Chenghua-Era Ming: I Am a Corrupt Emperor

In fact, one thing that is very interesting when looking at the emperors of the Ming Dynasty is that the emperors who are highly evaluated by scholars are basically mediocre, while the emperors who are evaluated poorly are somewhat promising.

I finally read a Ming Dynasty novel with the main character, Emperor Chenghua. However, Emperor Chenghua is not easy to write. His ability can be said to be second only to Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, and even more powerful than Zhu Di. However, he was misled by the gentry and literati of the Ming Dynasty, making him look like a coward. Chenghua Zhongxing was hacked by Ming editors and turned into the ridiculous Zhongxing of his son Hongzhi. Yingzong made the Ming Dynasty look like a subjugated country. Emperor Chenghua worked hard to govern and revive the Ming Dynasty. The domestic household registration increased, the refugees were gradually appeased, and those who were beaten around did not dare to invade the border. But Emperor Chenghua was blackmailed into a coward, and his concubine Wan Guifei controlled the harem, making Emperor Chenghua lament that he had no future. Emperor Chenghua really wanted Concubine Wan Gui to give birth to an heir, but Concubine Wan Gui was indeed too old in ancient times and it was not easy to give birth to children. The eldest son died shortly after the birth of Chenghua's second year. After several years of hard work, Concubine Wan Gui still had no son. Concubine Wan Gui of Emperor Chenghua began to consider the issue of successors. Then in the fifth year of Chenghua, the emperor's second son (the prince, died at the age of 3) was born, and in the sixth year of Chenghua, the emperor's third son was born. Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty was the third son. Emperor Chenghua knew it clearly when he was born, and it was recorded in the Ming Dynasty records. However, it was revealed by unofficial historians that Concubine Wan Gui murdered Emperor Chenghua's son and hid him and raised him until he was 6 years old before Emperor Chenghua knew about it. It was because Emperor Chenghua was so powerful that his court was made of three pavilions made of paper and six ministers made of clay. He attacked the gentry and counted the household registrations. The gentry whose interests were harmed were jealous and resentful. Therefore, those gentry and literati had a grudge and made up all kinds of wild stories to make Emperor Hua Emperor Wan Guifei.

No matter how powerful Emperor Chenghua was, his son Hongzhi was completely deposed. Before Hongzhi, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was at the peak of his imperial power. After Hongzhi, his ancestors made etiquette and cheated the court. Before Hongzhi, the emperor favored his concubines and killed his wife, abolished and killed ministers, and replaced him with a prince. Whatever the emperor said was true, there was no nonsense that was not in line with etiquette.

I feel that Emperor Chenghua was discredited by you. Either the gentry was against it, or all the high-ranking officials were against it, without fear. The gentry and high-ranking officials were described as too powerful, and Emperor Chenghua was described as very weak. Although they killed many people, they were not afraid. Logically speaking, Emperor Chenghua was a decisive person in killing. The time was not so difficult, but there was still back and forth, because at this time the power of the officials and gentry was not as strong as in the later period, and during this period of the Ming Dynasty, power should be highly concentrated, and nothing could stop the imperial power. As a result, what you wrote is so ugly, it feels like there is a rebellion in the local area, and the officials have no moral integrity at all. It is not the Donglin party struggle in the later period, and Emperor Chenghua was seriously weakened. I don't want to watch anymore

Emperor Chenghua's skills can be said to be quite good, but his son was not strong enough and fully compromised with the civil servant group. The eldest grandson acted recklessly and melted into water. . . . . The grandson of the second son's family is even more speechless. The skill is superb, but it seems that it is not used in serious matters.

Cheng Hua, he will be the only one from Hongwu and Yongle, the others are too good, and he is so bad in movies and TV series, Yong Zhengzheng still has the halo of being a female channeler.

Emperor Chenghua is the orthodox one, and Chenghua Liting is coming...

Zhu Jianru was indeed the top emperor of the Ming Dynasty except Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. After taking over, there were a lot of messes, and he solved them one by one Governing chaos, governing the people, and governing officials Putting down Jingxiang, crusading against the Jurchens, suppressing the rebellion in Guyuan, the Battle of Red Salt Pond, repairing the Great Wall Governoring Shaanxi and regulating the Jingxiang area. Use Xichang to suppress corrupt officials Unfortunately, I originally wanted to take back Annan and return to the West (the book was hidden by Liu Mansions). Then Concubine Wan Guifei croaked and he croaked along with her. It was difficult to hold back

In the author's mind, there were no scholars in the Ming Dynasty? There are no more people who want to be officials or want to be officials? ? ?

To be honest, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty eliminated the first two, and there were only two promising emperors: Zhu Jianshen and Zhu Houzhao. Jun Renxuan and Ming Xiaozong can only be regarded as examples of Shoucheng Jun, because in the eyes of a modern person like me, it's okay if you don't want to fight, but giving up your own territory is nothing, dddd. When Zhu Jianshen came to the throne, millions of refugees in the world rebelled (you said that Chongzhen had no chance to come back, why don't you go and see Zhu Jianshen's situation), and northern tribes often invaded the south. But even so, he still came back, even expanded his territory, and kept the Ming Dynasty. Those who understand will know the meaning of Xianzong. The four Xianzong emperors in Chinese history can also be regarded as the masters of ZTE. Zhu Houzhao, an emperor with extraordinary talent in martial arts and extraordinary martial arts, re-established the nine-sided defense line of the Ming Dynasty and trained the Ming Dynasty army. Unfortunately, his methods were too rough, his nature was playful, his relationship with the court was too tense, and he would not support some ministers who supported him. In the end, he was collectively opposed by the civil servants (in my personal opinion, I don't believe in conspiracy theories, because the power of the Ming Dynasty emperor is really great, and he has been since childhood) He was so pampered by Xiaozong and his wife, plus he was fond of martial arts and didn't care about court affairs, so the opposition from the ministers was reasonable. After all, if you look at his attitude towards Prince Ning's rebellion, you can see that he was more playful than governing the country), but I still think he is a promising king.