Ming Dynasty Yongzhi

In parallel time and space, it has been three months since Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian ascended the throne (early 1628 in the Gregorian calendar). He used thunderous means to clear away the eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian, but he did not usher in the smooth transition of his pro-government. The court fell into endless strife between the Donglin, Chu, and Zhejiang parties, and the government decrees went out of the Forbidden City like mud into the sea. The Queen of Liaodong looked at the emperor with eager eyes, and memorials for payment came like snowflakes; due to successive years of drought in Shaanxi and Gansu, the postmen rioted and bandits swarmed; but the silver treasury in Taicang was empty. —— Topic: Can the Ming Dynasty "live towards death"? Variables: a dream, a sage, a pillar. Method: Use the "Cross Guide" as a scalpel to dissect the empire.