Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan's first big move after ascending the throne was to eliminate the five gate sects left by Zhu Jianshen, and soon the leaders of the Chun faction, the Mixed Faction, the Immortal Sect and other factions were dealt with, some of them were beheaded, some were imprisoned, some were charged with the army, in short, Zhu Youfan found them a suitable place to go, and finally, only for the Later Faction, he did not kill the killer, at that time, many ministers wrote to ask for the execution of the representative figure of the Posthumous Sect Wan Xi (that is, Wan Fei's brother), Zhu Youfan also knew that his own mother was killed by WanFei. But he did not choose revenge, but instead released Wan Xi from the big prison, he did not take revenge, because he knew a lot of truth, because he understood, so compassionate! Then he recalled his benefactor, the great eunuch Huai'en, from Fengyang to the palace, and the official was reinstated, if there was no Huai'en desperately advising Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Youfan's position as crown prince might have been abolished long ago, and he would not have been able to go to this position at all; he also invited Empress Wu, who had raised her, to be raised as a mother, perhaps Empress Wu's motive for taking Zhu Youfan in the first place was not simple, but Zhu Youfan, who had come to her bitter end, really treated her as a benefactor, which made Empress Wu, who had been deposed for many years, old Zhu Huang, living alone in the cold palace, deeply moved... Zhu Youfan is such a person who does not take revenge but only repays kindness!
The newspaper's favor was repaid, the people who should be killed were also killed, and then, he began to rectify the leadership team under him, he first promoted Wang Shu and Ma Wensheng, two key figures, first of all, Wang Shu, he was a minister during Zhu Jianshen's period, he was a typical workaholic, he urged Zhu Jianshen to work every day, every time the upper dynasty was Wang Shu's first speech, there was a saying at that time: Two capitals and twelve parts, only one Wang Shu, which shows the high prestige of Wang Shu, but Zhu Jianshen is a person who has passed and passed, and he is annoyed by Wang Shu, so he sends him to Nanjing for the elderly. Who knew that after Wang Shu arrived in Nanjing, he still urged Zhu Jianshen to stop, Zhu Jianshen couldn't bear it at all, and simply drove the seventy-one-year-old Wang Shu back to his hometown and let him retire, Zhu Youfan knew that Wang Shu was a rare and upright minister, so after ascending the throne, he resolutely summoned Wang Shu back from his hometown, named him the official Shangshu, Wang Shu also gave Advice directly to Zhu Youshen, saying that his early dynasty time was too short, and he should appropriately extend the time for the minister to finish his words, and also let him cancel the lunch break at noon. If Zhu Jianshen had heard him make this suggestion, it is estimated that he would have jumped up a long time ago, but Zhu Youfan actually agreed very happily after listening to it!
Speaking of Ma Wensheng, he was originally a famous general who guarded Liaodong in the town, after being promoted, he first carried out drastic reforms in the army, suddenly drove away more than thirty corrupt leaders, promoted a group of capable and upright officers, this can stab the honeycomb, soon someone with a large knife blocked the door of Ma Wensheng's house to find him desperately, after learning the news, the clever Ma Wensheng hid in the past, this matter was quickly heard by Zhu Youfan, he ordered the Jinyi guards to thoroughly investigate the murderer, severe punishment, and sent several personal bodyguards to Ma Wensheng to protect his safety. In this way, no one dared to make trouble anymore, and after a burst of "indiscriminate bombardment" by these two civilian and military generals, the garbage waste in the court was swept away, there were more officials in the imperial court, and fewer people were infighting, and the overall situation of prosperity belonging to Zhu Youfan was laid.
In the second year of Hongzhi, Zhu Youfan arranged for the scholars of the DPRK to begin compiling the Records of Emperor Xianzong, and after the completion of the compilation work, a great talent, Yang Tinghe, stood out, and this young man who later became powerful in the world and even the emperor did not pay attention to it will be introduced in future chapters, which will not be repeated here.
At that time, in addition to Yang Ting and this elder brother, under the leadership of Wang Shu and Ma Wensheng, the cabinet successively summoned three able ministers, namely Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, of whom Liu Jianshan, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qiannengkan, these three people were united and were the right-hand men during Zhu Youfan's reign, so Zhu Youfan created a brilliant era, with strong national strength, peace in the world, and abundant talents!
At that time, in addition to these few people, there were also four great talents of Wu Zhong, who were also very famous, they were Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming, and Xu Zhenqing, the most famous of which was Tang Bohu, who was also a party to the famous scientific examination cheating case that occurred in the Zhu Youfan period, which was a big case with a momentary name, and the rough experience was as follows: At that time, Tang Bohu was talented, even two yuan in the middle school, and finally entered Beijing to catch the examination, and on the way met Xu Jing, the son of a rich businessman who went to catch the examination, and Xu Jing's results were not good. After the examination, the servants of the chief examiner Cheng Minzheng sold Tang Bohu's papers to Xu Jing through secret means to make profits, and someone reported that the chief examiner Cheng Minzheng leaked the questions in advance, so the imperial court ordered tang, Xu, and Cheng to be arrested, and after investigation and verification, Xu Jing bought the questions and was arrested and imprisoned, and Cheng Minzheng's servants participated in cheating, which was also jointly and severally liable for the master's lax discipline. The most wronged is Tang Bohu, who was implicated for no reason, sentenced to be an official for life, and the talented and brilliant Tang Bohu has since begun a life of unruly debauchery, and the cynical and arrogant and funny Tang Bohu we see on the stage, his life is actually very tragic and unfortunate! There was also the Xu Jing who was arrested and imprisoned, and after reflecting in prison, he warned his descendants that they were not allowed to study and become officials, so his descendants produced a Xu Xiake who was not good at reading and specialized in sightseeing!
In 1505, the eighteenth year of Koji, Zhu Youfan died at the age of 36, and eventually died of exhaustion on the job. He was another workaholic after Zhu Yuanzhang, every day at five o'clock began the morning dynasty, noon morning dynasty, afternoon often listened to the lectures of the ministers, in his thirties he looked at Ma Wensheng, who was several rounds older than him, for the Ming Empire, he died and then bowed to exhaustion...
To sum up Zhu Youfan's life: diligent in political affairs at work, selecting the best and the most capable, sympathetic to the people, thrifty in life, filial piety to the elders, single-mindedness with affection (indifferent to women, practicing monogamy), during his reign, he opened up a brilliant Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Empire on the track of history to shine dazzling brilliance ...
Zhu Youfan, whether he is a man or an emperor, is perfect!