It stands to reason that a monarch who has been in office for such a short time can't do anything that will make him famous in history.
However, Zhu Gaochi, Emperor Renzong of the Ming Dynasty, was an exception. He is generous, kind and compassionate. He helped his father Judy "stabilize" the country, saw clearly the direction of the country, changed the national policy in time, and made a good start for the prestigious "benevolent government".
Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had four sons, in descending order: Zhu, Zhu Gao Xie.
Except for the early death of the fourth son, the other three sons were born to Queen Xu. Among Judy's philosophers, Zhu Yuanzhang liked Zhu Gaochi very much, the grandson of the emperor who was famous for his elegance and kindness, and personally named him the Prince of Yan.
Judy thinks differently. Zhu Gaochi, the eldest son, is calm, knowledgeable and steady, but his legs and feet are inconvenient and he is very fat. He can't be as brave and diligent as his second son Zhu, but he can fight with himself and make great achievements.
Historically, Zhu Gaochi, who has a poor personal image and is clumsy, loves food, but he is by no means a glutton. The most similar thing between him and his father Judy is his superb archery.
According to Ming History, Zhu Gaochi "took a long time to hit, but he hit all the balls", which shows that Zhu Gaochi still has some "hard work".
Besides, Zhu Gaochi likes reading and learning calligraphy quietly since he was a child. He actively studied the essence of Confucianism. The essence of the book also nourished his heavy and calm temperament and taught him to live a forbearing life. At an early age, Zhu Gaochi learned to treat problems and others with empathy.
Zhu Gaochi stuck to Beijing in the battle of Jingnan, helped his father Judy to ascend the throne smoothly, and established Yuan Yongle.
At that time, due to insufficient troops, Judy only left Zhu Gaochi with 1000 troops as the rear defenders. He gave full play to his characteristics of being good at uniting his subordinates and being able to adopt their good strategies, and fought calmly with Li Jinglong, a military commander who led a 500,000-strong army. Finally, Li Jinglong was forced to retreat, and Zhu Gaochi also created a miracle of guarding the city by ten thousand people.
It can be said that Zhu Gaochi's stability and alertness in the rear played a great role in Judy's victory in the battle of Jingnan.
Judy has been hesitant to consider Chu Jun since she proclaimed herself emperor.
Zhu Gaosui, the youngest son, was not considered because of his mediocre qualifications. The second son, Zhu, was as brave and good at fighting as he was when he was young, with little writing and a bad temper.
Zhu Gaochi and Judy are the eldest sons recognized by the prince and the patriarchal clan system, and their hearts are always full of contradictions. Finally, Zhu Gaochi's son and "good grandson" Zhu Zhanji played a great role at the critical moment, so in the second year of Yongle, Zhu Gaochi was made a prince and became the Chu Jun of Daming.
Judy, who can be a good fighter, proclaimed herself emperor, and chose to continue to fight around and explore the territory, consciously leaving a bunch of political affairs to Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, who stayed in Kyoto.
Zhu Gaochi has been a prince for more than 20 years, and there have been six historical events of acting as imperial power and supervising the country.
Zhu Gaochi's appointment as state inspector is a thorny issue. He can't go too far and make his father afraid of himself. At the same time, he should always be careful to prevent his two younger brothers from slandering and deceiving others.
Even so, Zhu Gaochi won the support of civil servants by virtue of his kind nature. He not only used his intelligence to handle government affairs in an orderly way, but also left a good reputation for himself in the ruling and opposition circles.
It must be said that Zhu Gaochi has been fully trained and practiced in the process of supervising state governance, and accumulated a lot of experience in governing the country for inheriting the Ming Dynasty.
On one occasion, Zhu Gaochi asked Yang Shiqi, a civil servant, to talk about the level of poetry and prose, but Yang Shiqi said: Poetry and prose are idle, and deep study will only make people lose their ambition, but reading the imperial edicts of the Han Dynasty is different, which is helpful to understand the political outlook and is of great benefit.
Through this incident, Zhu Gaochi not only paid more attention to learning from history, but also discovered Yang Shiqi's talent and loyalty.
Xia Yuanji, the former Minister of Industry, is a rare talent, but he was imprisoned by Judy for his outspoken advice. On the first day of Zhu Gaochi's accession to the throne, he re-appointed Xia Yuanji as Minister of Industry and appointed Wu Zhong, who was exiled by his father Judy, as Minister of Industry.
