The Most Powerful Official of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty

1. When Huang Taiji stormed Jinzhou, Yuan Chonghuan and the military supervisor Ji Yong jointly ordered not to go to war, leaving Zhao Lianjiao to struggle to support Jinzhou. When Jinzhou was in danger, Mangui openly defied Yuan Chonghuan's non-resistance order, took the initiative, and risked his life to save Jinzhou. After the great victory of Ningjin, Wei Zhongxian rewarded those who had meritorious service in the bloody battle, and promoted Mangui and Zhao Lediao to the officials who had made meritorious service in the bloody battle, but dismissed Yuan Chonghuan, who was afraid of the enemy and avoided fighting and did not save Jinzhou. Wei Zhongxian did not let Yuan Chonghuan, who was keen on peace talks, give him a shrine in Ningyuan City for his crime of avoiding the war for fear of death in the Battle of Ningjin, nor did he punish Marshal Mao because Mao Wenlong wrote a letter to protect the Donglin Party members who opposed him. This is why the situation outside the customs has been developing in a good direction in the late Tianqi Dynasty. 2. The ministers of the Ministry of War, Zhao Nanxing, Sun Chengzong, and the left minister of the Ministry of War, Yuan Keli, successively appointed by Wei Zhongxian, were all direct ministers and capable ministers, and they were against him. However, Wei Zhongxian still tolerated these clean officials in major border affairs. 3. From an economic perspective, the Donglin Party opposes paying taxes to the gentry, merchants, craftsmen and mine owners, and represents the interests of large landowners, urban bourgeoisie, and mining owners. But this actually made the empire financially starved in disguise. Wei Zhongxian, who had been in power for several years, firmly continued Wanli's mining supervision policy and tried his best to tax the middle and upper classes to prevent the empire from being financially ruined. When Chongzhen came to power and re-appointed the Donglin Party, the cancellation of this policy and the increase of three rates confirmed the feasibility of this policy. 4. Wei Zhongxian once donated money to the country and used his private property to finance the Liaodong war weapons, horses and other items. Yuan Chonghuan, governor of Liaodong Province, said: "Wei Zhongxian, a factory official, has made great contributions to the country. He has been seen and heard at home and abroad. He has already been engraved in gold and stone, and there is no place for him to take over. When he came to serve as a side official, he vowed to restore the country and annihilate the rebels. He appointed Liu Yingqian, Tao Wen, Ji Yong, etc., And all the armor, weapons, horses, curtains, etc. To defend the enemy inside and outside the pass were purchased with family property. , Day by day, relief came, and military supplies were provided. The ministers were determined to patrol and police, and the generals in the camps did not dare to be cowardly for personal gain, and did not dare to give up the hidden strings.

It feels like the author might as well have rebelled. What is this kind of regime left for? Lao Zhu's family is already in a state of decay. What use is there for him?

I have been reading at Qidian for eight or nine years, and I don't know when a crazy whitewashing trend started in the Internet literary world. As long as it is denied in official history, it must be overturned. For example, those of King Zhou, Liu Chan, Qin Hui, etc., Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, the Wei eunuch became powerful like this. Haven't you noticed a paradox? Those are all viewed from today's historical perspective. Looking at it now, there are a group of people in the Donglin Party and some of their actions are harmful to the country, but can it be inferred that Wei Zhongxian's actions are beneficial to the country? Can an eunuch who is corrupt and brings disaster to the country and people become a savior? Could it be that Chongzhen and the Donglin Party were responsible for the demise of the Ming Dynasty? Isn't it a little bit wrong for them not to be eunuchs? I feel like people like Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou who persist in their ideals despite being tortured to death, how bad can they be even if they cannot save the country due to their limitations? , I won't talk about it anymore, many things will not be clear for a while. The author is respectable. It is impossible for the online literary circle not to know the current habits of readers and still write articles that seem to "go against the general trend." He is also the kind of person who has ideals and justice. I specially use a small account to write comments to support the author, so as not to be stared at by some crazy dogs in a large account. I'm busy now and don't have time to read. When I have some free time, I will definitely give you a tip to support the author.

