As an emperor, if he is unwilling to go to court or refuse to contact his ministers, it is a very dangerous thing for the entire empire.
He ignored the safety of the empire and the stability of his imperial power and became a strange emperor who had not attended court for more than 20 years. He was Jiajing Emperor .
Previous Ming Dynasty emperors respected both Buddhism and Taoism . Emperor Jiajing only believed in Taoism and reached the level of obsession.
Whether it is praying for rain and snow, drought and flood disasters, illness, fighting against Japanese pirates, etc., the Jiajing Emperor asked Taoist priests to set up a vegetarian altar to pray for the blessing of Taoist Immortal Sect.
In order to prolong life and live forever, he took Taoist elixirs every day.
He also deified himself and added the Taoist name to himself, "Lingxiao Shangqing Tong Lei Yuanyang Miaoyifei Xuanzhenjun", and later added dozens of Taoist names such as "Taishang Daluo Tianxian General Palm Five Thunder Kings of Xuandu Realm Wanshou Emperor".
In order to practice Taoism and refine elixirs, Emperor Jiajing almost reached a pervert.
1542, more than a dozen palace maids took advantage of Jiajing Emperor to sleep soundly and put a rope on his neck. But in a panic, the rope was tied into a dead knot, and Emperor Jiajing kicked his legs randomly. The palace maid pulled out the hairpin between her hair and stabbed it.
The hairpin stabbed the body of Emperor Jiajing, but it did not hit the key point. When the guards in the palace rushed over, the palace maids trembled because they tried too hard and were afraid.
Emperor Jiajing was covered in blood, but he had no worries about his life.
Afterwards, the palace maids explained that because Emperor Jiajing appointed many Taoist priests to refine elixirs for himself, he needed to use the blood of virginity as a medicine guide. The palace maids were cruelly tortured day after day, and then they decided to assassinate the emperor.
This incident is known in history as " Renyin Palace Changes ", and all the palace maids were executed by Ling Chi.
Emperor Jiajing attributed his danger to the magic of Taoism and was even more keen on fasting, worship and praying.
After that, Emperor Jiajing, who had never liked to go to court, became even more strange. He was the emperor who had not been to court for 25 years.
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