A bad king is a person who does not seek his own government, but is desperate for personal interests.
So, is Zhu Qizhen a bad king?
Strictly speaking, yes, but if you know his life, I'm afraid everyone will think that 99% of the emperors in a certain dynasty were bad emperors.
Don't believe it? We continue to look down.
Zhu Qizhen, the eldest son of Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, was conferred the title of Crown Prince at the age of two and trained as a Chu army.
But after a few years, Zhu Zhanji died. As a result, Zhu Qizhen, who was only eight years old, became emperor and changed his country name to orthodoxy, but a series of problems of Daming followed.
At the age of eight, he began to reign, and his father, Zhu Zhanji, worried that it was too late to train Zhu Qizhen, even though he was educated from the womb. Therefore, in the early days of Zhu Qizhen's succession, the cabinet "Sanyang" and Zhang Taihou have been dealing with state affairs.
Don't think it's a small problem to be suspicious of the country. In fact, this is the fundamental reason why the imperial power was overwhelmed by the imperial power, which led to the disaster of the whole country.
It is a very sad thing that a supreme ruler suppressed the civil and military affairs of the Qing Dynasty at a young age.
Wang Mang's usurpation of power in the Western Han Dynasty and the rebellion of ten ministers in the late Eastern Han Dynasty are living examples and bloody lessons.
Fortunately, several late emperors Yu Wei before Daming were still there. Although the courtiers at that time were indeed a little suspicious of throwing their weight around under the leadership of "Sanyang", at least they did their duty as courtiers and didn't mess around.
In this way, it lasted eight years. After the death of "Sanyang" and the Empress Dowager, Zhu Qizhen finally ushered in his personal rule.
Guan eunuch, this is really Daming's routine operation.
Everyone said that Zhu Qizhen was fatuous to the trusted eunuch or trusted eunuch Wang Zhen. This statement is actually incorrect.
His father, Zhu Zhanji, went out of Li Si prison and improved his eunuch status. How could he go to the pit for his son?
What really puzzles Zhu Qizhen is his stupidity, youth and ignorance.
If he is a mature emperor, he will understand the real use of eunuchs, which is a double-edged sword to balance the cabinet.
If you use it well, it will be invincible, invincible. If it is not used well, it is easy to hurt yourself.
But these things, no one taught Zhu Qizhen.
He was a child when he succeeded to the throne. His father Zhu Zhanji understood, but it was no use dying.
Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Dowager Cixi, women, naturally don't understand the meaning.
And the cabinet will not say anything, even if they have figured it out, they dare not say anything that concerns the interests of their whole class.
This is why Zhu Qizhen is so stubborn. A eunuch named Wang Zhenquan didn't do a good job and did a lot of harm.
Daming's incident is comparable to the change of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty, but the consequences are not as serious as the former.
But before we talk about it, let's talk about Zhu Qizhen's attitude towards the north during his rule.
Daming went to the Northern Expedition almost every three years before his personal expedition. In the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth years of orthodoxy, he fought against the forces of Vara and Tatar in the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
In other words, it was normal for the Ming Dynasty to attack the north at that time, not that Zhu Qizhen wanted to fight on a whim.
Two years later, in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, 22-year-old Zhu Qizhen listened to the slanderers of eunuch Wang Zhen, prepared to catch up with the achievements of emperors in previous dynasties, and chose personal expedition.
Even hastily established a two-year-old prince, Zhu Jianshen, as the prince, in order to block the mouth of the empress dowager and other ministers.
But the ending was tragic. I was not only captured by the Walla forces, but also directly killed about 200,000 Daming soldiers.
His numbness lies in his high opinion of himself and his failure to realize his responsibility and responsibility as a head of state.
After all, it is still a wayward word.
Zhu Qizhen thought only about how to personally levy Walla, so as to enhance Daming's national prestige.
But he is not Judy and Zhu Zhanji. They often deal with the troops of the Wallachians and Tatars.
Zhu Qizhen has never been out of Beijing since he was born. How can he have the experience of commanding the three armies to March and fight?
As a result, this personal expedition team was completely ruined by the incompetent general Zhu Qizhen, and he himself fell into a den of thieves.
