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

Chapter 589: Renzong's Temple and the Renyin Palace Incident
【From the eighth year of Jiajing (1529), Zhu Houcong stipulated that "after the court was dismissed, all officials should go to the government office to handle affairs" and "this was implemented to each individual." 】

[The daily affairs that each official is responsible for are divided into three processing periods: "three days", "five days" and "ten days". Any official who fails to complete the work within the deadline will be fined or demoted.]

【Since the Hongzhi period, the bad habits of procrastination and inefficiency in the officialdom have begun to improve.】

In the ninth year of Jiajing (1530), he advocated reducing the rice supply for the royal family of the Ming Dynasty and stipulated dozens of specific clauses, which to a certain extent limited the expansion of the power of the royal family and aristocracy and reduced the financial burden of the court.

[In October of the same year, Gui E took office as the Minister of Civil Affairs and proposed to review corvée labor and reform taxation.]

[The specific practice is to "collect the grain of the whole province and assign corvée labor to the whole province", that is, from the village to the prefecture, the grain of the whole province will be reported to the higher level, and then to the provincial government. The provincial government will assign corvée labor according to the data, stipulate a certain amount of tax silver per stone of grain and a certain amount of silver per male, compile a map, and thus save a variety of corvée labor under various names. This is a compilation method. ]

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{A braid? Or a whip?}
{It is the Single Whip Law, but it was only promoted in the Jiangnan region during the Jiajing period, and the progress was not smooth. Therefore, officials who were able to successfully implement the Single Whip Law in Jiangnan often became famous and rose to prominence, such as Pang Shangpeng, Hai Rui, Cai Guoxi and others.}
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Song Shenzong Period
Zhao Xu looked at the decree and roughly understood it.

This law can be seen as an inevitable measure to clear up corvee labor, and it is also a reflection of the economic development of Jiangnan.

"That's a good way."

There's just too much resistance.

Just like his own reforms, if the emperor and his ministers cannot work together, then this method is just a show.

……

[The emperor at this time was quite capable of doing something and was quite a wise ruler.]

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The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
"But the good times didn't last long..."

Liu Che folded his arms and leaned back.

He could guess what Tianmu would say next.

But the problem also followed.

"How did he get such a bad reputation?"

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Yanhan·Lingdi Period
Liu Hong looked on with his chin in his hand, bored.

He said to all the ministers in the palace:
"Why don't we open a plate?"

"Women, enjoyment, and longevity."

"The king of the sky who is bright in front and dark in the back basically cannot escape these three things."

"I suppress immortality!"

"What are you pressing?"

Everyone was speechless for a while.

As expected, the Liu family emperor is good in everything, except that his ideas are sometimes too eccentric.

"The minister suppresses the woman."

Everyone looked at the person who spoke in surprise.

Liu Xuande! How come you, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, betrayed me?

And why is it you who is suppressing women? This option should not be...

"I also enjoy it."

Cao Cao remained expressionless and spoke righteously.

"You worked hard in the early stage, but can't you enjoy yourself in the later stage?"

“But once this thought comes to mind, it’s like a thousand-mile dam collapsing due to an ant hole.”

"I can't stop it anymore."

……

【But the good times didn’t last long.】

[Although Zhu Houcong used various means to manipulate the ministers of the previous dynasty and established his supreme authority, the frequent use of fixed routines allowed more and more people to master the tricks and achieve his goals.]

[In other words, this group of shrewd people have figured it out. ]

【And the Minister of Rites Xia Yan was the first person to take the initiative to master this technique. 】

[In October of the 1536th year of Jiajing (), Xia Yan, the Minister of Rites, proposed to change the name of the Temple of the Emperor to the Temple of the Emperor Xian, which was approved.]

[In the intercalary twelfth month, the nine temples were completed, and Xia Yan, the Minister of Rites, entered the cabinet.]

[In May of the 1538th year of Jiajing (), the Ming Dynasty discussed the ritual system for the Mingtang Autumn Feast.]

[In July, it was discussed that Zhu Houcong's biological father, Emperor Huangkaoxian, should be enshrined in the temple.]

[In September, Emperor Taizong Wen of the Ming Dynasty was honored as Emperor Chengzu Wen, and Emperor Xian of the Ming Dynasty was honored as Emperor Ruizong, and both were enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.]

[In December, Xia Yan became the chief minister.]

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{Pig Fatty's time in the Temple of Heaven has expired.}
{Jiajing is not in the right in this matter.}
{The Book of Rites: The emperor has seven temples.}
{But Zhu Yuanzhang valued his ancestors and implemented the Nine Temples System.}
{The main hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple enshrines nine emperors. Except for the founding emperor, the tablets of the other emperors are “destroyed when the relatives are gone.”}
{The so-called "closeness" refers to a relationship beyond the current emperor.}
｛"祧" refers to moving the tablet from the main hall to the side hall "祧寺" behind the Taimiao for separate worship.｝
{Because the founding emperor "will not be disowned for generations", no matter how distant the relationship is, he will always be placed in the center of the Taimiao.}
{In the 16th year of the Jiajing reign, in order to allow his father to be enshrined in the ancestral temple, the Jiajing Emperor changed Zhu Di's temple name to Chengzu, giving him the same "eternal" treatment as Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.}
{But there is a problem here.}
{If Jiajing had not posthumously conferred the title of Ruizong on his father, the eight emperors enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple at this time should be: Taizu, Chengzu, Ren, Xuan, Ying, Xian, Xiao, and Wu. Jianwen and Jingtai had no temple names and were not enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.}
{But after Jiajing's father, Ruizong, was enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, all nine pits were occupied.}
{According to the current order, when Jiajing passed away, Renzong was the next emperor to take the throne.}
{But as we all know, Ruizong was forced into the temple by Jiajing. So he was worried that after his death, the ministers would not worship Renzong, so he moved Ruizong into the temple.}
{So in the 26th year of Jiajing's reign, Jiajing used the name of Empress Xiaolie to be enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple in advance, occupying a place for himself and asking Renzong to leave the Imperial Ancestral Temple.}
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Tang Xuanzong Period
"you……"

Li Longji was speechless when he saw the word "Renzong".

