6 0 0 – 1 6 2 0 ) ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁later ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁W an li ▁Emperor ' s ▁reign , ▁he ▁became ▁thoroughly ▁al ien ated ▁from ▁his ▁imperial ▁role ▁and , ▁in ▁effect , ▁went ▁on ▁strike . ▁He ▁refused ▁to ▁attend ▁morning ▁meet ings , ▁see ▁his ▁minister s ▁or ▁act ▁upon ▁memor anda . ▁He ▁also ▁refused ▁to ▁make ▁necessary ▁personnel ▁appoint ments , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁the ▁whole ▁top ▁e ch el on ▁of ▁the ▁M ing ▁administration ▁became ▁under st aff ed . ▁He ▁did , ▁however , ▁pay ▁close ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁tomb , ▁a ▁magnific ent ▁structure ▁that ▁took ▁dec ades ▁to ▁complete . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁several ▁reasons ▁why ▁the ▁W an li ▁Emperor ▁deliber ately ▁neglect ed ▁his ▁duties ▁as ▁em peror . ▁One ▁was ▁that ▁he ▁became ▁dis en ch anted ▁with ▁the ▁moral istic ▁attacks ▁and ▁counter att acks ▁of ▁officials , ▁root ed ▁in ▁an ▁abstract ▁Conf u cian ▁orth odox y . ▁A ▁more ▁important ▁reason , ▁though , ▁was ▁a ▁dispute ▁about ▁the ▁imperial ▁succession . ▁The ▁em peror ' s ▁favorite ▁cons ort ▁was ▁No ble ▁Cons ort ▁Zh eng , ▁and ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 5 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 5 9 0 s , ▁the ▁em peror ▁very ▁much ▁wanted ▁to ▁promote ▁his ▁son ▁by ▁her ▁( Z hu ▁Ch ang x un ) ▁as ▁crown ▁prince , ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁was ▁only ▁the ▁em