Now the Gan Qing Palace in the Forbidden City is magnificent and huge, which can accommodate hundreds of people, but who would have thought that it was only the bedroom of the Ming and Qing emperors? & gt& gt There is a warm pavilion at the back of Gan Qing Palace. There are 9 rooms, each of which is divided into upper and lower floors. Each room is connected by stairs, and each room has 3 beds. Therefore, Gan Qing Palace has 27 beds for the emperor to choose freely. For his own safety, the emperor randomly selected beds every day and never revealed them. But the emperor was used to reaching out with clothes and his mouth full of food, and he always wanted the maid-in-waiting to serve himself. Therefore, the bed design of Gan Qing Palace is transparent to maids. The maid-in-waiting knows exactly which bed the emperor sleeps in every time. & gt& gt What will happen if the maid-in-waiting tries to assassinate the emperor? The only event in history that sent the emperor to the nearest heaven was the mastermind of the palace maid. & gt& gt In the twenty-first year of Jiajing (1542)1in the early morning of March 27th, the maid-in-waiting put a rope around her neck, which was an attempted murder that affected Zhu Hou's later life and the political situation after the Ming Dynasty. After the "etiquette debate", the "Renyin Palace Change" was unclear, which deepened Zhu Hou's paranoid behavior. & gt& gt Everything has to start with Zhu Houdao's superstition. Wang Xing's family has a tradition of advocating Taoism. In the second year of Jiajing, there was a drought in the northwest and a flood in the south in autumn. Zhu Hou is very worried. Eunuch Cui Wen took the opportunity to play, saying that it is cursed for Taoist priests to beat alchemists. Zhu Hou summoned Fang Shishao, agreed to set up an altar in the palace, and sent 20 young eunuchs to put on robes and learn to chant Buddhist scriptures. Gan Qing Palace, Kunning Palace, Xitian Factory, Xifan Factory, Han Jing Factory, Wuhua Palace, Xinnuange, Dongcige and other places in the Forbidden City continued to build Taoist altars under Zhu Hou's orders, just like an avenue courtyard. It is not known whether Taoist rituals are effective in eliminating natural disasters, but Zhu Hou found spiritual comfort from the illusory and complicated Taoist rituals, and then almost devoted all his thoughts to cultivating immortals and realizing Taoism. & gt& gt Zhu Hou's devotion to Taoism is not limited to private behavior, but also extends to the whole country. First of all, he gave the world of the Ming Dynasty a strong Taoist color. In order to spoil Taoism, Zhu Hou abandoned Buddhism, destroyed gold and silver Buddha statues 169, and Buddhist gold and silver utensils 1300 kilograms were burned in the street. Taoist priests held high positions during Jiajing period and began to set foot in politics. Taoist Shao, Tao, Duan Chaoyong, Gong Kepei and Hu Dashun were appointed as court officials. Zhu Hou indulged in fasting, and if he didn't eat, he would eat. There was no empty day in the month. No matter whether Zhu Hou is big or small in political affairs, please ask him to show it to the gods. If he can't, he will ask for instructions again and again. If it succeeds, it will repay the grace of the gods. Finally, Zhu Hou gradually developed to stop going to court and just stop fighting all day. & gt& gt Secondly, the talent selection system in the Ming Dynasty is also shrouded in Taoism. Zhu Hou looks at a person not by his political achievements, but by his ability to write "green words" (words written on an ivy paper to pray for the gods). In the early days, Xia Yan became a noun because he was good at writing clear words. Therefore, learning Qing Ci writing has become a compulsory course for some have it both ways officials. 1542, Yan Song was praised by Jiajing for writing two wonderful articles. He was worshipped as a scholar by the ministers of the Ministry of Rites in Wuyingdian, joined the Wen Yuan Pavilion to participate in military aircraft, and finally came to power. Although Zhu Hou's record of corruption in Yan Song is clear, he just doesn't deal with it. In the late Jiajing period, Zhu Hou was bent on practicing and refused to go to court. The court was controlled by Yan Song. He and his son Yan Shifan have been in power for 20 years. They are called "big prime ministers and small prime ministers" and become big traitors who wronged the country and endangered the people. & gt& gt 1542 10, in the atmosphere of the Forbidden City, there was a "Renyin Palace Rebellion" in the harem in which maids plotted to assassinate Zhu Hou. & gt& gt Zhu Houai had a concubine named Cao, named him, and drank with him day and night in the harem. There is a maid-in-waiting named Yang beside her. Yang was scolded by