Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao

Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao was often called the "Carpenter Emperor" by later generations. The reason why he is addicted to woodworking is not that he cannot understand the world, but because he saw earlier than anyone else: the heart of this old house in the Ming Dynasty has been hollowed out. The aftermath of the red pill has not yet dissipated, and the young emperor has ascended the throne. There is war in Liaodong outside, but inside there is an empty treasury, endless party strife, and unsustainable frontier pay. Qingliu talks about integrity, but often shrinks from reality; Wei Zhongxian comes from a humble background, but can use the sharpest and dirtiest means to push forward the political situation. Zhu Youxiao knew that Wei Zhongxian was a knife, and he also knew that the knife was poisonous. But when everyone in the court said "no", when Liaodong was short of food, Jiangnan was in arrears, and the national treasury was out of money, the man who knelt in front of him and said "I will do it as a slave" became the only tool in his hands. On the sick bed, Zhu Youxiao summoned the letter king Zhu Youjian to the palace. He left the most dangerous and complicated last words: "Wei Zhongxian can be appointed." But the real second half of the sentence is: You can do whatever you want, but not your heart. Don't use a knife as a bridge. After the collapse of Tianqi, Chongzhen succeeded to the throne. Wei Zhongxian fell, Donglin rose again, Qingliu's reputation returned, and the court seemed to see the light of day again. But Zhu Youjian soon discovered: the knife was gone, but Liang had not been found. The treasury is still empty, Liaodong is still in danger, Jiangnan is still rich, and the people are still suffering. Finally, he walked into the wooden workshop left by Zhu Youxiao and saw that the water wheel was still stiff, the wooden birds had not flown, the nail holes on the Liaodong wooden plate had become loose, and the desk was full of sawdust. This is not a story about a cowardly king who harmed the country and a powerful eunuch who disrupted the government. This is a story about an emperor who saw that his old house was about to collapse, but failed to repair it after all.