The Wanli Emperor has long been known as the model of the lazy emperor, because he began in 1586 AD and ended in 1620 AD, a total of 34 years in between, for various reasons not to go to the dynasty, which is unique in ancient history.
If they can not go to the dynasty for 34 years, people are very skeptical, will Wanli have already died, but there have always been people who have not lost their lives in order to cover people's eyes and ears? If it weren't for his long death, why would he have been reluctant to go to the court for another 34 years?
Whether Wanli is long dead
It is true that in ancient history, there have been things that do not send mourning after the death of the emperor, for example, when Kangxi died, it was a week that he chose not to mourn, and the nine gates were blocked by the nine gates, and no one was allowed to go in to find out.
The main reason why Kangxi would choose this way of dealing with it after his death came from the nine sons of the Kangxi period, after the vigorous seizure of the nine sons, the foundation of the entire Qing Dynasty was almost shaken, and when Kangxi died, he did not clearly establish a prince, so the choice of heirs became a problem.
Kangxi died at that time, many people did not have time to prepare anything, if people learned of the news of Kangxi's death, especially several of Kangxi's sons who wanted to compete for the throne, they would definitely come out to intervene, so that the national capital of the Qing Dynasty was estimated to soon be exhausted in the great war of Kangxi's sons vying for the throne, resulting in the demise of the Qing Dynasty, it is also very likely.
At this moment of a thousand guns, of course, everyone is not willing to make things bigger, so the best way is to choose not to mourn, wait until everything is done, after there is a solution, and then open the funeral, so that there is no delay, the impact is not big, when Kangxi died, the old fourth Yin Chan is united with the Nine Gate Admiral Long Keduo to do so, wait until a week later, Yin Chan has been firmly heir, and then mourn, the situation is not so complicated.
Combined with the situation that Kangxi died and did not mourn, the main reason for choosing to mourn after the death of the emperor was to prevent some uncertain turmoil, or the powerful ministers wanted to take this opportunity to usurp power. However, when we look at the situation at that time, it is obvious that we do not have these problems.
First of all, Wanli has clearly established the eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, Zhu Changluo's supporters are numerous, even if Wanli dies suddenly, Zhu Changluo can also succeed to the throne as a prince as a normal emperor, there is no such situation as the ninth son of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, so we do not need to consider this factor, and there is no need to secretly mourn after Wanli's death.
Another situation is that after the death of the other emperors, even if they are not mourned, the time will not be too long, either a few days, or a week, at most a month, Wanli is 34 years, let me ask who has the ability to hide such a big event as the death of the emperor for 34 years? Obviously impossible.
In 1615 AD, because the crown prince Zhu Changluo was attacked with a stick, the imperial court and the people were all talking about Zhu Changluo's murder, saying that Zhu Changluo's murder was mainly the work of Wanli's favorite concubine Zheng Guifei and her son Zhu Changxun.
In order to protect Zheng Guifei and Zhu Changxun, and at the same time to solve the matter reasonably, Wanli made his first appearance in the face of the dynasty without going to the dynasty for 29 years, and after the evidence of such a thing, the statement that Wanli had already died was completely nonsense.
Why is the Wanli Dynasty not on the Dynasty?
Since Wanli did not die, why did he not want to go to the court for 34 years? Is it just because Wanli is greedy or what is going on? The answer to this question did not begin to be known and accepted by the world until after the excavation of Dingling.
That year, with the excavation of Dingling gradually advanced, everyone found the body of the Wanli Emperor, from his bones, the Wanli Emperor has two obvious defects, one is that Wanli's head is different from ordinary people, the bones of his head obviously feel that the left and right sides are not the same size, one high and one low, the left gum is still obviously missing teeth.
Experts analyzed this situation and concluded that the Wanli Emperor should have been born with caries defects or severe periodontal disease. No matter which of these two situations, it is enough to show that Wanli teeth are problematic, the so-called "toothache is not a disease, but it hurts to die", ah, if there is such a disease, the Wanli Emperor must have been in the midst of pain and suffering, and the degree of discomfort can be imagined.
Judging from the photos of Wanli's skull, long-term dental disease has led to asymmetry between the left and right sides of Wanli's head, for an emperor, once his external image has serious defects, he will be attacked and teased by other ministers or princes, thinking that Li Chengqian, the first prince of the Tang Taizong Li Shimin period, is because of the existence of congenital foot diseases, resulting in often ministers suggesting that Li Shimin abolish the position of prince, enough to see how important the image of the prince or emperor is in ancient times.
Wan Li knew that his illness had too great an impact on his image, so of course he did not want the minister to see his appearance, and he always chose to hide from anyone, and no one thought that hiding would be 34 years, or some accidents.
In addition to the tooth problems, according to the excavated bones, Wanli's left leg bone is 7 centimeters longer than the right leg bone, which means that Wanli's leg should also have a serious leg disease, which may be a little lame, walking up a limp, even walking directly is not convenient, in this case, Wanli is of course not willing to go to the Dynasty.
This is from the situation unearthed from Dingling to analyze the reason why Wanli did not go to the dynasty, it can be said that this reason is an objective reason, Wanli wants to go to the dynasty is not enough, in addition to the objective reasons, Wanli is not on the dynasty there are also subjective reasons, that is, Zhu Changluo and Zhu Changxun's prince dispute incident.
Although Zhu Changluo was the eldest son of Zheng Guifei, according to the inheritance system left by the old ancestors, Wanli should choose Zhu Changluo as the crown prince, but Wanli was very fond of Zheng Guifei, so he loved Wu and Wu, and also favored Zhu Changxun, the son of Zheng Guifei, and under the combination of various factors, Wanli planned to make Zhu Changxun the prince and give up zhu Changluo, the eldest son.
This move of Wanli was quickly opposed by almost all the ministers in the DPRK, and everyone felt that the rules formulated by the old ancestors should be observed, and it was the right thing to do to make Zhu Changluo the crown prince, and if Zhu Changxun was made the crown prince, it was obvious that Wanli intended to shake the country.
At first, Wanli also planned to argue with everyone, but later found that the situation was serious, some ministers even directly intimidated the Wanli Emperor in public, his dignity as an emperor was trampled on instantly, Wanli was very unhappy in his heart, but under the special cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty, Wanli had no way to act recklessly, so Wanli could only gamble and not be upset.
Of course, even if Wanli did not go to the dynasty, he still controlled the overall situation behind his back and handled many things, but unfortunately, Wanli later got rid of Zhang Juzheng, so that he lost a virtuous cabinet chief assistant, and from then on, the Ming Dynasty gradually fell into partisanship, and the castration party and the Donglin party continued to fight, which eventually led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Many people have explained that the Dynasty actually died in the Wanli period, in fact, there is still a certain reason, although it is said that Wanli can carry the disease and insist on handling the government behind the scenes for 34 years, which is also a rare and valuable, but because Wanli is unwilling to go to the Dynasty for 34 years, it has led to a variety of internal problems in the Ming Dynasty, leaving hidden dangers for the later children and grandchildren to succeed to the throne, if Wanli knew that he was not in good health, and passed the throne to Zhu Changluo as soon as possible, perhaps the situation would be different.
epilogue
Wanli 34 years do not want to go to the dynasty, in fact, it is not that he has long died, some people choose to keep secret in order to manipulate behind the scenes, but because Wanli itself has disease defects in teeth and legs, he has been suffering, for the image of the emperor and face, he chose not to go to the dynasty for 34 years, but who ever thought, this 34 years of not going to the dynasty, actually accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty!
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