Although Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozi was not emperor for a long time, his time as crown prince was very long, a full 20 years, and he was a prince of the jianguo, and during the time when Zhu Di went out to fight and he stayed in the capital, he did nothing to the court, just like a Ming Jun. Even if he only served as an emperor for more than two hundred days, it still did not affect his reputation in history, which was mainly because he solved three major problems.
Before Zhu Di usurped the throne, Zhu Gaozi was the son of the world, Zhu Di went to zhu Yunjiao desperately, Zhu Gaozi defended Beiping, and successfully resisted the attack of Li Jinglong's 500,000 troops with an army of 10,000 people, it can be said that without Zhu Gaozi, Zhu Di may not be able to sit on the throne; so after Zhu Di usurped the throne, he naturally became the crown prince.
Don't look at Zhu Gaozi's eye-catching performance in the Jing Difficult Change, but he is completely different from his father Zhu Di's personality, he likes to be quiet and does not like to move, from a young age he likes to learn the Confucian set, and he is really not interested in horseback archery, which also causes him to be too fat, so that Zhu Di is worried about whether his body can support him to become emperor.
Zhu Di's family situation is similar to his father Zhu Yuanzhang's family situation, but not completely similar, first of all, their eldest son is a benevolent filial piety, and their other sons, and they all have similarities with themselves, zhu Di is like Zhu Di, and Zhu Di is like Zhu Gaoxu, not completely similar is that if Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son Zhu Biao is alive, then there is no dispute between Li Chu and Chu, but Zhu Di is facing this problem, whether to set up a renxiao's eldest son, or to establish a second son similar to his own personality. For a time, it bothered Zhu Di, but in the end, Zhu Di still chose to grow up and not to be young.
Zhu Gaozi, who had been the crown prince for 20 years, had only been on the throne for less than a year, and he had followed his father Zhu Di away, but this did not affect his reputation in history, mainly because he solved three difficult problems.
First of all
Everyone knows that Zhu Di's throne was usurped, so it was inevitable that those old ministers who did not submit were killed, which also led to the occurrence of many tragic tragedies, such as Fang Xiaoru's unprecedented extermination of the Ten Tribes, and more relevant personnel were exiled or enslaved as prostitutes.
Originally, everyone thought that this was a decision made by Zhu Di in a moment of anger, so in the years after he ascended the throne, many ministers wrote to ask for pardon for these courtiers, but Zhu Di's attitude was very resolute, and those who followed us would perish and those who rebelled against us would not be allowed. After Zhu Gaozi succeeded to the throne, he soon began to pardon the relevant personnel, and even restored all the officials who had been dismissed for this reason to their original posts, proving that my father was my father and I was me.
This also won the unanimous favor of the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu, in a short period of time, the negative impact of the Battle of Jingnan was eliminated to the minimum, Zhu Gaozi always opposed the abuse of lynching, torture to extract confessions, and the death penalty was even more cautious, which was quite similar to modern justice, which also made the students of the world feel the emperor's grace and more confidence in the royal family.
secondly
Eliminated the financial deficit caused by Zhu Di's many years of conquest, Zhu Di was not in the war in his life, or on the way to fight, the desert north of the five conquests of the desert did not dare to come to Daming, but the war needed financial support, not to mention that the desert north were nomadic people, there was no fixed city-state, defeating them could not rob anything particularly valuable, at most grabbing some cattle and sheep, more in fact, it was to ensure the stable life of the people of Daming, but the disadvantage was that the conquest for many years, although the prestige was played, but the national treasury was empty, and the fiscal deficit was empty.
After Zhu Gaozi succeeded to the throne, he began to implement benevolent government, advocating economy, and leading by example, and then reducing taxes, such as the year he first succeeded to the throne, Kaifeng flooded, causing a large area of farmland to be flooded, Zhu Gaozi directly exempted Kaifeng from taxes, and encouraged the people to develop more land.
After a series of benevolent policies were implemented, the enthusiasm of the people for farming was extensively improved in the past few years, which also laid a solid foundation for the economic revival of the Later Ming Dynasty, and the national treasury became increasingly prosperous, which also led to the progress of all aspects of society as a whole.
At last
For the cabinet reorganization, after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he abolished the prime minister system and established a cabinet, and the main role of the cabinet was to be a staff officer, and the specific things had to be decided by the emperor, mainly because Zhu Yuanzhang's grasp of power was too strict, he did not trust others, Zhu Di also continued his father's set, so, after Zhu Gaozi succeeded to the throne, he realized that Taizu's cabinet system had great flaws, after all, his energy was comparable to Zhu Yuanzhang, he could not do so many things, but Taizu's system could not be abolished, so he thought of reorganizing the cabinet. Establish a part-time system.
In the past, cabinet members were also a petty official with no real power, and they were almost meaningless in handling affairs, so the part-time system proposed by Zhu Gaozi allowed cabinet members to hold official positions of more than three pins, and their power was greatly improved, and the efficiency of work could also be greatly improved.
Looking closely, Zhu Gaozi's various behaviors seem to be helping Zhu Di wipe his ass, but without Zhu Di's heavenly son to guard the country's gate, Daming could not be so stable, in any case, Zhu Gaozi's reign of just over two hundred days laid a solid foundation for Daming's inheritance for hundreds of years, which is why he can stay in history, and he is really worthy of the temple title of "Renzong".