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

Chapter 576: True and False Leopard House: Attack and Defense Change
On the canopy.

The little emperor, with his chest open, lay surrounded by the fragrance of cream and oil.

He laughed.

A group of beauties wearing only veils gathered together.

Golden cups and jade pots were scattered all over the floor.

The white fat is moist and the plump cheeks are charming.

Her lips were slightly parted.

The lascivious music surrounds the beams.

……

[The Leopard House was built in the second year of Zhengde and completed in the seventh year of Zhengde, costing more than 200,000 taels of silver.]

【Located near Xihua Gate in Xiyuan. 】

[Since the third year of Zhengde (1508), Zhu Houzhao has lived in the Leopard House and rarely lived in the Imperial Palace. ]

[Traditional historians believe that the Leopard Room was a personal entertainment place built by Zhu Houzhao, where a large number of wild animals were raised. Leopards were the most favored by the emperor because of their ferocious bites, so it was called the Leopard Room.]

[There were also a large number of women, young children, and various entertainment items and facilities for Zhu Houzhao to enjoy.]

[Therefore, the Leopard Room is often regarded as the place where Zhu Houzhao indulged in debauchery and as evidence of his crimes.]

[However, there have always been different voices, believing that although Zhu Houzhao's behavior was out of line, it was not a debauchery, but an attempt to expand the power of the emperor through unconventional means. ]

[The Leopard House was actually the political and military decision-making body of the Ming Dynasty during the Zhengde period, with a complete administrative body and institutional setup, thus creating the history of Zhongnanhai as a political center for more than 500 years.]

……

{It is hard to explain this thing. The History of Ming Dynasty says that this thing was invented by Qian Ning.}
{However, during the Yuan Dynasty, the royal family had already had the custom of building high walls to raise tigers, leopards and other ferocious animals for entertainment. There were not only leopard houses, but also tiger houses, elephant houses, eagle houses, etc., which were later misnamed as "fang", such as "yangfang", "xiangfang", "hufang", etc. There are also such place names in Beijing now.}
{The Veritable Records of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty recorded: "He built a palace called the Leopard House, with front and back halls, as well as left and right wing rooms and rest rooms. At that time, the emperor was bewitched by a group of traitors and stayed here day and night, and never entered the palace again."}
｛Mao Qiling, a Qing Dynasty historian who participated in compiling the "History of Ming Dynasty", wrote "Unofficial Records of Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty" to supplement it, saying that Zhu Houzhao spent a lot of silver to build the Leopard House, and built a secret room under the Leopard House. In addition to wild beasts, the secret room also kept a large number of beautiful women.｝
{Zhu Houzhao drank and slept with these women in there, living a life of drunkenness and dreams.}
{But there is one important point that no one has mentioned.}
{That is Yang Tinghe’s diary!}
{In the 14th year of Zhengde, the eunuch Zhang Yong urged Yang Tinghe to go to the Leopard Room to meet Zhu Houzhao.}
{Yang Tinghe replied: "We only know that the emperor is in Qianqing Palace, but we don't know where the Leopard Room is.

I heard that you and others were reporting on matters in the Leopard Room day and night, but I didn't know what they were reporting on.

We are called ministers, but we are not allowed to know about everything. Every day, we receive the tickets and have to make changes to them. I don’t know who wrote them.

It seems that we are only clerks in the six ministries, copying documents!"
{Zhu Houzhao’s office is the Leopard Room!}

……

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Liu Che stroked his beard and raised his eyebrows.

“Isn’t this just specifying China and North Korea to a certain place?”

"This Leopard House was actually Zhu Houzhao's military and political center."

"The establishment of the Leopard House has made the Imperial Court virtually non-existent. The status of the cabinet ministers has been greatly reduced, and they have no administrative power, just like clerks who copy documents."

"Joining forces with Liu Jin, who I mentioned earlier, to seize power over the six ministries, this is a brilliant move."

Liu Che looked at the sky and asked the little Liu Ju who was fiddling with the Yan Ji board:
"Do you understand, er?"

Little Liu Ju scratched his head and looked up at Liu Che.

"Father, does the emperor not want to play with them anymore?"

