At the Beginning, Travel Through Cheng Chongzhen to Extend the Life of the Ming Dynasty

In the first year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was in dire straits—— A severe drought in Shaanxi triggered a peasant uprising (Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong first showed their talents). After the Liaodong battlefield, the Jin Dynasty (Huang Taiji had succeeded) was eyeing it and entered the pass several times to plunder; the Donglin Party was dominant in the court, and the party disputes continued. Officials were corrupt and administrative efficiency was low; the military household system The country has completely collapsed, the frontier army is seriously short of pay and has low combat effectiveness; the national treasury is empty, land annexation has reached its peak, and refugees are everywhere; Western missionaries (Tang Ruowang and others) are still in China, Western firearms technology has slightly surpassed the Ming Dynasty, and European powers have expanded globally during the Age of Discovery.