When the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi was born, his father dreamed of seeing the immortals descending from the mortals, but was awakened by the cry of Zhu Houxi's birth. When Zhu Houxi grew up, he often said that he was the reincarnation of a god. Later, he also thought of a way, that is, he could not go to work full-time to seek immortals, and he could also be a good emperor.
On a winter night, Zhu Houzhao, the most playful emperor of the Ming Dynasty, died of illness. What caused the most headache for the princes and ministers was that Zhu Houzhao had no heirs, and the throne of the old Zhu family was not inherited. The country could not be without a monarch for a day, so Zhu Houxi, who was originally happily eating melons in Hubei, was pulled by the ministers to inherit the throne.
Zhu Houxi was Zhu Houzhao's cousin, and Zhu Houxi's father, King Xingxian, and Zhu Houzhao's father, Ming Xiaozong, were brothers, so the throne naturally fell on Zhu Houzhao's head.
Although Zhu Houxi had not received the systematic study of the Imperial Technique, his intelligence seemed to be innate, no worse than Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was indeed a bit of a divine taste.
Zhu Houxi was an emperor with extremely high power and wisdom, and very political skills, who knew how to check and balance and understand people's hearts.
He employed people "yong and sages", because yong and xian were relative to the country and the people, and this was not the primary consideration of the Jiajing Emperor, he wanted the balance of forces within the civilian official clique. Sit back and watch the party struggle, sit back and reap the benefits! Toy with the minister to applause.
If Yan Song and other traitors are compared to the turbid Yellow River, then Xu Jie and other loyalists are compared to the Clear Yangtze River. In the eyes of the emperor, these two rivers can nourish farmland, and the Yellow River cannot be wasted only with the Yangtze River, and which floods, it will be governed.
First of all, let's talk about Hai Rui in the Qingliu Yangtze River, but Jiangshan is my Jiajing's world, but you Hai Rui will only ask for the people's life, how to ensure the interests of the emperor? Therefore, people like Hai Rui must be suppressed, and they must not be allowed to hold real power.
Let's talk about Xu Jie, Xu Jie's faction can be said to be half clear and half turbid, they are not as concerned about the people as Hai Rui, but they will not be as persecuted as Yan Song is too strong, and it can ensure that the people will not be forced back by Yan Song.
Next, let's talk about Yan Song, he is the turbid Yellow River, but he can cheekily collect all the wealth of the people for Jiajing's enjoyment.
As for the money that went into his pocket, he waited for the pig to be fattened and then killed, the pig fat to a certain extent, find a reason to raid the family, the money finally reached the emperor's hands!
The turbid Yan Song can help the emperor to loot the money of the common people, and the half-clear and half-turbid Xu Jie ensures that the common people do not rebel, and that they can spend money and sit firmly in the jiangshan, is it not very good?
What about Qingliu Hai rui? Of course, you have to keep it, and you have to deal with the half clear and half turbid in the future, and you can still use it.
Zhu Houxi, who came from the Immortals, not only employed people, but was also very good at governing the country. From the first year of Jiajing to the twentieth year of Jiajing, despite natural disasters and foreign enemies, the Ming Empire flourished under the vigorous rule of Zhu Houxi.
This period is known by historians as "Jiajing Zhongxing". If this continues, the Jiajing Emperor will really be like Emperor Wen of Han, and he will get the title of a sage.
Unfortunately, when the Ming Dynasty first appeared a hint of Qingming weather, the Jiajing Emperor felt that as a mortal person under the gods, it was too simple to govern the country, and he had a higher pursuit, alchemy cultivation, he wanted to cultivate through Taoism, compete with the Lord of Heaven, cross life and death, and return to the position of immortals.
The main reason for Emperor Zhu Houxi's cultivation was that his physical condition was really too bad.
On the one hand, Zhu Houxi's poor health is a genetic problem.
Zhu Houxi's parents had two sons and two daughters, Zhu Houxi was the youngest, and Zhu Houxi's brothers and sisters all died prematurely!
Three of the four died prematurely, and the odds were too great! The prevalence rate in Jiajing's family is extremely high, and once he falls ill, almost no one survives.
When Zhu Houxi was thirteen years old, his father also died, so their family did not have much longevity genes.
On the other hand, Zhu Houxi himself is also weak and sick, often sick, especially now that he is saying that his asthma is particularly severe, and he coughs continuously when he encounters wind chills.
Once Zhu Houxi fell ill and dragged on for about half a year, and the severe cough alone lasted for more than two months. Later, someone suggested taking Dan medicine to strengthen his body, this person was called Tao Zhongwen, a Taoist who was good at warding off evil spirits and exorcising ghosts, and also cured the emperor's son's smallpox, so Zhu Houxi trusted him very much.
After Tao Zhongwen gained Zhu Houxi's trust, he suggested that Zhu Houxi should completely change Zhu Houxi's frail and sickly body, and Zhu Houxi naturally accepted it. How can it be changed? Alchemy, be a god!
At this time, the alchemy of cultivation was still just a hobby, but the "Ren Yan Palace Transformation" became a huge turning point.
When the Jiajing Emperor slept at night, he was tied to his neck by a palace maid with a rope and was almost strangled to death. It was an isolated assassination, the killer was caught on the spot, and soon the storm passed.
But this incident had a great impact on the Jiajing Emperor, and he suddenly thought of his cousin Zhu Houzhao, emperor Wuzong of Ming, who inexplicably fell into the water and died inexplicably.
He suddenly smelled the conspiracy, whether it was an isolated assassination or not, and he felt the huge shadow of the court's civil bureaucracy, just as he had when he had just succeeded to the throne.
After the change of the Palace, the Jiajing Emperor simply moved directly to xiyuan and concentrated on "fasting" with the Taoist monks -- according to the rules of Taoism, he devoted himself to cultivation and practiced Dan with the Taoists, ostensibly praying for immortality, feathering into immortals, and concentrating on cultivation.
Although the Jiajing Emperor did not go to the court for decades, he often practiced during the day and read the recitals at night, and he was able to govern the country well, and there was no major chaos.
Due to the long-term use of elixirs containing arsenic, mercury, xionghuang and cinnabar, Zhu Houxi's health deteriorated, and finally returned to the immortals in the forty-fifth year of Jiajing (1567 AD), at the age of 60.
This emperor who was expected to become the Ming Emperor still disappointed everyone. Sigh, sigh!
In fact, it is very similar to many of us, after graduating from college, we feel that we want to change society, change the country, and change the world.
When we have experienced vicissitudes and been beaten by people and things on the dark side of society, we find that in fact, only we have changed ourselves.
I don't know if when Jiajing is old, when he sees this country full of devastation and remembers his own vigor when he was young, he will burst into tears.
