Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was a lazy man in history, and as an emperor, he set a world record for not going to the dynasty for 28 years. His life is also controversial, and during his reign the Ming Dynasty began to decline, so much so that some say that Ming Shi died in Wanli. However, during his reign, he launched three major conquests, quelled the Korean rebellion, and made little Japan no longer dare to step into the mainland for three hundred years, and there were also the embryos of capitalism in the country at that time, and the commodity economy was unprecedentedly prosperous.
However, the evaluation of Wanli, from any angle, has always been to one of its important characteristics- not going up to the dynasty. Whether it is praise or disparagement of him, it is inseparable from the evaluation of his failure to go to the dprk, and it can be said that whether the benefits of not going to the DPRK outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the benefits, has become an important yardstick for his life's achievements.
The praise side said that not going to the dynasty does not mean not paying attention to the government, in fact, Wanli still governs the country very well. The detractor side said that it was because the ming dynasty did not go to the dynasty, resulting in the desolation of the government, and the Wanli was greedy for money, that the Ming Dynasty went into decline step by step.
Putting aside these praises and criticisms, in fact, many people should want to know, why does the Wanli calendar take 30 years to not go to the dynasty?
In fact, Wanli also has the helplessness of Wanli, if Wanli has anything that can describe the mood of Wanli why it does not go to the Dynasty, it is estimated that "the baby is bitter in his heart, but the baby does not say." ”
When it comes to why Wanli did not go up to the dynasty, to sum up, I think there are three points
The first is the collapse of the worldview and values of the outlook on life
Wanli was the longest-reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and when he was 10 years old, his father Ming Muzong died, and he ascended the throne as emperor, and at the beginning, he was assisted and educated by the famous minister Zhang Juzheng.
In the critical period of Wanli's growth, Zhang Juzheng played a pivotal role, Wanli respected and admired Teacher Zhang very much, Teacher Zhang was simply Mount Everest in The mind of Little Wanli, it was so tall and perfect, Teacher Zhang stood, he was embarrassed to sit by himself.
Teacher Zhang everywhere with the way of the sages to educate Wanli, I have to say that Zhang Juzheng's education is very successful, the Wanli Emperor in the first few years towards the direction of the Ming Jun, thrive, study hard, observe the people's feelings, and even put down the Ninth Five-Year Dignity to hike back and forth for 20 miles, equivalent to ten thousand meters, for the people to ask for rain.
At this time, Wanli, no matter from which point of view, can be said to be a full Ming Jun.
However, wan li had been unhappy with Zhang Juzheng earlier, right? The nature of a teenager has long been suppressed by the first assistant of Yi Shi and Yi Chen, can Wan Li not be annoyed in his heart? I just felt that I couldn't resist the teacher morally, and when Zhang Juzheng died, the civilian officials counterattacked and calculated, Wan Li really recognized the true face of Teacher Zhang, and the whole outlook on life collapsed, and the fire was big, and everyone wanted to peel Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng said that he wanted Wanli to abide by the way of the sages, but Zhang Juzheng himself was corrupt and bribed, and when he was a child, he was just playing with a few palace women, so that the empress dowager almost wanted to abolish him, and as an emperor, he had to be diligent and thrifty, like walking on thin ice, while Teacher Zhang himself was clothed and fed, embezzled and bribed, formed a party for personal gain, and lived better than himself, a complete hypocrite!
So Zhang Juzheng taught Wanli so many things, do you think Wanli will still listen to it and abide by it?
At this time, Wanli's heart tens of millions of grass and mud horses galloped, and after that, it is estimated that there is only one word left--Yuck!
Second, recognize the shameless face of the civil servants
After recognizing Zhang Juzheng, Wanli also recognized the true face of those so-called ministers in the imperial court, in Wanli's own words, that is, "the emperor sells straight", that is, these guys with moral appearance, that is, to use the way of scolding the emperor to earn fame for themselves, the emperor's scolding of the civil officials is not news, the emperor scolding the civilian officials is the news, but improving their reputation, at that time, many civilian officials earned fame by scolding the emperor, and hoped that they could scold the emperor and then punish themselves for a period of time (anyway, they did not live by the emperor), It is best to be spanked by the emperor a few more times (court staff), so that his reputation for committing Yan Jinzhi will spread...
