Emperor's Award Ceremony: Beginning with the award of the Eternal Emperor

"Let's comment on the seventh, longest-reigning emperor, Ming Shenzong Wanli Emperor, Zhu Yijun!"

"Emperor Wanli reigned for 48 years, the longest reign of the Ming Dynasty!"

"It's our old Zhu's house again! It's our old Zhu's house again!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di looked at each other and laughed.

They didn't expect that the descendants of the old Zhu's family were so competitive that two emperors squeezed into the throne with the longest reign.

But there was a bad feeling in the hearts of the two of them.

Generally speaking, an emperor who handles the affairs of state carefully cannot live for too long at all.

And those who live longer, even if they are not outright stupid emperors, are mediocre emperors.

Although the Emperor Jiajing who was commented on earlier was not a faint emperor, he was not really a wise emperor either.

This descendant of my own will not be similar to Jiajing, right?

"Emperor Jiajing is the grandfather of Emperor Wanli. There is only Ming Muzong between them. He reigned for only a few years!"

"Ming Shenzong ascended the throne at the age of ten, four years earlier than Emperor Jiajing!"

"Ming Shenzong stayed out of court longer than Emperor Jiajing, and he ignored the government, even more than Emperor Jiajing!"

"Ming Shenzong's evaluations are mixed. Some people think that he is a complete fool. There is a saying that 'the Ming Dynasty died under the Wanli Emperor'!"

"And some people whitewash Ming Shenzong, saying that he is not ignoring the government. He is just like his grandfather, Emperor Jiajing. He just doesn't go to court, but he is in the harem and firmly controls the government."

"But no matter what, when the Ming Dynasty reached the Ming Shenzong Wanli period, the situation was already going downhill, and it was out of control."

"At this time, it is even more corrupt and corrupt, and finally unable to recover."

"After a short period of Ming Guangzong, then Ming Xizong, and finally passed to Emperor Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty finally came to an end!" 480

"In my opinion, Ming Shenzong is far inferior to his grandfather, Emperor Jiajing. He can be regarded as a real fool!"

"When it comes to Ming Shenzong, some very dazzling words dance in our minds, such as Zhang Juzheng's innovation, the three major Wanli marches, etc."

"The first thing to mention is Zhang Juzheng's innovation."

"In the original history, after the death of Emperor Jiajing, his son Ming Muzong died in a hurry after reigning for a few years, and the throne was passed on to Ming Shenzong. At that time, he was only ten years old.

In the hands of children! "

"Master Shaoguo is suspicious, and Ming has fallen into an unprecedented crisis."

"Although his grandfather and father have left him many assistant ministers, these ministers who care about life are all intriguing and fighting for power for themselves, and they can't do their best to assist the young emperor and stabilize the carriage of Daming. , keep driving without falling down!"

"Among the several Gu Ming ministers, there is Zhang Juzheng."

"After some struggles, Gao Gong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, finally stepped down, and Zhang Juzheng became the chief assistant of the cabinet. He began to hold power and implemented a series of innovative measures."

"And the inner court is in charge of the eunuch Feng Bao. Feng Bao is good at poetry, loyal, and smart. He is a rare upright eunuch."

"From then on, Feng Bao was in charge, Zhang Juzheng was in charge, and the two joined hands to push the Ming Dynasty to a new level.".

230 Chapter [-] Zhang Juzheng's Achievements

230 Chapter [-] Zhang Juzheng's Achievements

"Speaking of which, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are a bit strange. There are eunuchs like Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian who have harmed the country and the people, and there are also courtiers like Zheng He Feng Bao who are loyal to the country and the people!"

"It's just that there are too few eunuchs who are dedicated to their duties. Otherwise, Daming wouldn't have the notoriety of being an eunuch in power."

"After Zhang Juzheng took power, he began to carry out reforms and reforms, promoting a whip method to measure the land of the whole country."

"From the late period of Emperor Jiajing to the present for more than 40 to [-] years in the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of malpractices in the empire abounded. Officials were corrupt, land was annexed, and the people became increasingly impoverished."

"Da Ming has reached the point where he can't be broken or built. If he doesn't want to innovate at this time, Da Ming will have no chance at all."

"Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng was born at this time and saved the Ming Dynasty."

"Simply put, a whip method is to cancel all kinds of exorbitant taxes imposed on the people, and to pay taxes according to the amount of land the people own."

"It's not based on the number of people. It turns out that a large number of farmers have gone bankrupt and have no land, but they still pay taxes, which is very unreasonable."