Although according to the regulations you will also be punished...

But kicking you out in advance is really a bit of a rebellion...

"This guy is really unlucky."

……During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty
Zhao Zhen suddenly felt very lucky!

Fortunately, I didn’t fall to the point of being squeezed out of the Taimiao by an inexplicable "emperor" who had neither the title of emperor in reality nor in name!
"This is such a huge loss of face..."

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Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly and the skin on his face trembled.

"Well...you are really a filial son!"

"Why are you crying?"

Zhu Di looked at his fat son who was sobbing with displeasure.

Zhu Gaochi was mumbling with tears and snot.

"My son feels wronged."

Zhu Di waved his hand in disdain.

"This is all for the future of Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gaochi was choked, and then cried even louder!

Empress Xu slapped Zhu Di hard.

Zhu Di looked at Empress Xu with his teeth bared.

"What are you doing again?"

Empress Xu glared at him and said fiercely:

"What do you mean for the future of Ming Dynasty? He just has selfish thoughts!"

Zhu Di rubbed his arm and muttered:

"When I changed my temple name to Chengzu, I didn't see you speak for me..."

Empress Xu rolled her eyes at him and went to comfort her fat son.

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[In the first month of the 1539th year of Jiajing (), Xia Yan was promoted to the rank of Grand Secretary.]

[In February, because of the appearance of auspicious clouds in the sky, Minister of Rites Yan Song took the opportunity to persuade Zhu Houcong to accept congratulations in the imperial court, and personally composed "Ode to the Celebration of Clouds" and "Ode to the Completion of the Great Ceremony" to present to Zhu Houcong, which won Zhu Houcong's favor and treated him the same as the cabinet.]

[Some people may notice that it is the word "御朝". ]

【Zhu Houcong began to believe in Taoism in the third year after he ascended the throne. He held fasting and offering sacrifices, and set up altars throughout the palace, "including all the harems." 】

[From the 15th year of Jiajing, he gradually stopped attending court on the pretext of illness, hid in the harem, and engaged in Taoist practices of cultivating the mysterious and performing rituals.]

[After his biological mother, Empress Dowager Jiang, passed away, he stopped attending court for many years.]

[That’s why Yan Song advised the emperor to “stop court”]

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{This really needs to be explained clearly to Jiajing.}
{Don't read those official histories whose truth is hard to tell, just read the correspondence between Zhu Houcong and Zhang Cong. Zhu Houcong was not greedy for women, nor did he like feasting and playing.}
{In the early days of his reign, he attended the morning court every day, except when he was sick.}
{They went up to the palace with candles before daybreak, and the officials lined up in a row under the candlelight. Here is Yang Yiqing's memorial of admonition as evidence.}
{So the old Taoist priest had a very poor physical condition and was often ill.}
{He had many skilled imperial physicians around him, and he was familiar with medical records, but he still couldn't figure out the cause of the disease.}
{Perhaps because of this, he was even more superstitious about alchemy and immortality.}
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Yanhan·Lingdi Period
"Hahahaha! I bet right!"

Liu Hong jumped up with joy!

"Give me money! Ten baht per person!"

The ministers had no choice but to agree to bring the money later.

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[In February, the emperor appointed his second son Zhu Zaigang as the crown prince, and his third and fourth sons were given titles of Prince Yu and Prince Jing. He then toured the southern part of the country to Chengtian Prefecture in Huguang.]

[During the tour, a fire broke out in the Weihui Palace. Jinyiwei Lu Bing and Chengguogong Zhu Xizhong rushed into the palace despite the fire and rescued Zhu Houcong.]

【April, return to Beijing】

In August of the 1542th year of Jiajing (), Zhu Houcong disliked the Yishan crown, so he made five fragrant leaf crowns himself and gave them to Xia Yan, Yan Song and others.

【Xia Yan refused to take him out and advised the emperor, Zhu Houcong was furious. 】

【Yan Song not only wore it, but also covered it with a veil to show respect, which won Zhu Houcong's favor. Yan Song took the opportunity to cry and complain that Xia Yan suppressed and excluded him. Xia Yan was dismissed from his post and lived in idleness, and Yan Song entered the cabinet.】

……

On the canopy.

Midnight,

The autumn wind is blowing in the Forbidden City.

There was a cold frost on the white jade steps.

And under the wall of the emperor's bedroom, more than a dozen figures were frozen like iron.

Quietly waiting for the moment when the lights in the palace went out.

"Da da, da da, da."

There was a soft tapping on the lattice window.

A dozen figures received the secret signal and started moving instantly.

They lined up and walked into the bedroom.

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[On October 21, sixteen palace maids joined forces to assassinate the Ming Emperor Zhu Houcong.]

[Known in history as the "Renyin Palace Change"]

(End of this chapter)