During the Ming Dynasty, when you talked about Zhu Jianshen, what did you think? No doubt
The establishment of the West Factory caused countless unjust cases; favored eunuchs and disrupted the imperial program; favored Wan Guifei, and the harem staged a deformed love; obsessed with alchemy
。 If we look at Zhu Jianshen from these aspects, he is definitely not a good emperor, and he can even be said to be a bad emperor. But in a sense, Zhu Jianshen is not so faint and incompetent, he can even be called a generation of Ming Jun.
When Zhu Jianshen became emperor, he also experienced many setbacks. During the reign of Zhu Jianshen's father, Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Jianshen was established as the crown prince very early, but he did not expect that Zhu Qizhen would go out to fight, resulting in the favor of eunuchs, the Tumu Fort Incident, and the capture of the Wala army. As a result, Zhu Jianshen's uncle Zhu Qiyu was forced to inherit the throne and become emperor.
Sadly, however, Zhu Qiyu hated Zhu Jianshen for the sake of the throne, and shortly after he succeeded to the throne, he overthrew Zhu Jianshen's position as crown prince. But there is also a saying that it is yours that it will be yours after all, not that yours will never be yours. Later, Zhu Jianshen's father, Zhu Qizhen, was released. After being imprisoned for seven years, Zhu Qiyu became seriously ill and staged the "Change of Seizing the Door" and became emperor again. Only then did Zhu Jianshen regain his status as crown prince.
According to common sense, Zhu Jianshen should hate his uncle Zhu Qiyu, but after Zhu Jianshen later became emperor, he did something unexpected.
He restored the title of emperor to his uncle Zhu Qiyu, which had previously been revoked by his father Zhu Qizhen. In addition, during the reign of Zhu Qizhen, he was rehabilitated for the loyal subject Yu Qian. Dare to openly admit that his father was wrong, and Zhu Jianshen did it again.
From these two points, we can see that Zhu Jianshen is at least a kind person and a good person.
In the early days of Zhu Jianshen's succession, he reused the sages Li Xian and Shang Luo, and reinstated Yu Qian's son.
When there is a clear image in the court, there is a lot of praise.
During Zhu's reign, his neighbors paid tribute to him and became a vassal. At the national level, Zhu Jianshen did a good job of maintaining the national image of the Ming Dynasty. For the country, Zhu Jianshen did not carry forward his glory, but retained the achievements left by the older generation. This achievement can already be seen as the act of the Ming Dynasty.
In terms of people's livelihood
During his administration, there were many disasters, refugees and victims. Zhu Jianshen handled these things well, did not relax in the disaster relief, and kept the country running to a large extent.
Military aspects
: When the Mongols and Jurchens in the north invaded the lands of Daming. Zhu Jianshen continued the tradition of the older generation, fighting against the other side, not only defending his own land, but also recovering the Hetao area. This is a great achievement.
Economic aspects
: The steady development of the economy of the Ming Dynasty was restored, and a period of social transformation appeared, which was a good signal of economic development. From these perspectives, during Zhu Jianshen's reign, the Ming Dynasty always moved forward in an orderly manner, and even Zhu Jianshen helped future generations solve many problems.
On the other hand, Zhu Mishen was also a dimwitted monarch, which mainly appeared in the harem and court. Zhu Jianshen's handling of the harem and court does have a lot to discuss. As someone said, Zhu Jianshen was a good man, and he believed in everyone around him, whether they were good people or bad people. In the early days of his reign, Zhu Jianshen believed in Li Xian and Shang Ren because they were good people and virtuous subjects. Therefore, in the early days of Zhu Jianshen's reign, he showed ming junxiang;
Later, he began to believe Wang Zhi and others. And these people are bad people, which led to Zhu Mishen later becoming a dimwit and tyrant.
In fact, Zhu Jianshen just believed in everyone around him. If he did something wrong, he could only say that Zhu Jianshen later believed the wrong person. But for the Ming Dynasty, for the ancestors, for the descendants, Zhu Jianshen did nothing wrong. On the contrary, Zhu Jianshen made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. In a way, Zhu Jianshen was a good emperor and a good monarch.