"However, if the changes are made now, those who own more land will naturally pay more taxes, and those who do not have land will naturally not have to pay taxes."

"Greatly lightened the burden on the people."

"The measurement of the land in the whole country revealed a large amount of land that was annexed by various princes, ministers, landlords, and wealthy businessmen. These lands are not on the roster, and they have hidden a large number of people."

"The imperial court confiscated a large amount of land and distributed it to the people for farming, which not only solved the problem of people fleeing and hiding, but also increased tax revenue."

"The national strength of the Ming Dynasty has been greatly improved, and the burden on the people has also been greatly reduced."

"At the same time, Zhang Juzheng changed the mining tax, salt and iron tax, etc., and a series of measures made Ming Dynasty take on a new look."

"Actually, the reform measures at this time have little to do with Emperor Wanli. Wanli is only a ten-year-old boy at this time, so he can't handle political affairs?"

"All important affairs of the court are presided over by his mother, Empress Li, and Empress Dowager Li fully supports Zhang Juzheng, so Zhang Juzheng's reform can proceed smoothly."

"At this time, the young Emperor Wanli was only in charge of studying."

"Emperor Wanli read the most books among all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, but later results proved that it was useless."

"A lot of reading does not mean that he must have a strong ability to govern the country, let alone that he has superb political skills."

"Of course, there is no sign of it at this time. Emperor Wanli worked hard, and in the eyes of everyone, he is an exceptionally progressive and wise monarch."

"When Emperor Wanli was sixteen or seventeen years old, he gradually became an adult and tried to take charge of the government. At that time, he still strongly supported all the measures and policies of Zhang Juzheng."

"It took Zhang Juzheng ten years to completely reverse the decline since Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty threw away all the burdens of the past and is preparing to move forward at top speed.

"However, Zhang Juzheng has completed the mission that history has entrusted to him."

"In the tenth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng passed away."

"Throughout the ages, almost all the innovators have not come to a good end."

"From Wu Qi in the Warring States Period, Shang Yang in the Qin State, and Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng is no exception."

"Although Wang Anshi was not executed by the emperor, when he was the prime minister later, he was abused by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the common people all over the world."

"In the end even the emperor didn't trust him anymore, so he had to resign voluntarily to avoid the fate of a dead dog.

"Hearing the news of Zhang Juzheng's death, Emperor Wanli cried bitterly, and stopped for a day to express his condolences to this outstanding chief minister of the cabinet."

"Give Zhang Juzheng a lofty treatment, posthumously posthumously Wenzhong, bestow the title of Zhu Guo, and Yin's son is Shangbao Sicheng."

"All civil servants throughout the history have received the posthumous titles of 'Wen Zhong' and 'Wen Zheng' after their death. He is greatly honored and favored."

"However, unexpectedly two years later, Emperor Wanli began to liquidate Zhang Juzheng."

"Emperor Wanli personally announced to all civil and military officials that Zhang Juzheng is a treacherous minister,

"He restrained the officials, monopolized the power, and invaded the mansions of the princes of the Ming Dynasty,

"But remembering that he was the former chief minister after all, he didn't open the coffin and kill the corpse.

Almost the highest honor.And Zhang Juzheng was able to obtain the posthumous title of 'Wen Zhong', which showed the emperor's respect for

Control the government, deceive the emperor, and deceive the emperor of the empire. "

The field is really a heinous crime. "

But all his posthumous titles were taken away, and his whole family was confiscated. "

"At this time, Zhang Juzheng's family had already been ransacked by the imperial court. Because they had no time to leave the mansion, the Zhang family members were all sealed up in the courtyard. Some old and weak women and children starved to death."

"Zhang Juzheng's 80-year-old mother kept an empty house and more than ten hectares of land for her only after Shen Shixing, the chief assistant of the cabinet, begged Emperor Wanli for mercy."

"It's really chilling to think that Emperor Wanli would be so ruthless."

Great Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Wanli sat on the dragon chair with disapproval on his face.

"Because Zhang Juzheng was in power back then, he was a young little emperor, and he didn't have the slightest majesty. When Zhang Juzheng died of illness, he finally turned back."

"Zhang Juzheng is indeed corrupt, accepting bribes, monopolizing power, and attacking some political opponents, but these problems are not worth mentioning in front of his great achievements."

"In order to express his anger and establish his own authority, Emperor Wanli even ruthlessly poured dirty water on this great hero. It is really disgusting."

"Emperor Wanli has not been in power for long, because Zhang Juzheng has accumulated a solid family background for him, and he has no worries about the future, so he starts to be complacent and slack."

