The turbulent decade began in this year. Many Wen Qing people were forced to go to the countryside to work as coolies, were crusaded, and even some things in the Confucius Temple that were slightly related to the ancient feudal system were destroyed.
1958, the excavation of Dingling Tomb of Emperor Wanli of Daming ended, and many historical and precious cultural relics were unearthed. At the same time, Dingling Museum was established.
We know that the polishing of years will more or less cause the loss of cultural relics. After the establishment of Dingling Museum, experts began to copy and repair cultural relics. Among them, the most important thing is to repair the remains of Emperor Wanli, but no one expected that after being shelved for some reason, the remains of Emperor Wanli were smashed and burned in the next eight years.
Speaking of the Ming Dynasty, people will immediately think of Zhu Yuanzhang and Wanli era. Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor, so there is no doubt about it immediately. And the Wanli era? This is neither the beginning nor the end. How can it be so famous among the people?
Zhu Yijun, Emperor Wanli, was the 13th emperor of Ming Dynasty, also known as Ming Shenzong. He was born in 1563. Zhu Yijun is a very precocious and clever boy. He does everything well. 10 became emperor at the age of 48 years. He was the longest-serving emperor in the Ming Dynasty. After a long reign, many things happened, and the Wanli era naturally took root in people's hearts.
Although Zhu Yijun ascended the throne at a young age, politics was never a matter for one person. The real power of the Ming Dynasty is still in the hands of the iron triangle combination of Zhang and the mother of Emperor Wanli, and it is the resultant force of this combination that led to the emergence of "Wanli Zhongxing" in the Ming Dynasty.
However, Li Taihou never relaxed his discipline on Zhu Yijun. He not only taught him the key points of becoming a wise king, but also stipulated the schedule of Wanli Emperor. At that time, as long as Emperor Wanli was a little lazy, people around him would immediately tell him that the decision-making power of military affairs in the palace was handed over to the famous cabinet records Zhang. Emperor Wanli at this time is more like a puppet.
Fortunately, in the first ten years of Zhu Yijun's reign, he was diligent in political affairs, implemented a series of reform measures very frugally, achieved the famous "Three Great Expeditions of Wanli", and launched three large-scale military operations in the southwest, northwest frontier and North Korea of the Ming Dynasty respectively, which consolidated the Han family's territorial superiority in East Asia.
However, in the late Wanli period, Zhu Yijun broke away from the jurisdiction of the Iron Triangle and began to do whatever he wanted. After thirty years of not going to court, he was convicted for Ming Chengzu. Some celebrities even pointed out that this was a turning point in the demise of the Ming Dynasty. However, 1000 people have 1000 Amret, and people have different views on Zhu Yijun's long-term absence from the court.
Therefore, historians are full of praise for this king, who thinks that he has managed the country in an orderly way, and has not been in court for more than 30 years, and his operation is as usual. Doesn't this strongly reflect that he is good at playing politics and the civil service system is mature?
As for why he didn't go to court for a long time, everyone has their own opinions. This is what the old woman said. The old woman is right. Some people say that he is addicted to beauty, and the wine pool is fleshy;
Some people say that he is lazy and tired of state affairs;
Some people even say that he thinks that the state institutions are mature and advocates inaction.
It was not until later generations discovered the tomb of Emperor Wanli that the right foot of Emperor Wanli was shorter than his left foot. Many archaeologists speculate that the reason why Emperor Wanli did not go to court was that his legs and feet were inconvenient and he could not face the minister.
Speaking of Wanli, it is natural to talk about Zhang.
Who is Zhang? Zhang is one of the top ten celebrities in history, and he saved the Ming Dynasty from dire straits. The reform he led brought Daming back to life from the brink of despair, which lasted for more than 70 years in the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Wanli, he even called him Xiangfu.
However, Zhang enjoyed all the splendor before his death, but it was solved by Emperor Wanli a few days after his death. Emperor Wanli ordered a raid on Zhang's family, regained the imperial edict he gave him before his death, exposed his crimes to the world one by one, and even wanted to open the coffin and whip the body.
Emperor Wanli brutally liquidated his teacher, which made everyone creepy. There is a saying that Zhang was a great success, which caused the dissatisfaction of Emperor Wanli. Even in one episode, Zhang chatted with others and said that he was not a father, but a regent and was in charge of state affairs.
