Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 73 Remarks on the launch!

Lao Jiao would like to thank all the readers for their support. It has been many years since I came here, and I always replace the old with the new. I hope the people of this country can tolerate me and not make money by committing sins.

The Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was a very special period, and the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was also a very special emperor.

Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houzhao did not succeed to the throne in the usual way. In the 16th year of Zhengde, his cousin Emperor Zhengde died without an heir, so at the age of thirteen or fourteen, he went to Beijing alone.

In the first few years of Zhu Houcong's reign, the young emperor showed his courage and wisdom, which we might as well call the "Jiajing Spring."

Zhu Houcong reformed all of the Ming Dynasty's government religious rituals, built and rebuilt altars, temples and other sacrificial sites in the capital, making the Ming Dynasty itself, as a beacon of advanced civilization in the world, feel brilliant and splendid.

Etiquette has never been decorative, it is a manifestation of civilizational heritage. At that time, Zhang Cong and Zhang Fujing were the chief ministers of the cabinet.

In the "Summer of Jiajing", it seemed that everything was heading in a bad direction. Even Zhu Houcong himself was facing a huge threat to his survival. It became normal for fires to occur wherever he went. His eldest son died before he was two months old, and his second son died of no illness while sitting the next day after he was made crown prince. The palace coup in the 21st year of Jiajing, the year of Renyin, completely broke Zhu Houcong's psychological defenses.

Zhu Houcong left the Forbidden City and moved into the Western Garden. He even gave up the power to educate the princes. Many etiquette reforms came to an end. With the assistance of Xia Yan, the then chief minister of the cabinet, the Ming Dynasty turned to showing off its military strength.

The majesty of the suzerain state was once again felt by the surrounding ethnic minorities.

However, the success in Annan could not conceal the tragedy of the plan to retake Ordos, for which Xia Yan paid the price with his life.

Entering the "Autumn of Jiajing", under the leadership of the increasingly corrupt cabinet chief Yan Song and the second cabinet chief Xu Jie, the entire Ming Dynasty showed signs of laziness and self-satisfaction. Yan Song and Xu Jie eventually gained favor with Zhu Houcong's meticulousness, diligence and enthusiasm for his Taoist faith.

Unfortunately, the ornate Qingci and all the Taoist prayers and rituals could not save the Ming Dynasty. What's more, Yan Song and Xu Jie were the biggest corrupt officials in the court.

The factional dispute between Yan Song and Xu Jie caused the Ming court to relax its external negotiations and compromises, but people's greed was the same for all people in the world. The dissatisfied Japanese pirates wreaked havoc in the southeast, and the dissatisfied Tatars were rampant in the northern border.

By the winter of Jiajing, a foul smell was spreading throughout the court and the country. Zhu Houcong, who had lived two lives, had regained the courage and wisdom of his earliest "spring". The reigns of Yan Song and Xu Jie were about to come to an end.

The Ming Dynasty will also enter the "Jiajing Spring" stage forever. Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, Zhao Zhenji, and Hai Rui will all enter the cabinet, and the "Era of All Zhengs" will arrive.

The Ming Dynasty, as a beacon of the world's advanced civilization, will once again be glorious and glorious.

The sleeping lion in the East has awakened!

This book will be on the shelves around 12:05 tomorrow. I implore readers to place an order first. I bow to you!

The book club is now open in the author's words, and readers are welcome to communicate.

The sun, the moon, the mountains and the rivers are forever, the Ming Dynasty is forever, gentlemen, slow down!
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