Great Ming: The Winds of the Wanli Era
大明：风起万历
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Zhang Juzheng was truly pathetic. He devoted himself to reforming the Ming Dynasty and the Zhu family's rule, offending the gentry class, but in the end, he suffered the fate of death and the extermination of his clan. Who would dare to serve your master's family after that? He also had his own problems.
Was the Ming Dynasty effectively destroyed by the Wanli Emperor? The root of all this lies with Yu Qian, the so-called renowned minister whom many admire! While the Ming war god was indeed a spendthrift, he didn't truly shake the dynasty's foundation, though he did cause damage.
The three dynasties I find most disgusting are the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty.
Three people the Ming Dynasty wronged
Yu Qian, Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang.
The book title could easily be changed to "The Strange Tales of the Wanli Era: Zhang Juzheng's Revenge".
There was no fertile ground for loyalty under the Zhu family's rule. After all, the Zhu family's nature was to discard those who had served their purpose and then abandon those who had served them. Let's not even talk about Zhu Yuanzhang's generation; they killed off most of their meritorious officials. Yu Qian and Qi Jiguang are clear examples.
Who says the heavens are unwelcoming? A blizzard sweeps away a stranger.
Sure enough, the comments section was full of brilliant minds, and the Tumu Fortress conspiracy theory resurfaced. You start spouting conspiracy theories after reading cheap, low-brow literature? You probably didn't even finish junior high.
The Ming Dynasty was the last dynasty established by the Han Chinese, but due to Zhu Yuanzhang's limited education, his vision was insufficient, and many systems were imperfect, such as the military household system, the currency system (due to the rampant printing of paper money), and the system of vassal kings.
Zhang Juzheng sought glory but met with humiliation. After the twelfth year of the Wanli Emperor's reign, Zhang Siwei came to power and completely abolished Zhang's laws. After that, no other Grand Secretary truly cared for the Ming Dynasty and could turn the tide; only bureaucrats maintained a semblance of dignity.