Among the many emperors in ancient China, the Wanli Emperor can be called an "Internet celebrity".- Others have become "internet celebrities" mostly because they brush their faces enough, and everyone has more opportunities to see him, but the Wanli Emperor is different, he has been hiding in the palace for a long time, not going to the court for more than 20 years, not seeing the minister, and not working seriously.
However, during the reign of the Wanli Emperor, there were still some famous courtiers who operated the imperial court conscientiously, such as Zhang Juzheng. However, Zhang Juzheng died of illness in the tenth year of the Wanli Calendar (1582), and from the fourteenth year of the Wanli Calendar, the emperor began to immerse himself in wine, and then because of the matter of establishing the crown prince, he had a conflict with the ministers.
The Wanli Emperor wanted to appoint Zhu Changxun, the third prince of the noble concubine, and the ministers resolutely supported the eldest son, Zhu Changluo. In one fell swoop, he directly created a record of not going to work for 48 years and 30 years, so that many things are not easy to handle. At that time, there was a prime minister who especially wanted to resign and leave, but his resignation report was too lazy for the Wanli Emperor to read.
The prime minister's name was Li Tingji. Li Tingji was the first assistant to the cabinet, with a status equivalent to that of the prime minister, and was also a famous minister of the Wanli Dynasty. Li Tingji in history, the most famous thing is to wrestle with the Wanli Emperor, he took pains to write 123 resignation reports in 5 years to apply to go home and farm, but he was unlucky and met one of the laziest bosses in the country.
Although the fame is not as good as Zhang Juzheng, Li Tingji's character is still very good. He was born in the twenty-first year of Jiajing (1542), 21 years older than the Wanli Emperor, and came from Quanzhou, Fujian. For the ideal in his heart, Li Tingji studied hard from an early age, hoping to become a useful talent for the imperial court when he grew up, and assist the emperor in guarding the prosperous world.
In the eleventh year of the Wanli Calendar (1583 AD), Li Tingji took the imperial examination and won the list. In fact, Li Tingji is only eight buckets high, and it is reasonable to take the title. At this time, the head of the cabinet was a moderate Shen Shixing who used all his strength, and he felt that Li Tingji's name was not as pleasing as another person's, so he gave the title of Yuanyuan to someone else.
Although Li Tingji was a little depressed, he quickly picked up his spirits and planned to do something. According to the custom, Li Tingji first went to the Hanlin Academy for a while, and then was sent to Nanjing to take up a post. Li Tingji spent a lot of effort to change the local bad habits and stereotypes, and encouraged people to produce and do business, and made certain achievements.
When he was in charge of the scientific expedition, he also did his best to eliminate fraud, insisting on not receiving a penny, just to pick out the real talent for the Wanli Emperor. Even though he was later transferred to the ceremonial department, he still worked diligently and received countless praises. Perhaps it was the praise that impressed the Wanli Emperor, who personally ordered the 64-year-old Li Tingji to be pulled into the cabinet.
Li Tingji also thought that the emperor was finally serious, and ran to work with great interest. But when he went to work, he found that the 31 officials of the Nine Departments of the Imperial Court that should have been there were actually only 7... Moreover, at that time, the folds were piled up on the table, and the Wanli Emperor did not look at it, but Li Tingji could not turn a blind eye.
In this way, the person who is scolded every day becomes him, especially the Donglin Party scolds him the most vigorously for its own purposes. Li Tingji's psychological endurance was not as strong as the emperor's, and he decided to resign when he couldn't bear it. Considering that the emperor might not read his application, Li Tingji deliberately gave away the house, sent away the whole family, and then lived in the suburbs.
Then, Li Tingji handed in 5 resignation reports at a time. Who knows that these reports are all stoned into the sea, and there is no echo. Li Tingji, who did not abandon or give up, continued to write, and every once in a while he had the inspiration to write quickly, because the Wanli Emperor did not bother to approve it, he wrote this for 5 years.
At the end of the writing, more than a hundred materials became broken kites, only to go, not to return. Li Tingji was about to collapse, and without saying a word, he ran directly and returned to his hometown in Quanzhou. Fortunately, the Wanli Emperor did not even bother to punish the crime, so Li Tingji did not lose his head because he left his post without permission, but spent his old age in the countryside.