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1519 AD, the first year of Zhengde.

Emperor Hongzhi died after 30 years on the throne, and the throne was passed to his eldest son Zhu Houzhao, who changed the reign to Zhengde. Empress Zhang was honored as the Empress Dowager, Consort Wang was canonized as Empress, and son Zaiyin was made Crown Prince.

The second prince Zhu Houwei was given the title of King Wei, and the princess Zhu Xiurong was given the title of Princess Taikang.

Zhengde loved his younger siblings and wanted them to grow up in the capital and be filial to their mother, Empress Dowager Zhang. He built the Prince Wei's palace in the city and asked Prince Wei to serve as the supervisor of the Western Learning Institute of the Imperial Academy and preside over the compilation of books on arithmetic, agricultural economics, science and other Western subjects. Princess Taikang's husband, Zhao Sheng, was a student of translation at the Imperial Academy and also studied Western learning with Prince Wei.

In the new dynasty, the ministers had to resign from their posts according to custom, and the emperor had to retain them according to custom.