Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Jiajing Emperor was born on the 16th of September 1507 in Anlu zhou and arrived in Beijing on the 7th of May 1521. He claimed divine right to the throne as a sovereign rather than accepting adoption by the Hongzhi Emperor.
A group of palace women attempted to strangle the Jiajing Emperor with a silk cord while he slept in a concubine's quarters on the 27th of November 1542. The assassination attempt left him unconscious for eight hours and unable to speak, marking the beginning of his permanent withdrawal from the Forbidden City.
The Jiajing Emperor refused to restore trade with the Mongols and focused on defense when Altan Khan launched a massive raid that reached the walls of Beijing in 1550. The Ming government responded by strengthening fortifications including the Great Wall of China and establishing the Three Great Camps totaling 147,000 soldiers under the leadership of Qiu Luan.
The Jiajing Emperor refused to lift the sea ban policy which prohibited unlicensed private maritime trade leading to decades of conflict with pirates and smugglers along the southeast coast. It was only after his death in 1567 that a request to abolish the sea ban policy and allow trade with both the western and eastern seas was successful.
The Jiajing era saw significant economic growth in agriculture and crafts driven by the introduction of new crops from Central and South America including groundnut cultivation in Jiangnan in the 1530s and sweet potatoes in Yunnan at the beginning of the 1560s. The single whip reform simplified the tax calculation process but relied on lower-ranking officials known for their corrupt practices leading to mixed results.
The Jiajing Emperor died at his palace in the West Park on the 23rd of January 1567 after suffering from the effects of immortality potions and insomnia. He was buried in the Yong Mausoleum in the Ming tombs near Beijing and given the posthumous name Emperor Su.