Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 17 Swearing at Chongzhen;
Chongzhen heard the words and sighed: "Of course I have thought about it - throughout the 17 years of my Bingguo, I have been diligent, thrifty and thrifty, and I have been working hard for state affairs.

Maybe I am not smart, and I don't have the skills of my ancestors to govern the country, but I am definitely not the king of subjugation.

However, there are not many good ministers under my command, and most of them are ministers who have subjugated the country!

From the Ming Dynasty to today, those corrupt officials and courtiers who have vainly neglected the grace of God should be the chief culprits! "

Hao Guangming wanted to laugh when he heard it.

But he remembered that now that Chongzhen was his father-in-law-to-be, and he might die within a few days, he finally held back.

But he still couldn't help complaining in his heart: Chongzhen, as expected of you, you are still throwing the blame at this time.

Chongzhen was staring at Hao Guangming on the phone. Although Hao Guangming didn't speak, Chongzhen could see that Hao Guangming's expression was different.

So he frowned and asked: "Why, isn't what I said right?"

Hao Guangming said: "It can't be said that it's completely wrong, but it's only marginally correct."

"how do I say this?"

Hao Guangming recalled the various theories he had seen about the cause of the country's subjugation, and said after a moment of pondering: "The main reason why the Ming Dynasty has come to this day is that when the Ming Dynasty was founded, it did not consider breaking out of China's thousand-year cycle of chaos. Strange circle.

Therefore, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was doomed to perish. If the subsequent emperors only made repairs and did not carry out earth-shaking changes, they could at most make the Ming Dynasty last for a few more decades.

In the eyes of future generations, there is not much difference between the subjugation of the country in more than 200 years or the subjugation of the country in more than 300 years.

As for why and how to break out of the vicious cycle of governance and chaos, this question is too big for me to explain clearly for a while.

The second reason is that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the rights of the country have been slowly stolen by the gentry and landlord class.

As early as after Zhengde, the world actually changed hands secretly.Rather than saying that it belongs to your Zhu Ming royal family, it is better to say that it belongs to the gentry and landlords.

When you are here, it can be said that the world has long been out of control and is out of the control of the imperial power.

Most of the gentry and landlords are short-sighted and can only see their own interests.

Therefore, after occupying most of the official positions in the court, they only care about fighting for power, eliminating dissidents, and seeking personal gain, and they don't care whether the world is corrupt or not.

Because many of these people have seen clearly that even if Zhu Ming is replaced by Li Shun, or other dynasties, they still have to use their gentry and landlords to maintain the rule.

Perhaps in the early days, it will be like Ming Taizu and Chengzu, when the emperor was tyrannical and the gentry and landlords were suppressed, but as long as a few generations pass, they will still have the final say in today's affairs.

Therefore, when bandits are raging, slaves enter the customs, and natural disasters occur again and again, as long as their interests are not affected, they will not deal with it sincerely, and even seek personal gain in every possible way.

As the emperor, you stand at the top of this world, while the common people are at the bottom.

The gentry and landlords in the middle bullied the upper and lower, and the common people had to rebel in order to survive.

At this time, you were taken over by the gentry and landlord class, and you were unable to communicate with the common people at the bottom, so you were dealt with by these two groups together. Can Daming survive? "

Chongzhen seemed to realize something when he heard this, but his brows frowned even tighter.

At this time, Hao Guangming said again: "The third one, there are different opinions, but if I say it, I still have to blame yourself.

As I said before, you have no understanding of people, and you have no way to employ people.

So you have been in power for more than ten years, and many loyal ministers and generals in Ming Dynasty have been wiped out by you. In the end, most of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are either treacherous villains or useless. "

"I don't accept it!" Chongzhen suddenly interrupted Hao Guangming angrily, "Even if I am not as good at governing the country as my ancestors, I will not be as unbearable as you said!"

It is also thanks to Hao Guangming that he is in another world now. If he was in front of him, Chongzhen would want to draw his sword and kill people.

"Dissatisfied?" Hao Guangming smiled, and no longer cared about the face of this old man-to-be, "Let's not talk about it, how did you use Sun Chuanting? Going forward, how did you use Lu Xiangsheng? These two people How did he die again?

If you hadn't mistakenly believed in people like Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian who were incapable of suppressing dissidents, seeking personal gain, and disregarding the overall situation, how could you let pillars like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting die unjustly?
With such a large population in Ming Dynasty, and two or three hundred years of raising scholars, even though most of them have become moths in this country, there are also many pillars who are willing to help the society.

