Sitting up again, Wanli stared blankly at the pane not far away.

Today, the sun outside is good, and through the glazed panes, it is scattered in the temple, like broken gold.

For a while, many past events surfaced in Wanli's mind, and he seemed to suddenly see a person, a middle-aged man with a slender figure, a face like a crown of jade and a long beard, standing in front of him, this middle-aged man had a serious expression, a pair of dark and bright eyes with sharpness and majesty, as if he was saying something to himself.

Isn't this person his own master, Zhang Juzheng?

The bits and pieces of the past when he was a teenager came to mind, this man who seemed to be a master and a father had an unparalleled status in Wanli's heart, and he was also Wanli's idol when he was a teenager.

For Zhang Juzheng, Wanli's feelings are very complicated, both respect and fear, both kiss and hate...... These feelings are mixed together, so that Wanli doesn't know what it feels like.

When Zhang Juzheng was alive, Wanli was crushed by him, but he admired this master very much in his heart. And when Zhang Juzheng died, Wanli gave this master the highest honor that he could give, and buried the master in person with the respect of the emperor, and at the same time secretly made up his mind that he must become the wisest monarch of the Ming Dynasty according to the master's teachings.

However, Zhang Juzheng's bones were not cold, and the overwhelming counteroffensive of those officials who opposed Zhang Juzheng's new policy came, and Wanli suddenly discovered that the master who had always been perfect was not the person he imagined, not only was he not perfect, but Zhang Juzheng was also an arrogant and domineering minister with a lack of personal morality. Looking at the conclusive charges listed by the courtiers in the book, the idol in Wanli's heart completely collapsed in an instant.

The collapse of faith made the young Wanli furious, and he ignored the dissuasion of his mother, and directly ordered Zhang Juzheng to be liquidated, not only regaining all the honors for his master, but also suppressing Zhang Juzheng's alliance with China, and ordering a strict investigation of Zhang Juzheng's family.

But Wanli never thought that his decision was the biggest mistake in his life, and it was precisely because of his decision that it led to the tragedy and irreparable consequences that happened later.

When Wanli learned this, everything was irreparable, and he could only pinch his nose and admit it, but there was a rift in his heart that could not be repaired.

After becoming pro-government, Wanli worked hard to manage the country according to Zhang Juzheng's teachings, intending to become the Ming Jun that Zhang Juzheng had always hoped to become. But a few years later, the diligent Wanli suddenly found that after losing his master, he had no ability to manage the country at all, and none of the courtiers who praised themselves on the surface and called themselves Ming Jun were not good things.

These sanctimonious guys are full of male thieves and prostitutes behind their backs, and they use all means to obstruct their control of the country, and completely abolish the new deal system that Master had established with great difficulty.

Those scholars who were originally suppressed by the master crawled out of the dark corners like moths again for the sake of interests, lying on the body of the Ming Dynasty to suck blood, and the officials in the court were even more so.

At this time, Wanli suddenly woke up, and he finally understood what he had done wrong, and he also understood who was right and who was really for the good of himself and the country.

It's a pity that it's too late at this time, although Wanli is smart, he doesn't have the imperial means of his grandfather Jiajing, even if he understands these in his heart, he can't change all this.

The discouraged Wanli intended to change, but he couldn't change it, coupled with the dispute over the country's capital, which led to a great change in temperament, and the previously diligent emperor suddenly became an otaku who stayed in the harem.

For the long years that followed, Wanli used this silent action to confront the civilian bureaucracy, and everything he did was for this reason, and because of this, so far, Wanli would not trust those officials in the imperial court.

Now there are vacancies in the cabinet and the ministry, including the cabinet Fang Congzhe, which is completely Wanli's deliberate doing.

He is not Jiajing, and he does not have Jiajing's hand to pull a faction to fight a faction, so he can only adopt such a method, and it is better to put a person who can barely control it in a position than to face a group.

Don't let the civil servants under him collude too much, so as to form a stronger force to resist the imperial power.

The same is true of the previous dispatch of mine supervisors and tax supervisors to the local government, and the abolition of Zhang Juzheng's new policy caused the imperial court's tax revenue to plummet, and in the case of Wanli's inability to restore the new policy, he could only use the only group of eunuchs available at his disposal to do what he could.

And his actions were scolded by the civil officials for "looting the people". But Wanli knew very well in his heart, didn't he send the mine supervisor and tax supervisor to the place, and these benefits could really be left to the people? Of course not! As Zhang Juzheng's personal heirloom background, Wanli understands very well what these officials of the Ming Dynasty are thinking, and the reason why they oppose Wanli doing this is nothing more than touching their own interests, where is it really for the people!

Such things abound, Wanli knows it in his heart, but he can't do anything about it.

has a weak heart, since it can't be changed, it can only lie flat, which can be regarded as Wanli's only means of fighting.

Let's talk about the previous battle of Salhu, before the war, Wanli actually didn't want to use Yang Hao, but everyone in the DPRK recommended Yang Hao as the commander, and Yang Hao did have military merits in the previous war against Japan, plus Yang Hao is a firm main battle faction, Wanli finally reluctantly agreed to let him patrol Liaodong and become the commander of this battle.

