An emperor died of bizarre poisoning, but the dying Ming Dynasty was brilliantly reborn.

In the 45th year of Jiajing, Zhu Hou _, who had just celebrated his 60th birthday 100 days ago, was seriously unwell and delirious since the early hours of the morning. He didn't stay up until noon and completely lost his vital signs. Traditionally, it is death.

Of course, the death of the emperor is a major event in feudal society, but it is still shocking to see the process of the death of the emperor. In fact, in February this year, Emperor Jiajing felt that he was in excellent health and kept clamoring for a trip to his hometown in Hubei. Fortunately, he was persuaded back by his courtiers. 10 month, he is more energetic and goes to the altar. He was very calm during the whole complicated process. Even in the pouring rain, he still stood still in the rain, showing his loyalty to God. Of course, when you come back, you will get down and get up until you are completely dead!

Even more shocking than this is the root of the emperor's illness: alchemy. Since he became emperor, he has pursued a higher realm: becoming an immortal. This pursuit is more than 40 years, and alchemy on incense burners has always been a large-scale activity of Taoism. It turned out that the pot of a national treasury was full and all the money was given to this matter. Worse than cheating money is ruining your health. You don't eat normal food and medicine. You always know that taking a panacea is made of the chemical elements lead and mercury. You will take them even if you are ill. In the end, the more you eat, the worse you feel. At the end of the day, you are foaming at the mouth and have a high fever almost every day. But you're a little awakened, and you're still clamoring for some panacea. Until this day, you die completely.

After such a death, it is naturally a moment of deep mourning for the people of the whole country. However, if you carefully observe the situation, you will find that the so-called deep pain is actually theoretical. Civil weddings and funerals are not prohibited. After a rough commemoration, Yu Wang's son Zhu Zaixiang took over the foundation and changed his title to Qin Long, the historical emperor of Qin Long. Why are you so hasty? It's not so much because of Ray's death as because there is no time to be sad. A real problem is far more painful than his death: Emperor Jiajing, who died after eating the elixir, left a complete mess for the new emperor and even Daming subjects.

Tatar, the strong enemy in the north, went south, burning and killing for years, and rebellions occurred in Guangdong and Jiangxi in the south, with hundreds of thousands of people. By the time Emperor Jiajing died, the money in the national treasury was only enough for one month. The most serious thing is the wind. The whole Daming officialdom is corrupt and corrupt officials are lazy. A simple national event is to kick each other's balls. Official positions at all levels are even clearly marked, and trading of power and money is a common phenomenon. From any angle, it's terrible. At that time, Zhang, a five-product iron fist bachelor, recalled his later years: what is the difference from the late Han and Tang Dynasties? Just like when the Han and Tang Dynasties perished.

But why is this? Is this Jiajing Emperor Zhu Hou _ also a bad king? Saying that he is a bad king is not only an insult to the style of the Ming Dynasty, but also an insult to the collective IQ of the Ming Dynasty. In the early days of his administration, he wisely criticized and did many important things, such as strictly administering officials, leniently administering the people, rectifying the platform, reducing taxes, fighting against the Japanese aggressors, and reviving the national government, thus creating a situation of Jiajing revival. Emperor Jiajing, a history book, was appraised as "the master of ZTE", saying that he "has six wonders, four fierce without dispute, and five orphans shocked the world".

152 1 April 20th, in the 16th year of Kaiser, Ming Wuzong died. Since Wu Zong died without an heir, Zhang Taihou and Yang Tinghe, the first cabinet official, decided to be succeeded by Zhu Hou _, the cousin of Wu Zong and the newest member of the royal family.

Emperor Jiajing, who ascended the throne, used the dispute of "big gifts" to provoke courtiers to fight each other. Clever as cricket, he took away veteran Yang Tinghe, squeezed out the obedient new cabinet and firmly grasped the power. Then in the first 20 years of his reign, he let go of the country with his own thoughts. The prosperity of economy and the enrichment of armaments in Ming Dynasty had a far-reaching impact on culture. He broke all the cultural taboos in the early Ming Dynasty. Under his rule, the number of books published in the Ming Dynasty exceeded the sum of the previous 100 years, and excellent cultural works such as novels, operas and poems emerged one after another, especially the new ideas of subverting traditional Confucianism. In such a prosperous time, the history is called "Jiajing Zhongxing". How dare such a strong man say that he fainted? If you don't faint? Why is this happening?

There are many reasons, but it is recognized that one of them is personality: Zhu Hou _ has a very high IQ, but his personality defects are extremely serious. They belong to the type of serious willfulness and self-utilization, and later, they have the right to be willful. He indulged in monasticism and tried state affairs, and became more and more emotional. He often subjectively judges that face comes first, and ministers use whoever they obey. He plotted evil, broke the dual-track political system of the Ming Dynasty, and realized monopolization of power. However, the civilian politics of the Ming Dynasty could not correct the emperor's decision! Once something goes wrong, the consequences are unimaginable!

Therefore, Emperor Zhu Hou _ Jiajing, who has the power to be willful, has more and more tricks in his later period. The northern part of the country is at war with the Tatars. The initial trilateral strategic plan has been launched. The Ming army is advancing triumphantly, and will soon recover the Hetao grassland and completely lift the catastrophe in the northwest. However, the mind of Emperor Jiajing was wide open. Because he practiced divination several times and found it unlucky, he immediately stopped decisively. Zeng Xi, who has made great contributions, was wronged and killed, which is equal to

The same is true of the war of resistance in the south. Although there are many reasons to make the enemy a scourge, when solving it, Zhu Hou _ remembers that one is the other. At first, the famous chess player played well with Li and just won a big victory. He cut people when he turned against others, and the enemy raged for many years. The national policy of resisting Japan is more so every year. Clapping your head will change, and the frontline soldiers who make trouble really can't get away! Why are Qi Jiguang and Yu Judah the top military strategists who pacified the enemy? Not only because the enemy is difficult to fight, but also because of such willful leadership, the enemy can finally be leveled. I have to say, it really depends on the real skill.

