Zhu Hou of Ming dynasty
After Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he changed his country name to "Jiajing", and the second year was officially called the first year of Jiajing. The newly appointed Emperor Jiajing, in order to establish his prestige, began to crack down on the powerful and corrupt officials of the previous dynasty. In the first year of Jiajing, a large number of corrupt officials in the former dynasty were robbed of their families, beheaded and killed, and other autocratic eunuchs were purged.
The performance of Jiajing in the Ming Sejong period can be divided into two stages, forming a sharp contrast. The first stage is from the first year of Jiajing to the twenty-first year of Jiajing, and the second stage is from the twenty-first year of Jiajing to the death of Ming Shizong in the forty-fifth year of Jiajing.
Emperor Jiajing's performance in the first stage can be described as an emperor through the ages. At that time, Emperor Jiajing had just ascended the throne and was full of energy. He appointed talents, boldly carried out reforms, rectified tax collection, opened warehouses for disaster relief, and greatly improved people's lives. This period of time was later called "Jiajing Zhongxing". The imperial court abolished redundant staff on a large scale, removed some unnecessary positions, deprived eunuchs of their rights and inhibited their development. These policies carried out by Ming Shizong achieved good results, and the Ming court began to slowly revive.
However, the good times did not last long, and Emperor Jiajing, who was in middle age, began to do some stupid things. At that time, he was so obsessed with Taoism that he wanted to live forever and began to squander Daming's national strength for those illusory things. Later, when I was busy practicing, I simply didn't go to court, and all the state affairs were left to Yan Song's records at that time. At that time, Yan Songquan fell into the ruling and opposition, and he began to cultivate partisans and suppress dissidents. The whole Daming court was messed up.
Here we have to admire Emperor Jiajing. Although he has not been in court for 20 years in a row, the operation of the state machine is still very smooth. Although Yan Song was authoritarian, in the end Jiajing took the property of the Yan family with only one imperial edict, and all the descendants of Yan Song were destroyed. Only Yan Song can die. Perhaps Jiajing left him a desperate effort because the old man took the blame for him for decades.
Generally speaking, Ming Shizong's performance in Jiajing period was meritorious, but the merit was greater than that. After all, Jiajing was also an era of revival in the Ming Dynasty.
How could Ming Shizong be the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty? He reigned for forty-five years and was the second longest emperor in the Ming Dynasty. Later generations also called him the emperor of the early Ming Dynasty, although he did not go to court for twenty years. Why is an emperor who hasn't been to court for 20 years still called the sage king? There are two reasons:
Jiajing stills
First, in the early years of Jiajing, he showed the superficial quality of a generation of wise kings, that is, people-oriented and open-minded. Jiajing carried out reforms at the beginning of his accession to the throne, and the focus of these reforms was people's livelihood. He not only carried out the frivolous and generous policy of people's livelihood, but also collected and integrated the land not used by the royal family, and then distributed it to farmers for farming, and collected little rent. In political affairs, he can also listen to the advice of courtiers with an open mind, and he is even more merciless to those traitors in the previous dynasty, killing them all. When dealing with foreign invasion, he can also be modest and well resist the invasion of southeast Japanese pirates and northwest Mongolia.
Secondly, Jiajing did not go to court in the last twenty years, which is also a strong evidence that later generations denied that he was "the first wise king of the Ming Dynasty". However, in the twenty years when Jiajing did not go to court, the Ming court not only did not fall into chaos, but developed steadily. In political affairs, although it seems that Yan Song is the only one who monopolizes power, everything will eventually come together in front of Emperor Jiajing, who will make the decision.
In addition, Emperor Jiajing used the most famous secret service agencies of the Ming Dynasty, namely the Royal Guards and the East and West Factories, to closely monitor ministers, master their contradictions, and use these contradictions to balance the court. During the reign of Yan Song, Emperor Jiajing didn't care, because he knew that Yan Song was just his mouthpiece, and he had completely controlled the man. So, later, Yan Song made public anger, and Emperor Jiajing only issued an imperial edict, and Yan Song was ruined and fought alone.
During Jiajing period, he commanded Daming, a sunken ship, to sail in the ocean of history. Such an emperor can indeed be called the founding monarch of the Ming Dynasty.
There are two novels about Ming Shizong, one is the long historical novel Emperor Jiajing after Zhu written by Xia Jingjian, and the other is the Romance of Ming Shizong written by the sunset in the snow. There are many biographies about Ming Shizong, but there are few novels featuring him.
Portrait of Ming Shizong
The content written by Emperor Zhu Houjiajing of Ming Shizong is similar to the Biography of Ming Shizong. However, due to the different types of the two books, the author of the content in the novel added more imagination, and the biography paid more attention to historical facts, making the novel more entertaining. The style of a novel can be determined according to its creative thinking. In the process of creation, the author refers to some biographies, a lot of unofficial history's content, and a lot of folk rumors.
