"The death of the Ming Dynasty actually died in the Wanli", which is the conclusion reached by many historians; Huang Renyu's "Fifteen Years of the Wanli Calendar" also reveals the overall mediocrity and crisis of the whole country from the strange phenomenon of the last Ming Dynasty, and the inevitability of the Ming Dynasty to the end.
These are all unavoidable history and facts, but in depth, Xiaobian believes that the death of Ming is actually the death of Zheng Guifei. It may seem unreasonable to blame a harem woman for the decline of the country, but if we look at what this amazing woman did during the Mingshen Sect, the Mingguang Sect, and the Mingxi Sect, and imagine what it would be like if she did not do so or if she did not do so, we might agree with the editor's point of view.
First, as the protagonist behind the dispute over the foundation of the country, she ruined the future of the Wanli Emperor
1. In the dispute over the foundation of the country, the Wanli Emperor fell into the gentle trap of Zheng Guifei
Soon after the Wanli Emperor Mingshen Emperor Zhu Yijun succeeded to the throne, Empress Zun made Wang Wei's eldest daughter empress under the command of Jinyi Wei, and later visited the palace lady Wang at Cining Palace. However, these were not the love in Shenzong's heart, the Xi Shi in his eyes, until Zheng Shi, who was born in Daxing on the outskirts of Beijing, entered the palace, and the heart of the young Tianzi found a home from this girl who was two years younger than himself.
It was on that occasion that the Wang clan gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Changluo, for the Wanli Emperor; five years later, the Wanli Emperor and his beloved also had the crystallization of love- the emperor's third son Zhu Changxun. One is the eldest son of the emperor born to a palace maid, one is the son of the most distressed woman; one must be a prince according to the ancestral precepts, and the other is the prince he wants to support in his heart. Impulse is to be punished, love is to pay a price, who will be the prince? The emperor and a group of ministers, rules and love, just like this lasted for more than ten years in your back and forth quarrel, and the "dispute over the foundation of the country" came from this.
Many people believe that the "dispute over the foundation of the country" included the "attack case" that occurred later, in which Zheng Guifei was involved, implicated, and condemned by later generations. The editor believes that Zheng Guifei is the undisputed protagonist behind this dispute.
First of all, this is the rule of succession established by Zhu Yuanzhang, and letting the third son Zhu Changxun sit in the Eastern Palace is obviously the wanli emperor's promise of true love. If Concubine Zheng Guifei had not hinted or blown the wind on her pillow (not to mention that she had strong demands), Wanli should not have risked the world.
Secondly, the struggle over the foundation of the country has lasted for more than a decade, and the fierceness of the struggle is no less than that of the battlefield. The two sides did not give in to each other, and the ministers went forward one after another, forcing four members of the cabinet to retire, more than ten ministerial-level officials, more than 300 central and local officials involved, and more than 100 people who were dismissed, dismissed, dispatched to the army, and lost their lives. Without the persistence of Concubine Zheng Guifei, the Wanli Emperor would not have ignored Jiangshan Sheji and would have made unremitting efforts to "resist the war". In other words, if Zheng Guifei is truly in love with Wanli, she will definitely feel sorry for the tired man and persuade Zhu Yijun to end this dispute that should not have existed. She can do too much, persuade Wanli to give the "honor" of the imperial concubine to the Wang clan, and send her son to the clan ...
Of course, some people will say that the dispute over the foundation of the country is Wanli's defense of imperial power, but he should not choose this thing that violates the ancestral precepts to practice his hands. Therefore, in this drama of the dispute between the country and the capital, Zheng Guifei is of course the protagonist and irrefutable. The Wanli Emperor struggled bitterly in the trap of love, and in anger gave up state affairs and chose love.
2. Without the struggle for the foundation of the country, there would be no Wanli slacking off for 30 years
A "dispute over the foundation of the country" made Zhu Yijun physically and mentally exhausted, and the original young emperor survived for more than ten years and became a white-haired Tianzi, he was really tired.
