The Fifteenth Year of Chongzhen

It was actually difficult to travel to the end of the Ming Dynasty First of all, the Ming Dynasty had basically been ruined by the clan, years of wars, merchants, and officials. At that time, everyone except the emperor himself basically knew that the dynasty should be changed Secondly, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not a good thing, as you will know two hundred and fifty years later. In the end, the peasant army in the feudal era, the biggest tool for realizing his ambitions, was basically coerced by Li Zicheng. During this period, the whole country was basically composed of these three forces, and it was impossible to find a new class that could support a new careerist. If we really travel to the late Ming Dynasty, I have an idea here The first is to leave the Zhu Ming camp. It is impossible to go to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. The only way is to join Li Zicheng Become an official under Li Zicheng Enter the Manchu and Qing Dynasties Guan Qian left Peiping Then he gathered his remnant army after Li Zicheng died, went south to take control of Luoyang, and west to take control of Guanlong Re-established a man named Zhu as the puppet emperor, this was to attack the political stance of the Manchus Cultivate good successors Wait for the Manchus to be corrupted by the beauty of the land of China and the people suffer hardship Then lead troops eastward to destroy the Manchus Finally kill the pseudo-emperor named Zhu Destroy his clan One thing to say, in fact, the evil deeds of Shanxi merchants in the late Ming Dynasty that played both sides between the Ming and Qing Dynasties is a historical necessity If you cannot forgive, you will still follow the old feudal road Why not consider bureaucratic capital? 16 Years old was still quite advanced.

Regarding Liu Zongzhou, my opinion suddenly changed again. I personally have not read Liu Zongzhou's works, and my understanding of Liu Zongzhou is limited to online novels. Many people have a low opinion of Liu. But everyone thinks he is a rotten scholar. It's just that some people admire him for his righteousness, while others despise him for his pedantic reputation. The most important of these was Liu's blind xenophobia and opposition to Chongzhen's use of Western artillery. Many people do not have a high opinion of Chongzhen, but when it comes to the use of Western artillery, everyone sides with Chongzhen and accuses Liu of being pedantic. And Gu Cheng's History of the Southern Ming Dynasty even made Liu Hei's head turn upside down. At first, I thought Liu could do nothing but moral articles. For this kind of corrupt Confucianism, go as far as you can. But as I accept some different views, I now seem to feel that my previous ridicule of the sages was tantamount to arrogance. For many modern people, opposing Western firearms and opening up is actually Liu's biggest sin. As for the rest, it doesn't really matter. But with the emergence of some information and opinions, I feel more and more (just a personal feeling) that the emergence of firearms, especially the emergence of heavy firearms such as red cannons, is precisely the source of China's land sinking in the late Ming Dynasty. (Personal opinion, please forgive me if I am wrong.) Without these heavy firearms, no matter how much Nanming fell, the Manchu Qing would not be as devastated as it is now. For example, the Manchus had few people. Therefore, if you want to enter the customs, you must use the flesh and blood of their Eight Banners children to grind hard bit by bit. Not to mention joining the Mongols and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, the previous Northern Dynasties, Liao Kingdom and Jin Kingdom were also the overlords in the north. They could not take over the entire China as easily as the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But now that heavy firearms have appeared, such as red cannons, the Manchu Qing Dynasty can use Western heavy firearms to replace the manpower of their Eight Banners, and easily open the gates and important towns of the Ming Dynasty. This is what they did historically. In this era, the lethality of light firearms was far less than that of bows and arrows, so it was difficult for the Ming army to take advantage in field battles by upgrading their weapons. On the contrary, heavy firearms used for offense are more powerful. Not only that, heavy firearms were expensive to make, which caused even more damage to the Ming Dynasty's already-famous finances. Historically, Chongzhen and Sun Yuanhua also planned to train a new army, but the result can be imagined. The result was that Kong Youde rebelled and took away advanced technology, giving Hou Jin an opportunity to develop Western firearms. There are naturally many coincidences. If we make a hypothesis, if Chongzhen had not engaged in these things with Sun Yuanhua at that time, even Kong Youde's rebellion would have been a trivial matter. Therefore, it is understandable that Liu Zongzhou opposed Chongzhen's making of Western firearms, because Chongzhen really couldn't make Western firearms. Rather than doing this, it would be better to do nothing and save yourself all the troubles later. Although Liu Zongzhou's judgment on historical loyalty and firearms was laughed at. But the tragedy of the Ming Dynasty's demise just proved Liu was right. That is, loyalty is sometimes more important than firearms. If an army is without loyalty, no matter how advanced firearms it is, it will only become a weapon for aliens and careerists to massacre the people. But if it is a loyal army, even without firearms, it can sweep the world. The worst is to kill eight hundred enemies and lose one thousand to yourself. (Don't laugh at the fact that most of the Ming Dynasty's armies couldn't do this.) Therefore, Liu Zongzhou's opposition to Chongzhen's development of firearms actually made sense. And Liu Zongzhou is not as incompetent as imagined. For example, his views on some ministers and Chongzhen are straight to the heart, and he can tear out the most obscene and darkest elements in a person's soul and expose them alive with flesh and blood. (I personally have not read Liu's works, so most of Liu's views are actually descriptions in your masterpiece). For example, Liu's evaluation of Chongzhen is the general view of Chongzhen as a person in later generations. There are also those people recommended by Liu Ju, although they are honest and pedantic. But if these people had been used earlier, the peasant uprising within the Ming Dynasty would not have expanded so quickly! Moreover, these people were also moral people, and they all died for their country after the fall of Ming Dynasty. Zuo Liangyu is also a friend of Donglin, but he treats Liu Zongzhou mercilessly, which shows that Liu also has a public heart. There is also Madman He's treatment. Chongzhen was just being clever by doing this in his previous life. I won't say much more about the details. If you are interested, you can ask questions. I won't go into details here. (I wonder if there is any historical basis for the impeachment of these two people, or is it your creative interpretation?) There is also a student of Liu named Huang Zongxi. You can't help but know how great this person is! If the student is so outstanding, the teacher cannot be as bad as the ignorant people of later generations have said.