I was inspired by the second volume, the prologue. Today, the Ming Dynasty has been destroyed. Is it meaningful to discuss Donglin again? It cannot be denied that Donglin played a key role in the demise of the Ming Dynasty. From this point of view, it is not innocent. Looking at it now, it is a target that must be attacked. Is Donglin innocent, no? How did party strife lead to the end of the Ming Dynasty? Whether it is Donglin, Zhejiang, Chu, or Qi parties, they are actually representatives of the landed class. It is a well-known rule in the feudal dynasty that when land annexation becomes more and more serious, internal conflicts cannot be transferred, a large number of people are displaced, conflicts accumulate over time, and the demise of the dynasty is just around the corner. The Donglin Party originated from Donglin Academy, but what is behind it? They are the landlord class and wealthy businessmen. They provide funds for the Donglin Party, connect with people, and help Donglin people rise to power. What they do after they take office is, of course, to protect the landlords and fight for their profits. This constitutes the Donglin Party with complicated interests! I don't need to tell you how the landlord class seizes profits. The other parties are also similar. They are all representatives of the landlord class. The only differences between the parties are region, ideology and culture. Party struggle is not only a dispute over culture and ideas, but also a struggle for the interests of the landlord class behind it! It's not that the Donglin Party doesn't want to fight, but that they must fight! Where does the partisanship come from? Fight for the foundation of the country! The three court cases in the late Ming Dynasty happened in this way. As a class with vested interests, they must safeguard their political ideas. This is not only related to their interests, but also related to their wealth, lives and political future! And party struggle naturally uses all possible means, fighting for power and gain, attacking and criticizing, ostracizing dissidents, and all kinds of methods are endless! The Ming Dynasty was sliding into the abyss step by step amid such internal strife! Is Wei Zhongxian innocent? No? He deserved to be killed, but he died at the wrong time. When Chongzhen came to power, he began to eliminate the eunuch party. In the process, he did not strengthen his control over the government. Maybe, but it is obvious that in the end, it actually strengthened the power of the Donglin Party, which led to Donglin basically controlling the government. When Wei Zhongxian died, the eunuch party was destroyed. There was no force in the court that could compete with Donglin. The Donglin Party, the final winner, naturally began to enjoy the fruits of victory. All the nobles and nobles in the court were Donglin people. And what was the Ming Dynasty like at this time? Government corruption, land annexation, constant natural disasters, and the army's inability to fight, there are all the problems that should arise when a dynasty dies. Chongzhen wants money but no money, and he wants food but no food. Although Donglin is successful, as a vested interest class, will Donglin harm his own interests to save this dynasty that is about to perish? Even if Dong Lin wants to do something, so what? Donglin's original ideas were not very good, they were to open up new ideas, reform old malpractices, oppose mining taxes, etc. However, what was the result? Driven by the interest class, the Donglin Party turned a blind eye to the dire straits of the people below and focused on fighting for their own interests. In their view, as long as they win, peace in the world will be around the corner! They added fuel to the fire for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. How sad!

I don't deny that the eunuchs are not a good thing, and Wei Zhongxian is even more of a bastard. But no matter how bad the eunuchs are, they still have some bottom line and will not make fun of national affairs. On the contrary, when the Donglin Party is about to die, they must first eliminate their political opponents. It seems that if they don't do this, they can't prove their loyalty. As for tax collection, the taxes during the Chongzhen period were indeed higher than those during the Tianqi period, but so what? Commercial taxes were basically cut off, and all were land taxes. Even under the advice of the genius of the Donglin Party, Chongzhen increased taxes on the hungry people in the north, making the rogue bandits bigger. Yuan Chonghuan is even more of a braggart. He keeps saying that he has won the battle, but he can't get a single head out of his head. Is this called a victory? As for Sun Chengzong, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and Shi Kefa, except for Sun Chengzong, the others only have integrity to praise, and their abilities are not ordinary scum!

I don't want to say that the protagonist is a rebel or not, I just say that Chongzhen is suspicious, unsentimental, and irresponsible! During the seventeenth year of Chongzhen's reign, there were eleven ministers of the Ministry of Punishment and fourteen ministers of the Ministry of War. Seven governors were executed, eleven governors were killed, and one was forced to death. This includes Governor Yuan Chonghuan. Therefore, being a minister in the Chongzhen Dynasty was a high-risk profession. What should the protagonist do? The author makes his own arrangements!

