Some people think that Ming Shenzong neglected state affairs, and after his death, his descendants took the responsibility for the depression of China's national fortune. It is also said that Ming Shenzong spent the second half of his life in the harem, because he shuddered at the powerless management system in the decadent feudal society of the Ming Dynasty. Why is it that as the head of a country, there is no intention of the court? Is the directionally promoted Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun a tyrant or a saint who should live forever? Perhaps only by recognizing the situation of the Ming Dynasty at that time can we recognize his true colors.
Ming Shenzong acceded to the throne at the age of 0/0, and got married at the age of 0/5. At that time, it was just the age of high spirits, but with Zhang's strict teaching, young people were afraid of disobedience. One day, he played with many Meidochan in the palace. When Zhang learned about this, Thunder reported to Empress Dowager Cixi that he almost ruined his throne. Since then, I have been listening to Zhang's education for fear of being reckless again. However, when Zhang died, he got rid of the shackles and immediately became extravagant.
Zhu Yijun likes drinking and having fun since he was a child, and he likes to spoil his handmaid when he is drunk. Many handmaids in his own palace and Tai Hou Palace have been favored by him. In this way, the emperor married many concubines, and the annual cost of ointment spent on them reached1.2000. In the previous Ming Dynasty, the cost of harem ointment was around 402,000 yuan for a long time, and suddenly increased to 6.5438+0.2 million yuan in Wanli. It is not difficult to see that Ming Shenzong's frequent sexual life has brought great financial pressure. Especially after the ceremony of the previous dynasty was abolished, I often stayed in the harem.
On New Year's Day in the seventeenth year of Wanli, Ming Shenzong did not accept the worship of courtiers as before. And since then, he will never accept Cao E's congratulations, and he will never review the early days in court with Cao E again. Some official positions have been vacant for a long time, and officials asked the emperor to choose suitable officials to fill the vacancies. However, this kind of memorial will always be delayed by Ming Shenzong, and finally the words "unreported" will be written to show approval.
As a result, there is a shortage of officials in the DPRK and China, and the positions of ministers in the DPRK and China are not manipulated, leading to the loss of helm of some major management decisions and the gradual disintegration of the rights management mechanism. Ming Shenzong paid no attention to his eldest son, Zhu Changluo, because he really hated the child. Therefore, when Cao E invited the emperor to open the crown prince, Ming Shenzong refused with many excuses. Finally, I really coveted it, so I reluctantly opened Zhu Changluo as the Crown Prince. They didn't know that when the Crown Prince reached the age of marriage and study, Ming Shenzong gradually deliberately postponed it.
Write the words "no report" on the report paper. This shows that Ming Shenzong doesn't like others to interfere in his hobbies. Even though every household affair of the emperor belongs to state affairs, he refuses to let ministers participate. This habit may be related to Zhu Yijun's harsh education as an emperor in previous years, which made him lose a lot of freedom.
Diligence and studiousness in the early years are inseparable from the teachings of North Korean Prime Minister Zhang. Cabinet is the nerve center of the administrative department in Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Yijun acceded to the throne, Zhang found an opportunity to kill an enemy and became the first person in the cabinet. Zhang, who had no obstacles in front of the imperial court, was finally able to display his grand plans and complete his ideals. He is not only very keen on Zhu Yijun courses for teenagers, but also personally teaches history, time and calligraphy. He also dutifully read the throne for the emperor, which can be said to be the backbone of North Korea at that time. Zhang's "one whip method" also greatly improved the efficiency of tax administration and economic development, and promoted the theme activities of production and operation at that time.
Zhang's extraordinary work ability and dedication to North Korea prompted him to sincerely admire and trust him. This caused dissatisfaction with Zhang in the ruling and opposition parties. When other interest groups exposed their many crimes and punishments one after another, Zhu Yijun refused to believe such crimes in any case. However, when the North Korean government resisted his noise like a flood, he finally had to accept the reality and saw that Zhang's camp in North Korea was too large, so he gradually consciously restricted Zhang's camp. After his death, he copied Zhang's home and exiled his brother and son to remote areas.
