Perhaps Ming Yingzong can also realize that no matter how diligent he is and how reformed he is, he will still be criticized by future generations and engraved on the pillar of shame of the Ming Empire by the pen of the historian. So, in the limited time of the Tianshun Dynasty, he was like a student who walked into the examination room, picking out the big questions with high scores first, and trying his best to strive for a good ruling score for himself.
On the ruling answer sheet, Ming Yingzong chose three major topics related to his own feelings: the release of the Jianshu people, the restoration of the title of Empress Hu of the Xuanzong Dynasty, and the abolition of the palace concubine burial system that had existed since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. However, he was right at least two things by being blinded.
Although the release of Jianshu people made people at the time believe that the emperor was going to change for the better and draw a line with the past, Zhu Wengui, who was released, soon died because he could not adapt to his new life. This is more like a show of the emperor's self-comfort, which makes people cry and laugh.
The abolition of the palace concubine funeral system, although the hundred officials of the court and even the people of the world saw Ming Yingzong's intentions to be the emperor, but in his harem, the pity of his wife Empress Qian was the key to his final abolition of the palace martyrdom system. In order to prevent the recurrence of the phenomenon of female protagonists interfering in politics in the Han and Tang dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated when he established the Ming Dynasty that the emperor should not choose the daughters of powerful noble ministers. However, at the last moment of Ming Yingzong's life, he chose to ignore this rule for the sake of self-comfort.
Ironically, the reason he chose to ignore was the pity of his wife, Queen Qian. After the Tumubao Incident, Empress Qian did not hesitate to give away all her money and belongings, hoping that the imperial court could redeem her husband as soon as possible. However, due to comprehensive considerations and a reluctance to be blackmailed by the Mongols, the imperial court finally chose the path of another emperor. As a "former queen", the uncertainty of her husband's life and death worries Queen Qian. Helpless and desperate, she can only rely on sincere prayers in exchange for a moment of spiritual peace.
The reason why Ming Yingzong failed his wife's life was not the martyrdom system itself, but his cowardice and selfishness. Behind this system, how many innocent women's fates are manipulated?Do their sacrifices really contribute to the stability of the country?These questions were ignored in Ming Yingzong's self-consolation.
Ming Yingzong was blinded by his sympathy for the first big question - the act of releasing the Jianshu people was regarded by the government and the opposition as "the first benevolent thing of the Tianshun Dynasty", but this could not hide his ignorance and cowardice on other issues. History is not entirely based on self-consolation and ***, but requires a true reflection of reality and reflection on the mistakes of the past. The story of Ming Yingzong reminds us that we all need to have a heart that is responsible for history, not just for the sake of self-comfort