Yi Zhongtian Chinese History: Yan Song and Zhang Juzheng

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Among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Jiajing was the most skilled at dancing. He was able to ensure that he had great power, but he was not as hardworking as Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Chengzu. The only ones who were unlucky were his officials and the empire. The chief assistants changed like a revolving door until Yan Song came to power. Throughout his life, Yan Song was only a favored minister rather than a powerful minister. Although he did a lot of harm to others, he was eventually tricked by Emperor Jiajing. Hai Rui, who has gone through many ups and downs, also reflects a strange phenomenon: everyone knows that Hai Rui is incorruptible, but almost everyone wants to isolate him. The lonely Hai Rui could not even resign and could only serve as a living fossil in Nanjing as a sign of the empire's promotion of morality. Zhang Juzheng was even more complicated. He took advantage of the emperor's youth to rush to implement reforms, but in the end he almost ended up having his coffin opened and his body slaughtered. The only thing that is certain is that as an educator, he failed; as a reformer, he also failed. After Emperor Wanli turned thirty-three, he stopped looking at the court and hid in the deep palace quietly. Cabinet ministers like to see but not see him, and they like to criticize memorials but not approve them. What on earth has he done? Did the Ming Dynasty die in Wanli rather than Chongzhen, as later generations said?

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