About Chongzhen [Reprinted from a close friend and personal reflections [ ] are personal reflections ] To say a few more words, at first I thought Chongzhen was the king of subjugation. After all, he killed Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Chonghuan was a great hero who killed Nurhachi with one cannon. How could he be wrong after Jin Yong said so? [Big mistake] Later, after watching more, I thought Yuan Chonghuan should be killed. As for Yang Hao, Liu Ce, Zhou Yanru, and Chen Xinjia, they all deserve to be killed. Moreover, for example, such as the murder of Sun Yuanhua, it was more of his own fault. Political opponents took advantage of the institution to frame him, and the crime did not lie with Chongzhen. Besides, when did killing ministers become a crime for the emperor? Did Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong kill less important ministers? [The Yuan Chonghuan matter is very controversial, and I will not comment on it. This is not my point of view, Yuan Hei, so don't blame me for this] The real mainstay of the late Ming Dynasty, Xiong Tingbi was killed during the Tianqi period, and was not unjust; Lu Xiangsheng died in battle; Hong Chengchou was defeated by Chen Xinjia and others and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty; Zu Dashou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty; I think everyone is too harsh on Chongzhen. Although Chongzhen lost his country, he tried his best to save the country and eventually died for the country. Compare it with the ministers. Wen Tianxiang, Sun Chengzong, and other national heroes all died after losing the city. Why does the minister not need to be held responsible for the loss of the city as long as he died for the country? There is a saying that "civilians do not love money, and military generals are not afraid of death, so why worry about the world being unstable." Chongzhen was not greedy for money and was not afraid of death. His death was not his responsibility, nor was it due to his lack of effort. Although he was not a great man, his talents were beyond the ordinary. Among the emperors in the late Manchu Qing Dynasty, which one was better than him? He is just unable to resist the general trend, so why be demanding? If Chongzhen was a minister, he should undoubtedly be as famous as Shi Kefa. Now that he is the emperor, is it impossible to give him a fair evaluation without saying that he is a national hero? [Completely agree, I speak from the bottom of my heart. If Chongzhen were a minister, his reputation would be no less than that of Wen Tianxiang, Shi Kefa, Huang Daozhou and others, and his talents would be far better than these people. It's a pity that he is the emperor. As a result, rumors are spreading on the Internet now. There are rumors that Chongzhen fell into a conspiracy to kill Yuan Chonghuan; there are rumors that Chongzhen was so rich that Li Zicheng used thousands of donkeys to transport it... Pure nonsense Considering the internal and external troubles that Chongzhen was facing at that time, there was really no good solution. All I could think of was to collect commercial taxes, salt taxes, and mineral taxes, and then let the officials and gentry pay taxes together to supplement the finances. However, the civil servant class in the late Ming Dynasty had already formed a community of interests with the merchants. The officials and merchants were integrated, and it was basically impossible to take their cake.

The biggest flaw of this book is that conspiracy theories are always present throughout the book. There is no majestic plot, which depresses people who read it. Therefore, it is useless no matter how good the writing is. Some people even like to compare with me. To be honest, it is really not comparable to me.

Avoid pitfalls. The author has a good impression of the Donglin Party and feels that the Donglin Party is better than the Eunuch Party. If you don't agree with it, don't read it to avoid making yourself uncomfortable.

I think this one should be the number one novel in the late Ming Dynasty. Does anyone agree with it?

You can read it only if you know the history. As a result, the writing was full of loopholes. Just say one! Dongchang Jinyiwei has long been gone! Banned by Chongzhen!

Believe me, you can skip to the ending after Huang Taiji's death. The bloody plot behind it (the Queen of Zhou died, the emperor died, the younger brother usurped the throne and killed the king for a dead woman, half of his men rebelled, the prince seizes the throne...), It disgusted me to death, and the good article was ruined.

There is someone called Flower in the Army! I have criticized all the novels set in the Ming Dynasty. If I don't explain it clearly, there are no 9.6 Million. This is what Baidu checked. I will not criticize and only speak with facts.

I've read over two hundred chapters and can't stand it anymore! Mojiji is indecisive and wants to pretend that the Holy Mother has no brain