historical royal courier

Chapter 132
Emperor Jiajing, surnamed Zhu and named Houcong, was the No.11 emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

We all know that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are basically all strange things, such as those who like to go to court, like to fight as generals, like to cultivate immortals, those who don’t go to court because of conflicts with ministers, and those who are addicted to carpenters and cannot extricate themselves
And this Emperor Jiajing is the one who likes to cultivate immortals, and because of the matter of cultivating immortals, Emperor Jiajing also made a Renyin palace change during his reign, which was one step away from becoming a joke in the history of Chinese emperors.

Because he was obsessed with cultivating immortals and believed in the fairy dew and medicine cited by those alchemists who cultivated immortals, Emperor Jiajing ordered the maids to collect dew on the plantains in the early morning, and collected the menstrual blood of fourteen or fifteen-year-old palace ladies. Eating can be described as perverted.

In the end, these court ladies couldn't stand the pain, so they secretly joined forces to kill the emperor. If it wasn't for a court lady who secretly reported the news because of her courage, Emperor Jiajing would really become the first court lady in history to die. The emperor in hand.

After this incident, Jiajing not only changed the palace, but also stopped going to court, and hid in the palace all year round to practice immortality.

Seeing this, you must think that Emperor Jiajing must be a useless and useless emperor. In fact, he is not the same as Emperor Qianlong just now.

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong's succession to the throne was not smooth. His father was not an emperor or a prince, but a prince.

His predecessor was the wonderful emperor of the Ming Dynasty who wanted to be a general, Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao was Zhu Houzhao's cousin, but Zhu Houzhao had no sons when he died, and his father did not leave him a few brothers. Therefore, Yang Yanhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet at that time, followed the "brother's end" marked in "Emperor Ming Zu Xun". Brother Ji came to single out Zhu Houcong in the clan of the Ming Dynasty.

Do you think that Zhu Houcong ascended the throne smoothly like this?
That's too boring!
Before entering Beijing, Zhu Houcong had a conflict with the chief assistant of the current court. Originally, Yang Yanhe's arrangement was to let the Ministry of Rites welcome Zhu Houcong with the etiquette of a crown prince's succession, but Zhu Houcong was unwilling. One point in Wu Zong's edict,
"I am dying of illness, and my heir has not yet been established. My brother-in-law, brother Xingxian, the eldest son of King Xingxian Houxun, has grown up. He is wise, benevolent and filial. Empress Dowager Yu Cishou will immediately send officials to welcome her to Beijing, where she will inherit the throne and enshrine the ancestral temple."

Did you see the last two sentences, my cousin asked me to be the emperor, not the prince, so I don’t accept the etiquette of the prince!
It’s not bad, Jiajing is so good, he was only 14 years old, and he started to fight head-on with the chief minister of the dynasty before he entered Beijing, and he had good reasons, so he didn’t fall behind!
But Yang Yanhe didn't do it anymore. You guys are going to slap me in the face before you become emperor. If you become emperor, I won't be able to go home and play with mud!
We all know that the court situation in the Ming Dynasty has always been a situation where the emperor and ministers are vying for power, so it is very important who dominates who!
In the end, there was no other way, we couldn’t just let them waste like this, the empress dowager in the palace intervened, and after some persuasion, Zhu Houcong succeeded to the throne and became the emperor.

In the first round, Zhu Houcong won. Seeing this, you should know that Emperor Jiajing was not easy. In fact, he did even better later, whether it was through the "Great Etiquette" dispute, driving Yang Yanhe and other old forces out of power, It can be seen that he is tough in his wrists whether he can stabilize his orthodox position in the imperial power, or whether he can still control the government through Yan Song after 20 years without going to court.

In history, as soon as Jiajing came to power, he immediately began to sweep away all kinds of bad governance during the Wuzong period. At the same time, he also abolished the power of the chief inspector and revoked the guarding eunuchs in various places, so that the centralization of power was revived and strengthened.

And during this period, the Ming Dynasty began to gradually prosper and prosper in terms of economic and military capabilities, and the cultural development of the Ming Dynasty did not lag behind. Excellent works and outstanding literati also emerged during this period. The period of ten to twenty years in power is called "Jiajing Zhongxing".

