Zhengtong

Zhengtong

▪ emperor of Ming dynasty
Wade-Giles romanization  Cheng-t'ung , personal name (xingming)  Zhu Qizhen  posthumous name (shi)  Ruidi,  temple name (miaohao)  (Ming) Yingzong , second reign name  Tianshun 
born 1427, Beijing, China
died 1464, Beijing

      reign name (nianhao) of the sixth and eighth emperor (reigned 1435–49 and 1457–64) of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), whose court was dominated by eunuchs who weakened the dynasty by a disastrous war with Mongol tribes. In 1435 Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne and became known as the Zhengtong emperor, with his mother, the empress, as regent. He soon placed his confidence in the eunuch Wang Zhen (died 1449), who came to dominate the government. By the time the emperor came of age, Mongol power had revived under the leadership of Esen Taiji, a chief of the Oyrat branch. In 1449 Wang mismanaged a campaign against the Oyrats, refusing to listen to the advice of the officers and even sending the emperor into battle at the head of the troops. As a result, the army was surrounded and the emperor captured.

      His brother, Zhu Qiyu, ascended the throne as the Jingtai emperor, and Zhengtong, no longer of value to the Mongols, was released after a year in captivity. He returned to China, where he lived in seclusion, but in 1457 when the Jingtai emperor fell ill, Zhengtong deposed him and was restored to the throne, reigning seven years as the Tianshun emperor until his death but remaining a puppet in the hands of his eunuchs. He was the first of the Ming emperors to will that his concubines not be sacrificed after his death.

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