There are many people who write about Zhengde, but it is inseparable from those few things and characters. I originally thought that I could write some new ideas, but now I have started from scratch, but in fact it is still limited. It is just that at the end of the book, I am somewhat proud of it. There are some dissatisfactions.
From Hongzhi to Zhengde, from the famous ministers sadly leaving the court, to the famous eunuchs and eunuchs who dominate the situation, it is undoubtedly the end of one era and the beginning of another. I selected from Ming Dynasty Records and Ming History I inserted a few interesting characters into it, so I wrote more about people than things. I even went so far as to delve into the relationship between the characters and never tired of it. It has to be said that I have committed a certain degree of textual criticism. In this case, many The characters and their relationships have rarely been touched upon by predecessors, and many major and minor events have been ignored by predecessors. I have listed them one by one, naturally, not only to make everyone laugh.
The history books closed the coffin and concluded that Zhang Cai was denounced as a traitor, so I put some effort into clearing his name.
Without him, apart from his lustful and unsubstantiated greed for money, even the Ming Dynasty history, which is famous for distorting people, can't find much bad things about him. He is capable of doing things and has unparalleled demeanor, which can convince Liu Jin. Great use must have great talents, but it is a pity to die unjustly in prison and be slaughtered. This is a typical example of people who are jealous and jealous. As for Wang Yue, Cheng Minzheng and others, they also have their own injustices. In contrast, Tang Yinxu The injustices experienced by the people can only be regarded as the disaster suffered by the small people. After the glorious and famous ministers, these people are destined to be sacrificed.
The description of Emperor Hongzhi’s court visit and the Crow Dynasty is not made up by me, but is a point recorded in the history books. However, it is also true that Hongzhi rarely met with ministers except for court meetings. Imperial letters and secret secrets were passed back and forth. This kind of The exchange between monarchs and ministers is new to us, but it was helpless to people at that time. As for the banditry during the Hongzhi period, the actual records will not be false. Li Dongyang also wrote many poems reflecting the suffering of the people's livelihood on his way back to his hometown and Beijing. And Hongzhi protected The love of a wife is well-known throughout history, and I don’t need to justify it.
Regarding the relationship between the young emperor Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin, I have never believed that there was a so-called rebellion by Liu Jin. Although there were old cases of Cao Jixiang's rebellion in the past, Cao Jixiang was with Yingzong and Liu Jin was with Zhu Houzhao. The latter was discovered after Shi Heng was killed. When faced with a crisis to rebel, Liu Jin had never been in such a crisis. He did not do anything for nine thousand years and risked the situation of many opponents to rebel, unless he was crazy. Looking at the history books, even though Wu Zong Zhu Houzhao took the throne casually He was the emperor, but during his lifetime, Liu Jin never left the capital, never went to battle, never visited Nanjing southward, and never had so many various rumors... It can be seen that Liu Jin's death, for Zhu Houzhao, was It's a huge turning point.