Zhu Houzong, Emperor Jiajing, was the 1 1 emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He is the grandson of Zhu Jianshen, Ming Xianzong, and the son of Zhu Shiyuan, the king of Xingxian County. Originally, according to the succession order of the throne, Emperor Jiajing was basically "out of touch" with the emperor's throne. However, in the sixteenth year of Zheng De (152 1), Zhu Houzhao, the most playful emperor of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty, died unexpectedly. Because Emperor Zhengde had no children, Zhu Houzong's cousin accidentally found such a bargain.
Emperor Jiajing was very clever since he was a child, and it was for this reason that Yang Tinghe, the then cabinet official, strongly recommended him as the new king of the Ming Dynasty. Many times in history, when the regime was handed over, the powerful ministers made fools emperor, so that they could control state affairs. As the actual head of the imperial court, Yang Tinghe chose the extremely wise Zhu Houzong to succeed to the throne, which shows that the old man who is over 60 years old really devoted himself to the Ming Dynasty.
brief introduction
Emperor Jiajing was extremely clever. With his intelligence, he is fully capable of reviving the Ming Dynasty. However, he completely used his intelligence in imperial politics. Although he has been dealing with state affairs during his reign, his starting point is not for the country, but only to safeguard his supreme authority. He is superstitious about the fable that the alchemist said that "two dragons can't meet each other". He hasn't seen his son for a long time, and the affection between father and son is nothing.
Emperor Jiajing reigned for more than forty years, and the national strength of the Ming Dynasty did not improve. Although some people called him "Jiajing Zhongxing" in the early days of his reign, in fact, this so-called ZTE did not achieve much, far less than his previous "Hongzhi Zhongxing" and his later "Wanli Zhongxing". The biggest problem of Emperor Jiajing was that he obviously had the ability to do it well, but he ignored these forty years and devoted all his energy to playing imperial power and alchemy. If you want to evaluate Emperor Jiajing in one sentence, it is: he is not a good man or a good emperor!
In the late Jiajing period, the overall strength of the Ming Dynasty declined, but it was far from the brink of national subjugation. Although he was not a good emperor, the Ming Dynasty "began to die in Jiajing" pot, and Emperor Jiajing said that he would not recite it!