Some people say: The death of Ming is not due to Chongzhen's lack of morality, but to the laziness of Shenzong. The Shenzong here refers to Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was the longest-reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty (reigned for 48 years) and was also the most criticized emperor.
1. A boring childhood
There was a knife on the head of the color word, and the very lascivious Ming Muzong drove to the west after reigning for 6 years, leaving behind his 10-year-old son Zhu Yijun. Under the strict discipline of his mother Empress Li, his companion Feng Bao and his teacher Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun ascended the throne at the age of 10 and was the Emperor of Wanli. Zhu Yijun got up earlier, studied hard, strictly assessed, was to blame at every turn, and was in a trance every day, it can be said that he was living in the fear of being dominated, without a little childlike fun and the joy of being an emperor at all!
Second, the middle-aged widow
Emperor Wanli began to govern at the age of 20, probably because the harshness of childhood was too unforgettable, and the first thing he did after pro-government was to sentence Zhang Juzheng to "death", open the coffin and kill the corpse, confiscate the family property, and exile Feng Bao to Nanjing until death, but this did not bring Zhu Yijun too long of happiness. Soon after, in the battle for the national capital, he was defeated by the civil official group, which directly led to the Wanli Emperor's 30 years of not going to court, and his enthusiasm for governing the country disappeared. So, he hid himself in the deep palace, passive confrontation, inaction, and depression.
3. The Centennial of Tragedy
In 1958, at the initiative of the literary historian Guo Moruo and the mayor of Beijing, Wu Han, archaeological experts opened the tomb of the Wanli Emperor, and found that the Wanli Emperor had already decayed to the point that only a skeleton remained!No one can never be corrupt, not even the emperor!Zhu Yijun was "lucky" to become the first ancient emperor of New China to be dug up. On August 24, 1966, the female director surnamed W commanded the three corpses of Emperor Wanli to be dragged out, placed on Dingling Square for criticism, and smashed the bones with stones, and finally poured kerosene and set them on fire, completely crushing the bones and scattering ashes!Towards the end of the burning, suddenly there was a thunderstorm, as if the heavens were also angry, and the gloomy sky began to rain heavily, and the rain washed the ashes into the drainage ditch in front of the mausoleum, and everything turned to dust!
In fact, Emperor Wanli was also a hard-working man. Although you are an emperor, you are dominated by others before and after your death. If the domination in life can still be resisted, it can only be helpless to be dug up and burned after death. To borrow a sentence from Emperor Song Shun - I wish that the emperor will never be born again, maybe this is the last spirit of Emperor Wanli in the sky!