The short videos I watched from all dynasties

[The third: The thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun.

In the sixth year of Longqing, Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty passed away. Zhu Yijun, who was only ten years old, ascended the throne and reigned under the reign title Wanli. He reigned for 48 years, becoming the longest-reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

During the reign of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty faced internal and external troubles.

The situation was devastating, the court was corrupt and dark, corrupt officials were rampant, national strength was declining, and society was in turmoil. The Jurchens in the northeast began to rise, looting repeatedly, posing a serious threat to the border.

Although Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty also took some reform measures, the effect was not good. During his reign, the "Three Major Expeditions of Wanli" won victories, ensured the security of the border, and demonstrated the prestige of the country.

However, war is like a double-edged sword. The "Three Great Expeditions" caused huge consumption of the Ming Dynasty's national strength, financial resources and other aspects.

The large amount of silver used in the war left the Ming Dynasty's treasury empty and on the verge of collapse, and also brought the Ming Dynasty's economy to the brink of collapse.

During the first ten years of the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, a series of reforms were implemented by Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet. As a result, the early years of the Wanli period presented the best situation since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, which is known in history as the "Wanli Restoration."

However, with the death of Zhang Juzheng, Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty abolished a series of reform measures implemented by Zhang Juzheng.

The young Wanli Emperor lacked the ability to maintain the political situation and began a 28-year period of absence from court, which almost brought the country to a standstill, led to increasingly fierce fighting among officials and increasing chaos in the court.

Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty and the royal family also seized land on a large scale, set up mines and collected taxes, and plundered the people's wealth in various ways, all of which contributed to the gradual decline of the Ming Dynasty.

In the 47th year of Wanli's reign, the Ming army was defeated by Nurhaci in the Battle of Sarhu, and the Ming army was severely damaged. From then on, the Ming Dynasty lost the initiative on the Liaodong battlefield.

In the 48th year of the Wanli reign, Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty died at the age of 58 and was posthumously named Shenzong.

The saying that "the Ming Dynasty actually fell during the Wanli reign" is not groundless. It is because after the death of Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun, he left the mess to his successor. In just 24 years, the Ming Dynasty fell.

＜The grandfather and grandson pair of Jiajing and Wanli are really speechless. Wanli is even worse than his grandfather＞

＜To be honest, Longqing looks like a wise ruler when compared with Jiajing and Wanli. ［Helpless］＞

＜Wanli: Do you like my monarch offline system? [dog head]＞

＜After failing to change the crown prince, they started to slack off…＞

＜Wanli did not start to slack off after the crown prince was replaced, nor did it seem that he liked the fat Prince Fu that much.

We can only say that he was really lucky. Zhang Juzheng supported him in the front, and even though the Ming Dynasty fell apart in the back, it did not perish in his hands, and he even got the title of "Wanli Restoration".

＜Wanli's decision to let eunuchs amass wealth was a bad move, and it really brought misery to the people at the bottom＞

＜Personally, I really hate Wanli. He is mean, ungrateful, greedy and selfish＞

＜When I watched "The 15th Year of Wanli" before, I felt that Wanli was an irresponsible person＞

＜The Ming Dynasty was really in a state of revival from beginning to end [laughing and crying], Renzong and Xuanzong’s reign, Hongzhi’s revival (Xiaowu’s revival), Jiajing’s New Deal, Longqing’s New Deal, Wanli’s revival…＞

＜My Da Meng really went from revival to national destruction＞

＜Just show you the military rebellion during the Wanli period and you will understand.

The Hangzhou mutiny in the 10th year of Wanli, the Luoding mutiny in Guangdong in the 11th year, the Jianwu mutiny in Sichuan in the 13th year, the Xunyang mutiny in the 15th year, the Gansu mutiny in the 16th year, the Yongchang mutiny in Yunnan in the 17th year, the soldiers of the Beijing camp rioted at Chang'an Gate in the 19th year of Wanli, and the Jizhou mutiny in the 23rd year of Wanli.

