"Cricket Emperor" Zhu Zhanji made great efforts to create the rule of Renxuan, but it was such a good emperor, but he was jokingly called "Cricket Emperor" by later generations, thinking that he destroyed the entire Daming Dynasty. Why would a good emperor of the Song Huizong of Yisai be accused of ruining the Ming Dynasty?
Strive for good governance, and create the rule of benevolence
When it comes to Emperor Zhu Zhanji, most people must think of the rule of Renxuan. The reign of Renxuan was initiated by Emperor Mingrenzong Zhu Gaoji. Zhu Gaojie is Zhu Di's eldest son, with a gentle appearance and a huge figure. Due to the difference between Zhu Gaojie and Zhu Di's fierce and decisive personalities, he was not liked by Zhu Di, and he almost lost the throne.
Compared to Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di prefers his second son Zhu Gaoxu. His temperament is very similar to Zhu Di, and he is decisive in his work, which is deeply favored by his father Zhu Di.
And Zhu Gaoji was able to ascend the throne, and his son Zhu Zhanji played a big role in it. When Zhu Di was still the King of Yan, Zhu Zhanji was born. The newly born Zhu Zhanji is very different from ordinary children, he does not cry or make trouble, and he has the appearance of an emperor.
And because Zhu Di had a dream about the imperial throne at that time, a phrase "the grandson of the heirloom, the prosperity of the eternal life" appeared in the dream. And Zhu Zhanji's birth seems to imply that Zhu Di's dream is real. Zhu Di also loved Zhu Zhanji very much, and he also took Zhu Zhanji with him to teach personally.
Zhu Zhanji's treatment here in Zhu Di was never experienced by his father Zhu Gaoji. In order to train Zhu Zhanji into a qualified successor, Zhu Di did not spare much effort and invited him many famous teachers. Such as Hanlin bachelor and Zuo Chunfang University scholar Hu Guang.
Hu Guang was a famous literary scholar of the Ming Dynasty, with a high attainment in poetry, and wrote a variety of poetry styles. In the second year of Jianwen, Hu Guang, who had read poetry books, obtained the first place in the Jin Shi examination, and then studied in the Hanlin Academy. But later, he defected to Zhu Di, the king of Yan.
With Hu Guang, a teacher, and talent, Zhu Zhanji is also very outstanding in literature, and often exports chapters. Once, when Zhu Di was receiving foreign envoys, he touched the scene and made a couplet. The uplink is:
"Ten Thousand Directions Jade Wind and Cloud Meeting". Before Zhu Di finished speaking, Zhu Zhanji blurted out a phrase of "unifying mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and moon."
This couplet means that at this moment, everyone is gathered here because of karma, and Daming will eventually unify the mountains and rivers. When foreign envoys visited, Zhu Zhanji said the words of dominating the mountains and rivers, highlighting Zhu Di's majestic martial arts as emperor and increasing Daming's momentum as the host.
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di immediately laughed happily.
"Poems and paintings are fascinating, poems are long and endless", this is the words of the late Ming scholar Huang Jingfang who once commented on Zhu Zhanji.
In addition to his high attainments in literature, Zhu Zhanji was no less proficient in handling affairs in the DPRK. His father, Zhu Gaozhi, initiated the reign of Renxuan, and he personally created the reign of Renxuan. Because when Zhu Di competed for the throne, he needed to recruit troops, spending a lot of money and manpower.
And every fight, no matter who loses or wins, it is the people who are injured in the end. When Zhu Di ascended the throne, in order to highlight the royal dignity, large-scale civil engineering began. The whole country has long been in ruins. Although during Zhu Gaozhi's reign, he ordered the army to support the people and produce productive forces.
However, Zhu Gaozhi was a short-lived emperor who only reigned for 10 months. When Zhu Zhanji took over the throne, considering the economic development at that time and the sympathy of the people, he still followed the cultivation and recuperation policy implemented by Zhu Gaoji to restore the economy.
The "Ming Shi Yang Shiqi Biography" recorded:
"When it is, Di Li Jing Tuzhi, (Yang) Shiqi and other concentric assistance, Hainai is Zhiping. The emperor is an ancient monarch Yu Youshi, and every year he is headed, he gives hundreds of officials a rest. The car is also lucky to be in the West Garden Long Live Mountain, and all the bachelors are from. Fu Shigenghe calmly asked the people about their sufferings. ”
In terms of employing people, Zhu Zhanji also has a unique vision. He was good at taking the advice of ministers, knowing that loyalty was good for action, and selected a large number of capable people for appointment.
Among them, the more famous is Yang Shiqi. Yang Shiqi came from a humble background, and later obtained fame through diligent study. He has served as an assistant to several generations of kings, such as Emperor Ming Zhu Di and Emperor Mingrenzong Zhu Gaozhi. This person was also very good at handling the affairs of the imperial court, and when Zhu Gaoxu rebelled, he gave advice to Zhu Zhanji.
And it was after Zhu Zhanji followed Yang Shiqi's advice that he successfully quelled Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion. In addition to Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu and others were also appointed.
As we all know, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to abolish the prime minister system in order to strengthen the centralization of power.
The post of prime minister was mainly used to assist the emperor and manage state affairs. The prime minister can be said to be under one person, above ten thousand people, and his power is very large. Zhu Yuanzhang's abolition of the chancellor system, although it consolidated the imperial power, but also brought a lot of trouble, such as the increased workload of the emperor, the emperor was prone to be arbitrary when dealing with government affairs.
