The evaluation of Zhu Gaochi in Ming Dynasty was that he was in office for less than a year and was good at employing people and administration. If God can let him live a few more years, he can rest and prosper in Dehua, which is absolutely comparable to the "Wenjing" rule in the Han Dynasty.
Generally speaking, Zhu Gaochi's "benevolence" seems to be innate.
Zhu Gaochi's father was Judy, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his mother was Xu Da's daughter.
It stands to reason that his father is a fierce emperor with great martial arts and can be good at fighting, and his mother is the daughter of his family. Zhu Gaochi will inherit some military factors.
As a child, Zhu Gaochi not only received orthodox Confucian academic education, but also practiced martial arts and archery according to his father's requirements. It is recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty that "if you practice shooting for a long time, you will hit a hundred shots", and your archery is very clever.
However, Zhu Gaochi was quiet by nature and was not interested in martial arts. He is only devoted to classical literature.
Among Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, Judy, the prince of Yan, is the most outstanding in unifying the army.
Ming Taizu was particularly interested in the unity of the prince's sons.
In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, he was made a prince. One morning, he was asked to review the army with three princes, including Qin, Jin and Zhou.
Zhu Gaochi came back very late. Ming Taizu was very surprised and asked why.
Zhu Gaochi replied that it was too cold in the morning, so I asked the soldiers to review after breakfast, so I came back late.
Ming Taizu, a founding emperor who suffered from war and climbed out of death countless times, has deep feelings for soldiers. When he heard this, he was immediately moved.
What a good boy!
Ming Taizu's affection for this gentle and quiet teenager is steep.
A few days later, Ming Taizu planned to examine the young man's administrative ability and let him read the newspaper alone.
Zhu Gaochi has a unique vision, and soon chose those memorials about the advantages and disadvantages of the military and civilians to express.
Ming Taizu often listens.
Ming Taizu noticed that whenever there were mistakes in the words on the paper, Zhu Gaochi deliberately avoided reciting them. I pointed it out rudely and asked, "There are obvious mistakes in these places. Are you negligent? "
Zhu Gaochi's face was calm and he answered truthfully: "There was no negligence, but I felt that a little mistake was not enough to disturb the emperor."
He smiled with satisfaction and asked, "What did the people live on when Yao and Tang were in floods and droughts?"
Zhu Gaochi replied without thinking: "There is a policy of being close to the people by relying on saints."
Ming Taizu said with a smile, "This child has the potential to be a saint."
Zhu Gaochi has the potential to become a saint. He is kind-hearted and knows how to implement benevolent policies, but this does not mean that he has no military skills.
Judy opposed Jingnan, and Zhu Gaochi stayed in Beijing.
Li Jinglong, the general of his reign, once led 500,000 troops to the gates of Beijing.
The situation was critical and Zhu Gaochi didn't panic. He quickly organized an army of more than 10,000 people, persevered in stopping Li Jinglong's attack and saved Beijing.
This battle of defending Beijing is of decisive significance to the trend of the situation in southern Beijing, and it is also the most brilliant performance of Zhu Gaochi's military strategy.
After Judy proclaimed herself emperor, she spent a lot of time in the Northern Expedition, and the government affairs of North Korea were mainly managed by Zhu Gaochi.
Zhu Gaochi didn't live up to his expectations. He handled state affairs in an orderly way.
In addition, Zhu Gaochi also took this opportunity to pursue his own policies, which laid a good foundation for his later accession to the throne.
From a certain point of view, although Zhu Gaochi was in office for a short time, he was in power for a long time.
After Zhu Gaochi finally ascended the throne, he began a series of vigorous reforms, trying to correct the judicial malpractice in Yongle period, pardoning the old ministers of Jianwen Emperor and the families of officials exiled to the border during Yongle period, and letting them return to their original places to rehabilitate unjust imprisonment, which made many unjust cases obvious.
Zhu Gaochi believes that many people sentenced to death may be victims of fabricated charges. Therefore, he ordered the cabinet and judicial officials to examine every case that was sentenced to death. He also issued an imperial edict warning the judicial authorities that all punishments should be decided according to the law, and that prisoners' charges should be examined before sentencing. In addition, the abuse of corporal punishment against prisoners is explicitly prohibited, and relatives of prisoners should be avoided as far as possible.
Zhu Gaochi was very dissatisfied with his father's expensive plan. He issued several imperial edicts to cancel the emperor's requisition of timber, gold and silver and other commodities, stop the treasure ships from going to the West, stop the royal purchase of jewelry and so on.
Zhu Gaochi also actively selects talented officials, eliminates redundant officials, dismisses unnecessary officials, sends inspectors to all parts of the country to investigate officials' achievements, and looks for suitable candidates for the appointment of bureaucracies.
In a word, Zhu Gaochi demands itself with the standard of benevolence everywhere, cultivates discipline, loves the people like a son, and constantly orders tax reduction and exemption, gives free relief to the disaster-stricken areas, and lets farmers fish and hunt.
Zhu Gaochi's practice gave the people a full rest and laid the foundation for the later "benevolent government".
May 29th, the first year of Hongxi (1425). Zhu Gaochi died suddenly in the Qin 'an Hall of the Palace at the age of 47. The name of the temple is Renzong, and posthumous title worships heaven and is sincere to Emperor Dehong, Wen and Zhang Shengda. Buried in the Ming tombs.
It is worth mentioning that among the Ming Tombs, the construction of fairies is the most frugal.
Zhu Gaochi left a testament before he died, saying, "Since I am facing a shallow imperial day, I am not grateful to the people, and I can't bear to work hard. The Shanling system is frugal. " The general idea of this sentence is that I haven't been emperor for a few days and I haven't brought any benefits to the people. Don't burden the people for my funeral, please be frugal.
After Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, Xuanzong followed Zhu Gaochi's testamentary edict and Zhu Gaochi's wishes to make the country prosperous.
Later historians therefore commented on Ming Renzong and Xuanzong's father and son, saying, "Ming Ren Xuan is like Zhou Youkang; Han has literary talent. "
Zhu Gaochi, Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty, is a well-deserved generation of Ren Jun!