▁full ▁bl ame ▁on ▁the ▁two ▁imp licated ▁e un uchs ▁who ▁were ▁executed ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁would - be ▁assass in . ▁Although ▁the ▁case ▁was ▁quickly ▁h ushed ▁up , ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁qu ash ▁public ▁discussion ▁and ▁eventually ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Case ▁of ▁the ▁Wood en ▁Staff ▁Ass ault " ▁( <0xE6> <0xA2> <0x83> <0xE6> <0x93> <0x8A> <0xE6> <0xA1> <0x88> ), ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁not orious ▁' m yst eries ' ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁M ing ▁dynast y . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁and ▁death ▁ ▁Many ▁sch ol ars ▁of ▁Chinese ▁history ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁W an li ▁Emperor ' s ▁reign ▁was ▁a ▁significant ▁factor ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁the ▁decl ine ▁of ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y . ▁He ▁refused ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁role ▁in ▁government , ▁and ▁deleg ated ▁many ▁respons ib ilities ▁to ▁e un uchs , ▁who ▁made ▁up ▁their ▁own ▁fa ction . ▁The ▁official ▁administration ▁was ▁so ▁diss atisf ied ▁that ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁political ▁activ ists ▁loyal ▁to ▁the ▁thoughts ▁of ▁Z hu ▁X i ▁and ▁against ▁those ▁of ▁Wang ▁Yang ming ▁created ▁the ▁D ong lin ▁Mov ement , ▁a ▁political ▁group ▁who ▁believed ▁in ▁u pr ight ▁mor als ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁influence ▁the ▁government ▁according ▁to ▁strict ▁Ne o - Conf u cian ▁principles . ▁ ▁His ▁reign ▁also ▁experienced ▁heavy ▁fis cal ▁and ▁military ▁press ures , ▁especially ▁during ▁the ▁final ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁W an li ▁era ▁when