The Ming Dynasty before Jiajing had reached a time of danger and danger, and the Ming Dynasty at that time was constantly suffering from internal and external troubles. Internal eunuchs wielded power, disputes between ministers and friends were serious, corruption among officials was prevalent, and effective government decrees were not well enforced.

The outer southeast coast suffered from serious Japanese troubles, and the northern part suffered from the Mongol invasion, because the officialdom at that time was relatively dark, so some generals with real talents could not be appointed, which made the coastal Japanese plague and the Mongol invasion in the north increasingly aggravated.

After Jiajing came to power, he began to govern the ruined country, commanding the ship, which was about to sink, to stumble through the storm of history for forty-five years.

During the Jiajing Dynasty, the country was constantly suffering from external troubles, and the northern Tatars took advantage of the weakness of the Ming Dynasty to enter the Hetao. The Tatar leader Alta invaded Datong, and the Xuanda general Qiu Luan bribed Alta with a lot of money to turn him to other targets, but he turned to attack Beijing directly, and went west after looting on the outskirts of Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty army was defeated in the pursuit process, which was the change of Gengxu.

On the southeast coast, Japanese ronin and Chinese pirates cooperated with coastal residents to smuggle and harass Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou pacified the Japanese in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places, laying the foundation for the Longqing switch. In addition, the Portuguese immigrated to Macao, but until the death of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese and Macao were always under the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County, the chief secretary of Guangdong. Ming Shizong died, and the crown prince Zhu Zaiyuan ascended the throne, that is, Ming Muzong, the year name was Longqing, and the next year was the first year of Longqing.

In the early years of Longqing, Xu Jie, the former minister of Sejong, who was at the head of the government, instigated the court officials to impeach Gao Gong, and Gao Gong resigned and returned to his hometown. Gao Gong was not to be outdone, a year later instigated the court officials to impeach Xu Jie, Xu Jie, Xu Jie, was also forced to officially retire, the actual government affairs of the imperial court gradually fell into the hands of Zhang Juzheng, in the last years of Longqing, Gao Gong returned to the court as the first assistant of the cabinet.

The Longqing Dynasty gathered famous ministers and famous generals, reached a peace agreement with Mongolia on land, and was known as the tribute in history; the opening of non-governmental trade on the sea was called the Longqing switch in history; because of these two measures, the Ming Dynasty reappeared in the Zhongxing atmosphere, and the history was called the Longqing New Deal.

The twelfth emperor of the Ming Dynasty was Emperor Muzong Zhu Zaiyuan, whose year name was Longqing, and speaking of this emperor could summarize his character in eight words, cautious, benevolent, lazy, and a good woman. And a good woman is the biggest hobby of this lord, and after being the emperor for six years until his death, he was also hollowed out by a beautiful woman, and it is fair to say that Zhu Zaigao is not the only emperor with a good beauty, isn't it the statement that all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are collectively good beauties?

Zhu Zaiyuan's accession to the throne did not undergo major changes except for the Gengxu Change. In addition to Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Yang Bo, Wu has Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and other famous ministers to assist him, this Emperor Muzong is a big loose heart, it may be because the courtiers are too good, it seems that the emperor is too lazy.

may be inseparable from the harem girl, he only took the initiative to meet the minister twice in the six years of the dynasty, and even if he sat in the Jinluan Palace, he often kept silent. The persuasion was put on other emperors, either beheading or reprimanding, but Zhu Zaiyuan was still unmoved when he heard it. This may be related to his insistence on the principle of employing people without doubt, the entire Longqing Dynasty is stable and economically prosperous, and Ming Muzong Zhu Zaiyuan is indeed a good emperor.

Don't look at Zhu Zaiyuan who is lazy in the court, but he is very diligent to the beauties of the harem, and it is not too much to describe it with his dedication and death, he is in the harem all day long, and even his death is due to the beauty. In order to serve the beauties of the harem, not only do they take medicine and accompany them every day, but even the patterns of the teacups and dragon beds in the palace are the content of the love of men and women.

