Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, the temple name Shenzong.

The third son of Ming Muzong Zhu Zaikun, his mother is the noble concubine Li.

The thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whose name was Wanli, reigned for forty-eight years, making him the longest-reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

It is longer than Zhu Yuanzhang's reign.

The short-lived and water-soluble nature of the Ming emperors did not seem to apply to him.

During Zhu Yijun's reign, the early days of the Ming Dynasty were thriving and thriving.

However, this momentum was relatively short-lived, and it was called Wanli Zhongxing by later generations.

If the Wanli Emperor can keep it all the time, the situation of the Ming Dynasty may be a new world.

may not perish in the hands of Zhu Youzhen, at least it will not be a problem to extend the life of the Ming Dynasty for a few more decades.

It's a pity that Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun didn't keep it, it was just a short flash in the pan.

And Wanli Zhongxing also mainly relies on Zhang Juzheng.

If there is no Zhang Juzheng, it is estimated that it will be enough.

Zhu Yijun was made crown prince at the age of six and ascended the throne in June of the sixth year of Longqing (1572 AD).

On August 17, the 42nd year of Jiajing (September 4, 1563), Zhu Yijun was born in Yuwangfu, and was the third son of Zhu Zaiyuan, Emperor Longqing of Ming Muzong.

Because the grandfather of Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun and the Laozi of Emperor Zhu Zaiyuan of Longqing, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, was superstitious about Taoism and never talked about the establishment of the prince.

It is even more directly edicted, and whoever dares to talk about the matter of Lichu will be directly executed.

Therefore, after the birth of Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, no one dared to tell Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi about this, let alone name Zhu Yijun.

It wasn't until Zhu Yijun's Laozi Longqing Emperor Zhu Zaiyuan ascended the throne that Zhu Yijun was named.

This year, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun was four years old.

He spent four years without a name, and it wasn't until he was four years old that he had a name of his own.

Speaking of which, it's really miserable.

Compared with the common people, at least people have names not long after they are born.

And the Wanli Emperor did not have his own name until he was four years old.

On March 11 of the second year of Longqing (1568), Zhu Yijun was officially established as the crown prince and was in the East Palace.

Originally, Zhu Yijun still had two elder brothers, but his two elder brothers died early, so the position of the crown prince finally fell to the hard-nosed Zhu Yijun.

I don't know if this is God's compensation for his four years of not having a name.

In the sixth year of Longqing, Ming Muzong died at the age of thirty-six and reigned for six years.

In the same year, Zhu Yijun, who was only ten years old, ascended the throne and changed his name to Wanli, known as Shenzong in history.

The cabinet auxiliary ministers left by Mu Zongzhu Zaiyuan to the ten-year-old Wanli Emperor were: the first assistant Gao Gong, the second assistant Zhang Juzheng, and Gao Yi.

Thus, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun began his career as Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

I thought that being an emperor meant to be one and the other, to dominate the world.

But soon, Zhu Yijun didn't think so.

Because the first assistant of the cabinet, Gao Gong, and the eunuch Feng Bao beside him did not agree.

Feng Bao is an old eunuch in the inner palace of the Ming Dynasty, a person next to Empress Dowager Li, and a person who watched Zhu Yijun grow up.

Although Zhu Yijun didn't like Feng Bao very much, he still trusted him very much, and was even a little afraid.

Because of Empress Dowager Li, Feng Bao also has more prestige in Zhu Yijun's eyes.

It is precisely because he is afraid that Feng Bao will sue in front of Empress Dowager Li, so Zhu Yijun will pretend to be serious in front of Feng Bao.

Therefore, after the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun ascended the throne, it stands to reason that Feng Bao should be the eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrant and one of the most powerful people in the world.

And with the support of Empress Dowager Li, Zhu Yijun did not object.

However, Gao Gong, the head of the cabinet, did not agree to this proposal, and was very opposed.

Because he doesn't like Feng Bao as a person, and his relationship with Feng Bao is not good.

As the first assistant to the cabinet, he was reluctant to let someone who did not get along with him take on such an important position as the celebrant and the eunuch in charge of the seal.

Gao Gong recommended Chen Hong and Meng Chong to Emperor Wanli, but Zhu Yijun was not interested in these two people at all.

He had almost already decided that Feng Bao would sit in the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal, so he did not take Gao Gong's opinion.

For the people recommended by Gao Gong, Zhu Yijun naturally did not pay attention to it.

Feng Bao also hated Gao Gong.

It turned out that Feng Bao had long been the commander of the East Factory and was also in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

When Ming Muzong Zhu Zaiyuan ascended the throne, the eunuch in charge of the seal was vacant at that time.