Damn, I really have a headache after reading this. It's only been a few chapters. One after another, stunning beauties are as endless as rabbits in the field, and each of them falls in love with the protagonist at first sight. Author, have you never seen a woman? 🤔, I wonder if what I am reading is a historical novel, and whether you have time-traveled from 2000. Why is this man so handsome? It makes me vomit.

I have voted for a monthly ticket, can I add more points? This book is really good. I only read 2 books in alternate history. This one I read every day. When will Chongzhen step down? The other book I read, "Supporting the Qin Dynasty", unified the Qin Dynasty and destroyed Asan. The protagonist has been suppressed by Chongzhen. I even made up several endings in my dreams. . . Wen Ge Lao died, and another "Wen Ge Lao" came Needless to say, the content of this book and the sincerity of the author are full. Come on

Emperor: Come on, my dear, you are so capable, I, the emperor, will let you do it well.

His butt is too crooked. This does not mean that Wei Zhongxian is a good person, but he will never kill Emperor Tianqi. Emperor Tianqi is the foundation of his power. Donglin Party members are not all bad guys. Donglin himself also has many factions. This distortion is meaningless.

Next, please arrange for acclimatization, disease, and death to immigrate.

I think the author of the comment is also neurotic. He calls himself a fanboy for all the refutations and regards the historical records he found as the truth. However, the historical records posted by many authors seem too fake and unreliable, which is not convincing at all. After all, the general direction of the history books is correct, but many small details can be changed too much. It is too presumptuous to rely on the author's own idea of ​​finding out what he sees and what he sees to be true. It doesn't matter who he is with. As the saying goes, history books are just little girls who dress up. No one can guarantee that what they know is 100% correct. After all, the Qing Dynasty burned 30 million records of the Ming Dynasty, and it took almost a hundred years to compile history. During this period, it was revised and revised. There are too many uncertainties. Even the Ten-Day Massacre in Yangzhou was only known to people from books that were circulated from overseas. There are too many unknown things hidden in history, so people like to discuss history. After all, everything has two sides. No one can 100% convince others of things in history. These things will change with age and experience. The world would be boring if everyone thought the same way.

I can finally tell that the author is an out-and-out Donglin land-washing party. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the national treasury was empty. Author, would you like to clean it up? Under the guise of competing with the people, they used various means to manipulate the court to evade taxes, and monopolized maritime trade interests in the name of banning the sea. To put it bluntly, Confucianism became increasingly corrupt later on, and it was all the fault of these people. Label industry as a fancy skill and commerce as a cheap industry, and then take it all for yourself. Treat reading as your own territory. The Donglin Party is probably equivalent to the group of guys in the U. S. Congress now, representatives of interest groups. In the post-Donglin Party era, there is no so-called country and nation in their eyes. Still washing the floor, washing your sister.

In fact, this is not a question of whitewashing or not. Which of the dynasties from ancient times to the present were not caused by the sins of the literati? The Han Dynasty fell due to the gentry clan, the Tang Dynasty fell due to the literati party disputes, and the Song Dynasty was the same. They were not blind to the crisis of the country and the surrounding situation, but for their own interests, they had to overthrow each other and seize power and wealth. As for the country and the nation, I'm sorry, I won't care about the flood after I die! Of course, the most shameless literati in the past dynasties, apart from the lackeys, were the most shameless literati in the Ming Dynasty. This is generally accepted and cannot be clarified.

