Emperor Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi is also the Jiajing Emperor, he can be said to be very famous in the history of the Ming Dynasty, originally he was not qualified and hoped to become an emperor, but his predecessor Zhu Houzhao played himself to death at a young age, and did not leave a descendant, which made Zhu Houxi become a successor according to the way of his brother and brother and the way he took the throne.
Don't look at Zhu Houxi's leap from king to emperor, but in many cases he is indeed much stronger than the average successor, at least in terms of ability.
He was a very assertive emperor, otherwise it would have been impossible for him to argue for many years with Yang Tinghe and others about how he entered the capital, what identity he registered, and the title of his biological parents, even at the cost of threatening to abdicate, such an extreme means.
And he was the ultimate victor, the Jiajing Emperor in the powerless imperial court, stood on his feet, and became the true lord of the Ming Dynasty.
Although Zhu Houxi had not accepted the art of emperorship, it was obvious that his ability was beyond doubt, his intelligence was no worse than Zhu Yuanzhang's, and he was very cunning and good at controlling the overall situation, even if he later studied Taoism with all his heart, no one could shake him.
Zhu Houxi reigned for forty-five years, and during this long time, he experienced a lot, and in the early days he also created the "Jiajing New Deal".
Zhu Houxi, who had just ascended the throne, had a series of maladministrations during the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Qing Dynasty, and a clear and clear political situation appeared. He also re-established the new personnel structure in the early political arena of Jiajing through the great etiquette dispute. In many cases, this is the premise of governing a country, otherwise he will not be able to carry out his policies in the line.
In the early days, the Jiajing Emperor did not believe in Taoism, he was still a very diligent emperor, and he always maintained a highly exemplary posture. Almost every day at four o'clock, I get up to work, and before dawn I shout to the courtiers to go to the morning. Sometimes because of the early work, the light in the main hall is too dim, and it is necessary to "set up candles to ascend to the throne".
Economically, Emperor Ming shizong strictly reformed the law of bribery and perverted the law, and implemented the reform of the enlistment system to varying degrees in some areas, reducing taxes and relieving disasters and famines more than 100 times in the past 45 years.
The implementation of these policies promoted the development of the economy at that time, reduced the burden on the country, and restored the country's strength again. Although the Jiajing New Deal did not make Daming rich and strong again, it was obviously a significant improvement from before.
It is just that these policies did not fundamentally solve the problem, moreover, after Jiajing reused traitors and spent all his time on the study of Taoism, the policy was not continued, or from another point of view, the implementation of the later policy was out of shape and changed its taste. Although the power has not fallen, but this is not a happy thing, an emperor, once it begins to be willful, then the whole country will naturally decline.
This does not mean that Daming is about to perish, but from the overall point of view, this must be a very big threat to Daming. The first assistant, Yan Song, was good at government and government for twenty years, brutally harming Zhongliang, corrupting the government, breaking out many popular uprisings, and the achievements of jiajing's new policy were also wasted.