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Chapter 151 The final dignity of Ming Dynasty
  "In 1641, a plague broke out in Henan. Continuous drought and plague led to cannibalism. Countless victims joined Li Zicheng's uprising."

"The internal and external situation in the Ming Dynasty was seriously out of control at this time, and the political situation in the north was on the verge of collapse."

"In 1642, the Qing army captured Songshan, captured Hong Chengchou, and won the Battle of Songshan."

"Not long after, Zu Dashou presented Jinzhou to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing army conquered Tashan."

"At this point, the Ming Dynasty had no territory outside Shanhaiguan, and the Qing Dynasty completely occupied the Liao territory."

Zhu Yuanzhang: This is the Ming Dynasty that God is going to destroy us. The late Ming Dynasty was already in turmoil. As a result, misfortunes never come singly. The drought every year is enough for the people, and there is also a plague. Who can bear this? God is going to destroy the Ming Dynasty. Push yourself to death!

He deeply understood that the plague was a more terrifying disaster than a severe drought. Once the common people contracted the plague, they could only wait to die.

This instantly reminded him of the unbearable memory of his childhood, in which his family died due to the disease.

I remember that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos.

First came the drought, then the locust plague, and countless people in the world starved to death.

A major disaster must be followed by a major epidemic. This is a historical law summarized by our ancestors.

At that time, countless people starved to death on the roadside, and then a great epidemic occurred, leading to an epidemic of plague.

Unfortunately, their family became infected with the plague.

In just half a month, his father, mother, and eldest brother all died in the plague.

Seeing his family members die from the plague had a great impact on his young mind at the time and made him deeply aware of the horror of the plague.

Now when he heard the anchor mention the Henan plague, he suddenly felt the illusion of historical reincarnation.

The plague was rampant in the late Yuan Dynasty, and now it is also rampant in the late Ming Dynasty. This feeling made him feel uncomfortable.

He had just overthrown the Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty a few years ago. Now that he heard that the situation in the late Ming Dynasty was exactly the same as that of the Yuan Dynasty, he felt particularly sad.

At this time, the people in Henan were extremely frightened. They were frightened when they heard that a plague would break out in the future.

If there was a severe drought, they would not be so afraid, but it was a plague, a plague that killed people without showing blood.

Just hearing the name of the plague scared me to death. The main reason was that the plague was invisible and intangible. It was so weird that I didn't know when I died in a daze.

But the only thing that reassures everyone is that it’s still early!
  And more importantly, His Majesty the Emperor has obtained the seeds of high-yielding staple crops. Soon, high-yielding staple crops like potatoes and sweet potatoes will be spread all over the country.

At that time, they would not have to worry about hunger, and naturally there would be no outbreak of plague.

Chongzhen: Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou, these two bastards who are greedy for life and afraid of death, I misjudged you.

He wanted to get angry, but he had no reason to get angry, so he could only curse angrily in frustration.

This is something that will happen in the future, and it doesn't seem to make sense if we blame the two of them now.

Moreover, history has changed now, and it is estimated that such a thing will never happen again in the future.

He could still understand that Hong Chengchou was defeated and captured, and he did not expect Hong Chengchou to be able to commit suicide after the defeat.

But what the hell is this Zu Dashou? He just knelt down and surrendered, giving Jinzhou to the Qing Dynasty.

This is a complete traitor. If the current situation is not bad and he cannot act rashly, he really wants to kill Zu Dashou directly.

Zu Dashou: What should I do? How should I explain it to His Majesty?

At this moment, he had a headache, his heart was in a mess, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

It was obvious that he had done nothing now and it was the other person who surrendered and betrayed him, but to ask him to take the blame now was really even more unjust than Dou E.

"In May 1643, after Zhang Xianzhong's peasant uprising army captured Wuchang, they established the Daxi Kingdom here, and Li Zicheng established the Xinshun regime in Xiangyang."

"Emperor Chongzhen was furious after hearing this. He appointed Sun Chuanting as the supervisor and ordered him to lead thousands of troops to annihilate Li Zicheng."

"However, the annihilation at this time is nothing more than a dream. Li Zicheng's troops now have no less than 20, while Sun Chuanting's powerful Qin army in Guanzhong has less than 1 troops."

"In October of the same year, Sun Chuanting and Li Zicheng fought in Tongguan. Sun Chuanting was defeated and died. Li Zicheng also drove straight into Guanzhong, and soon made it his capital, and established the Dashun Kingdom on the first day of the first lunar month of the following year."

Sun Chuanting: The good news is that he was released later, but the bad news is that he died in battle.

When he heard that he had been defeated and died, his expression was complicated, and he could not hide his sadness.

Although it is perfectly normal for a general to die in battle and be wrapped in horse leather, this is not how he died in battle. His death was too painful.

How could a mere 10,000 soldiers and horses defeat 200,000 soldiers and horses? There was no other way to survive except to die.

He believed that even if Han Xin, the military immortal, led 10,000 soldiers and horses in a battle, he could only defeat the enemy's 200,000 soldiers and horses.