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing is still very good. Unfortunately, after Jiajing cured the country, the world was at peace for a long time, and Jiajing, who was somewhat proud and complacent, began to embark on the road of cultivating immortals!
The road of cultivating immortals is so difficult. Only those with great luck and great perseverance can peek into the sky and dream of cultivating into real fruits. On the road of cultivating immortals, you are indispensable.
Sorry, I went to the wrong channel, let's continue talking about Jiajing.

Because he fell in love with the profession of cultivating immortals, Emperor Jiajing also fell in love with the written form of the profession of cultivating immortals, Qingci.

Qingci is a style of writing, which was used by ancient Taoists to pray to and communicate with heaven.
So what is good at the top must be good at the bottom, this is the same principle since ancient times, since Emperor Jiajing likes it, then there will naturally be people who are willing to spend their time studying this.

And it is not Yan Song and his son who we are familiar with, nor the famous Xu Jie, who are the most powerful in this promotion, because they at least have their own court ability and wrist, and they climbed to this position step by step by themselves. It is said to rely on green words and solid pets.

And the one who gained the most favor and the fastest promotion by relying solely on Qingci was Yuan Wei, the prime minister of Qingci.

Yuan Wei is the author of the well-known long couplet at the end of the last chapter. In the 35th year of Jiajing, Yuan Wei was a bachelor student at the Imperial Academy. He was caught by Jiajing at a glance by relying on his writing of Qingci.

Then, relying on continuously winning the favor of Emperor Jiajing in a few years, he became the Prince Shaobao and Minister of Rites in Jiajing 40 years ago. It took five years to reach this point, which is really unprecedented and unheard of!
But to be honest, Yuan Wei's Qing Ci is really beautiful!
Li Yi poked his head out from behind the screen at the side of the hall, and just in time saw a person wearing a dragon robe of Ming Dynasty uniform walking around the hall with bare feet.

And from time to time, he stopped to look at the white paper in his hand, and then looked very excited.

"This is a talent, this is a talent, such a talent has fallen into the court without being discovered, Yan Song, this is your fault!"

"It is indeed the minister's mistake, please punish him."

Maybe it's because he has been cultivating immortals for a long time, and his brain is about to go wrong. Compared with the mortal title of His Majesty, Emperor Jiajing prefers others to call him Daojun, and Yan Song just tickled his itch.

Jiajing has given himself three Dao titles in his life, and each of the three times is longer than the other. The longest image is "Tai Shang Da Luo Tian Xian Zi Ji Chang Sheng Sheng Zhi Zhao Ling Tong San Yuan Zheng Ying Yuxu Chief Supervisor Wu Lei Dazhen Xuandu Realm Wanshou Emperor ", at a glance, it is very luxurious and high-grade.

"Those who don't know are innocent, Yan Song, you should stand up too, don't keep kneeling."

"Thank you Daojun."

When Yan Song stood up, his face twitched secretly, for the emperor of his own family was really easy to coax.

"What job does this Yuan Wei have?"

Waving the paper in his hand, Emperor Jiajing seemed a little anxious.

"Reporting to Daojun, Yuan Wei is currently working in the Imperial Academy and is a bachelor of the Imperial Academy."

"So that's it. I know that it is impossible for a person with such literary talents to stay with those idiots in the court. It really is in the noble place of the Imperial Academy."

Yan Song was a little speechless. Isn't this sentence calling him a filthy person?
Forget it, he is the emperor, he dare not talk back.

"Tomorrow you bring him here to see me, and this Daoist Lord wants to inspect it himself."

Putting down the paper, Jiajing calmed down. Today, he accidentally broke a big taboo. As a cultivator, you must not be overjoyed or sad.

"The minister obeys the order."

"Well, you go down."

Waving his hand, Jiajing began to meditate cross-legged, no, I have to practice quickly.

"The humble minister has resigned."

Yan Song glanced at the emperor who was already meditating with his eyes closed, and slowly retreated out of the room, then closed the door gently.

"aim"

In the silent room, a slightly domineering cat meow suddenly sounded.

(End of this chapter)