Since the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty became emperor, the Ming Dynasty he inherited has been in tatters, with internal and external troubles. In particular, Li Zicheng's rebellion was the most serious event, and at that time, natural and man-made disasters were constantly occurring in the national treasury and there was no money and food. At this time of crisis, in order to raise the military salary used for the war, the Chongzhen Emperor even disregarded the emperor's face and begged these ministers to take out the family's money to help the imperial court to tide over this difficulty.
According to historical records, the Chongzhen Emperor at that time asked the hundred officials to hand over money. And the way he used it was not robbery, but instead used the name of borrowing. They want to put the money together and wait until the country is rich in the future to return the money. However, almost none of the civil and military officials were willing to take out the money, and even Chongzhen's father-in-law only symbolically took out 5200 pieces of silver.
But everyone did not know that Chongzhen's father-in-law could be described as rich and oily. Later, after Li Zicheng entered the capital, he directly searched for 3 million taels of silver in his home. But when he faced his son-in-law's bitter pleas, he was indifferent, and the officials were even more indifferent to themselves. Poor us Chongzhen Emperors tried their best to ask for them, but got a fruitless result.
But have we ever thought about a question, Chongzhen, as the king of a country, was the supreme ruler of the imperial court at that time, but why did he bother to beg the minister in order to raise money? Wouldn't it be better to directly learn from Li Zicheng, raid the official's home, and then directly collect money? In fact, Chongzhen did not want to be merciful, on the contrary, he also killed decisively. For example, as soon as he ascended to the throne, he launched a crackdown on Wei Zhongxian, and the means of killing people were mostly cruel.
However, as early as the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang had done similar things. After the Ming Dynasty was pacified on the river, Zhu Yuanzhang began to massacre the heroes. The four major massacres of Hongwu were successively created, and all the family wealth of officials was confiscated. However, the problems faced by Chongzhen were far more complex than those faced by Zhu Yuanzhang, and although Chongzhen needed money at that time, he also needed these courtiers to work together to be loyal to the imperial family. If the ministers did not approve of him as an emperor, then who could he command?
Therefore, even if the predicament faced by the Chongzhen Emperor was no longer in his pockets, he still did not dare to do such a thing. However, it is a pity that just before he ascended the throne, Daming's country and mountains were already scattered. Even if his personal ability is very prominent, no one is still willing to fight for Daming's country. In the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, the demise was caused by Providence, and the number of qi was exhausted. Unfortunately, the talent of the Chongzhen Emperor, even if he could not become a generation of Ming Emperors, was enough to become a prince of Shoucheng.