Now this phenomenon is an incompetent rich second generation. After inheriting the family business, regardless of the dissuasion of the family owner, he chose to find another way and start his own business, and the result was nothing.
Later, after Zhu Qizhen was captured, Yu Qian, the minister, could not live without the king for a day. With the consent of Empress Sun Shi, he crossed the Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen and led the ministers to establish Zhu Qizhen's half-brother Zhu Qiyu as the emperor, also known as Jingtai Emperor.
Why not choose to establish a prince, but a vassal king?
In fact, the situation at that time was much more severe than when Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne.
After the emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured by the Walla forces, his momentum became increasingly high, and he often violated the border and provoked Daming.
In the face of hostile forces, if the three-year-old Crown Prince is to be the emperor, it will be a situation of less suspicion.
Three-year-olds can't suppress the civil and military culture of Manchu Dynasty. What if a traitor and a thief appeared at that time? This kind of consequence is unimaginable and unbearable for anyone.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu became the best candidate in everyone's mind. At least Zhu Qiyu is 2 1 year old, and there are too many good princes Zhu Jianshen at his age.
In this way, Zhu Qiyu, who was put on the shelves by ducks, won the famous battle to protect Beijing in history with the help of Empress Sun Shi and Yu Qian, the minister of the Ministry of War.
How wide is the scope of this war?
When Walla attacked Beijing with Zhu Qizhen, his troops were 65,438+10,000, all cavalry.
At that time, when the Ming army was the largest in Beijing, it was only 20 thousand.
Although there were city guards, in this war, 30% of the troops died here in Vara, leaving only more than 60,000 people running back to the grassland.
Twenty thousand troops guarding the city can kill about thirty thousand cavalry. I'm afraid this kind of example was really rare in ancient times.
The leader of Walla first thought that Daming had established a new king, so it was useless to keep Zhu Qizhen, so he simply put him back.
Then, Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned by his younger brother, Jingtai Di Zhu Qiyu, for seven years. It was not until Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill and had no heir that he succeeded in becoming emperor again.
The emperor who succeeded in resetting killed Yu Qian at the first time.
His stupor lies in the fact that personal interests are higher than national interests, which is extremely selfish.
Why do you say that? In fact, even if Zhu Qiyu died of a serious illness, you can choose Zhu Jianshen, the son of Zhu Qizhen, as the emperor. After all, Zhu Jianshen is only a teenager.
Although Zhu Jianshen was a little young, Zhu Qizhen was regarded as the father of the emperor. This is better than Zhu Qizhen becoming emperor again. It's impolite.
Who was the father of the emperors reset?
Therefore, even if Zhu Qiyu died of illness and really had no children, Zhu Qizhen was not the only choice.
But Zhu Qizhen did it. Before the death of his younger brother, he began a struggle under the door and was successfully restored as emperor.
It's not that he is selfish. What is this? He can't forget the pain of being imprisoned for seven years and wants to get back the throne that should belong to him, so that he has reached the point of hysteria and despair.
And he wants to be emperor, the biggest obstacle is Yu Qian.
Because Yu Qian is a staunch supporter of Zhu Qiyu, he is also the one who calls Zhu Qizhen the Emperor's Father.
In order to establish the legitimacy and orthodoxy of his throne, Zhu Qizhen can only choose to kill Yu Qian.
But to tell the truth, Yu Qian is the minister of Daming's humerus, and killing him will do Daming no harm.
It was Zhu Qizhen who selfishly wanted to seize this position, thus ruining Yu Qian's life.
So, Zhu Qizhen lost his head for his selfishness, and completely ignored Daming's country for his own reset.
Introduction: Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen is an out-and-out headstrong man. He was selfish and willful, full of passion but didn't know it, which led to the whole Daming almost losing his country.
He is a bad king, so he doesn't need to wash.
But why did the army say that Zhu Qizhen was better than most emperors in a certain dynasty?
Let's compare it again.
Emperor Kangxi, the holy ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, was blown into the existence of an emperor through the ages by some later generations.
According to this logic, Emperor Kangxi ranked first in the Qing Dynasty, right?
Let's compare Zhu Qizhen with Emperor Kangxi, and everyone will understand what's going on.
