During the 276th year of the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of sixteen emperors, two of whom died due to falling into the water.
Regardless of the facts, at least this is what historical data records.
This ratio accounts for an astonishing one-eighth!
Among them, Zhu Houzhao, the emperor of Zhengde Wuzong, fell into the water twice in succession for the first time. The first time was fishing in Kuaiyuan, Nanjing, Yingtian, and the second time was in Qingjiangpu.
If the first time can be explained as an accident, then the second time is also an accident?
Ordinary people don't have so many surprises, let alone the emperor who always has a large group of attendants. If Zhu Houzhao buys lottery tickets, he can win five million.
All the eunuchs around the emperor grew up eating food? Will you not take more protective measures after falling into the water for the first time? And Wuzong was a strong man, but he didn't feel dizzy and hypoglycemic, and fell into the water at every turn?
Unbelievable.
Moreover, Zhu Houzhao died half a year after he fell into the water for the second time. In the end, he was able to attribute the cause to the falling into the water incident half a year ago.
Do you believe it?
I don’t believe it anyway.
Emperor Wu Zong was strong and practiced martial arts since he was a child. He could mount a horse and kill people, and dismount his horse all night long. He could even go to the battlefield to kill people. He was just in the prime of his life. Not to mention falling into the water, even if he was soaked in the water For three days and three nights, I crawled out and drank some traditional Chinese medicine to dispel the cold. After sleeping for three to five days, the cliff was full of life again.
Every time Ji Boying saw this paragraph, he admired these civil servants of the Zhengde Dynasty very much. They really talked nonsense without drafting it.
Among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, apart from Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, Zhu Houzhao was the most rebellious emperor.
He devoted his life to suppressing civil servants, promoting the status of generals, developing international trade, centralizing imperial power, and regaining military power as the emperor. At the same time, he carried out internal reforms, anti-corruption, tax reduction, civil servant assessment, and increase in commercial taxes.
Any of these are things that only a promising man would do.
If he really wanted to play, then the civil servants would be happy for him.
For example, Zhu Houzhao changed his name to Zhu Shou and named himself a mighty general. This episode was written as a joke in history books, and it was even quoted as a joke in many popular science books of the Ming Dynasty.
The question is, is it really funny?
Since the Tumu Fort Incident, when Yu Qian used civil servants to control the army, the Emperor of Heaven lost the opportunity to personally command the army, and the leadership of the imperial army has always been in the hands of civil servants.
From then on, whenever the emperor wanted to take control of the military, the civil servants would use the lessons of the Tumubao Incident to fight back, because the Baozong's record was so brilliant that later Ming emperors simply could not win in this matter. .
Pig's Head: You guys are so talkative, it's none of my business.
So Zhu Houzhao changed his skin, named himself a general, and used his identity as a general to control the military. Although this sounded absurd, it was in line with the procedure.
Since you don't allow the emperor to lead troops, then the general can always lead troops, right? !
As long as the process is followed, Wenchen will not be able to resist! Zhu Houzhao can hold the military power!
The problem that needs to be solved is solved using the simplest, most absurd, most cost-effective, and most clever method.
But for this emperor, who would have been able to truly revive the Ming Dynasty if he had lived twenty more years, the civil servants only wrote about him in the history books, including the Leopard Palace, visiting brothels, and loving other people's wives. He looked like a debauched and extravagant person. The fatuous lord.
In particular, some historical science books do not check historical data at all, and they do not mention Zhu Houzhao's positive side at all.
The reason is also simple, because positive content does not attract traffic, while negative and absurd topics attract interest.
For example, one book evaluated Zhu Houzhao as: a child who never grows up, was born into the wrong imperial family, and is mediocre but not cruel.
At that time, Ji Boying closed the book and it was really a stupid trick to swindle money.
Zhu Houzhao did have many bad habits that were criticized by later generations, such as liking other people's wives, which was the same as Boss Cao, but his ambitions and actions as an emperor throughout his life cannot be denied.
Judge from the emperor's point of view.
Ji Boying gave his own evaluation of Emperor Wuzong: Zhu Houzhao was a talented and ambitious emperor who had the potential to become an emperor with great achievements in the world.
"Free time for an hour."
Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu and the other emperors and princes, then walked down from the podium and walked along the mahogany stairs to the private room on the top of the pavilion.
Before going to Zhengde time and space, he needs to spend some time recalling the events of Zhengde Dynasty.
"Brother, what happened?"
Lao Zhu stood up subconsciously and frowned as he looked at Ji Boying's back going upstairs.
"Father, the matter of the Immortal Master must be related to Tianque. How can we understand it? There is no need to ask more, so as not to displease the Immortal Master. It is better to wait here for the Immortal Master to come back."