More than ten years of tit-for-tat confrontation, more than ten years of unforgiving, the former dedicated king is gone, he hates to face this group of guys who make the king's face not exist, he hates to listen to the government, he is really tired.
At the end of the struggle, the emperor of the Nine-Five Emperor was defeated and failed to fulfill his promise to his beloved, and he felt ashamed of his love, ashamed of his beloved mother and son, and he really felt ashamed.
In the nearly thirty years since then, the Wanli Emperor has chosen to comfort his lover and spend all his time with the Zheng family, preferring to abandon the world rather than snub love. If there is no dispute over the foundation of the country, this flesh-and-blood young man is categorically reluctant to go to the country and the country, at least he loves the country and the mountains and loves the beauty, how can he neglect the absurd act of thirty years of government?
3. Without the struggle for the foundation of the country, there would be no rise of the Donglin Party and crazy party struggle
The Donglin Party is a product of the dispute over the foundation of the country. His founder, Gu Xiancheng, was disgusted by The Divine Sect for the establishment of the crown prince in the "dispute over the foundation of the country", and then he was dismissed from his post by him and returned to his hometown to start a business before he had the Donglin Party. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, social contradictions were already intensifying day by day, and people in Donglin satirized the government and put forward radical ideas such as honesty in performing official duties, revitalizing the rule of officials, and eliminating the accumulated shortcomings of the government and the opposition, which won the wide support of the society at that time, which was even more stormy for the originally precarious Daming Jiangshan.
The rise of the Donglin Party also contributed to the birth of another group of bureaucratic groups such as the Qi Party of shandong, the Chu party of Hubei, and the Zhejiang party of Zhejiang, and the famous party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty broke out in history.
These eventually led to the forced reform of the late Ming court's tax sources became more dependent on ordinary peasants, and man-made disasters coupled with constant natural disasters caused a large number of overwhelmed peasants to go bankrupt, which directly led to the great peasant revolt at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
"With the eventual demise of the Ming Dynasty, the party members of the late Ming Dynasty, including the Donglin Party, all bear unshirkable historical responsibility," is the view of Zhou Mingchu, a professor in the Department of Chinese Dialects and Literature at the College of Humanities of Zhejiang University. But we think on the other hand, if there is no dispute over the foundation of the country, will there still be a Donglin Party and a party struggle? Maybe there will be, because Gu Xiancheng does not take the lead, Gu Yuncheng, Gao Panlong and other of the Eight Gentlemen of Donglin may stand up and lead the team, but the time and scale should be different, and it will definitely not be the end in front of them, not to mention that there is no dispute over the foundation of the country, and the Wanli Emperor will not let it develop.
4. Without the dispute over the foundation of the country, the Ming Dynasty may still move towards ZTE
The Wanli era was indeed the turning point of life and death of the Ming Dynasty, but he could turn left or right, and what history presents to us is that it has walked up the cliff and turned to the abyss. Xiaobian believes that if there is no dispute over the foundation of the country, the Wanli era may reappear in the long-term ZTE situation and turn in the direction of hope.
Zhu Yijun succeeded to the throne as a teenager, and in the first ten years, the heartfelt and dedicated teacher Zhang Juzheng on the one hand made great strides and innovated forward; on the other hand, he "strictly disciplined" the young Tianzi, which not only laid a solid foundation for the Ming Shen Sect, but also built it into shape, and the situation of Wanli ZTE has actually been opened.
In addition, Zhu Yijun learned to work hard when he was young, and his mother Li's godson was strict and the teacher did his best, so his own foundation was also very good. Although Zhu Yijun did not go to the dynasty for thirty years, he was still able to calmly operate the three major military conquests, and there were no traitors in the DPRK, and the imperial power was tightly held, which was not something that ordinary people could do, which showed that his people were not idle people.
