Zhu Houxi's intelligence was first-class in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty at that time and in the eyes of later generations.

In particular, his control of human nature and his grasp of power and scheming are all wonderful.

Even, some people think that Zhu Houxi is the emperor who is the most capable of playing power in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no one.

Since it can balance so many shrewd officials in the court in terms of power, it will not be too bad in terms of evidence.

Zhu Houxi did make some political achievements at the beginning of his ascension.

Because of Emperor Wuzong's indulgence during the reign of Zhu Houzhao, there was a certain degree of problem in the Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is the bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty or the people of the Ming Dynasty, or the families in the Jiangnan region, there are contradictions large and small.

After Zhu Houxi succeeded to the throne, he knew that these problems had to be dealt with immediately.

Otherwise, after these problems are continuously amplified, they will cause irreparable damage to Daming.

After Zhu Houxi succeeded to the throne, the first thing he did was to clarify a series of malpractices during the reign of Wuzong.

Re-hire courtiers who were not reused during the reign of Wu Zong because of their outspoken advice.

made the Ming Dynasty Hall clear, and swept away the black smoke and miasma before the Ming Dynasty.

and killed Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao's favored traitors Qian Ning and Jiang Bin.

All the exotic beasts in Zhu Houzhao's leopard room were released, and no one was ordered to offer any more exotic beasts and strange and skillful things.

Zhu Houxi's actions illustrate his own attitude, and it has a good deterrent effect on those flattering people in the court.

The court of the Ming Dynasty also had a short period of political clarity, and the courtiers also looked forward to Zhu Houxi even more.

For the common people, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi will halve the land rent in the coming year.

And for the previous Emperor Wuzong did not pay all the taxes exempted.

It gave the people of the Ming Dynasty a good respite, and also calmed the resentment of many people against the court.

Zhu Houxi also withdrew the town guards and eunuchs in all places, and once abandoned the system of town guards and eunuchs.

And the power of the celebrant was suppressed to prevent the eunuchs from taking power and causing chaos to the court.

Strict supervision system, strict requirements for Dongchang and Jinyiwei, shall not abuse private power, power for personal gain.

Under Zhu Houxi's rectification, the court of the Ming Dynasty once had a new atmosphere.

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was very diligent at the beginning of his ascension, making great efforts to govern and diligent in government affairs.

He also began to vigorously rectify the government and implement new policies.

Pay attention to the appointment of virtuous ministers such as Zhang Xuan and Xia Yan.

Zhu Houxi learned the lesson of the eunuchs in the previous dynasty who were in power and disorderly government, and strictly controlled the eunuchs and eunuchs, so that the centralized power was revived and strengthened, and the government was renewed.

In addition, Zhu Houxi also paid more attention to selecting officials based on character and ability.

He has repeatedly issued decrees that all officials at all levels of the Ming Dynasty should pay attention to virtuous talents and recommend them to the imperial court.

And the court ministers are assessed from time to time to monitor the ability of the court officials in real time.

Since the establishment of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming court has been plagued by corruption.

Therefore, Zhu Houxi also paid special attention to the corruption and perversion of the law by court officials.

He severely punished corruption and perversion of the law.

Surveyed the royal estates and the fiefs of the nobles, and strictly ordered that no one should encroach on the land in the slightest.

Once he is caught, he will be punished.

In addition, all the fertile land that had been usurped by the descendants of the royal family or nobles was returned to the people for the people to cultivate.

Zhu Houxi's move also won him a lot of fame among the people.

Regarding taxation and forced labor, Zhu Houxi also humbly listened to the advice of the courtiers and began to vigorously reform.

Promoted the implementation of the 'One Whip Law'.

Culturally, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi immediately purged the imperial examination system after his accession to the throne.

to ensure the healthy development of the imperial examination to the greatest extent; advocate the simultaneous use of three ways to stimulate morale; We should rectify the school administration and strengthen the educational function of the school.

In the early period of the reign of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, "capitalism" began to sprout, culture and science and technology flourished unprecedentedly, and a large number of outstanding literary works and outstanding figures emerged.

But all this was short-lived, like a flash in the pan.

By the middle age of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, the food and garrison expenses of the border soldiers were increasing day by day.

In addition, Zhu Houxi is building a lot of construction by himself and is obsessed with cultivating immortals.

