Chongzhen: Diligent Government Cannot Save the Ming Dynasty, but Clamping a Stick Can

Everyone agrees that if Li Zicheng goes up to the stick, if you can't do it, you'll be seeking death if you go up to it. Don't think that it's enough for a gangster to become the emperor. That is basically two kinds of world cognition.

The demise of the Ming Dynasty was not caused by a single factor, but by the "resonance" of institutional defects, economic imbalances, military decline, pressure from foreign enemies and natural disasters. - Institutional level: The highly centralized political system lacks flexibility and cannot adapt to social changes; - Economic level: Taxation is out of touch with productivity, and fiscal collapse causes social disorder; - Military level: Strategic shortsightedness and internal corruption weaken defense capabilities; - Natural level: Climate disaster becomes the straw that breaks the camel's back. These factors are intertwined to form a "death spiral": fiscal bankruptcy → sudden changes in tax increases → frequent uprisings → military consumption → invasion by foreign enemies → greater financial pressure... In the end, a once glorious empire came to an end in multiple strangulations. As Meng Sen said: "The death of the Ming Dynasty actually occurred in Wanli." But the deeper answer may lie in the fact that the Ming Dynasty failed to complete the transformation from a traditional agricultural empire to a modern country, and its system and governance model completely failed in the great historical changes.

After a long training session, I wrote a soldier to be my treasure. . . Talent

There is no basic plate, be careful to dissolve it in water

It's not that diligence couldn't save the Ming Dynasty, it's that Chongzhen couldn't save the Ming Dynasty

Brother, your emperor can check the account books, and the places that overcharged the people can find out. You are such a god, I will cry to death. Also, are you sure to use Sun Chengzong? That old man can't do anything else but build castles. Are you sure you have the money? Why did Yuan Chonghuan say that Pingliao can be reused in five years? It's not because he has no money. Speaking of Wanli, he couldn't defeat the civil servants and was hiding in the deep palace. Why didn't you tell him why he couldn't defeat the civil servants. Speaking of Tianqi, Chongzhen is far worse than Tianqi. Tianqi and Chongzhen both trusted the Donglin Party at first. The reaction of the two after they found out that they had been fooled showed the difference in level. After Tianqi was deceived, he quickly concluded that the civil servants could not be trusted, and I had no way to touch them, so I looked at past experience and found that eunuchs were used. Later, there was an example of Wang An. I also found that the eunuchs who came from the inner study were all Hanlin teachers when they were studying. The internal minister and the foreign minister had a relationship when they were young. So I will choose someone who is not from the inner study to compete with you (Wei Zhongxian is a great eunuch who is not from the inner study in the middle and late Ming Dynasty), and the government will be stable. As for Chongzhen, it's like a child who hasn't grown up. If you can't do it, I will change him. In seventeen years, he has had eighteen chief ministers, just like every house. Wanli did not let officials make the place bigger, but the central government still had authority. You Chongzhen's childish play of making three assistants a year made the central government lose all its prestige, but you still have the nerve to criticize others. Because of this, he still trusted civil servants and issued four edicts to sinners, making him the man who issued the most edicts to sinners. What is the reason for Tianqi's bad reputation? Is Liao's salary important? Did civil servants mention it? Did Yang Lian say it? But anyone who knows history knows that he is very harmful to the people. The civil servants scolded Tianqi because he competed with the people for profit. Doing business was something ordinary people could do, and mining was something ordinary people could open. The Tianqi Dynasty encouraged them to maintain it, and they didn't owe any money for disaster relief. At the beginning, Yang Lian's blood letter was written. Believe it or not, more than 50% of the memorials written by the ministers of the DPRK were better and sadder than Yang Lian's. I believe the author has checked the information, but can we think about whether it is reasonable and how many history books written by the descendants of the Donglin surrender faction are true. Where did the lost seal of the Ministry of War go? Why did Zhang Yan become a virtuous empress when Chongzhen ascended the throne, but became a queen in the later period of Chongzhen?

Without the army under his control and the power to guard the palace, he would be easily dissolved in water as soon as he clamped the stick.

Don't watch other emperors kill and kill. They have a basic base, Zhu Laoba has a military household, and the Manchu emperor has bannermen. The army and spies are just an extension of the basic base, and they do not come out of thin air. No one dares to do this and fall into the water every minute. It is not a fantasy that the emperor's power is attributed to his own words and actions 😅

The fundamental reason why "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty" believes that only Sun Kewang can save the world is that Sun Kewang single-handedly established a highly efficient administrative system from scratch - the Sixth Department of Administration. Relying on this administrative system, Sun Kewang managed to feed an army of 200,000 people with a barren Yunnan. The Yunnan warlords during the Republic of China could not afford to support an army of 200,000 even though they relied on opium cultivation to make huge profits. But Chongzhen couldn't do it despite all the efforts of the whole country. The Manchu Qing Dynasty could do it by squeezing Jiangnan, but it could not last long. Pinching sticks can only temporarily save the country. The protagonist must be like Sun Kewang and establish an administrative system that absolutely obeys his orders! Not to mention half the efficiency, even if Chongzhen's administrative system is one-tenth that of Sun Kewang, one province can support 20,000 people, and two capitals and thirteen provinces can support an army of 300,000 people. The world is basically at peace.

