Wanli Chief Minister Zhang Juzheng talks about the events of the Ming Dynasty

Yeah, it’s very interesting, very humorous, easy to understand, and endlessly memorable. All the history of the Ming Dynasty has it. In the early years of Wanli, Dai Gaogong was the chief assistant. Ming Shenzong was young at that time, and Zhang Juzheng presided over the adjudication of all major military and political affairs. He had been in power for 10 years and implemented a series of reform measures, which achieved certain results. He inspected the fields hidden by landlords, implemented a whip method, changed the taxation system like Zhang Juzheng, which improved the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty government; he used famous generals such as Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang to train troops, strengthened the northern border defense, and reorganized the defense of border towns; he used Ling Yunyi and Li Chengliang to train troops. Yin Shidan and others put down the rebellion of the ethnic minorities in the south. Pan Jixun was used to preside over the dredging and control of the Huanghuai River, which was also quite effective. He died in the tenth year of Wanli (1582) and was given to Shangzhu Kingdom, with the posthumous title Wenzhong. Soon after his death, he was criticized by the eunuch Zhang Cheng and conservative bureaucrats, and he lived in his family. His reputation was not restored until the second year of Tianqi. He is the author of "Zhang Taiyue Collection", "Shu Jing Zhi Jie", etc.