He kept building palaces and Taoist temples for his own cultivation.

Therefore, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is becoming increasingly empty, and various industries are declining.

It has even reached the point of selling the royal property, and the yamen can even use money to atone for the crime.

In the middle and late stages when Zhu Houxi was the emperor, the Ming court didn't even want face in order to make money.

But even so, it still couldn't meet the financial needs of the Ming court.

It can be seen that the financial economy of the Ming Dynasty has reached the verge of collapse.

When Zhu Houxi was obsessed with cultivating immortals, Daming was not only on the verge of financial collapse.

Even within the Ming Dynasty, there are constant problems and contradictions.

The Mongol Altan Khan harassed the border all the year round, which annoyed the Ming court.

But they can't completely expel these alien races, so they can only swallow their anger and keep being consumed.

Even in the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, the Mongolian Altan Khan directly led his troops to the city of Beijing, and the situation was very urgent for a time.

There is a foreign invasion in the north, and there is no peace in the southeast.

In the coastal area of the southeast region, there are constantly Japanese pirates invading the local people.

There are foreigners in the north, and there are Japanese in the south.

"Southern and Northern Captives" has always plagued Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, which not only brought a serious burden to the Ming court, but also brought great harm to the people of the Ming Dynasty

Even in the later period of the Ming Empire, it had a great negative impact.

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's life is actually similar to Zhu Yijun's.

They all worked hard in the early stage of their reign and played a great role.

once led the Ming court on the right track and began to prosper.

But none of them took advantage of the good opportunities and were not able to persevere.

This short-lived prosperity was just a flash in the pan after all, and it only gave people at that time a glimmer of hope.

In the later stages of his administration, it was always for one reason or another that all the previous efforts were in vain.

Originally, it could have changed the historical trend of the Ming Empire, and it could also have left a name in history and left a heavy mark in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

However, because of the problems of the later period, it was finally denied by the world.

was even labeled as the king of the dead country.

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi and Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun are simply sympathetic.

However, compared with Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi has a lot of personality.

He is different from Zhu Yijun, he is the prince.

And Zhu Yijun was succeeded by the crown prince.

One was originally destined to be a free prince, and the other was cultivated as an emperor since childhood.

Originally, Zhu Houxi could cultivate immortals wholeheartedly, and no one would talk about him.

But in the end, he sat in the position of emperor.

And on the first day he sat on the throne of the emperor, a violent conflict broke out with the courtiers of the Ming court.

Zhu Houxi is the cousin of Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao, not his own brother.

So their father wasn't alone either.

Zhu Houxi is only the nephew of Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youzhang and the grandson of Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen.

His father was Zhu Youqi, the king of Xingxian, not Zhu Youji, the emperor of Xiaozong.

Therefore, after he took over the throne of Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao, the courtiers of the Ming court asked Zhu Houxi to call Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youzhu as his father and emperor, and changed his biological father Xingxian Wang Zhu Youqi as the emperor's uncle.

In this way, the legitimacy of Zhu Houxi's succession was proved.

But Zhu Houxi disagreed, and he didn't agree to die.

forced the courtiers to bow their heads, or called their biological father Xingxian Wang Zhu Youqi as their father.

He also respected his biological father as 'Emperor Xingxian', and the temple name was Ruizong.

In this way, under the promotion of Zhu Houxi, there was another emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

That's all, Zhu Houxi also promoted the tablet given by his biological father Ming Ruizong to the Taimiao.

The Ming Dynasty was the Nine Temples of the Son of Heaven at the time of Emperor Jiajing.

That is, there can only be nine god tablets in the temple, once the nine god tablets are full, and if you want to add tablets to it, you have to move the nine god tablets.

It was moved to the temple.

The temple is the main and the most noble, and the temple is a little less meaningful.

When Zhu Houxi was going to put the tablet of his biological father god into the Taimiao, he moved the tablet of Zhu Gaochi of Mingrenzong to the temple.

And in order to be able to leave a place for himself, he also promoted Zhu Di from the sect to the ancestor, and the temple number became the ancestor.

This is already at the same level as Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Taizu.

Zhu Houxi's wave of operations can only be said to be six, which is simply a super plus.

Zhu Di was directly raised by a generation in this way.

