The Ming Dynasty ruled China for more than 270 years, and there were 16 emperors from its establishment to the end of the dynasty. Interestingly, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty all had distinct personalities, and they all had their own hobbies. For example, the Emperor of the Apocalypse likes carpentry, and the Hongxi Emperor likes food, in short, each has a personality. In various Dynasties in China, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty seem interesting.
Among them, there were two emperors in the Ming Dynasty, both with different personalities and hobbies, but they did the same thing. Everyone knew that the emperor was going to the early dynasty every day to listen to the ministers report on state affairs and handle government affairs. After all, as the supreme decision-maker, many things need to be decided by the emperor himself. But these two emperors were not in the middle of the dynasty. One of them was Jiajing, who was madly obsessed with Xiu Xian and did not go to the Early Dynasty for 20 years. The other is the Wanli Emperor, who has been in the past 28 years. Although Neither Jiajing nor Wanli went to the court, they had completely different results in the handling of state power.
During Jiajing's reign, there were many traitors and corrupt officials, which led to chaos in the government and political corruption. There were great traitors like Yan Song's father and son, which brought calamity to the country and the people. Although Wanli has not been in the dynasty for 28 years, the country as a whole has developed steadily, and the country is still stable and prosperous. During the Wanli period, the Qing Dynasty also carried out three major military operations, namely the Three Great Marches of wanli. Helped Korea defeat the invading Wokou. Overall, the Qing Dynasty during the Wanli Dynasty was still very strong. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to launch such a large-scale military operation. Both emperors did not go to the court for a long time, so why did they have such different results?
In fact, the reason is very simple, not going to the dynasty does not mean that both are lazy. The Wanli Emperor received a rigorous education from an early age, was knowledgeable and very intelligent, and was a very capable emperor. The reason why he did not go to the court was because as a prince, he had been suppressed for too long, and he hated the struggle between the ministers in the official field, and every time there was an endless argument between the ministers in the court, he was also very tired. Moreover, when archaeologists opened Wanli's coffin, they found that Wanli's remains had a relatively short leg, which inferred that Wanli had a problem with his leg, which is what we now call a cripple. Wan Li's actions were inconvenient, so he did not go to the court, and directly handled political affairs in the palace, avoiding the trouble of running back and forth every day. Therefore, although Wanli did not ascend to the dynasty for 28 years, the major affairs of the country did not fall, and he corrected the chapters in his residence, decided the affairs of the country, and dominated the development of the country. In order to avoid the situation that the power of the minister is too large and the situation of the power of the minister is in charge, Wanli has also changed the first assistant many times. On the whole, Wanli just did not go to the dynasty and did not ignore political affairs, so during his reign, the country was still able to develop steadily.
Let's look at the Jiajing Emperor again. Jiajing in the early period was also a good emperor, and through his efforts to govern, the Ming Dynasty also had a brief momentum of zhongxing at that time. It was only later that Jiajing became madly obsessed with Taoism for various reasons, obsessed with the pursuit of immortality, and studied Taoist texts and refining elixirs all day long. Everything about the country was left to the minister. In the end, it also led to the emergence of a situation in which such traitors as Yan Song's father and son were in charge.
This is the reason why the two emperors did not go to the court, but the results were different, and many things are also like this, and the superficial phenomenon does not represent the essence of the matter.