
Control Wei Zhongxian at the Beginning and Copy Him for 100 Million First!
开局掌控魏忠贤,先抄他一个亿!
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At first I thought it was just a refreshing article, a little astringent, but as I read it it became smoother and smoother. This book does not have the sense of a brainless clown who wields a blunt knife but fails to hit the weak point and hits a critical blow, nor does it have the powerlessness to lay out intricate emotional relationships to create a sense of entanglement but cannot scratch the exciting point of history. But it moves precisely like a scalpel, and the smoother the unbuttoning is, the smoother the plot will be. When everything is connected in series, I am even more surprised by the seemingly ordinary dissection skills of the first knife, which has already opened up the best intraoperative vision. Then the buttons are unbuttoned, and readers can watch the beauty reveal herself on the viewing platform with the best view.
In fact, the writing is quite good, but the addition of some company professional terms seems very strange, and it seems that the sense of separation is too strong. For example, in your last morning meeting, you wrote a paragraph about either the quarterly report or the company culture. Wouldn't words like chief officer look very strange in the court? 😥
What can I say about this novel? Suitable for free viewing. No one talks about drinking water freely because it costs nothing. But it's really uncomfortable to spend money on water all the time. Of course I only read 40 chapters. Because I will most likely not spend money to read it. The subject matter of this book is quite novel, and it is good to change it from the perspective of modern economics. But the water is really good. Each chapter has a long paragraph describing the scenery, people, and things, which makes me feel like I'm really losing money.
Is this an extraterrestrial devil or a trumpet of a great god? Isn't this right?
Don't vote monthly. What are you waiting for? This emperor was a general practitioner who was both internally and externally retired. The Ming Dynasty, which was buried up to his neck in the world of specialists, liked the author's detailed descriptions of each character.
And the Western missionaries, science and technology all came from the West, right? At the end of the Ming Dynasty, technology was weaker than in the West, right? Thousands of years of civilization, with a large number of people and a production-oriented civilization. No matter how we use moral articles to evaluate officials, how can we not have our own science and technology? Practical science and technology can help production (peasants, craftsmen, merchants), and non-practical science and technology research can also "edify sentiments" (mostly scholar-officials who do not support production) What was there in the West at that time? Was it that the West valued production more than China? (Pirate civilization emphasizes plundering but not production). Are Western aristocrats and priests more enlightened than Chinese literati and prefer to "cultivate their sentiments" through the study of science and technology? Too many authors of historical novels strive to be Western mouthpieces emphasizing the "bringing of science and technology to the West"; too many novels of the late Ming Dynasty praise the enlightenment of traitors and Western missionaries like Xu Guangqi
Just read this book without thinking too much.
There is a big problem
At the beginning, there was no power, but Wei Zhongxian was nakedly exploited and everything was settled. Aren't you afraid that he would die of drowning the next day and then change the emperor or something? Do you think that relying on the title of emperor to suppress people like Wei Zhongxian is natural?
There are too many problems in the Ming Dynasty, including those Zong children. Wei Zhongxian's words are actually a knife, but this knife needs to be sharpened.
The setting is relatively novel, which is the type of setting I prefer... But there is a power loophole. Why should others listen to you and then implement it once you become the emperor? Doesn't that mean that anyone can be secretary or governor as long as you dare to appoint someone... Have you ever been the lowest team leader in the company? You want them to deliver results and hold meetings every day, but it just doesn't work!
Seeing that the eight major locust dealers confiscated more than three million taels of property, the protagonist was shaken and wanted to laugh after hearing this! Is this more than just hiding the silver winter melon and feeding the dog to a random family who looks down on anyone?
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so soluble in water that he almost became an identification tool for the blind.