Li Zicheng: Hahaha, good, awesome. The establishment of the Dashun Kingdom in Guanzhong can be regarded as an emperor for once. I have never come here in vain in my life.

He is just an ordinary postman, and he has never had any glory in his life.

Now that he knows that his future self will be king and hegemon, he is satisfied and has no regrets before he dies.

The moment Li Zicheng's name appeared, he was destined to die, and the current emperor would definitely not let him go. Even though he escaped from the inn immediately, but now that the world is still firmly in the hands of the emperor, how can he escape the pursuit of the officers and soldiers!

Now that he knew that he would become emperor in the future, even if it didn't last long and he was eventually defeated by the Manchus, he was still very satisfied and felt that everything was worth it.

Chongzhen sighed deeply, feeling a sense of sadness and helplessness welling up in his heart.

Let Sun Chuanting lead less than 10,000 troops to snipe Li Zicheng's 200,000 troops. It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty was at the end of its rope at that time and there were not many available troops, otherwise it would not be like this.

Unexpectedly, the majestic Ming Dynasty, which had the power of the world, would one day not even be able to mobilize 10,000 troops, and could only watch the enemies carve up the world. This is so sad.

However, everything is different now, and he is confident of reviving the Ming Dynasty.

"In the first month of 1644, Emperor Yongchang Li Zicheng ascended the throne in Xi'an and proclaimed himself emperor, and then followed the country to conquer the Ming Dynasty."

"On the eighth day of February, Taiyuan fell. Seeing that the situation was critical, Chongzhen originally wanted to move the capital to Nanjing, but before he could make up his mind, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army had already surrounded Beijing."

"Chongzhen was running around in the palace, in chaos and insane."

"Then the outer city was captured by the Dashun Army. Chongzhen also knew that the last moment was coming, so he sent the three princes out of the palace first, and then slashed at Princess Changping and Princess Zhaoren with his sword."

"The next morning, Emperor Chongzhen, who had been working hard all night, was exhausted and exhausted mentally and physically."

"In order to protect the monarch's oath to die for the country, Chongzhen finally walked up to Meishan, covered his face with a bun and hanged himself, ending Chongzhen's miserable 33 years of life."

"At this point, the Ming Dynasty's 276-year rule in the north also came to an end."

After hearing that the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty hanged himself, and that the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty looked heavy.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not die in their hands, as the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, they also felt the same sadness when facing the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty fell to Li Zicheng's peasant army, which is really ironic when I think about it now.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, their great ancestor led the peasant army to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty.

But in the end, it was another peasant army that overthrew the Ming Dynasty.

History seems to be a cycle, and their Ming Dynasty is just one part of the journey.

Zhu Yuanzhang: After all, there is no dynasty that lasts forever, but Chongzhen was able to retain the last bit of dignity of the Ming Dynasty, and it did not insult the face of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty came to an end after 276 years, which made him sigh with emotion.

However, he was not too sad. After all, 276 years is not short, and it is very good compared with other dynasties.

When he established the Ming Dynasty, he originally wanted to pass it on to all generations, but he still did not escape the 300-year limit of previous dynasties.

In order to allow the Ming Dynasty to continue for generations to come, he formulated a complete set of rules and procedures.

But now it seems that it is useless, and it will perish if it should.

Human life is not long, only a few decades, less than a hundred years.

He can control the present, but he cannot control the next two hundred years.

Finally, he sighed heavily and finally thought about it, just do what you have in front of you.

As for the rest, future generations will have to worry about it. Each generation has its own mission.

But there was one thing that made him more satisfied, that is, at the last moment of the Ming Dynasty's demise, Chongzhen hanged himself to preserve the Ming Dynasty's face and did not kowtow to the enemy.

From this point of view, Chongzhen has integrity and is indeed a descendant of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen: Hang yourself? It is indeed sad.

Hearing the cause of his death, he was filled with thoughts, his face was complicated, and he stared at the anchor with deep eyes.

I originally thought that the Manchus had conquered the capital and became a prisoner of the Manchus.

But I didn't expect that it was the capital that was captured by Li Zicheng. It was good, at least they were both Han people, which was far better than falling into the hands of foreigners.

The final way of death can be regarded as retaining a piece of emperor's dignity for himself, and also retaining face for the Ming Dynasty.

From the moment he inherited the throne of his imperial brother, it lasted for seventeen years. In the end, he was still unable to turn the tide and could only end in tragedy.

I have to say that he was somewhat sad in his heart.

In order to revive the Ming Dynasty, he worked hard at night and day, working diligently on political affairs every day. He was awakened by nightmares countless nights.

But the final outcome still develops in the worst direction.

But even so, he will not give up because of this, but will be more motivated, vowing to turn things around, lead the Ming Dynasty out of the quagmire, regain a new life, and usher in a brighter and more brilliant Ming Dynasty.

The reason why he has this confidence is that the high-yielding staple food gives him confidence, and the other is that he can get more useful information from the anchor.

With so many advantages, he didn't believe he couldn't make a comeback.

(End of this chapter)