Liu Che was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and looked at his son carefully.

There is curiosity and seriousness in the child's big eyes.

"Why... do you think so?"

Xiao Liu put down the Yanji board casually and said in a childish voice:
"Because he is imitating his father?"

"Father is the best!"

Liu Che looked at his son who was holding his toys and shouting, and pursed his lips.

Wei Zifu looked over here.

Huo Qubing was also looking over here.

There was a change of emotion in Liu Che's eyes.

Was this taught by the Queen or someone around her?

But the child has always been under his nose.

So does he really think so?
……

Datang.

"During the Battle of Tumu, the Ming Dynasty's founding military nobles and the Jingnan heroes were basically wiped out."

Li Shimin casually plucked a peony and broke off a section of the flower stem.

After pinning the pink and white peony on Empress Changsun's temples, she squatted on the ground holding the broken flower stems and drew something for Li Chengqian.

Empress Changsun looked at the backs of the father and son squatting together, and adjusted the peony by her temples.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Little Li Zhi from not far away came running over!

"Mother, mother! It's for you!"

Empress Changsun looked at her little son, who was covered in dust and dirt, and squatted down helplessly to wipe his face with a handkerchief.

"How did you play so dirty?"

Little Li Zhi just raised his clasped hands excitedly and said loudly:

"Mother! This is a gift from Zhinu to you!"

As he spoke, he opened his little hand.

A colorful butterfly fluttered its wings in the child's palm.

"Mother, does it look good?"

Little Li Zhi opened his mouth and smiled, just in time to see that one of his front teeth had fallen out.

Empress Changsun understood why he was so dirty.

She curved her eyebrows and nodded slightly.

"It looks good. Auntie likes it."

Little Li Zhi shouted and clenched and released his hands.

Butterflies fluttered and hovered.

The light figure looks like a flowing painting in the sunshine.

It flutters and leaps.

Finally it stops at the peony by the temples.

Empress Chang Sun felt it and held her breath carefully.

Little Li Zhi also stared and covered his mouth.

He lowered his voice and said:
"Mother, you are so beautiful."

Li Shimin was distracted for a moment when he looked at the mother and son squatting here.

He reflected the beautiful scenery in his eyes into his heart. He would paint this picture.

Li Chengqian was also watching this scene.

It’s great to have mother here.

"So, after the Battle of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty's civil service group became the dominant force and the ruler of the country."

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment.

The mood changes so quickly, yeah!
Li Shimin was too lazy to continue talking, he had more important things to do!
"After the indulgence of Emperor Hongzhi, the court officials have become unbalanced."

"When Zhengde ascended the throne, he sensed the seriousness of this problem and had been deliberately weakening the power of the civil service group, led by the cabinet ministers, to control the military and the court."

"If they want to govern independently and revive the martial tradition of the early Ming Dynasty, and restore the military to its prominent position in the early Ming Dynasty, these will obviously not be accepted by the civil officials."

"In order to get rid of interference and constraints, building a palace and administrative office outside the palace is the best solution!"

"Understand?"

Without waiting for Li Chengqian to nod, Li Shimin said directly
"Okay, you get it."

"Hurry up, get some pen and ink!"

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

"Oh! I'll go right away!"

Li Shimin waved his hand, then continued to look at Empress Changsun with his chin in his hand.

……

[After the establishment of the Leopard House, the ministers completely lost track of the emperor.]

【The only people who could establish connections with the emperor were the eunuchs.】

【So various policies flowed out from Liu Jin’s hands. 】

[The emperor forged an imperial edict to dismiss all provincial governors and dismissed local officials from the provincial procuratorate. He sent out officials to inspect the fodder and grain reserves in the border areas and extort officials and merchants based on the storage conditions.]

[A forged imperial edict was issued to arrest the former Minister of War Liu Daxia and the Nanjing Minister of Justice Pan Fan for "inciting rebellion against local officials" and sent them to prison and exile.]

【Minister of Personnel Xu Jin was forced to retire, and Minister of War Liu Yu was transferred to the Ministry of Personnel. 】

【False edict. Set up the Neiban Factory, which was more cruel than the Jinyiwei and Dongxi Factory.】

[In February of the fourth year of the Zhengde reign in 1509, Liu Jin again forged an imperial edict to depose Liu Jian and Xie Qian, former university secretaries, and make them commoners.]