As for the statement that "the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are easily soluble in water", it is essentially an internet meme and ridicule, not a serious historical inference. Its core content - implying that the emperor was assassinated by a group of civil servants - is a conspiracy theory that lacks reliable historical data support and can be regarded as "rumor making" or at least "over-interpretation and joking". ** We can analyze it from the following aspects: ### 1. The origin and essence of the "easily soluble in water" meme This meme mainly originated from the accidental drowning of two young emperors in the Ming Dynasty: * **Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao (Emperor Zhengde)**: In the fifteenth year of Zhengde (1520), he fell into the water while boating and fishing in Qingjiangpu. He was not accustomed to water. After being rescued, he was frightened and his health deteriorated rapidly. He died of illness a few months later at the age of 31. * **Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao (Emperor Tianqi)**: In the seventh year of Tianqi (1627), while taking a boat trip in Xiyuan, he fell into the water due to a "boat capsize". After returning to the palace, her condition worsened and she died soon after at the age of 23. Both these two emperors accidentally fell into the water while playing and died soon after. The coincidence of the timing of "falling into the water" and "died young", as well as the "zhao" (next to the word for fire) and "xiao" (next to the word for wood, wood in the five elements) in their names were jokingly linked to the periodic table of chemical elements by netizens, thus deriving Internet buzzwords such as "easily soluble in water" and "afraid of fire". **This is purely a humorous association made by later generations based on coincidence and name. The purpose is to ridicule and is not a historical conclusion. ** ### 2. Is the inference of "assassinated by a civilian group" reasonable? Attributing the emperor's accidental or illness death to the assassination of the civil servant group is very unreasonable, lacks historical basis, and is a typical conspiracy theory. ** * **Motives are not proportional to risks**: As analyzed in the data [2], a civil servant who can plan and execute the assassination of the emperor must be a very humane minister (such as the chief minister of the cabinet). They are already at the top of the power pyramid, and the risk of assassinating the emperor is the annihilation of the "Yi Tribe". After the new emperor ascends the throne, "one emperor and one courtier", they cannot guarantee their status and safety at all, but are very likely to be liquidated by the new emperor. It is crazy and irrational for any mature politician to gamble his life and the life of his entire family for an uncertain future. * **Technically extremely difficult**: The emperor of the Ming Dynasty had a strict security system around him, especially the factory guard (Dongchang, Jinyiwei) system directly controlled by the emperor. One of its responsibilities was to monitor officials and protect the palace. It would be difficult for a civil service group to infiltrate the emperor's bodyguards and eunuchs to carry out assassinations without being detected. The information [2] also clearly points out that "the factory security system of the Ming Dynasty ensured that there was no possibility of civilian intervention in the inner court." * **Specific case analysis is untenable**: * **Zhu Houzhao**: The cause of his death, historical records are clear, was complications such as pneumonia after falling into the water and being frightened. He himself lived a debauched and overindulgent life, and his body had long been hollowed out. Falling into the water was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Although some conspiracy theorists (as mentioned in the information [1]) believe that he wanted to take back military power and offend civilian officials, this is purely conjecture without any evidence. Information [4] also pointed out that the powerful official Yang Tinghe was Zhu Houzhao's teacher at that time, and his power completely relied on the emperor's trust. He wished that the emperor would live a long life. * **Zhu Youxiao**: The cause of his death had nothing to do with civil servants. He had been taking "elixirs" (such as "Linglu Drink") donated by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian for a long time, which resulted in heavy metal poisoning and made his body extremely weak. The drowning incident only hastened his death. The information[4] clearly pointed out that Zhu Youxiao's death was of no benefit to Wei Zhongxian, who was in power at the time. Wei Zhongxian was the person who wanted him alive the most. ### 3. The true relationship between the emperor and the civil servant group The relationship between the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the civil servant group was indeed complex and full of tension, but this was mainly reflected in political struggles, policy games and power checks and balances, rather than life-and-death physical elimination. * The emperor checked and balanced the civil servant group by establishing a cabinet and reusing eunuchs (such as Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, and Wei Zhongxian). * The civil servant group influenced and restricted the imperial power by advising officials, court discussions, and even "death remonstrances". * This kind of struggle is institutional and open, and is part of the operation of the political system of the Ming Dynasty. Although when the struggle was fierce, officials could be imprisoned, imprisoned, or even executed, the emperor was directly assassinated by civilian officials, which was unimaginable in the political logic and practical operations of the Ming Dynasty. **Conclusion:** "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is easily soluble in water" is a humorous meme based on historical coincidence and Internet culture. You can make fun of it easily, but don't take it seriously. The conspiracy theory that extends it to "a civilian group assassinating the emperor" is completely untenable, lacking any reliable historical evidence, and cannot withstand scrutiny in terms of motives, risks, and operational feasibility. This statement is more of modern people's joking and imagining of history. It is more accurate to regard it as "rumor making" or "nonsense". Historical research should be based on rigorous historical data and logical analysis, rather than catchy Internet jokes.
Brain storage, I have no brain!
