The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty spent more than twenty years in the harem, and for such a long time he never went to the court, delegated power to the ministers, and most of the affairs in the court were handled by the ministers. We all know that the emperor in ancient times was also very easy to be vacated, and once the power in the hands of the minister was too large, the position of the emperor was likely to be unsaved.
But why did Wanli not go to the court for more than twenty years, still be able to hold power in his own hands, and his throne was not threatened by the ministers. Speaking of this reason, perhaps Wanli also has to thank his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang. The Hu Weiyong case broke out in the early Ming Dynasty, which forced Zhu Yuanzhang to attach importance to the position of prime minister. The power of this position was too great, and it was easy to take the emperor over.
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In order to keep his own throne, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the dismissal of the prime minister. Without the prime minister, although the power in the hands of the emperor was greater, but the affairs of the court also needed the emperor to personally look at, Zhu Yuanzhang, who felt too hard, set up a cabinet, the cabinet position was similar to that of the prime minister, but the cabinet was composed of multiple officials, and the officials needed to draw a unified conclusion in order to exercise the power in their hands.
In this way, it is equivalent to the power of the prime minister being dispersed, but at the same time they can play the role of the prime minister, which is a perfect system for the emperor, wanli does not go to the dynasty, but has not been usurped, but also because of the cabinet system implemented by the Ming Dynasty. Although Wanli delegated power to the ministers and let them handle government affairs, the cabinet was still firmly in his hands.
The entire cabinet is equivalent to the prime minister of the DPRK, with a high status and great power. As long as Wanli could grasp the situation of the cabinet and ensure that there were ministers he trusted in the cabinet, there would be no situation in which the emperor was suspended. In addition to holding the cabinet in his hands, Wanli also took the power of the army into his own hands, and the two major organizations of the army and the factory guard were directly under the command of Wanli.
Taking a step back, even if the cabinet wants to empty the calendar, they don't have much planning to implement. It is not an easy task to want to install the emperor, and these ministers cannot have contact with the army in ordinary days, as long as the ideas of the military generals and the army are not understood, the civilian ministers do not dare to do it easily, and maybe one day they will bring disasters to themselves.
Wanli grasped the largest political institution in the DPRK, and at the same time grasped the military power that influenced the direction of the dynasty, and the combination of these two points made Wanli's position very stable, and no one could shake it at all. This is also where Wanli is smart, otherwise how dare he let go for more than twenty years?