"Little Luban" who does not love jiangshan and loves wood
Daming had a strange emperor, known as the "Little Luban of the Ming Dynasty", this emperor did not love the country and the mountains, did not love the beauty, he loved wood, and made the emperor a side business.
It is said that the first folding bed was invented by this "little Luban", the first fountain was also invented by him, and the first sleigh is still his credit.
This strange emperor was Emperor Mingxi Zhu You.
So can such an emperor really govern the country? You can see what he has done.
Since ancient times, the ability of an emperor is closely related to the rise and fall of the dynasty, since Zhu Yuanzhang laid the foundation of the world, the later generation of emperors is not as good as a generation, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there are many strange emperors.
In addition to those who are not in the dynasty, who cultivate immortals, and who are obsessed with Buddhism, then there is this "little Luban".
Zhu Youxiao was the fifteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and if you want to say why he became emperor so strange, it is inseparable from his father, the Wanli Emperor.
Zhu Youxiao was born to a concubine of the Wang clan, but because the Wang clan died early, Zhu Youxiao was not liked by the Wanli Emperor, so he was thrown to another concubine, Li Shi, to raise.
Li Shi is not a serious person, after all, he is not his own son, and even she has selfish intentions, so she instigates Zhu You to eat, drink and have fun every day, and does not do the right thing.
It was not easy for Zhu Youxiao to live in the palace, even if he did not have a father or a mother, because at that time, the government was chaotic, and Zhu Youxiao was the eldest son, so it was inevitable that he would be dragged into the political whirlpool.
The Wanli Emperor was killed not long after he ascended the throne, and before his death, he entrusted Jiangshan to Zhu Youxiao, and it was precisely because of this that Zhu Youxiao's adoptive mother Li Shi was still waiting for the opportunity to listen to the government.
So, let's take a look at Zhu Youxiao's performance after he ascended the throne.
Although Zhu Youxiao was an emperor who did not do his job, his merits were undeniable, when the Westerners attacked Macau, Zhu Yuxiao waved a big hand and said with a strong attitude that he could not give in.
The army of the imperial court won a great victory in several confrontations with the Dutch in the tough attitude of Colonel Zhu You, although this was not the credit of the emperor alone, but Zhu You's attitude was undeniable.
Later, when jin soldiers attacked the imperial court several times, Zhu Youxiao appointed Yuan Chonghuan to resist the attacks of the Eight Banner Army several times, and thus survived Nurhaci, and Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows.
In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, a mysterious accident occurred near the powder depot of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the famous "Apocalypse Explosion" in history, and after the disaster, the people's resentment boiled over, and Zhu Youxiao personally wrote down his own edict.
I have to say that Zhu Youxiao's attitude of being emperor is still there, at least from here, he is not a dimwitted monarch in terms of governing the government, but Daming still goes farther and farther under the leadership of Zhu Youxiao.
In fact, in the end, it is still related to Zhu You's strange behavior.
Counting the emperors of previous dynasties, whether it was the early Ming Dynasty or the early Qing Dynasty, the emperors were diligent in their administration, and the later Yongzheng Emperor was even tired and vomited blood at his desk.
Such a diligent emperor is incapable of saving a dynasty, let alone an emperor who is not doing the right thing in the last years? In addition to these feats, Zhu You's greatest merit was his "carpentry".
So how good is this emperor's carpentry to be called the "Little Luban of the Ming Dynasty"?
When the emperor is too condescending
I have to say that Zhu You's title of "Lu Ban" is not covered.
When the "Apocalypse Explosion" occurred, many palaces in the palace were shattered, and even his attendant eunuchs were smashed to death by falling eaves.
At the time of the explosion, Zhu Youxiao was eating in the main hall, and as soon as the earth shook, Zhu Yuxiao pulled out his leg and ran away, so fast that the palace eunuchs waiting in the hall did not react at all.
Zhu Yu school ran all the way, and finally hid under a table to escape a disaster, this table was made by Zhu Yu school himself, which could make the whole hall collapse, and the table made by Zhu Yu school could actually be intact.
I have to say that Zhu Yu's carpentry ability is indeed online.
Zhu Yu has an innate talent for making wooden utensils, he is skillful, and the wooden tools he produces are exquisite and beautiful.
There are many extremely complex patterns on wood that need to be carved, and these tasks are done by Zhu Youxiao himself, from small jewelry boxes to large house buildings, he can grasp them.
According to historical records, the beds made by ancient workers were extremely bulky, because they used the best solid wood, so a bed needed more than a dozen people to move barely.
So Zhu Youxiao had a flash of inspiration, he personally designed the drawings, personally selected the wood, and then personally operated the knife, and it took only one year of work to make a bed that people had never seen before.
This bed is not only light and flexible, but also folded up, which can be described as a precedent for "folding beds", and everyone who sees it is amazed.
Of course, for Zhu Youxiao, just fiddling with these furniture is only a small meaning, he can even build a house.
Zhu Youxiao once modeled it in the courtyard of the Qianqing Palace, and made a model of a small palace by himself, this small palace is only three or four feet high, but it is ingenious, and the furnishings inside are readily available and carved.
As a master, of course, he wanted to be affirmed by others, so he asked the eunuch to take his own works and quietly sell them in the market.