Without thinking about historical issues, I read the whole article and just want to say, where is the update? Writing so slowly? Let Dongchang, Xichang, and Jinyiwei come to talk to you, okay? In the Shaanxi chapter, whether it is an imperial edict to accuse oneself or a letter to the Ming Dynasty's subjects, I think there is nothing wrong with it from the perspective of the upper and lower levels. At least I had an intracranial climax when I watched it. Maybe it was because I was too violent. Kill, kill and create a bright world!
Have you ever been Chongzhen? Take it for granted.
What mistakes are easy to make in historical novels❓ Before the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was not called "Emperor", the Song Dynasty mostly called him "Guan Jia", and other dynasties often called him "Your Majesty". The Ming Dynasty began to occasionally call the emperor "Your Majesty", and in most cases he called the emperor "Your Majesty". After Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, people began to be generally called "Emperor". Princes and princes call themselves: Princes in the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties can be called "Gu", and a few can be called "Ignores". After the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the title of "Ignores" gradually became exclusive to the emperor, and princes, princes and princes can only be called "Gu" or "I". Song, Yuan and Ming called themselves "I" or "I". Before the Qing Dynasty, princes and princes rarely called themselves "this king". Starting from the Kangxi year of the Qing Dynasty, princes generally called themselves "this king". In ancient times, women called themselves: "nujia" was a modest name for women after the Song Dynasty. Women in the Han and Tang Dynasties more often called themselves "concubine", and noble women could call themselves "I" and "I". Before the mid-Ming Dynasty, most dynasties used copper coins for daily transactions, with very little gold and silver. It was only in the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty that silver became the mainstream currency. -In the late Ming Dynasty, "meeting votes/deposit checks" appeared among the people. There were no unified rules. Most of them were deposits and withdrawals/exchange receipts from acquaintances or local circulation, and were not legal currency. In the early years of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1823): Rishengchang Bank was established, and private banks began to issue standardized banknotes, focusing on cross-regional exchange. They were only circulated in Shanxi merchant trade circles and major commercial ports, and were not yet popular. In the third year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1853): the official issued the Ministry of Revenue official banknotes (official banknotes), which were forced to circulate nationwide. At the same time, the network of private banknotes expanded to the whole country, and official and private banknotes ran parallel. The use of banknotes entered an explosive period and became the "starting point of popularization." High-leg tables and chairs only completely replaced the low tables for sitting on the floor in the Song Dynasty. During the Han and Tang dynasties, people knelt and sat on the tables to eat and discuss matters. The furniture was mainly low tables and couches. The memorial system was only established during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Officials in the Tang and Song Dynasties used "memorials", "tables" and "statements" when submitting memorials, while in the Ming Dynasty they used "memorials" and "memorials". There is no such thing as "memo" or "zhezi". In ancient formal occasions, the hand-over gesture was performed with the left hand outside and the right hand inside. The right hand outside was a special "unlucky gift" for funerals. "Better greetings" is a unique etiquette of the Qing Dynasty. It was mostly used by subordinates to superiors and juniors to elders. During the Tang and Song dynasties, people often performed cross-hand salutes and bows to greet greetings when they met, and there was no such thing as "sending greetings". Before the Yuan Dynasty, lower-level officials rarely called superior officials "adult". In some dynasties, subordinates called eunuchs "adult", and in some dynasties, they called their parents and elders "adult". Beginning in the Yuan Dynasty, lower-level officials would occasionally call officials of second-rank and above "sir". From the middle and late Ming Dynasty, only officials of third-rank and above would be called "sir" by their subordinates. Officials with lower ranks could not be called "sir". However, in the late Ming Dynasty, there began to appear a few cases where officials above the fourth rank were called "adult". Before the mid-Qing Dynasty, following the rules of the Ming Dynasty, only officials of third rank or above would be called "adult". Starting from the mid-Qing Dynasty, calling officials "adult" gradually became common for lower-level officials. Attention! ! ! What is mentioned above is that lower-level officials refer to higher-level officials. No matter which dynasty, it is absolutely impossible for higher-level officials to call lower-level officials "sir". Some novels even write about emperors or nobles calling other officials "sir". This is simply contrary to Tiangang! ! ! Finally, let's talk about the problem of civilians calling officials Before the middle and late Qing Dynasty, civilians in various dynasties and generations called officials differently, and most of them called them "officials" and "masters". From the middle to late Qing Dynasty, civilians also called officials "adult". {"NickName":"Supervision and Restriction","UserId":406440657}
The situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty was that the court had no money and no food, and local disasters occurred frequently, resulting in local harvest shortages. Therefore, many places could not buy food even if they had money.
