The famous American scholar Huang Renyu wrote a book called "Fifteen Years of the Wanli Calendar", and he believes that many things that led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty originated in this year, so he focused on analyzing the development trend of the Ming Dynasty and related aspects in this year. The author will not pick up people's teeth and wisdom, and find another way to analyze in depth.
In the fifteenth year of the Wanli Calendar, the Wanli Emperor did not go to the dynasty, that is, he was passive and sluggish. Why? I have to start with it. The emperor's job is not easy to do, it is not a good job. From morning to night, it is necessary to deal with various military and state affairs, and also to deal with ministers in all aspects.
People's tempers are different, some are yin and yang, some are too strong, some have no opinion, see the wind and rudder, so it is very difficult to get along with these guys, which is really difficult for a ten-year-old child, when the Wanli Emperor took the throne, he was a ten-year-old child.
According to Zhang Juzheng's arrangement, he studied every day, except for the time of the upper dynasty, that is, except for the three, six, and nine of the month. Other times, even the sweltering heat of mid-winter is uninterrupted, which makes the child miserable. It is estimated that the heart is very hurt, hoping that one day nothing will be done is to rest, which is caused by the inner trauma of childhood, and the Wanli Emperor may have used his life to heal his childhood.
By the fifteenth year of the Wanli Calendar, he was also twenty-five years old, and he was not afraid of anything, so he simply did not go to the dynasty. This is the inner call, the psychology of revenge for the labor of one's childhood. In addition, Zhang Juzheng is also dead, there are no virtuous people around him who can manage him, the environment is relaxed, and he dares to let himself go.
In addition, it was very unsmooth in the matter of Li Chu, which also annoyed him. From his heart, he felt that Li Chu was his own family affair, and whoever loved li li would set it up, but for the courtiers and the people of the harem, it was a major event that turned upside down, directly involving the distribution of interests or the distribution of power, directly related to his own future and destiny and even his family's life, so all those who could speak had to insert a lever, speak their minds, and fight for their own interests.
So he originally wanted to establish the third son Zhu Changxun, but was unanimously opposed by almost everyone, on the grounds that "the elder is not the virtuous", and the li chu should establish the eldest son, regardless of whether the virtuous or not. This kind of institutional arrangement is actually very scientific, avoiding the court killing of princes who have the right to inherit, and can ensure the smooth handover of power.
The masters of these opposing voices are all in accordance with this logic to treat people in the world, and they must be too good to the prince in ordinary days, and not very good to the three princes, so once the three princes are established, then, the previous achievements will be abandoned, and the previous sins will be punished. None of these people had good fruit to eat, so everyone was unanimously opposed.
This twenty-five-year-old young emperor did not seem to have the courage and courage to do anything to these opposition, and finally gave in, which was equivalent to being defeated by a group of courtiers, which was a very heavy blow to the Wanli Emperor who was fragile in his heart, and he felt that he was too faceless, simply did not see you, and left it alone, anyway, you can, you do it, so you hide in the deep palace and do not go to the court.
This is actually a manifestation of his inner trauma, afraid of his mother, afraid of the ministers around him, afraid of the opposition of others, and dare not kill them. Therefore, Wanli is equivalent to being deprived of imperial power. You must know that to be an emperor is to break all rules and systems, you are lawless, and others must abide by discipline and law, otherwise there will be no forgiveness for killing. Once the imperial power succumbs to the system and the rules, the emperor is a puppet, unless the emperor voluntarily obeys after defeating everyone around him. This is the political tragedy caused by the tragedy of Wanli's character.
This was due to Wanli's cowardice, which caused the rise of various factions in the imperial court after Zhang Juzheng's death, and these official factions posed a direct threat to the state power, but Wanli could not suppress these people, and could not do anything about these chaotic party struggles. In fact, this is the same nature as the failure of Li Chu - the emperor said it does not count. The last time the emperor failed to establish a reserve, this time the emperor was unable to suppress the party struggle, and this time the emperor was even more faceless. Simply not on the Dynasty. This was what Wanli's experience as a child told him that these adults had formed a threat to him, and he did not dare to resist, so he could only retreat.
There are many reasons why the Wanli Emperor did not go to the court on the surface, but the root cause is one, that is, the psychological trauma of his childhood makes him dare not face reality head-on, and he can only choose to withdraw and treat his childhood in a place that others cannot see. His early experience made him dare not rebel against reality or to rebel against reality, and he could only go along with it and hide when he couldn't stand it. As for saying that his right leg is long and his left leg is short is only the appearance of the problem, he is physically and mentally handicapped.