The 12th Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the 276th Year of the Reign of the People's Republic of China were the second-to-last unified dynasty in Chinese history.
If you look at individual abilities and contributions to the country, the 16 emperors of the Ming Dynasty can be divided into five grades.
First grade: Super ruthless Ming Taizu and Ming Chengzu
Looking at the 16 emperors of the Ming Dynasty, it is not polite to say that the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and the Ming Chengzu Zhu Di are completely different from other emperors, that is, a heaven and an underground, several grades, and the emperor in the back of the ancestors' bravery and ability to govern the country is lost, if the emperor in the back casually has a few points of talent of Taizu and Chengzu, he will not break a good hand, so that the situation is getting worse and worse, and finally even died at the hands of Li Zicheng.
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is a recognized ruthless person, can be described
It's a bowl that starts
, cloth born, even when he fell down, he even begged as a small beggar, such a starting condition, in the founding emperor can be said to be the worst, just like this step by step to lay a great world, placed in the founding emperor of the great unification dynasty, is also one of the best.
And the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in cloth, after the founding of the country, although he left behind the insults such as purge heroes, he greatly consolidated the rule of the dynasty and formulated various systems of the dynasty, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty can continue for more than two hundred years, and the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is indispensable, so it ranks first.
As for Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, he can be said to be the most pioneering emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and in this regard he was even more brilliant than his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the ming dynasty, during his reign, he conquered Mongolia, recaptured Annam, placed Hamiwei in the northwest, and sent Zheng He to the western ocean, so that the territory of the Ming Dynasty reached its peak, and through long voyages, it toured the countries along the coast of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, and finally established a tributary trade between all countries.
Some people think that Ming Chengzu Zhu Di is a simple poor soldier, but in fact, this is not the case, as the only king of the great unified dynasty who successfully rebelled, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di could not be such a brainless and reckless person.
In fact, in a way, he should be
I want to emulate Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty
Although internally, the Ming Dynasty expanded and reached its peak during the reign of Ming Chengzu, externally, he did not achieve his goal in the end.
Because Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, was based on the desert north and relied on the strong mobility of the nomads to incorporate the Han dynasty into the empire, while Ming Chengzu in turn was mainly Han And wanted to incorporate the northern nomads into the empire, the army lacked mobility, the difficulty was too great, and it ended in failure
Like the two times after the Five Expeditions to Mongolia, the other side is in a fixed place, want to go, can not fight but avoid fighting, Chengzu can not help, and in turn, Yuan Shizu went south in a big way, the Southern Song Dynasty just wanted to avoid and not fight and could not do it, had to face, and finally surrendered.
So in summary, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ranked second.
Second grade: a well-behaved monarch
Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youfan, was the ninth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Guozhen, the first assistant to the cabinet during the Ming Dynasty's Wanli Dynasty, commented: "This is how zhu Guozhen commented:
Three generations below, called the Wise Lord, Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Renzong of Song, and Emperor Xiaozong of ming
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Although the minister of this dynasty evaluates the emperor of this dynasty, it is certain that the subjectivity is greater than the objective, and it must be somewhat of a slap in the face, but this evaluation also has a certain reason.
The merits of Emperor Ming Xiaozong were that on his Temple of Filial Piety, he was a benevolent monarch, and because of his bumpy childhood and more experience, he was more pragmatic and a good emperor who worked hard to govern.
Therefore, in terms of personal ability and national contribution, Ming Xiaozong can rank third.
Emperor Xuanzong was the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his father Emperor Mingrenzong Zhu Gaozi was a good emperor who worked hard to rule, and together they created a rule comparable to that of Wenjing zhizhi of the Han Dynasty."
The reign of Ren Xuan
Of course, the disadvantage is that this reign adds up to 11 years, because Akihito reigned for only ten months, and Emperor Mingxuanzong reigned for ten years.
Moreover, after Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, his son Ming Renzong and grandson Ming Xuanzong began to shrink their troops and voluntarily gave up some territories, and since they have been, the Ming Emperor was not so enthusiastic about the territory, it can be said that a bad start was made, which is also one of the important reasons for the rapid shrinkage of the Ming Dynasty territory since the Ming Dynasty reached its peak.
