Ming Xiaozong's biological mother Ji, originally the daughter of a barbarian local official, Ming Xianzong conquered the barbarians, Ji was captured with other women and entered the court, was awarded a female history, and was ordered to guard the inner collection. Ji's clever and literate is a talented girl, and later became the concubine of Zhu Jianshen of Ming Xianzong and the biological mother of Zhu Youzhu of Ming Xiaozong.

In the palace, the Ji family was lucky enough to escape the struggle of the palace and escaped death, and secretly gave birth to a son, which was the enlightened emperor Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youjiao, who later created the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty.

During the period when Xianzong was in charge of the government, he did not use people well, and he favored Wan Guifei too much, which led to traitorous ministers in the court, chaos in the court, and social contradictions. It can be said that what Xianzong left to Ming Xiaozong was a country full of holes, the court was disordered, and all kinds of ruins were waiting to be revived.

When Ming Xiaozong first succeeded to the throne, the ministers did not know about the emperor, only that his biological mother was from a humble background, and he himself grew up secretly, and Xianzong was almost deposed when he was there, so he was more or less prejudiced against him. However, Ming Xiaozong's later actions made these ministers and later generations applaud him.

During the eighteenth year of the reign of Xiaozong, the officials ruled the Qing Dynasty, appointed the virtuous and enabled, suppressed the eunuchs, were diligent in the administration, advocated economy, and rested with the people, which was a rare period of economic prosperity and peace in which the people lived and worked in peace and contentment in the history of the Ming Dynasty. And because he is the only emperor in history who practices monogamy, he has truly achieved a lifetime of one. He also became a generation of sages who were known as Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Renzong of Song, and was known as the best emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Xiaozong was Chinese New Year's Eve six years old, and it is said that he died of a mistaken drug and a nosebleed, and Xiaozong's birth and death were a cloud of doubt. But it is really unbelievable that a woman and a eunuch Zhang Min raised the little prince Zhu Youzhu from birth to the age of six in the treacherous harem. Moreover, the death of a generation of emperors because of taking the wrong medicine is not convincing.

After the death of Xiaozong, his son Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne as Ming Wuzong with the year name Zhengde. After Wuzong ascended the throne, he enjoyed himself very well, which led to frequent wars during the Zhengde period, with major events such as the invasion of Tatar Dayan Khan outside, rebellions and popular uprisings inside. Wu Zong traveled south under the pretext of going to Jiangxi to rebel against King Ning, and went to Nanjing under the name of the general Zhu Shou, and personally captured King Ning, who had been defeated by Wang Shouren. On the way back to Beijing, the class teacher fell into the water and contracted the disease while boating in Qingjiangpu in Zhili for fun, and died in the leopard room.

Emperor Zhengde of Ming Wuzong is a controversial emperor in history, he is talented, as long as it has nothing to do with being the emperor, from cockfighting and lackeying, riding horses and hunting to blowing, playing and singing, and even Sanskrit, Arabic, are all learned, people think that he is absurd and violent, grotesque and shameless, and is a rare unenlightened monarch.

Zhu Houzhao was born to Empress Zhang, and was the eldest son of Empress Zhang, Ming Xiaozong died of illness, and Zhu Houzhao, who was only fifteen years old, ascended the throne naturally and changed his name to Zhengde.

Zhu Houzhao was born to be active, playful since childhood, and especially likes to ride and shoot. Xiaozong wanted to train him to be a saint with both civil and military skills like Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, so he was quite indulgent in his riding and archery games, which also developed his martial habits in the future. Xiaozong was afraid that his playthings would be demoralized, and on the day before he died, he specially recruited the scholars Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang to the warm pavilion of the Ganqing Palace, and entrusted him with the important task of entrusting Gu: "The prince of the East Palace is smart, but he is still young, and he is easy to entertain. ”

At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Zhu Houzhao showed a talent for mischief, in the Fengtian Palace, he often let the monkey sit on the back of the dog, set off firecrackers, and for a time the monkey jumped and the dog ran, and the solemnity of the palace was gone. It turned out that the eunuchs who served him in the East Palace, especially the eunuchs Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong and other eight people, were even more favored by him. The villains are ambitious, so arrogant that everyone calls them the Eight Tigers.