In order to solve the trouble caused by the abolition of the prime minister system, Zhu Di established a cabinet system. The members of the cabinet were mainly people trusted by the emperor. Its main accusations were participation in the formulation and implementation of state affairs, supervision of officials at all levels of the imperial court, maintenance of social harmony and stability, handling of some foreign affairs, and the implementation of educational reform.
The advent of the cabinet greatly reduced the pressure on the emperor, who only needed to read the folds handed over every day and annotate them. It is worth mentioning that those twists and turns handed to the emperor were carefully selected by cabinet members.
Zhu Zhanji's greatest contribution to the cabinet was to strengthen the power of the cabinet, and the cabinet members had the power to vote.
In terms of criminal law, Zhu Zhanji used criminal law carefully. He has ordered officials at all levels to expand legal knowledge, improve overall awareness of the law, and educate the people to reduce crime.
Well versed in the way of the emperor, he captured the rebels in one fell swoop
In addition to his extraordinary talent in literature, Zhu Zhanji is also well versed in the way of emperors. Zhu Gaoxi was a famous short-lived ghost in history, and after his death, Zhu Gaoxi set his eyes on the imperial throne, and wanted to emulate his father Zhu Di to rebel and ascend the throne to monopolize power.
When Zhu Gaoji died, Zhu Zhanji was still in full swing for investigation. Suddenly, he received a secret order from the imperial court to quickly return to Beijing. Zhu Zhanji, who did not know why, could only put down the matter in his hand and rushed to the capital quickly. When Zhu Zhanji returned to the palace, he learned that his father had died.
The country cannot be left without troops for a day, and Zhu Zhanji, as the crown prince, was also put on the throne. However, Zhu Gaoxi was not dead hearted, secretly recruiting troops in private, and he thought that he was hiding well. As everyone knows, all his behaviors have been seen by Zhu Zhanji.
But Zhu Zhanji did not take immediate action, but gave Zhu Gaoxi endless rewards. Zhu Zhanji's move was to kill Zhu Gaoxi, in order to wait for an opportunity, a reasonable opportunity to eliminate Zhu Gaoxi. Sure enough, Zhu Gaoxi rebelled. At this time, at Yang Shiqi's suggestion, Zhu Zhanji personally went out to fight and took Zhu Gaoxi in one fell swoop.
This not only boosted morale, but also greatly increased Zhu Zhanji's reputation.
With artistic talent, comparable to Song Huizong
"The emperor game Han Mo, dot dye sketching, and then compete with Xuanhe (Song Huizong Zhao He once called Xuanhe master)." A scholar named Qian Qianyi once said of Zhu Zhanji.
The "thin gold body" was founded by Song Huizong, in addition, he was also good at painting, and the works he painted were supernatural. Compared with Song Huizong, Zhu Zhanji's artistic talent is not inferior in the slightest. He is good at landscape painting, and his famous works include "One Smile Picture", "Double Dog Picture", "Wuhou High Lying Scroll" and so on.
Perhaps Zhu Zhanji's paintings are slightly deficient compared to the works of first-class masters, but they are among the best in imperial paintings.
But such a good emperor who can be literate and martial and considerate of the people is called the "cricket emperor".
Cricket emperor, destroy the Ming Dynasty
In a book called "Wanliye Compilation", it is recorded that Zhu Zhanji once asked lower-level officials to search for crickets everywhere and contribute them to himself.
Zhu Zhanji has been cultivated as a future emperor since he was a child, not only does not leave the book, but also has to practice martial arts. Every day he had little fun other than finishing his homework.
By chance, he fell in love with fighting clams. But fighting clams is a plaything in the eyes of the ancients, and as a prince, he naturally cannot show his preferences in a big way. On weekdays, I can only take advantage of my leisure time to fight clams.
After he sat on the throne of the emperor, he became the most powerful person in the world, so he did not hide his hobby of teasing clams.
According to historical records, someone once found a particularly powerful cricket for Zhu Zhanji. This made Zhu Zhanji Long Yan happy, and with a wave of his big hand, he gave the tribute clamshell a thousand taels of gold. The emperor's preferences were closely related to the lives of the people. The reward of tribute clams soon spread among the people.
In order to be rewarded, the people began to look for clams. What's more, Zhu Zhanji also implicated clams with official positions. In addition to rewarding the wealth of the clamshell, official positions are also rewarded. If a person finds a fierce and combative clam, then he can be credited.
If the person is in the military, then he can be promoted and raised. For the sake of his own interests and hobbies, Zhu Zhanji did not hesitate to destroy the military employment system, which laid the root cause for the subsequent development of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, Zhu Zhangene's addiction to fighting clams has also buried hidden dangers for the cabinet system. As the emperor, Zhu Zhanji had to deal with various things every day, and had little free time, so in order to have time to fight clams, he invented the right to vote and the red color.
The right to vote is the first time that the cabinet minister looks at the folds handed over by the courtiers, and then through discussion, it is concluded that those things are more important, and then presents the more important folds to the emperor for approval. Although the cabinet ministers have the power to select the folds, the final decision-making power on matters will belong to the emperor.
As for the red approval, the emperor annotates the fold after the cabinet minister's vote is drafted and gives feedback. Zhu Zhanji, who was addicted to fighting clams, simply directly approved the eunuchs around him in the future, which also led to the increasing power of eunuchs in the late Ming Dynasty.
The young man was intelligent, brave and resourceful, and was made the crown prince early on. After ascending the throne, he personally created the rule of Renxuan. But no one is perfect, and because of his addiction and fighting clams, he expanded the power of eunuchs and buried the bane of the Ming dynasty, which is sad and lamentable.
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