However, due to various reasons, Zhang's position in the Ming Dynasty was even more respected. Therefore, Emperor Wanli can only forbear everywhere. It was not until Zhang's death that the war was launched.
The continuation of the Ming Dynasty was due to Zhang's contribution, and the actions of Emperor Wanli had to frighten the ministers at that time, so there was no such effective minister as Zhang.
The book "Fifteen Years of Wanli" written by Huang Renyu, a famous writer, summarizes that the turning point of the Ming Dynasty was the fifteenth year of Wanli, which led to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, the paralysis of the central government and the decline of national strength.
In A.D. 1962, Zhu Yijun, the legendary emperor of Wanli, drove a crane westward at the age of 56 and was buried in Dingling. And thought that his legendary life ended, but no one expected that in the next 350 years, Emperor Wanli really ushered in his disaster.
There were 16 emperors in the Ming Dynasty, of which 13 were buried in Changping District, Beijing. This is the "Ming Tombs" that people have heard in detail, and Dingling is one of the "Ming Tombs".
During the period of 1958, archaeologists in China discovered and excavated this huge mausoleum group. At first, it was planned to excavate the largest and most intact tomb of Judy in Ming Taizu, but the excavation was not smooth. Therefore, the archaeological emperor planned to excavate Dingling in Ming Shenzong to practice his hand.
In this way, Zhu Yijun became the first and only person to open the coffin in the history of China.
Emperor Wanli's Dingling is an underground palace built of stone. The whole palace is divided into three places along a central axis, namely the front hall, the middle hall and the back hall. At the entrance of the palace, there are thrones of emperors and queens, which are magnificent and all kinds of treasures are placed along the palace.
In the deepest place, there are three coffins, namely, the bones of Zhu Yijun, Emperor Wanli, and his two empresses. The bones are intact, the hair is soft, and cotton is surrounded by countless exquisite jewels and gauze. In September this year, Dingling Museum was established, and more than 3,000 cultural relics were displayed and unearthed to the public. Archaeologists also decided to clean up and repair three bodies.
1966 was a special period in China, and this year also became the beginning of the humiliation and tragedy of Emperor Wanli's life. Emperor Wanli is the representative of the highest power in feudal society. At that time, the masses thought that he was a representative of the landlord class and had been fighting for exploitation all his life. Even, the relevant departments restore the appearance of Emperor Wanli, which is obviously a restoration, and the essence is to discredit and incite everyone's emotions.
In the end, the appearance restored by Emperor Wanli was incompatible with the image of a generation of sages recorded in historical books. He glared with a whip in his hand and his mouth was full of blood. The vivid image of the landlord is vivid on the paper, and the corresponding two queens are the fierce images of the landlord. Such restoration prompted the people at that time to vent their anger by threatening to burn bones, and anyone who tried to stop it was regarded as a one-party landlord class.
Without saying anything, everyone rushed into Dingling Museum to find out three bodies, dragged them to the square, and accused them of all kinds of foul language. Speaking of high spirits, someone even lifted a big stone and hit three bodies, and the bodies were smashed into pieces. Some people even threatened to set them on fire, collected a lot of firewood and burned them to ashes.
In this way, people were so angry that the bones of Emperor Wanli and two Empresses were reduced to ashes. The farce finally vanished with a heavy rain, and the bodies of Emperor Wanli and two Empresses also dissipated and flowed away in the heavy rain.
Emperor Wanli enjoyed all the splendor in his life, but he didn't end well after his death, and even there were no bones left, which made people sad. These all originated from people's ignorance at that time and were easily incited. Socrates once said: Ignorance is evil. Without knowledge, a person can't judge what he is facing, and may end up doing bad things with good intentions.
Such people can only follow the crowd, dare not resist easily, and are afraid of becoming a special one. This is also a well-known herding effect in economics. A person cannot judge or is forced to follow the thoughts of many people in front of him. At that time, it was also a way of life.
This loss is not only the loss of archaeologists, but also the loss of all mankind in our country. We should remember this painful lesson, dare to stand on the side of truth, and bravely say no to evil forces to avoid this unfortunate thing from happening again.
Of course, first of all, start from yourself, read more books, think more, and observe things around you, instead of following the public wholeheartedly, being independent and thinking more. I also hope that this praised and criticized Wanli can rest in peace, and we will always remember him in the long river of history.