In the sixteenth year of Zheng De (152 1 year), Ming Wuzong died on April 20th. Since the Ming Wuzong had no children, on his deathbed, Yang Tinghe in Historical Records anticipated the problem of future heirs and quoted the principle that "brothers and sisters should be reconciled" in Ming Taizu's Legacy.
Five days before Wu Zong's death, an imperial edict was issued in the name of the emperor to make Zhu Houzong shorten the mourning period for his father and inherit the title of Wang Xing. On the second day after Wu Zongjia's downfall, Yang Tinghe asked Li Si to ask the Queen Mother to issue a letter and formally declared Zhu Houzong as the heir of the emperor.
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In the sixteenth year of Zheng De (152 1), since the death of Wu Zong, because Wu Zong had no children, Yang Tinghe, the cabinet record, searched for an heir to the throne according to the Letters of Ming Zuzu, and Zhu, the only brother of Wu Zong, died early, so he pushed it to the generation of Ming Xiaozong, the father of Wu Zong.
Xiaozong's two brothers died young and had no children. Although the fourth brother Wang Xing Zhu Shiyuan is dead, he has two sons. Wang Xing's eldest son (Zhu Houxi) died, so according to the principle of "Brothers always make friends", he appointed his second son Zhu Houzong as his successor, namely Ming Shizong.
Zhu Houzong is the second son of Zhu Shiyuan, the fourth son of Ming Xianzong, the nephew of Ming Xiaozong and the cousin of Ming Wuzong. He was born in the second year of Ming Wuzong (1507) and his mother is Princess Chiang.
In the sixteenth year of Zheng De's reign (152 1), Ming Wuzong died childless. Yang Tinghe, a senior official of the Cabinet Department and a university student in Wuyingdian, decided to quote "Ming Taizu Zuxun", saying that Zhu Houzong, the mourning prince of Xingguo, was the king of Xing first, and then ascended the throne, and changed his name to "Jiajing" as Ming Shizong.
At the beginning of Ming Shizong's accession to the throne, he made great achievements. He said: "There are more officials in various departments today than before. I didn't have many ancestors at first, but later I added redundant staff, which made the people embarrassed.
He ordered the abolition of the government of the first dynasty and killed courtiers Qian Ning and Jiang Bin in the Ming Wuzong period. "Royal servants are very strict, and those who are guilty will be hanged, or the body will be used as a warning." Royal Guards laid off more than 30,000 people in order to save the people. However, in order to sacrifice his biological father and present the king, Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty had a serious conflict with Yang Tinghe and other courtiers, which was the grand ceremony.
Ming Shizong was a controversial emperor. Some people say that his wise SHEN WOO is comparable to Zhu Yuanzhang, the great emperor of the Ming Dynasty, while others say that he is incompetent and obsessed with alchemy.
However, it is undeniable that Ming Shizong did make a difference in the first few years of his reign. Even in his later years, he was obsessed with monasticism all the year round and didn't completely ignore political affairs.
Sejong cracked down on the old courtiers, the royal family and the loyal forces, took charge of both inside and outside, and the imperial power was highly concentrated. He also attached importance to the role of the cabinet and reduced the power of eunuchs.
But at the same time, he became increasingly decadent. He not only abused the people's strength to build great projects, but also superstitious alchemists and respected Taoism. After the "change of Renyin Palace", he was scared out of his wits, hiding in Xiyuan, setting up an alchemist, superstitious about the heresy of several Taoist priests and practicing health.
For more than 20 years, he didn't dare to go back to ouchi and ignored state affairs, which made corrupt official Yan Song run rampant for 20 years, which led to constant harassment in northern Mongolia, and knowledgeable officials were unable to contribute to the country and even slaughtered. In addition, a large number of palaces and temples have been built inside and outside the palace, which has increased the burden on the people and deepened the national financial crisis.
Because of taking Dan medicine for a long time, Emperor Jiajing was not only in poor health, but also in bad temper. Many ministers were beheaded or beaten, and everyone was in danger. Emperor Jiajing built a palace for farming, and the treasury was extremely empty.
In December of the forty-fifth year of Jiajing, Emperor Li Zhai died. On December 14th, the 45th year of Jiajing (1566), Zhu Houzong died in Gan Qing Palace at the age of 60. Qiaoqin Tian Juying, the holy god Xuan, Emperor Wu, the temple number Sejong, was buried in Yongling, Changping, Beijing.
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