The Situation in the Late Ming Dynasty: Chongzhen Changed His Destiny Against Heaven

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The main reason is that when Chongzhen ascended the throne, he looked around, but he didn't know who to appoint. He was supposed to be a conservative king, but he was at the end of the dynasty. When Chongzhen ascends the throne, if he can make good use of talents, revive the world, and straighten out the yin and yang for another few decades, there will be no problem. If financial problems such as salt, tea, water transportation, etc. Can be solved, the national situation will slowly improve. In fact, monopoly can solve most financial problems In addition, government and commercial banks run pawn shops, tea and silk, these are all means of making money At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Liaodong made good use of Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, and Mao Wenlong. Hong Chengchou was used in the northwest, Sun Chuanting went to reorganize the guard station, Lu Xiangsheng, governor-general of Shuntian, was in charge of the capital camp, Zhu Xieyuan in the southwest, and Fu Zonglong guarded Hanzhong to assist. Take your time and continuity won't be a problem.

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Good, good, very well written. It is better than some writings about Chongzhen killing Wei Zhongxian or keeping him alive. Historically, Chongzhen was too hasty to kill Wei Zhongxian and did not receive the political resources of the eunuch party. The eunuch party was actually the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang party members who united to fight against the Donglin party and other Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats. The starting point was to maintain stability and quickly control the money bag and military power.

Natural disasters occurred almost every year from the 7th year of Apocalypse to the 17th year of Chongzhen, and they were major disasters that affected several provinces. In the late Ming Dynasty, only Yunnan did not suffer from natural disasters. Most areas in the north had no grain harvests and reduced production. Droughts and floods also took turns in the south. Natural disasters and man-made disasters almost killed 100 million people in the past 18 years. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the three provinces of Jiangxi, Nanzhilu, and Zhejiang had a population of almost 90 million. Even modern civilization could not withstand the natural disasters in the late Ming Dynasty. If the protagonist wanted to save these people, he would have to spend tens of millions of stones of food every year. In the late Ming Dynasty, only emigration overseas could save them, and reform could not save them. 90% Of the late Ming Dynasty literature at the starting point has no understanding of the description of natural disasters in the late Ming Dynasty. It is too childish for the protagonist to reform and then revive. Only my brother Zhu Youxiao's book clearly solves various problems in the late Ming Dynasty. After reading it, I found that the gap between other late Ming Dynasty works is too big.

In your hometown, if there are any historical figures who were worthy of praise and tears during the late Ming Dynasty, they may not be in the official history books, but they are circulated in your local area. I hope you can leave a message on this post and I will do my best to make up for the regrets of history.

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It's so easy in the early stage, right? You're just lucky.