You say that if there is no dispute over the foundation of the country, the Wanli Emperor will not go to work for thirty years? Won't the Ming Dynasty have a longest Zhongxing era (the ten years of the early Wanli Period have been recognized as 'Wanli Zhongxing')?
A beloved woman and her son, the Wanli Emperor, were thus ruined by them, leading the Ming Dynasty into the abyss.
Second, as the suspect in the Red Pill case, she destroyed the straw that could continue Daming's life
1. The death of Guangzong, Zheng Guifei's responsibility cannot be shirked
In 1620, the Wanli Emperor completed his 58-year journey in life, and also fixed the longest reign of the Ming Dynasty in 48 years. After a long time, Zhu Changluo finally turned into Ming Guangzong and became the fourteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. However, all this was only a flash in the pan, 38 years of waiting only for 28 days of the throne, Ming Guangzong ascended the throne before the moon was old, becoming a rare short-lived emperor in history - "January Heavenly Son".
Zhu Changluo's death was defined as the "Red Pill Case", and together with the "Strike Case" and "Palace Transfer Case" related to him, it became one of the three major mystery cases at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so his coffin of death is still inconclusive. So let's take a look at what Zheng Guifei did after Emperor Guangzong ascended to the throne, and we may be able to see the clues.
"And ascended to the pole, the noble concubine entered the beautiful maid emperor." Ten days later, the emperor fell ill. "This is a historical record. Zhu Changluo still became the emperor, the matter was a foregone conclusion, Zheng Guifei was helpless, did not know whether out of the desire for an easy life or unswervingly deliberately hurt, Zheng Guifei sent a gift different from others - eight beautiful women, and also sent her own close eunuch Cui Wensheng to the Guangzong Imperial Pharmacy.
Guangzong served the country and the people during the day, and at night he fought in the deep palace at night, and under the action of the "Immortal Elixir" of the Imperial Pharmacy, he fought day and night, tirelessly, but unfortunately, this small body plate could not be completely played for a few days, and he directly kicked his legs after taking the life-saving red pill of Li Kezhuo of the Hongxu Temple.
We now assume that Guangzong died because of taking red pills, but why did Guangzong take red pills? It was because he couldn't bear it before, and he was in a hurry to go to the hospital; where did Guangzong's previous illness come from? Indulgence or Cui Wensheng's previous flattering medicine, later Tongli medicine, the beauty was sent by her, and the eunuch in charge of the imperial pharmacy was her close confidant, no matter which one, Zheng Guifei could not get rid of it.
Then some people will ask, why did Zheng Guifei do this? What was the motive? Xiao bian thought that there were two possibilities, one of which was that Zhu Changluo's ascension to the throne had become a fact, and the previous struggle and even murder would bring evil consequences to himself, and he could only sacrifice beautiful women and cronies to please Guangzong and hope that this kind child could treat her leniently; the second was to kill zhu Youxiao, who was still a child, to take over, because Li Xuanshi, who raised Zhu Youxiao, was also a member of the Zheng clique, her close comrade-in-arms, so that they could manipulate the young Tianzi and let the dream continue.
Therefore, no matter which one said, the death of Ming Guangzong, whether Zheng Guifei was unintentional or deliberate, she was guilty of the blame.
2. If The Guangzong does not die, it should be able to continue the life of Daming
Guangzong just left, leaving the "History of Ming" praise "Guangzong Submerged Virtue Jiuzhang, Hai Nei Belongs to Wang", which is not a false praise, and it depends on his actions in the upper position for less than a month.
Heavy money was used to reward border guards and protect national security; mining taxes and taxes were dismissed to protect the people's security; cabinet ministers were added to promote the normal operation of the state apparatus, all of which were the actions of the Ming Emperor and the acts of benevolent kings, and this was only the performance of the three days from July 22 to 24, 1948, and it was no wonder that "the government and the opposition were moved."
In addition, Guangzong's 38 years of stoic and painful experience have cultivated his personality of not being alarmed, not being crazy, and being kind and benevolent, if he does not die, how can he be stronger than his son who is bent on being a carpenter? We do not expect him to create a ZTE era, and it should not be a problem for Daming to continue his life for decades.
