In the impression of many people, most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty did not do the right thing, such as the Wanli Emperor who did not go to the dynasty for more than 40 years, the Emperor of Tianqi who did not like to be an emperor and loved to do carpentry, the Zhengde Emperor who made himself a great general, and the Chenghua Emperor who only loved his own nursing mother. But don't forget, the Ming Dynasty also had good emperors who did things that other emperors had not done, including the Hongwu Emperor who killed as long as he was greedy, the Hongzhi Emperor who had only one wife in his life, the Tianshun Emperor who abolished the martyrdom system, and so on. So in fact, we carefully look at it, although there are strange emperors in the Ming Dynasty, there are also good emperors of benevolence and righteousness, and the Ming Dynasty can be called no less than seven Ming Jun, Ming Taizu, Ming Chengzu, Ming Renzong, Ming Xuanzong, Ming Xiaozong, Ming Mingzong, which one is worse than the Ming Jun of other dynasties? Which one has less credit than the others?
And the most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty can be regarded as a prosperous era, hongwu rule, Yongle shengshi, Renxuan rule, Hongzhi Zhongxing, Longqing New Deal, Wanli Zhongxing can be said to be a very good era of prosperity, and the yongxuan rule of Yongxuan, which is a combination of Yongle Shengshi and Renxuan, is one of the ten prosperous times in China. So in the Ming Dynasty, can you say that there were so many strange emperors? It was able to exist for two hundred and seventy-six years mostly because of these emperors.
In fact, the reason why people think that there are so many strange emperors in the Ming Dynasty is that the successor of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, most of its ten emperors are diligent monarchs, and there is almost no existence of monarchs who are slacking off. But don't forget, although the Qing Dynasty did not slacken the government, but most of them are mediocre kings, since then Yongzheng, which emperor of the Qing Dynasty is not a mediocre king, such as the Jiaqing Emperor, the Daoguang Emperor, the Tongzhi Emperor, the Xianfeng Emperor, etc., the Qing Dynasty did not have any more prosperous times after the "Kangqian Prosperous Era", which is enough to show that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty are really too many emperors with the heart to govern the country, but they have no ability to govern the country.
In this way, although the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are strange, most of them have enough talents to govern the country, for example, the Jiajing Emperor, who has not been on the dynasty for more than 20 years, although he did not go to the dynasty, but indeed there are few genius emperors in the past dynasties, who did not go to the dynasty for twenty years, but he was able to "invade the outside world, repair the border wall; resist the Wokou, An Haijiang", and firmly grasp the power of the dynasty, founded the "Jiajing Zhongxing" of Daming, and then the Zhengde Emperor who named himself a great general, do you think he is really strange? The biggest shortcoming of the Zhengde Emperor is that he likes to play, but he still has the ability to govern the country, once cursed Liu Jin at the flick of his fingers, the rebellion of the king of Peace, the rebellion of the king of Ning, the defeat of the little prince of Mongolia, and many times to relieve disasters and exemptions, at the same time, he decided on major national events is also very decisive and the method is also very in place, never slack in major matters.
It can be said that most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty loved to play and did not do the right thing, but the absolute number had the ability to govern the country, they were not unable to govern the country, but most of their interests were not here, there were carpenters, there were those who loved to repair immortals, there were those who loved to play, but they rarely put their minds on governing the country, and this is why so many people think that the Ming Dynasty is so strange!
So many people will ask? Why did the Ming Dynasty have so many playful and unprofessional emperors, but the Ming Dynasty could still maintain the state of Zuo for more than two hundred years? Personally, I think there are several reasons:
First, although most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty loved to play, most of them had the ability to govern the country, and there were few ambiguous emperors in major matters. For example, although Emperor Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen in the early stage because of his favor for the eunuch Wang Zhen, resulting in the eunuch dictatorship, but also because of Wang Zhen, the change of Tumu Fort occurred, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of thousands of elites of Daming, and he was also captured, but in the later period, it was also after the change of the door was restored, he began to repent, in his later years, he appointed Li Xian and other famous ministers, listened to the advice, was benevolent and frugal, loved the people, was very kind, and also abolished the inhuman burial system, it can be said that the ming Dynasty began to slowly recover its national strength in the later years of Emperor Yingzong.
Another example is Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, although he has been in the dynasty for more than twenty years, keen on Xiu Xian to ask, but it is undeniable that he is really a natural emperor, although he reigned for forty-five years, although he hardly cares about political affairs, but firmly controlled the Ming Dynasty's encyclopedia, even if the power of Yan Song, is also degraded, Yan Song also has no ability to fight back, in politics, he is also vigorously promoting reforms, cleaning up the Xunqi Zhuangtian, dismissing the town guards in the world, reforming the imperial examination system, reforming the Qi Shifeng, and so on, it can be said that the Jiajing Emperor's ability to govern the country is really good.
