The winter of the "Xiaoice River Period" (little_ice_age) encountered by the Ming Dynasty was very cold, especially the coldest period of 1580-1644 at the end of the period, the coldest in a thousand years, the second in 10,000 years, and 6-7 in a million years, it can be said that this is the coldest period since human beings entered the period of civilization. Wanli reigned from 1573 to 1620, and was under severe natural disasters for 40 years, and the long-term natural disasters of the pre-industrial society would cause serious consequences to a country are unimaginable to ordinary modern people.

Although Zhang Juzheng has laid a good foundation in the front, it will depend on Wanli himself in the back. Taxes in the disaster-stricken areas should be exempted, disaster relief should be provided, and the northern border army should also come up with military expenses. The guards of the Ming Dynasty relied on Tuntian, but long-term natural disasters, Tuntian could not be counted on. Many historical books say that Wanli was greedy for money, and sent eunuchs to loot mining taxes and industrial and commercial taxes everywhere, and collect them from the inner treasury, but no one mentioned that Wanli had been exempting agricultural taxes from the disaster-stricken areas, giving silver from the inner treasury for disaster relief, and paying military expenses.

Wanli was scolded by many people for being shameless for asking for money. Obviously, the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that merchants were not allowed to wear silk and satin, and Emperor Wanli heard the eunuch who collected the silk tax say that if this was the case, there would be nowhere to collect taxes, and he didn't even care about the ancestral system. In order to make money, Wanli also ignored the ancestral system and fully opened the sea ban, as long as you pay the money, you can run at sea. Wanli also asked the Royal Printing Office to do business desperately, as long as it paid, all books would be printed, and there would be no censorship or anything, and there was no vigilance at all. Even the propaganda materials for the rebellion of the Wenxiang Sect were printed by the Royal Printing Office, just because Xu Hongru, the leader of the Wenxiang Sect, paid for it. Look at how unlike, what is greed for money!!

After Wanli's pro-government, the Ming Dynasty has been plagued by natural disasters, and in the eyes of righteous gentlemen, it is natural that Wanli's moral level is not good, and God will bring such disasters. Therefore, Wanli was scolded by many moral gentlemen with a conscience as a faint king, but not to mention that under the natural disasters of several decades, Wanli not only has the martial arts of Wanli's three major expeditions, but also left a little bit of family wealth in the country.

Saying that Wanli is faint is nothing more than saying that he does not go to court. And the reason why Wanli did not go to the court according to him said that he had a sore back and legs, and his health was not good, some people said that this was Wanli's lustful body, but after the excavation of the Ming Ding Mausoleum, archaeologists found that Wanli's bones were indeed one leg short and one leg long, and the lumbar spine did have serious lesions, which showed that he was not lazy at all, but was not in good health and could not go to court. Wanli, who is not in the court, still cares about state affairs and controls the overall situation behind the scenes.

Looking at the performance of the Donglin Party after coming to power, we know that quarrels are only their appearance, and tax evasion is their soul.

…… Dividing line ......

In 1587, that is, in the fifteenth year of Wanli, the drought in the Central Plains for many years expanded to the whole country, and finally caused a great drought once in a thousand years!

Wanli in this time and space, due to its strength, has a lot less restraint in governance and has more time to consider various issues. At the beginning of April 1588, the provinces north and south of Wanli suffered a serious disaster, and the imperial court was ordered to repair the provinces inside and outside. It was originally in June.

Fujian Provincial Imperial Shi Pan Shizao said: Today's great trouble, is the love of the monarch and the minister, it is advisable to imitate the ancestral system to summon the ministers to discuss the plan, withdraw the construction of the building, stop weaving, burning, and exempt the gold and silver from time to time additional levy. There is nothing more important than this in the current province. Wanli quasi-stop weaving and firing.

Liu Lin of the Household Department Restoration History said: Qichen Zhuangtian, the fifth generation of the queen's relatives, is allowed to stay 100 hectares for the world; The horse was passed on to the fifth generation, and ten acres were allowed to be reserved for the main worship; The concubines have passed down the family to the third generation, that is, all of them have been returned to the official. I think there is a difference between dignity and inferiority. Wanli invited from it, but ordered the concubine to give the land below 100 hectares, and allowed to stay and not return.

Shaanxi Governor Yu Shi Zhong Huamin said: The northwest is cold, there is no other property, and the horse is raised alone to make a living, and the trade is prohibited, and the horse that is afraid of leaving the country is smuggled through the city. As a result, the fruits of the people are abolished from the trade within the territory, and the livestock are few, and the public has nothing to rely on. This method is really a waste of food due to choking. Please relax the prohibition, if there is a famine in this realm and he is in a good year, he is allowed to go out to get money; The town is slow and not in a hurry, and Xu is willing to go out to help. In this way, the public and private interests will be handed over, and each other's use will be combined. Wanli life reconsideration line.