Of course, for Nei Wenzhi, these two emperors did not say anything, after all, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di had been fighting for many years, leaving behind a mess, and if it was not handled well, it would greatly shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule, and these two emperors worked hard to govern, practice rest and recuperation, and smoothly tide over this dangerous situation.
So on the whole, Ming Xuanzong can rank fourth, and Ming Renzong can rank fifth.
Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty was the seventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the second son of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming, the half-brother of Emperor Ming Yingzong, who could be described as the firefighting captain of the Ming Emperors, who was originally the king of the clan, and after Emperor Ming Yingzong was captured in the change of Tumu Fort, due to the critical situation, coupled with the fact that the crown prince Zhu Jianshen was young and needed "the country to rely on the long king", So Zhu Qiyu became emperor.
After Zhu Qiyu became emperor at a time of crisis, he reused Qian and others, won the victory in the defense of Beijing, repelled the invasion of Wa La, and kept the Ming Dynasty from moving south and withdrawing from the north.
After that, Emperor Ming of the Ming Dynasty was a good person and made great efforts to govern, so that the Ming Dynasty had the potential to be prosperous, but because he was born as the king of the domain, becoming the emperor was also a last resort at that time, just like the temporary emperor, lacking orthodox support, so the position was not stable, and he changed his son to the crown prince, which attracted the opposition of many ministers, and finally when he was seriously ill, the Emperor Ming Yingzong, who was imprisoned in the Nangong, launched a change to seize the door, so he was deposed, and soon fell ill and died, which can be described as a late festival.
However, based on the whole, the Ming Dynasty Emperor still ruled the country, especially after the change of Tumu Fort, stabilizing the situation, so that the Ming Dynasty did not move south, and this merit alone could rank sixth.
Emperor Muzong of Ming was the third son of the Jiajing Emperor and the twelfth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who reigned for only six years, but was considered an enlightened emperor.
During his reign, he agreed to peace with the north and Mongolia, which led to the Longqing Peace Agreement, abolished the sea ban for almost two hundred years, and allowed private people to sell the East and West to the West, which was a switch for Longqing
And most of the ministers appointed were shrewd and capable ministers, like Zhang Juzheng, who he left behind, and in the early Wanli period, carried out a new policy, which made the country prosperous.
So on the whole, Ming Muzong, the emperor with a very low sense of existence, can rank seventh.
Emperor Mingxianzong Zhu Jianshen was the eighth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the eldest son of Emperor MingyingZong Zhu Qizhen, and this emperor can be described as having a mixed reputation.
On the one hand, he over-favored Wan Zhen'er, almost killed himself, and appointed a traitorous and evil person, on the other hand, he was wise and generous, he rehabilitated Yu Qian's unjust case, restored the emperor title of his uncle Ming Emperor Ming, and appointed capable ministers such as Shangrui to govern the country
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Perhaps overall, Ming Xianzong's performance can only be said to be average, not too good, but compared to other emperors who are not instruments, it is also justified, so it ranks eighth.
Third grade: the ability can not keep up with the aspiring emperor
Emperor Mingwuzong Zhu Houzhao was the tenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and as the son of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's life was rebellious and absurd, of course, it was also extremely controversial.
Some people think that he is capable, like the "Ying zhou victory" of the royal conquest is a proof, and does not play cards according to the routine, is to want to centralize power again and carry out his ambitions. Some people think that he is a stupid "second generation of the emperor", only know that eating, drinking, and playing with music and color dogs and horses is that the mud cannot support the wall.
Of course, history did not give Ming Wuzong the time to prove what kind of person he really was, and on the way back to Beijing on his southern tour, Ming Wuzong fell ill because he fell into the water and died soon after, at the age of 31.
However, on the whole, although he is controversial, but his ability is still there, the royal conquest at least did not end up being captured, but also a small victory, although during the reign of many treacherous and evil people, but firmly control the power, so ranked ninth.
Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao is the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as the emperor's grandson to succeed to the throne, according to his short four-year imperial career, the emperor's advantages and disadvantages are obvious, the shortcomings are not understanding the military, and will not use people, and finally in the absolute advantage of the uncle Yan Wang Zhu Di overturned, the advantage is that although Emperor Jianwen treated his uncle fiercely, but the use of books is very angry with the civilian subjects, the administration of the benevolent government, although they governed the country at that time more belong to the level of paper, but as long as they give time to grow, it is still good, At the very least, it is not a heavy rule of law, and it is also a good thing for the people.
It can be said that the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao is a typical representative of ability to keep up with ambitions, but although he failed, he at least worked hard, had a sense of responsibility, and did not bring chaos to the empire, so he ranked tenth.
Fourth grade: the emperor who has the ability to lead the country to the road of destruction without the right path
In the ancient imperial family world environment, the emperor can be described as a very important existence, the emperor is a great talent, can make the country strong immediately, the emperor fainted, can make the country immediately decline or even the country.
Generally speaking, the emperor is either brilliant, or has good ability and more than enough to keep, or is faint, or has ambition but is incompetent.
However, there were several emperors in the Ming Dynasty, who obviously had the ability, but did not have much ambition, and even put the country in an increasingly dangerous situation for their own personal likes and dislikes, such emperors were often more terrible than those mediocre and incompetent emperors, because they knew everything and had certain abilities, but they were not good at governing the country.
Ming Yingzong was the sixth and eighth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the eldest son of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming, the elder brother of Emperor Ming, and twice emperor, which can be described as a unique emperor.
The emperor is most familiar with the reuse of the eunuch Wang Zhen, which eventually led to the capture of the "Tumu Fort Change", and more than 200,000 troops were also completely destroyed, which caused the Ming Dynasty to be seriously injured and almost moved south.
Of course, the emperor was also a capable and charismatic man, and according to historical records, he had a good relationship with the enemy during his capture, so much so that when he returned home, he was specially sent to the border. After the restoration, Ming Yingzong also showed his capable side, eliminating the factors of instability one by one, which showed that he was not a mediocre emperor.
But it was such an emperor, obviously capable, but in order to fulfill his personal passion when he was a teenager, he had to drive in person, resulting in a heavy loss of "change in the civil fort", so he ranked eleventh.
Let's talk about the grandfather and grandson of Emperor Jiajing of Sejong and Emperor Wanli of The Ming Dynasty, but the real ability is the best representative of the country.
The Jiajing Emperor reigned for 45 years, the second longest reign of the Ming Dynasty, and the Wanli Emperor reigned for 48 years, the first longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty
In the early days of his reign, the Jiajing Emperor could be described as an effort to govern, and followed the example of Taizu and Chengzu to rule the country, which once made the Ming Dynasty prosperous, and in the early days of the Wanli Emperor, there was also Zhang Juzheng's reform of the Ming Dynasty, but after the middle and late period of these two emperors, they began to slack off and lazy.
The Jiajing Emperor was devoted to refining Dan, and although he had been hiding in the deep palace for more than twenty years, he firmly grasped the power and knew it."
Jiajing Jiajing, the home is clean
But for their own preferences, completely disregarded the country, making the Ming Dynasty decline rapidly.
And the Wanli Emperor is even more bizarre, if the Jiajing Emperor is not in the dynasty, but still handles government affairs in the deep palace, then the Wanli Emperor is more indulgent, in addition to major events, basically do not deal with government affairs, the appointment of officials was also once ignored, so that the bureaucratic machine is almost unable to operate.
As for why he did this, some people think that it is because the Wanli Emperor did not make the third son Zhu Changxun the crown prince as he wished, but instead had no choice but to set up the eldest son Zhu Changluo, so he simply ignored it and just enjoyed it himself, even if the flood was terrible after death.
And this point of view also has a certain truth, the Wanli Emperor was extremely disliked by the crown prince Zhu Changluo, snubbed very much, did not train his own team for Zhu Changluo, and even with Zhu Changluo's two sons Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian did not receive formal education in the cultivation of imperial heart techniques.