According to his qualifications, Feng Bao should succeed him to this position, but Mr. Mu Zhu Zaiyuan did not look down on Feng Bao.

I don't know if it's because I think Feng Bao is incapable or for other reasons, anyway, I didn't bring Feng Bao to be the eunuch of the celebrant and the seal of the seal.

Seeing that there was a vacancy in the eunuch who was in charge of the eunuch, Gao Gong, who was a scholar at the time, recommended Chen Hong, the eunuch of the imperial eunuch.

Seeing that the position of the eunuch who had already arrived was taken away by someone else, Feng Bao was very dissatisfied in his heart.

But he didn't dare to do anything.

One is the Ming Emperor, the other is a cabinet minister, he has no choice.

Feng Bao began to hate Gao Gong because of this.

It wasn't until the eunuch Chen Hong was dismissed that the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal of the celebrant became vacant again.

According to reason, this time it should be Feng Bao.

But the high arch came out again and wreaked havoc.

This time, Gao Gong recommended the eunuch Meng Chong.

And the eunuch Meng Chong was originally in charge of the Shangshan Supervisor, so it is impossible for him to be in charge of the celebrant supervisor, even if it is his turn, it will not be Meng Chong's turn.

Once and twice in a row, Gao Gong prevented Feng Bao from sitting in the position of the eunuch who was in charge of the seal of the boss.

This made Feng Bao feel even more jealous of Gao Gong in his heart.

Soon, he waited for the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun to ascend the throne.

And Zhu Yijun also had the idea of letting Feng Bao serve as the eunuch in charge of the seal, but he was still rejected by Gao Gong, the first assistant of the cabinet at the time.

However, in the end, with the support of Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli, Feng Bao still sat in the position of the eunuch in charge of the seal.

But he was completely married to the beam of the high arch, and he also made up his mind to get rid of the high arch.

Gao Gong on the other side also wanted to get rid of Feng Bao, because he felt that Feng Bao was too arrogant.

Once when he was in the court, Feng Bao actually stood next to the ten-year-old Wanli Emperor's dragon chair and couldn't go down.

Instead, like Emperor Wanli, he looked down on the hundreds of officials in the court.

Feng Bao's move shocked the officials of the Ming court.

You must know what it represents on the high platform of the Fengtian Temple.

That represents the supreme and supreme.

It was a place where only the emperor could set foot in.

Others, including eunuchs or court maids, were to kneel on them.

Except for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, no one can stand on it.

But Feng Bao, the eunuch, stood on it like this, like no one.

It can be seen that Feng Bao is arrogant and domineering in the depths of his heart.

Gao Gong, the first assistant of the cabinet, made up his mind at that time to expel Feng Bao.

Feng Bao was not only in charge of the celebrant but also the commander of the East Factory, and the power he held covered from inside the palace to outside the palace.

It's simply the power of the world.

Such eunuchs may not be kept.

Immediately, at the suggestion of Gao Gong, the six branches and the officials began to impeach Feng Bao.

They took out all the corrupt things that Feng Bao had done in the past, and prepared to hand them over to Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor.

Let Zhu Yijun drive Feng Bao away.

Gao Gong planned to draft a holy decree to expel Feng Bao after the fold was approved.

But he seemed to have forgotten that the celebrant was under the control of Feng Bao.

All the folds will be passed through in his hands before they are handed over to the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun.

Gao Gong also underestimated Feng Bao's guts, thinking that Feng Bao did not dare to stop the court's performance.

But that's what Feng Bao did, and he was so bold.

Feng Bao directly stopped all the twists and turns of Gao Gong's impeachment of him and hid them.

Taking advantage of this gap, Gao Gong hurriedly went to Zhang Juzheng to discuss countermeasures.

It turned out that Feng Bao had already hooked up with Zhang Juzheng, the second assistant of the cabinet.

Feng Bao didn't want to knock down Gao Gong in a day or two, and he couldn't rely on his own strength alone, so he found Zhang Juzheng.

I hope to be able to join forces with Zhang Juzheng to deal with Gao Gong.

And Zhang Juzheng also has the idea of wanting to knock down the high arch.

Because Zhang Juzheng wants to monopolize power to implement his own New Deal reforms.

If Gao Gong is still the first assistant of the cabinet at that time, then his new policy reform will definitely not be implemented.

And Zhang Juzheng knew very well that his reform also needed the power of other channels, such as the power of Feng Bao, a eunuch.

He can do the things in the court by himself, but he also needs a helper.

Feng Bao is the best helper for this.

I don't ask Feng Bao to give him much help, just ask Feng Bao to stop things when he reforms.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, who have common enemies, came together in this way.

