Emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty is one of the least mentioned emperors in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The political system and ideology and morality in the middle and late Ming Dynasty are very special in the history of Chinese feudal society, the governance of the country has gradually been completed by the cabinet civil class, the emperor's power and responsibility in administrative management is becoming less and less, and gradually become a tool and moral symbol used by ministers to fight for legislation, in popular terms, when the ministers agree, the emperor can be thrown aside, everyone at this time the most dislike the emperor to come out to intervene in anything, otherwise there is a danger of becoming a tyrant; And when the ministers have differences of opinion, the emperor is used as the final arbiter, and everyone hopes that the emperor will come out to support them at this time. Otherwise, there is a danger of being scolded as a lazy faint king. At the same time, everyone also asked the emperor to be a model of morality, filial piety, benevolence, courtesy, faith, diligence, and righteousness are all indispensable, otherwise there is also the danger of being scolded as a faint monarch or a tyrant. For example, Zhu Houzhao, the uncle of Emperor Zhu Zaigao of Longqing, when his grandmother died, because of the rain and water in the square, he kindly asked the ministers to avoid kneeling, but instead they were caught by the ministers and scolded by the dog. So in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, this emperor was very pitiful, if anyone can fully meet this standard, it is also Emperor Hongzhi of Ming Xiaozong can be counted, after all, this emperor is quite strong in forbearance, I will do what you want me to do, can't I? Even so, Ming Xiaozong wanted to study Buddhism in his spare time, but was finally forced to admit his mistake. Of course, in the pen of the literati, it was written that the emperor woke up and turned back. It is estimated that the young Emperor Zhengde Zhu Hou was very unhappy to take care of him, so he must work against the ministers when he grows up, because his father was born that year.

Emperor Zhu Zaigao of Longqing is the most suitable emperor for himself, like Emperor Hongzhi of Ming Xiaozong, he cooperates with the requirements of the ministers most of the time, and he will never interfere with those ministers to do things, because he knows that there are many stronger people than him, such as how to engage in politics, he is definitely not as good as Xu Jie, how to train soldiers, he is definitely not as good as Qi Jiguang. So why does he have to do everything himself? The cabinet and ministries can do things very well, and the state apparatus of the Ming Dynasty can operate as usual even if he is hung up (Emperor Zhengde is dead and has no heir, so it is not still fine). But he is not as depressed as Xiaozong and seeks to be full of ministers, he will still go to the MM of the bubble, and if he doesn't want to go to the early dynasty, he won't go to the early dynasty, anyway, for the emperor of that era, the so-called early dynasty has become a boring ritual at all, and it's better to write an excerpt about it, anyway, he just approved it. You ministers have done a good job with each other, and if there is a conflict, he will help you solve it, that's all. Therefore, his country is well governed, but his life is much more leisurely than that of Xiaozong. The ancients' ideal of "the Son of Heaven ruled by the arch", looking at the history of China's feudal society for 2,000 years, it is estimated that it is also in this era - the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty is the closest

Emperor Zhu Zaigao of Longqing was also a very smart person, and it can be seen from his mediation of the contradiction between Xu Jiejie and Gao Gong that this person has a strong view of the overall situation. Someone once said that this emperor was very lucky, because at that time, the empire appeared Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, Wang Chonggu, Hai Rui, Li Zhen and a series of famous ministers, and the shining stars made the empire still quite healthy in the case of the emperor's efforts. This statement is too subjective, because this person first determined that if the emperor does not contribute, the country must be poorly governed. In fact, have we ever thought that if the Longqing Emperor was like the Manchu Emperor, and the ministers only had the share of listening to the orders in front of the court and doing things according to the orders, would there still be such a large number of people? This will only breed a group of minions.

Let's take a look at the emperor's very colorful life.

Some time ago, I heard that people wantonly slandered the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty as Hui people, and said that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty believed in * religion, which couldn't help but surprise me. In retrospect, among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, there were those who believed in Buddhism, those who believed in Taoism, and even those who believed in Catholicism. This lie is a bit too much. In fact, most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty believed in Buddhism, and only one person was superstitious to the point of obsession, and that was Zhu Houxi, the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

To say how far this person has believed, let's just look at the fate of our protagonist.

Perhaps believers dream of immortality, and it is inevitable that they will unconsciously get a little "immortal energy", and feel that they are no longer mortals, so they can often put aside the seven emotions and six desires of human nature. The great emperor, most of them have a mild temperament, even if the criticized Taizu Chengzu and Emperor Chongzhen, although they are quite strict with their subordinates, they are still quite protective of their wives and children (Chongzhen's last female murder was out of necessity, worried that his daughter would be insulted by thieves). Only this Emperor Jiajing is a little mean to his wife, he once had three queens, the first Empress Chen, because it was appointed by Emperor Zhengde's mother, Empress Dowager Zhang, so it has always been disliked by Emperor Jiajing, because Empress Chen was jealous by chance, Jiajing blamed it on the spot, so that Empress Chen, who was pregnant at the time, was frightened and miscarried, and soon died of serious illness. The second Empress Zhang, for helping Empress Dowager Zhang defend her brother, was whipped by Jiajing on the spot, and then was beaten into the cold palace, and soon died tragically. The third Empress Fang took the opportunity to kill Concubine Cao Duan, whom Jiajing loved, in the case of the palace maid's murder of Jiajing, and was hated by Jiajing. Later, there was a fire in the palace, and Jiajing stood by and watched Queen Fang in the fire, causing Queen Fang to die of serious injuries.

Some people speculate that the suffering of Emperor Zhu Zaigao of Longqing was also caused by Emperor Jiajing's coldness towards his relatives, but in fact this may not be the case.