Self Rescue of the Faint King

Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun (1563-1620), the No.13 emperor of Ming Dynasty, the third son of Ming Muzong.In the sixth year of Longqing (1572), Mu Zong died, and Zhu Yijun came to the throne at the age of 10. His reign name was Wanli. He reigned for 48 years and was the longest reigning emperor in the Ming Dynasty.

In the first ten years of Zhu Yijun's reign, Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet, presided over government affairs and implemented a series of reform measures. The social economy has developed greatly and people's lives have also improved.

After pro-government, he made great efforts to govern, lived a frugal life, and had the demeanor of a diligent and enlightened monarch, which created the "Wanli Zhongxing" situation.During this period, he presided over the famous "Three Great Expeditions of Wanli" and consolidated the territory of the Han family.In the later period of the reign, the lack of political affairs made the Ming Dynasty gradually decline. [1]

On July 48, the 1620th year of Wanli (21), Zhu Yijun died. His temple name was Shenzong, and his posthumous title was Fan Tianhe Dao Zhe Sudun Jianguang. [2]

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In March of the [-]th year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun followed his grandfather Sejong's example in electing concubines among the people, and married "Nine Concubines" in one day.

In November of the 14th year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun began to indulge in wine and sex (one said he became addicted to opium).Later, he disputed with the cabinet for more than ten years because of the establishment of a prince. In the end, he simply stayed out of the palace for 30 years.

In the 17th year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun no longer received courtiers, and the cabinet appeared the phenomenon of "people stagnation in officials" and "many and empty Cao offices".

In the 40th year of Wanli (1612), various censors in Nanjing said: "Taiwan Province is empty, and those who are committed to abolishing it. The emperor has lived in seclusion for more than 20 years. He has never received a minister. The worry that the world will fall." Chief Assistant Ye Xiang Gao said that the emperor could meet King Fu twice a day.In November of the 45th year of Wanli (1617), "the ministries and temples lacked six or seven out of ten senior officials. For a few years, there were only four people left in the sixth division, and only five people left in the thirteen departments."

There are many factions in the bureaucracy, and the disputes between the sects are becoming more and more fierce, and they are fighting each other.Donglin Party, Xuan Party, Kunming Party, Qi Party, and Zhejiang Party have many names.

Damn, so, the Wanli Emperor, who has been in Wanli for 40 years, is facing such a predicament, how can he turn the situation around?

Moreover, this body is almost dilapidated, it can only be that I don't know what to say!

Yang Guang thought irritably, but first of all, he used the energy of the system to adjust his body, the body is the basis of all actions.

Therefore, no matter how much energy he has, he is willing to spend it. As for the system, it seems that he has completely become Yang Guang's loyal fan, so he has no objection at all. It seems that energy does not require money, and Yang Guang's host directly becomes a 30-year-old appearance.

On the second day of April in the 40th year of Wanli, Nanjing Henan and other Taoist censors and other officials made a statement: "In the past two hundred years of the ancestors' dynasty, there has never been a crown prince who has not given a lecture for six or seven years and the Manchu court urged him to ignore it. There are six ministers in the two capitals, and there are only one or two ministers, and there are no Taiwan and provinces that are empty and have not been replenished for a long time, resulting in many failures. The emperor lived in seclusion for more than [-] years, never seeing his ministers, and not discussing national affairs. I don't know who will rule the troubled world with the emperor after a few years."

Yang Guang has been waiting for this booklet for a long time, and it's finally here!Of course, for more than a month, he has been actively collecting everything in the court, everything in this empire.

After all, you still have to understand the details before you can prescribe the right medicine, right?

Now, he finally has his chance!

The emperor actually appeared in the court?

The emperor actually appeared in the court!

The emperor actually appeared in the court! !

Many people think that they are blind, that they are dreaming, and it is not one or two who lost their composure!

Yang Guang himself has practiced enough now, and his face is thick enough, he closed his eyes and looked rested, just pretending that he didn't see it, and gave the courtiers a chance to tidy up their appearance.

However, the courtiers found that they were surprised and shocked. After dropping their jaws, more doubts struck:

What is the emperor doing here?Why was there no sign of it before?Could it be that the prince is going to be abolished?

This is the first thought of many people. Of course, they have also heard about the fact that the emperor has neglected the imperial concubine for more than a month!

It's just that many people didn't take it seriously, thinking that this was just a fun between the emperor and the imperial concubine, and they didn't play this kind of trick once or twice.

Of course, the imperial concubine also had the same thoughts.

Saved Yang Guang a lot of saliva!It was too good to have it.

Do not go to court for decades (after 14 years in Wanli, Shenzong began not to go to court continuously. Since 16 years in Wanli, Chang Dynasty often did not see Shenzong. After New Year's Day in 17 years in Wanli, Shenzong excused himself from the court on the grounds of a solar eclipse New Year's Day greetings, and every New Year's Day since then, Shenzong will never look at the court again.), this suddenly confronted the emperor, and many people felt uncomfortable, but the emperor didn't seem to have this kind of discomfort.

Most of the courtiers' performances were simplified, but the emperor was still able to say one, two, three to the point.

This shocked many people and at the same time decided that their future seemed to be coming to an end.