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Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang is now at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Forged imperial edict, forged imperial edict..."

"If a eunuch can forge an imperial edict like this, let him take the throne!"

Queen Ma sighed slightly.

"Such a big name for a former official...this reputation..."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

"Reputation? Zhu Youtang does have a good reputation."

"In my life, I hate those empty talkers the most!"

……

[In April of the fifth year of the Zhengde reign in 1510, Anhua Prince Zhu Zongxian launched a rebellion.]

[Because of the shortage of supplies in the border towns, some people proposed that the Ming Dynasty implemented military farming at the beginning of its establishment to be self-sufficient, but it was later occupied by aristocratic families, resulting in a shortage of military supplies. ]

【Therefore, Liu Jin ordered the construction of military farms and sent imperial censors to clean up the military farms in various border areas, with the increase in the number of acres of land and the pursuit of arrears as the assessment criteria. 】

……

Ming Dynasty and Xuande period
"oops!"

Zhu Zhanji slammed the table, looking very disappointed.

"Too impatient!"

Now the border troops are in collusion with the civil officials!

Wouldn't it be obvious that it would make people uneasy if you took action right now?
"I'm too anxious."

Zhu Zhanji shook his head.

“I’m afraid this situation is going to be bad.”

……

[In order to gain merit, the censors falsely reported an increase in the number of acres of land and demanded more rent. The harshest rent was imposed in Ningxia, where they even imposed additional punishments on the wives of officers.]

【So, Anhua King Zhu Zongqiang raised the banner of killing Liu Jin and launched a rebellion. 】

[Soon after, Ningxia guerrilla general Qiu Yue led his army to suppress the rebellion, which lasted only eighteen days.]

【However, the Ming Dynasty central government was unaware of this, so it reinstated Yang Yiqing and sent troops to suppress the rebellion.】

[In May, the Ming Dynasty appointed Jingyang Bo Shenying as the general, eunuch Zhang Yong as the governor of military affairs, and former Right Censor-in-Chief Yang Yiqing as the admiral, responsible for suppressing the rebellion.]

[In May, Grand Secretary Jiao Fang retired due to old age and illness.]

[In June, Grand Secretary Liu Yu believed that Liu Jin would be defeated, so he asked to retire and was granted permission.]

[In August, Liu Jin was executed for treason.]

……

{Many historians in the Ming Dynasty doubted Liu Jin's rebellion.}
{The biggest doubt is that, during the first search of Liu Jin's house after his arrest, no significant findings were made except for gold, silver and other treasures.}
{But when Zhu Houzhao showed his reluctance to Liu Jin, all kinds of unexpected gains, such as armor, weapons, dragon robes, and jade seals, came all at once.}
{What followed was another major purge of the Ming Dynasty officialdom. More than sixty officials were dismissed and exiled for being Liu Jin's party, especially from the cabinet to the six ministries, almost all of them were swept away.}
{But the least controversial one is corruption. The amount of property seized is staggering, but the exact amount is highly controversial.}
{This wealth was also confiscated, and most of it was moved to Zhu Houzhao's private "Leopard Room."}
{Part of it also benefited the common people. In the sixth year of Zhengde (1511), the newly-appointed Jinshi Chai Qi proposed that the Ming Dynasty renovate the water conservancy projects in Wapu and other places on a large scale. The funds used were precisely the confiscated property of Liu Jin.}
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Ming Dynasty, Hongzhi Period
Zhu Youtang's expression almost got out of control.

Is this world still the Zhu family's world?

Civil officials, border troops, and vassal kings.

They are strung together?!
Only then did Zhu Youtang realize exactly what a mess he had left behind.

But this situation...

He leaned forward slightly to avoid Queen Zhang.

We can't put all our bets on the eunuchs.

The target is too big.

He glanced at the Queen.

The targets of the maternal relatives are also not small, but they are still court officials.

It is not possible to set up a separate target, but it is possible to separate two targets.

can.

(End of this chapter)