"The king dies and the son of heaven guards the gate of the country", whenever the Ming Dynasty is mentioned, such words come to mind, the Ming Dynasty's two-hundred-and-seventy-six years of the State Order, which includes the benevolent monarch who strives to rule in the words, but there are also absurd and confused emperors.
Today we are going to talk about a "carpenter emperor" of the Ming Dynasty, let us see what "high-end" works he has conquered the world?
The three great prosperity of the early Ming Dynasty made the Ming Dynasty gradually move toward prosperity and prosperity, but in the middle of the period, the "Tumu Fort" incident caused the Ming Dynasty to begin to decline, and then through the Hongzhi Zhongxing, Jiajing Zhongxing, Wanli Zhongxing State regained momentum, but in the late Ming Dynasty, natural disasters and partisan disputes made the Ming Dynasty quickly show a decadent trend, and Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne during this period.
The main reason why Zhu Youxiao was able to become emperor early was that he had a father emperor Zhu Changluo who could "die".
Zhu Changluo reigned for less than a month, and he "killed" himself, which was also the famous "Red Pill Case" at that time, probably because this father's style did not give Zhu Youxiao too much "positive energy", and when Zhu Youxiao became emperor from the day he became emperor, he had to bear the fate of Shangjiangshan Sheji.
Probably Zhu Youxiao did not want to be an emperor in his bones, others killed you for this dragon chair, and the six relatives did not recognize it, but Zhu Youxiao was not interested in this, and he was very opportunistic.
As soon as Zhu Youxiao took office, he greatly trusted the Donglin Party faction, promoted and reused many donglin party courtiers, and also favored the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, so that the two factions continued to fight, and he himself fell idle from it, immersed himself in carpentry work all day, and concentrated on being his "carpenter emperor".
So how many amazing works does Zhu Yu Have?
Zhu Yu is particularly fond of woodware, as long as it involves danqing lacquerware, knife and axe chisel carpenter work, he will love to make it himself, and his mind is very clever, like to ponder and innovate, his carpentry work can also be said to have reached the pinnacle of perfection.
We all know that the ancient bed is very "huge", usually fixed in a position, easy to move, Zhu Yu also felt that his bed is too bulky, so he cleverly made a "folding bed", carrying and moving are very convenient, and carved a very exquisite pattern on it, so that the craftsmen at that time are ashamed of themselves.
He made small wooden people, men and women, young and old, all have a demeanor, facial features and limbs, all equipped, the movements are also very exquisite, but also sent internal supervisors to the market to sell, the city people at a heavy price to buy, so that this "carpenter emperor" has the "driving force" to continue to create, often all night to create his unique "royal carpentry" works.
In addition to carpentry, but everything related to wood production Zhu Youxiao will be interested, he once made exquisite lacquerware, from ingredients to lacquer are done by himself; Zhu Youxiao is also proficient in carving and skeletonizing, he has made ten lamp screens, on which are carved "Han Que Mei Tu", but the exquisite craftsmanship makes the craftsmen marvel.
There is a poem on the "Ming Palace Miscellaneous Songs" that says: "The imperial system of ten lantern screens, Si Nong does not suffer from poverty." Shen Xiang carved a cold bird, and the price was 100,000 taels. It can be seen that the works of Zhu Youxiao, the "Carpenter Emperor", are still very marketable.
In addition to carpentry work, Zhu Youxiao was also fascinated by architecture, he once made a small palace in the courtyard, imitating the form of the Qianqing Palace, no more than three or four feet high, with subtle twists and turns, and ingenious craftsmanship; he also made an agarwood rockery, Chitai Forest Pavilion, which was meticulously carved, which was a must at that time.
And these are just a corner of the "Carpenter Emperor", it should be known that in ancient times, most buildings were made of wood, and Zhu Yu also had a high degree of achievement in architecture. He carried out a huge reconstruction project of the Imperial Pole Hall, the Middle Pole Hall and the Jianji Hall, from the pillar and the upper beam to the sword hanging plate, and Zhu Youxiao personally attended the scene to "supervise the work" in the whole project.
Zhu Youxiao was very incompetent as emperor, but he was a "craftsman" who was proficient in carpenter work, and he should be regarded as the premier craftsman in the carpenter industry at that time, and it was not the identity of the emperor who raised his value.
Colonel Zhu Yu was really willing to drill in terms of carpenters, and if he could devote such energy to taking care of Jiangshan, the Ming Dynasty might be a different situation.