Seeing Zhu Youjian bowing to the coffin of Emperor Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian breathed a sigh of relief.

He grew from an unspoken eunuch to a powerful eunuch, and naturally had a pair of sarcastic visions.

Judging from Zhu Youjian's attitude towards the Apocalypse Emperor these days, if Zhu Youjian's acting skills did not reach the level of the Oscar-winning actor, Zhu Youjian's respect for the Apocalypse Emperor should be a true feeling from the heart.

"If Zhu Youjian really respected Emperor Tianqi so much, then he would not have purged the forces left by Emperor Tianqi. After all, the reason why Zhu Youjian was able to successfully take office was that Emperor Tianqi's will play a final role. Negating Emperor Tianqi will deny the legitimacy of his own ascending to the great treasure."

A glimmer of hope arose in Wei Zhongxian's heart, and it was not so difficult to accept Zhu Youjian's ascend to the throne to the emperor.

In fact, Zhu Youjian not only respects Emperor Tianqi, but also has deep shame. As mentioned in the previous article, Zhu Youjian thought that the relationship between him and Zhu Youjian was in the past and present lives, and the two were actually one. The mistakes made by Chongzhen in history were also his faults.

Thinking about Zhu Youjian in history, when Emperor Tianqi was dying, he left three last words for him, one was that "my brother should be Yao and Shun", the other was that "treat the emperor's sister-in-law" and the third was that "referring to Wei Zhongxian".

What's the result?

Zhu Youjian first forced Wei Zhongxian to death, and even opened a museum to kill the corpse before he could relieve his hatred. After seventeen years of struggle, Zhu Youjian still failed the expectations of Emperor Tianqi, lost the country of Ming Dynasty, and became the king of the country to destroy the country. Empress Zhang also died as the country collapsed, and hanged herself in the palace to commit suicide to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian did not do any of the three last words that Emperor Tianqi explained to Zhu Youjian before his death, so he naturally felt ashamed and embarrassed.

The ancients said that only by purging a coffin could the conclusion. Emperor Tianqi was mourned today, and the coffin was nailed to death. Zhu Youjian looked back on Tianqi's life and found that the Emperor Tianqi, who was criticized by historians as the carpenter emperor and Emperor Huangxi in history, had made no mistakes in the Ming Dynasty. Looking at the seven years of Emperor Tianqi's reign, he did many time travelers who had to applaud.

Many people blamed Tianqi for the destruction of the Ming Dynasty, saying that he trusted eunuchs, harmed loyal and kind, and ruined the Ming Dynasty, resulting in Chongzhen, who had the potential to revive, took over a mess, and finally turned the world back and became the king of the destruction.

But in fact, Tianqi was not a foolish monarch, and Wei Zhongxian was not that unbearable. This contribution to the monarch and ministers in the history of the Ming Dynasty was indelible.

What really ruined the country was not the eunuchs with physical defects and the emperors who used eunuchs, but those civil officials who were full of knowledge, especially the gentlemen of Donglin who claimed to be justice. They did not do things themselves and did not allow others to do things.

Since the end of Wanli, the civil servant group represented by the Donglin Party has been hyping up issues all day long, and the disputes have not been made, and it has been repeatedly banned. In the early years of the Tianqi period, the party struggles reached a fierce point, and the civil servant group organized the "three cases" to frame and crack down on political enemies, and did not put state affairs first.

On the one hand, foreign wars are in full swing, on the other hand, Spain restricts silver from flowing into China. For Apocalypse, you are facing an absolute mess. If you have the intention to continue to be a carpenter with such a bad stall, you still have the intention to continue to be a carpenter? No one can do it.

The corruption of the civil servant group is a major reason for the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty and the continuous failure of the Ming army. It is the most urgent task before the Apocalypse to shut up and focus everyone's attention on state affairs and overcome difficulties together.

So Tianqi cleverly used Wei Zhongxian as his white glove and decisively expelled the Donglin Party, so that the decadent and scattered court orders since Wanli were purged, and the civil servant group stopped quarreling, and the world finally became quiet!

This laid the foundation for state affairs to be on the right track, and Apocalypse caught the point. From this perspective alone, Apocalypse is simply the wise ruler.

