Evening Breeze in Jingshan: the Decline and Fall of the Ming Empire

No emperor in history, like Chongzhen, received widespread sympathy despite losing his country, because in essence, he was not a faint emperor at all, and could even be regarded as a conscientious and wise emperor compared to his ancestors. However, why did the relationship between the emperor and his ministers get worse and worse when he came to him, even to the point of breaking up, so that after the country was overthrown, Chongzhen sighed, "I am not the king of the country, but you are all the ministers of the country." Does Chongzhen really not have to bear any responsibility? Every time a "Guilty Edict" is issued, ministers will be killed as scapegoats, and every time a city is lost, a guard will be killed. Is this vicious cycle a systemic problem of poor communication or an interest dispute? The author of this book penetrates into the Ming Empire through the tug-of-war between the most cruel emperor and the civil servant group, and enters the scene of history to explore who brought the Ming Empire to its end.