How many years does it take for an emperor to become famous in history?

Three years of developing territory, three years of persuading farmers and mulberry trees, three years of recruiting talents and correcting officials... Three years in three years no one has worked for ten to twenty years, I'm afraid that you dare not call yourself "Mingjun" , right?

However, there is a saying: "Time is not about how much you have, but how you use it." For Zhu Gaochi, this was a miracle. —— In less than a year, he was loved by people, in less than a spring and autumn shift, he gained reputation of "Renzong".

Studying martial arts does not make studying literature

As if he had glimpsed secret of his short reign, Zhu Gaochi prepared meticulously before taking throne. In our current words, it is known that there are not many opportunities for me, I will introvert in advance to make most of opportunities when they arise.

However, he is not a talented player. This talent includes talent and appearance.

When he was a child, his brother was very smart, but he was chubby, introverted and introverted; when he was young, his brother was a hero, but he became a "round fat of soil" that people laughed at behind his back.

Because he was fat and bloated, he naturally lacked many of handsome and worthy temperaments of royal family. Among brothers comparable to stars, it is difficult to win the favor of his father Zhu Di.

However, "When God closes door, he will surely open window." Although his bloated body robbed him of right to ride, shoot, and draw a bow, it made him more inclined to be a quiet and peaceful person. The introverted school bully steps closer.

Knowledge is power

The more superficial family affection you receive from outside, deeper spiritual support you seek.

He reads well, loves to study, and reads only books of wise men and wise men. He has been studying golden house all his life - he became successor of socialist, whom "mother should not take care of, I no longer study", ah bah, heir to dynasty.

He knew gentleman's style of Confucian classics, and his manner was imbued with presence and gentleness. The doctor once praised him more than once for his politeness and courtesy.

However, way philosophers and sages govern country and benevolence of sages and wise rulers sow in his heart seeds of compassion for all people and kindness.

Zhu Di's father once ordered him to go to school grounds to inspect army at dawn, but he sympathized with soldiers on a cold morning and asked everyone to inspect after eating. It was this compassion and benevolence that made his father gradually pay close attention to him.

At same time, reading Confucian scriptures made him more solid, dignified and calm, with unique insights. When discussing with his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang how to let people survive floods and droughts, he replied that a real famous king should empathize with people with his policies, and a policy of empathizing with people can reduce disasters. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately praised him as the "King of Knowledge".

More importantly, he also cultivated responsibility and responsibility, courage and wisdom, filial piety and loyalty in a sea of ​​books and knowledge.

During Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di was away fighting, leaving Zhu Gaochi to defend Beiping. Facing Li Jinglong's 500,000 army with only 10,000 soldiers, he slept from second to fourth, consulted with veterans, questioned politicians, trusted his heart, discussed countermeasures, and never forgot his mission to protect city.

Despite fact that situation was critical, he was calm and determined. He attacked enemy at night and splashed city wall with water. Taking advantage of cold of night, water froze and city wall turned into an ice wall that enemy could not climb. Moreover, he told his mother and concubine Xu about any important strategy that needed to be implemented.

However, Li Jinglong wasn't a vegetarian either. Taking advantage of Zhu Gaochi's gossip about capture of an heir, he wrote a letter to Zhu Gaochi "persuading him to surrender and become king" in order to separate Zhu Di and Zhu. Gaochi from father and son.

Suddenly, devoted to his father, Zhu Gaochi directly packaged letter and messenger and sent it to his father Zhu Di, which dispelled his father's doubts about "protecting city and abandoning his father", and also touched his timid heart.

It was this incident that laid a solid foundation for successful establishment of Zhu Gaochi Reserve, and thus Zhu Gaochi had a chance to become a great treasure in future.

If it is said that Zhu Gaochi took advantage of this opportunity because he was full of knowledge and possessed benevolence, decency, virtue and wisdom that a king should have, then this is probably best interpretation of phrase "knowledge is power".

Knowledge changes destiny

If a commoner has knowledge, he can change fate of a family; if a magistrate has knowledge, he can change fate of a county citizen;

—— This will change lives of thousands of ordinary people!

Renzong Zhu Gaochi, who had read books of sages, raised his ink-scented hands with a soul instructed by sages after ascending throne, and issued orders for benefit of all people in world.

He reduced and exempted taxes and recovered. Cancel many requisitions during reign of Zhu Di, ease tax and pay less, exempt from land tax and provide food for those in distress; release tax debt for those who fled and return to your hometown.

He was even furious that officials were lending food to people instead of handing it out for free, and even directly ordered Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Industry to lower taxes because stages of food distribution were too cumbersome.

He knows how to annoy government and disturb people, and even more so because tyranny is more ferocious than a tiger. Guess when I was studying, I must have been crying over "Book of Rites: Under Sandalwood", right? You must have pondered Wei Zheng's "Instruction of Taizong Shixishu" for a long time, right?

A generation of kings, adhering to motto "Water for boats, drought for rain, and society and people pay close attention to it", rewrote a chapter in History of Minjun.

The generation of kings held in high regard ideal of "government without government and people without home" and worked hard to rule.

He reorganized cabinet and fixed court. Recruitment of talents and appointment of talents, coordination with morality, intensive development in public affairs, and listening to politics.

It can be said that a tornado swept through bureaucratic environment, Zhu Gaochi is aware of details.

The officials are clean and honest because of him, officials are clean because of him, and officials are long because of him.

However, if you only know how to cut people, officials who have been in officialdom for a long time may not like you. He used "soft punishment and flat jail" ploy to convince people.

When his father Zhu Di was in power, he was out of consideration to strengthen regime, especially former survivors who did not want to belong to him. The persecution was cruel. They entrusted position.

The punishment of wicked is for cruel officials, and punishment of merciful is for justice. Scholar Zhu Gaochi can be called a punishment for a benevolent person.

He was concerned about unfair, false and erroneous cases, so he adjusted penal laws and convened a joint trial of officials from five governments, six ministries, the general administrative department, six departments and three departments of jurisprudence. .

Loving people like children, appreciating life like yourself, is really touching.

At that moment, I suddenly realized how important this is for a king who loves to read, because he has a generous and loving heart; how important a generous and loving heart is, because it will create a legend - "Xuan Zhizhi's Goodwill."

Ordinary people living in legend will be lucky ones that other suffering people envy!

Summary

The big story is long, but life is only a hundred years old. Even if it is as small as a drop in ocean, history has never ignored it, because in a drop there is a drop of life.

Ah Zhu Gaochi, who has been in power for only ten months, is a shining pearl left over from erasure of history. This gem has a mission of its own, plays a unique role and assumes responsibility in whatever role it may play.

And - for benefit of people, for people's lives - this is most careful positioning of role of Zhu Gaochi.