1. While stationed in North Korea, he concentrated on smuggling, made excessive demands on the North Korean royal family, and plundered the people without any calculation, causing the two sides to be completely unable to cooperate. During the invasion of Hou Jin, he fled directly to Phi Island, but reported victory to the court. As a result, North Korea has become the common brother of both parties. Hou Jin no longer has to be wary of North Korea. It is also said that there were two battles, but the scale was less than a thousand people. One was when his station was attacked and his men were defeated and killed, but he himself ran away early. The other was after he fled to the island and claimed to have killed hundreds of enemies, but there was no evidence of his head. 2. During the Tianqi period, it was claimed that there were 100,000 soldiers, and in the first year of Chongzhen, it was claimed that there were 200,000 soldiers. In August of the first year of Chongzhen, Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty went on an expedition to Mongolia. Yuan Chonghuan sent troops to fight with the Jin army in Huangniwa. However, Mao Wenlong refused to obey the dispatch. Instead, he called the troops to Dengzhou on the grounds of the wind. The next year, there was no excuse to directly send troops to the state. Whether they were plundered or not depends on their own opinions. But what kind of behavior is it to only send troops to the mainland twice 3. Hou Jin had eight letters between him and Huang Taiji. Some asked for surrender chips and some agreed to divide them. Even if they didn't really surrender, at least they agreed to divide the Ming Dynasty. Mao Fen pretends to be a peace talk. It's really interesting that even the Governor-General Shangshu died because of the peace talks, let alone doing this in the first year of Tianqi and Chongzhen. 4. He had been running smuggling between the three places for many years. When he was killed, the mink skin and ginseng alone was worth more than one million taels. They repeatedly oppressed North Korea and plundered North Korea, lied about military achievements, lied about military pay, and lied about 100,000 and 200,000. The court said it was more than 60,000, but later it was found that it was only more than 20,000. Even if it is based on 60,000, even if there are missing hair. So at least it's much better than other borders. Moreover, he also gathered the people to cultivate land, but the soldiers were extremely cold and hard-pressed. So, where did the money go? Was it really given to the soldiers? 5. Liu Xingzuo said that he had eight concubines and thousands of maids on Pi Island, so he was disappointed with the Ming Dynasty. There is no other historical data to support this. But there is historical evidence that he raped civilian women. 6. A general manager of a military town with soldiers, horses, money, food, and people under his control, even if he only has more than 20,000 soldiers, really wants to contain Hou Jin. Will Hou Jin have the opportunity to send troops to Mongolia several times and attack important towns in the Ming Dynasty? If he can't control Hou Jin's attacks on Mongolia, can he control Hou Jin's attacks on Beijing? Maybe then he will be more motivated to take advantage of the opportunity. To sum up, Mao Wenlong died well. But the problem is that three months later, Beijing was beaten and Yuan Chonghuan died. So the entire cauldron was placed on Yuan Chonghuan, and the entire bright hope fell on Mao Wenlong. He did not have a large navy, so he could not pose a huge threat to Hou Jin, and he could not stop Hou Jin's actions at all. Moreover, with the cooperation of friendly forces, he would not send troops to attack Houjin or even drift to Dengzhou to plunder. Even if the float is wrong, isn't it possible to float it back? Do you expect such a person to contain Hou Jin?

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After all, the Ming Dynasty was poor. The bureaucratic gentry group occupies a large amount of resources, and the imperial mandate is of no use. The deterrent effect of imperial power is far less than the actual jurisdiction of the bureaucratic gentry, and the country has no money. Reducing expenditure is a drop in the bucket. Open source is tantamount to helping the bureaucratic gentry group to open source. Reuse eunuchs. Eunuchs cooperate more with bureaucrats and gentry, and the country has even less money. Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong must not be used! Put the bureaucrats, gentry, eunuchs and generals who are celebrating the country's death into key positions. Promise huge profits again and put the foreign devils to use. Slowly cultivate "capitalists" and the working class that the bureaucratic gentry group does not pay much attention to. Cultivate good successors and engage in a protracted war. Focusing on the European mathematics, physics and chemistry civilization, slowly revising the traditional Chinese liberal arts civilization. Chongzhen's son still has a chance.

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It's still a matter of title. This is a common problem in historical novels! There is also the fact that there were no memorials in the Ming Dynasty. Documents submitted by Ming Dynasty officials were collectively called memorials. 😅

First of all, Wang Chengen was selected by the inner court after Chongzhen became emperor. Secondly, check the military pay that Liao Xiang and Mao Wenlong officially received (assuming how much military pay was actually allocated without official corruption), you will find that Mao Wenlong's military pay is even one-tenth of Liao Xiang's. It's not like comparing balls) By the way, check the relationship between Ming Dynasty and North Korea and North Korea and Qing Dynasty since the Battle of Saarhu. By the way, let's talk about the origins and interpersonal relationships of Apocalypse, Chongzhen's Queen, Zhang Queen, and Zhou Queen. You will find it very interesting.

Well written🙂

Except for some minor flaws, it's not a big problem and it's still okay.

The writing was okay, but I felt that the dialogue between the emperor and his ministers was like a discussion, without the dignity of the emperor, and the dialogue was too straightforward.

