I believe that everyone has heard of the historical point of "fifteen years of the Wanli Calendar", and it is in the 15th year of the Wanli Calendar that the Ming Emperor Shenzong began the "feat" of not going to the dynasty for nearly 30 years, which has been enjoyed by future generations. According to relevant historical records, after 15 years of wanli and the death of Emperor Shenzong, the wanli emperor's slack government often reached 28 years. So, why did Wanli not go to the dynasty for 28 years? Not obsessed with wine, experts opened its mausoleum to find the answer.
In 1965, experts excavated the Dingling Tombs in the Ming Tombs, which are known to be the mausoleums of the Wanli Emperor Ming Shenzong. At that time, after opening Wanli's coffin, experts found that Wanli's sleeping form was very strange, and the length of the two legs seemed to be somewhat inconsistent, and the experts confirmed after investigation that the Wanli Emperor suffered from foot diseases.
In fact, according to historical records, Wan Li once talked about his foot disease in front of the hundred officials, and said that he did not want to go early, but the hundred officials did not believe it, thinking that he was just looking for a reason to slack off the government. However, for Wanli, although foot disease is a good reason for slacking off, it is only a superficial reason, and the fundamental reason why he does not want to go to the dynasty comes from the system of the Ming Dynasty.
We know that Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to abolish the chancellor in order to strengthen the absolute monarchy, but he had no choice but to have limited energy, and he could not handle so many government affairs without the assistance of the chancellor, so he set up a cabinet to help him handle government affairs. After the Tumubao Incident, the role of the cabinet increased day by day, which also greatly challenged the authority of the emperor. Moreover, as the role of the cabinet became more and more obvious, the power of the entire civil official became larger and larger, and even the emperor felt threatened. Therefore, under this circumstance, Wan Li deeply felt that it was not easy to be an emperor, and he gradually developed the idea of slacking off the government, and began to find various reasons to shirk the dynasty. At this time, my foot disease is a good excuse.
Moreover, for the Ming Dynasty system at that time, although the emperor was not there, the cabinet was able to handle most of the government affairs in place of the emperor, so whether there was an emperor or not had a dynasty did not have much impact. Therefore, in this case, Wanli was able to relax and enjoy the joy of being an emperor. However, it is interesting that although the Wanli Emperor was in power for nearly 30 years, the Ming Dynasty prospered during this period, and the people's living standards were greatly improved. In view of the great improvement of the Ming Dynasty's prosperity during this period and the previous period, scholars even call this period the "Wanli Center".