Looking at the seven years of Tianqi's reign, there was a victory in Ningjin outside, and the internal refugees were in chaos. The financial sector relied on Wei Zhongxian to collect industrial and commercial tax, mining supervision tax, maritime trade tax, and national treasury were able to balance income and expenditure.

If the Revelation did not die early in history and continued his policy since his ascension to the throne, it would be unknown whether the Later Jin outside the pass could rise.

As long as Tianqi led the Ming Dynasty to successfully pass the Little Ice Age, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn were able to promote the world, Tianqi's revival was not a delusion.

But God was jealous of talent. Tianqi returned to the West at the age of 23, and his country fell into the hands of the "confused" Chongzhen. He valued the Donglin Party members and gave up the industrial and commercial tax, mining supervision tax, and maritime trade tax under the trick of the Donglin Party members. Instead, he continued to increase taxes and pay for the farmers, which caused civil unrest and was unable to suppress them. He was left outside the detention of the Later Jin Dynasty. The northern peasant army continued to bleed and eventually destroyed the country.

"In this life, I will make a comeback and I will never let you down." Zhu Youjian said silently in his heart as he watched the coffin of Emperor Tianqi disappear from afar.

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After handling the funeral of Tianqi, Zhu Youjian returned to the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace to handle the government affairs. In addition to accompanying the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch in charge of the seal and the eunuch in charge of the Silijian, and the eunuch in charge of the Silijian, Wei Zhongxian, the admiral of the East Factory, also served on the side, acting as the advisor of Zhu Youjian.

"Huh? Mao Wenlong from Dongjiang Town sent memorial to ask for money?"

Zhu Youjian, who had been dealing with memorials silently, finally saw a person who was quite famous in later generations from a memorial that was pressed at the bottom.

Mao Wenlong, whose courtesy name was Zhennan, was from Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. He was the general of Pingliao at the time. Two of the things he is most well-known are: First, he founded the Dongjiang Army Town, and specialized in stabbing chrysanthemums in the Later Jin Dynasty, and made many contributions; second, he forged an edict to kill Yuan Chonghuan, which became an injustice for all eternity.

Many people in later generations believed that Yuan Chonghuan's arbitrarily killing Mao Wenlong was one of the major reasons for the accelerated demise of the Ming Dynasty. The reasons were as follows: First, the Later Jin army could go south without any worries from then on.

Dongjiang Town under Mao Wenlong was located in the rear of the Later Jin Dynasty and was mostly islands, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and could form a front-and-back attack with Ningyuan. For example, in the sixth year of Tianqi, Nurhaci had to withdraw his troops after five days of attacking Ningyuan. The direct reason was that Mao Wenlong sent troops and directly threatened Liaoyang, the base camp of the Later Jin Dynasty.

2. Mao Wenlong's death caused a large number of military generals of the Ming Dynasty to lose trust in the court and surrender to the Later Jin Dynasty.

After Mao Wenlong's death, Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, accepted Dongjiang officers and soldiers such as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng, and Li Yingyuan. However, during a rescue operation in the fourth year of Chongzhen, due to years of resentment, the soldiers of Dongjiang launched the Wuqiao mutiny on the march, cholera in Shandong, and successfully surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty.

At that time, Kong Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, was keen on making guns and cannons. The Shandong arsenal stored a large number of guns and cannons, and they were all the most advanced thermal weapons of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, after the city was broken, Kong Youde and other rebel generals seized more than 20 Red Barbarian cannons and 300 Western cannons, which immediately increased the strength of the Later Jin hot weapons. From then on, there was no need to use human lives to fill the city.

After Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other rebel generals surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty, they followed Huang Taiji and Dorgon into the pass many times, becoming the vanguard of the Qing army to conquer cities and seize Li Zicheng's remnants, and eliminate the Southern Ming Dynasty. It can be said that most of the Qing Dynasty's territories were captured by these people.

"Although Mao Wenlong is a warlord leader, he must be saved!"

Thinking of the serious consequences of Mao Wenlong's death, Zhu Youjian made up his mind to protect Mao Wenlong and never repeat the same mistakes and destroy the Great Wall by himself.
Chapter completed!