Ming Emperor Chat Group, Creating Apocalyptic Prosperity

No one can answer Zhu Jianshen, and no one wants to answer Zhu Jianshen.

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【Not long after your biological mother Ji died, Zhang Min, the eunuch who took care of you for many years, also swallowed gold and committed suicide. 】

[The two people who were closest to you have all left you in a short period of time. 】

[At the age of six, you fell into endless despair and loneliness. The only ones who can accompany you are those court ladies and eunuchs who only obey you. 】

[However, you don't trust any of these people. 】

【You want to find your father, but your father is the emperor, he is always busy, so he can only see you once in a long time. 】

【So, the only one who can give you more attention and company is your grandmother, Queen Mother Zhou. 】

【Your grandmother, the Empress Dowager Zhou, looks very gentle. She told you to be careful of your father's beloved concubine Wan Zhen'er. 】

【And openly and secretly brainwash you, saying that Wan Zhen'er killed your biological mother Ji. 】

[At a young age, you don't know how to tell right from wrong. You just think that your grandmother is very kind to you, and she probably won't lie to you. 】

【Not long after, Wan Zhener, the bad woman your grandmother called, very warmly invited you to play in her palace. 】

【You remember what your grandmother said, so you don't want to go. 】

【But Wan Zhener insisted on asking you to go, so you had no choice but to go awkwardly and reluctantly. 】

【Before you go, your grandmother specifically told you not to eat anything in Wanzhener Palace, to prevent her from poisoning you!】

【You keep it in mind!】

Zhu Jianshen: "The queen mother is really! She wants to make me crazy! One mouth is to sow right and wrong!"

Zhu Qizhen: "It's strange, I see that your mother Zhou is quite honest, and she doesn't look like the kind of gossip who sows discord."

Zhu Di: "Come on, the three generations of your grandparents, from Jizai to Jianshen, none of them are sober!"

Zhu Qiyu: "Grandpa, I'm still quite clear-headed!"

Zhu Di: "Yu Yuzi, it's just you! It's a pity that you are too soft-hearted..."

Zhu Qiyu: "Grandpa, I'm not soft now! My hands are itchy now, and I have to ask "Brother Xin to love me again" every day!"

Zhu Qizhen: "..."

【The first time you met Wan Zhen'er, you showed a strong sense of rejection towards her. 】

【You don't like this woman!】

[Although she flatters you with a flattering smile, you just don't like her. 】

[Because in your eyes, she was the one who killed your biological mother Ji and eunuch Zhang Min. 】

【Looking at the food that Wan Zhener handed over to you, you remembered your grandmother's advice. 】

【You are so annoying that you directly express that you are afraid that Wan Zhener will be poisoned!】

【Wan Zhen'er was so frightened by your childish words that her face turned pale, and she was so wronged that she turned around and cried to your father Zhu Jianshen. 】

【Then, you were scolded by your always loving father Zhu Jianshen!】

【Since then, your father Zhu Jianshen has neglected you more and more, even refusing to talk to you when he saw you. 】

【In this way, you hate Wan Zhen'er even more!】

[Since you are still young and you don’t have a biological mother to take care of you, you were raised behind the scenes by your grandmother and aunt. 】

[Even so, as the Crown Prince, your life is not much easier. 】

[After all, the person who is really in charge of the harem is the imperial concubine Wan Zhen'er. 】

[Although Wan Zhen'er didn't intend to kill you, it is very easy to make life difficult for you in terms of food and clothing. 】

[Anyway, your father Zhu Jianshen doesn't care about you. 】

【As for your grandmother and queen, they only take care of you when you think about it occasionally. 】

[Although you are young, you have seen these people's sophistication clearly. 】

【So when faced with unfair treatment, you choose to suffer in silence and no longer seek help from others. 】

【You know that the only people who really love you are your mother Ji and the eunuch Zhang Min who died innocently. 】

【But they are all dead】

【You know that from now on, you will only be left alone. 】

[On the second day of March in the fourteenth year of Chenghua, you performed the crowning ceremony. 】

[…]

[In the long process of growing up, you gradually see through many things, and gradually see through many people. 】

【You start to become taciturn, and only concentrate on reading, regardless of other things. 】

【You are smart and hardworking, and you are also very polite to the lecturer. 】

[All along, you have been adhering to your own body, and you are not close to women, so it can be said that you have no stains. 】

【But even so, your father Zhu Jianshen still wants to abolish your crown prince position!】

【You don't understand why, but you seem to understand why. 】

【You think the reason why your father wants to abolish your crown prince is just because he doesn't like you and doesn't care about you. 】

【You know that Wan Zhener is the only one your father likes and cares about. 】

[And you are just like your mother, you don't need to care about it, you can throw it away at any time. 】

[In the 21st year of Chenghua, your father Zhu Jianshen directly proposed to the ministers that he wanted to abolish the crown prince. 】

【He wants to abolish you and make your fourth brother Zhu Youzhao the crown prince. 】

[In this regard, you have no way to resist, all you can do is follow the trend. 】

【Just when you thought your crown prince was about to be abolished, there was an earthquake on Mount Tai!】

[The civil servants and ministers of the party behind you took the opportunity to frantically write a letter, saying that this is God's will! 】

【The ministers also pulled out what Mount Tai is the master of the east, the east is the east palace, this is God warning the emperor, the east cannot!】

【After your father Zhu Youtang heard about this incident, he had no choice but to give up, planning to find another way to abolish you. 】

Zhu Jianshen: "I've only been in Chenghua for 18 years now, and I don't know what happened in 21 years of Chenghua. I'm just curious. How could it be such a coincidence that there was an earthquake in Mount Tai just after talking about the abolition of the crown prince?"