The Wanli Emperor was destroyed, and even Zhu Changluo, a straw that could continue the life of the Ming Dynasty, was trampled into the mud by Zheng Guifei.
Third, trying to manipulate the carpenter emperor, she is still continuing to "work hard"
1. The harem master of the Wanli period made Zhu You's school illiterate
After 28 days of working as emperor, his father was killed in the line of duty, and the 15-year-old Zhu Youxiao was completely unprepared and pushed to the throne. Let's take a look at the emperor's childhood.
Zhu Youxiao's biological mother, Wang Shi, was the chosen attendant of crown prince Zhu Changluo during the Wanli Dynasty. In the thirty-third year of the Wanli Calendar, Zhu Youxiao was born; in the forty-seventh year of the Wanli Calendar, his mother died, and he chose to serve the Li clan (Xi Li) to raise Zhu Youxiao. This Li family has close contacts with Zheng Guifei and Wei Zhongxian, and is also a core member of the Zheng group.
The harem of the Ming Dynasty in the Wanli era was basically the world of Zheng Guifei, plus Wanli originally did not want to see his father Zhu Changluo, not to mention that his mother was only a waiter (later promoted to a talent), which can be imagined how Zhu Youxiao's childhood was spent. Therefore, regardless of education, it is very good to be able to survive peacefully, so Zhu Youxiao is not only the carpenter emperor, he also won a title of "Illiterate Emperor" (Zhu Youxiao issued orders and instructions, and could only be decided by listening to other people's drafts. ）
Zheng Guifei is the protagonist in the dispute over the foundation of the country, and she is the leader of the harem, let's think about it carefully, this Zhu You's incompetence and weakness, is it not the sequelae left by the dispute over the country and the capital? How could she have nothing to do with Concubine Zheng Guifei?
2, the palace transfer case, the last attempt, she is still the mastermind behind the scenes
The palace transfer case should be said to have nothing to do with Zheng Guifei, but do not forget that the leader of the protagonist of this palace transfer case, Xi Li, is actually Zheng Guifei, who was hand-picked by Wan Li during his reign (of course, it should also be with The consent of Zheng Guifei) to serve Zhu Youxiao, so we can understand that Zheng Guifei is still the mastermind behind the scenes in the palace transfer case.
Another point is that the reason why Xi Li lived in the Qianqing Palace was also created by Zheng Guifei. In the forty-eighth year of the Wanli Calendar, Empress Wang passed away, and Wanli Ben was also old and sick, and Concubine Zheng Guifei moved into the Qianqing Palace on the pretext of taking care of her lover. The Qianqing Palace is a symbol of the highest imperial power, only the emperor can live, and only the empress can live in the harem.
In the case of the transfer of the palace, Xi Li's demand was not only to become an imperial concubine, but also to be directly promoted to empress Yongliu Qianqing Palace, so that in front of Zhu Youxiao, she became the empress dowager, according to the minister, if that is the case, it is likely that there will be another Wu Zetian who will listen to the government.
The case of moving the palace is the "masterpiece" of Zheng Guifei and Xi Li. They consulted together and supported each other (Xi Li's actions were completely following Zheng Guifei's wishes, which can also be understood as following Zheng Guifei's instructions) One wanted to become the empress dowager and the other wanted to become an empress, in an attempt to achieve the goal of turning Zhu Youxiao into a puppet emperor. It's just a pity that their plot was completely shattered under the vigorous resistance of Yang Lian, Liu Yiyi, Zuo Guangdou and others.
After the palace transfer case, the Zheng clique that affected the three dynasties at the end of the Ming Dynasty basically lost its vitality, and Zheng Guifei also faded out of the historical stage, but the fatal wounds they formed on the Ming Dynasty could never be healed, and zhu Yuanzhang took his life to fight for the Jiangshan step by step towards the road of destruction.
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