Emperor Wanli didn't go to court for 24 years, but the mountains and rivers were not chaotic, and the political machine of Daming Dynasty operated as usual, as if the control ability of Emperor Wanli was very strong. Let's get some real information first, and see what the real consequences of Wanli's failure to go to court for twenty-four years are, and then you will know how to evaluate this neglected emperor.
Because the theme of this article is war, I won't discuss the livelihood of ordinary people for the time being. Let's talk about the military exclusively first: in the 29th year of Wanli (160 1), inspector Ma Yongqing went to inspect the border. When he came to Ma Yongbao in Zijingguan, he saw two veterans roasting carrion on a corpse because of hunger. Ma Yongqing got down from the saddle in shock. He rubbed his eyes to make sure it wasn't a dream. He couldn't help crying.
In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Song Dunjun, together with several people, sold the big bronze cannon on the battery to the post-nomadic people. The Ming army was naked and empty. Besides selling weapons, it also regards surrender money as a bright future. In Yizhou, a border fortress in Liaodong, the Ming army defected 2300 people a month ... not the late Jin dynasty, but Wanli. No one can beat Daming, but Daming killed himself.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there were many loyal ministers, including Zhang, Zhang and Zhang. Even Luo, the left critic of Dali Temple, wrote an article "Four Cautions in Wine, Color and Wealth", which severely criticized the Wanli Emperor. Daming's military commanders are all talented people, including Li, Li, Li, Li and Qi Jiguang.
But when a soldier is born, he must have a nest, the emperor Wanli and the Ming Dynasty. Facing the unfavorable situation that Jin Yue became more and more happy after Wanli, he didn't look for reasons or problems from himself, but invited a Feng Shui gentleman, who broke his fingers and counted, so he gave Wanli a cure-all prescription-he went to Fangshan to dig the imperial tomb of the Jin Dynasty.
Nurhachi, known as the late Jin Dynasty, is the descendant of the rulers (in fact, the rulers and the late Jin Dynasty can only be regarded as some distant relatives), dug the imperial tomb of the rulers and broke Long Mai, no matter how severe Nurhachi was, he would have stopped at that time.
Emperor Wanli thought the plan was wonderful, so he sent troops into Jinling in Fangshan. What needs to be burned, what needs to be demolished, what needs to be dug and what needs to be smashed. In short, the majestic Jinling disappeared into people's field of vision with a cry.
Emperor Wanli felt that the "mopping-up" was not done thoroughly, and he also invited an ancient cruel man-Guan Yu. On the former site of Jinling, there are Sanjie Hall, Mundus Hall, Weiyuan Town and Tianzunguan Shengdijun.
This is the art of "overwhelming victory" that Wanli thinks is invincible in the world. However, it backfired. Twenty-four years after the death of Emperor Wanli1August 620 18, the Ming Dynasty perished. Nurhachi's subordinate Dourgen entered the customs. In retaliation for Wanli, he ordered the demolition of Guandi Temple and the destruction of 13 Mausoleum, among which the Dingling Mausoleum of Emperor Wanli was the most serious.