Zhu Youtang: "Who knows, if you don't believe it, you have to arrange someone to watch it on the side of Mount Tai, and then you will know whether it is a real earthquake or not."

Zhu Jianshen: "You! You kid speaks so eccentrically! If you hadn't gotten close to those civil servants, I wouldn't have deposed you as a prince!"

Zhu Youtang: "Well, I see."

Zhu Jianshen: "And then?"

Zhu Youtang: "Then it's all my fault, okay?"

Zhu Jianshen: "...

"...

[In August of the 23rd year of Chenghua, your father Zhu Jianshen suddenly became seriously ill and did not go to court for several days!]

【The night before his condition improved and he was about to go to court, he passed away after drinking a bowl of medicine!】

【As the crown prince, you succeeded to the throne on the sixth day of September, and changed your reign title to "Hongzhi" for the second year!】

Zhu Jianshen: "Wait!! I'm going to die right now? Isn't everything getting better soon?"

Zhu Houpao: "Grandpa, if there is no accident, you should have been poisoned to death!"

Zhu Changluo: "Accordingly, I have experience in this..."

[About your father's sudden death, the real culprit behind the scenes was soon found out. 】

[It turned out that it was an imperial physician named "Liu Wentai" who prescribed the wrong medicine. 】

[It stands to reason that if one dose of medicine killed the emperor, it should be the punishment of the nine clans. 】

【However, the civil servants and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, especially those ministers who supported you behind the scenes, are all pleading for Liu Wentai and begging you, the new emperor, to spare Liu Wentai's life!】

【You are very clear that the intention of these ministers is not to spare Liu Wentao's life. 】

【They are testing you, the newly enthroned emperor, whether you will listen or not!】

【You know very well that if you insist on executing Liu Wentai and confronting the ministers, you will be the next one to be "medicated" to death!】

[You know you can't struggle, and you don't bother to struggle anymore. 】

[You were pushed to the throne by these civil servants, so you can only listen to them honestly. 】

[From the day you sat on the dragon chair, you knew that you would be a "puppet emperor" in the future 1

【It is because you know that you are desperate. 】

[When you are desperate, you are also unwilling. 】

[After being unwilling, all you can do is compromise. 】

Zhu Jianshen: "It's over, the thing I was most afraid of happened..."

Zhu Houzhao: "Ah... I don't know how to say this..."

Zhu Youjian: "But didn't the history books say that Emperor Xiaozong was the master of Zhongxing? Thinking about it, it should be supported later, right?"

Zhu Youxiao: "Idiot! Whether he is the master of ZTE or not is not a matter for civil officials and scholar-bureaucrats to open their mouths."

Zhu Youjian: "That's right..... I almost forgot about these people..."

[After you ascended the throne, everything seemed so prosperous. 】

[You re-opened the Yanshi Lecture on Sutras and Sutras that was abandoned during the Chenghua period. 】

[In addition, you have also established a "noon dynasty" other than the morning dynasty and even restored the "late dynasty". 】

Zhu Di: "I'll go...so diligent?"

Zhu Youjian: "This is really diligent! More diligent than me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "We are willing to bow down!"

Zhu Jianshen: "Diligence is diligence, the key is to do these things, he has to be useful!"

Zhu Youtang: "As you said, it's really useless."

Zhu Jianshen: "Hey...you actually admitted it..."

[You are very polite to the ministers, never treat them harshly, and never reprimand them. 】

[You have also accepted all the suggestions made by the ministers. 】

[In addition, the relationship between you and your courtiers is even more intimate, like the same family. 】

【You have been praised by the ministers!】

[In the face of praise, you can only smile wryly in your heart. 】

【Because you know very well that the reason why the ministers praise you is because you, the emperor, are very obedient!】

【Because you are very obedient, the ministers are very satisfied with your performance as the emperor!】

[So they recorded in the history books: You are a generous, benevolent, frugal emperor. 】

[They also said that you: be diligent in political affairs, pay attention to the judiciary, don't be close to women, appoint talents and talents, restrain officials, advocate frugality, practice diligence and thrift, and rest with the people. 】

[They even wrote in the history books that the Hongzhi Dynasty under your rule: the official administration was clear and bright, it was a peaceful period when the economy of the Ming Dynasty was the most prosperous and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment!]

【They even gave this so-called "prosperity" a famous name: "Hongzhi Zhongxing"!】

[But the so-called "Hongzhi ZTE", is it really ZTE?]

