At the beginning of Emperor Jiajing's accession to the throne, he abolished the ignorant politics of the first dynasty and established a new dynasty. Jiajing has extraordinary qualifications. He likes learning, has a good brain, reads widely and is fast. When he was sensible, he attended all the routine ceremonies and ceremonies in the palace and was taken to the palace and court in Beijing to familiarize himself with court etiquette and etiquette rules. He matured too early. Influenced by his living environment and education, he gradually developed the habit of feeling good about himself, being withdrawn and pretentious. After his father died in July of 15 19, he took over the management of the palace at the age of 13, showing high management ability. He/kloc-entered Beijing at the age of 0/5, and his ideological system and world outlook have already taken shape. Under the guidance of this thought, his strategy of governing the country was gradually formed with the help of several trusted ministers. Emperor Jiajing's general plan of governing the country can be sorted out from his life's work: using old officials, doing filial piety, getting rid of old disadvantages and revitalizing the court. His general plan of governing the country is the result of adopting the "Ten Articles of the State", and Jiajing himself has also practiced it. It was this strategy that enabled him to gain a firm foothold and seize power when he was young.
Emperor Jiajing was unconventional and not so conservative. In the ninth year of Jiajing, in order to consolidate the imperial power and establish the image of "the king of England", the sacrificial activities with the main content of rectifying the feudal sacrificial system began. A series of clean-up and revision measures have been implemented one after another, such as worshipping the world on different days, canceling the title of King Confucius and restoring the title of "the most sacred master". Although these have nothing to do with political and economic reform, they are all the results of Emperor Jiajing's daring to change the patriarchal clan system. When Emperor Jiajing corrected the sacrificial ceremony, he changed many regulations made by Zhu Yuanzhang, such as the unity of heaven and earth, Confucius sacrificial ceremony and so on. This undoubtedly shook the old idea that patriarchal clan system cannot be changed, and cleared the ideological obstacles for reform activities to a certain extent. At the same time, in the face of a serious financial crisis, Emperor Jiajing also took some measures to clean up social ills in order to save the increasingly obvious decline of the dynasty. From this point of view, he supported the tax and service reform initiated by local officials and allowed this reform to be implemented in some areas, which paved the way for the introduction of new tax and service collection systems, such as the "flogging law" and its local implementation.
The patriarchal clan system was promulgated and implemented by Emperor Jiajing in order to solve the patriarchal clan system problem that puzzled the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and it was an important achievement of the reform of Jiajing Dynasty. The suzerain-vassal system of the Ming Dynasty began at the beginning of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). Under this system, the royal family passed down from generation to generation, only enjoying generous treatment, but doing nothing, becoming a parasitic class supported by the court. With the passage of time, there are more and more royal families, and the burden of the court is getting heavier and heavier. During the Hongwu period, Shanxi was only the king of Shanxi Province. By the time of Sejong, the population of Shanxi had increased sharply to more than 20,000 people. The Milu paid by the imperial court also increased from 10000 stone per year to more than 872000 stone. The Ming Dynasty was burdened with a heavy burden, which became more and more unbearable. Facing the serious problem of "vassal", Emperor Jiajing took a series of measures to try to solve this problem. Among them, the "Patriarchal Ordinance" promulgated and implemented in Jiajing forty-four years has achieved remarkable results. On the one hand, it restricted Wang Zongfan's fief activities; On the other hand, it reduced the secret wealth of the prince and stipulated dozens of specific terms. To some extent, this limited the expansion of imperial aristocratic forces and slightly reduced the financial burden of the court. The reform measures implemented by the emperor
Emperor Jiajing adopted a cruel policy of governing the country, punishing his ministers with court orders, fines, dismissal and imprisonment. At the same time, he likes to listen to flattery, and every flatterer will be promoted This makes the honest officials who share the worries for the country suffer repeated blows, snobbish traitors are promoted, chickens and dogs are promoted to heaven, and the social atmosphere is becoming more and more corrupt. In order to firmly control the power of the imperial court, Emperor Jiajing often deliberately created and used contradictions among courtiers to make them fight with each other, so as to achieve the purpose of manipulating and mastering power in the middle. This bad practice made the disputes between courtiers intensified, which triggered the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty.
In the first month of Jiajing forty-five years, Zhu Houxi's condition deteriorated, and this year was the last stop of his life. Say goodbye to Xiyuan, where he lived for 24 years, and Emperor Jiajing will never see it again. Reluctantly promoted to an official position, full of fear and indifference. God gave him the throne, but only the body and wisdom of an ordinary man. When he couldn't bear the tedious burden of government affairs, he began to escape, which was almost the same as his cousin Ming Wuzong in essence. He fasted and burned himself to make a net, hoping to isolate himself from the whole society, get inspiration and happiness from the music praising saints, and get eternal life. But in the end, what he got was loneliness. 1567, Emperor Jiajing died at the age of 60. After his death, he was buried in the "Yongling" of the Ming Tombs in Beijing, and died in memory of Hongren, Emperor Guangwu of Wenxuan.
Summing up his life course, he inherited it from the age of 16. In nearly half a century, he was accompanied by the government's major policies shrouded in smoke and dust, a dangerous court, endless cabinet competition, the rebellion of border guards and the rebellion of hungry people. It can be said that Emperor Jiajing is neither an "English Sect" nor a "bad king", and it is more appropriate to evaluate him as a "master of Chinese studies".