In Things of the Ming Dynasty, Mingyue has a panoramic view of the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, sketched out the flesh-and-blood emperors of the Ming Dynasty with the brush strokes of popular literature, and gave a cognitive evaluation from modern people. If you want to have a popular understanding of Ming history, this famous book is worth reading. Let's review these poetic comments in the book together. In his works, Ming Chengzu doesn't have a slacker.
Zhu Yuanzhang was born in troubled times, burdened with the death of his parents, and started from abject poverty. He has no background, no background, no dependence, and everything is earned by himself. He went through all kinds of hardships, escaped death for countless times, got up from the dead pile, buried the bodies of his comrades, and then moved on and continued to fight.
There are countless powerful roles in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and Wang Baobao are not fuel-efficient lamps. Zhu Yuanzhang defeated these enemies with his amazing military talent. It can be said that at that time, the title of the best commander in chief belonged to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Almost unarmed and single-handedly, he built a huge empire with his own courage and determination.
Yes, decades ago, that beggar in rags was going to be the ruler of a great empire.
Yes, the God of Destiny doesn't exist. He won't give a beggar any swords and keys. In that desperate day, no one went to pity and find someone. He won everything by himself.
He told us that strong will and determination can overcome all difficulties. He told us that persistent faith and fearless mind are the most powerful weapons.
More than 600 years have passed, but the debate hanging over Zhu Yuanzhang seems to have no sign of stopping. He made immortal contributions and made serious mistakes, and these arguments may not stop for another 600 years.
Zhu Yunwen finally found that the person who owns the world is just a lonely and helpless person. His life is not for enjoying wealth and honor. From the day he took the throne, the pain had already begun. He should guard against ministers, governors, eunuchs and everyone around him. He and his throne are an open goal, and we should always deal with external and internal pressures and blows.
He wants to protect his rights all his life. Once the throne of power is taken away, it also means the end of his life. Because the emperor is a scarce product, there can only be one unified era. This is both a natural law and a social law.
Pacify the world, move the capital to Beijing, build a grand ceremony, communicate with Southeast Asia, and have a great impact on the whole world, pacify Annan and suppress Mongolia. These are the major achievements of Comrade Judy.
Emperor Wen trained for a long time, and according to the secluded land, he was weakened and driven internally, winning the election in the world. After he acceded to the throne, he practiced frugality, and at night he was shaken by floods and droughts and had no place to live. Knowing people and being good at their duties, he is eloquent in appearance and has high martial arts, just like Gaozu. Six divisions appear repeatedly, and the dust settles in Mobei. By the end of the season, Wade was regarded as a distinguished guest from all directions, and almost 30 countries were paid tribute by the court. The breadth of meteorites is far from Han and Tang dynasties! Success is heroic, almost prosperous! However, it is shameful to abolish it!
When you gain power, you seem to gain everything, but in fact, many people don't understand that in the game of power, you have no chance to rest at all. Once you join, you must keep playing until you fail or die.
This bloated fat man is indeed a kind and generous emperor. Beneath his fat and disabled appearance, there is a gentle heart that is not disabled. Although he was a short-lived emperor, he maintained the prosperity of the Ming empire during his short reign of one year.
Zhu Zhanji is a good emperor, not a little bit good, but a great emperor. Zhu Zhanji's rule time is not long, only ten years, plus his father's rule time, only eleven years, but the short eleven years he and his father ruled were recognized by later historians as "the rule of benevolence" comparable to "the rule of Wenjing", which was a prosperous time in the history of China.
Why is there such a high evaluation? Where is the prosperous time? From rest, rest and nurturing.
It is the highest state for the emperor to govern the country by not interfering in the lives of the people, not increasing the burden on the people, doing what he should do, managing people like water, and guiding the situation according to the situation. Zhu Zhanji is an out-and-out good emperor, and he is much better than his grandfather from the perspective of governing the country and people.
Of all the emperors in the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that no one can compare with this emperor except Zhu Yuanzhang in terms of life legends and ups and downs of fate.
The emperor's life is not glorious. He favored treacherous villains, lost battles, was a prisoner, was a prisoner, and killed loyal ministers. If he is a good emperor, he doesn't believe in anything. But he's a good man.
He trusts almost everyone around him, from Wang Zhen to Xu Youzhen to Shi Heng and Li Xian. No matter whether these people are loyal ministers or traitors, no matter what kind of environment, he can treat people kindly and calmly. These robbed Mongolian soldiers, guards, Bo Yan Timur and Ruanlang finally became his friends. But it turns out that a good man can't be a good emperor.
We can use a good sentence to evaluate Zhu Qizhen's life: he was a good man, but not a good emperor.
Zhu Qiyu is not a tyrant. Just a few years ago, he was a gentle young man, and he was as friendly as a guest with his brother. But the temptation of imperial power pushed him into darkness step by step, and he became selfish, cold, suspicious and cruel. Imprisoned his brother, deposed his nephew and killed the minister who opposed him. Whoever gets in his way will be killed.
His behavior was not consolidated by power. People constantly opposed his behavior, and his only son died, but no one felt sorry for him. Those ministers only care about who the next master is, and his health is getting worse and worse. He knew very well that once he died, Zhu Jianshen might inherit the throne, and Zhu Qizhen would come out again to solve his behavior. In order to seize power, he denied all his relatives and did many wrong things, but now he can't stop. In the face of hidden dangers and undercurrents, he can only suppress them in a more cruel and violent way.
Zhu Jianshen is a strange emperor. His empire was full of evil spirits and extremely dark. However, he is not cruel or fatuous. On the contrary, he is gentle, can understand things, and can distinguish loyal subjects from traitors. Just because he has a fatal flaw: weakness.
