Self Rescue of the Faint King

Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao (October 1491, 10-April 27, 1521), whose ancestral home was Fengyang, Anhui, was the eldest son of Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang and Empress Zhang, and the tenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty.Zhu Houzhao was witty and intelligent since he was a child, and he liked to ride and shoot.

After ascending the throne in the 18th year of Hongzhi (1505), he was addicted to female sex, favored the "eight tigers", and repaired the leopard house. He once played with fire and set fire to the Qianqing Palace, ignoring state affairs.

In the Battle of Yingzhou, the "Great General Zhu Shou" led the troops in the name of the battle, defeated the Tatar army, and made a battle.During his political period, he was licentious and immoral, but he still often went to the court to listen to politics, comment on memorials, and decide on major national events.

During the First Battle of Yingzhou, he ate and lived with ordinary soldiers, and even killed an enemy with his own hands, which greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army.So he is a good general again.

During the reign of Zhengde, the national power declined, but although Wu Zong played and had fun, he also had the merits of resisting the border invaders, so that the court would not be destroyed.

In March of the 16th year of Zhengde (1521), Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao died in Leopard House at the age of 31. He reigned for 16 years. ", buried in Kangling.

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Zhu Houzhao thought that his life was glorious and splendid. Although his death was a bit unseemly, as an emperor, Zhu Houzhao believed that he was wise and virtuous.

In the eyes of the world, it is not Ming Jun who favors eunuchs, but Zhu Houzhao thinks that he can use a few small eunuchs to fight against courtiers and achieve the goal of controlling the court. Don't those eunuchs have a good end? ?

It is true that the world is so ignorant.

But the one who died was a bit useless. He fell into the water and died of the cold. For a wise and mighty emperor, it was really indecent.

As a reckless emperor, Zhu Houzhao felt that he might as well die on the battlefield.

However, he is dead, what else can he do?

It doesn't help if you complain in your heart, doesn't it?

Zhu Houzhao is a willful person with an open-minded temper, so he quickly put these things behind him.

He was in chaos now, but he didn't feel fear or uneasiness because of it. On the contrary, he was particularly interested in his frivolous state, and he had a great time playing with various temptations.

The system did not expect that he would meet such a host, so he still likes Yang Guang.

It's a pity, that person actually said that he had a feeling, and went away in a fair manner.

The system has no choice but to continue to choose a host if it wants to maintain its own operation.

Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao became the new host.

Zhu Houzhao woke up leisurely again and returned to his 15 years old. Although he came back, it was not without price.

For the rest of my life, I will not be able to do whatever I want, and I want to be a wise and virtuous monarch praised by the world, what is this called!

This year, Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty was seriously ill, and Zhu Houzhao, the eldest son, was about to become emperor again soon.

He is only 15 years old, a young emperor, how energetic he is!

But Zhu Houzhao is very clear about how difficult his future will be.

Although Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty can be regarded as a wise monarch, and his courtiers can be regarded as upright and honest, for Zhu Houzhao, this is not a good thing.

Although the courtiers are upright and honest, what does it mean to cling to power?

So that later, he had to raise the eunuchs to fight against the courtiers. As for the play places like the leopard house he built, Zhu Houzhao didn't think it was wrong. This is my private matter, and others have no right to criticize it!And this is to show the emperor's attitude, you love moral kidnapping, but I just don't listen!

Emperor Xiaozong unfortunately fell ill in the 18th year of Hongzhi (AD 1505). He died of illness in May at the age of 36 and was buried in Tailing.

Zhu Houzhao boarded that cold seat again under the joint attention of Assistant Ministers, Cabinet Scholars Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Empress Dowager Zhang, and became the tenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor who succeeded as his son.

Although Ming Tai and Zu Zhu Yuanzhang established the eldest son inheritance system, neither Emperor Jianwen nor Ming Chengzu, and none of the subsequent ones were born as eldest sons.

Finally, finally, the Ming Dynasty ushered in the first emperor who was born as the eldest son, Zhu Houzhao succeeded to the throne, and honored Zhang as the empress dowager.

Zhu Houzhao's perception of the queen mother is very complicated. He has also listened to many versions of his own life experience, which is one of the reasons why Zhu Houzhao is violent and rebellious.

