Wanli was Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty, and in the first ten years of his reign, due to his relatively young age, his mother Empress Li listened to the government on his behalf, and the empress dowager handed over all military and political matters to Zhang Juzheng for adjudication, and carried out some successful reforms, sustained social and economic development, and frequent successes in foreign struggles.
However, the strange thing is that from the fourteenth year of the Wanli Calendar, the Wanli Emperor began to sabotage and did not go to the dynasty, and the Wanli sabotage was more than thirty years, which was puzzling. This phenomenon is really rare, and when officials do not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell red. The key to This official of Wanli is not a minor official, but the first person in the country and the emperor.
Wanli began not to receive ministers for a long time, did not enjoy the Taimiao Temple when he was not personally traveling, did not engage in prayer feasts for a long time, did not deal with the ministers in a timely manner, and the efficiency of handling government affairs was extremely low.
So why didn't the Wanli Emperor go to the court in the later period?
The Wanli Emperor was spared from the dynasty for several days due to illness, and the explanation to the cabinet was that he was "dizzy and dark-eyed, weak and unhappy", and after taking the medicine, he was still "weak and dizzy", not only could he not go to the court, but he could not go to the temple in person.
First of all, it comes from the phenomenon of mutual friction between the chancellor and Wanli.
In the imperial court, there is often a problem, everyone you say yours, I say mine, forming a dispute between two factions, neither faction can convince either faction. In the end, they dispersed unhappily, and the most fatal thing was that the emperor himself said that it did not count, and he could not influence the ministers. For example, where a problem arises, everyone argues endlessly about the solution, but when it comes to who really implements it and deals with it, no one wants to go or go. They are all giants of language, dwarfs of action.
The Ming Dynasty paid great attention to freedom of speech, and implemented the system of speech officials, and ministers could let go of their opinions and even personal attacks:
Dali Temple's left commentator Luo Yurenshang's "Wine-colored Wealth and Qi Four Proverbs" is almost a scolding of Wanli Emperor pointing at his nose and breaking his mouth, portraying Wanli Emperor as a greedy, cruel, faint, incompetent, lazy... All in all, the five poisonous, useless emperors.
Who can stand such personal attacks and slanders against themselves? The last punishment given to him by the Wanli Emperor was to dismiss him from his post and become a citizen. But this kind of advice, in fact, is a storm of insults and insults, which makes Wan Li feel a headache.
Therefore, Wan Li is angry, since you don't listen to me, then I will not go to the court, I will not go to see you, to see what you do! In this way, Wanli chose silence and avoidance.
Secondly, Wanli had physical problems, often with sore waist and knees, and limited mobility.
According to archaeological findings, Wanli's legs are obviously one long and one short, which can lead to the discovery of this situation, which must be a long-term result, and the disease is certainly not light. The torment of Wan Li's illness was certain, physically uncomfortable, and naturally unwilling to carry out his work, especially as the emperor, he was aware of the golden value of his body.
It is estimated that in the case of Wanli's waist and knees are sore, it will slowly become inconvenient, and the worse the body, the more it wants to recover. But it backfired, I originally thought it would be good to rest for a few days, but the more I rested, the worse it was, which led to a vicious circle.
Again, Wanli coveted comfort and smoked opium.
Wanli is extremely bored, and does not go to the dynasty, it is inevitable that he will indulge in wine, and like smoking opium, this kind of thing, but after sucking it, he can't get rid of it, and he will be mistaken for life.
Later, Wanli also built a large number of civil engineering and built his own cemetery, at this time, Wanli was only in his twenties, and had begun to consider his own posthumous affairs, which also showed that his body was indeed not good.
Finally, the controversy over the establishment of the prince.
Because although the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo was the eldest son, he was a concubine, and he did not please Wanli and was delayed in becoming the crown prince. And Zhu Changxun, the Fu King born to Wanli and Concubine Zheng Guifei, was the best candidate for Wanli to be made crown prince.
It is said that Wanli privately promised Concubine Zheng guifei and wrote a note to her, and would definitely make her son crown prince in the future. However, the ministers did not agree to make Zhu Changxun crown prince, and Wan Li had no way.
Therefore, if wanli's own ideal of being a neutral prince could not be reached, Wanli did not want to go to the upper court.
It was not until the twenty-ninth year of the Wanli calendar that Zhu Changluo was made crown prince, thanks to the reasoning of the ministers for many years, most of them fell to Zhu Changluo's side, and Empress Li repeatedly forced Wanli to make Zhu Changluo the crown prince, and Wanli said that it was because he was born in the palace. Empress Li was furious and said that Wanli was also born of a palace maid, which was a fact.
Helplessly, Wanli finally made Zhu Changluo the crown prince, and later made Zhu Changxun the Prince of Fu, and the dispute over the establishment of the prince came to an end.
The wanli emperor's long-term neglect of government led to a lack of officials in the dynasty, so that the central government of the Ming Dynasty was almost paralyzed, in a state of idleness, and was powerless to return to heaven, so that the "Ming Shi Shenzong Benji" pointed out that "the death of the Ming Dynasty was actually the death of the Shenzong".