Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

明世宗朱厚熜（ 1507年9月16日—1567年1月23日），号尧斋、雷轩、天池钓叟。

Born in Anluzhou, Huguang, he was the grandson of Zhu Jianshen, Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty, nephew of Zhu Youtang, Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty, son of Zhu Youqi, King of Xingxian, and cousin of Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty.

The eleventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In the 1521th year of Zhengde (), Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao died and had no son to succeed him.

In accordance with the ancestral motto of "brothers end with younger brothers", the then 14-year-old crown prince Zhu Houxun of Prince Xing inherited the throne and took the reign name Jiajing.

The two cousins, Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houcong, are really not from the same family.

Zhu Houzhao believed in Buddhism, and Zhu Houcong believed in Taoism.

One is the Dharma King of Daqing, the Buddha of Perfect Enlightenment, Great Dharma, and Abundance.

One is the Heavenly Great Luo Celestial Immortal Purple Extreme Immortal Saint Zhi Zhao Lingtong Yuan Zheng Ying Yuxu General Palm Five Thunder Great True Master Xuandu Realm.

Zhu Houzhao, who believes in Buddhism, can still explain it reasonably, and he can bite the bullet and pronounce the name if he wants to.

As for Zhu Houcong, it's a bit nonsense. It's enough to read it out in full.

This is just one of Zhu Houcong's many titles.

Like anything else, Jiutian Hongjiao Puji Life Palm Yin Yang Gong Guo Dao Siren Zi Ji Immortal Weng Yi Yang Zhenren Yuan Xu Yuan Ying enlightened subdued demons, loyal and filial emperors.

There is also the Supreme Great Luo Celestial Immortal Zi Ji Immortal Saint Zhi Zhao Ling Tong Yuan Zheng Ying Yuxu, the Master of Five Thunders, the Great Real Person Yuandu Bao Realm Wanshou Emperor.

It sounds like Niubi PLUS, which makes people feel big.

But Zhu Houcong never tired of it.

Zhu Houcong can be said to have set a precedent for the Ming emperor.

The other Ming emperors were either eating, drinking and having fun, or doing carpentry work.

But people like Zhu Houcong actually started cultivating immortals.

This cultivation of immortality lasted for decades.

Therefore, Zhu Houcong is also known as the emperor who cultivated immortality in the history of Ming Dynasty.

At the end of his cultivation, he no longer even cared about the important affairs of the government, and almost all of them were handed over to the treacherous minister Yan Song.

Zhu Houcong himself just meditates, practices, makes elixirs and takes medicine every day, praying that he can live forever.

He also dreams of immortality all day long.

In order to refine the elixir, Zhu Houcong even did many things that were so ridiculous that people found it unbelievable.

There was even a coup in Renshen Palace.

The Renshen Palace Incident occurred in the year of Renshen. The concubines and maids in Zhu Houcong's harem conspired to assassinate Zhu Houcong.

This thing was almost done by these palace ladies.

Taking advantage of Zhu Houcong's deep sleep, these palace maids wrapped a yellow silk cloth around Zhu Houcong's neck, and then pulled hard in an attempt to kill Zhu Houcong.

However, because of the panic, he tied his steps into a dead knot and did not strangle Zhu Houcong to death. On the contrary, he woke up Zhu Houcong.

Then the maids stabbed Zhu Houcong with hairpins, hairpins and other sharp jewelry, but Zhu Houcong had already woken up and was dodging from time to time.

So Zhu Houcong was still not killed.

During the constant entanglement, one of the timid palace maids sneaked out because of fear and reported Zhu Houcong's affairs to Queen Zhu Houcong.

The queen was greatly shocked when she learned about this incident. She quickly led people to Zhu Houcong's palace and subdued all the palace ladies who had committed the assassination.

In the end, all the palace ladies who tried to assassinate Zhu Houcong were executed by Lingchi.

Being assassinated by the ladies in the palace is unique in all dynasties.

Even if you put it on the entire history level, it is extremely explosive.

The occurrence of this assassination also had an extremely important impact on Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong.

Because he was assassinated by the palace ladies, Zhu Houcong lived alone in Xiyuan from then on, and began to pay almost no attention to the political affairs of the court.

Zhu Houcong believed that he was able to survive this time because he was sincere in practicing Taoism, so he believed in Taoism even more and put almost all his thoughts on cultivation.

Ignore other things.

It was precisely because of Zhu Houcong's laziness and indifference to the government that it indirectly led to the emergence of Yan Song's dictatorship and chaos.

It can even be said that the Renyin Palace Incident was a very important turning point in the Jiajing government.

Actually, you can't blame the palace maid for this matter.

The main blame is that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong was so obsessed with his cultivation that he went too far.