Zhu Biao spoke repeatedly and grabbed Lao Zhu, who was about to follow.
Lao Zhu paused slightly, remained silent for a moment, and nodded.
Then he glanced at the other emperors and princes.
"You all should learn from us and think carefully. If you continue to be as clueless as today and make your brother unhappy, don't blame me for whipping you!"
Lao Zhu shouted sharply.
Ji Boying disappeared for half a year, and he was really afraid. He was really afraid that one day Ji Boying would be unhappy, and his bones would turn to ashes after a hundred years.
This group of emperors and princes were originally thinking about why the immortal master suddenly stopped teaching, but they were shocked by Lao Zhu's words and began to seriously think about the content of the class just now.
But I was stupefied by this thought, because I found that I had almost forgotten all about it. I was just too excited when I was listening to the class.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is what I just wrote, recording every word the master just said."
The stenographer Lianxiang came up at the right time and presented several pieces of rice paper in her hand.
Ah Biao took it first and took a quick look at it. He was particularly amazed. The font on it was neat and graceful, and the records could be said to be word for word.
At this moment, all the emperors and princes looked at Lianxiang, as if they were looking at the Virgin Mary.
At this time, there is an elegant room on the top of the pavilion.
Ji Boying sat by the window and lit a cigarette. He planned to use a cigarette to quickly review the life of Wuzong Zhu Houzhao before going to Zhengde time and space.
He placed his hand on the window eaves, burning a cigarette, with white smoke floating in the air.
'The death of Zhengde is too suspicious. '
Especially two months before Zhu Houzhao's death, historical records clearly record that Zhu Houzhao strongly requested the replacement of the imperial physician, and even issued an order to the cabinet, asking the cabinet to find famous doctors from the private sector for him.
However, this decree from His Majesty the Emperor was actually rejected by Yang Ting, Chief Minister of the Cabinet, and the medical skills of Ether Hospital are the best in the world, and Your Majesty the Emperor's illness is not serious and you only need to be nursed back to health.
Yang Tinghe's original reply was as follows: It is true that all the famous doctors in the world gather in the imperial hospital, and the best ones are selected to enter the imperial pharmacy. But if they are dedicated to their duties and trusted, and reap the perfect results, why should they treat those who have not yet tried? In the treatment of diseases, regulating and controlling the disease is the most important, followed by medicine. If the regulating and controlling of the disease is irregular, the medicine will not be effective. I hope that your Majesty will be cautious in reopening the place, so as not to let work and rest break. It is advisable to adjust the diet and drink, so as not to overdo the taste.
There shouldn't be too many tricks.
You, Yang Tinghe, are not a medical student. How do you know whether the emperor's illness can be cured? !
The only reason that can be explained is that the chief minister of the cabinet, or the entire civil servant group, did not want to see Zhu Houzhao recover from his illness.
Taking a step back, even if there is nothing wrong with Yang Tinghe and the civil service group, Zhu Houzhao is the emperor. The emperor wants to find a doctor from among the people and issues an order to the cabinet to handle it. You just need to take the imperial order and do it. I want you to So much nagging? Is it none of your business? !
And this matter is very troublesome for you, Yang Tinghe? It's nothing more than words.
But Yang Tinghe refused, not even leaving any room for discussion with Zhu Houzhao.
It can also be seen from this incident that after Zhu Houzhao became seriously ill, especially in the two months before his death, the civil servants headed by Yang Tinghe had blatantly ignored the imperial power. The emperor even had no authority to replace his own doctor. deprivation.
And there is one thing that is enough to prove that there was something wrong with the Imperial Hospital during the Zhengde Dynasty.
First, the imperial doctors who treated Zhu Houzhao died inexplicably.
The second is the Jiajing Immortal’s attitude towards Taiyuan Hospital.
After Yang Tinghe made a fool of himself and elected Zhu Houcong, who was a ghostly man, as the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty, after Jiajing ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to clean up the Taiyuan Hospital, confiscating the troops and distributing the troops.
And in the following Jiajing years, the Jiajing Immortals destroyed Tai Hospital many times.
Imperial medicine in those days was a high-risk profession. If you were not careful, your home would be confiscated and your whole family would be exiled.
If there is no problem in Taiyuan Hospital, why did Jiajing Immortal do this?
If you look at the three generations of emperors from Hongzhi, Zhengde, and Jiajing from the perspective of conspiracy theories on the Taiyuan side, you will find it very strange.
Xiaozong Hongzhi did not have any bad habits. Although he was diligent, he went to bed early and got up early. The work and rest routine is definitely easier than that of 007, but he died in his thirties.