I began to plan how to bring down the high arch.

Although Gao Gong is a capable person, he is also talented, and he is also loyal to Daming.

But the high arch still has his shortcomings, and it is deadly.

That is, the high arch does not have room for people.

During his tenure as the first assistant to the cabinet, he can be described as domineering.

Everything he doesn't like, or everything he doesn't like, everything that doesn't agree with his politics will be hit by him.

He also forced away many ministers of the DPRK and China, and even many cabinet members.

At the same time, Gao Gong also fell a lot of infamy and offended many people.

As for the dirtiness between Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong, it is caused by the gap between Zhang Juzheng's mentor and Gao Gong.

When Xu Jie drafted the edict of Emperor Jiajing, he did not call Gao Gong, who was a cabinet minister at that time, but called his protégé Zhang Juzheng.

And Gao Gong is not broad-minded enough, leaving a gap between him and Zhang Juzheng.

After Gao Gong sat in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, he was even more arrogant.

Holding the power tightly in his own hands, he did not allow any different voices to appear.

In response to this, Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng directly began to lay out.

said to the Empress Dowager Li that Gao Gongyi commanded and was good at the country.

At the beginning, when Mu Zongzhu Zaigan died, Gao Gong said very sadly in the cabinet: "Ten-year-old prince, how can you rule the world!" ”

Feng Bao added fuel to this sentence to the Empress Dowager Li.

He falsely accused Gao Gong in front of Empress Dowager Li and said: "Gao Gong said that the prince Zhu Yijun is someone's child, how can he be in charge of the people of the world. ”

Empress Dowager Li was very surprised when she heard this.

What does that mean? Gao Gong is obviously ill-intentioned.

actually said such things to the orthodox heir to the throne of the Ming court.

Even the crown prince can't be the master of the people in this world, so who else can?

Is it difficult or someone else?

It didn't take long for Feng Bao's words to reach Zhu Yijun's ears.

Zhu Yijun was also extremely surprised when he heard it, and his face changed greatly.

But Gao Gong has always been the first assistant of the cabinet left by his father Zhu Zaiyuan, and he can be regarded as a minister of Tuogu.

So Zhu Yijun didn't do anything about the high arch, but he was already a little dissatisfied with the high arch in his heart.

In addition, Gao Gong himself usually offends a lot of people, and it is indeed a little arbitrary.

Therefore, with the efforts of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun finally decided to make a move against Gao Gong.

After getting the consent of the Empress Dowager Li, Zhu Yijun let Gao Gong Zhishi.

That is, let Gao Gong resign and return to his hometown to retire.

In the face of Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli, Gao Gong had no choice but to honestly resign from his official position as the first assistant of the cabinet and return to his hometown to retire.

As soon as Gao Gong left, Zhang Juzheng, with the help of Feng Bao, naturally became the first assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhang Juzheng sat in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, he was actually not much different from Gao Gong.

The same is to monopolize the power, and the military and political power are grasped with one hand.

Almost all the affairs of the Ming court were decided by Zhang Juzheng.

It is thanks to Zhang Juzheng that he is a capable person, and he is a very powerful person.

Otherwise, the Ming court may have perished decades in advance.

But Zhang Juzheng stubbornly extended the life of the Ming court for 70 years.

Under his series of reforms, the Ming Dynasty took on a new look and became the richest in the entire Ming Dynasty for 276 years.

In 1573, Zhang Juzheng, with the support of the Wanli Emperor, began a series of reforms.

Reforms have begun to be carried out in the economic, military, and divisional government regulations.

In 1574, Zhang Juzheng enabled Qi Jiguang to guard Jimen and Li Chengliang to guard Liaodong.

With Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang sitting in Liaodong, the situation in Liaodong was completely controlled by the Ming court.

The security of the northern frontier was ensured.

In 1580, under the reform of Zhang Juzheng's whip law, the financial revenue of the Ming court skyrocketed.

The people lived in abundance, and the economy of the entire Ming Dynasty was unprecedentedly prosperous.

directly reversed the decline of the Ming Dynasty that began with the Jiaqing Dynasty, and even made people see the hope of the Ming Dynasty taking off.

This is what history says, 'Wanli Zhongxing.' ’

But the protagonist of this Wanli Zhongxing is not Zhu Yijun, the emperor of Wanli, but Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.

Although everything was going in the best direction, in the end there was always a problem.

And the emergence of this problem also directly led to the prosperity and decline of the Ming Dynasty.

It made Wanli ZTE a short-lived flash in the pan.

The most famous sentence in history, 'The death of the Ming Dynasty, the real death of the Divine Sect' is also the beginning of the appearance from this time.

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