It can even be said that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong was a little too perverted, and the maids couldn't stand it.

So I wanted to kill him in exchange for my own relief.

It turned out that because Zhu Houcong was obsessed with cultivation and alchemy, he took some detours.

His views and practices on some things are also unique, even a little abnormal.

Everyone is well aware of the matter of alchemy, which is almost an intestinal poison.

Usually mercury and arsenic are added to it.

But then again, Zhu Houcong has been practicing for so many years and has taken countless elixirs.

I drank mercury and arsenic every day, but I still lived to be sixty years old.

I have to say, this is also a miracle.

Zhu Houcong's elixir refining was different from others, and he didn't know whether he had listened to someone else's lies or had a sudden whim.

When he was refining the elixir, he not only added mercury and arsenic, but also added some woman's essence and blood.

This is so damn nonsense.

Everyone thought it was very nonsense and outrageous.

The palace ladies thought so too.

But Zhu Houcong didn't think so. He was very superstitious and felt that some blood essence should be added when making elixirs.

This is the first time the palace ladies have seen such perverted demands.

But do you think that’s all?

It's much more than that.

In order to ensure the purity of the elixir, Zhu Houcong did not let the palace ladies eat indiscriminately.

To put it mildly, it means not eating indiscriminately, but to put it bluntly, it means not letting the maids eat.

Let the maids eat only mulberry leaves and drink dew every day.

It was pure torture.

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people, and depriving people of their food and salary is like killing their parents.

Zhu Houcong didn't even let the maids eat. How could the maids not complain in their hearts?

That's not all.

Zhu Houcong not only didn't let the palace maids eat randomly, but he himself didn't eat much.

But Zhu Houcong was not stupid enough to eat only mulberry leaves.

But when it comes to drinking water, he only drinks dew.

Zhu Houcong believed that dew was spiritual water and the source of spiritual energy given to the world by God every day.

Therefore, Zhu Houcong asked the palace ladies to get up every morning to collect dew for him to drink.

But that's not all, Zhu Houcong has a more cruel side.

I don't know whether it was because he took too much elixir or what, but Zhu Houcong was moody and ruthless.

He would often scold the palace maids and even attack them directly.

When Zhu Houcong was unhappy, he would kill him with a stick.

It is said that more than two hundred palace maids died in Zhu Houcong's hands, and they were all beaten to death.

Therefore, there is a risk of being beaten to death at any time while serving Zhu Houcong.

In this way, the palace ladies did not have enough to eat or wear warm clothes, and they had to get up early every morning to collect dew.

They also face the possibility of being beaten to death every day. Being served by the pervert Zhu Houcong, you have to face double physical and psychological oppression, and you are in constant panic every day. ,

The palace maids cannot eat well or sleep well, and they are getting older day by day, and some of them fall ill every day.

Just like that, the maids couldn't bear it anymore.

Rather than suffer such oppression, it is better to jump up and attack Zhu Houcong.

Therefore, they began to plan to kill Zhu Houcong.

I don't know whether Zhu Houcong is really lucky, or whether the palace maids have no food and no strength.

Unexpectedly, several people couldn't kill a sleeping Zhu Houcong, and they were killed by Zhu Houcong.

At this point, Zhu Houcong became even more convinced that he was the chosen one.

It’s the stuff you need to quickly become an immortal.

Seven or eight palace maids could not kill him while he was sleeping. That was not because of his extraordinary talent.

Zhu Houcong began to sink in this self-confidence, and became more and more diligent in cultivation.

No matter how important the government is or what the country is, it has nothing to do with him.

He just wants to cultivate to immortality in peace and live a peaceful life.

Therefore, Zhu Houcong began to be unable to go to court for a long time, allowing Yan Song to take complete control of the court.

But Zhu Houcong is also a smart man. Although he does not go to court, he will call the ministers in the court to beat them if nothing happens.

Only he, the boss, can do this kind of behavior of only clocking in and not going to work.

He was telling the officials of Ming Dynasty, even though his boss did not appear in the company every day.

But he will still pay close attention to every move of the company, so that these ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government should not have any small thoughts or make any small moves.

Regarding the emperor's scheming and tactics, Zhu Houcong played even better than he did in cultivating immortals.

Faced with Zhu Houcong's cultivation of immortality, many court ministers could not stand it anymore.

He was so good at cultivating immortals that he almost killed other palace maids, and yet he was so stupid at cultivating immortals.

It was simply embarrassing, but the courtiers did not dare to say this.

But there were still some strong-tempered people who wrote to Zhu Houcong, saying that he should not cultivate immortality.

Cultivation of immortals harms the country and the people. Cultivation of immortals is just a trick played by some Taoist priests to deceive people.

Zhu Houcong could not bear any of these.