Of course, no matter what The Wanli Emperor thinks, he did make the situation worse and worse during his reign, like the key Battle of Salhu, he actually appointed the defeated general Yang Hao, and as a result, the Ming army was defeated in the case of superiority, making Nurhaci rise completely, and eventually became more and more powerful, posing a huge threat to the Ming Dynasty, so 24 years after the death of the Wanli Emperor, the Ming Dynasty was the fall of the country, and it is no wonder that some people say that "Ming Shi died in Wanli".
Therefore, in general, the grandfathers and grandsons of the Jiajing Emperor and the Wanli Emperor ranked twelfth and thirteenth respectively.
Fifth grade: incompetent emperor with mediocre ability
Compared with the pairing of the Jiajing Emperor and the Wanli Emperor, the father and son of emperor Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo and his son Emperor Mingxizong Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao were even worse, if the Jiajing Emperor and the Wanli Emperor were the losers who had the ability to defeat the family, then their father and son could be said to be mediocre and incompetent emperors, or reluctantly said to be emperors with certain abilities but not exerting themselves.
Emperor Mingguangzong reigned for barely a month, and the ministers had expected him to clean up the mess left by the Wanli Emperor, but he did remove the mining tax and the tax, supplement the cabinet ministers, and issue silver to reward the border troops such as Liaodong to stabilize the hearts of the army, but because of this
Too good a woman is too sick to afford, and finally died inexplicably in the red pill case
It can be seen that he does not know how to control his body, and the person who appoints him is also confused, so that he is humiliated and killed, which is really shocking.
As for the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao can also be said to be a controversial emperor, who loved carpenters, was known as the carpenter emperor, appointed the infamous Wei Zhongxian, and was scolded by people.
However, some people believe that the Emperor of the Apocalypse appointed Wei Zhongxian with the intention of using the castration party to suppress the Wenchen clique led by the Donglin Party, after all, he had no foundation and could only completely grasp the power in this way, but with the Emperor of the Apocalypse and Emperor Mingwuzong generally dying of illness due to falling into the water, after a short reign of seven years, it was impossible to see whether his true intention was like this, let alone prove how he really was.
However, compared to his younger brother Emperor Chongzhen, these two brothers can be described as one quiet to the extreme, one moving to the extreme, the Emperor of The Revelation likes to do carpentry work, releasing Wei Zhongxian to maintain his rule, although it makes a mess of the government, but it is better than the effect of his younger brother Chongzhen Emperor who manages everything but does not manage anything well.
However, on the whole, the behavior of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is still very poor, and it is not like the inexplicable history circulating on the Internet, saying that during the reign of Wei Zhongxian, the Jin Nurhaci could not lift his head, in fact, during the reign of the Emperor of the Apocalypse in history, the Later Jin was still attacking the city in Liaodong, and did not obviously control the speed of expansion.
Therefore, in general, the father and son of the Ming Guang Sect and the Heavenly Revelation Emperor ranked fourteenth and fifteenth respectively.
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, generally speaking, the king of the subjugated country was most directly responsible for the demise of the country, and often existed at the bottom among the emperors of the dynasty, which was inevitable, so the Chongzhen Emperor ranked sixteenth.
The Chongzhen Emperor was actually a rather responsible emperor, but the disadvantage was that his ability was too poor, he was suspicious and self-conscious, and he used people improperly, so he led to the death of the Ming Dynasty at the hands of Li Zicheng.
However, objectively speaking, although the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Chongzhen Emperor had direct responsibility, but the situation at that time was actually very chaotic, the people at the end of the dynasty were scattered, although the Chongzhen Emperor was evaluated as the most powerful king of the subjugated country, but in fact, he did not really grasp the situation, like Lu Xiangsheng died in a fierce battle, and as a result, the Chongzhen Emperor was blinded by the chancellor Yang Sichang and the eunuch Gao Qiqian for a long time to know, which shows how bad the situation chongzhen emperor faced was, changing ordinary people, really can't cope, can't blame the Chongzhen Emperor for not being able to do it.
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