However, the enemy is flat, so are many other things, especially his employment. Yan Song's cabinet records, obedient in the later period, were especially trusted by ministers, and were favored because they were obedient and easy to use. The Yan Song family also took the opportunity of corruption and brought the political disaster of the Ming Dynasty to an embarrassing situation. Later, although Yan Song fell, the corruption of bad style was still out of control. Before that, the situation of the Ming Dynasty was very difficult.

Fortunately, his son Wang Zhuyu succeeded to the throne in _. Among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zaixiang was the most unlucky one in his childhood. The biggest shadow hanging over his head in his early years was his father's belief that "two dragons will never meet again". That is, if the "real dragon" emperor meets the "future emperor", there will be disaster. For fear of disaster, my father refused to meet Zhu Zai _ many times, and even every time Zhu Zai _ went to meet him, he was always kept out of the palace. Mother Kang Fei couldn't see her son. Not only was she dying, but even the request of mourning for her mother for three years was flatly rejected by Emperor Jiajing. Finally, maternal love was ruthlessly deprived by her father.

Compared with Zhu Hou, the father of Jiajing Emperor, Qin Long Emperor Zhu Zai ascended the throne. Because of his proper employment, the imperial court was full of talents, the national economy was fully restored, foreign troubles were eliminated, and armaments were revitalized. His rule was the beginning of "Long Wan Zhong Xing" in Ming Dynasty, which was recognized by later generations.

However, he himself was an emperor who was scolded a lot, mainly because he was lazy. For example, once, he wrote to proclaim himself emperor and asked whether the emperor had summoned ministers during his three years in office. Have you personally presided over the planning of state affairs? Did you write back to the emperor in person? In addition to his specific actions, some officials even catch shadows. For example, Cai Ruxian of Yu Shi once said, "Your Majesty, you have lost a lot of weight these two days. You must always be partial to women. You can't do that. "

Zhu Zai _ is generous to most memorial halls that accuse him. In most cases, he didn't punish officials and didn't reply. Basically, it is "centered". With a few exceptions, such as Cai Ruxian's memorial, he specially replied these two days that he really didn't favor the imperial concubine. I'm really thin because I'm tired from work.

After Zhu Zai _ ascended the throne, he faced the mess left by Zhu Hou _. With the constant invasion of Tatar tribes in the north, the national finance is seriously tense. In the early days of his rule, the national granary stored only enough food for one month. After he ascended the throne, later generations praised him, including stopping all kinds of Taoist activities, taking the lead in frugality, curbing mergers, and rehabilitating unjust cases.

Most of them are remedies for Zhu Houzhi's various shortcomings in the middle and late period. The two most important things he did were to rectify armaments and open up foreign trade. Emperors who were considered "weak" and "moderate" attached great importance to armaments. On the second day after he ascended the throne, he sent an imperial edict to Jiubian Town of Ming Dynasty, hoping that Qi Xin, a town on both sides, would work together and win a great victory at an early date.

It was also during his administration that Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese star, moved Jizhou to the north to strengthen the border defense in the north. Another famous soldier, Li, was promoted to the company commander of Liaodong in the first year of his rule. In the third year of Qin Long's reign, he also held the biggest military parade in the history of the Ming Dynasty in the palace. The revitalization of armaments in the Ming Dynasty really began with him.

In developing overseas trade, Zhu Zaikun's action is a "Qin Long switch" in history. On the surface, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't violate the ancestral system of "sea ban", but opened a special economic zone in Fujian, Guangdong and Hong Kong, allowing coastal businessmen to conduct maritime trade through this place. In the following decades, Guangdong and Hong Kong in Fujian developed rapidly, and were known as "the treasure land in the southeast of Tian Zi". A more direct world significance is that western historians believe that from that time to the end of the Ming Dynasty, China earned one-third of the world's silver. Guangdong and Hong Kong have another nickname in the words of European businessmen: silver pump.

Zhu Zai _ The greatest image in history is his good temper. It is often courtiers who make a scene in front of them. He is calm and lifeless. But good-natured Zhu Zai _ also has a tough side. The first thing he did when he became king was to punish corruption. Since the first year of Qin Long, there has been a rectification storm in the officialdom. Not only have a large number of corrupt officials fallen, but even many mediocre officials with no misdeeds have been laid off. Nevertheless, Zhu Zai _ is still not satisfied. In the first month of my second year in Qin Long, I heard that many corrupt officials had just been dismissed. Zhu Zai _ resigned immediately, and ordered not only to investigate the economic responsibility of corrupt officials, but also to sort out the related misdeeds of these corrupt officials in detail and announce them to the world. According to today's words, even if I can't cure you, I will stink you to death. For those cadres who passed the inspection smoothly, Zhu Zai _ did not forget to give them a beating and ordered them to be educated, saying, "You may be simply used, but you may also be lenient." You are lucky to pass the exam, so behave yourself in the future.

As a father and son, Zhu Hou and Zhu Zaixiang, their achievements in power can be seen from the attitude of officials and people when they died. According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, people even set off firecrackers to celebrate Zhu Hou's death. On the other hand, Zhu Zi _ didn't. Many ministers wept bitterly when the bad news came.

Hearing the testamentary edict, Gao Gong burst into tears on the spot. Say that finish, he went to the door of the palace and couldn't help crying. Zhan Yang, the official who wrote to scold him, cried at home.

It can be seen that this emperor, regarded as weak by later generations, is a very popular emperor.