Emperor Zheng De of Ming Dynasty-Is Zhu Houzhao a Good Emperor or a Bad Emperor?

Ming Wuzong (14911October 26th-1521April 20th), (1505-/kloc-0. Zhu Houzhao is the eldest son of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty, and his only brother, Zhu Houhui, died young. He is the only adult son of his father, and he was made Crown Prince at the age of two. He is naturally intelligent, but he is extremely happy and indulged in debauchery. During his reign, he often left Beijing to cruise around, looking for flowers and asking for willows, for months or even a year. Harassment along the road, people fled to the valley. When I live in Beijing, I don't want to live in the Forbidden City. I built a "leopard room" outside the palace to live in, personally trained the tiger and leopard, and selected a large number of beautiful women for their enjoyment. At the beginning of his reign, he once sat on the dog's back with a monkey and lit firecrackers in Fengtian Hall, the main hall of the solemn palace. At one time, the monkey jumped the dog away. 15/kloc-in the first month of 0/4, Gan Qing Palace caught fire because of playing with lights. Zheng De is going to the Leopard Room. Looking back at the flames, he even joked about a big fireworks. It also ordered a nationwide ban on raising pigs and fasting pork. He doesn't like going to court He spent all his time with foreign magicians and monks from Uighur, Mongolia, Tibet and the Korean Peninsula. He also personally met with the first Portuguese ambassador to China, Pirelzi. He studied Lamaism and called himself King Dabao. At first, he preferred eunuchs called "Eight Tigers", such as Liu Jin, Qiu Ju and Gu Dayong. 15 10 put down the rebellion of king Anhua, ordered Liu Jin to be executed, and then favored the bodyguard Jiang Bin and others. Zheng De also likes fighting with soldiers very much. "He is eager to compete with martial arts." In the 12th year of Zheng De (15 18), in June of 5438+00, with the encouragement of Jiang Bin, he claimed to be "the general of the town", went to the border to announce his personal expedition, defeated the little prince of Mongolian Tatar, and after returning to China, he named himself a surname. History is called "Yingzhou Victory", which set the northern border of the Ming Dynasty. 15 19, the Chen Hao Rebellion in Wang Ning took place in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and Zheng De was indifferent to it. Under the banner of personal expedition, he traveled halfway to the south of the Yangtze River and learned that Wang Shouren had put down the rebellion. Zhu Houzhao first concealed the news and continued his trip to the south. When Nanjing surrendered, Zhu Xian was released under false pretence, and Ning Wang himself was captured. When leaving Yangzhou, Zhu Houzhao asked Jiang Yao, the magistrate of Yangzhou, to cash the farewell banquet. Although Zhu Houzhao likes fooling around and acting ridiculous, on the one hand, he tolerates ministers instead of killing people. There is peace between the monarch and the minister. Eight months later, on the way back to Beijing, a fisherman who went to school in Qingjiangpu, Huai 'an slipped and fell into the water, so he fell ill. 152 1 year, Zheng De died of excessive vomiting blood due to pleasure. He was only 3 1 year old and was buried in Kangling (now Ming Tombs in Beijing). Posthumous title made great contributions to Emperor Hong Wendi's filial piety. Having no children, Zhu Houzong (Ming Shizong) was chosen as the heir to the royal family.

In 2004, an overseas Chinese in the southern United States found an imperial edict written by Zheng De, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which stated how to forge ahead and how to be a loyal minister and gentleman. The discovery of this cultural relic has caused a controversy among historians about the historical record of Zheng De's personality, but more scholars believe that the content of the imperial edict was captured by the minister, but it was finally copied by Ming Wuzong.

According to folklore, since Wu Zong ordered the ban on raising pigs, it was because he believed in Islam. The Persian traveler Saeed Ali akbar Hatay also recorded in his book A Journey to China: "Judging from some behaviors of the emperor, he has already believed in Islam, but he is afraid to announce this publicly for fear of losing his power. This is because of his national customs and regulations ... "