Zhu Qi Town... It's not useless, is it?
Confucius once said: "The initiator has no consequences." The original intention of this sentence is to oppose the system of martyrdom. But in feudal society, the phenomenon of martyrdom has always existed. The first to propose the abolition of the martyrdom system was Zhu Qizhen of Emperor Mingying.
Looking at this matter alone, Zhu Qizhen is not bad, right?
In this life, Zhu Qizhen has done a lot of absurd things, even bad things. The most criticized things are the two things that the Imperial Guard personally attacked Wala to lead to the change of Tumu Fort, and the wrongful killing of Yu Qian.
These two things are definitely a huge stain on Zhu Qi Town. Based on these two things, it is not too much to characterize him as a negative person. However, everything should be looked at comprehensively, and doing bad things is not all bad nature and cruelty, and some of them also have their grievances.
Zhu Qizhen was born in 1427, followed by 1435, only an eight-year-old child. The power of the government was in the hands of Empress Dowager Zhang, and she was very harsh on her grandson Zhu Qizhen, which made this disrespectful teenager feel depressed. During this period, Zhu Qizhen's enlightenment teacher and eunuch Wang Zhen gave this young man a lot of warmth.
After the death of Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Qizhen was pro-government, and his mentality was also positive and healthy, and he had the ambition of striving to govern and settle the country. Even the royal conquest is a brave move.
Of course, this twenty-two-year-old young man lacked political vision, underestimated the strength of the enemy and ourselves, did not heed the correct advice, and blindly connived and spoiled Wang Zhen, resulting in the change of Tumu Fort and the danger and humiliation of the country.
The question is, empress dowager Zhang has been in power for many years, and there are famous "three Yangs" in the dprk, why didn't they teach the little emperor the ability to make clever political judgments? Why let the little emperor Chengtian and Wang Zhenchengtian, who has poor moral ability, mix together? Why did Wang Zhen, a eunuch who only knew a little about the scriptures, serve as Zhu Qizhen's teacher and partner for a long time?
Zhu Qi Town was raised and abandoned!
As for the wrongful killing of Yu Qian, there was also his last resort.
Zhu Qizhen did not know that Yu Qian was wronged, and he said before killing Yu Qian, "Yu Qian has merit." But he had just seized power, and if he did not reward Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and Xu Youzhen, who supported him, how could he win the hearts and minds of the people and gain a firm foothold? Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and Xu Youzhen insisted on killing Yu Qian for personal gain, but without satisfying their private interests, it would be difficult for Zhu Qizhen to survive the initial stage of the restoration and the lack of political leadership.
If you have a clear understanding, you can't completely do things that go against your will.
Back to the topic, why did Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji have such a son as Zhu Qizhen?
If Zhu Zhanji had lived longer, if Zhu Zhanji had thought more carefully about the education of his son, and if Zhu Zhanji's mother, Empress Zhang, had her educational methods been more scientific, reasonable, and humane, Zhu Qizhen would not have been like this.