Compared with his cousin Zhengde, Emperor Jiajing is not only clever, but also well-governed. Emperor Zhengde sat on Daming's throne almost uncompetitively, so the young emperor didn't really want to be an emperor. His dream was to become a general, but the general didn't achieve it. After Emperor Jiajing took over the Zhengde Empire, he was deadlocked with ministers because of the title of father. It was this stalemate that made the clever Emperor Jiajing come out of the imperial court.
Emperor Jiajing worshiped Taoism all his life and also believed in Taoist inaction. At that time, there was a cabinet system in the Ming Dynasty, and many tasks of the emperor were shared and drawn up by the cabinet. Daming's cabinet had great power, which restricted the imperial power of the Ming emperor. After Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, he reformed the cabinet system, set up cabinet records, and selected some ministers loyal to him as cabinet officials through his selection. Later, in order to frighten the ministers, Emperor Jiajing used killing to maintain his rule, so these loyal ministers were both afraid and attached to him.
After Emperor Jiajing achieved the goal of controlling the imperial court through a series of means, although he was not above the imperial court, all the decisions of the cabinet were carried out only after he instructed him. In other words, Emperor Jiajing was only absent from his previous power, but his imperial power was always in his own hands, so his ability to govern the country was implemented, and finally Daming was well governed, and finally there was a phenomenon of Jiajing rejuvenating.