Wu Zongzhengde was famous for his strong body since he was a child. He could even chase death and ride thousands of miles north, but he died in his thirties.
And the Jiajing Immortal took heavy metal elixirs every day and had all kinds of bad habits, but he lived to be sixty. What's the reason?
However, the life of the Jiajing Immortal was not so stable. First, there was a fire in the palace, but no one could save him. Fortunately, there was a little Lu Bing, and then there was the incident of the palace maid Ren Yin. Fortunately, he could not tie the knot.
I don’t know about the others that have not been recorded in the history books, but they are probably indispensable.
Of course, the imperial doctors at Taiyuan Hospital did not have the guts to be emperor, nor was it necessary.
If there is a conspiracy theory, these imperial doctors are at most a group of gunmen who have no choice but to be involved, and there is someone else who is the real mastermind.
One thing worth mentioning is that Wu Zong was on a tour to the south of Beijing. After he fell into the Qingpu River, Yang Tinghe tightly sealed off the nine gates of the capital. At the same time, he transferred Zhu Houzhao's confidant Jiang Bin, who held the military power of the regiment, to Tongzhou, completely isolating Zhu Houzhao. The possibility of meeting Jiang Bin.
Regiment Camp: After the Battle of Yingzhou, Zhu Houzhao took the opportunity to regain some military power from civilian officials, selected elites from the Beijing army and border troops to form a new army, and was directly commanded by the emperor Zhu Houzhao. Jiang Bin was responsible for training and management on weekdays.
After Zhu Houzhao died, Yang Tinghe immediately seduced Jiang Bin into the palace in the name of a meeting and directly beheaded him alive.
And during the more than forty days when the Ming Dynasty was without a master, Yang Ting and the chief minister of the cabinet who held the imperial power immediately demolished Zhu Houzhao's beloved Leopard Palace.
And all the policies of the Zhengde period were abolished. Most of these policies suppressed and restricted the authority of civil servants, basically erasing all positive traces of Zhengde.
The bones of Emperor Daxing are still cold, and the candidate for the new emperor has not yet been determined. It is considered a light thing to demolish the former emperor's house, abolish the former emperor's decrees, and label him as a treasonous person.
This operation is very similar to a villain who has done bad things and feels guilty.
In addition, there is another point worth noting.
When Zhu Houzhao began to vomit blood and had a premonition that he was not far from death, Emperor Wu Zong supported his sick body and went to court with gritted teeth.
At this court meeting, Zhu Houzhao suddenly bypassed the ministers' recommendation and directly promoted Wang Qiong, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, to the rank of Heavenly Official, that is, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, in the form of a decree.
Because Wang Qiong was the only important minister who did not accept bribes from King Ning during the Rebellion of King Ning, because the position of Minister of Personnel was the only one who could compete with the cabinet, and because Wang Qiong was Yang Tinghe's political enemy.
It shows that at this time, the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao finally realized one thing, that is, who was behind the scenes, Mr. Yang, whom he respected most in his life.
'The Rebellion of King Ning. '
Ji Boying frowned even more when he thought of the last vassal rebellion in the Zhengde Dynasty.
This was a rebellion that had been planned for a long time and was known to everyone in the world. Only Wuzong Zhu Houzhao was kept in the dark.
In fact, historical data from all sides prove that at that time, almost all the officials in the Manchu Dynasty knew that King Ning was going to rebel, and the cabinet, including the cabinet, was helping to hide it.
Wang Qiong, who was the Minister of War at the time, had no choice but to try his best to promote Wang Shouren to be the governor of Jiangxi. This was a helpless method, but in fact it didn't have much hope. It was completely a matter of personnel and fate.
Who knew that Mr. Wang Shouren was a wild card, he was good at theory, and he was a PLUS in fighting.
This Jiangxi governor was so fierce that he single-handedly raised a bunch of soldiers, and in just thirty-five days, he rounded up Prince Ning's rebels who had been gathering strength for more than ten years and captured them alive.
It can be called a miracle in the history of peace.
You know, it is ten times more difficult to capture Bao Yuan alive than to annihilate him.
After King Ning was arrested, although Zhu Houzhao received the news of Kanding, he still followed the original arrangement and continued to Jiangnan.
During the southern tour, a thought-provoking incident occurred. Before leaving Beijing, Zhu Houzhao made an agreement with his beloved concubine Liu Liangnv that if someone was sent to pick her up, they would bring a token of love. It might be fake.
This shows that at this time, Zhu Houzhao has realized that someone has planted a spy around him. Someone may falsely pass on the imperial edict. Otherwise, the emperor would have to rely on secret codes to pick up people? !
After Zhu Houzhao fell into the water for the first time in Kuaiyuan, he quickly summoned Wang Shouren.
