Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

"Ah, you probably can't think of it either." Qi Cheng shook his head. "One of my ex-girlfriends' family really loves to eat all kinds of insects, and sometimes she even goes out to catch them herself."

"I've been there a few times and I've eaten all these bugs."

Zhou Lu was stunned. He hadn't expected it to be because of this. This ex-girlfriend had done a good deed, letting them have such a free meal.

"Zhou Lu, let's not talk about anything else. Tonight's meal isn't over yet. Let's find a place to have a barbecue. We have to fill our stomachs anyway."

"No problem! Let's go eat some wontons with skewers." Zhou Lu said with a smile, "This dark cuisine is indeed dark. I promise to be less curious in the future."

Qi Cheng and Zhou Lu had good ideas, but in the end they were so overwhelmed by the dark cuisine that they lost their appetite at all. They put the skewers for dinner on the bill for the time being.

One person bought a cup of coffee and left.

As a result, after Qi Cheng finished his coffee, he couldn't sleep when he got home at night, so he could only hold his phone and continue watching videos.

The first few were about local tourism and a newly opened landmark building, which made Qi Cheng very curious. He must go there to see it when he has time.

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[There was one position in history that didn't require assessment: the emperor. As a result, many emperors neglected their duties while on the throne, and some even performed quite well in other areas besides being emperor.]

Ruined!

Another round of inventory of incompetent rulers!

Emperors of all dynasties would come out of their bedrooms and pray to the sky, but they must not include themselves in the prayers, otherwise they would not be able to control the court.

Those old ministers can criticize me to death.

[Remember, today we're looking at emperors who weren't doing their jobs properly—that is, those who achieved some success in their side hustles. We'll discuss those who were inherently debauched and brutal later.]

[If we were to ask which dynasty had the most emperors like this, the Ming Dynasty would be the most famous. The Taoist priests and carpenters in the middle and late periods were all very famous in history!]

Today we are talking about the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao. He was the son of the Hongzhi Emperor and the cousin of the Jiajing Emperor.

[This prince was known as the most secure heir to the throne. Even Zhu Biao, who was greatly favored by Zhu Yuanzhang, had to take a back seat, as he was his father's only son and he had no concubines in the harem.]

Zhu Yuanzhang was already cursing outside the bedroom. Including the Taoist priest and the carpenter mentioned, there were already three emperors in the Ming Dynasty who were not doing their jobs!

No wonder the Ming Dynasty was destroyed. How could it not be destroyed with such an emperor?

He had no choice but to drag the fourth son over and make him stand outside the palace gate to watch carefully how doomed his descendants were.

Zhu Houzhao was an interesting person. He didn't want to be an emperor, but rather a general. So he named himself the mighty general and gave himself the name Zhu Shou.

He once personally led an expedition to the Nine Frontiers to fight against the Mongols, and even killed an enemy with his own hands.

Later, Prince Ning rebelled in Gan Province, but was initially suppressed by Wang Yangming. Upon learning of this, Zhu Houzhao demanded that Prince Ning be released, as he wanted to fight again.

Zhu Di sighed. Prince Ning's rebellion was not Zhu Houzhao's fault, but his own fault. He had no choice but to say that the world should be divided equally at that time.

Judging from the sky, there is no big problem with Zhu Houzhao. What's wrong with leading the army in person? He has gone to Mongolia five times.

Whether Zhu Houzhao was a tyrant or not is still debated. The power of civil officials at the time was already quite significant, but this question needs to be traced back to at least his grandfather's generation.

Judging from his behavior, he wanted to break free from the control of the civil servants, but he lacked some of his cousin's political wisdom, which is why he was easily swayed in the end.

After reading this passage, Zhu Houzhao returned to his bedroom silently. It turned out that civil officials were so scary. He had to be smarter when fighting.