Event record:

1, Six Years of Wanli: Li Shizhen wrote Compendium of Materia Medica, which is a masterpiece. Chris robert darwin also cited the information of this book many times in his works, and called it "the ancient encyclopedia of China".

2. In the ten years of Wanli, Matteo Ricci came to China to preach. Matteo Ricci was one of the earliest pioneers of Catholicism in China and the first western scholar to read China literature and study China classics. He spread scientific and technical knowledge of western astronomy, mathematics, geography and so on, and his writings made important contributions to the communication between China and the West.

3. In the twelfth year of Wanli, Matteo Ricci drew the world's first Chinese map, The Map of Mountains and Seas, which introduced five continents in the world: Asia, Europe, Levia, America and Movado. This is the first time that China people are exposed to modern geographical knowledge.

4. In the twelfth year of Wanli, Zhu Zaiyu published The Law and the Essence of Lu, which put forward the "new secret rate". This is an epoch-making event in China's music history, and it has also become the earliest mathematical theory of twelve equal laws in the history of human culture.

5. In the 29th year of Wanli, Yang Jizhou wrote a masterpiece of acupuncture. This book comprehensively discusses the theory and operation methods of acupuncture, determines the names and positions of acupoints, and records the medical records of famous acupuncturists in past dynasties. It is another summary of acupuncture before the Ming Dynasty and an important reference work for the study of acupuncture.

Prime Minister at that time: Wanli had no prime minister. In the 13th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1380), Zhu Yuanzhang set up "four auxiliary officials" to strengthen centralization, abolished the prime minister, and suspended the middle book province. However, Zhang, the first official of the cabinet at that time, was quite a prime minister. He helped the Emperor Wanli to establish the "Wanli New Deal".

Extended data:

Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun ascended the throne in Wanli 1572, and was called Emperor Wanli in history. At the beginning of his reign, Zhang assisted Hui Ji, and Wanli was young and trusted Zhang very much, so Zhang was able to carry out government orders. ?

Zhang used "a whip" economically, rectified the order politically, and appointed good ministers. On the defensive side, he appointed Qi Jiguang, a famous soldier, to defend against pirates invading the coast. In terms of flood, Pan Jixun managed the river four times and achieved remarkable results. In the fifteen years before Wanli, the national income increased greatly, the commodity economy was unprecedentedly prosperous, the scientific masters emerged one after another, and the social fashion showed a lively and open fresh atmosphere. In addition, it can also solve the problem of national defense and border defense. In the history of Ming dynasty, it was called "peace at home and abroad, prosperity at home", and later people called this period "Wanli Zhongxing".

There was silver in the treasury in the Ming Dynasty, which was enough to support even ten years of famine. This was unprecedented in the late Qing dynasty, and it was also the governance of the previous generation, which was incomparable in the prosperous era of Kaiyuan.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia: Wan Li

Baidu Encyclopedia: Wan Li Zhongxing