Emperor Zheng was the eldest son of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty, and his only brother, Zhu Houhui, died young. He is the only adult son of Xiaozong, who became the Crown Prince at the age of two. He was born smart, but in the Qing Dynasty, unofficial history often said that he was happy and indulged in sensual enjoyment.
When he first ascended the throne, he set off firecrackers on the dog's back with monkeys in Fengtian Hall, the main hall of the palace. 1514 65438+10 In October, Zhu presented hundreds of brand-new lanterns at four o'clock in the Lantern Festival. These lanterns are very simple and exquisite, and they are filled with gunpowder. Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty ordered his men to hang themselves. Finally, this "accident" ignited gunpowder, and Zheng De embarked on the road of protecting Wu. He looked back at the flame and even smiled and said, "This is a big fireworks display." . In fact, whether Wu Zong said this or not, Xia Xie's words in Tong Mingjian in Qing Dynasty need textual research. However, according to historical records, two days later, on the non-Wushu Festival, he regarded North Korea and Fengtianmen as a curse, but he did not stand up for abdication, so he wrote a letter to himself, asking the civil and military officials to repair the province together. This paragraph is often deliberately ignored. Since then, he has often left the imperial capital Yanjing and wandered around looking for flowers for months or even a year. People harassed along the road and fled into the valley.
Eunuch and Leopard House
He didn't want to live in the Forbidden City while he was in the capital. He built a "leopard house" outside the palace to live in, trained tigers and leopards himself, and selected a large number of beautiful women to have sex with them. There are countless Toy Boy, the so-called "second child".
Emperor Zheng De doesn't like going to court. At first, he preferred eunuchs called "Eight Tigers", such as Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Qiu Ju and Gu Dayong. After 5 10 put down the rebellion of King Anhua, he ordered Liu Jin to be executed and gave preferential treatment to samurai and others.
Zheng's favorite ghosts and gods are always accompanied by foreign wizards and monks from the western regions, Mongolia, Tibet and the Korean Peninsula. Emperor Zheng De also studied Tibetan Buddhism and claimed to be a great treasure king. Zheng Di also personally met with Pelaes, the first Portuguese ambassador to China. Zheng, because his zodiac is a pig, once ordered a nationwide ban on the sale of pork, but he still eats pork himself,' internal approval is still in use'; Under the opposition of Yang Tinghe, a college student, it was abolished immediately.
The Battle of Yingzhou and the Rebellion of Wangning
Emperor Zheng De "tried to conquer himself with martial arts". In October of the twelfth year of Zheng De's reign, under the instigation of Jiang Bin, he claimed to be "Zhu Shou, the general of military affairs in the town", personally invaded the border Fu Xuan, defeated the little Mongolian prince Tatar, and gave his surname after returning home. History is called "Yingzhou Victory".
15 19, rebellion broke out in Wang Ning. Wang Ning and Zhu fought in Nanchang, Jiangxi, regardless of the emperor. In the name of personal expedition, he traveled to the south of the Yangtze River and learned that Wang Shouren, the governor of Gannan, put down the rebellion and captured Wang Ning alive. Emperor Zheng concealed the news first and continued to travel south. After Jinling surrendered, Zhu was released under false pretence and became a "town general", and he was captured himself. When he left Yangzhou, Emperor Zheng De asked Jiang Yao, a local official, to honor his farewell dinner, but when Jiang Yao refused on the grounds that the emperor wanted to be frugal, Emperor Zheng De only whispered a word "stingy".
die
Eight months later, on the way back to Yanjing, Emperor Zheng De went to school in Qingjianpo, Huai 'an, and fishermen cast nets. As a game, he fell into the water and got sick. 152 1 year, Emperor Zheng De died of vomiting blood due to illness. Before he died, he said to the company, "Everything in the past is wrong. You can't interfere. " In the collapsed leopard house, he was only 30 years old and was buried in Kangling. Su, posthumous title Narita Avenue, Zhao Zhede, Gong Xianhongwen, Yi.
As there were no children born out of wedlock, other ministers in Yang Tinghe made wills. According to the patriarchal clan system, Zhu Hou _
Although Emperor Zheng De was bohemian, he acted foolishly and ignored the national government, which caused rebellion from the day he was born. He died of pleasure when he was young. But, on the one hand, he can tolerate ministers who don't give advice to others. Between monarch and minister, mistakes can be corrected, and adulterers can be eliminated. In recent years, historians have different views on this. Zhu Houzhao just likes to play, was born in a royal family, and expected to be free. Judging from his great victory in Yingzhou, he was also a truly talented and learned emperor.