After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

Zhu Qinggu continued, "When Emperor Jiajing first ascended the throne, he consolidated his imperial power with a complete victory in the Great Rites Controversy. At that time, he was only fifteen years old. In the early years, Jiajing worked hard to clean up the mess left by his uncle, and the people lived in peace and prosperity. This was known as the Jiajing New Deal."

"It can be said that if he hadn't taken so many actions afterward, the Ming Dynasty might have truly experienced the Jiajing Restoration."

"But suddenly he felt that being emperor was no longer enough to satisfy his inflated ambition, so he began to cultivate immortality and take elixirs. He believed the words of the Taoist priests and added the menstrual blood of young girls to the elixirs, so that the palace maids could only drink dew and eat fresh flowers, and also had to take medicine to induce menstruation."

"This caused widespread resentment in the palace, and the palace maids decided to kill this foolish emperor."

"Because of the tension, they almost succeeded. This is the famous Renyin Palace Coup!"

"It was this incident that made Jiajing even more devoted to Taoism, neglecting court affairs and focusing all his attention on cultivating immortality in the inner palace."

[In order to move his father's name to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Emperor Jiajing bestowed upon Zhu Di the title of Emperor Chengzu and removed Zhu Gaochi from the ancestral temple.]

[Zhu Di wanted the title of "Cong" (宗) his whole life, not his ancestor. To prove how much his father loved him and that he personally passed the throne to him, Zhu Di fabricated stories, only to have them exposed as lies.]

[Similar to Emperor Yongzheng, whose "Record of Awakening from Delusion" was initially met with indifference, but the emperor himself wrote it, making everyone laugh for a long time, and even getting his comeuppance by Hongli.]

[Having trained my body to resemble that of a crane, I'm no longer afraid of palace maids strangling me!]

[This guy has a naturally gifted body from taking drugs. Ancient elixirs contained so many heavy metals; it's a miracle he's lived to be over sixty.]

[I feel he could live to eighty without taking any elixirs.]

If elixirs could truly grant immortality, those Taoist priests would have consumed them long ago; why would these emperors have a chance?

Yongle Time and Space

At first, Zhu Di was also very curious about Zhu Qinggu's complex evaluation of Jiajing. Hearing that he was so intelligent at only a teenager and had secured the throne, it was indeed as Tianmu had said, that he was well-versed in the ways of the emperor.

Who knew that when I checked the comments later, they said that this bastard changed his name to Emperor Chengzu!

Everyone knows how much Zhu Di wanted to inherit the legitimate dynasty, rather than become the traitor and rebel that others called him!

If they changed it to Emperor Chengzu, wouldn't that be telling the whole world that he was a traitor and a rebel?!

Zhu Di's face darkened, becoming extremely grim!

"If I could meet Jiajing, I would definitely give that brat a good beating!" he said through gritted teeth. "How did I become Emperor Chengzu?"

Noticing his three sons secretly observing him, Zhu Di suddenly smashed the cup at them. "Is it interesting? Is it funny? Eldest son, you've been removed from the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and you're still laughing here!"

"Father, Jiajing is a later emperor, we can't defeat him," Zhu Gaochi whispered.

"Still talking? Did you learn this from the second son?" Zhu Di sneered.

Zhu Gaoxu muttered to himself, "Why is it that I'm the only one who learned from him? I learned from my senior!"

However, when faced with the old man's murderous gaze, Zhu Gaoxu kept quiet.

When Jiajing saw the palace coup, there was still a slight change in his expression. No one wants to experience that kind of near-death pain again.

But when he saw the comments saying that the elixir was useless or even poisonous, Jiajing's face gradually turned angry. He even said that if there were an elixir of immortality, those old Taoist alchemists would have taken it long ago...

So what have I been eating all these years?

Jiajing felt like he had been made a fool of! Especially by those Taoist priests!

“Huang Jin.” Jiajing’s face was shrouded in deep gloom, just like when his personality changed drastically more than ten years ago because of that palace coup.

Huang Jin was terrified; he knew something terrible was about to happen!

"Your Majesty, this servant is here!"

"Since they don't want to try these things, then invite them to try them, and after they try them, ask them how they taste," Jiajing said calmly, emphasizing the word "invite."

Huang Jin trembled slightly, but quickly regained her composure. "Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will take care of it immediately!"

At this moment, the clouds on the horizon obscured the sky, and Jiajing's expression was inscrutable, yet somewhat cold.

Only when Jiajing looked at the sky did Huang Jin feel that Jiajing's aura of wanting to devour people had dissipated.

He quickly left, instructing the servants around him to be careful.

……

Zhu Qinggu opened his notebook and looked for his notes. "During this period, he also gave himself three Taoist names. The last one was very long, and I couldn't remember it all at once, so I had to make a cheat sheet."

"The Supreme Great Luo Heavenly Immortal, Purple Extreme Longevity Saintly Wisdom, Unifying the Three Elements, Proving the Jade Void, General Master of the Five Thunders, Great True Man of the Mysterious Capital Realm, the Emperor of Ten Thousand Longevity, well, we usually just call him the Emperor of Ten Thousand Longevity."

[Take one character from the beginning and one character from the end; abbreviated as Taijun.]

[Don't forget, there's also the Nine Heavens Grand Teaching, Universal Salvation of Living Beings, Master of Yin and Yang Merits and Demerits, Great Dao, Benevolent Thoughts, Purple Extreme Immortal, One Yang True Man, Primordial Void, Profound Response, Enlightenment, Subduing Demons, Loyal and Filial Emperor.]

[Just looking at it makes my eyes dizzy; it's so long.]

[It is said that this was to surpass his cousin Zhu Houzhao's title of "Great General of Might and Valor".]

[How childish! Doesn't he feel ashamed?]

[As long as I'm not embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed!]

Yes, now even those under the canopy are embarrassed.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally understood what the people in the sky meant by the feeling of toes digging into the ground. When he realized that these were his descendants, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a wave of dizziness.

During the Yongle reign, Zhu Di's vision went completely dark.

During the Hongxi reign, Zhu Gaochi felt uneasy about being kicked out of the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

During the Xuande reign, Zhu Zhanji coughed repeatedly from the long list of titles, finally expelling the pent-up emotions and feeling relieved...

Not to mention the later Ming Dynasty emperors, each of them had their own reasons for being speechless.

During the Zhengde reign, Zhu Houzhao found his cousin interesting. He himself called himself the Mighty General, Grand Tutor, and Duke of Zhenguo, Zhu Shou. Zhu Houcong's long title was exactly to his liking.

However, the two of them together are probably going to cause quite a headache.

One built a leopard house and indulged in frivolous pursuits, while the other hid in the inner palace to cultivate immortality and consume elixirs, neglecting court affairs for decades.

Half a catty.

Zhu Qinggu glanced at the comments section. People were still making jokes and saying they wanted to watch "Da Ming Dynasty 1566". Zhu Qinggu had watched it before, but she didn't really understand it back then. It was only in the last year or two that she understood it better because there were more Chinese-to-Chinese translations on Douyin.

The art of language in China is truly profound and extensive.

They're all Chinese, so why can't she understand what they're saying?!

She plans to go back and rewatch the TV series when she has time, and then translate it into Chinese for everyone to watch.