Zhu Gaochi was appointed on merit, and most of his deputies were old ministers of Yongle Dynasty. At that time, everyone said that they were scholars, talented and Yang Pu had integrity, so they deliberately reused them and changed them from college students who were similar to clerks to cabinet ministers who held important positions.
Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and Yang Pu are also called "Sanyang". As famous officials of the Ming Dynasty, they were deeply grateful for their dedication, and they cooperated with Zhu Gaochi of Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty to help him open the Qing Dynasty.
As an upright monarch, Zhu Gaochi encourages loyal officials to make suggestions directly. He once gave Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Zhouyi, Jin Youzi and other admonishers a silver seal engraved with the words "comfort and correct mistakes", telling them that whenever the emperor made a mistake, the courtiers should put forward suggestions for correction. With this seal stamped on the secret letter, you can directly report to yourself, even if you are wrong, you don't have to worry about being convicted.
Zhu Gaochi's employment principle is "Don't doubt others, don't doubt others". With the support of a group of loyal ministers, he successfully started the strategic transformation stage of the Ming Dynasty, laying a good tone for benevolent government and fairness.
In A.D. 1424, Judy died seriously during the Northern Expedition, and Prince Zhu Gaochi inherited the unification. After becoming the new emperor, the first thing Zhu Gaochi did was to rehabilitate.
During his tenure as a prince, Zhu Gaochi witnessed his impatient father wrongly imprison some courtiers and excessively punish some guilty ministers. These radical and excessive things are remembered by the kind Zhu Gaochi.
After taking charge of the imperial power, Zhu Gaochi set out to ease the sharp contradiction between the monarch and the minister, which not only pardoned the jail time of Wen Jian's old minister, but also enabled some loyal and virtuous ministers to be rehabilitated and re-enabled as officials. Not only that, Zhu Gaochi also pardoned the family of the guilty minister who was exiled by his father for the crime of sitting together.
Kind Zhu Gaochi thinks that officials should be punished if they are guilty, but most of their families are innocent and deserve to be free.
Although Zhu Gaochi is suspected of winning the hearts of the people, from a deeper perspective, Zhu Gaochi of Ming Renzong knows better the great significance of being a minister of the humerus and a good minister to the rise and fall of the country. His benevolent policy is a wise move in line with the national conditions, which not only eased social contradictions, but also promoted the social atmosphere of benevolence and consolidated his ruling foundation, and was praised by all the people.
During the reign of Zhu Gaochi, Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty, he pardoned many old ministers of Wen Jian Dynasty, rehabilitated many unjust prisons and abolished many tyrannies.
He knew that he inherited a peaceful country from his father and needed rest and health badly, so he stopped military fighting and sent some soldiers back to the fields to devote himself to developing agriculture and mulberry trees. He abolished a lot of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous fees, and made the lives of ordinary people rich.
In order to better restore national strength and save money for the country, Zhu Gaochi adopted Xia Yuanji's suggestion and blocked Zheng He's plan to go to the West.
It also stopped sending missions to the border to buy gold and pearls for the royal family, and cancelled the tea-horse trade at the border.
Because the Ming Emperor Zhu Gaochi attached great importance to culture, he called on people to study and study. After he ascended the throne, he put forward the ratio of "60 in the south and 40 in the north", which promoted the development of northern culture. The treatment of literati is much better than that of Hongwu and Yongle.
Zhu Gaochi, who advocated frugality and sympathized with the people, still couldn't bear to work hard for the people when he died. He said: "I am facing a shallow imperial day. I can't bear to work hard. Because I don't owe the people's kindness, the Shanling system is frugal." .
Therefore, in accordance with his father's wishes, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty built the Zhu Gaochi Mausoleum in the Ming Dynasty very simply. The underground palace 1 month will be completed, and the ground building will be completed in 3 months. Everything is frugal.
Emperor Injong's career lasted only 10 months from his accession to the throne to his death, but his kindness, love, wisdom and virtue were deeply remembered by the world.
Even though he was in office for a short time, he was still able to leave the name of virtue, benevolence and love in history of qing dynasty, which left a deep impression on the Ming Dynasty and won a high historical evaluation.