The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 540: Problems Emerge

On the canopy.

The little emperor sat on the throne in confusion and awkwardness.

It was pitch black all around.

And in the darkness, there were three places where faint lights appeared.

First, there was an old woman with white hair.

The old woman looked at the little emperor in front of her.

There was a hint of powerless sadness in his eyes.

……

[When Zhu Qizhen first ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Zhang was already wary of the power of eunuchs such as Wang Zhen.]

[Although Wang Zhen could approve the bill on behalf of Zhu Qizhen, he could not change the content of the bill without authorization.]

【Empress Dowager Zhang sent eunuchs to check the tickets every day, and if they found any inconsistencies, they would punish Wang Zhen.】

[In 1437, Empress Dowager Zhang summoned Duke of Yingguo Zhang Fu, cabinet members Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu, and Minister of Rites Hu Yi to the side hall.]

[He also ordered someone to summon Wang Zhen. When Wang Zhen came in, he was captured by the guards around Empress Dowager Zhang.]

[Empress Dowager Zhang wanted to execute Wang Zhen, but Zhu Qizhen knelt down to plead for Wang Zhen, and the five ministers followed suit.]

[The matter was left unresolved.]

……

{If I had killed him now, there might not have been any future events.}
{Empress Dowager Zhang did not expect the three Yangs to kneel so quickly.}
{Originally, from the time he rose to power to become the head of the eunuchs, he must have received the approval of Empress Dowager Zhang and the five regents.}
｛Zhu Qizhen was young and had great potential. Whoever he was emotionally close to and trusted in life would be the one he would be inseparable from in the future in politics.｝
{Tomorrow's power struggle began yesterday and is accomplished today.}
{But as the history books say, "The ministers were obedient to the young lord and for the sake of his future, they endured and protected him."}
{The Three Yangs and others also knew that if they really agreed to execute Wang Zhen, it would be tantamount to announcing their political separation from Zhu Qizhen and breaking up with him emotionally.}
{They retreated, feeling frightened, and Empress Dowager Zhang was helpless.}
{After all, Wang Zhen was already the eunuch of the Imperial Household Department at that time, ranking first among the twenty-four eunuch offices.}
{Without the approval of the outer court and the young emperor, he cannot be executed.}
{After all, Zhu Yuanzhang said that the harem should not interfere in government affairs.}
……

Ming dynasty.

Queen Ma wiped the corners of her mouth.

She laughed out loud when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang's face turning purple.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave her a disapproving look.

"dare you laugh!"

"That ballless fellow in the sky is just like Zhao Gao!"

"The Ming Dynasty is probably about to end, and you still have the heart to laugh at me!"

Queen Ma rolled up her sleeves slowly.

"The little emperor is still young and cannot grasp the power."

"But at the same time, the eunuchs will not give up power easily once they have it."

"When the little emperor grows up, do you think he will seize power?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry, but when he heard these words, he immediately thought of an important event in the late Tang Dynasty.

The change of nectar!

"We understand!"

Old Zhu slammed the table and said loudly:
"This guy failed in his attempt to seize power and was deposed, then he teamed up with the ministers to take the position back!"

"That's why they say he was emperor twice!"

“No wonder the temple name is Ying!”

"I see!"

The more Zhu Yuanzhang talked, the more he felt that this was the case.

The example of the Tang Dynasty is right there.

There is just one problem I can't figure out.

If that is the case, then why did Zhu Zhanji receive deductions from Zhu Qizhen in the evaluation of his influence on later generations?

……

On the canopy

The old woman looked at the little emperor from behind.

On the right side of the little emperor are three aging ministers.

They held scrolls in their hands, pointed at the books and said something to the little emperor.

On the left is a smiling eunuch.

He pulled the little emperor's sleeve and held the dove cart in his hand.

……

【At that time, the Three Yangs and Zhang Fu were respectively in charge of the Imperial Lectures and the Associate Imperial Lectures. 】

[They not only presided over the daily lectures on the classics themselves, but also selected officials from the Hanlin Academy to be responsible for the daily lectures on the classics.]

[Through this method, the cabinet not only took over the emperor's education from the eunuchs in the palace. ]

[It also blocked the opportunity for the six ministries to form a personal relationship with Zhu Qizhen.]

[The cabinet opened the imperial lecture, and Wang Zhen led the young emperor to the general's platform to review the riding and archery skills of the military officers in the capital.]

[He forced the Ministry of War to report border affairs, and even imprisoned the Minister of War Wang Ji, who had nothing to report, but released him after a few days.]

[Zhu Qizhen lived in the imperial palace all day long, and his words, deeds and daily life followed the rules and regulations. ]

[But children are children after all, and they have the mentality of ordinary teenagers. ]

[On one side, the cabinet ministers were giving lectures, and on the other side, the eunuchs were going out riding and shooting.]

[Obviously the latter is more attractive. ]

【Zhu Qizhen also trusted him more and more. 】

……

The period of Emperor Huan of Yanhan Dynasty
"Hedi was a child when he eliminated the Dou family's relatives."

Liu Zhi half agreed and half disagreed with what was said in the sky.

"When the Emperor Zhi accused Liang Ji of being a domineering general, he was also a child."

"I was also a child when I was swallowing my anger."

"A man of ambition is not moved by external factors!"

There were many child emperors in the Later Han Dynasty!

But because of this, he could better understand the eunuch's position in the emperor's heart.

……

Tang Dynasty - Wuzong Period
Li Yan stared at the sky.

The anger on his face was not concealed at all.

Wang Zhen's behavior is exactly the same as Qiu Shiliang's!
Lead the emperor to indulge in fun and entertainment instead of doing his work, and don't let him have free time.

The emperor was not allowed to read in his spare time, nor was he allowed to meet with learned ministers.

