In the forty-first year of Jiajing (1562), Zhu Yijun was born in, the third son of Zhu Zaiyu. The birth of Zhu Yijun brought joy to Yu, and people who came to congratulate him were in an endless stream, which was very lively. However, this festive atmosphere soon disappeared, and it was replaced by the horror of everyone fearing for themselves. It turned out that Zhu Yijun's grandfather, Emperor Jiajing, was very happy.
Therefore, no one dared to report the birth of Zhu Yijun to the emperor, let alone give him a name. It was not until he was five years old that the grandson got the name Zhu Yijun.
Wanli, the only son of Mu Zong, was almost born with imperial edict. At the age of six, he was crowned prince without any doubt. Wanli's biological mother, Li Taihou, came from humble origins and was originally an imperial secretary. Later, her mother was promoted to imperial concubine and had a noble son.
2, enthroned as emperor
In the sixth year of Qin Long (1572), on May 22nd, news came from the palace that Qin Long was critically ill. On 25th, Gao Gong, Zhang and Gao Yi, cabinet university students, were called into the palace. Gao Gong and others entered the east wing of the bedroom and found themselves sitting on the royal couch, with Queen Chen and Li Guifei sitting behind the curtain. 10-year-old Prince Zhu Yijun stands on the royal sofa. I can't do it, emperor. You do it. All etiquette should be done according to the requirements of the Ministry. You should listen to the guidance of three assistants and the ceremony supervisor, enter Xiu De, use talents, be idle and conservative. "After the three college students were entrusted, they burst into tears.
The next day, Emperor Qin Long collapsed in Ganqing Palace. On the 10th day of June, Crown Prince Zhu Yijun officially acceded to the throne, and the following year, it was changed to Wanli.
3. Cabinet disputes
According to Qin Long's arrangement, Gao Gong ranked first among the ministers in charge of life in the outer court; In the palace, Zhu Yijun naturally relied on Feng Bao. However, the relationship between Feng Bao and Gao Gong is very bad. Before the eunuch position was vacant, Gao Gong recommended Chen Hong and Meng Chong successively, but he just didn't want Feng Bao to be a eunuch.
Feng Bao was polite, fond of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, very cultured, and very popular with Emperor Qin Long. Feng Bao took advantage of the power vacuum between imperial power changes, easily passed a testamentary edict, drove away Meng Chong, and became a handprint eunuch himself.
However, as far as the high arch is concerned, it is natural for Feng Bao to get rid of it. At the behest of Gao Gong, the engineering department handed over all the impeachment of Feng Bao to Chengdu, Li Ke and Li Ke. Therefore, political struggle is inevitable. In this struggle, and Gao Gong are both sides of the conflict, and Zhang ostensibly helped Gao Gong, but in fact, Zhang and Feng Shude began impeachment.
In the sixth year of Qin Long (1572), on June 16th, Feng Bao used Gao Gong's phrase, "A ten-year-old prince, how to govern the world", and drove Gao Gong out of Beijing with high self-esteem and straightforward personality. When Gao Gong left, Gao Yi vomited blood for three days and died, leaving only Zhang among the three cabinet ministers.
4. Taiyue Fuzheng
Wanli 10 years ago, his life was basically regulated by three people, one was his mother, the Empress Dowager, the other was a eunuch, and the other was a cabinet college student, Zhang.
Both Ci Sheng Queen and eunuch Bao Feng like calligraphy, so when Zhu Yijun was very young, his calligraphy was very neat. Feng Bao was called "companion" and "great companion" by the emperor in the palace. The little emperor was very afraid of Feng Bao. Every time I play with the little eunuch and see Feng Bao coming, I sit back and say, "The big companion is coming." Feng Bao's duty is not only to educate the general emperor, but also to criticize him on behalf of the emperor Zhu Pi. Therefore, his relationship with Zhang is even closer. In fact, it is precisely because of the inside and the outside that the New Deal in the early years of Wanli was successfully implemented.
Zhang's guidance and care are meticulous. He arranged a detailed visit schedule and reading for the emperor, ranging from the way the imperial court employed people to some sections in the palace. Zhang told the emperor carefully.