The emperor Zhu Zaiyuan was recuperating for two months to recover his strength because of his big hair playing with his concubine, but as soon as he sat down in the Jinluan Palace, he was dizzy and trembling, and he had no choice but to stay in bed again. He knew his own affairs, and Zhu Zaiyuan knew that if he continued to play, he would have to kill him sooner or later, but his temperament was too high to be able to take his hand, so he brought Zhang Juzheng and other three ministers to him and made a will: "Bequeath the edict to the crown prince, after I die, the emperor will do it, you must follow the guidance of the three auxiliary ministers, study and cultivate virtue, use the virtuous to enable it, have nothing to do, and protect the imperial industry." "I couldn't afford to be sick ever since.

Zhu Zaiyuan, who had devoted his life to the beauty of the harem, finally died and returned to the west at the age of thirty-six at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. After his death, he was buried in Zhaoling, and his name was Qitianlongdaoyuanyikuanrenxianwenguangwuchundehonghongxiaozhuang emperor, and the temple name was Muzong. After the death of Muzong Zhu Zaiyuan, the prince Zhu Yijun succeeded to the throne, but no matter how it is explained, Muzong Zhu Zaiyuan is still a commendable emperor in history.

Emperor Zhu Zaiyuan of Longqing, before ascending the throne as King Yu for 30 years, the biggest hobby during the period is to eat donkey intestines, during the New Year's Festival, there must be a dish of donkey intestines, when the son was born such a happy event, he also had to eat donkey intestines to celebrate, and even encountered many sorrows, so that when he sighed for a long time, he also relied on eating donkey intestines to eliminate his sorrows. But after he ascended the throne, he happened to pass by the imperial dining room and heard the screams of a donkey inside, so he summoned the cook and asked to find out that the dish of donkey intestines was very cruel. Zhu Zaiyuan immediately ordered that from now on, he would never make donkey intestines for him to eat, and he never ate donkey intestines until he died six years later.

Among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zaiyuan can be called the most bitter one in childhood, and the biggest shadow hanging over him in his early years is that his father Emperor Jiajing firmly believed that the two dragons do not meet.

That is, if the True Dragon Emperor meets the future emperor, he will inevitably make trouble, and his father is afraid of the disaster, so he also refuses to meet with Zhu Zaiyuan many times, and even every time Zhu Zaiyuan goes to ask for peace, he is always blocked out of the palace gate. Mother Concubine Kang could not see her son, not only did she not see the last face when she was dying, but even the request to keep her mother filial piety for three years was simply rejected by Emperor Jiajing, and the last maternal love was ruthlessly deprived by her father.

Emperor Jiajing treated Zhu Zaiyuan's son, almost mean to the point of ruthlessness, did not see each other on weekdays, and did not approve the funeral when his biological mother died, and then Zhu Zaiyuan's beloved son and his wife Li died one after another, and the funeral ceremony was directly vetoed by Emperor Jiajing. In addition, Emperor Jiajing was reluctant to establish a crown prince, so that Zhu Zaiyuan's younger brother King Jing also jumped up and down, focusing on fighting for the throne for several years, and the helpless Zhu Zaiyuan had to endure it silently.

finally endured it, and his younger brother King Jing was blasted out of the capital by his father, and after he died, Emperor Jiajing also made a conclusion: "This kid has been busy fighting for the throne, damn it." ”

Then Zhu Zaiyuan's son was born and Emperor Wanli was born, and Emperor Jiajing finally said lightly: "It is a happy event to have an additional emperor and grandson." ”

And this little emperor's grandson has never been given a name by his grandfather, and it was not until Zhu Zaigao ascended the throne that he had his own name. But it was also during these years that Emperor Jiajing continued to arrange talents such as Gao Gong by Zhu Zaiyuan's side, and cultivated him as a future emperor.

