There are many famous emperors in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and if the IQ of these emperors is ranked one by one, then the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi can definitely rank in the top three. Why do you say this, you have to start from how Zhu Houxi became emperor.
Zhu Houxi succeeded to the throne
Zhu Houxi's succession is quite metaphysical. Because Zhu Houxi's father was the fourth son of Ming Xianzong and the younger brother of Ming Xiaozong. And Zhu Houxi was the second son. But because Zhu Houxi's father and brother did not have a long life span, they were there
When Zhu Houxi was 12 years old, he inherited the throne and became a prince.
Later, after the death of Emperor Mingwuzong at that time, he left no heirs, looked for it along the family tree, and finally found Zhu Houxi, the closest person in the blood of Emperor Mingwuzong, so according to the records in the "Ancestral Training of Emperor Ming", Zhu Houxi was selected as the heir.
In the year of becoming emperor, Zhu Houxi had just been in charge of the palace for two years, and he was a 14-year-old teenager.
The fighting method of the young emperor and the old courtiers of the imperial court
As the saying goes, a son of heaven is a courtier. Emperor Mingwuzong had just passed away, and all the people in the court were the old ministers left behind by Emperor Mingwuzong. If placed on the average person. An emperor fell from the sky, and if he didn't smash it, he had to leave it for this old minister to play with for three or five days, but this Zhu Houxi was an unusual person.
The first fierce confrontation between Zhu Houxi and the old ministers led by Yang Tinghe occurred on the same day that Zhu Houxi was elected emperor and arrived in the city of Beijing. According to Yang Tinghe's arrangement, because Zhu Houxi inherited The Jiangshan of Emperor Wuzong of Ming, he should take over the emperor as the crown prince of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, from Donghua Gate to the Wenhua Palace where the prince lived.
However, Zhu Houxi did not agree with Yang Tinghe's statement, one of whom he believed that he had come to inherit the emperor, not to inherit the prince, and the Ming Dynasty's world, as an imperial family, also had a share, which was the clan's property and not inherited from Ming Wuzong.
The young Zhu Houxi's IQ was supreme, and the strength of his will directly made the empress dowager and Yang Tinghe suffer a dumb loss.
For now, zhu Houxi could only let Zhu Houxi enter the door from the Daming Gate, which represented the gate of the country, and on the first day of becoming emperor, Zhu Houxi gave the group of ministers a dismount, letting the ministers know that the young emperor was not easy to mess with.
The second confrontation of the controversy of etiquette
This second confrontation was due to the determination of who was the father and mother of Zhu Houxi in name, and according to the old courtiers who were mainly Yang Tinghe, Zhu Houxi should have taken over The Jiangshan of Emperor Mingwuzong, so naturally he should honor Emperor Xiaozong as his parent.
But obviously Zhu Houxi did not think so, just like before, Zhu Houxi believed that this world was great and handed down from his ancestors. Taking over Jiangshan himself was not taking over Ming Wuzong's Jiangshan, but taking over Daming's Jiangshan, the Zhu family's Jiangshan. Therefore, he insisted on honoring his parents as emperors and empresses.
The dispute between the imperial court and Zhu Houxi lasted for three years, and once again ended in a total rout of the imperial court.
Zhu Houxi posthumously made his biological father emperor and his living mother the empress dowager, and paid homage to the Heaven and Earth Society Jizong Temple.
But the day of the posthumous ceremony is destined to be not peaceful. More than two hundred officials knelt outside the palace and asked Zhu Houxi to take back his life. But Zhu Houxi was very tough, not only sealed his own parents,
More than two hundred officials were also sent to prison.
The ministers' life in prison was by no means good, and they suffered from the staff every ten days. This shows Zhu Houxi's resentment towards these ministers. However, it was also based on this incident that the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi finally raised his own power in the imperial court, got rid of the constraints of the old ministers left by Emperor Mingwuzong, and began to rule as an emperor in the true sense.
Analysis of the reasons why Zhu Houxi was able to win many victories in the imperial court
First, thanks to Zhu Houxi's cleverness and perseverance.
If it was an ordinary person, who jumped from the prince to the emperor, he would have been happy a long time ago. Fearing that the throne he had reached was missing, he would definitely give the minister a request. However, Zhu Houxi was obviously not confused by the immediate interests, he insisted on his own ideas, had his own opinions, did not succumb to the constraints of the old minister, and did not give up on everything until the goal was achieved.
Second, the courtiers left behind by Emperor Mingwuzong did not commit great treachery or evil.
Regarding the fighting methods of Zhu Houxi and the courtiers, in fact, they mainly represent different forces. The old courtiers advocated safeguarding the interests of the deceased Emperor Wuzong of Ming and Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, so they would inevitably have a disagreement with Zhu Houxi. And Zhu Houxi, who was a junior treasure, also had to cultivate his own people, so there must be contradictions between Zhu Houxi and the old minister. However, contradictions are contradictions, but they all put the country first, and although the courtiers are dissatisfied with Zhu Houxi's approach, they will not rebel, which is also an important reason why Zhu Houxi can win victories repeatedly.
Even if the old ministers are loyal, they are also loyal to the old lord. This is no different from the new emperor's eyes like a thorn in the flesh of the eye. So
A war between Zhu Houxi and Zhu Houzhao's courtiers was inevitable.