Zhang didn't dominate the court, and he should be able to manipulate the court according to his own intentions when he was enthroned for nearly ten years. However, he failed to live up to expectations, had frequent sexual life, and blindly ignored politics, which led to many problems in the rights and regulations of the Ming Dynasty at that time, laying a safety hazard for the future decline.
The admonition rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty were the last straw to crush Zhu Yijun. Zhang's death not only failed to regain the initiative of the court, but also pushed himself away from the court for a longer and longer time because of the collapse of his brand image in the eyes of the court. However, this does not mean that Ming Shenzong is indifferent to state affairs from now on. In fact, the etiquette of the early generation was complicated and changeable, and not only the emperor was tired, but also the honest official was tired. Without the restraint of this ceremony, the emperor can have a "small meeting" with Cao E, and the management efficiency has improved a lot. In addition, in order to better safeguard their own interests, officials in the Ming Dynasty often competed for the opportunity to make suggestions to the emperor immediately. They deliberately criticized some behaviors of Ming Shenzong to show their loyalty and festivals.
Under the injury of Zhang's early harsh education, his temperament became more and more gentle and calm. Although he is miserable, he can't kill the minister who made suggestions immediately like the previous emperor. Ming Shenzong lost interest and confidence in government affairs because of the deliberate mistakes made by the admonisher, and was unwilling to reply to this kind of government affairs that deliberately embarrassed him, which contributed to his laziness in government affairs. The political style of cheating the world and stealing fame in the Ming Dynasty held down the gentle Zhu Yijun from beginning to end. He didn't want to intimidate and threaten to fight, but just played hard to get. Keep yourself away from such unnecessary political events. It's just that he doesn't care about anything Zhu Yijun, who entered the imperial study from the imperial court, was very concerned about the National Defense and Finance Bureau.
Although Ming Shenzong has never been in the early dynasty for more than 20 years, it is quite difficult in national defense. 1592 In February, the Mongols, who were originally the deputy governors of Ningxia, sent troops to defect, and later got reinforcements, which once shocked North Korea. In September of the same year, the Ming army first defeated the rebels' reinforcements, then besieged the worshippers to make them at the end of their tether, and finally succeeded in quelling the county rebellion. 1598, panzhou Xuanwei sent troops to mutiny, and Ming Shenzong sent Li Hualong and other pingding counties to mutiny, and finally won one after another. In addition, the Ming army also supported North Korea twice and defeated the Japanese army. These three wars were called the "Three Great Signs of Wanli", which shows that the overall strength of the Ming army was very rich and powerful at that time.
Although Ming Shenzong is indifferent to other things in North Korea, he is particularly interested in the level of the National Defense and Finance Bureau. National defense and finance bureau have always been the foundation of a country, and Ming Shenzong's control over these two levels has also made the overall strength of the Ming army rich and strong, which can quell several county rebellions and promote detailed and social order. It is not difficult to see that Ming Shenzong was not indifferent, and what he left behind was not the depressed Ming Dynasty. Thanks to his vision of national defense, the Ming Dynasty was able to ensure the details of its territory.
After understanding the situation at that time, let's look at Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun's life again, and we can understand that his life was a life of fighting against civil and military officials and other rights groups. Young and vigorous, the daily life of Prime Minister Zhang is stretched to the limit. As a monarch, she can't do many things alone. After Zhang's death, he did not get rid of it casually, but fell into another valley-struggling with the civil and military officials and powerful ministers of the dynasty for a lifetime. Of course, there will be winners and losers in the struggle. Zhu Yijun, who grew up under the control of others, has a soft and calm nature. Without the ruthlessness of his ancestors, he could not be the big winner in this struggle.
The depressed solution of turning a deaf ear to the overt and covert attacks of the powerful ministers and civil and military officials only added more unfortunate colors to his life path. Later generations were outraged by Ming Shenzong's "inaction", saying that "Ming died in Wanli", but ignored that Ming Shenzong did not fight. Only when his struggle ended in failure did everyone remember his failure.