Sejong for a little thing and was almost pushed out for questioning. Begging for Yang Yi's life. & gt& gt654381On the evening of October 20th, Zhu Hou and Duan Fei were drinking in the bedroom. Finally, I got drunk and fell asleep in bed. Duan Fei tucked Zhu Hou in and went to another room so that the emperor could have a good sleep. & gt& gt2 1, 16 in the early morning, Yang and other ladies-in-waiting who were watching the war put a rope around Zhu Hou's neck, and some ladies-in-waiting rode on him, bent on killing the emperor. Who knows that this noose was tied into a fast knot by Yang in advance. No matter how hard the maids tried, Zhu Hou didn't die. & gt& gt Just when the deadlock in killing was fruitless and people were impetuous, a servant girl named Zhang Jinlian left first. She naively thought that Zhu Hou could not be strangled by a rope because of the protection of the gods. Hurriedly ran out to report to Queen Fang, who listened to the newspaper and ran to the bedroom with a group of maids to save her. Duan Fei was still sleeping when she came to the bedroom. When Yang and others heard that a large number of reinforcements were coming from outside the city, they were shocked and fled. In the panic, Queen Fang was also punched by the maid-in-waiting. Finally, there was chaos in the palace, and more and more people came. 16 All the maids were arrested. & gt& gt Queen Fang untied the rope around Empress Zhu's neck, and Empress Zhu was unconscious, so someone poured water to wake him up. Zhu Houxing turned around and Duan Fei came running nervously in a daze. Queen Fang had been enemies for a long time, and now she just used the topic to throw the rope in her face and sternly accused treason and regicide. When Zhu Hou was still awake, Queen Fang ordered the torture and arrest of maids. Thus, a regicide group headed by Cao Shi, Ning and Yang came into being. Afterwards, the secretary tortured the maid-in-waiting several times and extorted a confession by torture, and finally came to the conclusion: "Yang and others conspired with the party. Zhang Jinlian, Xu Qiuhua, etc. All the lights are turned off and they are punished together. " Yang's confession recorded in the inscription "Building" said: On the 19th of this month, Wang He and Cao Shichang were talking about lighting a lamp, saying: Do it quickly, or you will die in our hands (maybe the word "He" was left out at that time, or maybe it was deliberately avoided). Finally, Cao Shi and Wang are the masterminds, and Yang is the mastermind. & gt& gt According to the results of the trial by the bailiff, Zhu Hou issued a decree saying: "These rebellious maids conspired with Cao Shi and Wang to stay in the dormitory. They are extremely vicious and rebellious, and they deserve to die. Now that you have interrogated them, they will all be executed according to law. If they are involved, check them out one by one, take the Royal Guards to the Ministry of Justice, execute them according to law, confiscate their property and put them into the state treasury. Although Chen Furong was a rebellious maid, she was prevented from investigating. I respect this. " After the execution, the punishments and other yamen reported: "I was ordered by the imperial edict to bind the criminals to the city of Cao with Zhang Qian and Governor Zuo, put them to death one by one according to law, show the bodies to the public, and put the yellow rope and yellow silk Buffon into the warehouse. Then continue to arrest the relatives of the prisoners and execute them according to law. " & gt& gt This palace accident has passed, and Queen Fang has become the biggest beneficiary. Queen Fang was rewarded for being the hero of the diligent king's rescue. Queen Fang's father's name is Hou Ping-an, and he is from Jinbo Ping-an. Because of her daughter's contribution, it is an unprecedented reward in the Ming Dynasty, which shows Zhu Hou's affirmation and gratitude for saving his life. However, Zhu Hou later remembered the mutual affection with Duan Fei and seriously thought about the murder that night. He inquired about Duan Fei's maid carefully and learned that Duan Fei had no knowledge of the murder in advance and was obviously killed unfairly. Zhu Hou wanted to punish Fang Niangniang, but he thought that Fang Niangniang saved his life after all, and finally got nothing. In the 26th year of Jiajing (1547), the harem caught fire. When eunuchs came to report that the fire had reached the queen's palace, Zhu Hou did not allow people to put out the fire. It is said that he also said to himself, "What a retribution. That thing likes to hurt people Today is doomed. " After the fire was put out, Queen Fang was badly burned and dying, and soon died. Zhu Hou is a very contradictory person. Afterwards, he remembered the benefits of