Since ancient times, emperors have been the most noble symbols of all ages. The world is his, and the country is his. In addition, the emperor cannot offend him. No one can argue with the emperor, let alone hurt the emperor. That is a serious crime to kill the nine clans. However, in Chinese history, there was an emperor who lived a very frustrated life. Not only could he not spend money to enjoy himself, he was supervised by ministers, but he was also beaten by the ministers. He was the second emperor of the Jin Dynasty , Jin Taizong, , Wanyan Sheng, .
This matter starts with the first emperor of the Jin Dynasty. The founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Aguda, was the leader of the Jurchen tribe of . At that time, Liao, Xixia and Northern Song confronted each other side by side, but Aguda completed the great cause of destroying Liao and established the Jin Dynasty. Although the Jin Dynasty was established, due to the limitations of ethnic minorities and the years of war, the Jin Dynasty's finances were very weak. Therefore, Jin Taizu was very frugal and agreed with his ministers that the treasury money could only be used for wars, and asked the ministers to supervise him. If there were any violations, he would be fined twenty boards. This agreement was always well followed when Jin Taizu was alive.
After Jin Taizu passed away, his younger brother Wanyan Sheng succeeded to the throne and became Jin Taizong. Emperor Taizong of Jin was also an ambitious emperor. After ascending the throne, he immediately launched an invasion of the Northern Song Dynasty, destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, and confronted the Southern Song Dynasty for many years. The Jin Kingdom gradually became stronger and Emperor Taizong of Jin also thought about enjoying it.
Once, Jin Taizong secretly opened the national treasury and took a sum of money to enjoy a delicious meal. However, this matter was soon discovered because the Prime Minister would regularly count the treasury. After investigation, the ministers found that it was the emperor who took the money. According to Jin Taizu's iron order, the ministers decided to fine Taizong. So, Jin Taizong was helped off the throne of the emperor, and was beaten twenty boards in front of the ministers. Then he was helped back on the throne and offered a glass of stern wine. Then, the ministers knelt down and asked the emperor to forgive the crime. Jin Taizong was also amused and cry, so he had no choice but to drink the stern wine and forgive the crimes of the ministers.
The reason why the Jin Dynasty was powerful is that it had laws and regulations, which can be seen from the fact that the ministers punished the emperor. Even Huang Taiji praised: "The rules of Jin Taizu and Taizong are detailed and can last for a long time."
