Emperor Mingshenzong Zhu Yijun was the 13th emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the protagonist of Huang Renyu," The FifteenTh Year of the Wanli Calendar " . He ascended the throne at the age of 10, reigned for a total of 48 years, and during his reign of 48 years, he had meritorious deeds, and then let us elaborate on the life of Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun.
It can be said that Zhu Yijun was born in a very good era, after contacting political affairs, he was assisted by the cabinet minister Zhang Juzheng, under Zhang Juzheng's reform, the political and economic development of the Ming Dynasty reached a peak, and it was Zhang Juzheng who implemented the reform, but later people would more or less calculate these political achievements to the emperor. Zhang Ju is Zhu Yijun's teacher, Zhu Yijun once regarded Zhang Juzheng as his idol, but also because Zhang Juzheng has too much control over himself, it is even more difficult to dispel the anger in his heart for Zhang Juzheng's transgression. In the end, this important minister who contributed greatly to the Ming Dynasty and the teacher who had great influence on himself was completely overthrown. The series of events that occurred during the Wanli calendar year seems to be regarded as a turning point in the Ming Dynasty's transition from prosperity to decline, from Zhang Juzheng's reform to the rise of party struggle later, and all the major events that have occurred in between have a great impact on the ming dynasty's qi number.
Zhu Yijun was able to ascend to the throne purely because he stepped on the luck, and his father Long Qing was not liked by grandpa Jiajing, let alone himself. He was also able to ascend to the throne because his first two brothers died early, so he ascended to the highest position in the Ming Dynasty at the age of only 10. Not only himself but also his mother, the situation before he ascended the throne can be described as embattled, orphans and widows had to rely on Zhang Juzheng in order to seek asylum. Therefore, after Zhu Yijun ascended the throne, it was Zhang Juzheng who actually grasped the government, and Zhang Juzheng's expectations for Zhu Yijun were also very high, and he passed on what he had learned in his life to Zhu Yijun, hoping that he could become a monarch with intelligence and ability. Zhang Juzheng's teaching method for this emperor is also different from the previous teaching of the emperor, Zhu Yijun got up early every morning to study, not only Confucian classics, familiar with ancient and modern history books can let him read Zhang Juzheng let him read, his teacher not only Zhang Juzheng, but also many other top scholars in other fields. Therefore, being an emperor is not an easy thing, not only to be knowledgeable, strong and capable, but also to know people well, if any of them are not done well, it will lead to the destruction of a dynasty in their own hands. Zhang Juzheng not only let him learn all kinds of knowledge and study calligraphy, but also summed up the lessons of the previous emperors to warn Zhu Yijun.
Although the emperor has the most honorable status, he has the will that ordinary people do not have, and it is difficult for ordinary people to make efforts, and it is even more important to take into account the overall situation, and the things that children love will only become the bondage of the emperor. The position of emperor is only a scenery in front of people, and people suffer after them. If you say that Zhu Yijun is obedient, he is very obedient, but if you say that he is rebellious, he is indeed very rebellious. Because no matter what he did wrong when he was young, Zhang Juzheng would point out his mistakes extremely harshly and correct him, and his mother Empress Li often supervised him to study seriously and attend classes seriously. Moreover, he was surrounded by the eyes of the empress and Zhang Juzheng, and his every word and deed was supervised. So during this time he was very obedient, but in the later period of his reign as emperor he began to rebel, he began to drink and have fun, disregarding the government, and wanted to disappear his teacher Zhang Juzheng forever.
From childhood to Zhang Juzheng and Empress Li, as well as many ministers, paved his way, when he should study, what he should do after his reign, what he should do after the dynasty, everything was arranged for him. He seems to be like a puppet, and Zhang Juzheng is the one who actually holds the power of the dynasty. And all this also led to Zhu Yijun's glorious deeds of not going to the dynasty for nearly 30 years in the future, all things were arranged, and he didn't need to worry about anything.
But what you must know is that Zhu Yijun is definitely not a fool, nor is he a person who is willing to be manipulated by others. The education he received from childhood and the blood flowing through his body did not allow him to do so, and the gossip of many civilian officials made the emperor hate these courtiers even more and dislike his teacher Zhang Juzheng. In order to overthrow Zhang Juzheng, he had found many yan officials to provide him with evidence of Zhang Juzheng's crimes, and he had also gotten into trouble with the yan officials because of the dispute over the country. However, it has to be said that the officials in the late Ming Dynasty were indeed a bit like women with long tongues, and what should not be said and what should not be played should be mentioned by them. It seems that writing to the emperor has become a very honorable thing, even if he was beaten, it was because he dared to write a letter directly, and it was very good to say it.
In fact, the political system of the Ming Dynasty is very perfect, even if wanli has not been in the dynasty for nearly 30 years, the central organs of the Ming Dynasty can still operate normally. Zhu Yijun was actually an emperor who wanted to make a difference, and he had enough ability to push the Ming Dynasty to the top again, and he also had enough ability to confront Manchu officials for decades, and to exterminate the teacher Zhang Juzheng who single-handedly pushed himself to the throne. But it has to be said that Zhu Yijun is also an emperor who wants to use his ability to make the Ming Dynasty go further, because he has never subsidized military expenses and directly paid money from his private treasury.
However, the three major conquests of the Wanli Dynasty really hurt the Vitality of the Ming Dynasty, and in the later period, all the contents of Zhang Juzheng's reform were directly pushed down. As a result, the manpower and material resources of the Ming Dynasty were once again consumed enormously, and the Ming Dynasty also became a key point in the transformation from prosperity to decline during the Wanli Period. Saying that Zhu Yijun is not a good person, nor is he a good emperor, it can only be said that he is an emperor who has passed. During Wanli's reign, it was basically smooth sailing, but at the last moment, nurhaci's appearance also ushered in a dark moment in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yijun also became an emperor who made posterity a lot of criticism.