Queen Fang's life and personally named posthumous title filial piety. The place where the burial is scheduled is called Yongling. & gt& gt Because the "Renyin Palace Change" involved palace secrets, the Ming Dynasty tried its best to cover it up. Historical records are rarely recorded, and the government is silent. As a result, various opinions of the people spread like wildfire and eventually became a mystery of the court. & gt& gt The first statement, which is also the most widely circulated among the people, holds that the "Renyin Palace Change" was caused by Emperor Jiajing's mistreatment of maids in order to educate them. Zhu Hou not only attached importance to Taoism himself, but also made great efforts to refine Dan medicine. At that time, there was an alchemist named Liang Gaofu, in his eighties, with white hair and beard and nails five or six inches long. He claimed to have a health-preserving spell, and Zhu Hou trusted him. At that time, Zhu Hou was over 50 years old, and his physical strength and energy were not as good as before, but there were more and more concubines in the harem, but Zhu Hou could not cope with them one by one, and many concubines also complained. Liang Gaofu taught Zhu Hou a kind of refining * * *, and asked Zhu Hou to select more than 300 girls aged 8 to 14 and raise them in the palace, and carefully synthesize pills with the menarche of 7749 virgins, which is called "congenital pure red lead". Zhu Hou really felt stronger after eating food, so he named Liang Gaofu Miao Tong to disperse the crowd. The harem also selected 160 girls aged around 10 as altar attendants. From the 26th year of Jiajing (1547) to the 43rd year of Jiajing (1564), there were 1080 ladies-in-waiting aged from 8 to 14 who were elected to the Ming court, and these ladies-in-waiting were treated badly. Zhu Hou, because he heard from the alchemist that alchemy with dew every morning is effective and can live forever, he drove many maids out to collect dew in the early hours of the morning. In order to keep the ladies clean, he didn't allow them to eat anything, only mulberries and dew. In order to collect enough raw materials for alchemy, Zhu Hou also forced the maids to take drugs to induce menstrual bleeding. Maids-in-waiting were not only physically and mentally damaged, but also lost too much blood, even blood collapsed and many people died. Under the harsh living conditions and dangerous mental state, the ladies-in-waiting are all worried, and many people have sprouted a sense of resistance, trying to kill Zhu Hou and end up with him. This statement is reasonable and most believed. & gt& gt The second argument is that the mastermind of the Wang family in Ning 'an initiated this palace change. In the fifteenth year of Jiajing (1536), Wang Ning 'an became Prince Zhu Housheng. Traditionally, Wang should be promoted as a concubine, but somehow, she didn't get promoted. In the harem struggle, fame and status are almost all the concubines' lifelong pursuits. Ning was dissatisfied with this matter, so while Zhu Hou was drunk in the palace, he ordered Yang and other maids who were dissatisfied with the emperor to strangle the emperor as revenge, and at the same time he could put the blame on Cao Shi, who was favored. The person who put forward this statement infers from the logic of palace fighting, but it doesn't make sense from emotion to reason. In order to compete for favor and fame, it is not necessary for Wang to take Zhu Houzhi's life; Moreover, after the death of Zhu Hou, Wang won't get any benefits. Another logical flaw is that 16 ladies-in-waiting were all bought by the king, with the same attitude, and tried to kill Zhu Houzhi regardless of their lives. This is unlikely. & gt& gt The third argument is that this palace change involves a concubine and a large number of maids, so some people speculate that it may be a political struggle. They think that the mastermind is the loser of external political struggle, and Zhu Hou's political enemies use concubines to get rid of Jiajing Emperor's political conspiracy. However, there is no direct or indirect evidence to support this statement, and the least people believe it. & gt& gt The biggest political consequence of "The Change of Renyin Palace" is that Zhu Houyue has gone further and further on the negative political road. Zhu Hou narrowly escaped the palace change, thinking that he was blessed by ghosts and gods and believed in Taoism more. He left all the state affairs to Yan Song, disguised himself as a Taoist priest and moved to the west to seek immortality. As a result, Zhu Hou became more and more autistic and stubborn. "Idle boudoir is just an accusation against the shadow of Zhaoyang", and the truth of "Renyin Palace Change" is unknown, but it adds a mystery to the palace in vain.