Really speechless. What happened to Donglin? Still need to reverse the case? However, many online historians are now trying to overturn the verdict of the eunuchs. Let me talk about my personal point of view first. Ming Dynasty died in Chongzhen. This was a first-class tyrant, and he was a king of Jie and Zhou who was talented enough to refuse remonstrances and used words to cover up his wrongdoings. This man was very good at killing people with his hands slipping - please note that the word "sliding hands" was a comment made by people at the time, not the Internet language I quoted. Moreover, there is no responsibility in being a human being, only Machiavellian tactics. Yuan Chonghuan was obviously an eunuch who had established a living shrine. Zhang Chengzhao said that this person was so talented, so what was the trivial matter? He was immediately summoned to be the supervisor, which was totally unprincipled. Governor Yuan took it upon himself to kill Marshal Mao. Not only did he not punish him, he also confessed him. He had no sense of the rule of law and no principles. Once Yuan pissed him off, killing Shuai without a purpose would be punishable by death, which was completely shameless. This is just about one person, there are many similar things. For example, this was the case when killing Zheng Wei and Wu Chang. Moreover, when the emperor used torture to kill Wu, the cabinet ministers tried to dissuade him and said that it was unprecedented in the past three hundred years. He actually responded to Wu, which was unprecedented in the past three hundred years. The image of a tyrant emerged vividly on the page. Later, it was also appropriate for everyone to betray their relatives and separate. Let's talk about history. To paraphrase a political book, the Donglin Party, as a party of the landlord class and bourgeoisie, certainly has problems. Of course, the Qi Party, the Chu Party, and the Zhejiang Party all had their problems, but before Jiu Qiansui got involved, the party struggle still had a bottom line. After the eunuchs got involved, it became inhumane. As for those who say "it was the Donglin Party that brought down the Ming Dynasty", please think about it carefully. What is your basis? Don't tell me it's the result of reading online articles. Those who say "historical data are all fairy tales written by the winners", then since the history books are not trustworthy, what is your basis? Don't tell me you came up with it. And please read the paper. I dare not say everything. It can be said that the vast majority of historians believe that the Donglin Party is the more correct party compared to the Eunuch Party. Finally, let's talk about what books to read and how to read them. Liu Ruoyu is a eunuch, and he was imprisoned for a long time for committing a crime. He is not a Donglin Party member, so he is not a winner. His book has some credibility, right? Others like Ye Shaoyuan, he is not Donglin. Although he has two brothers-in-law who are Fushe, he despises Zhang Tianru, so it is also credible, right? If you just have an opinion about Donglin's restoration of society, you can look for other people's works to see what people outside the party think of the eunuch party. I have never read "Yao Zhu Xian Commentary". I asked Du Xiaoniang and found out that it is a novel. Just read this. It is not "historical data" and it is not a basis. As for "it is recommended to read the Ming Dynasty first", the same is true (and whether today's novels cater to readers or are unconventional, most of them cater to the opinions of online historians, which are less credible than ancient novels), novels are not history, right?

I seem to know the author, he is a nice person. But it's too extreme and narrow-minded, and it's too serious that private goods are involved in writing novels. "History of the Ming Dynasty" was not written by the Ming Dynasty. There were so many emperors, all of whom were poorly written, but all of them in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were wise? The author keeps saying that he will not overturn Donglin's verdict, but in fact. . . . Sorry, author, I couldn't stand it anymore and threw the ashtray. Goodbye

After reading one sentence, I believe the rubbish author of the history book written by the Qing Dynasty 🙂, read the historical materials one by one, oh, and the glass heart, you should list the sources of the historical materials you read, 2 million words, is this the recommendation? ? Don't have any mental strength? ! But any good author who writes about the history of the Ming Dynasty pays more than this attention.

After reading so many comments, I realized that the author is... Fortunately, I didn't start reading

I saw comments about whitewashing Donglin. Then I won't watch it.

I passed by and read the comments, and found out that the author seems to have a blood feud with the eunuchs, and those who opposed it were all labeled as Wei Gou... The key is that some people are not eunuch fans at all. It is very uncomfortable to open their mouths and shut up Wei Gou. If you just refute the author's point of view, you will be labeled. It feels like you are opposing for the sake of opposition... You must be crazy about exporting private goods, and you must be scolded if you don't believe it. It's too overbearing.

I'm not a fan of Wei, I'm just unhappy with Donglin. The author said that Donglin didn't object to collecting taxes. I agree, but I want to ask whether the pitiful taxes collected by the Chongzhen Dynasty from Jiangnan and other places were really taxes without charity. Moreover, commercial tax and mining tax are collected from gentry and merchants. If you insist on harming the common people, you can only say that it is the consequence of those bastards transferring agents. Also, the author may not have paid attention to Chongzhen's lack of money to borrow money from Baiguan and the amount of gold and silver that King Chuang copied from Baiguan's house. It seems that the history of one dynasty is written by the next dynasty. . . We won't go into too much detail, but if Zhu Yuanzhang is really that ugly, you are sure that those capable ministers and generals will fall in love with him at first sight. So I don't believe that Zhu Yuanzhang is so ugly. Ugly Zhu Yuanzhang wears Qing Dynasty robes to find out.

