Zhu Qizhen's life is an extremely complicated life, which can be described as a life of mixed merits and two sides.
Next, let's take a look at zhu qizhen's complicated life.
The Ming Dynasty belonged to the pioneering and enterprising things during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and it is needless to say that Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Empire several times, Zhu Di made several northern expeditions, operated the northeast, controlled Annam to the south, sent Zheng He to the West, and accumulated family property for the Ming Dynasty.
However, after Zhu Di's death, his son Emperor Akihito adopted a policy of strategic contraction, and died after less than a year on the throne, and his son Emperor Mingxuanzong Zhu Zhanji also adopted a policy of strategic contraction.
The two dynasties of Renxuan, adding up to a total of only 11 years, gave up the 22 years of hard work of Zhu Di's dynasty. For the Mongolian side, it shrank inward; in the northeast, it moved inward to Nuer Gandusi; the south gave up Annam that Zhu Di had worked so hard to build, and since then Annam was completely independent from the Central Plains Dynasty; for overseas, it gave up the strategy of going to the West, and even restricted its development to the sea.
The two dynasties of Renxuan gave up a large number of family businesses accumulated during the Zhu Di period and adopted strategic contractions in exchange for the so-called "rule of Renxuan".
After Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen came to power, there were Empress Dowager Zhang and Sanyang Fuzheng at a young age, and the Ming Dynasty was thriving. Later, zhu qizhen grew up to be an ambitious and energetic state.
Zhu Qizhen began to try to regain the strategic aggressiveness of the Zhu Di period, attempted to restore nuer Gandusi in the northeast, carried out several battles of Luchuan in the south, and launched three large-scale northern expeditions against the Mongolian direction, dealing a heavy blow to the Tatar and Wuliangha forces, and it was the weakening of these two forces that gave the opportunity for the rise of the Wallachians.
On the overseas side, Zhu Qizhen planned to resume the strategy of going to the West, and in the eighth year of orthodoxy, he asked Guo Yan to build a Western sea ship, sent the Western capital to command Ma Yun to go to the West again, and re-contacted the Old Port Xuanwei Division, the Sumatala Official Factory, and the Guri Official Factory.
However, after the two dynasties of Renxuan enjoyed their success and strategic contraction, the Ming Dynasty planned to pick it up again after giving up its hard-earned family business, which was already a special thing in the world, and the redevelopment consumed the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, and the youthful vigor and attack of Zhu Qizhen made it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to cope with after ten years of too peaceful and comfortable days, and to a certain extent laid the groundwork for the change of Tumu Fort.
Zhu Qizhen's fleshy fanggang's age and ambitious ambition made him brave to expand, but the steps should be step by step, the meal should be eaten bite by bite, Zhu Qizhen's twenty-something immaturity and comfortable Years of the Ming Dynasty could not support his ambition for a while.
After dealing heavy blows to Tatars and Wuliangha in the previous years, Wala changed from weak to strong to a new steppe overlord, and under the leadership of Ye Xian, they attacked the Ming Dynasty to the south, and their troops pointed directly at datong, a major town in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty.
This was something that Zhu Qizhen could endure, and at the instigation of the favored eunuch Wang Zhen, the decision was made to march on the imperial conquest. However, at this time, many troops of the Ming Dynasty were still in the field, and it was difficult to reach them for a while, so within two or three days they temporarily gathered 200,000 troops, claiming to be 500,000, and they hurried out on the expedition.
This expedition was too hasty for the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the fact that the military and political power was seriously controlled by Wang Zhen, it was difficult for the main generals of the Ming Dynasty to play a role, which eventually led to the "Change of Tumu Fort", the Ming Army was completely destroyed, and the central leader was directly killed in the war, which was very serious for the Ming Dynasty.
After the captive life after the change of Tumu Fort and the several years of seclusion in the Nangong Palace, the restored town of Zhu Qi has matured and stabilized much more.
For Zhu Qizhen after the restoration, the biggest negative side was probably to kill Yu Qian, who had made great contributions to the defense of the capital, which became another reproached behavior after the change of Tumu Fort.
Before Zhu Qizhen's death, ordering the abolition of the system of palace concubine martyrdom that had been adopted since Zhu Yuanzhang was his praise.
Summarizing Zhu Qizhen's life, whether it is before the change of Tumu Fort or after the restoration, there are two sides, no matter what, the change of Tumu Fort caused by him directly led to a major change of blood in the central organs of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty after that could no longer return to the Hongwu and Yongle periods.
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History of the Ming Dynasty, General History of China.