Just like the list of ministers who died for the country I told you before, let alone their abilities, there is no need to doubt their loyalty to Daming, right?
How many of these people have you trusted and reused before?

Let’s talk about Li Banghua, before breaking into the army and besieging the capital, did you recommend you to go south many times, or let the prince go south to supervise the country, did you listen?
Ignorance and inability to use others, unable to distinguish between right and wrong advice, suspicious and repetitive, eager for quick success, no responsibility, these are all shortcomings that an emperor should not have, and you have all of them.

So do you dare to say that you, as the emperor, shouldn't bear the main responsibility for the Ming Dynasty to come to this day? "

Following Hao Guangming's words, Chongzhen obviously became more and more angry.

But when his anger reached the extreme, not only did he not erupt, but he became completely silent.

After Hao Guangming finished speaking, Auntie Zhu saw Chongzhen's expression was depressed, his face was slumped, and his hair was covered with white hair, so she couldn't help asking, "Father? Father, are you okay? Don't take Mr. Hao's words to heart, after all, what he said It’s just the opinions of later generations, and it may not be correct.”

"No," Chongzhen shook his head, with a bitter face, and laughed at himself: "He's right, maybe I'm really a king of subjugation. Now, it really is about to subjugate the country."

Seeing this, Auntie Zhu waited angrily for a glance at Hao Guangming on the phone.

Hao Guangming also realized at this moment that he had talked too much and gone too far after a mouthful.

However, regardless of modern people's knowledge and knowledge of history, ordinary people sitting in Chongzhen's seat may not be able to do much better than him.

After all, Daming's ship was dilapidated and was about to sink.

In addition to being threatened by his wife-to-be, Hao Guangming hurriedly said: "Of course, it is by no means entirely your responsibility that Daming has come to this point.

As I said before, the first is that there were problems with the system at the beginning of the establishment of Ming Dynasty, and it was not reformed well afterwards.

The second is to blame the huge, greedy, short-sighted, and selfish class of the gentry and landlords.

The third is some of your responsibilities.

Finally, there is another very important point, which is also the main reason why you asked why the Qing Dynasty survived so many peasant uprisings, but the Ming Dynasty did not. "

Hearing this, recalling the previous doubts, Chongzhen finally pulled himself together and asked, "What's the reason?"

"Little Ice Age." Hao Guangming said, and seeing Chongzhen and Zhu Wei showing doubts after speaking, he further explained: "It's just natural disasters. Didn't you realize that since your grandfather's Wanli period, natural disasters have become more and more common?" When you are in power, natural disasters occur frequently, spreading all over the country."

Chongzhen nodded and said: "That's true, but the ministers all said that I lost my virtue and was punished by natural disasters. Therefore, since I succeeded to the throne, I have issued a total of six times to sin against myself, but it is a pity that I still cannot get mercy from heaven."

"Ridiculous!" Hao Guangming almost swears, "It's all nonsense that the emperor lost his morals and was punished by natural disasters.

I can tell you clearly that in your era, not only is there a series of natural disasters, but it is also the case in all parts of the world, that is, all places outside of Ming Dynasty.

This was all caused by the arrival of the Little Ice Age—climate changes brought frequent and large-scale natural disasters.

The primary reason why so many peasant uprisings survived after the Qing Dynasty was that the Little Ice Age passed in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, natural disasters were reduced, and the people were naturally better off.

Therefore, even if those people in the Qing Dynasty were more oppressive than your Ming Dynasty, as long as the people can survive, they will not rebel on a large scale.

In addition, the introduction and popularization of overseas crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn during the Qing Dynasty allowed the common people to have more food to satisfy their hunger.

This is also the reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to support more people and oppress the people so hard, but persisted for so long.

However, even if there were no frequent and major natural disasters in the late Ming Dynasty, and the food was greatly abundant, the next 100 years of the Qing Dynasty were almost spent suppressing large-scale peasant uprisings, which shows how ruthless it oppressed the people.

Internally, it oppresses the people, wishing to break the bones, but externally, it loses power, humiliates the country, cedes land and pays compensation, which can be said to have humiliated us Chinese people for hundreds of years!

Now when we mention the Qing Dynasty, we hate it so much—if people of our time go back to the past, you might still help Ming Dynasty in your Ming Dynasty, but if it comes to the Qing Dynasty, you must rebel, there is no second choice possible! "

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