Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

On the second day of July in the 13th year of Zhengde's reign, Emperor Zhengde issued an order to "Specially order the Governor-General of Military Affairs, General Mighty, and the Chief of Staff, Zhu Shou, to lead the Sixth Army" on the grounds that there were troubles in border areas such as Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong, Yansui, Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu. Go to conquer".

The ministers all made resolute remonstrances, but in the end they could not stop him from going on tour.

Three days after delivering the above imperial edict, another edict was sent to the Ministry of War.

The edict said: "The Governor-General of Military Affairs, the mighty General Zhu Shou, personally led the Sixth Division to exterminate the bandits, quickly wipe out the poisonous smells, secure the people and protect the public, spread his majesty far away, clean up the borders, and perform sacred military feats. It is appropriate to show his rank as a reward for his hard work. Today, a special special order is added. The powerful generals, dukes, and salaries are still informed by the officials and households."

Emperor Zhengde gave himself the official title of "General, Chief Military Officer" and proclaimed himself a Duke. He also asked the Ministry of Civil Service and Household Affairs to pay him a salary.

Later, the salary was set at 5000 shi per year, and the salary was brought to the governor's house of the rear army.

In the 14th year of Zhengde's reign, Emperor Zhengde gave "Zhu Shou" the title of Taishi, and asked "Zhu Shou" to go to Zhili in the north and south, Tai'an Prefecture in Shandong and other places to worship the holy statue, offer incense and silk, and pray for blessings and peace of the people.

Scholar Yang Tinghe and other officials once again admonished this absurd behavior, but Emperor Zhengde refused to listen.

Emperor Zhengde was proficient in Tibetan, and also studied Tibetan Buddhism. He was proficient in Buddhist classics and Sanskrit, and could personally wear monk robes and chant sutras and perform with Tibetan monks.

He even carried out extensive construction work to build monasteries, favoring and favoring Tibetan monks such as Xingji Bandan, Luozhu Banzhuo, Lama Qizhu, Sanzhu Shicha, etc. He heard that the seventh Karmapa Chodral Gyatso had prophesied that "he will be reincarnated in the future, and he will teach when he meets." The Dharma Assembly was divided into two factions." The Black Hat faction said, "The Emperor Zhengde and the incarnation of Yu Shen coincided with the birth of the eighth generation of the Venerable and coincided with the Emperor's ascension to the Leo constellation.

Emperor Zhengde then crowned himself with a black hat and said: 'I am the Karmapa.'"

Emperor Zhengde awarded himself the title "Daqing Dharma King Xijue Dao Yuanming Zizi Ding Feng Fengying Buddha", ordered the Ministry of Rites to cast a gold seal for him, and also issued an imperial edict, and signed the imperial edict in the dual names of the emperor and Daqing Dharma King.

The Kagyu sect also actively echoes and promotes this myth.

Emperor Zhengde learned the palindrome, and his Arabic name was Shaji Aolan, which means "young king" in Persian or "brave king" in Turkic.

And he appeared as "Emperor Sultan Suleiman Khan of the Ming Dynasty" on the porcelain exported from Zhengde Dynasty in Arab countries, declaring his authority.

Emperor Zhengde learned Mongolian and named him "Kubilai".

He also asked the palace servants to make Mongolian fur hats, furs, skirts and socks, and wear them with the eunuchs around him. They were called "Tatars" and rode horses all day long, and even did not return to the palace for the whole night.

The stability in the north allowed Emperor Zhengde to finally spare his energy and turn his attention to the south.

A murder occurred in Qiantang, Zhejiang. The deceased was fatally stabbed five times. The Qiantang County magistrate concluded that the person committed suicide.

After reporting the case to the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Punishment considered the case unreasonable and dismissed the retrial.

Afterwards, the Hangzhou government retried the case and still reported it as suicide. The Ministry of Punishment rejected it again and reported it to Dali Temple. The case then went to Tianting and came into the emperor's sight.Emperor Zhengde became furious after learning about the case: "How could anyone kill himself with five sword wounds? Do you want to compare me to Jin Hui?"

So he ordered a thorough investigation of the Hangzhou prefect and the Qiantang County magistrate, and finally found out that the murderer was the nephew of the Qiantang County magistrate's wife.

Anyone with a discerning eye can spot a strange murder case that requires the emperor's decision to be retried. This shows how corrupt Jiangnan's officialdom has become.

Zhu Houzhao became more determined to rectify the officialdom in Jiangnan.