Therefore, the number of times he was pit by these civilian officials was greater, and Wan Li also learned to be smart, simply ignoring this group of hypocrites, and these people scolded and scolded, beat and beaten, and loved to buzz in front of you all day long, saying some nonsense that even they did not believe. Anyway, anything can be found in the mouths of these people.
Shang Dynasty? What is the upper dynasty doing? The Shang Dynasty is a series of tedious and lengthy rituals, and in Wanli's view, the Shang Dynasty is a group of hypocritical people using a set of hypocritical rituals to discuss how to do hypocritical things in a serious way!
In other words, if you are the Wanli Emperor, are you still willing to see these ugly human beings every day?
Third, non-violent non-cooperative modalities
There is another important reason why Wanli did not go to the dynasty, that is, "to fight for the foundation of the country". Wanli had always wanted to make his third son, Zhu Changxun the Prince of Fu, the crown prince, but the ministers were striving to make the eldest son Zhu Changluo the crown prince, so Wanli and the courtiers were involved, Wanli was alone, there was nothing but the authority of the emperor, and the ministers followed in the footsteps, and finally Wanli was defeated.
Just imagine, as an emperor, you can't even specify the heir, what you do will be scolded to earn a personal reputation, full of civil officials of the hill, you can't do it if you want to promote a confidant, you are still nine or five? Is there such a stubborn emperor? There is no such thing as these civil officials in this world, and there is immediate chaos, but there is no emperor in this world, and it is not polite to say that it is still turning!
Wan Li knows this, his heart must be miserable,, since Lao Tzu has no sense of existence, since you don't let Lao Tzu feel better one by one, then Lao Tzu won't let you live well! Don't you guys? Aren't you all talking about me being wrong or that? It's quite good at governing the country! Okay, then you go to cure it, I am too lazy to pay attention to you, oh yes, don't look for me, you are so powerful, you have problems to solve yourself, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people!
Therefore, Wanli did not appoint new official positions, and officials did not fill vacancies, so they tossed and turned with you, and simply exhausted you! One more official will only have one more person who opposes the emperor, so what is the use? Still on the Dynasty? On your sister's dynasty!
This is Wanli's means of revenge on the civilian officials.
At that time, although Wanli was honored as the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, in fact he only had the right to punish officials and the right to appoint and dismiss officials in name, and he did not use human rights in the true sense. All key official positions must be selected from among the civilian officials selected by the imperial examination, and all the civilian officials have the same values, and almost never side with the emperor, otherwise they will be spurned by their colleagues, so the emperor is lonely, and it is almost impossible for him to promote his own confidants. Wan Li has always wanted to win over the first assistant of the cabinet, from Shin Shixing all the way to Fang Congzhe, but he has never succeeded. Just like the police commissioner in "Cold War 2" said, all the candidates are our people, and who to choose makes any difference? Wanli's situation at that time was like this, all the people were members of the civilian official group, what difference did it make who I chose?
Since he can't choose the best and the right, and he is subject to restrictions everywhere, why are he still working so diligently for the civilian officials? All the civilian officials want is a puppet sitting in the courtroom, so do I have to obediently listen to them? I am the Emperor! Not a tool for civilian officials to govern the world! I'm not going to go up to the Dynasty! Don't do those symbolic things!
Do and do practical things, such as war! Therefore, Wanli is particularly concerned about war, because he knows that civilian officials can only govern the country, but also govern the country well, and civilian officials will not like him to intervene, and war is the decision of the life and death of the country, so he attaches special importance to it, there are many famous generals in the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli years, and it has to be said that it is also the credit of Wanli, which is more than the reality of the previous dynasty.