What a great book. The writing is exquisite and the concept is novel. It makes people read it again and again, and I can't stop reading it! Please cum for me! Thank you! ! !

After spending dozens of minutes reading the comments, I found that the so-called eunuch-dang Donglin dispute is not on the same line at all. Nowadays, many people equate Dong Lin with the civil servants and scholar-bureaucrat group. Now, they directly add their dislike of civil servants to Dong Lin. What civil servants do is what Dong Lin does. In fact, if you ask him to name who Dong Lin is, he may only know Gu Xiancheng. As for the eunuch, these people classified him as a eunuch and added a royal guard. Who do you think he is? He can speak Wei, Liu, etc. Then, it was gone. Then you ask the civil servant if there is any in it? He looked surprised, huh (⊙_⊙)? Are there also civil servants? Are you asking if there isn't one? He was confused, uh (⊙o⊙)... Maybe maybe. Only by understanding history can we understand that the literati group contains many parties. Because I have never read history, and because Dong Lin is famous in the civil service group, I simply equate the two. Dong Lin is in trouble. In the end, suppressing Dong Lin means suppressing the civil service group.

Why would anyone want to assist Chongzhen? I don't even know how his brain is so funny?

Apart from anything else, as for Li Zicheng and these peasant armies, we decided not to be cleansed as a whole. They only destroyed but did not build.

Chongzhen's level was not bad for academics and administration in a certain county, but he was too mediocre to be emperor. Was there a lack of brave generals who sacrificed their lives for the country in the late Ming Dynasty? However, no one, whether they were civil servants or military generals, who devoted themselves to serving the country, had a good ending. It has to be said that Chongzhen's vision is really vicious, he perfectly identified loyal ministers and harmed them to death. The first was Xiong Tingbi, the second was Yuan Chonghuan, followed by Yang Shichang, Sun Qiyu, Yang He, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhao Lejiao, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, and Sun Chuanting. They finally trusted Hong Chengchou, but were forced to surrender. In the end, he didn't even have anyone he could use. He actually used Wei Zude, a loser, as his first assistant. He had so many loyal ministers and good generals, but he didn't make good use of any of them. The more diligent he was, the faster he killed loyal ministers. Because he has no intelligence system at all, nor any wise judgment. Just listen to the one-sided words of those civil servants. Those civilian officials shied away from their responsibilities when encountering military conflicts, and after all those who were willing to take responsibility were killed, the remaining ones were all gentlemen who did nothing and had absolutely no faults. These people can't find a reason to kill them. But it will definitely not be of any use to the country. It is unreasonable to use these people to save the country.

Wei Zhongxian, he has no ability to save the Ming Dynasty. A eunuch actually made himself 9999 years old. He became so swollen that he was a carpenter. Others had already been chopped off. When Chongzhen came to power, he was only a teenager, and he was not an orthodox prince to succeed him, otherwise he would have been chopped off with a knife. The entire human society has expanded so much that no one can live long. Moreover, he has been a eunuch for so long, and he can be regarded as a little emperor. I haven't seen him do anything. Chongzhen's shortcoming is that he is gullible, but what else can he do to a teenager? After discovering that he has been deceived, he becomes aroused, just like the current network diodes. If there is a Sanyang who takes over Zhu Di's class, or Zhang Juzheng gives him ten years to transition, which is 26 years old, then he will be better. It would be outrageous for a teenage boy who had no formal education as a prince to directly lead an empire that had been tormented by Wei Zhongxian for so long without causing any trouble.

I am speaking truthfully and presenting facts, but of course I also have my own speculations.

I admire those who can finish it, but I really can't stand it anymore.

When the Ming Dynasty was in the hands of Chongzhen, it was already at the point where it was neither broken nor established, and there was no value in repairing it.