In November of the seventh year of Tianqi, East Factory Governor Wei Zhongxian was forced to go to the forefront by Chongzhen Emperor. Before his death, Wei Zhongxian said a sentence to warn Emperor Chongzhen.
However, Emperor Chongzhen had just ascended the throne and was not familiar with the government affairs and did not understand the meaning of this sentence. The ministers next to him understood but did not say it.
Later some people thought that The reason why the Ming Dynasty perished was because Emperor Chongzhen did not obey Wei Zhongxian's words. So what does this passage mean? If Emperor Chongzhen followed Wei Zhongxian's advice, would the Ming Dynasty really not have perished?
Eunuch Wei Zhongxian was in power
Although he could earn a lot of money, because he was addicted to gambling and alcohol, he soon lost all his money and owed a lot of debts. Wei Zhongxian, who had no money to repay, was forced to ask for the debt every day by his creditor. He went to the palace to be a eunuch at a desperate situation, and since then he started his "career".
Wei Zhongxian has been in the market since he was a child and is very good at observing words and flattery. After entering the palace, he was even more like a fish in water. He soon won the favor of the eunuch Wei Chao and recommended it to Wang Cairen, the mother of the emperor Changsun.
Wei Zhongxian entered Wang Cairen's palace and got the opportunity to take care of the emperor's Changsun Zhu Youxiao , and thus met Zhu Youxiao's wet nurse Keshi.
At this time, Kishi was the match between the eunuch Wei Chao, but because the Wei Dynasty was busy with affairs, Keshi seduced Wei Zhongxian, and the two secretly got together.
With the secret help of Keshi, Wei Zhongxian quickly gained the trust of Wang Cairen, and the young emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Youxiao was gradually controlled by Wei Zhongxian and Keshi, which led to the tragedy of the eunuch's dictatorship later.
Wanli Forty-eight years, Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun , who had been addicted to alcohol and sex for a long time and took the immortal pill, died. The crown prince Zhu Changluo succeeded to the throne, and Zhu Changluo's father was even worse than that, because the red pill presented by Concubine Zheng was eventually killed.
Results Zhu Changluo died of illness less than a month after becoming emperor, and the eldest grandson of the emperor Zhu succeeded to the throne with the throne of the sect. Taichang . Zhu Youxiao was only 16 years old when he succeeded to the throne. He was young and did not change his affairs. After he became the throne, he was bewitched by Keshi and appointed him as the Fengshen Lady and his son as the Hou Guoxing .
Wei Zhongxian was also promoted to Si Lijian Bingbie eunuch, and his brother was also enthroned as the Jinyiwei Qianhu. Soon after, Wei Zhongxian began to rule out dissidents who falsely passed the imperial edict and sent the Wei Dynasty to Fengyang to never return to the capital.
With all the eunuchs from other factions being removed, Wei Zhongxian completely controlled the power of the palace. It is said among the people that only Zhongxian in the palace is known not to have emperor.
Ming Xizong married the Empress Zhang in the second year of his succession. Queen Zhang has a status as bad as Keshi in the palace, and everything must be controlled by Keshi.
Keshi lives in Xian'an Palace. She is treated like the Empress Dowager, and the Empress and her concubines need to pay their respects three times a day. Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty also allowed Keshi to take over the power of the harem. The ministers in the court wrote a letter to advise the emperor to expel Keshi from the palace and let him retire and return home, and hand over the matter of taking charge of the harem to the queen.
However, Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty insisted on keeping Keshi by his side. He could not leave Keshi. He had to cook delicious food himself every day before he could eat. He could be said to be obedient to Keshi's words.
Keshi is well aware of the preferences of Emperor Xizong of Ming. Not only does he take care of his diet and daily life, he dressed up in daily life and accompanied Emperor Xizong of Ming to enjoy the flowers in the imperial garden.
Because he was afraid of the wet nurse fever, Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty also rebuilt Xian'an Palace and built a large pergola in the palace to escape the heat of Keshi.
If Keshi enjoys wealth and wealth, it would be considered peaceful to control the harem, but Wei Zhongxian and Keshi's ambitions are not limited to this. What they want is to control the imperial power and power, which will lead to the disaster of the eunuch party later.
Nine Thousand Years in power in the court and the opposition
Wei Zhongxian and Keshi constantly attracted court officials and arranged their own party members to enter the court. At the instruction of Wei Zhongxian, Keshi also requested the emperor to allow him to go to court to rule the country from behind the curtain, and all the opposing officials were eliminated by Wei Zhongxian.
So there was the most vivid scene in history. The emperor's wet nurse not only went to court to follow the government, but officials were even more humble and flattering when they saw Keshi than when they saw the emperor. Keshi was vicious and was very afraid of the newly-entered concubines and beautiful girls, for fear that someone would be favored by the emperor.
Wei Zhongxian gave advice. The concubines in the palace are usually noble by their mothers. As long as no one can give birth to children, they will not be fully favored by Emperor Xizong of Ming.
So the two began the plan, but any pregnant concubine could not escape the poison. She was either poisoned to the offspring when she was pregnant, or died soon after the child was born.
Some concubines were favored by Emperor Xizong of Ming because of their gorgeous appearance, and they were also found by Keshi to imprison and starve to death in the palace. For example, Queen Zhang became pregnant in the third year of Tianqi. Because her back pain was always there, Keshi found a massage master for her.
This massage master has long been bribed by Wei Zhongxian. He secretly administered medicine, which not only caused Queen Zhang to give birth to a stillbirth, but also could no longer have children.
Wei Zhongxian also adopted several adopted daughters from outside the palace and presented them to Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty to give birth to children for the emperor as a puppet to cultivate them later.
