In the Qianqing Palace, Han Cheng's voice sounded slowly.
The originally bland narration has become somewhat impassioned.
At the end, it was even more sad.
When later generations looked at history, they saw the ending of Chongzhen.
His heart was also complicated and difficult to describe.
But no matter what, no matter how many stupid things he did before, in terms of integrity, Chongzhen was not lacking.
It's admirable.
As Han Cheng's voice fell, everything in Qianqing Palace became quiet.
Neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Biao spoke.
Obviously, they were still immersed in what Han Cheng had just told and had not come back to their senses.
Whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Biao, the expressions on their faces are very complicated.
After this silence lasted for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and exhaled it for a long time.
My view of Chongzhen has also changed a lot since he was as stupid as a pig at the beginning.
Although he still felt that Chongzhen was too stupid.
But as Han Cheng said, Chongzhen still had integrity.
At least they didn’t lose the dignity of their old Zhu family!
Unlike the emperor of the Song Dynasty, who was weak and incompetent.
There is no integrity at all.
What is the ritual of leading a sheep?
What kind of concubines, princesses, and nobles are being wantonly insulted by barbarians?
Countless people committed suicide because they could not bear the humiliation. One princess died when the valley road burst...
Thinking about this makes people feel ashamed and angry!
If his descendants were like the emperors of the Song Dynasty, he would really be so angry that he would vomit blood and die!
"Chongzhen, this descendant of ours, regardless of whether he is stupid or not, is not a disgrace to our old Zhu family!!"
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang finally spoke out.
Prince Zhu Biao looked complicated.
The choices Chongzhen made between life and death also changed many of his impressions of Chongzhen.
After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, the Qianqing Palace once again fell into silence.
Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and his son were still immersed in the emotions of the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the death of Emperor Chongzhen, and had not come out.
After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again.
He looked at Han Cheng and said: "You have told us so much about our descendant Chongzhen, saying that our descendants have done so many stupid things.
Why does it sound like the fall of the Ming Dynasty was all the fault of our descendants?
Could it be that those who are ministers do not make any mistakes?"
When he said this, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was a bit off.
Obviously, the death of Chongzhen that Han Cheng just told him had a great impact on him.
He unconsciously wanted to prove something to Chongzhen.
Han Cheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the case.
The fall of the Ming Dynasty cannot be entirely blamed on Chongzhen.
On the one hand, it is what I said before, the periodicity of dynasties.
On the other hand, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are also responsible for this, and they also bear great responsibilities!
Inescapable!
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, party strife was extremely serious, especially among the Donglin Party.
This guy talks about benevolence and morality, but he does the dirtiest and most shameless things!
Typical, talking about people but not doing people's business.
In words, he is more upright than anyone else, more incorruptible than anyone else, and more patriotic than anyone else.
But in fact, everyone is involved in corruption and bribery, and all kinds of blood-sucking!
The male prostitute and female thief were interpreted to the extreme in sanctimony!
All kinds of land harm the public and enrich private interests!
Which of those honest people is not rich?
Especially some of the more famous people have thousands of hectares of fertile land, or even more!
The land of one or even several counties belongs to them!
There are countless servants in the house!
Their land is not taxed at all.
In addition, corruption and bribery are also extremely serious.
Drinking soldiers' blood is also extremely serious.
In the late Ming Dynasty, why was the Ming army ineffective in combat?
In addition to various institutional reasons, there is another most important reason, that is, soldiers do not receive much military pay at all!
You even need to fight on an empty stomach!
Is it because Chongzhen didn't know that the emperor did not need hungry soldiers?
Not really!
he knows.
But after he took action and eliminated Wei Zhongxian, Ming Dynasty began to be unable to collect taxes.
The Ming Dynasty could not collect taxes, but because of various serious disasters and internal and external worries, the money needed increased.
The financial crisis came all of a sudden.
In fact, the taxes collected by Ming Dynasty were not small.
It's just that most of the taxes fall into the hands of those layers of officials.
Not even 10% of the taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty ended up in the treasury.
In addition, there is also all kinds of corruption and bribery in the army, all kinds of withholding military pay, and drinking the blood of soldiers.
These phenomena of free money are extremely serious.
In an army, more than half, or even two-thirds, are vacant, and there are very few active personnel.
As for the soldiers who were on staff, their food and salary were also severely deducted by their superiors.
This culture of free money comes down layer by layer.
In the later period of the Chongzhen Dynasty, chaos became very serious.
This is when soldiers' lives are needed.
However, many officials regard this as a good opportunity to make a fortune.
Chongzhen used various means to sell iron, and finally got some money and grain, which he distributed as military pay.
As a result, half of the money and food were lost before leaving the capital.
After this level of exploitation continues, the two million taels of silver will really fall into the hands of the soldiers, not even one hundred thousand taels..."
"boom!!"
Before Han Cheng could finish his words, there was a bang in the room.
But it turned out to be Zhu Yuanzhang, who slapped the table in front of him.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was ashen, and his beard and hair were all spread out!
"Dog thief! Good dog thief!!
All of them are moths!!
They are all moths!!!
These borers should really be killed one by one!
We still killed too few!
We kill corrupt officials, but we still kill too few!
We have always wanted to reduce the number of corrupt officials.
Don't let our Ming Dynasty follow the old path of the Yuan Dynasty.
Don’t let the scene like that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty appear!
Therefore, we have been taking action to punish corrupt officials!
But as a result... in the late Ming Dynasty, there were still so many corrupt officials!
So many borers!
They eat the food of my Ming Dynasty and receive their wages.
But you don’t show any loyalty to me, Da Ming!
What a great idea they had!
Just like these officials in the Yuan Dynasty, if the Yuan Dynasty fell, he could still be an official in our Ming Dynasty!
Our Ming Dynasty has died, but they can continue to serve as officials in the new dynasty and continue to live their happy lives!
It’s so abominable! It’s so damned!!”
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious.
After a while, it finally calmed down a little.
Looking at Han Chengdao: "Tell me! Tell us again how these thieves corrupted our Ming Dynasty!
We’re going to kill them all!!”
Han Cheng looked a little hesitant when he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in this state.
I don’t know if I should tell some more exciting things...