【Are you really a master of ZTE?】

【Is your diligence in government affairs really useful?】

【Also, you advocate thrift and practice thrift, but are you really thrifty yourself?】

Zhu Yuanzhang: "You school, please translate, how much gold is in this Hongzhi Zhongxing?"

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while: "Well... how should I put it, let's put it this way, the gold content of Hongzhi Zhongxing should be similar to that of Donglin Qunxian's "Xian"."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Ah..."

Zhu Di: "Tsk...

Zhu Youjian: "...

Zhu Biao: "This metaphor...6!"

Zhu Jianshen: "What are the Donglin Qunxian? What are you talking about?"

Zhu

Hou Zhao: "Why does it sound like it's not a good thing?"

Zhu Youtang: "Don't guess, it's definitely not a good thing."

Zhu Jianshen: "`||You are so calm!"

Zhu Youtang: "Then why not? Do you want me to hang myself now for you to see?"

Zhu Jianshen: ……………

[In the writings of civil servants and ministers, you are an emperor who "doesn't like treasures and playthings, and the court will not be abandoned in the wind and snow". 】

【But actually?】

【You are obsessed with Buddhism, spending a lot of extravagance and waste in the palace! And you have spent a lot of money, manpower, and material resources for Buddhism and Taoism!】

【You only have one queen, no concubines. 】

【You dote on the queen, the only first wife, very much. 】

【For your relatives, you are very tolerant and generous, and you will reward them generously at every turn!】

【You know that Uncle Guo’s subordinates are occupying good land and doing evil, but you turn a blind eye to it and ignore it!】

[In addition, you not only abolished the death penalty of corruption imposed by your ancestors, you even ordered that you can spend money to atone for your sins!]

【This operation of yours really makes "corrupt officials and gentry all over the world happy"!】

Zhu Jianshen: "I can't do it anymore, I'm hard! My fist is hard!"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Corrupt officials can be spared the death penalty? You, you, you!!! Zhu Youtang, you unworthy descendant!! We are really going to be so angry with you that the coffin boards will fly!"

Zhu Di: "I'm about to have a heart attack, I feel like it's hard to breathe!"

Zhu Houzhao: "Father, this time you can do it yourself, I can't protect you, my son.

Zhu Youtang: "It doesn't matter, if you let the storm come, I will wait here."

Zhu Houzhao: "...On the top of the list! It has to be you!"

[You know the disadvantages of all these, and you are more aware of the turbidity of the court. 】

[But you think it doesn't matter. 】

【Because you know, even if you have something to say, what can you do?】

【The ministers firmly hold the power in their own hands. After layers of concealment, what you can see, and what you see, is what the ministers want you to see. 1

[The memorandum you see is always written: the common people live and work in peace and contentment. 】

[The memorandum you see is always written: the frontier is peaceful, and there has been no war for a long time. 】

【You are not a fool, of course you know that these are all fake!】

【But what can you do?】

【You know that you are powerless, you know that your qualifications are mediocre, and you know that you have no way to compete with the ministers of Wenzhi!】

[All you can do is to obediently be a puppet emperor who listens to (Qian Lizhao). 】

【You know very well that no matter how bad your emperor is, as long as you are obedient enough, those ministers will help you beautify your image in the history books!】

[No matter how bad you are as an emperor, even if the warehouses in the Hongzhi period are short of food, even the people are in dire straits. 】

【But above the history books, you are the "Lord of ZTE"!】

【In the history books, the Hongzhi Dynasty you ruled is "Hongzhi Zhongxing"!】

[Of course, there are also really meaningful things you have done, that is: you took the initiative to reduce taxes in the disaster-stricken areas. 】

【Result of this evaluation: You are a very obedient emperor!】

【You know very well that you have to be obedient. 】

【Because as long as you are disobedient, you will soon follow in the footsteps of your father!】

[So you choose to be a puppet emperor honestly, and then use the Buddha as your spiritual support to make up for the guilt in your heart for the Ming Dynasty. 】

【This evaluation has ended, the evaluation score will be announced after all group members evaluate, please wait a moment!】

The evaluation about Zhu Youtang is over.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "It seems that the description by the school is really appropriate. The gold content of this Hongzhi Zhongxing is really similar to the "virtuous" of the Donglin Qunxian...."

Zhu Di: "I really don't know where these civil servants got their faces! This can be made into ZTE, take it!"

Zhu Houpao: "So, cousin, what was the specific situation when you took over the offer?"

Zhu Houzhao: "Don't mention it.....The national treasury is still barely passable, mainly because of internal funds..."

Zhu Houpao: "Is it very poor?"

Zhu Houzhao: "Poor, poor mice don't make nests anymore

Zhu Houpao: "No, if you are so poor, where did you get so much money to build a leopard house? And you searched for so many strange men and women?"

Zhu Yunqi: "Hiss.........Doctors of men and women? Ah Zhao, are you playing so flamboyantly?"

Zhu Houpao: "Gender difference is nothing, my cousin still has Xiao Hei, that's it, you all understand, right?"

Zhu Changluo: "Although I don't understand, I'm shocked!"

Zhu Houzhao:

"Zhu Houpao, you fucking..."