In the 23rd year of Chenghua (1487), Zhu Youtang ascended the throne in September. He is generous, kind, thrifty and quiet, diligent in political affairs and attaches importance to justice.
In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi (1505), Zhu Youtang died in Gan Qing Palace at the age of 36, and was buried in Tailing Temple, whose name was Xiaozong. Posthumous title "built Heaven, Ming Dow, sincere and pure, was a sage of Chiang Kai-shek, and SHEN WOO respected the emperor and showed great benevolence".
During Zhu Youtang's reign, he made great efforts to reverse the defeat of North Korea, expel his henchmen, work hard in politics, and make great efforts to appoint honest ministers such as Wang Shu and Liu Daxia, which is known as "Hongzhi Zhongxing" in history.
Early experience
Zhu Youtang, Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty, had a very unfortunate childhood. His biological mother Ji is the daughter of Tusi, the surname of Ji in Guangxi. After the rebellion subsided, the girl Ji was captured and entered the palace to manage the emperor's private money. Once Xian Zong passed by occasionally and saw Ji's beauty and intelligence, so he stayed overnight. Later, Ji got pregnant. Wan Guifei, who preferred the harem, ordered a maid-in-waiting to have an abortion for Ji. Ji's popularity is so good that the imperial secretary sent to him is reluctant to lay hands on him. When he returned to Wan Fei, he lied that he had a tumor in his stomach instead of being pregnant. Wan Guifei still didn't trust him, and ordered Jishi to be put in limbo. In the shadow of Wan Guifei, Jishi secretly gave birth to Zhu Youtang in the cold palace. When Wan Guifei learned of this, he sent Sharla Cheung, the doorman, to drown the new prince, while Sharla Cheung risked his life to help Jishi hide the baby and feed it with rice noodles every day. Wu Huanghou, abandoned by Wan Guifei, also helped feed the baby. Wan Guifei looked for it several times, but he couldn't find it. In this way, Zhu Youtang ate a hundred meals until he was six years old.
One day, when Sharla Cheung was combing Xian Zong's hair, Xian Zong sighed and said, "I am old and have no son." Sharla Cheung quickly fell to the ground and said, "Long live my son." Xianzong was surprised and asked what had happened before Sharla Cheung told the truth. Tang Xianzong exultation, immediately ordered to meet the prince. When Tang Xianzong first saw his emaciated son whose fetal hair had not been cut and mopped the floor due to long confinement, he couldn't help but burst into tears and was deeply moved. On the same day, I called all the ministers and told the truth. The next day, a letter was issued to the world, and he was made a prince and sealed as. But then Jishi died suddenly in the palace, and the gatekeeper Sharla Cheung swallowed gold and committed suicide. Obviously, the deaths of Ji Fei and Zhang Minzhi are directly related to the persecution in Wan Guifei. Xianzong's mother, Queen Zhou, was worried that she would kill the prince, so she personally adopted her grandson in her Renshou Palace, so that the prince could live safely in the palace.
ascend the throne
In the spring of the 23rd year of Chenghua (1487), Wan Guifei died of illness, and Xianzong died of grief in August. Crown Prince Zhu Youtang succeeded to the throne on September 1. In the second year, for the sake of Emperor Xiaozong, the country name was changed to "Hongzhi". However, what Xian Zong left to Prince Zhu Youtang, who was 17 years old, was a country with chaotic politics and poor national strength. On this stage deliberately arranged by God, Emperor Xiaozong turned the tide with his tolerance and diligence, which made the Ming Dynasty rejuvenated.
Governing the country rationally
Due to the ups and downs of childhood life, Xiaozong has been weak and sick. However, filial piety is diligent in political affairs. Not only did they come to the early dynasty every day, but they also reopened the afternoon dynasty, giving ministers more opportunities to assist the emperor in handling government affairs. At the same time, a new banquet was held to ask ministers for advice on how to govern the country. Xiaozong also set up Wenhua Hall to discuss politics. Its function was to discuss the way of governing the country and political affairs with the cabinet in the leisure time of the morning and afternoon dynasties.
Zhu Youtang advocates speaking freely, being generous and kind, managing the family diligently, being cautious in words and deeds, and being diligent and valuing righteousness. Emperor Xiaozong's diligence finally paid off. Hongzhi dynasty was a peaceful period, with economic prosperity and people living and working in peace. Known by historians as "Hongzhi Zhongxing". (cctop。 )
Late rule
Filial piety has been in poor health because of his difficult childhood, and he hopes to change his physical condition through Buddhism and Taoism. As a result, some adulterers mixed into the palace again, which once again brought trouble to state affairs. Li Guang, the eunuch, was one of them, and was deeply loved by Xiao Zong. Later, Li Guang committed suicide. Xiao Zong thought that there was a book in Li Guang's house and ordered people to search it, only to find Li Guang's account book of corruption and bribery. Filial piety realized this. The Li Guang incident awakened Emperor Xiaozong, who had been sleeping for many years, and he began the second and last diligent period in his life. Zhu Youtang began to constantly reflect on what he had done before, reuse Liu Daxia, Dai Shan and other sages, and vigorously rectify the Chaogang, but excessive work intensity also completely dragged down his body.
In A.D. 1505, that is, Ming Hongzhi 18, a generation of British monarch Zhu Youtang died at Gan Qing Palace at the age of 36. Before he died, he called Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian. Enter Ganqing Palace and accept his life. His life was entrusted to Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao, who told Zhu Qing: "The prince is smart, but he is still young and happy. Zhu Qing should help him well and let him shoulder the heavy responsibility. I will die peacefully. " Finally, the last charge against Prince Zhu Houzhao was "appointing a good minister".
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