In the forty-fifth year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing, whose life had reached the dying stage, finally summoned Zhu Zaiyuan to see him, and then died in the Ganqing Palace. Before his death, Emperor Jiajing said to Zhu Zaiyuan with tears: "It's not that my father doesn't want to see you, but the Taoist priests say that if we don't see each other, we will harm you if we see you." "For more than 30 years, Emperor Jiajing has indeed expressed his most affectionate love for his son in the most indifferent way.

Compared with his father Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, the enthroned Longqing Emperor Zhu Zaiyuan, because he used people properly, the court was full of talents, the country's economy was fully recovered, external troubles were eliminated, and the armament was revitalized. The period of his reign was the beginning of the prosperity of Longwan in the Ming Dynasty, which was recognized by later generations.

But he himself is an emperor who has been scolded a lot, saying that he is lazy, and the imperial historian Zheng Luchun once wrote a recital to criticize him, asking that the emperor has been in power for three years, has he ever summoned ministers? Have you personally presided over the planning of major national affairs? Did you write your reply to the concert yourself? And scolded more good beauties, in addition to his specific behavior, some officials even chased the wind and shadows, and the imperial history Cai Ruxian once played and said: "Your Majesty, you have lost a lot of weight in the past two days, you must often spoil women, you can't do this." ”

For these twists and turns that scolded him, Zhu Zaiyuan was still very generous most of the time, and most of the twists and turns, he neither punished the officials nor approved them, and basically stayed in them, with a few exceptions, Cai Ruxian's folds, he also specially approved, and replied in the reply: "I really haven't spoiled the concubine in the past two days, and I am really thin because I am tired from work." ”

After ascending the throne, Zhu Zaiyuan faced the mess left by Zhu Houxi, the northern Tatar tribes continued to invade, and the country's finances were seriously tight. After he ascended the throne, his various measures were praised by later generations, including stopping all kinds of Taoist activities, taking the lead in practicing frugality, curbing mergers, and redressing unjust cases.

Most of them were remedies for Zhu Houxi's mistakes in the middle and late stages of his reign, and the two most important things he did were to rectify armaments and open up foreign trade. The day after he ascended the throne, he issued an edict to the nine-sided border towns of the Ming Dynasty, hoping that all the border towns would work together to win the battle as soon as possible.

It was also during his reign that Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, was transferred to Jizhou to strengthen the northern frontier, and another later famous general, Li Chengliang, was also promoted to the commander-in-chief of Liaodong in the first year of his reign. In the third year of Longqing, he also held the largest military parade in the history of the Ming Dynasty in the imperial palace, and the revitalization of the Ming Dynasty's armament really began with him.

In terms of opening up overseas trade, Zhu Zaiyuan's measures are the historical Longqing switch, for Zhu Yuanzhang's sea ban ancestral system, on the surface he did not violate, but opened a special economic zone in Yuegang, Fujian, allowing coastal merchants to trade at sea through this place. In the following decades, Fujian Yuegang developed rapidly and was known as the southeast silver bank of the Son of Heaven. From then until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, one-third of the world's silver was earned by China, and Yuegang also had a nickname in the sayings of European merchants, Silver Pump.

The breakthrough point of Zhu Zaiyuan's economic reform was placed in the wealthy Yingtian area, and the famous minister Hai Rui was appointed as the governor of Yingtian, and then the famous Hai Jui dismissal storm occurred. After Hai Jui took office, he curbed the merger in the local area, punished the powerful and powerful, built water conservancy, and implemented a new policy.

However, Zhu Zaiyuan took rational measures to deal with this matter, not only issuing an edict commending Hai Jui, supporting Hai Jui's new policy reform, but also promptly stopping Hai Jui's radical behavior and ensuring local stability by transferring Hai Jui to Nanjing's grain storage. But Hai Jui himself was angry, not only resigned in protest, but also made a recital, accusing the government and opposition officials of being women.

In the face of such a fierce attack, Shoufu Li Chunfang couldn't help crying and laughing, and couldn't help laughing at himself: "Then I should be an old woman." ”

After Zhu Zaiyuan learned about this, he also teased Li Chunfang by the way: "State affairs are difficult, you old mother has worked hard." ”