At the beginning of his career, his noble appearance left a deep impression on officials. His voice came from his abdomen, deep and powerful, with lingering echoes. Although he is only nine years old, judging from various signs, he is indeed a precocious monarch. He himself said that he could read at the age of five. According to the old Chinese calculation method, his full age was only three to four years old.
Emperor Wanli and his mother respected him particularly and called him Zhang Yuanfu. In addition to First Slap, Zhang is also in charge of Wanli education affairs. The emperor had five teachers who taught classics, two teachers who taught calligraphy, and a teacher who taught reading, all appointed by him. He also compiled a sermon as a teaching material for Wanli, and taught it himself when he had the opportunity.
After the autumn of 1572, when Wanli was eight years old, his daily homework included classics, calligraphy, and history. After studying the scriptures, the lecturer could take a nap in the lounge, but the emperor himself could not be so idle because he had other courses to attend. In fact, as far as our current education is concerned, he starts school very late at the age of eight, but he is still under a lot of pressure.
Wan Li is particularly good at writing good calligraphy in his calligraphy class, and often writes some words for eunuchs. Emperor Wanli was very happy to see the eunuchs praising him, but Zhang Juzheng found out about it, so he canceled the only course he liked.
Once again, Sun Hai, a personal eunuch, found two young and beautiful maids to accompany her on a night tour of the West City. When he was half drunk, Emperor Wanli asked two palace ladies to sing a new seasonal song. The so-called seasonal new songs are almost the same as American pop songs today, but the folk songs are quite frivolous, which is almost a common Northeastern folk duo. The two palace maids said they couldn't let me stop singing, but Sun Hai encouraged them. The maids still insisted not to sing, and Emperor Wanli was furious and called for beheading. Sun Xin Q Chuan yy Xiong Kahai reminded him that Emperor Wanli realized that killing people was not fun, so he cut his hair instead of beheading. It's not a bad thing that this matter reached the Queen Mother. She went to Fengxian Temple to pay homage to her deceased husband, and even made the decision to cancel Emperor Wanli's supreme status and let Wang Lu inherit the throne during the Ninth Five-Year Plan. It was a terrible panic, but it was calmed down by everyone's persuasion, and Zhang wrote a letter urging the emperor to live with caution.
This incident can be seen as a turning point in the relationship between Zhang and his ministers. Before, he relied heavily on Zhang and had great trust; since then, he has not only been in awe of Zhang, but also has a kind of dissatisfaction hidden in his heart.