"Although there are reasons for Emperor Wanli's poor health, it is more because he himself is not a monarch who wants to work hard."

"In the early (Qianhao) period, Zhang Juzheng and Concubine Li were under strict control, but now that he has grown up, both Zhang Juzheng and Concubine Li have passed away, and Emperor Wanli can naturally do whatever he wants

"Emperor Wanli likes Zhu Changxun, the son of Concubine Zheng, and wants to make him the crown prince, but this is not in line with the ancestral system at all."

"The ministers objected one after another and demanded that the eldest son Zhu Changluo be the crown prince, who would become Ming Guangzong later. However, because Guangzong's mother was a lowly court lady, Emperor Wanli disliked both his mother and son very much, so he resolutely refused."

"There has been a long-term dispute between the monarch and his ministers. In order to keep out of sight and out of mind, Emperor Wanli simply hid in the inner palace and stayed away from court for more than 20 years."

"But Emperor Wanli's refusal to go to court does not mean that he completely ignores government affairs. Some major court affairs are still firmly in his hands."

"The system in the middle and late Ming Dynasty is completely different from the early period. Especially the system of the upper dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes.".

230 Chapter Five

230 Chapter Five

"In the early and middle periods of the Ming Dynasty, it was the upper court, and the officials discussed and dealt with the affairs of the court."

"From the beginning of Emperor Jiajing, the court was just a formality and could not solve any problems. Instead, after the court was dispersed, these court officials began to handle government affairs, handed over to the cabinet, and then handed over to the emperor by the eunuchs."

"The final major event will be signed and sealed by the emperor, and the eunuch will sign and seal it, and then return it to the cabinet. The cabinet will send out the memorial, and the matter will be settled."

"If the emperor disagrees, send back all the memorials and edicts, and the cabinet ministers will discuss it again."

"Emperor Jiajing didn't go to court at that time, so he used this method to control the government, but he occasionally went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to meet the officials."

"In the period of Emperor Wanli, his method was very clever. He could control the court without having to meet and quarrel with the ministers. He naturally inherited it completely."

"There is another important reason why Emperor Wanli is lazy and unwilling to meet his officials."

"In the early and middle periods of the Ming Dynasty, those ministers who were dedicated to serving the people were able to put forward some convincing suggestions."

"However, since the Tumu Fortress Incident, all the military generals of the Ming Dynasty Xungui were killed and injured, and the civil servant group began to completely control the court. In the Wanli period, it became more and more serious."

"At this time, the Ming Dynasty's speech is open, and the ministers can criticize the emperor without any scruples. However, the criticism of those officials is not for the emperor, the country and the people, but for their own reputation and interests."

"Jiajing and Wanli are unwilling to bear the infamy of the emperor, and they must not be executed. At most, they are just court sticks."

"In this way, these officials have gained even more reputation."

"The common people in the world are ignorant and don't know the tricks of these officials. They all praise these officials as good officials who really speak out and dare to advise."

"That's what all the officials, almost all of them do."

"And all the officials formed their own factions, all kinds of party disputes, constant tongue-in-cheek, daily bickering, and no serious business. Therefore, Emperor Wanli decided to hide in the deep palace, out of sight.

A cold light flickered in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes: "Executive officer? Talking about things every day and not doing anything? Dare to spray me, try?"

"In my era, I would have killed your head long ago."

Zhu Di also echoed, "That's right! The majestic Ninth Five-Year Supreme has no temper when scolded by some powerless civil servants. He is too imposing!"

"If it's me, who would dare to scold me?"

"When I asked Fang Xiaoru to submit to me at the beginning of (cgef), he actually called me a traitor?"

"I'm also surnamed Zhu. In this old Zhu family's country, who is not sitting?"

"I asked him, aren't you afraid of Zhu Jiu Clan?"

"He said bluntly, so what if the ten clans are punished?"

"Really think that I dare not? I will fulfill him and implicate his ten clans!"

"From now on, which speaker would dare to go against my will?"

"Zhu Yunwen himself is a mediocre lord. If he has a little bit of ability, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and tens of thousands of horses, I will have no bones left."

"He was able to turn me over?"

"Aren't the people he used a bunch of useless civil servants?"

"If the Ming Dynasty were really handed over to him, the country would have perished long ago."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di. He had been annoyed before that this son dared to usurp power.

But listening to what he said at this time, I felt that there was some truth.

"Old Zhu's family is really incompetent, and the power was taken away by those civil servants!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened. "There are still too few kills!"