Time flies, and thirty years is enough time to change many things.

When Xu Yan succeeded Zhang Juzheng as the new cabinet chief assistant of the Wanli Dynasty, he also set a record - the youngest first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

Although he is only in his forties, Xu Yan is already an "old minister" who has gone through three dynasties.

Compared with the Jiajing period and the Longqing period, the Wanli Dynasty obviously had a completely different new atmosphere.

With Xu Yan becoming the cabinet leader, the Wanli New Deal was in full swing in the Ming Dynasty, two capitals and thirteen provinces.

With the implementation of the new commercial tax, Daming's tax system has become more reasonable.

After the opening of the sea, Taixi firearms were also introduced in large quantities, and under Xu Yan's insistence, the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty were equipped with many Francophone guns, which made the barbarians frightened.

As for the cultural aspect, the Wanli Dynasty also had the qualifications to call out the ancestors of the Tang and Song dynasties.

As a leader in the literary world, Xu Yan admired the ancient literary movement, and wrote countless masterpieces that caught up with the famous masters of the Tang and Song dynasties.

Changing taxes, reorganizing the army, and revitalizing culture and education, Xu Yan did what he could.

But when it comes to the things that really make him proud, there is nothing more than passing through the Western Regions.

During Xu Yan's reign in the cabinet, the Ming army regained Hexi and gained control of the Western Regions.

The Silk Road, which had been interrupted for hundreds of years, was reopened, and the Ming Dynasty restored the cultural influence of the Han and Tang dynasties on the Western Regions.

Xu Yan doesn't care about how the history books of later generations write him personally, but he cares about how the history books write this period and how to write the Wanli New Deal.

Now, with his efforts, the Wanli New Deal has finally left a strong mark in the vast history.

When later generations mention this period, they will feel that Wanli is a critical moment for the rise of the Ming Dynasty.

And Xu Yan and the bits and pieces of the Wanli Dynasty are remembered by the world.

To Jun Yao Shun, and then make the customs pure.

This is his way, and he is glad to have kept it.

On the occasion of Wanbang's coming to the dynasty, Xu Yan accompanied Emperor Wanli to stand on the tower of Chengtianmen City and look into the distance, just as he secretly vowed to change the appearance of the Ming Dynasty when he was in Ningbo thirty years ago.

Looking at the picturesque country, Xu Yan burst into tears, and said with emotion in his heart: I have no regrets in this life to enter China.

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... Diagram of the Avenue of the Heavens