Zhu Qizhen can be said to have been born with a golden key, in the second year of Xuande, Emperor Xuanzong's concubine Sun Shi gave birth to Xuanzong's eldest son Zhu Qizhen, because Xuanzong's empress Dowager Hu Shanxiang had no children, so Sun Guifei's son Zhu Qizhen was actually the eldest son of Emperor Xuanzong, because Sun Guifei was deeply favored by Emperor Xuanzong, so Zhu Qizhen was only four months after birth, he was made crown prince by Emperor Xuanzong, and soon Empress Hu was deposed, and Sun Guifei's mother became Xuanzong's successor.
In the tenth year of Xuande, the thirty-eight-year-old Ming Xuanzong died, and the nine-year-old crown prince Zhu Qizhen succeeded to the throne, and the following year changed the era name to the first year of the orthodoxy. The emperor Zhu Qizhen, who was only nine years old at the time of his succession, was the first young emperor since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and because he was too young to manage the government, the affairs of the imperial government in the early years of orthodoxy were actually presided over by Emperor Yingzong's imperial grandmother, Empress Dowager Zhang, and Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu. These four people were actually auxiliary political groups in the period from the first year of orthodoxy to the seventh year of orthodoxy, during which the empress dowager Zhang shi played the role of head of state, while the "three Yangs" were responsible for the handling of specific government affairs, and empress dowager Zhang and the "three Yangs" ruled the country and implemented the positive policies since the two dynasties of Renxuan, and in the early years of orthodoxy, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was still thriving, and the rule of Renxuan was continued. However, this excellent situation came to an abrupt end with the departure of one person in the seven years of orthodoxy.
In the seventh year of orthodoxy, empress dowager Zhang Shi of the six dynasties of Hongwu, Jianwen, Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Orthodoxy died of illness, followed by the death of Yang Shiqi in the ninth year of orthodoxy; in the eleventh year of orthodoxy, Yang Pu died, plus Yang Rong, who had died in the fifth year of orthodoxy, with the end of these rulers, the young Town of Zhu Qi gradually became deserted in the imperial government, and the power of the Ming Dynasty was gradually controlled by the eunuch Wang Zhen. After Wang Zhen came to power, he relied on the favor of Emperor Yingzong to form a party for personal gain, causing trouble to the imperial program. At this point, the Ming Dynasty opened a precedent for eunuch dictatorship and chaos until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Ming Yingzong, at the instigation of Wang Zhen, wanted to emulate his great-grandfather Ming Chengzu Zhu Di in his northern expedition to Mongolia and establish an immortal merit, so he personally led the elite division of the Ming army and all the officials of the six departments and nine secretaries to march north to Wala, due to political corruption and Wang Zhen's chaotic command, the Ming army missed the fighter plane, and was ambushed by Wala, when the army marched to Tumu Fort, 800,000 Ming troops were completely destroyed, almost all of the six ministries and nine secretaries were killed, and Ming Yingzong himself was captured by Wala, becoming the only emperor of the Ming generation to be captured. Because the incident occurred in Tumu Fort, it is known in history as the Change of Tumu Fort, which was the first shocking change experienced in Ming Yingzong's 38 years of life, when Ming Yingzong was 23 years old.
The bad news of Yingzong's capture spread to the Ming court, the Ming officials who stayed in the capital such as the five thunderbolts roared, inside the imperial family, Empress Sun wept silently, Empress Qian wept bitterly, compared with the leaderless people inside the Ming Dynasty, the threat from the outside was the most dangerous moment in the more than eighty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Wala army held Yingzong hostage and wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty Beijing Division, at this time the Beijing Division, only the old and weak remnants of more than 10,000 soldiers left behind, were simply not enough to resist the Victory and the Southward Wallachian Army. At this critical moment, which was related to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, a person above the court raised his arm and suddenly gave hope to the chaotic Ming Officials, who was Yu Qian, who was then the left attendant of the military department.
After Yingzong was captured, there were two urgent matters before the Ming court that needed to be resolved immediately, first, Yingzong was captured, and the Ming Dynasty needed to solve the situation of the leaderless dragons; second, The Walla was about to attack the Beijing Division, and the Ming Court, which had no troops available, needed to immediately organize a defense of Beijing. Faced with this extremely critical situation, because Emperor Yingzong's crown prince Zhu Jianshen was only two years old, Yu Qian immediately went to Empress Sun, the mother of Emperor Yingzong, and requested that Zhu Qiyu, the king of the state of supervision, be made emperor, at the same time, Yu Qian asked the king of Yingzong to issue an edict to all parts of the country in the name of the state of supervision, asking soldiers and horses from all over the country to quickly enter the capital qinwang.
