In 1521, a teenager from Anlu stood under the vast city of Beijing, looking at this ancient and majestic imperial capital, this teenager seemed ambitious, wanted to show his talents, ZTE was in decline in the Ming Empire, that year, he was only 14 years old, however, he was about to rule the entire Ming Empire for 46 years, becoming the second longest reigning emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty (the first was the Wanli Emperor). At the same time, he will also become the wisest emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and then we will look at his life.
In 1520, Emperor Mingwuzong Zhu Houzhao died, and because this benevolent brother was playful, he finally forgot to have a child. Therefore, Yang Tinghe prepared to establish the king of the domain as emperor according to the principle of brotherhood and brotherhood in the "Ancestral Training of the Emperor Ming". However, king Xing at that time had already died, so his son Zhu Houxi inherited the title and entered the capital to succeed him as emperor. This emperor is the Jiajing Emperor.
The Jiajing Emperor received a good education from his father from an early age, zhu Houxi was brilliant and sensitive when he was young, and King Xing taught him to read poems several times to recite them accurately. Various Confucian classics and rituals are also understood at a glance. However, when he was 12 years old, his father died, and Zhu Houxi, who was only 12 years old, took on the responsibility of running the palace, but the heavens seemed destined to make this talented young man achieve a greater career. So in the following year, Zhu Houzhao of the Daming Martial Temple died, and the king of the clan who could not beat the eight rods was able to encounter such an opportunity, which was also a model for the second time in the history of Daming to enter the throne (the first time was Zhu Di).
As soon as the teenager entered Beijing, he encountered the first trouble he encountered, and he also showed a very extraordinary side. According to Yang Tinghe's arrangement, the Ministry of Rites was required to greet Zhu Houxi with the etiquette of the prince, that is, from the Donghua Gate to enter, Juwenhua Hall (the process of the prince inheriting the throne). However, Zhu Houxi did not accept this plan, believing that he was the emperor and should enter from the Daming Gate and take the throne in the Fengtian Temple. In fact, this is also swearing his own ownership status, in the face of the veteran political masters who have been floating in the official field for a lifetime, Zhu Houxi did not hesitate to give up the imperial throne to threaten, and finally forced the Manchu Dynasty to compromise. However, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu was not willing to be threatened by this 14-year-old teenager in this way, so the clique of civil officials led by Yang Tinghe and the Jiajing Emperor broke out the famous "Great Ceremony Discussion Incident" in history, which lasted for more than three years, the mystery of which was not only a dispute over the tablet, but more importantly, the struggle for power behind it, all political issues could actually be reduced to political issues. In this incident, the Jiajing Emperor used super political means and endurance to defeat Yang Tinghe, who was overpowered in the world, and maintained his supreme position of power. And it's hard to imagine the political talent of a 14-17-year-old. He also firmly established his position.
After coming to power completely, he did not forget his father's teachings to him, and he also wanted to be a generation of Ming Jun. Therefore, he reformed the government administration of the Wuzong period, carried out reforms in a big way, was politically diligent in government affairs, cracked down on the power of the powerful ministers and feudal landlords and aristocrats, pardoned the world, killed Channing, Jiang Bin, and other courtiers, straightened out the program of the dynasty, took charge of internal and external affairs, implemented the new policy, reduced the power of the ceremonial superintendent, abolished the eunuchs who guarded the town, strictly supervised the system, strictly divided the powers of the factory, the guard and the law department, and attached importance to the appointment of Zhang Xuan, Xia Yan and other sages, so that the government was a new one. Economically, the New Deal was also implemented and taxes were reduced, and this kind of action was called the "Jiajing New Deal" or "Jiajing Zhongxing". A great scene, if this continues, Daming will be expected to return to its peak state and reopen the prosperous world.
But don't forget that one of the most selfish in the title is his flaw.
It is good for a person to be smart, but to be too smart is a bad thing. Jiajing is such a person. Extreme cleverness leads to extreme selfishness.
In October of the twenty-first year of Jiajing, the "Nongyin Palace Change" broke out, and he was almost killed at the hands of the palace women. After that, the Jiajing Emperor moved to Xiyuan and used his extreme wisdom to cultivate, and he wanted to pursue eternal life and long life. So he no longer needs the sages, he needs little people who can guess his heart, who can cater to him and help him do things. As a result, Yan Song, a great traitor in the history of the Ming Dynasty, came to power, and since then, one by one the traitors we are familiar with have taken turns to play, causing a miasma in the court. Yang Jisheng, Shen Lian, and other courtiers were brutally killed; the officials were corrupted, and many civil uprisings broke out; the border affairs were ruined, and even the humiliating Gengshu rebellion broke out; Daming, in the face of the Mongol army moving south, the soldier Shangshu Ding Rukuo obeyed Yan Song's policy and allowed the Li Da soldiers to freely burn outside the city of Beijing, the Mongol cavalry fled away after eight days of plunder, without even a decent counterattack, and countless people were displaced and suffered and captured, which was a great shame.
However, he allowed the Yan Party to develop, playing the ultimate balance and the ultimate power technique. Showing his extremely clever mind, although Yan Song was in charge of the government, the actual power was firmly in the hands of Jiajing behind him. Finally, Xu Jie appeared, he used his wisdom and wisdom to defeat the Yan Party, became the first assistant of the new cabinet, the country once again returned to the right track, economic and political aspects also developed, even the heavy minister Gao Gong during the Longqing period and zhang Juzheng, the first politician of the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period, also entered the cabinet at this time, and they respectively opened a new era. And this has to be said to have nothing to do with the Jiajing Emperor.
The Jiajing period was a magical era, during which famous courtiers and generals were born, and famous courtiers such as Yang Tinghe, Zhang Xuan, Yang Yiqing, Xie Qian, Xia Yan, Li Ben, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng successively ascended to the court. In terms of military generals, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayu, Hu Zongxian, Tan Lun, etc. are also well-known. However, it has created a situation in which the court is constantly struggling and checking and balancing each other, which has to be said to be the power of Jiajing's balancing power technique. However, it was also because he was too selfish, when he let the strict party go, the people did not care about life, and the long-term alchemy palace was as Hai Rui said in the later stage: Jiajing Jiajing, the family is clean. He not only overhauled the Taoist temple, wantonly rewarded property, and even abused the people's strength, so that the people in the later period were not happy, and it has to be said that this was a major drawback during his reign.
When a person has the utmost intelligence to serve the people, we say he is a saint.
And when a person has the utmost intelligence to covet pleasure, we say that he is a selfish person.