In "The Name of the People", Gao Yuliang of Handong Province, he is a knowledgeable scholar-type civil servant, he was a professor of law at Handong University in his early years, and he was very polite. As a scholar, Gao Yuliang is very fond of history.
One of his favorite books is "Fifteen Years of Wanli", which not only successfully made Gao Yuliang win the "beauty plan" carefully designed by Zhao Ruilong, but also allowed Gao Yuliang to gain a red-faced confidant Gao Xiaofeng. What is the magic of this book? What really happened in the fifteenth year of the Wanli Calendar?
At first, Gao Yuliang was reluctant to join Zhao Ruilong, the son of Zhao Lichun, and he himself did not love money. Zhao Ruilong attacked him seven inches and learned that he liked to read "Fifteen Years of the Wanli Calendar", so he packaged Gao Xiaofeng as a master in the field of history and successfully captured Gao Yuliang.
Gao Yuliang himself, because of Zhao Ruilong's careful layout, was forcibly dragged onto Zhao Ruilong's "thief ship". Plot aside, the book "Fifteen Years of Wanli" is indeed a book with great depth.
"Fifteen Years of Wanli" is a historical monograph written by Huang Renyu, a Chinese-American who carefully studied the History of Ming. This book presents us in a simple and in-depth way, the eve of the Ming Dynasty's demise. The fall of the Ming Dynasty has been circulating several theories, the more mainstream is "died in Jiajing theory" and "died in Wanli theory", in fact, the benevolent see the wise and the wise see the wise, this book focuses on the special time node of the fifteenth year of the Wanli Calendar, telling us why the Ming Dynasty will go to its demise? The fifteenth year of the Wanli Calendar is indeed unique, mainly because the Ming Dynasty as a whole has undergone qualitative changes.
First of all, the "Wanli New Deal" led by Zhang Juzheng was shelved because of his death, and Zhang Juzheng had been dead for five years in the fifteenth year of Wanli. Wanli's paranoid personality was exposed, and he began to counterattack the former mentor Mr. Zhang, stripping him of his title and honor, sending his family to the army, and instructing officials to attack Zhang Juzheng's followers.
Secondly, another prominent figure, Hai Rui, died that year. This is a hard stubble, a model for the Ming Dynasty's Wanli years. In addition to Hai Rui, Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Wu general of the Ming Dynasty, died. He had been guarding Jiliao all along during his lifetime, and was able to form a shock to the jurchens, the predecessor of houjin who was still weak. This year, Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, was 29 years old. Finally, the embryonic industrial revolution in the West is emerging.
"Handong Province" Gao Yuliang mentioned the "Fifteen Years of the Wanli Calendar" many times, what happened in that year? Most importantly, the Wanli Emperor suddenly became ill in this year and began to live in the harem, and the Ming Dynasty was in a state of "anarchy" for decades. All kinds of unfavorable factors converged together, and the Ming Dynasty was seriously difficult to return to the official downward road.