How can the protagonist ensure that after his death, China will be the first to enter the technological revolution, instead of being invaded by other countries that are the first to enter the technological revolution? The absolute monarchy forms a fundamental restriction on the independent scientific and technological revolution. The monopoly of power stifles institutional innovation. The monarchy builds social order with imperial power as the core. The world is the absolute rule of the royal land. Under this system, policy formulation relies on the emperor's personal cognition, social innovation is constrained, and the intellectual class is reduced to a vassal of the imperial power. I think the only way is for the protagonist to implement the constitutional monarchy before his death. If the protagonist wants his descendants to have long-term peace and stability, he must implement Britain's early mixed constitutional monarchy. The British constitutional monarchy is an important starting point for modern political civilization. Its core concepts, such as the rule of law, checks and balances of power, and parliamentary sovereignty, have been widely inherited by countries around the world. British institutional innovation has shaped the political landscape of the modern world. From the period after the Glorious Revolution to the 18th century, Britain showed the dual characteristics of separation of powers between the monarch and parliament. This check and balance of power in the transitional stage laid the foundation for the modern parliamentary constitutional monarchy, and finally completed the transformation to parliamentary sovereignty through the establishment of the responsible cabinet system. The protagonist should not implement Britain's late mature constitutional monarchy or other republican systems at the beginning. A phased and gradual strategy should be adopted, and the protagonist must gradually implement a mixed constitutional monarchy within no more than 60 years. History has proven that any reform that cannot complete the restructuring of power within three generations will eventually return to the old order. {"NickName":"Supervision and Restriction","UserId":406440657}
Wei Zhongxian can be killed, but those left behind by the previous dynasty may not necessarily be obedient The key is to have your own Wei Zhongxian
Ming Dynasty loving father
The author's top priority is to change the title of the novel to "The Loving Father of the Ming Dynasty"
I think those who travel back in time to become an emperor must first understand one question: why are you an emperor? Why is this emperor not Zhang Sanlisi on the roadside? Why is he not the general who leads the most troops? Why is he not the most prestigious Confucian? Because the previous emperor passed the throne to you, others will recognize it. But why would they recognize it? How do they recognize this system? Because "ritual" is a worthless "ritual" in the eyes of the protagonist, when the protagonist cuts the knife at "ritual", he is actually slashing at himself.
When the Ming Dynasty reached the stage of Chongzhen, the civil service system could no longer be trusted.
The author's idea is correct, that is, kill with one word, kill with two words, and kill with three words. Political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The emperor must have his own direct armed forces. The emperor must initiate the revolution and create a bright future. Only in this way can his words be useful. Otherwise, the civil servants will take you for granted. Some people are not clear-headed and do not understand at all. If what the emperor says does not work, how can we reform it and change it? Only by completely getting rid of the shackles of civil servants can we overthrow the old order and introduce a new one!
As soon as he ascended the throne at the beginning, he completed the elimination of Horqin in one year, and prepared to eliminate the wild boar skin in the second year. Among the unsystematic Ming Dynasty novels, it is the fastest progress I have ever seen.
Why didn't you see the purge missionaries? In particular, those missionaries have always been thinking about the Yongle Ceremony, and how many Chinese technical books Xu Guangqi, a traitor lackey, translated for the missionaries, and the fireship designed by Wang He went away, which was the prototype of the steam engine. In the end, the technology was stolen by the British missionaries, and the steam engine was born.
After reading three chapters, I have questions.
The throne was unstable when Zhu Youjian ascended the throne. At that time, Wei Zhongxian had the power to depose the emperor and choose an emperor, so he spared no effort to appease Wei Zhongxian when he ascended the throne. Because he knew that once he showed hostility, his throne would be unstable. Therefore, becoming an emperor does not mean that you have supreme power. Throughout the ages, many weak emperors ascended the throne and ended up because they could not get powerful officials. Therefore, the logic of intimidating Wei Zhongxian in the first three chapters does not hold water. Secondly, the protagonist asks Wei Zhongxian to directly attack his party members, which is even less politically conscious. If a party leader cannot keep his party members, the party members will immediately return to the enemy camp, not to mention that they are all corrupt officials who will not accept them. They all hold real power, and the Donglin Party is eager to get their rights. In the face of interests, the Donglin Party has no lower limit. Party members have power only in Wei Zhongxian, because he can bring benefits to the party members, so the party members unite around him. On the contrary, without the party members, Wei Zhongxian will be nothing but a bad old man. You wait for the emperor to support him. I'm sorry, if the emperor has this power, why does he still look for Wei Zhongxian?