A position similar to a political commissar should be set up in a department from the grassroots to the top to be responsible for war construction. Why does a soldier fight?

Tomorrow, hey, who is to blame? It can only be said that Zhu Yuanzhang is to blame. His policies caused the Ming Dynasty to be short of money. Because the Song Dynasty valued business, its annual income was several times that of the Ming Dynasty when it was poorest. If Chongzhen's income was three times more than that of the Ming Dynasty, he would be able to change his destiny.

The author made the navy of the Zheng family too weak. The Galen warship was not a floating Gundam. The Zheng family at that time was also a naval force.

When the Ming Dynasty was established in 1368, years of wars had led to desolation of the land, a sharp decline in population, and a serious lack of social productivity. Recuperation and recuperation were a must-have national policy. In 1371, Ming Taizu issued the "Sea Ban", which prohibited all Chinese ships from going to sea and severely punished private traders and ship owners. In 1374, the Baobao Promotion Department was established, and the Ming Dynasty Baobao was officially issued the following year. Initially, it was put on the market through financial channels such as salary and military pay, and the paper currency standard was enforced. Private minting of copper coins was severely cracked down on, and the circulation of gold and silver was prohibited. (Since the imperial court banned the circulation of gold and silver, where did the gold and silver circulating among the people come from? It is obvious that precious metals such as gold and silver have not required state power to give them credit value since ancient times. After border smuggling in the past dynasties and the trade development of the land and maritime Silk Road, bureaucratic capital and private tycoon families accumulated a large amount of hard currency gold, silver and copper. Since the Song Dynasty, a large amount of precious metals in society have been no longer in the hands of the imperial court, and the newly established Ming Dynasty had almost no gold and silver reserves. , In order to maintain the operation of the country, continuous financial expenditure is required. If the direct use of precious metals as national currency is tantamount to the country voluntarily giving up its monetary sovereignty, the court will be an empty frame and exist in name only. If paper money is forced to be used as national currency without reserves, the country will still be destroyed even if the national credit overdraft is clean) In 1381, Ming Taizu further strengthened the sea ban policy and issued the "Da Ming Hui Dian", which required all merchant ships to go to sea with government approval. (While prohibiting private overseas trade, the tribute trade system was used to establish maritime trade monopolized by the central royal power. Earning overseas gold and silver provided credit support for the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes. Hedging bureaucratic capital and private capital used hoarded precious metals to seize the country's monetary sovereignty. All foreign trade was settled with treasure banknotes. The Ming Dynasty purchased precious wood and spices. , Foreign luxury goods, foreign trade silk, porcelain, iron pots, prices were all set by the Ming Dynasty) In 1402, Emperor Yongle ascended the throne. In addition to continuing to maintain Zhu Yuanzhang's national policy, he also sent Zheng He on seven voyages to the West from 1405 to 1433 (expanding trade routes, destroying pirates and escorting merchant ships, and monitoring private smuggling). Zhu Yuanzhang established the rules of living for the people when he founded the country, and set the tax rate at a very low level. Emperor Yongle was able to move the capital to Beijing, build the Forbidden City, build the Ming Tombs, conduct five expeditions to Mobei, conduct an expedition to Vietnam, repair the Great Wall, and dredge the North-South Grand Canal. Compiling the Yongle Canon, any of the above items would be enough for the whole court and the public (such as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty), but if the Yongle Dynasty did all these things, then he must have the money to do these things, and where does this money come from? It can only be the Western trade. It is easy to earn, otherwise there is no way to explain the national finances (all the vassal states at that time accepted the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes. Zheng He used such depreciating banknotes to exchange for a large amount of gold, silver and various physical objects. The Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes can be printed as much as they want, and the Ming Dynasty does not need to worry Regarding the issue of inflation, Zheng He sold high and bought low. Ming historians estimate that Zheng He made seven voyages to the West and earned 720,000 taels of gold and 12.76 Million taels of silver. This is the total income. At the same time, he spent a total of 6 million taels of silver on the seven voyages. The total cost was that when Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen became emperor, there were still 2.4 Million taels of silver in the treasury) In 1435, Ming Xuanzong died at the age of 37, and Ming Yingzong, who was only 8 years old, succeeded to the throne. Amid the cry of "wasting people, hurting money, and not beneficial to the national economy", all data and information related to the maritime trade in the Western Sea and the maritime fleet were basically sealed or destroyed, causing the central finance of the Ming Dynasty to shrink significantly. Even with the support of the wealth accumulated in previous maritime trade, the national credit of the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes began to gradually decline and depreciate. (From the epitaph of Guo Yan, we can learn that he was ordered to supervise the construction of 120 "Xiaban sea ships" in the eighth year of Zhengtong (1443) of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, and was appointed as the "general coordinator of the eight prefectures". Due to his good supervision, "the military and the people benefited from it". After the completion, "tens of thousands of military and civilian officials from the eight prefectures came to the mansion to express their thanks." This confirms Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty was preparing to restart the national plan for the Western Ocean trade. After the ship was built, it was first put on hold due to the civil uprising, and then the Tumubao Incident occurred in 1449. In 1457, just a few months after the restoration of the Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, he wanted to start the Western Ocean trade plan again. Zhang Zhao objected on the grounds of needing disaster relief. In order to provide relief to the former. Let him clean up the mess and sail to the West. By the Chenghua period in 1464, Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Jianshen ordered the Ministry of War to search for archives of Zheng He's voyages to the West, but found that the relevant documents (including charts) were missing, and Liu Daxia, an official of the Ministry of War at the time, was accused of hiding or destroying them. Archives, since then the imperial court has completely lost the ability to return to the Western Ocean) In 1567, Longqing Emperor Zhu Zaijing was forced to shut down the business due to the increasing national financial deficit. Bureaucratic capital and private capital began to encroach on the maritime trade that was originally a monopoly of state-owned enterprises in the Ming Dynasty. With the massive inflow of wealth and silver, most of the tax revenue went into the hands of bureaucratic capital and private capital, except for the imperial court. The amount of silver in private circulation also increased massively, and the monetary sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty was gradually being eroded. Longqing Emperor Zhu Zaijing was an adult and knew the stakes. Silver must not be allowed to become the legal currency of the Ming Dynasty. However, this was the last step for bureaucratic capital and private capital plutocrats to steal the monetary sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty. From the death of Ming Xuanzong at the age of 37 to the ascension of Emperor Longqing to the throne, it was 1 In 31 years, it was 132 years before Emperor Longqing switched on and off. How could the century-old plan of bureaucratic capital and private capital plutocrats stop progressing and fall short? Therefore, Emperor Longqing had to die in 1572, five years after the switch, in pursuit of beauty and lust, in order to ensure that Emperor Wanli, who was only 10 years old, ascended the throne. In 1581, Zhang Juzheng promoted a whip law to abolish treasure banknotes and use silver as the national currency. As a result, the country lost its monetary sovereignty, and its economic lifeline gradually fell into the hands of bureaucratic interest groups, Jiangnan gentry and maritime merchants who controlled large amounts of gold and silver. They emptied the country's wealth and got rid of the control of the central royal power. After Zhang Juzheng's death, Emperor Wanli liquidated him on charges of "authoritarianism and chaos in government", deprived him of his title and ransacked his home. Wanli once ordered "dissection of coffins and slaughter of corpses", intending to dig graves and whip corpses to vent his anger. However, due to the strong persuasion of officials such as Chief Assistant Shen Shixing, this was not actually implemented. In the Chongzhen period, there were no eunuchs to check and balance, and Chongzhen could only borrow money from ministers to pay the army, until the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the collaborator selected by the capital tycoons, entered the customs in 1644 (I just want to be the wife of the county magistrate, I don't care who is the county magistrate, this is the fundamental reason why the Song and Ming Dynasties fell from the world twice). By 1662, the Southern Ming Dynasty fell, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty began a 295-year dark rule.