Emperor Jiajing's statecraft. Zhu Houxi, also known as Emperor Jiajing, was an emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His life is full of twists and turns, and his fate is unpredictable, like a pig on the cusp. When he was 15 years old, his cousin Zhu Houzhao died, and since he had no children, Zhu Houxi became the ruler of the Ming Empire. Such a change is really rare, just as rare as the probability of winning the lottery, not to mention that there were so many beautiful women at that time, and the two emperors only gave birth to one child, which is really a miracle within a miracle. Zhu Houxi rushed from his fiefdom to Beijing at once and became the supreme leader of the empire. However, his lack of experience in governing the country and the support of his staff made him politically helpless. Although he is nominally the supreme leader of the empire, he doesn't even have his own team, how much can a 15-year-old boy understand?
However, these magnates did not expect that Zhu Houxi, who was only 15 years old, defeated them with his own strength, seized the control, financial power, and appointment and dismissal power of the Ming Empire, and began a 45-year ruling career. After the age of 40, Zhu Houxi became interested in alchemy and cultivating internal strength, pursued immortality, and ostensibly declared that he "ruled by doing nothing". For 20 years, he continued not to go to the court, and state affairs were handled by the cabinet. But what if someone deceives him down there?Don't worry, Zhu Houxi has a way to deal with it. He asked Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, to draft various documents, and then the eunuch Lu Fang, who was in charge of the seal, was responsible for stamping them. At the same time, he also cultivated Xu Jie, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, to assist Yan Song in his work, in fact, supervising and preparing to replace Yan Song at any timeAt the same time, Chen Hong, the eunuch who cultivated the master of ceremonies and the eunuch Bingbi, assisted Lü Fang in his work, actually supervising and preparing to replace Lü Fang at any time.
As a result, there was a struggle within the cabinet and the celebrant supervisor, the first and second leaders of the cabinet fought against each other, and the first and second leaders of the celebrant fought with each other, and Zhu Houxi, as the adjudicator, had the final decision. What if the Cabinet and the Celebrant are united?It doesn't matter, Zhu Houxi also has a trick. He appointed Lu Shan as the commander of the Jinyi Guard (military commander) and Feng Bao as the commander of Dongchang (Zhongtong), and asked them to supervise the cabinet and the celebrants, and they also began to fight. While managing the empire, Zhu also focused on bureaucratic rotation, which was essential for the proper functioning of the state. As a Ming Jun, he not only has to ensure the smooth progress of the country's government affairs, but also let the people see hope for the future. In order to consolidate his rule, Zhu Houxi arranged for his son Yuwang (the future **person) to be in charge of the Imperial Procuratorate, although this position is not directly related to the specific affairs of the empire, but represents the prestige of the Qingliu and is suitable for young **.
At the same time, King Yu also has the right to supervise the hundred officials, which not only increases the prestige of the future **, but also does not pose a threat to the actual power of the current emperor. This ingenious arrangement has allowed Zhu Houxi to hardly handle affairs personally in the past 20 years, but he still firmly controls the power of the "company" of the Ming Empire.