The emperor was bold in killing, and the Ming Dynasty was brilliant
I would like to call this book the first refreshing book of Ming Dynasty. I am not very good at history and I don't understand military affairs or people's livelihood, but I really enjoyed reading this book. It is also possible to replace the boar skin with a small one!
Damn, this book is so fresh, I can't stop reading it.
Author; In addition to the clan, the country does not need hereditary nobles
Whatever the reason, the country does not need hereditary nobility
Why would you rebel against a powerless emperor?
1. Emergency response (0-3 months): Stabilize the core market 1. Financial hemostasis and rapid blood transfusion ● Accurate harvesting of vassal kings: In the name of "clan king Qin", the wealthy vassal kings such as King Fu and King Qin are forced to open a warehouse of 200,000 shi of grain, and Jin Yiwei is sent to on-site supervision. Those who refuse to pay are deposed of their titles and their homes are confiscated to get tens of millions of taels of silver. ● Eradicate Shanxi merchants who collaborated with the enemy: Confiscating the assets of Shanxi merchants on the charge of "collaboration with the enemy and treason" can not only cut off the supply lines of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also obtain tens of millions of taels of silver. ● Food blitz: The daily ration of the Beijing defenders was changed to 3 kilograms of fresh sweet potatoes (originally 1 kilogram of rice). The rice saved can feed 50,000 more refugees. At the same time, hundreds of deep cellars were dug in the Changping Imperial Tomb District to store potatoes. 2. Three axes to control military power ● Night attack to seize the gate: On the pretext of testing new artillery, Cao Huachun was transferred to lead the eunuch army to take over the Xizhimen and Deshengmen gun positions. ● Replacement of Guan Ning's army: 200 flintlock guns were exchanged for 300 Wu Sangui's servants to enter the capital to form the "Yu Ma Jian New Camp". ● Nine-sided rate silver system: Xuanfu, Datong, and Jizhen's monthly rates were changed to 30% dried sweet potatoes (which are durable in storage and easy to transport). 3. Beijing Stability Maintenance Combination Boxing ● Briquette coal plan: Press and shape Xishan coal powder mixed with clay, and set up 10 government-run coal pavilions to sell coal at a flat price. ● Beggar Clan Recruitment Order: Street homeless people are classified as "scavengers" and can earn 2 kilograms of sweet potatoes from sweeping the streets every day. ● :, 2. Mid-term reform (4-12 months): Building a sustainable system 1. Fiscal failure: violent blood transfusion to the treasury ● Yanyin securitization: issuing bonds for the 30-year franchise of the Lianghuai salt field, which can raise 12 million taels of silver by the end of the 18th year of Chongzhen. ● The maritime ban is lifted: Zheng Zhilong is authorized to form an ocean-going caravan and levy a 20% trade tax. The navy's trade tax revenue can exceed 4 million taels. ● Clan reform: forcing the feudal lord to exchange land for national debt, reducing annual salary by 60%, and at the same time selling the confiscated lord's land to farmers at low prices to expand the tax base. 2. Military Iron Fist: Abandon false reputations and defend key points ● Abandon the outside of the customs and defend Shanhaiguan: Withdraw the troops stationed on the Ningjin Defense Line, concentrate resources to strengthen the defense of Shanhaiguan, and use red cannons to build a "Great Wall of Firepower." ● Rebuilding the Beijing Camp and the New Army: Recruiting refugees with the silver gained from confiscating their homes to form the "Emperor's Own Army", imitating Qi Jiguang's military training, and mixing firearms and cold weapons. ● Divide the peasant army: implement "suppression and appeasement" against Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's troops: high-profile recruitment of small groups of rebels, and heavy bounties on the leader's head. 3. Agricultural-military complex ● Tunpu chain store model: 36 government-run forts were built along the Eighth Route of Taihang, with standard equipment × 3 cellars, × 1 hydraulic forging hammer, and × 1 sweet potato slicing field. ● Special fields for military families: for every level of beheading of a soldier, the family members can receive 20 acres of "tax-free potato field" (only sweet potatoes are grown and no fish scale registration is required). ● Weapon dimensionality reduction strike: uniformly use oil paper to pack quantitative gunpowder (the charging time of the Hongyi cannon is shortened by 70%), and the four-wheel gun mount is designed to be disassembled. 