Starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, in fact, the monarchs and ministers have been constantly testing and fighting for power, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang used iron and blood to warn the ministers - don't mess with me!
Behind the bloodshed of several major cases, all show the unwillingness and struggle of those courtiers!
When Zhu Di arrived, this king would be much inferior, and all he could use except for the long knife was edict and exile.
But the king's rights have been maintained!
As for Zhu Gaochi, a king who had a good relationship with civil officials, his reign was very short, but it only took one thing to judge the direction of the power struggle.
Li Shimian incident!
In the whitewashing of history, Li Shimian has become a Zhengchen and a Zhengchen like Hai Rui!
But I have some doubts: how did the ministers know about the affairs in the palace?
Even if what he admonished was not in the palace, then with Zhu Gaochi's 'ability to endure', why would he be angry?
Until the moment he died, he still roared unwillingly: "Li Shimian is insulted!"
” So we assume that it is a great shame, but why didn't Zhu Gaochi kill Li Shimian?
Don't take 'benevolence' to talk about things, you are so angry that you can't live to death, can you still endure it?
What a king!
So through this incident, it can be seen that the undercurrent between the monarchs and ministers of the Hongxi Dynasty is surging, and it is the ministers who have the upper hand, so that Zhu Gaochi has to be afraid!
After Zhu Zhanji took the throne, he was still at a loss, and finally had to use eunuchs to fight against Wenchen!
This was the beginning of the eunuch intervention in the Ming Dynasty, and I think it was a helpless move on the part of the king!
Otherwise, the power is falling, who is this Daming?
Since Zhu Di, in fact, the monarch's power has been declining.
By the time of Emperor Chongzhen, he had almost separated from his relatives.
Daming has become a hunting ground and a toy for civil officials and literati, except for killing, there is no hope of turning the tables!