From here, you can also see Zhu Houxi's personality.

He has always acted obsessively, and his status as an emperor has not made him too restrained.

It is precisely because of Zhu Houxi's single-mindedness that no one dared to advise him when he was obsessed with cultivating immortals in the later period.

There is only one Hai Rui who is not afraid of death, if it weren't for Xu Jie and the courtiers Li Bao, it is estimated that he would also be killed by Zhu Houxi.

Hearing Zhu Yijun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "Who is Jiajing?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun hurriedly replied: "Grandpa, it's a long story to talk about my grandfather Jiajing." ”

"But I can tell you responsibly that he is the first emperor in our Ming history."

Hearing Zhu Yijun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little puzzled, but even more curious.

He wondered what the first in history was.

Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yijun indifferently.

Seeing this, Zhu Yijun didn't hesitate, and replied directly: "Grandpa, the other emperors in our Ming history are mortals. ”

"At most, it's just eating, drinking, and having fun."

"And my grandfather, Emperor Jiajing, that's an immortal cultivator."

"What people eat is the elixir, but what they cultivate is the immortal law."

"That's the first emperor to cultivate immortals in the history of our Ming Dynasty."

After listening to Zhu Yijun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little speechless.

He also thought that the first part of Emperor Jiajing's history was something, it turned out to be a cultivator.

Hearing these two words, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that this Emperor Jiajing was definitely not a good person.

He knew very well where there was a cultivator in this world.

There are also many emperors who are obsessed with cultivating immortals in history, and Qin Shi Huang is the last one.

Although he was not obsessed with cultivating immortals, he always believed that there was an elixir of life in the world.

I hope to be able to get the elixir of life, what is the difference between this and cultivating immortals.

Even Qin Shi Huang, a cowhide character, has made a mistake on the way to cultivating immortals, why don't his descendants of the Ming Dynasty have a long memory.

The emperor cultivates immortals, and that must be to abolish the government.

It's just incredible.

"Your grandfather is such a bastard."

"A good emperor is not right, a good subject doesn't care, go to cultivate immortals?"

"Is the Son of Heaven worse than the immortals?" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted.

Zhu Yijun whispered on the side: "Grandpa, my grandfather cultivated immortals for the sake of immortality. ”

"Hehe, it's still immortal."

"It's good not to be poisoned by those alchemists." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

Obviously, he still has an objective understanding of the authenticity of cultivating immortals and immortality.

"Grandpa, that's why I said that the reason why our Ming Dynasty died was because there was a problem at my grandfather's hands." Zhu Yijun said: "He is obsessed with cultivating immortals all day long, and he doesn't care about government politics at all. ”

"The main thing is that he sat in the position of emperor for forty-five years."

"During this period, he has cultivated immortals for at least thirty years."

"Think about it, thirty years of time to cultivate immortals, regardless of the government."

"How much chaos we have to make, and how many curses we have to bury."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

In thirty years, not to mention the death of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that a Ming Dynasty can be re-played.

In thirty years, there is so much that can be done.

It is extremely terrible for an emperor not to go to court for 30 years.

"In this way, the death of the Ming Dynasty is really going to be on your grandfather's head." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen on the side looked at Zhu Yijun's eyes and changed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they put the responsibility for the death of the Ming Dynasty on the head of their grandfather Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yijun turned his hand and kicked the ball on the head of his own grandfather, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi.

It seems that the matter of throwing the pot on his grandfather's head is inherited in a family.

"Grandpa, that must be obtained."

"My grandfather Jiajing must be inseparable from the death of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yijun hurriedly echoed.

But Zhu Yuanzhang did not respond, but turned his head to look at Li Xiao.

He once again wanted to hear Li Xiao's opinion.

"Li Xiao, what do you think of Zhu Yijun's words?"

At this moment, Li Xiao was also speechless.

I didn't expect that starting from Zhu Youzhen, so many Ming Emperors would be pulled out.

The Immortal Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was certainly no stranger to Li Xiao.

Even if there is no Jiajing, the emperor of cultivating immortals, Hai Rui and Yan Song of the Jiajing Dynasty are still impressive.

Just as Li Xiao was about to speak, a voice came from a distance.

"Rebel!"

"No, Xiaozi!"

"What are you talking nonsense!"

(End of chapter)