Therefore, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty did not lack emperors who could rule the country, but only lacked emperors who could concentrate on ruling the country, but no matter what, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty also rarely had emperors who were vague in major matters, which may explain why the Ming Dynasty did not have the monopoly of foreign relatives, the rebellion of the generals of the civil servants, and the harem in the final period of its life.
Second, when the Ming Dynasty reached the brink of danger, it would magically appear as a promising king, or a Ming jun, or a famous courtier, or ztex. For example, at the time of the change of Tumu fort, almost all the elite of the Ming Dynasty were destroyed, Emperor Yingzong was captured, and Walla attacked Beijing, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty at this time was on the verge of collapse, but at this time, yu Qian, a famous minister, also appeared, Zhu Qiyu, the Ming Emperor, who relied on these two people to pull the Ming Dynasty back, and in the later period, even if Ming Yingzong ascended the throne again, Ming Yingzong also began to become wise, and the Ming Dynasty slowly began to recover its vitality. After that, the Chenghua Emperor can also be said to be a Ming Emperor, and then to the Ming Emperor Xiaozong is even more remarkable, and Hongzhi Zhongxing has pulled the Ming Dynasty to a new prosperous world.
After that, after being tossed by the two emperors of Ming Wuzong and Ming Shizong for nearly 60 years, the Ming Dynasty began to decline again, to the brink of collapse, but the miraculous thing was that the two Zhongxing worlds of Ming Muzong's Longqing New Deal and Ming Shenzong's Wanli Zhongxing appeared one after another, which pulled the Ming Dynasty back to a stable situation.
It can be said that the two hundred and seventy-six years of the Ming Dynasty, the sixty-seven years from Ming Taizu to Ming Xuanzong were the most prosperous period of the Ming Dynasty, the fourteen years of Ming Yingzong's first ascension to the throne were the decline period of the Ming Dynasty, the forty-one years from Ming Emperor to Ming Xiaozong were the zhongxing period of the Ming Dynasty, the sixty-one years from Ming Wuzong to Ming Shizong were the decline period of the Ming Dynasty, the thirty-four years from Ming Muzong to the early Ming Dynasty were the mid-prosperity period of the Ming Dynasty, the late twenty years of Ming Shenzong were the decline period of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Guangzong began to show signs of recovery in a month, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, it can be said that if Ming Guangzong did not die early, The Ming Dynasty was able to at least have the majority of the state for another ten years, and then the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed in the twenty-fourth year from the Ming Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that in these two hundred and seventy-six years, the Ming Dynasty has nearly two hundred years belonging to the prosperous world, or the world of Zhongxing, and these seem to indicate that half of the Ming Dynasty's ability to maintain more than two hundred years of the country is because of the ming emperor's power.
Third, the political system of the Ming Dynasty was relatively superior, and the cabinet and the celebrant of ceremonies existed, the cabinet had the power to make suggestions, the superintendent of ceremonies had the power to give instructions, and the emperor had the right to decide. It can be said that the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to exist for hundreds of years in the middle and late period when so many emperors loved to play was because of the existence of this system. This system can ensure that even if the emperor loves to play, the country's government affairs will not have any hoarding situation, the cabinet helps the emperor to deal with government affairs, and the celebrant helps the emperor to approve government affairs, the cabinet and the celebrant both check and balance each other, can also help each other, and the emperor only needs to make decisions on major matters, and we all know that although the emperor of the Ming Dynasty loves to play, he has never been ambiguous in major matters, so it is precisely because of this, under the joint efforts of the emperor, the cabinet and the superintendent of ceremonies. The Ming Dynasty miraculously existed for two hundred and seventy-six years.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty can exist for two hundred and seventy-six years, not without its reason, first of all, most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have the ability to govern the country, just a little bit of improper business, such as the Jiajing Emperor, the Zhengde Emperor, the Tianqi Emperor, can you say that so many people do not have the ability to govern the country?
In the early days of the reign of the Jiajing Emperor, he even ruled out an era of "Jiajing Zhongxing", and although the Zhengde Emperor liked to play and have fun, he also had the ability to resist the border Kou and never slackened off in major matters. The emperors of the Qing Dynasty are not strange, and they are diligent enough, but what does the country look like in their hands, the Qing Dynasty has been going downhill since the kangqian dynasty, but in the late Ming Dynasty, there were also Hongzhi Zhongxing, Longqing New Deal, Jiajing Zhongxing and Wanli Zhongxing, think about a number of emperors who look strange in your eyes, why is the country governed better than the country governed by the Qing Dynasty's diligent emperor? Why?