＜But in fact, Wanli was really good at war and gave great support to Xiong Tingbi＞

＜Emperor Shenzong died, and the Ming Dynasty lost three more emperors in the next ten years, and finally welcomed the young and ambitious Chongzhen [covering his face]＞

＜But the Ming Dynasty had been around for more than 200 years, and all the shortcomings of the dynasty had become apparent. Wanli was still relatively good at that time＞

＜So Wanli’s failure caused the Ming Dynasty to have a 70% shortage of officials? Is this also called…?＞

＜In the Battle of Sarhu, Wanli used his own private money to reward the border troops＞

＜The Emperor doesn’t have the final say in the Ming Dynasty [dog head] It depends on whether the cabinet is willing＞

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Li Ranran secretly cursed Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, who exiled his family and even planned to dig up Zhang Juzheng's tomb. He was really heartless.

All parties under the light curtain were surprised that Emperor Wanli had not attended court for 28 years.

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng: Did the Ming emperors just delegate their power to others without hesitation? Or was it irreversible and the monarchs could only go “offline”?

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, suddenly realized: "It turns out that after a dynasty has lasted for more than 200 years, all problems will emerge. It is not bad to divide the Han Dynasty into the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties."

Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, commented: "This Emperor Shenzong Wanli is a typical egoist. He usually does nothing and only takes action when it threatens his own important affairs."

He was stunned for a moment, puzzled: "According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, the monarch does nothing, and the cabinet takes care of things. Doesn't that make the emperor a puppet?"

Song Shenzong Zhao Xu was speechless. These Shenzong emperors had lowered the word "God".

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Ming Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao envied: "These younger generations are so good, they live such a comfortable life, I don't even want to go to court."

Just as he was envious, the clever Zhu Houzhao suddenly discovered something important. Jiajing and Wanli were grandfather and grandson, so Jiajing should be I? I and Jiajing are of the same generation...

Therefore, I have no descendants! The throne was inherited by a side branch!

Zhu Houzhao was in a bad mood, and his attitude changed from being dissatisfied with his descendants to cursing them.

"Damn old Taoist priest Jiajing, damn Wanli!"

"You didn't attend court properly, and the Ming Dynasty fell!"

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Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houcong, was somewhat embarrassed. Didn't this grandson learn from me?

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Ming Dynasty Hongwu 27th year

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and furious: "Cabinet! I knew you were no good! You dare to make my descendants puppets? This Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng is probably a powerful official..."

Suddenly I thought, this cabinet is not the same as the Palace Scholars that were set up before... But they are just advisors and have no real power...

The more Zhu Yuanzhang read on, the angrier he got: "Playing sloppy! Not attending court! Is this what an emperor should do? He hasn't attended court for 28 years. He's so lazy. It'll be strange if the Ming Dynasty doesn't fall."

The descendants of the fourth brother are just not good enough.

Alas, if Biao'er and Xiongying were still alive, how could the Ming Dynasty have such lazy descendants...

Bring Zhu Di from the mansion to the palace and let him study hard!

The fourth son will definitely not become emperor in the future, and the quality of his descendants will be worrying.

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Ming Dynasty, Yongle 13th year

Zhu Di looked at the crown prince Zhu Gaochi leisurely: "The power of the cabinet? What is that?"

"..."

Zhu Gaochi responded in silence, then looked at his son Zhu Zhanji beside him.

Zhu Zhanji: “…”

Seeing that he couldn't handle it, he had to bite the bullet and answer: "Uh, well... maybe... it was that Bao Zong who did it?"

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Ming Dynasty Wanli 7th year

Wanli was shocked again: "I'm giving up???"

He looked at his teacher Zhang Juzheng at a loss.

Zhang Juzheng sighed in his heart, "Your Majesty grew up under my care, so he won't be like this. Even if there are some shortcomings, he can still be a king who maintains the status quo."

It was not until he saw that the Ming Dynasty fell just 20 years after Wanli's death that Zhang Juzheng could no longer control his expression.

Wanli took a few steps back, unwilling to believe it.

Muttering in a low voice: "The Ming Dynasty actually fell during the Wanli reign..."

Zhang Juzheng blurted out, "Is the Ming Dynasty really in such a state of despair that it will be difficult to recover?"