Why is Zhu Jianshen unpopular?
Judging from his achievements, Zhu Jianshen's ability is obviously much higher than his father's, and his mind is far broader than his father's. So why is such an emperor unpopular with history? I think there are two main points:
One is that during the reign of Zhu Jianshen, the Nuzhen nationality in the northeast of China was attacked on a large scale, as the history books called it? Chenghua Liyuan? Because the history of the Ming Dynasty was written by the Qing Dynasty, it was naturally extremely unpopular with the emperors who made them almost extinct.
Another reason is that Zhu Jianshen was hacked, that is, during the reign of Zhu Jianshen, the factory guards in the Ming Dynasty were the most rampant, and Zhu Jianshen founded the West Factory on the basis of the Ming Dynasty and Royal Guards.
We all know the two major organizations of the Ming Dynasty: Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Royal Guards was created by Zhu Yuanzhang to strengthen the centralized monitoring of officials at that time. Later, Judy of Ming Chengzu was there? Royal Guards? On this basis, the East Factory was established, which has greater rights than the Royal Guards and can monitor the Royal Guards. Because these two organizations were used by the emperor to monitor? Civil service groups? At that time, the civil service group naturally didn't like the factory health organization, so the struggle between the Royal Guards, the East Factory and the civil service group was also seen in the history books, and the emperor who reused the factory health organization naturally became the focus of smearing by the civil service group. And Zhu Jianshen and Ming Xianzong became Wang Zhi because of their reuse? Civil service groups? The object of attention, those civilian groups who always hate factories, naturally have no good looks on Zhu Jianshen.
Zhu Jianshen was founded? West factory? Reuse of Wang Zhi led to opposition from the ruling and opposition parties.
Twelve years of Chenghua, one is called? Black? Rare natural phenomena, in? Black? Shortly after this phenomenon, a charlatan named Li Zilong colluded with the eunuchs in the palace at that time and broke into ouchi privately. After this incident, Zhu Jianshen realized that he still knew nothing about the world outside the palace. In this case, he needs someone to look after Daming for him. In this case, Wang Zhi appeared.
When Zhu Jianshen pacified the Yao people, Wang Zhi was a prisoner. He was only thirteen or fourteen at that time. However, he looks young, but he knows how to read people's thoughts. Besides, this man is very capable, so Zhu Jianshen ordered him to create it? West factory? See the world for him.
Wang Zhi did have a bad reputation in history, but Wang Zhi was indeed a very capable person. Soon after he took office, his influence spread all over the world, and even the original organization, East Factory, was candidly admit defeat. In the Ming dynasty, the factory guard had great power, because he did not belong to any organization, but directly obeyed the emperor. In other words, no matter how high your position is, the West Factory does not need to go through the normal impeachment, arrest and review procedures. He can arrest you at any time, even secretly execute you, and once you enter that place, even ghosts are afraid? Prison? Then you don't even have a chance to survive
After the establishment of the West Factory, many ministers were arrested or killed without knowing it, naturally? Civil service groups? The opposition, the cabinet record at that time, even forced Zhu Jianshen to quit the West Factory by resignation. Due to the strong opposition of the ruling and opposition parties, Zhu Jianshen had no choice but to abolish the West Factory.
However, a month later, Zhu Jianshen once again resumed the status of the West Factory. But this time, no matter how much pressure the ruling and opposition parties put on Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianshen did not abolish the West Factory, which lasted from the 12th year of Chenghua to the 18th year of Chenghua, and Wang Zhi fell out of favor.
When future generations mention the history of the Ming Dynasty, strange-looking eunuch images will immediately emerge in their minds, commanding the Royal Guards to kill people without blinking an eye. This is due to the West Factory, and Zhu Jianshen and Ming Xianzong bear the brunt, so Ming Xianzong's notoriety in history is also due to the West Factory.