but after three emperors within a year, his throne is not stable at all. If he rashly takes tough measures, it will be difficult to ensure that the throne will not change again.
Reuse of eunuchs, "The Chaos of Chaos"
Reuse of "Nine Thousand Years" Wei Zhongxian, this is the most controversial , which is precisely because this point.
But if we can analyze it in depth, we will find that this is an imperial technique that is inconvenient to be made public.
Let’s take a look at the reasons for the subjugation of the Ming Dynasty. On the surface, it is the internal peasant uprising and the rise of Houjin. However, it is simply because of the mistakes of the prince Zhu and Donglin party literati who can’t support too many people. , the simple point is that the Donglin Party members’ strategy of governing the country has resulted in too low taxes and declining national power.
Zhu Youxiao needs to cultivate another force to check the Donglin Party. As an emperor, it is not enough to have loyal and patriotic ministers. He also needs capable ministers who can do practical things. Wei Zhongxian is like this Nengchen.
Someone might say whether the editor is going to whitewash the eunuch again? It is undeniable that Wei Zhongxian is an absolute treacherous minister, but at the same time he is also an able minister who can check the Donglin Party!
Let’s take a look at Wei Zhongxian’s achievements:
Wei Zhongxian first levied commercial taxes, putting the country’s tax on relatively wealthy businessmen, reducing farmers’ taxes, and farmers can have a meal It was not a riot. During the Tianqi years, the tea trade tax collected from Zhejiang alone was several times that of the previous emperors.
Wei Zhongxian did a lot of bad things about the same party and the cholera dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a traitor, but this traitor also protected the Ming Dynasty. He reused Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, Yuan Chonghuan, etc. The capable civil servants and military commanders, even the majestic Qing Taizu Nurhachi, have no choice but to take advantage of these activated military commanders.
To sum up, during the Tianqi period, Wei Zhongxian was domineering, and the Jin army was ruled by Donglin after the party was outside the party. Zhu Youxiao reused Wei Zhongxian. Although he was allowed to monopolize power, he did receive high Effectiveness.
More importantly, Zhu Youxiao hides behind the scenes. In case Wei Zhongxian deviates from his goal, he can walk to the stage grandiosely and clean up this useless chess piece instead of facing directly. Donglin Party members.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were many powerful and treacherous officials, but none of them could surpass the imperial power. For example, Liu Jin in the Zhengde period and Yan Song in the Jiajing period. These people have all been "two emperors", but when the emperor behind the scenes found that they had lost their use value, they could easily get rid of them.
Therefore, Wei Zhongxian, who was in power for a while, was nothing but a pawn used by Emperor Tianqi to counterbalance the Donglin Party.
Conclusion
Although Zhu Youxiao's education level is indeed not high, he is not bad at all when it comes to the way of the emperor. He has been careful enough, but he died prematurely because of "accidentally falling into the water". If is given to him for another 20 years, he will be the next Jiajing or Wanli-hiding behind the scenes to control the entire Ming Dynasty.
In 1627 AD, the 23-year-old Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao passed away from illness. Before his death, he passed on the throne to Zhu Youjian, the letter king, and left "Be kind to the emperor's wife, loyal and virtuous can serve as great responsibility" ’S last words are gone, but it’s a pity that Emperor Chongzhen has been diligent throughout his life, but he didn’t understandThe imperial brother’s advice led to the end of the Ming Dynasty’s subjugation.
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the defeat of the Ming Dynasty is a foregone conclusion. At the last moment, Chongzhen’s trusted eunuch Cao Huachun said from the bottom of his heart: If Zhongxian is there, current affairs will not stop there!
Facing Cao Huachun’s sigh, Chongzhen was speechless, and finally ended his life with a white silk. is a promise to the emperor to guard the country and the king to die.
References: "Ming History" etc.
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