Regarding his cultivation of immortality, in Zhu Houcong's opinion, it was absolutely true.

No matter who it is, as long as it hinders his cultivation of immortality, there will be no mercy at all.

If anyone dares to tell him to stop cultivating immortality or that cultivating immortality is ridiculous, then he will be killed directly.

Never talk nonsense.

The imperial servant Yang Zui wrote a letter saying that the idea of ​​cultivating immortals was too ridiculous, and Zhu Houcong immediately killed him with a stick without mercy.

Zhu Houcong expressed his attitude towards cultivating immortality with his thunderous methods, so from then on no one dared to dissuade him from cultivating immortality.

Many flattering ministers began to agree with Zhu Houcong, saying that Zhu Houcong would definitely live forever.

In this atmosphere, Zhu Houcong became more and more obsessed with cultivating immortals.

However, Zhu Houcong's cultivation of immortality also made a lot of contributions to Chinese Taoism.

In the Ming Dynasty, because of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, both of them believed in Buddhism.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a monk before the uprising, and Zhu Di's arrest was only possible because of the help of Yao Guangxiao.

With the support of these two emperors, Buddhism was at its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Houcong no longer believed in Buddhism and began to prefer Taoism.

It also promoted the development of Taoist culture to a certain extent.

Because he was obsessed with cultivating immortals, Zhu Houcong promoted Yan Song.

Yan Song almost became Zhu Houcong's spokesperson in the later period.

Because he was obsessed with cultivating immortals, Zhu Houcong did not establish himself as prince.

For a time, the entire Ming Dynasty almost became Yan Song's one-word hall.

Even the imperial power Yan Song dared to get involved.

Because no one could suppress him, even Zhu Houcong's two sons wanted to fawn over Yan Song.

Relying on Zhu Houcong's trust, Yan Song gradually began to persecute dissidents in the Ming Dynasty.

Not only that, he and his son Yan Shifan began to purge the Ming Dynasty treasury.

He kept swallowing up the imperial court's money, and even dared to embezzle the military pay of border officers and soldiers.

This also directly affected the military defense of the border during the Jiajing period, making the border very unstable during the Jiajing period.

It even caused the Ming Dynasty to suffer a lot of defeats.

Zhu Houcong actually saw all this, but he was too lazy to care.

Many cabinet ministers mentioned Yan Song's actions in front of Zhu Houcong, but Zhu Houcong ignored him and seemed to be very fond of Yan Song.

This situation made Yan Song even more arrogant.

Not only are they becoming more and more domineering in the court, they are also becoming more and more unscrupulous among the people.

This has resulted in unspeakable suffering for the people.

Once there was Jiajing Jiajing, every family was clean and satirical ballads.

Under normal circumstances, when a traitorous minister appears, a loyal minister will appear to form a sharp contrast.

Even according to the script, this loyal minister should be able to awaken the conscience of the fatuous emperor, change his appearance, and free the people from their miserable life.

And Hai Rui is this loyal minister.

Facing Zhu Houcong's disregard for government affairs and his focus on cultivating immortality, Hai Rui could no longer stand it.

He felt that he wanted to do something for Daming.

On February 1566, the forty-fifth year of Jiajing (), Hai Rui bought a coffin for himself in the coffin shop.

Then he entrusted his family to the care of a friend.

After settling down his family, Hai Rui submitted a memorial to the court with determination to die.

This is the famous "Public Security Book", which is called the best book in the world by later generations.

In this memorial, Hai Rui directly criticized Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong for his superstitious witchcraft, luxurious life, and neglect of government affairs.

The wording is merciless and straightforward.

Because Hai Rui had already prepared a coffin for himself and was determined to die, what he wrote in the memorial was also very extreme.

Almost the entire story is full of open-mouthed, high-energy dialogue, without the slightest hint of tact.

When this memorial was delivered to Zhu Houcong, Zhu Houcong was naturally very angry.

He didn't expect that someone would dare to say that about him, or about the magic and witchcraft he practiced.

How dare you accuse him of wasting money and wasting money and living a luxurious life.

Zhu Houcong was a cultivator of immortality, and he couldn't bear to face Hai Rui, a mortal.

He immediately ordered people to arrest Hai Rui and put him in prison.

Zhu Houcong had the intention to kill Hai Rui at the beginning, but later he hesitated.

Only with the dissuasion of his cabinet minister Xu Jie and his courtiers did Zhu Houcong spare Hai Rui's life.

It was precisely because he spared Hai Rui's life that Zhu Houcong's reputation did not collapse so badly.

Although Zhu Houcong mainly devoted his life to cultivating immortals, which is quite absurd, he cannot be directly denied.

Zhu Houcong still had some political achievements.

(End of this chapter)