Governor Dao Pan Jitao suggested eight things for river defense: 1. Serving as a minister for a long time. It is said that the water nature is good and bad, the river is divided and combined, and the terrain is dangerous, and only a long time can be familiar with the situation. 2. Responsibility for growth orders. It is said that the river is like a family, and now the county magistrate of Yanhe Prefecture is still the head of the family, mobilizing the husband and preparing the materials, and it is appropriate to have a special responsibility, and the county guard also has the responsibility of the prime minister. 3. Prohibition of official husbands. Fourth, the scheduled engineering. 5. Legislative additions. Sixth, the addition of embankment officers. Seventh, add help to fill the soil. 8. Build old embankments. Wanli's destiny is implemented as agreed.

Li Yi was sparse in the matter: Your Majesty punished Feng Bao and reprimanded Song Kun, which was wise. Now Zhang Whale's crime is 100 times that of Feng Bao and 10,000 times that of Song Kun, why do you tolerate it and not get rid of it? Please punish Zhang Whale for his crimes. Do not let them continue to run amok against the law, so as to sell them and harm the dynasty. Shenzong was furious, and the division took Zhang Whale into custody to judge his crimes. Of course, Jin Yiwei immediately confiscated his family property and confiscated it into the inner treasury. Wanli has been looking at Zhang Whale's money for a long time, and finally someone has complied with the emperor's will!

Many people in the imperial history are sparse: Li Chengliang, the chief soldier of Liaodong, is extravagant; embezzlement at will; bribing the courtiers of the Quan Sect to consolidate themselves, falsely reporting their military exploits, and killing good and impostor...... And so on, please punish him. Wanli stayed in China, but on the grounds that Liaodong spent countless amounts and the credit was not as good as Liaoning and Jizhen, Liaodong's salary was reduced by one and a half to set an example.

For a time, the court was full of rave reviews, sycophants, and everyone said: "The emperor is shengming!" The emperor is mighty! ”

Everyone's sycophants were still patting, and Chen Ju's father-in-law escorted the punishment for Dongying's seizure, and the first batch of 100,000 taels of gold entered Beijing. Along with the gold, there were also Chinese antiques and curiosities that had been left in Dongying and 50,000 taels of gold that Liaoning was preparing to buy grain. The princes of the court are shocked!

Liaoning Buzheng envoy Jin Nuer Hachi played: Liaoning Army, Chao * Xian Army and Dongying Righteous Army, victorious and continuous, the Japanese chief Toyotomi Hideyoshi was in panic. However, the front-line food and grass are reduced, and if they are not replenished as soon as possible, the previous efforts will be wasted, and the loyalty and courage of the soldiers will be wasted. In addition to buying the usual amount of grain, Liaoning is willing to use the seizures of its own retention, 50,000 taels of gold, to buy more grain and grass!

Fifty thousand taels of gold! The eyes of the court bosses are red. The emperor, the inner court, and the cabinet unanimously agreed to Liaoning's request, and immediately issued an order to Jiangnan, raise military rations, and send them to Tanggu to support the front line! Domestic grain reserves, halved!

And the information sorted out by the traversal clearly shows that the natural disasters in the sixteenth year of Wanli are serious!

On the night of July 21 of the 16th year of Wanli, Suzhou, Songjiang and other prefectures, the east wind was angry, and the water of Taihu Lake was more than two zhang high. The wind pulls out the wooden servant house, and the fields are all gone. After the 27th, the heavy rain lasted for ten days, day and night, the seedlings rotted, and the house drifted away. The people are hungry, and there is a great epidemic, and the price of rice is very expensive. People eat chaff, bean cakes make porridge, followed by grass roots and wood food, hungry corpses sleep, starvation fills, streets and alleys float to death, boats are hindered, and debris accumulates inside and outside the city.

On the 18th day of June in the sixteenth year of Wanli, Lin'an Tonghai and Qujiang earthquakes on the same day, there was a sound like thunder, the mountains and trees were destroyed, the river choked and flowed, the sea poured into the city walls, the servants' offices, the dwellings, the pressure was very many, especially the Qujiang River.

And the more serious thing is that, according to Wanli's will, potatoes have been widely cultivated in the Central Plains, and no one knows that these potatoes have been degraded.

Liaoning conspiracy, unknown; At the moment of the catastrophe, food is scarce, and the Ming Dynasty is in danger!

…… I'm the dividing line......

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