But I didn't think that Yang Hao was a waste on paper, and the first battle in Liaodong caused heavy losses to the Ming Dynasty, and lost almost all of the elites of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. When he heard the news of the defeat in Liaodong, Wanli was so shocked that he couldn't even speak, and watched Wanli's hands tremble in the harem, and he couldn't help crying.

The dignified Heavenly Empire, the majestic Ming Dynasty, actually humiliated the country like this, and it is not an exaggeration for Yang Hao to be the culprit and break the corpse of ten thousand pieces.

According to Wanli's hatred of Yang Hao, it is light to cut off Yang Hao's head after he was released into Beijing, and it is not too much to directly punish his three clans. But in the ensuing confrontation, those civilian cliques refused to dispose of Yang Hao for the sake of interests, even if Wanli hated to kill Yang Hao as soon as possible.

After all, Yang Ho was recommended by the civil official group when he went to Liaodong, and there are shadows of various factions behind him. Once Yang Ho was convicted and killed, what did the person who recommended Yang Ho say in the first place? Should these officials be jointly and severally liable? Maybe lose their official position and get dismissed together? Or even beheaded?

The power of the Ming Emperor is not unlimited, and the Ming Emperor is unable to make direct decisions on some matters in many cases. In addition, Wanli's illness worsened after the defeat of Liaodong, and he could only temporarily put it on hold under the fruitless quarrel over Yang Hao's disposal.

Although Yang Hao couldn't be dealt with for a while, the mess in Liaodong still had to be cleaned up.

Wanli thought about it and tried his best to override public opinion, and forcibly appointed Xiong Tingbi to Liaodong, and Xiong Tingbi did not live up to Wanli's expectations, from last year's battle of Sarhu Xiong Tingbi went to Liaodong alone to clean up the mess, the current situation in Liaodong has gradually stabilized, according to Xiong Tingbi to Wanli in the recital, the situation in Liaodong is changing for the better, he has contained the power of Nurhachi, steadily and steadily encroached step by step, and recovered a lot of lost territory from the enemy, as long as it continues, With Da Ming's far more powerful strength than Hou Jin, it won't take long to carry out a counterattack, and the shame of the battle of Salhu will be bloody.

Wanli has absolute trust in Xiong Tingbi and knows that this is an extremely talented person. By disposing of Yang Hao's exchange, suppressing the civil official group's insistence on putting Xiong Tingbi in Liaodong was the result of the final game between Wanli and the civil official group.

But now Xiong Tingbi has just stabilized in Liaodong not long ago, and there are moths in the court, and many people have written to Wanli to request that more governors be sent to Liaodong to avoid the dominance of Xiong Tingbi's family in Liaodong and the imbalance of civil and military affairs.

This sounds good, but Wanli understands very well in his heart that this is nothing more than a trick by the civilian clique to engage in political balance.

In order to completely reassure Xiong Tingbi, Wanli privately sent a eunuch to Xiong Tingbi to talk to Xiong Tingbi, so that he could do things well in Liaodong with peace of mind, and the court was helped by him, the emperor.

This is also the reason why Wanli has not agreed to the request of the first assistant party Congzhe to send additional governors to Liaodong, and even the increase in the cabinet and the vacancies in various ministries Wanli has been pretending to be deaf and dumb to find a reason to delay.

He didn't do this to ignore the government, on the contrary, Wanli did this in order to do things better, because he knew very well that once these officials were supplemented, especially the arrival of cabinet ministers and ministers, the power of the civil official group would be further strengthened in the court, and he, the emperor, would have a correspondingly smaller right to speak, and now that he was not in good health, the situation in Liaodong was not completely reversed, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he would never allow him to take a wrong step in this situation and give the opponent a chance.

"Master, is it right or wrong for me to do this?" Wanli muttered to himself, as if Zhang Juzheng was standing in front of him as he was when he was a teenager, teaching himself and telling himself how to become a Mingjun.

It's a pity that Zhang Juzheng has passed away, and it was his disciple who personally destroyed the cornerstone laid by his master for the Ming Dynasty and overthrew the new political system he had painstakingly established.

The young Wanli didn't understand, and by the time he understood, it was too late, and he had worked hard and wanted to reverse all this, but at this time, there was no trustworthy and capable person like Zhang Juzheng by his side.

Two lines of tears quietly slipped down the corners of Wanli's eyes, he was wrong, he was wrong! It was too late to wake up, for so many years, he had already understood everything in his heart, but he was powerless to change it, and endless sadness surged into his heart.

How Wanli wished that he could turn back the clock and return to the moment when Master was still there, if that was the case, he would never repeat the mistakes of the past and make the country what it is now.

And now the sick Wanli has felt that he is afraid that he will die soon, and the only thing he hopes for now is that he can live for two more years, and live until the moment when Xiong Tingbi counterattacks in Liaodong and completely destroys Jiannu, and at that time, he can also see his master again.