Emperor Zhu Houjing introduced the life of Emperor Jiajing before and after he ascended the throne. On the basis of some folk rumors and unofficial history, the author further processed the novel, making it very interesting and in line with some characteristics of the novel. However, it cannot be read as history. After all, the author added a lot of imagination and hearsay in the creative process, which greatly reduced the scientificity and authenticity.
The Romance of Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty is an online serial novel written by a sunset in the snow. The positioning of this novel is very complicated. It is not only a romance novel, but also a court novel and a novel overlooking history. There are two protagonists in the novel, one is the emperor Zhu Hou, and the other is his queen. The biggest similarity between them is that they all deal with all kinds of women.
A small captaincy, carp yue longmen, became an emperor, facing the women in the harem, one was the queen mother, the other was his wife, and there were three people and three camps. Poor him, he can only deal with these three women. A "peacock girl" who has never experienced wind and rain has married a "phoenix man" who is similar to her. How can she survive in the face of her mother-in-law?
The Romance of Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty is a novel describing the harem of Ming Dynasty. Its hero is not only a woman but also a man.
Zhu Houming Sejong, formerly known as Zhu Hou, was the 11th emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He reigned for forty-five years and was the second longest emperor in the Ming Dynasty. During his reign, he was named Jiajing. He was the cousin of the former emperor and was buried in Yongling after his death.
Zhu Hou (Chen)
During the Jiajing period, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was not as good as before. Under his rule, Daming's national strength was greatly improved, and later generations called Jiajing Year "Jiajing Zhongxing". Emperor Jiajing was clever and studious since he was a child, but his greatest shortcoming was stubbornness and willfulness, which remained unchanged until his death.
After the death of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, several ministers in the DPRK decided to make King Zhu Hou of Xing, who was known as a sage at that time, emperor after deliberation. After Zhu Hou ascended the throne, the second year was changed to the first year of Jiajing, and the world was called Ming Shizong or Jiajing Emperor.
After Zhu Hou ascended the throne, he vigorously eradicated the treacherous court official of the former dynasty, and a large number of moths were eliminated in the DPRK. Then he appointed Zhang Cong to carry out reforms. With the support of the emperor, Zhang Cong carried out a series of reforms. These include reducing taxes in the world, rectifying official management, integrating royal land, nationalizing some useless land and distributing it to ordinary people for farming, and reducing the rent of farmers' land. In addition, at the beginning of Sejong's accession to the throne, coachable was diligent in government affairs, modest and prudent. He appointed talented generals to eliminate the scourge of border defense and began to integrate the domestic bureaucracy.
In the ten years of Jiajing, the whole Daming has developed well and has the potential of revival. However, at this time, Emperor Jiajing's stubborn and willful character shortcomings appeared. He became obsessed with the elixir of life and began to practice Taoism. He spends a lot of money on those useless Taoist sacrifices every year.
Later, Emperor Jiajing did not go to court for 20 years in a row, and lived in his own bedroom to practice, so there was a record that Yan Song was arbitrary for 20 years. Small countries around the Ming dynasty also invaded Daming's land, and Macao was cut off at that time.
In the forty-five years of Jiajing, 60-year-old Ming Shizong died in his bedroom, ending his absurd and legendary life.
The Record of Shizong in Ming Dynasty, also known as Shizong Su Record, is a part of Shizong in Ming Dynasty. The Records of Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty * * * has a total of 566 volumes, which is the second largest emperor's record in the thirteen volumes of Ming Dynasty.
Ming Shizong (stills)
This memoir mainly records Zhu Hou's life experience from the 16th year of Zheng De to the 45th year of Jiajing. Sejong's memoirs were compiled from the first year of Qin Long. After Ming Shenzong acceded to the throne, Zhang Xuxiu was ordered, and it was five years before the revision was successful.
The History of the Ming Dynasty has a total of 2,990 volumes, compiled by the Ming government. It mainly records the historical materials of the 15th emperor of Ming Dynasty, with a total volume of 250 years. It has important historical research value.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, every newly succeeded monarch presided over the compilation of the records of the previous dynasty, providing valuable learning materials for future generations. The emperor will set up a special government office and officials to compile records, and then the government office will use the huge student resources to let students from these countries visit various places and inspect the ruins, and then report back and sort them out. In this way, after a long period of investigation and the records of historians of the former dynasty, a true record of the former dynasty came out.
Since several copies will be made after each revision, one will be sent to the emperor for review, one to other ministers for reference, two copies will be kept, one will be kept in the Cabinet, and the other will be kept in Gan Qing Palace, so there are some discrepancies in the later versions.
The Record of Ming Shizong records what happened during the reign of Amin Shizong Zhu, which can be said to be the best in the whole Record of Ming Dynasty. In the post-evaluation of A Record of Ming Dynasty, only A Record of Ming Shizong is very accurate and detailed, with proper narrative method and very objective evaluation of character events.