These people accompanied Wu Zong to eat, drink and have fun all day long, hit the ball and go horse, and banished the eagle dogs. Tired of playing with these, Zhu Houzhao suddenly wanted to experience the fun of doing business, so the Eight Tigers came up with the idea and opened six taverns, shops, and Yichun Courtyard in the palace imitating the market. The eunuchs pretended to be bosses and common people, Wu Zong pretended to be rich merchants, and Boss Zhu and the eunuchs traded with each other, bargained, and quarreled. After shopping, I went to the restaurant, and then went to Yichun Courtyard, where I was drunk, I stayed there, and the palace was downtown like this, night and day, for several days.

Later, he felt that the palace was too stuffy and there were too many rules, like a cage, so he prepared to build a leopard room on the west side of the palace. The project needs investment, so Zhu Houzhao has a great interest in gold and silver, Liu Jin took the opportunity to say: "When your father was the emperor, all the official positions in the world were used by the celebrant supervisor, which was extremely fat. If you don't believe it, copy the palm print eunuch, there must be three rooms of gold and silver, and then change all the officials, let the new official take one or two hundred thousand taels, and directly bribe the court, and we will make money. With such a suggestion, Zhu Houzhao was actually very happy, and immediately entrusted Liu Jin to do it.

The leopard room is located outside the Xihua Gate, connected with the palace, there are more than 200 rooms, it took five years to complete, and it cost more than 240,000 taels of silver in the treasury.

After the leopard house was built, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to move in, and from then on he was no longer restricted by the rules and precepts of the palace, and mingled with eunuchs, monks, and exotic warlocks all day long, playing in the dark, and only meeting the ministers in the evening. The ministers of the DPRK and China repeatedly advised as usual, and Zhu Houzhao also gave him gentle words as usual, and then quickly put it to the back of his mind. Many old ministers lost patience and resigned one after another, and some were promoted to foreign transfers because of admonitions, leaving only Li Dongyang, the old man of the Third Pavilion, and others to deal with Liu Jin.

Named the leopard room, it should be a place for breeding wild beasts, birds, insects and fish, among which the leopard should be the mainstay, in fact, there is only one leopard and three leopards. The largest number of women of all ethnic groups were raised, who were trained to be able to sing and dance, and were full of evil spirits, for Wu Zong's play.

Houzhao began to like the Mongols, made a large number of felt hats and furs, and mobilized the people of the first palace to wear them and play Tartar for each other's entertainment. He also rode horses and galloped with the Mongols, often not returning all night, staying in private houses, and behaving in the same way as mortals. The Korean envoy at that time returned home and reported: "What the emperor did was not like Emperor Chen and Emperor Yang of Sui, but like a child playing a game." ”

As time passed, Zhu Houzhao was tired of the dull palace and boring political affairs, and he couldn't get interested in playing Jingshi in micro-services. He then encouraged Wuzong to leave the capital and travel to the northwest, which was quite attractive to Wuzong, who had always regarded himself as a hero, because he had always dreamed of showing his majesty on the vast grassland and creating an immortal career. Jiang Bin also told him how many beautiful women there were, which naturally increased Wu Zong's interest.

Wu Zong and his entourage came to Xuanfu, which was Xuanhua, which was called Xuanfu Town at that time. It was located in the northwest of the Beijing Division, held on the line of the Great Wall, about 400 miles from Beijing, and was the only way for the Mongol enemy army to go south, and Wu Zong decided to build a town here.

