Wanli Era

The three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty were an important period when China and the West were ebbing and flowing, passing each other in great strides forward and backward. Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun ruled for forty-eight years, accounting for one-sixth of the history of the Ming Dynasty, and was the most eye-catching key turning point. This book relies on authoritative historical materials and tells the ups and downs of Wanli's history through vivid words, recreating that unique era of blood, fire, silver and light. This book takes the representative figures and events of the Wanli period as the main line, vividly describing the rise and fall of the Wanli dynasty. The book is divided into four parts: the first part mainly tells the background of the times before Emperor Wanli ascended the throne, covering the situation of the Ming Dynasty in the late Jiajing and the period of Emperor Longqing; the second part mainly records the growth process of Emperor Wanli, focusing on the relationship between Wanli and Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao and other ministers. The third part mainly records several major wars and court disputes in the Wanli Dynasty, including the Battle of Ming and Burma, the Battle of Ningxia, the Battle of Bozhou, and the Battle of Korea. It also describes the portraits of the civil servants and generals of the Wanli Dynasty. The fourth part focuses on the historical picture of the late Wanli period, and vividly describes the history of internal and external troubles in the late Wanli period. Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. The Wanli Dynasty was glorious for ten years, inherited for ten years, mediocre for ten years, and decayed for ten years, leaving behind the last rich glory of the Central Plains civilization before it was destroyed by the Qing cavalry. With the death of Emperor Wanli, the last Han feudal dynasty on the land of China has faded away, and has gradually entered the countdown to the end of Guozuo.