In June of the 14th year of Zhengde, Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning who was far away in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, rebelled.

On June [-], Zhu Chenhao's birthday, Jiangxi governor Sun Sui, censor Wang Jin, Jiangxi's three ministers and official envoys Ma Sicong, Jinshan, and Guangxi political strategist Ji Ji went to the government to celebrate. His Royal Highness Prince Ning remained calm. of banquets.

The next day, Sun Sui and other officials went to the mansion again to thank him for the banquet.Zhu Chenhao took the opportunity to surround them with hundreds of armored and sword-wielding guards.

Zhu Chenhao claimed that a secret edict from the Empress Dowager had arrived, pointing out that the reigning Emperor Zhengde came from the common people and was not of Zhu family blood.Emperor Zhengde was deceived to the point that "my ancestors have not eaten blood for fourteen years now." When the Queen Mother learned the truth, she was furious and secretly summoned him to Beijing to bring order to the chaos.

Sun Sui, who usually put in good words for Zhu Chenhao, finally did not disappoint the court at the critical moment. He stood up and sternly questioned Zhu Chenhao, saying that the Queen Mother had a purpose and that as a governor, he should hear about it and asked him to produce a secret edict.

The Queen Mother Zhang was the biological mother of Emperor Zhengde, so how could she give Prince Ning such a slap in the face?The reaction of Xu Kui, the deputy envoy of the Yincha Division, was even more intense. Zhu Chenhao, furious, ordered him to be executed.

The local officials who had been corrupted for a long time, under the stimulation of the butcher's knife, bowed their heads one after another and said long live.

King Zhu Gongqiao of Yichun, King Zhu Gongqiao of Ruichang and other clan ministers followed the orders.

Seeing that things were going well, Zhu Chenhao became so proud that he planned to proclaim himself emperor and change his reign to Shunde.

However, this was dissuaded by his two great advisers, Li Shishi, the imperial censor, and Liu Yangzheng, the governor, who said that "at the beginning of the uprising, there is no need to rush."It was decided to use "Jimao of the Ming Dynasty" as the chronology, and he would proclaim himself emperor after conquering Nanjing.

Immediately, Zhu Chenhao sent people to recruit troops and sent messages to southern Zhili, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places, asking all places to respond to him.

After the incident, Zhu Chenhao appointed officials and generals in Nanchang.

Min Twenty-four, Min Twenty-eight, Ling Shiyi, Wu Shisan, Wan Xianyi, Wan Xianer, Xiong Shishi, Xiong Shiqi, Yang Qing, Fan Feng were appointed as the capital commanders, and served with Ning Fan Tu. Qin and others led the troops to fight.

On the [-]th, the rebels captured Nankang Mansion.

On the [-]th, Jiujiang was captured and the entrance to the Yangtze River in the east was opened.

On the 27th, the rebels arrived at Anqingfu, an important town in the upper reaches of Nanjing, and besieged it.

Such brilliant results were achieved in just over ten days, which can be described as overwhelming. It also revealed that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the south of the Yangtze River was extremely weak.

With the situation seemingly looking good, Zhu Chenhao ushered in his nemesis: Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren was the governor of southern Jiangxi at the time. Before the incident, he was ordered to go to Fujian to investigate. As Zhu Chenhao's birthday was approaching, he had the obligation to celebrate as a local official in Jiangxi, so he chose to take a boat to Fujian via Nanchang.

As a result, due to strong winds on the way, he was unable to arrive in Nanchang on time to congratulate King Ning on his birthday.

When he arrived at Fengcheng County, the local magistrate Gu Bai reported his rebellion to him.

Wang Shouren was horrified and knew that he was an important target that the other party wanted to quickly eliminate, so he abandoned the ship and took a small boat to hide his traces and returned to Ganzhou.

Zhu Chenhao, who was unable to pursue him, cried out.

On June [-], Wang Shouren and Wu Wending, the prefect of Ji'an, announced that they would raise troops to fight against the rebellion, and moved to various places near and far.

Wang Shouren was well-known in Jiangxi. His deputy envoys Luo Xun and Luo Qinde, the doctor Zeng Zhi, the censors Zhang Aoshan and Zhou Lu, the commentator Luo Qiao, and fellow aide Guo Xiangpeng all responded to the news.

Wang Maozhong, the imperial censor of the imperial capital, came to serve despite the fact that his son Wang Min was detained by Zhu Chenhao and was awarded an official position. He was in a suspected position.