3. Long-term strategy (1-3 years): Reshape the foundation of the Ming Dynasty 1. Rehearsal of moving the capital and strategic shift ● Secretly ordered the prince to go south to Jinling: Transport six documents to Nanjing in batches, and deploy Nanjing as the companion capital in advance to avoid the overall collapse when Beijing falls. ● Yangtze River natural insurance defense: Nanjing retains the complete six-ministry structure, owns the Yangtze River natural insurance, and accounts for 70% of the country's tax revenue, so it can form a new line of defense. ● Sea strategic passage: Chongzhen and his prince secretly boarded a sea ship and headed south via Tianjin (avoiding the Guanning Army defense zone to prevent Wu Sangui's rebellion). 2. Diplomatic mediation: strive for strategic buffer ● Temporary peace negotiation with Hou Jin: imitate the "Chanyuan Alliance" of the Northern Song Dynasty, exchange property for time, and open borders to mutual trade. ● Diversion of trouble to the east: Through Wu Sangui, he proposed to Huang Taiji a "joint bandit counterinsurgency" plan and opened Xifengkou to allow the Qing army to enter the pass to suppress the bandits. ● Secretly contact Mongolia: contact the remnants of Mongolian Lin Dan Khan and North Korea to contain the rear Jin Dynasty. 3. Economic revolution: Activate endogenous power ● Promote high-yield crops: Vigorously promote high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes to alleviate famine. ● Work-for-relief: Organize refugees to build water conservancy and roads, which not only provides employment but also improves infrastructure. ● Develop handicraft industry: Encourage the development of Jiangnan cotton textile industry and porcelain industry, and promote the employment relationship of "machine households contribute capital and machinists contribute efforts". 4. Key Decision-Making and Pitfall Guidelines 1. Avoid Chongzhen's Original Sin ● Avoid impatience: Accept that systemic crises cannot be solved quickly, small wins are easy, and defeats are inevitable. Establish a "core decision-making circle" (2-3 stable cabinet ministers). ● Learn to trade and compromise: Make strategic compromises with some non-core interest groups in exchange for their acquiescence or resource support for reforming the special zone. ● Reconstructing the information center: Immediately establish a "Strategic Intelligence and Analysis Bureau" directly under the emperor to provide comprehensive reports that eliminate party contention. 2. Historical traps that must be avoided ● Do not kill Yuan Chonghuan: Historically, the manslaughter of Yuan Chonghuan in the second year of Chongzhen (1629) led to the collapse of the Liaodong defense line, which should be retained to build the Guanning defense line. ● Don't move the capital blindly: Although moving the capital to Nanjing can protect the southern half of the Yangtze River, it needs to be planned in advance to avoid a hasty move southward that will cause the north to completely lose control. ● Don't be superstitious about "Anti-foreign forces must first pacify the domestic situation": Simply suppressing peasant uprisings will consume national power, and external defense must be taken into consideration at the same time. 3. Grasp the key time points ● The first year of Chongzhen: focus on rectifying officialdom, fight against corruption step by step, and prioritize the removal of huge corruption that affects the stability of the regime. ● The tenth year of Chongzhen: Key reforms were completed before the peasant army formed an alliance and the Later Jin Dynasty broke through the Songjin defense line. ● The seventeenth year of Chongzhen: If the situation is irreversible, he will decisively move south to Nanjing, follow the example of the Southern Song Dynasty, and continue the country for decades. 5. Realistic feasibility assessment Reminder of historical limitations: The crisis in the late Ming Dynasty is the inevitable product of institutional decline, shaken economic foundation, decline of military power, intensification of social conflicts and ideological changes. It cannot be saved by one person. Emperor Chongzhen tried to turn the tide, but his personal ability was not enough to reverse the overall trend. Success probability analysis: ● Best case scenario: If the above strategies can be implemented systematically, the demise of the Ming Dynasty can be delayed for 20-30 years, forming a Southern Song Dynasty-style partial peace pattern. ● The most likely outcome: financial problems are deep, natural disasters continue during the Little Ice Age, and the bureaucracy is completely corrupted. The probability of saving the Ming Dynasty is still slim.
To be honest, if the protagonist really wants to treat the imperial court as a corporate governance and have the efficiency of a modern enterprise, then all the emperors in the entire history of the world combined will not be as good as the protagonist.
Maybe it's because I've been playing too much in the AI tavern recently. . Why does it feel like it looks a bit like AI? 🤐