He doesn't punish the villain who stole his money, nor does he scold his ministers, because he is afraid of power, punishment and everything. After all, he is just a person who wants to live a quiet life.
He should be an honest farmer or a small businessman, and it is a real tragedy for him to be forced to choose the profession of emperor.
Zhu Jianshen is neither a good emperor nor a good man. He is a coward, that's all.
Zhu Shitang is such a person, a great man. He didn't retaliate, but only returned the favor. He is more confident than Judy, because he doesn't need violence to maintain his authority, and he is wiser than Zhu Zhanji, because he not only knows the pain of the old farmer, but also understands the sorrow of his enemies. He is smarter than Zhu Houzong, because he doesn't need tactics, and he can conquer people with kindness.
He has experienced many hardships since he was a child, and he managed to survive. After he became a prince, he was shaken several times and almost abolished. It's really a blessing for God that he can endure till the day he ascended the throne.
He never enjoyed any happiness in his life, but suffered many sins and countless vicious injuries, but chose selfless forgiveness. He seldom experienced the honor of the emperor, but he assumed all the responsibilities of the emperor.
This is a glorious era. On the track of history, the Ming Empire constantly exudes dazzling brilliance, with strong national strength, peaceful world and prosperous talents.
If you give him a special entry in the dictionary, it is estimated that there are two words in the annotation that can't run away: fatuous and absurd.
According to the emperor's standards, these two words are not wronged at all. He is really not a dedicated worker.
But by human standards, he didn't do anything wrong, he wasn't cruel, he didn't kill innocent people, and he could tell good from bad, so in my opinion, he was just a man who wanted to do what he wanted and spend his life freely.
As a man, he is normal, as an emperor, he is abnormal.
Jiajing is a clever man. At the age of 16, he can control state affairs and manipulate ministers. His subordinates are very capable. Civil servants, Xu Jie and Hu Zongxian are all wily, and military commanders Qi Jiguang, Yu and Tan Lun are all brave and tough, which can be described as talented.
However, the country has become like this, as Harry said, the people are poor and clean; Corruption is rampant in officialdom, and greed and fraud are nature; This country cannot make ends meet, and it has a deficit every year. The Ming empire gradually slipped to the brink of collapse.
The reason why there is such a strange phenomenon is only because of two words-selfishness.
He is Jiajing's third son, and he has no throne. Just be a captaincy and live a good life. It happened that God opened his eyes, the first two failed to survive, and the third became the boss.
From the day he ascended the throne, he realized that the emperor was not easy to do, the country was not easy to manage, and I was not easy to manage. I will leave national affairs to people I can trust and live a good life.
In the fifteenth year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli did not go to court. Since then, the Ming Empire has entered a strange state.
Twenty years before Wanli, it can be said that it was internal troubles and foreign invasion, and the things handed down by our ancestors could only be regarded as a mess. But in the past 20 years, there has been no big trouble in the country, and he has survived all difficulties. Because in the first decade, he had one, and in the second decade, he did.
Wanli does not go to court, nor does he not go to work. Things still have to be done. Later generations talked about this man, who always didn't work for decades, either through unintentional misunderstanding or intentional slander. In fact, he is a political veteran, with a strong desire for power and a lot of calculation. Everyone only saw the fact that he didn't go to court, but no one realized the mystery behind him.
The Wanli period was precisely the most developed period of the Ming Dynasty, where the so-called seeds of capitalism flourished.
A man oppressed by Zhang, a man who is diligent in government affairs, a man who has struggled with his son's problems for decades, a man who has not seen a minister for many years and has never been out of Beijing, was born in the palace and died in it. A person who can't be complicated, a person who can't be simple. A young man with boiling blood, a monarch who made great efforts to govern, an idealist, finally understood the world, understood the true meaning of reality, and finally became a victim of the world after experiencing cruel struggles, endless quarrels, countless ineffective struggles and countless helpless compromises.
Zhu Changluo is a poor man. He was born in a low family and was disliked since he was a child. As a prince, let alone prenatal education, he didn't go to kindergarten until he was twelve years old, so he was considered a half-school child. As the eldest son, he is always in an unstable position. He waddled to the age of nineteen and officially became a prince.
I finally ascended the throne and was frightened by my wife. Endure for decades, indulge once, the body collapsed, see a doctor, met a poor quack, want to cure, to eat elixir, the result is really immortal.
Zhu Changluo lived for thirty-eight years, but Ming Guangzong only lived for one month. It is unfortunate that a man who lived for 38 years and experienced numerous storms and obstacles to achieve his goal died unexpectedly within one month.
For decades, he has been a man with his tail between his legs, witnessed the indifference of his father and the coldness of the court, and felt the decline of the country and the danger of the current situation.
There are countless daming carpenter, but there is only one emperor. Whether the emperor goes to be a carpenter or a carpenter goes to be an emperor, he is completely blind.
Of course, many books say that the emperor is an imbecile who never cares about government affairs and knows nothing about politics, which is also wrong. Although he gave power to Wei Zhongxian, he ignored documents and the court, but he knew all about it.
The real Chongzhen is such a person: sensitive, calm, calm and extremely intelligent.
Chongzhen is a thoughtful man who wants to make a difference, but when he really stands at the peak of power, he sees not the scenery but the ruins.
Chongzhen's death is not cowardice, but an attitude of paying responsibility. He left his last words: "I was wrong, I died, and I had no face to see my ancestors." I want to wear a crown to cover my face and let the thief divide the body without hurting the people. "