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Hongxi Emperor
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image_name=
Image:Hongxi.jpg center|250 px|Court portrait of the Hongxi Emperor|
birth=Aug. 16,
1378|death=May 29,
1425|
family_name=Zhu (朱)|
begin_era=Jan. 20,
1425|
end_era=Feb. 7,
1426|
posthumous_name_full=Emperor Jingtian Tidao
Chuncheng Zhide Hongwen
Qinwu Zhangsheng Daxiao Zhao
敬天體道純誠至德弘文欽武章聖
達孝昭皇帝|
begin_reign=Sept. 7,
1424|
end_reign=May 29,
1425|
dynasty=
Ming (明)|
given_name=Gaochi (高熾)|
temple_name=Renzong (仁宗)|
posthumous_name_short=Emperor Zhao (昭皇帝)|
era_name=Hongxi (洪熙)|
notes=''General note: Dates given here are in the
Julian calendar.
They are not in the
proleptic Gregorian calendar.''
}}
The '''Hongxi Emperor''' (
August 16,
1378–
May 29,
1425) was an
emperor of China Emperor of the
Ming Dynasty in
China. He succeeded his father,
Yongle, in 1424.
Yongle's eldest son Zhu Gaozhi was born August 16, 1378 and was educated by prominent Confucian tutors. He often acted as regent at Nanjing or at Beijing during his father's northern military campaigns. As soon as he became Emperor Hongxi in September 1424, he canceled
Zheng He Zheng He's maritime expeditions and abolished frontier trade of tea for horses as well as missions for gold and pearls to Yunnan and Annam. He restored disgraced Confucian officials and reorganized the administration to give high ranks to his close advisors. Hanlin academicians became grand secretaries, and they dismantled his father's unpopular militaristic policies to restore civil government. Hongxi improved finances by canceling requisitions for lumber, gold, and silver. Taxes were remitted so that vagrant farmers could return home, especially in the overburdened Yangzi delta. Hongxi appointed a commission to investigate taxes. He overruled his secretaries by ordering grain sent immediately to relieve areas of disaster. He ordered the capital be moved back to Nanjing; but Emperor Hongxi died, probably of a heart attack, a month later in May 1425. His son had been declared heir apparent and became Emperor Xuande at age 26. Although Hongxi had a short reign, he is credited with reforms that made lasting improvements, and his liberal policies were carried on by his son,
Xuande Emperor.
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Category:1378 births
Category:1425 deaths
Category:Ming Dynasty emperors
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