Unexpectedly, as soon as his works appeared, they immediately caused a sensation in the market, and people rushed to buy the equipment he made, and later his works were even speculated to be worth thousands of dollars.
Zhu Yu was happier to know that he was happier than when he first killed Nurhaci, and I have to say that Zhu Yu's craftsmanship was really not built, if he was not the emperor, he might have become famous a long time ago.
In addition to liking these carpenters, Zhu Yu also likes to watch puppet plays, and sometimes he is not addicted to watching them, and directly carves puppet puppets by himself.
The puppets he made came to life, and the soles of each small puppet were attached to the soles of their feet, and then fixed on a small wooden board, and he made a small wooden pool, poured water into it, and put small fish, lotus leaves, and so on.
Put all kinds of puppets into the wooden pool, they are actually floating on the surface of the water, they can swim and rotate on their own, and then set up a stage behind the screen, and the disciples of Liyuan are noisy on the stage, and the living water puppets are ready.
I have to say that Zhu Youxiao's brain is really not comparable to ordinary people, such a talent and brain, to become an emperor is really "condescending".
Of course, such a small hobby alone was not enough to destroy the country, and the Yongzheng Emperor a hundred years later also had a habit of obsessing with Buddhism, but he was still able to govern the Qing Dynasty in an orderly manner.
To say that his act of annihilation of the country is even more exaggerated.
How outrageous is the carpentry emperor's act of subjugation?
In addition to Zhu You's penchant for carpentry, another lace news that zhu yu has to say is his outrageous love-hate relationship with the qiě clan.
Zhu Yu's mother died early, and his adoptive mother was not very good to him, so he was brought up by his grandmother Keshi when he was a child.
Keshi was originally a woman, and later after entering the palace, he became a full-time nurse of Zhu Youxiao, and Keshi was only 18 years old when he entered the palace, with a charming appearance and lasciviousness.
After Zhu Youxiao took the throne, he named Keshi "Lady Fenggong", and the palace called her "nine thousand years old", and everyone competed with her, to say that a grandmother came from such a big confidence, but she ate Zhu Youxiao to death.
She often went to Zhu You's residence to serve in and out of Zhu You's residence, openly fornicated, and in order to hide her eyes and ears, she did not hesitate to make food with the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, and later she was even jealous in the harem.
As long as there are concubines who are favored by Zhu Youxiao, they must not be able to escape keshi's poisonous hands, and many pregnant concubines are assassinated by keshi, and one corpse and two lives are killed.
Zhu Youxiao once had a Concubine Yu, who was spoiled and became pregnant, because she had not yet given birth at the end of her term, so Keshi joined forces with Wei Zhongxian to publicize that Concubine Yu had given the emperor a green hat.
After Zhu Yuxue heard about it, he directly locked Yufei into a middle passage, and Keshi did not allow the attendants to send her food and drink, and Yufei held her stomach and drank the rainwater under the eaves to survive.
She struggled for more than ten days, wailing day and day to ask the emperor to save the child, but Zhu Yu was not moved, and finally Yufei starved to death, one corpse and two lives.
Zhu Youxiao's concubines were killed one by one by Keshi, resulting in Zhu Youxiao's death without leaving a single child.
Despite this, Zhu Youxian still had great trust in Keshi and Wei Zhongxian, and some ministers impeached Wei Zhongxian, but Zhu Youxian remained unmoved, which eventually led to Wei Zhongxian controlling the government for many years, and finally accelerating the process of Daming's demise.
If it is said that Zhu Youxiao still had some political achievements at the beginning of his reign, and he loved carpentry, he was still a normal emperor, but in the later period of his reign, the imperial court was directly in chaos.
Inside, Wei Zhongxian controlled the government, and outside, Jin soldiers repeatedly attacked the city, Shenyang and Liaoyang were lost one after another, and later a general was easily used, and he was killed by Wei Zhongxian on the charges listed.
From then on, the Daming army was even more vulnerable, and completely lost the initiative outside, resulting in the entire Liaodong being reduced to the hands of the Jin soldiers, although at this time, Zhu You still did not repent and did not think of making progress.
Although Zhu Youxiao was not the king of the subjugated country, it can be said that the last bit of Daming's foundation was lost at the hands of Zhu Youxiao. Because Zhu Youxiao was still addicted to fun in his later years, his body also collapsed, and he died not long after.
After Zhu Youxiao's death, he did not even have a son who had taken the throne, so he could only pass the throne to his younger brother Zhu Youjian, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Chongzhen Emperor.
Although the Chongzhen Emperor was also outrageous, at least after he took the throne, he knew that he would vigorously eliminate eunuchs, not only practicing frugality, but also rehabilitating many criminal courtiers and concubines who were killed by the Ke clan.
However, at this time, Daming has long been unable to save it, and I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang is powerless in his lifetime, the imperial court regime has been subverted, the Jin soldiers have risen in a big way, the civil uprisings have continued, and the Ming Dynasty has finally come to an end.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the emperors were more absurd than one, and the overthrow of a dynasty was a historical trend, but what Zhu Youxiao did was also an act of self-destruction.
If we look at history objectively, although we cannot deny the historical merits of Zhu Youxiao's reign, nor can we deny his talent in making wood, as an emperor, he did faint a little.
So in your heart, what kind of person is Zhu Youxiao?