However, all the children born to these raised girls died early, which made the two of their wishful thinking fail. Later, Wei Zhongxian introduced alchemy sorcerers to Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty, making the young emperor obsessed with the art of immortality.
Ming Xizong took a large amount of elixirs with excessive lead content and his body was damaged. After being the emperor for seven years, he died. Because he had no descendants, he was transferred to the fifth brother Zhu Youjian .
Zhu Youxiao was dying, and he once asked Zhu Youjian to trust and reuse Wei Zhongxian to help him create a prosperous era.
Zhu Youjian agreed on the surface but did not agree in his heart. He hated Wei Zhongxian's sect's eunuch party. He believed that the reason why the court was in chaos was all done by Wei Zhongxian and Keshi.
What's more, Wei Zhongxian framed Zhu Youjian repeatedly and separated from their brotherhood. The conflict between them was already incompatible.
After the death of Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian planned to become independent and brought a child from outside the palace to lie that it was the palace maid who was born to Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty. He could not convince the public and wanted to threaten Empress Zhang to commit fraud.
Queen Zhang refused righteously and sternly, making Wei Zhongxian fail to succeed, and this matter made Zhu Youjian hate him very much. In order to save the decline of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian's first thing after he succeeded to the throne was to clean up the court and eliminate the treacherous.
In the court, Wei Zhongxian's gangsters were basically the same. To capture the thief, he must first eliminate Wei Zhongxian. Zhu Youjian counted the ten major crimes of Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian knew that the situation was hopeless, so he asked Zhu Youjian to let himself retire and return home for his sake for his many years of serving Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youjian approved Wei Zhongxian's request, but Wei Zhongxian was unaware of restraint and led a large number of followers and confidants out of the capital, including countless enclosed soldiers. Zhu Youjian was afraid that Wei Zhongxian would have another trouble. After all, he had a deep influence after seven years of being rooted in the court, so he sent someone to capture Wei Zhongxian.
However, Wei Zhongxian was afraid that life would be worse than death after returning, so he chose to commit suicide on the way. Perhaps it was because of his conscience that he said something before his death:
"Don't appoint Donglin Party people. They can only use pens and criticize the government, and have no real talent and knowledge. If the Donglin Party members were allowed to control the government, the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed."
However, Emperor Chongzhen did not understand Wei Zhongxian's heartfelt words. In his opinion, Wei Zhongxian might want to bring the Donglin Party members into the water before he died. After all, the Donglin Party and him are mortal enemies.
Both parties have been fighting for many years, Donglin Party members accused Wei Zhongxian of controlling the government. Wei Zhongxian also fabricated and slandered the Donglin Party members, allowing Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty to issue an order to burn the academies across the country, and once suppressed the Donglin Party that could not turn over.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen would not stay away from the Donglin Party members because of Wei Zhongxian's words. Even if he understood, he might not believe what Wei Zhongxian said. After all, a treacherous villain could say what the country could govern.
The ministers who followed Emperor Chongzhen heard it. He knew the Donglin Party better than the emperor and knew the profound meaning of Wei Zhongxian. However, this person dared not speak nonsense. After all, Zhu Youjian looked down on the Donglin Party very much, but the fact made Wei Zhongxian right.
The king of the country that the fallen king of Chongzhen
The king of the country Chongzhen
As soon as Wei Zhongxian died, Zhu Youjian cleared the court and dismissed more than 200 officials from Wei Zhongxian's faction. The Donglin Party members took advantage of this opportunity to rise and quickly occupied a place in the court and became an existence that could fight against the imperial power.
Donglin Party members were originally composed of officials from a generation of merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They had the wisdom of merchants who valued selfish interests and neglected national interests. In their eyes, the country's righteousness was not as good as selfish interests. Important.
In order to protect the interests of merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, officials from the Donglin faction suggested that Zhu Youjian reform, reduce and exempt overseas trade tax, tea tax, salt tax, mining tax, etc., so that merchants can get more benefits.
The treasury deficit building will collapse at the end of the Ming Dynasty. After reducing and exempting merchants from all aspects of taxes, the state finance will not be enough to cover the expenses, so they have to collect more Farmers are taxed.
Strict tax collectors make farmers unable to afford to plant fields. In order not to starve to death, the people sell their children, and the wives and children are dispersed. The people cannot survive, which intensifies social conflicts, and eventually forces the desperate farmers to start an uprising.
Even at this moment, the Donglin Party members still do not think it is Their fault instead criticized Zhu Youjian, the emperor for being incompetent and stubborn. The Donglin Party members had already controlled the court and would use their remarks to force Zhu Youjian to make decisions. Zhu Youjian was miserable.
In the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng led the peasant uprising army to the capital and approached the palace. Zhu Youjian asked the ministers what good strategies they had, but none of the Donglin Party members spoke.
Emperor Chongzhen knew that he was unable to turn the world back and would become the king of the Ming Dynasty's devastated country, so he turned to Meishan.
Zhu Youjian stood on the top of Meishan and looked at the capital of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, he remembered what Wei Zhongxian said before his death and understood the meaning. However, it was too late. He cried and shouted: "All the ministers misled me! "
After shouting, Zhu Youjian was preparing to hang himself in Coal Mountain to apologize, hoping that his death could bring people away from the rebels. Before his death, Zhu Youjian wandered under the tree and asked his ministers to follow him to die and sacrifice his life for his country.
However, these Donglin Party members did not die for their country. In the end, Zhu Youjian went to death alone and hanged himself. When Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he originally had the ambition to save the country, but in the end the demise of the Ming Dynasty was aggravated by the misuse of the Donglin Party.
No one restrained his body after his death. In the end, Li Zicheng buried him with a grand face and gave Zhu Youjian the last face. The Ming Dynasty ended, which is sad and lamentable. What do you think about this?
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