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Zhu Youtang's road to the throne is very bumpy. After he finally ascended the throne through hardships, he spent his whole life trying to reverse the political corruption of Xianzong. Li Zi, Liang Fang, Ren Jie, Kuaigang and other corrupt officials were dismissed. They accepted bribes and flattered themselves. At the same time, Zhu Youtang also appointed a large number of honest and capable people, such as Wang Shu, Ma Wensheng, Xu Pu, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang. Zhu Youtang advocates speaking freely, being generous and kind, being thrifty, being taciturn, managing the family diligently, and valuing righteousness over profit. Emperor Xiaozong's diligence finally paid off. Hongzhi dynasty was a peaceful period, with economic prosperity and people living and working in peace. Officials are honest, restrained, diligent and advocate frugality. History is called "Hongzhi Zhongxing".
Among them, Zhu Youtang was one of the few "normal" emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and the only monarch who made great efforts in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youtang's achievements are really outstanding, but what moves me most is his generosity and kindness. No matter who he is, he is generous even to his enemies. When Zhu Youtang ascended the throne, Wan Guifei was already dead, and Wan Guifei had a younger brother named Wanxi, who was evil. According to the law at that time, Zhu Youtang robbed Wanxi and imprisoned him, and then released Wanxi according to law. Zhu Youtang knew very well that Wan Guifei sent someone to kill him when he was born and his mother when he was 6 years old. After he was made a prince, he was still excluded and framed by Wan Guifei.
As an emperor, he didn't enjoy any happiness in his life, suffered many sins and countless vicious injuries, but he finally chose selfless forgiveness. This is the mind and tolerance of Mingjun!
In addition, some ministers in the early dynasty slipped on the ground and lost their manners while walking, and Xiaozong never pleaded guilty; If there are typos in the play, don't change them; After the banquet, the officials lost their manners and comforted them so as not to panic them. In order to facilitate local officials to return at night, Xiaozong personally decreed that all officials in Beijing, regardless of their positions, would return at night and ordered all soldiers to have lights. If you meet such Ren Jun, do you have any regrets even if you are killed? But as an emperor, it is absolutely impossible to have no fault at all. Even Zhu Youtang, the leader of the democratic camp, did a lot of stupid things, such as trusting eunuch Li Guang, being too generous to the illegal acts of some courtiers, being keen on fasting and practicing, and being lazy in politics for several years in the middle of Hongzhi. However, all this cannot hide Zhu Youtang's glory as a monarch. In addition, these phenomena were fundamentally changed in the later period of Hongzhi.
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In the last few years of his life, the honest North Korean minister kept making suggestions, and Zhu Youtang began to reflect on his previous actions and deeply regretted his stupid actions. So Zhu Youtang began to vigorously rectify ChaoGang. He worked day and night regardless of his health, but the excessive intensity of work completely dragged him down. By the time he was in his thirties, he was very ill and dying. But he still works hard as always, regardless of the deterioration of his health. In the end, he used his own efforts to make national affairs better and better, and "Hongzhi Zhongxing" also reached its peak, but at this time Zhu Youtang's body could not hold on.
In May of the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, Zhu Youtang died at the age of 36. After the death of Xiaozong, "the mountains and rivers are poor, and there is no sorrow in hearing them", and "Shan Ye was shocked and cried". During the whole Hongzhi period, there was neither authoritarian power nor graft. Zhu Guozhen, a scholar in the late Ming Dynasty, once said: "Under the three generations, the sages were Wendi, Song Renzong and Ming Xiaozong." Just like you said! Although in terms of character, Zhu Youtang can't compare with Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty and Kangxi of Qing Dynasty; As far as knowledge is concerned, it is not as good as Liang He's contributions, and it is far less than Hanwu and Song Zu. But among the more than 400 emperors in ancient China, what impressed me the most was the emperor whose personality, knowledge and achievements were not as good as others. He is the greatest emperor in the history of China!
In the ancient history of China, there were many great emperors, such as Emperor Taizong and Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, but none was greater than Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty. Mingzong gave everything he had to his country, even his own life. In fact, he didn't "die of illness", but died alive. Ming Xiaozong was not only a diligent and loving emperor, but also a generous and kind person. He is also a good man who only loves his wife. He has only one woman in his life, Queen Zhang, and no other concubines! A good minister, a distant person; Poor people, chasing Taoist priests. Calm down to cultivate one's morality, be lenient with others, and be frugal with morality. Do your best until you die.
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What a good emperor and a good man should do is almost perfectly completed. He spent his whole life trying to show a colorful sunset glow of the Ming Dynasty. As an emperor, Zhu Youtang seldom experienced the honor of the emperor, but assumed all the responsibilities of the emperor. He told us a famous saying with his life: Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country!
Now, when it comes to the emperor, all China people will think of Qin Huang Hanwu, Tang Zong Song Zu and so on. Most people don't know who Zhu Youtang really is. The great emperor seems to have been forgotten by people. Time may wear away the water chestnut of history, but it will never erase the memory in history books. History will never be forgotten. In ancient China, there was such a great emperor.