In the first year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu, the king of Qi, took the throne with the support of his courtiers, which was the ming dynasty emperor in history. After Emperor Daizong ascended the throne, with the support of Yu Qian, he refuted the remarks of some ministers threatening to "move south". At the same time, Emperor Daizong also reused qian, gathered people and horses, formed an army, and successfully organized the defense of Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty turned the crisis into safety. The Defeat of the Wallachian attack on Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty had established a new monarch, so the Yingzong in his hands had no value and became a burden, so he was anxious to send Yingzong back to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty, especially the Jingtai Emperor, did have deep concerns about the return of Emperor Yingzong, although at this time Yingzong had been honored as the Emperor Taishang, but after Emperor Yingzong returned to the dynasty, the throne of Emperor Ming was indeed very embarrassing, Yu Qian sensed Emperor Jingtai's concerns, so he said in public: "The throne has been determined." Emperor Jingtai therefore no longer had any scruples.
After Emperor Mingying returned to the throne, he was placed in the Nangong as the Emperor Taishang, but in fact it was house arrest, and Emperor Yingzong and Empress Qian lived together in the Nangong, although the diet was guaranteed, but there was no personal freedom, basically no different from the prisoners. During this period, except for Empress Sun, the mother of Emperor Yingzong, who was able to visit Yingzong and his wife on a regular basis, no one else could have contact with Emperor Yingzong. This state lasted for eight years, and what made Emperor Yingzong most desperate was Jingtai for three years, and his son's crown prince was also deposed, which made Emperor Ming completely lose hope. Just when Ming Yingzong thought that he would die in the Nangong, one night in Jingtai's eighth year completely changed his fate.
In the eighth year of Jingtai, Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, the eunuch Cao Jixiang and others took advantage of Emperor Daizong's illness and launched a change to seize the door, taking out Ming Yingzong, who was imprisoned in the Southern Palace, and supporting his restoration, and the 31-year-old Ming Yingzong began the second emperor's period. This is also the second shocking change experienced by Ming Yingzong in his life, which is known as the change of the door. After the capture of the gate, Emperor Mingying deposed Emperor Jingtai as the King of Qi, and posthumously deposed Emperor Jingtai's crown prince Zhu Jianji and Emperor Jingtai's successor Hangshi, and at the same time, in order to become famous, Emperor Yingzong also listened to Xu Youzhen's words and killed Yu Qian, a hero who was trying to save Daming from danger, and at the same time, changed the era name to Tianshun In the first year. Ming Yingzong's move was not only criticized by people, but also sorry for the word "Ying" in the temple number.
After Emperor Mingyingzong was restored to the throne, Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, and others were favored by Emperor Mingyingzong because of their meritorious deeds, and the two of them began to collude with each other, and the officials of the DPRK and China saw that Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang were favored, so they competed to climb along, Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, and therefore wantonly betrayed the official title, and the situation that the Jingtai Dynasty had just reversed was once again decadent, not only that, the eunuch Cao Jixiang, who was originally Wang Zhen's henchman, also obtained the post of supervising the army, opening the precedent for the Ming Dynasty eunuch to serve as a supervisor of the army.
In the second year of Tianshun, the various illegal acts of Cao and Shi intensified, which aroused the disgust of the loyal and righteous people in the dprk, the chancellor Li Xian and Yushi and other officials jointly played an impeachment of Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng, and Ming Yingzong, who had originally trusted the two, began to be suspicious of the two, Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng saw that the emperor was suspicious of himself and feared being liquidated, so they plotted to launch a rebellion to overthrow the rule of Ming Yingzong, and before cao Jixiang and Shi Heng could be implemented, they failed due to news leaks, and in the end, Shi Heng was imprisoned and died of illness in prison. Cao Jixiang was executed by Ling Chi, most of his relatives were killed, and the rest were exiled to Lingnan. Because the masterminds of the event were Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng, the history called the change of Cao Shi, which was also the third shock experienced by Ming Yingzong in his life.
After quelling the change of Cao Shi, the life of Ming Yingzong, who had experienced three major ups and downs in his life, was also coming to an end, and it was not known whether it was due to the family's genetic diseases or his own poor physique, Yingzong and his father Xuanzong did not live past the age of forty. Tianshun reigned twice in his life, and ming yingzong died after three thrilling changes. Ming Yingzong did not have a long life, in fact, he was not too glorious, he fought defeats, he was a prisoner, he was a prisoner, he killed loyal subjects, he was not a good emperor, but to say that he was a good person, I am afraid that there was not much controversy, even during the period of captivity, Boyan Timur became a good friend with him, and it is worth mentioning that Before his death, Ming Yingzong deposed the inhumane concubine burial system that had been practiced since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and released and pardoned the descendants of Emperor Jianwen, which is not difficult to see. A shining point in other humanity.