The emperor has not been in court for decades, but you can't be so tough when you come out all at once!It's just too scary.

And as an emperor who has not been in court for decades, are you ashamed to say that everyone is not dedicated to their duties?

Doesn't your face hurt?Don't you feel swollen?

Many people, especially the officials, were delighted that the emperor had come out to govern, but for them, the future seemed not to be easy.

This situation is really not liked by many people!

Now that everyone is busy with the party and government, who cares about other things?Besides, the major government offices of the imperial court are extremely short of personnel, and there is no one to use them, what can we do?

This early court ended early. After Yang Guang came to the court, he brought his chief assistant Li Tingji, Ye Xianggao and others back to the Imperial Study Room of Qianqing Palace to discuss matters.

Today's Li Tingji is more like a mascot, because he was born in a poor family and has been impeached and criticized many times, so he also learns from the emperor and ignores everything.

As for Ye Xianggao, although he himself is a veteran of the Donglin Party, he is tactful, fair in dealing with affairs, strives to act safely, and can get along peacefully with other parties, so the overall situation is basically in the hands of this person.

As for what to discuss?

Naturally, it is what Daming needs to do most now.

Li Tingji still seemed to be in the same nonsense manner, but Ye Xianggao was more excited. He went to the shuffle more than 70 times, asking for more cabinet ministers, all of which were like mud cows. Now that the emperor asked questions, he naturally answered them in a hurry.

I'm afraid that if I come back late, the emperor will leave it alone.

Today, the Ming Dynasty faces three main problems:

First of all, the problem of local famine, I don’t know why (Little Ice Age), there are many famines in the land, and land mergers are serious, and there are many local famines.

Second, the shortage of officials.This is also the issue that Ye Xianggao attaches the most importance to. No matter what he does, if there is no one on hand, everything is empty talk.

Thirdly, discuss (que, four tones) the taxation policy: At that time, the country did not open mines and did not pay taxes, and it seemed that it was unable to maintain financial operations (from the 25th year of Wanli to the 34th year of Wanli, the annual harvest of mining taxes was 50 taels of silver on average. 13000 taels of gold).And this kind of industrial and commercial taxation naturally has its legitimacy (there were almost no formal taxes on businessmen before).

It sparked a fierce backlash from the big landowners and the many bureaucrats who represented their interests.Donglin’s important sponsors included Tongzhou businessmen and southern Jiangsu factory owners, so they strongly opposed taxation and mining taxes on the basis of the theory of "heaven and man interaction".In addition, the tax eunuchs harassed the people very severely, so it caused serious consequences.

Li Sancai once played in the 28th year of Wanli: "Your Majesty loves pearls and jade, and the people also love food and clothing; Your Majesty loves children and grandchildren, and the people also love their wives and children. However, His Majesty wants to worship and gather money and bribes instead of letting the small people enjoy the needs of the struggle. For thousands of years, do not make the ordinary people happy day and night. Since ancient times, there has been no government decree, and the situation in the world is the same as this, but fortunately there is no chaos."

It sounds so good to hear, but what about this person, Li Sancai's family property is as much as 470 million taels of silver, and this person is a speculator, who has become a member of the Donglin Party. In the 13th year of Huaihe, he made friends all over the world.

It's simply disgusting, and even this person likes to slander the emperor with out-of-the-box rumors, to gain the reputation of being a direct admonisher, as his own advancement.

He once repeatedly spread rumors that Emperor Wanli did not perform the red tape of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth every time a disaster occurred, because the emperor was busy pampering the harem every day, under the pretense that he had a leg disease.

Uh, the last point seems to be the reason why his life is not long.

Yang Guang swears that if this man changes a little bit, I will definitely send him to hell.

Don't you understand the principle of "taboo for the venerable" at all?Who believes it?

What the hell, if you step on the emperor's face, aren't you afraid of falling down and dying?

Just such a thing, can it still be called a sage by future generations?Yang Guang could only hehe.

Yang Guang was discussing matters with several important ministers, and Yang Lian was naturally among them, as he was in the middle of giving affairs (because in the palace of giving affairs, he prepared advisers to deal with and discuss political affairs), and his expression was excited.

It's a pity that Yang Guang didn't take care of him at all.

Now that there is a problem, let's solve it.

It seemed that the prince Zhu Changluo appeared in such a big scene with his father for the first time, so he acted very cautiously. Regarding Yang Guang's inquiry, he just shook his head and said nothing.

Yang Guang also knew Zhu Changluo's mentality, don't force him, just take his time.

Isn't this one who can sit until now only by being cautious?Otherwise, I'm afraid that the original owner would have abolished him a long time ago, and made his beloved son the third prince.

Even if you have a strategy in mind, you still need to go through the motions, don't you?

Therefore, Yang Guang asked several important ministers to think about countermeasures, and then implement them after the court discussion.

As for the factional dispute between the Donglin Party and the Qi Chuzhe Party, Yang Guang laughed a little weirdly. He doesn't care who you are. If you really annoy him, just kill him. Anyway, Wanli doesn't have a good reputation, so he doesn't care about adding something. Murder, isn't it?

The important minister resigned, leaving the emperor and his son behind. Zhu Changluo sat on half of his buttocks cautiously, eager to know why his father left him...