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Chapter 154 The Ming Dynasty actually fell in Wanli

Chongzhen didn't have time to pay attention to these annoying ministers in front of him. He still wanted to hear the anchor explain the root cause of the Ming Dynasty's demise.

As for the corruption of these ministers, he will find time to deal with it slowly.

Since there were too many officials involved, he couldn't just kill them all with one blow. He needed to think about it in the long run.

Chongzhen: Anchor, besides official corruption, what other reasons are there?

"The second fundamental reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was the emperor's slackness in government affairs."

When the anchor mentioned this, several Ming emperors secretly thought something was wrong and prayed that the anchor would not name him in public.

You must know that the audience the anchor faces are people from various dynasties. If the anchor criticizes them by name, as emperors, their face will be lost.

And more importantly, if their great ancestor knew about it, he would definitely scold them.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this, and felt very irritable in his heart.

How come none of these descendants are worry-free and reliable?

"After Emperor Xuande, the subsequent emperors either did nothing or did not love the court."

"Starting from Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, ignoring government affairs became the beginning of guillotine politics in the Ming Dynasty."

"During the reign of Emperor Chenghua, he rarely summoned ministers, and even when he did, he rarely spoke."

"Since Emperor Chenghua was unwilling to summon his ministers to talk, he communicated with them through eunuchs."

"Emperor Chenghua trusted the eunuchs and lacked effective communication with his cabinet ministers, which directly led to the rise of eunuch power."

Zhu Yuanzhang: @ Zhu Jianshen, how do you become the emperor? If you don’t summon the ministers, how can you be the emperor?

Chenghua saw Taizu's accusation, but he did not dare to take the lead and could only pretend to be dead.

He couldn't tell the pain in his heart. It wasn't that he didn't want to communicate with the minister, but there was an unspeakable reason.

During his childhood, his father became a prisoner of Wala during the Tumubao Incident, and Emperor Jingtai succeeded to the throne.

Emperor Jingtai wanted to make his son the prince, so he tried every means to exclude him.

At a young age, he was involved in the royal struggle while still ignorant, which caused serious trauma to his young mind.

During that period, he could see neither his father nor his mother.

It was under that high degree of mental pressure that he developed a stuttering problem.

The majestic emperor of the Ming Dynasty would be completely disgraced if the physical defect of stuttering spread.

It is precisely for this reason that he rarely summons ministers.

Except for a few officials in the cabinet who knew about his stuttering problem, no other ministers knew about it.

"Especially after Ming Shenzong Wanli succeeded to the throne, he reigned for forty-eight years, of which he was not in court for thirty years."

"When Wanli succeeded to the throne, he also appointed Zhang Juzheng to reform and create the Wanli Zhongxing."

"But later, because he failed to appoint his favorite King Fu as the crown prince during the national dispute, he became dissatisfied with the ministers and began to be idle in government affairs."

"Since 1587, he often did not go to court and only dealt with some important matters."

"After 1588, he lived in the palace all day long and ignored the government affairs. As a result, there were many parties in the court, and they squeezed and suppressed each other."

"As an emperor, living deep in the harem and ignoring government affairs is equivalent to personally giving up the power in your hands."

"You don't want this power, but the civil and military ministers below do, so they fight fiercely for power, causing the court to be full of chaos."

"The anchor has introduced before that Emperor Wanli was an extremely greedy emperor. As the saying goes, if the emperor is corrupt, then the officials below him will also be corrupt."

"There were even officials who deceived their superiors and deceived their subordinates by falsely reporting military information to defraud military rewards. For example, Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong at that time, favored Nurhaci because of this, which led to serious border troubles in the late Ming Dynasty, and finally the Qing army entered the Central Plains."

"Wanli's various actions caused the politics of the Ming Dynasty to gradually decline and become corrupt."

"Therefore, there is a saying in "History of the Ming Dynasty" that the Ming Dynasty actually fell in Wanli."

The more Zhu Yuanzhang listened, the more angry he became. Is this how his descendants will become emperors?

He is diligent in political affairs every day and can't wait to go to court twelve hours a day.

But when he arrived in Wanli, he didn't go to court for thirty years. He was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

Wanli: What? Will the Ming Dynasty perish when I come here?
  He was stunned for a moment, he couldn't believe what he just heard, what was meant by "death in Wanli". Although he did not go to court, the court was still running normally and there was no trouble.

