In fact, he was currently hanging from the ceiling beams, not much better off than Jesus nailed to the cross.,Let go! Let go! If you shake me any more, I won't just be hanged, I'll pass out...,However, this was also an era of serious social problems. In the south, there was the threat of Japanese pirates, in the north, the Mongol invasion, and natural and man-made disasters plagued the land. Although Emperor Jiajing was a wise ruler, he squandered the national treasury on Taoist practices, leaving the country in a precarious state.。