And after meeting Wang Shouren, he almost didn't stop to meet Yang Yiqing, and talked secretly with Yang Yiqing for three days and three nights.
After the secret conversation, Zhu Houzhao immediately gave up his original plan to stay in Nanjing for a while and hurried back to Beijing. The dust on him was still there, and then he fell into the water for the second time.
It was all so coincidental, and it was so thought-provokingly weird.
Many people in later generations speculated that Emperor Wu Zong summoned Wang Shouren and obtained from Wang Shouren the list of bribes given by Prince Ning to courtiers and the amount of bribes. After secret discussions with Yang Yiqing, he was probably preparing to ask Yang Yiqing to come out, reorganize the cabinet, and reshape the six ministries.
Putting all the things before and after together, it is enough to form a complete chain.
From the perspective of conspiracy theory, we can draw the conclusion that when Wu Zong's front line returned to Beijing, it meant that the struggle between Emperor Wu Zong and the civil servant group reached a tense stage.
At this stage, either you die or I die.
Therefore, the powerful ministers were forced to take desperate measures.
After falling into the water for the second time, Wu Zong became seriously ill. Yang Tinghe strictly prohibited the nine gates in the capital. At the same time, he transferred Jiang Bin and other Wu Zong's confidants, and refused Wu Zong's request to change doctors. In addition, Wu Zong took a series of countermeasures during his serious illness. For example, he insisted on promoting Wang Qiong.
Everyone can see that this power struggle has reached a fever pitch.
After Ji Boying thought about it, he took a long breath.
Of course, he was thinking about these issues from his own perspective. As for what the real history is like.
No one knows.
Perhaps Wuzong Zhu Houzhao really fell into the water accidentally twice in succession.
Perhaps Emperor Zhengde really suffered from the sequelae of falling into the water, and it took him half a year to die.
Perhaps, this dissolute emperor, who was worthless in the eyes of civil servants, was really a waste.
But there is one thing that Ji Boying is sure of.
That's why the emperor of the Zhengde Dynasty didn't know why, but these civil servants should destroy the three clans one by one.
Battle of Yingzhou, Zhu Houzhao VS Mongolian little prince.
More than 200,000 people from both sides fought in the open fields for a whole day. From sunrise to sunset, the Mongolian soldiers fought in front of the emperor. They were able to be "beautified" by these civil servants into the Ming army. 52 people were killed and the Mongolian army was killed 16 people.
Moreover, when Wu Zong returned to Beijing after his great victory, the entire Hanlin Academy refused to congratulate Wu Zong. This kind of thing sounds simply unbelievable.
Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao had a good temper. If it had been Lao Zhu or Lao Zhu Di, these stupid things would have been dragged outside the Meridian Gate to be chopped one by one. They were all so used to it.
The great victory of Yingzhou, the power of the emperor to strengthen the country, could have been widely publicized, so that the people of Li were inspired by it, and the shame of the earthen fortress was eliminated.
However, the civil servants deliberately publicized it among the people, claiming that His Majesty the Emperor suffered a huge defeat, all due to the wind and sand, and the Mongolian army retreated, and His Majesty the Emperor managed to save his life in embarrassment.
After Zhu Houzhao found out about this, he was so angry that he almost lifted the table.
And the purpose of civil servants in doing this is also simple.
The emperor's personal conquest and great victory in Yingzhou aroused panic among the civil servants.
Because once the emperor directly controlled the army, the power of the civil service group would be greatly reduced. Therefore, they tried their best to discredit the emperor. The civil service group resolutely refused to recognize the victory and achievements of the "Governor-General and Military Officer, the Mighty General and the Military Officer."
My thoughts are here, so let’s stop for now.
For Ji Boying, some things need to be verified on the spot.
He looked at the windy willow outside the window again and crushed the cigarette butt in his hand.
Phew~
The wind passed by and the person was gone.
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Zhengde time and space, March of the sixteenth year of Zhengde.
Zhejiang, Yuyao.
A small three-in-one house, a small courtyard inside the house, a patch of fresh green bamboo, a thin man in his late fifties, wearing a loose red robe, standing upright with his hands behind his back. In front of the bamboo, I looked calmly at the newly grown new bamboo.
His demeanor is peaceful, as if he has entered the realm of heaven and man.
The morning breeze, mixed with the mist, stirred up the rustling sound of the bamboo forest and stirred up the man's untied gray hair.
"Mr. Yangming, are you checking bamboo again?"
A voice broke the tranquility of the small courtyard.
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I came back earlier than expected, so I rushed to write ~
This chapter has a lot of narrative, mainly because the history books are too dark about Emperor Wuzong, and I can’t stand it, so I must write it clearly for everyone.
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