Both of them acceded to the throne at the age of eight and were handled by the assistant minister of the DPRK. The difference is that one is fourteen and the other is sixteen.
When Zhu Qizhen was in power, it caused such tragedies as the change of the civil fort.
What happened after Kangxi came to power? San Francisco rebellion.
Don't think that Kang Xiping's San Francisco is really his credit. As a matter of fact, it was an extremely reckless move, which directly led to the five southern provinces of China and the northern Shaanxi Province falling into war again.
Among them, over 200,000 people died directly or indirectly.
Moreover, the war lasted for seven years, and the reason for its end was extremely ridiculous.
Because the great traitor Wu Sangui died suddenly, the whole South was leaderless and fell apart.
It was in this case that the Qing Dynasty was able to disintegrate one by one and quell the San Francisco rebellion.
Finally, the equally reckless Emperor Kangxi was just luckier than Zhu Qizhen and killed his opponent Wu Sangui. If Wu Sangui can still be strong, I'm afraid no one will brag about this feat of pacifying San Francisco.
Or, if Zhu Qizhen didn't use personal expedition, maybe people would know more about him.
But history does not exist. Both emperors were young and reckless, and this was not washed.
Kangxi's move is actually the same as Zhu Qizhen's killing Yu Qian. In the final analysis, it was because Ao Bai, the powerful minister, threatened the throne of Emperor Kangxi.
Here, I will focus on the characteristics of Ao Bai.
Ao Bai, one of the four assistant ministers, was born here in Huang Taiji. He was a close confidant of Huang Taiji and a loyal supporter of this school of emperors.
After all, during the Shunzhi Dynasty, Ao Bai dared to force Regent Dourgen to prove that Ao Bai would not usurp power.
So why was Kangxi so afraid of Ao Bai?
Ao Bai won't usurp power, but Ao Bai can abolish Kangxi and set up another emperor.
The reason that runs through the whole incident lies in their attitude towards the Manchu and Han nationalities.
Kangxi believes that Manchu people are born with a sense of superiority, so when appointing officials, they not only protect Manchu people everywhere and give them priority, but also condone Manchu people to kill innocent people but never punish them.
However, Ao Bai thought it was better to run the country with Han people than Manchu people.
He is an old minister who experienced Huang Taiji and Shunzhi dynasties, and countless Han ministers surrendered.
Although those Han Chinese do have personality problems, when it comes to governing the country, Manchu is continuous shooting's Monday morning quarterback.
After all, it is easier to fight the country than to defend it.
This is a fact that Ao Bai has experienced.
But where did the youthful Kangxi know this? He thinks that his people are born nobler than others, so why can't they be competent?
As a result, Ao Bai and Kangxi quarreled more and more, and even once almost reached the point of fisticuffs.
Ao Bai was afraid of Kangxi's identity, but for him, Kangxi was not the only choice. Since he didn't listen to advice, he changed it for the sake of the Great Qing Dynasty.
Kangxi was afraid of Ao Bai's power. In other words, after realizing the threat that Ao Bai might change the emperor, Kangxi could only choose to get rid of this powerful minister.
Fundamentally speaking, apart from Ao Bai, Kangxi and Zhu Qizhen killed Yu Qian together, all for their own self-interest and recklessly killed the minister.
Pacify Galdin? That's not what Kang Xi decided. He was lucky that Goldan died before him. Kangxi picked up a bargain.
Recover Taiwan Province Province? This is also good luck. At that time, Zheng Jing, the king of Yanping County, also died in front of Kangxi. In the case of leaderless Taiwan Province Province, Shi Lang opened the door to Taiwan Province Province and recovered Taiwan Province Province.
Do you still need to talk about the Treaty of Nebuchadnezzar Chu for the rest of the literary inquisition?
Kangxi came, more dizzy than Zhu Qizhen.
Therefore, even the only "Emperor through the ages" in the Qing Dynasty can't compare with Ming Yingzong and Zhu Qizhen, at most, it's just equivalent to them. So if we follow this logic, is the emperor of the whole Qing Dynasty inferior to Zhu Qizhen?
Zhu Qizhen was one of the two worst emperors in the Ming Dynasty. Please taste it carefully. Is this Daming comparable to Qing?