Originally, Wu Zong proclaimed himself the governor of military affairs, the mighty general and the chief military officer, and all the official documents exchanged were all carried out by the mighty general Jun Ti, and he changed his name to Zhu Shou, and later crowned himself as the prince of the town, and ordered the military department to file and the household department to pay the salary. Since ancient times, no emperor has surrendered his status to the imperial court, and he really regards state affairs and government as child's play.

At the instigation of Jiang Bin, in addition to vigorously repairing the Zhenguo Mansion, Wuzong also ordered the treasures and women in the leopard house to be transported to fill the Zhenguo Mansion. He called Xuanfu his home, which meant to stay for a long time. Xuanfu was an important military town in the north and the first line of defense against the Mongol invasion, and Wuzong admired Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Chengzu Zhu Di in his heart, hoping that he could also make great military achievements like them.

And there is another advantage in the Xuanfu, that is, there is no longer a need to listen to the chatter and advice of the ministers, he ordered that the ministers are not allowed to come to the Xuanfu, and only the relatives of the leopard house can come and go at any time. In the leopard house and the Zhenguo Mansion, Wu Zong did whatever he wanted, and he couldn't think about it.

When the Mongolian prince Boyan knocked on the pass, Zhu Houzhao was very excited and quickly returned to Beijing to arrange a personal expedition. At that time, it was less than 70 years after the Tumubao Change, and the courtiers were nervous when they heard the word "Qinzheng". So it was another round of persuasion, lessons, and even threats, but Zhu Houzhao was never willing to let go of this opportunity to fight, and finally led the troops in the name of the general Zhu Shou. As punishment, he did not give any civil official the honor of accompanying him.

After a few days of fighting between the two sides, Zhu Houzhao personally went to the front line to fight the enemy, and also killed one of the enemy with his own hands, but it was also full of dangers, and he took advantage of the public opinion to fall into several traps. In this battle, which Zhu Houzhao personally commanded, he achieved the record of killing 16 enemies, wounding 563 of his own side, and killing 25 of his own, which of course could be regarded as a victory, because the Tatar army was finally repulsed.

He was frightened, and the autumn cold caused pneumonia. Today, pneumonia is just a general disease, and it can be cured by anti-inflammatory and maintenance, but in the Ming Dynasty, pneumonia and pulmonary hydrops were terminal diseases that would kill people. Wu Zong and his entourage returned to Beijing, but Wu Zong still held on and presided over the big ceremony in the southern suburbs. At the beginning of the ceremony, Emperor Wuzong bowed down to heaven and earth, suddenly spat blood from his mouth, collapsed to the ground, and could no longer get up, and the great ceremony had to be terminated.

By the third month of the lunar calendar, Emperor Wuzong was already in a dying state, and he said to the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch: "My illness is no longer possible, convey my meaning to the empress dowager, the major affairs of the world, and the ministers to deal with it prudently, I used to play with mistakes, not what you can predict." ”

When a man is about to die, his words are good. After speaking, this handsome and fun-loving big tomorrow finally finished playing and died in the leopard room at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. It's a pity that Wu Zong has had a lot of fun all his life, with concubines and countless beauties, but he has no heirs who can take over the throne.

Is he a faint king? Wu Zong has built nothing in his life, destroyed a lot, greedy cups, good beauties, soldiers, scoundrels, and has done many absurd things, which have been criticized by the world, is this really the case?

The reason why Zhu Houzhao of Ming Wuzong is a complete bad guy in the eyes of later generations is only because it was not his son who succeeded to the throne as emperor, but his cousin Ming Shizong, who entered the unification as a vassal king. Sejong had neither a favorable impression nor a direct blood relationship with Mujong, and on this premise, it was only natural that the later dynasty would belittle the former dynasty in order to highlight the sage of the successor to the throne.

Therefore, Ming Shizong ordered Shi Chen to record his evil, not to hide it for His Holiness at all, and even add fuel to the vinegar, making something out of nothing, and writing the actions of the Eight Tigers and Jiang Bin and other fish and meat towns on Wuzong's account, making Emperor Wuzong's absurdity known to everyone in the world.