It's so awkward... The dialogue is neither literary nor ancient, it makes me tired and boring.

Trivia: Chongzhen was hiding in the harem and not going to court, so the Ming Dynasty could live for ten more years

There is too much nonsense at the beginning, and several chapters are not relevant to the topic. The writing style is neither ancient nor modern, and it looks so awkward!

The fundamental reason for the middle and late Ming Dynasty was that the emperor had no military power, and the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and civil servants was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The bad thing is that the emperor was deceived and quarreled with his ministers all day long. Except for Wu Zong (he knew that military power was important and that military power in the capital could not be obtained), I went to the border. In order to pacify the border, I personally went to the battlefield with the dignity of the emperor. Civil servants recorded hundreds of thousands of people. A dozen people died in a battle. You think it was a battle damage or the emperor killed it, but the education of civil servants still played a role. Yang Tinghe, a powerful official through the ages, killed an emperor and established an emperor, and he still has a good reputation. I also laughed to death), so Wu Zong had the ugliest reputation, and he did what civil servants were most afraid of. Look at the Northern Song Dynasty again. The whole world said that the Northern Song Dynasty valued literature over military affairs. You, the literary thief Sima Guang, wrote Zizhi Tongjian out of nowhere, but the emperor knew that military power was important. What do you rely on, soldiers? With soldiers, you can become strong without money. Civil servants, distinguished merchants, and servants have no problem. If you don't accept it, don't you always say that if you want your ministers to die, they will have to die? Why is it that your unified dynasty has no money to send out 20,000 to 30,000 troops on its own initiative, while other warlords can easily get 50,000 or 100,000 troops in a melee, and return troops with sufficient food and grass? No one has thought about it. Take the Five Dynasties as an example, were any of the other warlords destroyed by the rebels? They were all destroyed by their opponents. Do you believe he has military power? Qian Yiqian is more qualified than Bi Ziyan as the Minister of Household Affairs. Bi Ziyan refused to give money and even brought trouble in front of the emperor. Qian Yiqian is so charming that he will make things right for you.

Stop being a dog to the Ming Dynasty. Let's help the Qing Dynasty and destroy the Ming Dynasty together.

As we all know, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was easily soluble in water

There are 5,500 eunuchs in the Forbidden City, and they can be absolutely trusted. There are millions of civilians around the capital, and at least 80% of them can be trusted. After confiscating their homes and annihilating their clans, they can recruit 200,000 young men on a large scale for basic training and then drag them to death after ten days. If half of them die and the rest are trained for more than ten days, they will become an army of 100,000. Next, it depends on where you want to go first. With 100,000 troops in hand, where can you go?

Even in the Jiangnan region, which has the heaviest taxes, the imperial court's formal taxation is not a heavy oppression. The real big deal is the warehousing costs, transportation costs, and even management costs (the cost of supporting management personnel) after taxes are raised. The cost of transporting one stone of rice from Jiangnan to the capital, at least several stones of rice can be purchased in Jiangnan, has to be borne by the common people. In the process of collecting and transporting grain, even the grain chief with a little power can become the target of exploitation, and there is a situation where "the grain chief is avoided, rather than banished to the garrison". "If a family has a fortune of thousands of gold, he will become a beggar within a year; if a family has more than ten young men, he will become a beggar within a year." Li Zicheng was deceived in this way. After he was expelled from the post station, when he returned home, the villagers unanimously elected him to be the head of the village to collect taxes for the government. At this time, rice tax was still mainly based on physical taxes, mainly millet, and "thousands of kilo of Yulin millet were lost every year." It was a good idea when I took office, take enough from the court, keep enough from the county, and keep the rest for yourself. The horse money you owe to the post station will be settled. But when it came time to collect taxes, Li Zicheng discovered that he couldn't beat the rich masters and didn't dare to collect taxes. The people he could beat were all poor and there was no money to be squeezed. As a result, he collected taxes for the court and ended up in debt. So in the end, a new method was developed - collecting the master's taxes together with the poor.

The biggest support for the Manchus to enter the customs was Shanxi merchants. The biggest traitor

It's quite good-looking, and it's pretty good among historical texts. It's just that I was a bit long-winded earlier, and I've been catching up on updates recently.

This novel is so well written, please give it a thumbs up to the author. I also recommend a novel to everyone, "A Military Household in Ansai at the End of the Ming Dynasty". Friends who are short of books can take a look. The author is also writing it very carefully.

Let's not talk about the many shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty system, but what Ming fans say is that if they do not cede territory, do not claim vassal status, do not pay tribute, and do not make marriage, the emperor will guard the country, and the king will die in the country! But this is not a qualified emperor, he is a fool. If the Ming Dynasty were not so stupid, they would not die so simply.