What is it worth writing about this specifically for such a dull year in the history of the Ming Dynasty?

What medicine was sold in Zhang Chu's gourd soon appeared in front of Yang Xuancong.

"On March 2 of the Gregorian calendar this year, the ice and snow on both sides of the streets in Yanjing City had not yet thawed. Although the weather was not a cry, the branches had not sprouted, which was not a good season for outdoor interaction. However, at noon, the streets were bustling. It turned out that the news came that His Majesty the Emperor was going to hold a ceremony for the afternoon dynasty..."

The beginning is a very interesting little story. The pure street suddenly became lively and a large number of officials rushed to the palace.

It turned out that there was news that Emperor Wanli was going to have a meeting, so everyone rushed to the palace desperately, and if they were late, they would have to be deducted for their salary.

As a result, officials from all over the world ran to the Duanmen in sweat and found that there was no meeting to be held, and the general in charge of the name was not there either!

Obviously, this was a mistake. Emperor Wanli did not hold a meeting at all, so everyone patted their butts and went home.

However, Emperor Wanli was very angry and deducted the salaries of all officials!

Yang Xuancong frowned. He admitted that this short story was quite interesting, but isn’t this intersecting classical Chinese and vernacular writing really writing novels or other articles?

This is a paper!

What's more, Emperor Wanli is most famous for not attending the morning court for decades. In the fifteenth year of Wanli, he should have summoned these ministers occasionally.

He didn't think that Zhang Chu was a fool. It proved that he had some courage to submit this article. "Is he trying to show that the management of the dynasty had lost control during the Wanli period? After all, even the opening ceremony of the Wu Dynasty was not well organized. Unfortunately, Zhang Juzheng should have been gone at this time."

No matter what, Yang Xuancong's impression of Zhang Chu's article is actually not high, but he is unwilling to comment just by reading one piece. After all, the paper has printed a total of seven or eight pages, which is more than the previous article.

The Ming Dynasty could even make mistakes in meetings?

How did this huge institution get to where it is today?

Yang Xuancong originally thought that Zhang Chu would put all his mistakes on Emperor Wanli. After all, this is a famous absentee emperor in history. It is probably normal that there will be an error when he does not hold meetings for a long time.

However, in the follow-up of Zhang Chu's article, this speculation did not appear!

Zhang Chu spent a lot of space to describe the etiquette during the Ming Dynasty. For example, when he was in court, Wanli wore a crown with twelve strings of pearls, which seemed to be wearing a tile, which was extremely uncomfortable, but this was necessary because it symbolized imperial power.

Most of the emperor's experiences were used in this way to maintain the existence of etiquette. The remaining small part of the experiences had to deal with endless disputes among Ming Dynasty officials.

What followed was quite surprised Yang Xuancong because Zhang Juzheng appeared.

Here we also truly discuss the reason why Emperor Wanli did not attend court. Although he had the ambition to become a wise monarch, he was restricted by Zhang Juzheng in the early stage and faced a larger official group in the later stage.

It can be said that one Zhang Juzheng was defeated, and one hundred Zhang Juzheng stood up!

Although these contents are all about Emperor Wanli, they focus on this character and describe the politics of the middle Ming Dynasty, such as cabinet organization, inheritance of the throne, building imperial tombs, and local officials; or about economic situations such as grain transportation and taxation.

Yang Xuancong unknowingly finished reading these pages of printing paper, and he was really surprised and happy!

What was surprised was that my students actually had this ability, this ambition, and this unique perspective to tell the social situation of the Ming Dynasty, with a wide range of points.

What is joyful is that the degree of completion looks quite high and does not stay on the surface or verbal. But it really shows some characteristics of Chinese feudal society from these aspects, which are the characteristics that led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty!

"But this should be just part of the content. It seems that only discussing Emperor Wanli alone is a bit weak. It would be even better if he could contact the rest of the people."

Yang Xuancong said with regret that he really fell in love with this unique "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli".

This is not the way to write historical books, nor is it an academic work. Although the citations in the latter seem to have a lot of reference materials, this is a balance between professionals and non-professionals!

Professionals like him would not think that the things inside were nonsense, because they were all available.

Ordinary readers will not think that the text inside is too profound or boring. When telling the characters, they use short stories to explain their personality and hidden meanings, which is quite suitable for public reading.

"If you can write content of the same quality later, you may be able to write it directly!"

Yang Xuancong's expectations for "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" are very, very high.

Just when he wanted to read this content again, the knock on the door suddenly rang.

"Old Yang, it's already time for get off work, why are you still here?" an old voice said outside the door.

Yang Xuancong took off his reading glasses and laughed and said, "Wang Mu, you are still here, how dare I get off work? Come in and sit down."

At this time, an elderly man with sparse hair unscrewed his hands and walked in, sitting directly opposite Yang Xuancong.

Wang Mu and Yang Xuancong worked with each other for almost thirty years, and after retirement, they were both rehired. Now he also teaches the course of ancient Chinese history.

"Oh, are you reading these papers too?" Wang Mu asked in surprise, "The academic level of these little guys is getting lower and lower."

Yang Xuancong agreed and said, "It's true. When we were studying, we had a lot more grasp of ancient history. Now they have so much convenience to check information, but the things they wrote are really hard to describe."

A smile appeared on Wang Mu's face, "I have already scored the papers of the two classes, and now I'm asking the assistant teacher Xiao Zhou to help me get the grades. Old man, your progress seems to be a lot worse."

"My side is also soon. But Lao Wang, I will tell you that it's amazing to have a child in my class. If you look at this article, it's very stylish."

"Oh? Show me what article!"

Wang Mu found his glasses from his pocket, reached out to pick up the printed article from the table, and he looked closely and laughed.

"Old Yang, what's the best thing to write about in the fifteenth year of Wanli? I'm not too confused. Zhang Juzheng died in the tenth year of Wanli. It took only five years after his death. The Ming Dynasty was very calm!"

Yang Xuancong didn't say it out loud, and said with a slight smile: "This was written by that boy Zhang Chu, and the contents behind it will surprise you."

Obviously, Wang Mu had also heard of Zhang Chu's name, and his curiosity was indeed ticked up. "It's the best-selling writer in your class. His book "Young Pi" is really good. It seems that writing history is a bit bad."
Chapter completed!