When I was young, I was really worried. Whether I was born or not had a little influence on Zhu Houzhao, and he once had a brother who was born, but he died early.

So he was very worried that he was born of the maid Zheng, as others said, but was adopted by Empress Zhang.

All kinds of rebellious actions are just to attract the attention of parents.Of course, we cannot deny the fun of those eagle dogs, singing and dancing, and fighting.

Compared with the days of studying and practicing martial arts all day long, the indulgent life of singing and dancing is obviously more relaxed and attractive, isn't it?

What's more, at that time, he was just a child, and his parents seemed strict, but if he really took control, he swore that he would quit those things and become an obedient and filial son.

It's a pity that Zhu Houzhao was disappointed. The emperor was quite strict, but as a mother, Zhang's attitude was ambiguous, and it was groundless, not necessarily without reason!

Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty loved Mrs. Zhang, who was gentle and virtuous, beautiful and knowledgeable, but when she treated her son, she couldn't see it at all. The young Zhu Houzhao only felt panicked and chilled in his heart!

In the 16th year of Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao was sitting on the dragon chair of Qianqing Palace, and standing beside him was Liu Jin, the former eunuch of the East Palace, who was in charge of the bell and drum department.

Although Liu Jin was very unbearable later, he is still useful to him now, and this is not entirely a treacherous person who flatters and sycophants, Liu Jin himself is quite talented, Zhu Houzhao felt that he must maximize his role before he can "running dog cooking".

For example, the crown prince who later became the head of civil servants lectured on Yang Tinghe, the father of Yang Shen, the "Three Talents of the Ming Dynasty".

The civil official group grew, and it was obviously not easy for Zhu Houzhao to suppress them. In his previous life, he first used the eunuch group, and later the civil official group forced himself to kill the so-called "eight tigers".

Since eunuchs are not good enough, let’s change generals. The Ming Dynasty at this time is different from the founding period. Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty, practiced both civil and military, so the gap between civil and military is not very big.

But it is a pity that after the "Civil Change", the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty weakened, which led to a situation where the generals were firmly suppressed by the civil officials.

Zhu Houzhao later supported the general, and even recognized a foster son, but in the end?

Still, they splashed countless dirty waters and successfully became a faint king.

Zhu Houzhao's private indulgence after he succeeded to the throne also had a lot to do with his aggrievedness in the court. At one point, the emperor threatened officials because he could not come to the court.

Zhu Houzhao's failure to go to court set a precedent for future emperors not to go to court.

But it is a pity that even so, Zhu Houzhao did not win this battle with the civil servants until his death.

Extremely sad!

Zhu Houzhao was standing in the court hall, but his mind had drifted to nowhere. The longer the courtiers stood, the more disturbed they became.

After a long time, Liu Jin, who was still with the emperor, touched the emperor lightly, making him withdraw his thoughts.

This is Zhu Houzhao's first feeling that it's boring to look up.

Listen to what these people said, "The emperor personally recorded the border surveys of Dali Shaoqing Wu Yiguan and others, and the affairs of the underworld should be paid to the department. You don't have to work hard to make a holy decision. The committee may have no time to pay for it. People who are in the gap will be a strategy for favoring the city's power. Today's system must be correct. I hope that the Jiuqing of the Political Affairs Committee, if they are not responsible, they will not bother to deal with it... Please continue Today, the criminal prisons are responsible for instructing Chinese and foreign officials to interrogate violators in an impartial manner, so that they will fail to judge the reason. Official affairs should be impartial and seek out the truth, and no scruples are allowed."

This clearly tells the emperor, Your Majesty, you are going to deal with big things, and leave the small things to the courtiers to take care of.

Zhu Houzhao almost broke his merits, what the hell is this!

What does it mean that someone who is the emperor himself can't govern himself, and can't handle political affairs in person?

Even though he knew it was their intention to test, Zhu Houzhao still couldn't control his temper.

Supervisory Censor Shen Lai (lai four times), very good, I remember you!

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Therefore, what they want is just a puppet, not a Youdao Mingjun. After the rebirth, Zhu Houzhao confirmed this point again...