Wan Li was the longest-reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ascending the throne at the age of ten and serving as emperor for forty-eight years. In the early days, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, presided over the government affairs, and Zhang Juzheng implemented a series of reform measures, and there was great social and economic development, creating a situation of "Wanli Zhongxing".
Subsequently, Wan Li's temper came up, and he did not go to the dynasty for a long time, although he did not completely ignore the government, but on the whole it was not conducive to the development of Daming.
There are many reasons why Wanli did not go to the dynasty, one of which is that he was caught in endless party strife. The cause was to fight for the crown prince.
Wanli had eight sons, and apart from those who died prematurely, five survived to adulthood.
The eldest son was the later emperor Zhu Changluo, and his mother was Princess Wang Gongfei. She was originally a palace maid of the Cining Palace, and wan li pampered her on a whim when she asked the empress dowager for peace, and later gave birth to a boy.
But in fact, there are many concubines of Wanli, among which the most favored Zheng, Zheng Guifei can win the favor of Wanli, not only because of her beauty, but also because of her cleverness and alertness, proficiency in poetry and other rare talents of others.
In the fourteenth year of the Wanli Calendar (1586), Zheng gave birth to a son, Zhu Changxun.
Just as the so-called Love House and Wu, Wan Li likes Zheng Guifei and has always hoped to make her son Zhu Changxun his successor.
At that time, there were many rumors in the DPRK, and even rumors that Wanli wanted to make Zhu Changxun crown prince with Zheng Guifei. The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government saw that if they did not stop it, perhaps Zhu Changxun would really become the crown prince, and in their view, this violated the ancestral system and the feudal etiquette system.
Therefore, from this time on, the ministers of the Imperial Court suggested that the Wanli Emperor appoint his eldest son Zhu Changluo as crown prince. In fact, Wanli is unwilling, and has been using the excuse that the child is still young and dragging it out.
However, Wanli's attitude towards Concubine Gong and Concubine Zheng was really very different, which inevitably made the ministers of the DPRK jealous. The establishment of the reserve affair, the disputes that lasted for fifteen years, and the accumulation of hundreds of twists and turns, all of which accused the harem of interfering in politics and demanded that Wanli's eldest son Zhu Changluo be crown prince.
With the intervention of Empress Li, Emperor Mingshen finally made concessions in the twenty-ninth year of the Wanli Calendar and made Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the emperor, who was already twenty years old, the crown prince.
The empress had no sons, so as the eldest son, Zhu Changluo had no problem becoming his successor. But historically, there are also many people who choose their favorite sons to succeed because they love Ya and Wu, which is also a common thing.
In fact, if Wanli wanted to make Zhu Changxun the crown prince, there was still a way.
After the abolition, and then set up Zheng Guifei as empress, so that Zhu Changxun could naturally become the crown prince. If not, he could also forcibly make Zhu Changxun crown prince, after all, he was the emperor.
But it's also very difficult to do so.
After the abolition, it is not said that the abolition is abolished, as long as the queen does not have major negligence, it is basically impossible. Some people have said that Emperor Ming Xuanzong was deposed because the empress did not have children?
But at this time and another time, Wanli was restrained and was not generally large at that time. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to fall into party strife, which shows that the imperial power at that time had actually declined.
Then it is obvious that he does not have so much power to force Li Zhu Changxun, so it is also very dangerous, and when the hundred officials are not convinced, they can completely abolish him.