Why should the blame for the demise of the Ming Dynasty be put on his head? He will not take the blame.

And there is a reason why he is unwilling to go to court.

The courtiers united to oppose him, which restricted him everywhere. When he went to court, he had to be controlled by the officials.

He wanted to make Prince Fu, whom he liked, the crown prince, but the ministers followed the plan and united to oppose it, saying that they would not let him change the crown prince.

Since he was offended by going to court, he simply did not go to court to avoid causing trouble for himself.

However, if future generations blame him for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, then he can no longer be so passive and sabotage.

In any case, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he does not want the Ming Dynasty to be destroyed in his own hands.

If this Nurhachi is killed, the Manchu Qing Dynasty must be completely destroyed.

He had heard the anchor mention before that Nurhaci established Houjin, which later became the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

It's just that I didn't expect Nurhachi to be a person of his time. If this was the case, it would be easy. Taking advantage of Nurhaci's current weakness, he directly sent troops to destroy him.

Chongzhen: The Ming Dynasty actually died in Wanli. It turns out that this is how later generations viewed it.

Hearing what the anchor said made him feel much better.

Knowing that the Ming Dynasty perished in his own hands, he had not slept well for several days. He was always worried that he would not be able to face the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty after his death.

Now that he is better, the burden on his heart has finally been reduced a lot.

"After Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne, he was greedy for pleasure and had no interest in government affairs. He also reused the eunuch Wei Zhongxian who brought disaster to the country and the people, and the dispute with the Donglin Party became more serious."

"A group of upright officials who were deposed by the imperial court joined Donglin College and gave lectures during the period. They proposed to change the phenomenon of official corruption and arbitrary power and chaos. Later, they formed their own faction, known as the Donglin Party."

“In addition to the Donglin Party, other bureaucracies are also forming their own parties.”

"For example, the Zhejiang Party is headed by Zhejiang Fang Congzhe, the Chu Party is headed by Huguang Guan Yingzhen, and the Qi Party is headed by Shandong Zhou Yongchun."

"These political parties fought overtly and secretly and fought against each other, causing political chaos in the Ming Dynasty."

"After 1624, the eunuchs took control of the government, oppressed good people, and committed all kinds of evil."

"Among them, Wei Zhongxian is even more domineering and powerful, and he vigorously suppressed Donglin Party members. He used the assault case and other cases as an excuse to have his members forge the records of Donglin Party generals, and thereby created unjust prisons and persecuted a large number of Donglin Party members. people."

Zhu Youxiao: I also wanted to revive the country, but after trying it, I found that the Ming Dynasty was at the end of its rope, there was no way to save it, and its demise was inevitable. Instead of working hard every day, it was better to do something that I liked.

He also knew that his evasive behavior was very selfish. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he simply ignored the government affairs and was very irresponsible to the Ming Dynasty.

But there was no way, he had tried his best.

When he first came to the throne, he also had great ambitions and wanted to turn things around.

But in the end, he found out that no matter what he did, he still couldn't prevent the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

In this irreversible situation, instead of going to court every day to deal with the bad political affairs, it is better to do his favorite carpentry work, which at least can make him feel relaxed.

"The eunuchs monopolized power and fought with the party. They only cared about their own interests and were corrupt. They greatly consumed the national power of the Ming Dynasty, and finally left Chongzhen with a crisis-ridden situation."

"Although Chongzhen actively explored ways to govern the country and wanted to reverse the political situation, due to the serious shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty and his impatience and suspicion, he ultimately failed to save the decadent darkness of Ming Dynasty politics. On the contrary, it intensified the class contradictions and conflicts at that time. Social conflicts."

Chongzhen: This time, I will definitely be able to reverse the political situation and bring about a brighter future.

No one knows what happened to him in the past few years after he ascended the throne. Only he knows all kinds of sadness and anguish.

What he took over from the imperial brother was a fragmented Ming Dynasty.

In order to repair the country and the country, he worked diligently and hard every day, but the results did not improve at all.

Seeing that the Ming Dynasty was declining day by day, he tossed and turned in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep.

But now, everything is looking up.

Ever since Tianmu appeared, ever since he had an anchor, ever since he got potatoes and sweet potatoes, his confidence is getting stronger day by day.

He believed that with so many advantages, he would be able to avoid repeating the same mistakes and lead the Ming Dynasty to regain its glory.

(End of this chapter)