Not allowing his talents to develop far-reachingly, the emperor would only indulge in sensual pleasures.

"Confuse their minds, lure them into pleasure, and make them dazed!"

"What a great technique to confuse the emperor!"

"What a scholar!"

……

[As Zhu Qizhen grew older, Wang Zhen, as his confidant, became more and more influential.]

[When approving documents and passing messages, they slowly infiltrated their own interests and gradually participated in the central decision-making.] [Although Empress Dowager Zhang was wary of Wang Zhen and often warned him, it was still difficult to change the reality of the eunuchs' monopoly of power.]

[Some bureaucrats also worshipped him in order to advance their careers.]

[Whenever Wang Zhen met with officials, his private residence outside the palace was bustling with traffic and officials came and went in an endless stream.]

[It is said that the threshold of his house is quite high. ]

[Only those with a gift of more than 1,000 taels are eligible to enter, and food and drink are provided. ]

……

Big man.

"I thought of monopolizing power, but I didn't expect it to be this way."

Liu Bang really didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would progress so quickly.

During this period of time, the great man...

It seems that it is still Liu Che who is fighting the Huns?

Lu Zhi snorted softly:
"If Zhu Zhanji hadn't been lazy for a while, he wouldn't have made such a big mistake."

"Things won't progress that fast."

……

On the canopy.

The light behind the little emperor disappeared.

The light on the right side also gradually became smaller.

Only the eunuch's shadow loomed over him.

……

[The five ministers who assisted the government were extremely worried about the expansion of power of eunuchs such as Wang Zhen.]

[Yang Shiqi once wrote a memorial to the emperor asking him to select servants who were dignified in their behavior and had pure minds.]

【For those who act frivolously, speak disrespectfully, and have wrong intentions and behaviors, you should get rid of them as soon as possible. 】

[If you don't leave early, you will stay with him for a long time, and you will have a good relationship with him. You won't find it wrong and will listen to him. ]

【It will be difficult to remove it. 】

[As the regent and chief minister of the cabinet, Yang Shiqi was aware of the seriousness of the problem but was powerless to do anything about it.]

【For Zhu Qizhen, such preaching was just a casual listening, and he never took it as a warning, let alone eliminated its influence.】

[Under Zhu Qizhen's protection, Wang Zhen "regarded nobles and relatives as slaves and the emperor as his disciple"]

……

Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji with an unfriendly look.

"We teach them to read and write so that they can handle matters within the palace."

"You bastard, you raised a hungry wolf!"

Zhu Zhanji was speechless.

Zhu Gaoxu wanted to vent his anger, but was hit back by Zhu Gaochi's elbow.

Zhu Di glanced over here and snorted.

With his skirt lifted up, he sat on the stone pier with his legs spread out.

"Let's see what your big boy can do."

……

Ming Dynasty and Xuande period
Zhu Zhanji looked at the little child and reflected deeply.

Have I been neglecting my concern for the prince?

If he had been raised by someone in my family, perhaps he wouldn't be so unable to distinguish right from wrong.

……

[The Three Yangs couldn't do anything to Wang Zhen, so the young men with little experience couldn't be counted on even more.]

【Thus, the power of the imperial court fell completely into Wang Zhen's hands.】

[Even dukes and nobles would call him "Father Weng" when they saw him.]

【The three Yangs in the cabinet were helpless in the face of Wang Zhen's aggressiveness.】

[Yang Rong had a reputation for being dishonest, and Wang Zhen instigated the censors to accuse him of accepting bribes from the royal family member, Prince Jingjiang.]

[Although Yang Shiqi was released immediately, he was still being watched by the Censorate and the Dali Temple.]

[Soon after, the elderly Yang Rong died of grief and anger.]

[Later, Yang Shiqi was threatened by Wang Zhen because of his son Yang Ji's murder case and had to resign.]

[Although the emperor sent an edict to comfort and encourage him, he was still so worried that he could not get up.]

[Yang Pu is the only one left among the Three Yangs, and Wang Zhen doesn't even take him seriously.]

[In 1442, Empress Dowager Zhang died, and the palace lost the last restraining force on Wang Zhen.]

[In one dynasty, the benign political force that suppressed eunuchs and guided the healthy growth of the emperor came to an end. ]

[From then on, Wang Zhen seized control of the cabinet and the inner court, and he held the power of life and death.]

……

On the canopy.

Datong.

The city walls are covered with scars from war.

The Ming Dynasty's dragon flag was trampled by horses' hooves one after another.

The Hu cavalry knocked on the pass.

……

[While the imperial court was in chaos, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was also in turmoil.]

【After experiencing the high prosperity of the "Renzong and Xuanzong Reign", the Ming Dynasty during the Zhengtong period gradually exposed many problems. 】

[First, land annexation became increasingly serious, resulting in a large increase in refugees and uprisings breaking out one after another]

[Various types of military settlement land that originally belonged to the military garrisons also lost a large area.]

[Originally there were more than a hundred soldiers at the important military site, but only one or two people escaped.]

[The troops that did not flee not only had low combat effectiveness, but also had a serious shortage of supplies. ]

[The local garrison in Datong, a military stronghold, was poorly clothed and lived in extreme poverty.]

[The quality of military equipment also began to decline. The weapons and armor received by the most elite Shenji Battalion of the Ming Dynasty were not up to standard.]

[The Ming Dynasty's most elite cavalry battalion of 3,000 soldiers was actually short of more than 20,000 horses.]

[But before the court could resolve these problems, foreign threats came. ]

[On July 1449, , the Oirat Grand Master Yesen led his army to Datong.]

[All the castles outside the Great Wall were captured, and Ming generals Wu Hao, Song Ying, and Zhu Mian were defeated and killed one after another, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties.]

【The border is in danger. 】

……

(End of this chapter)