On April 25, 1644, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, led an army into Beijing, and the Chongzhen Emperor hacked his wife and daughter to death, sent his son away, and then hanged himself on the coal mountain with the eunuch Wang Cheng'en. Before dying, Chongzhen issued an exclamation that "the ministers mistook me"! Some people say that Chongzhen is a pretense, he says that mistakes are all the ministers' faults, but they do not know that he is the culprit of the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Chongzhen Emperor was wrong, the phrase "the ministers misled me" did not wrongfully accuse the ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Next, Xiaobian will take you to see the performance of the Minister of Culture and Military Affairs on the eve of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
Before Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Chongzhen had thought about moving the capital. However, a group of civilian ministers did not agree, and at such critical junctures, they regarded their own wind and bones as more important than the fate of the country. Because there were too many people who opposed it, the matter of moving the capital had to be abandoned. Chongzhen said to the ministers, "Since you are opposed to moving the capital, we must always guard against the attack of thieves, right?" I was ready to train the new army, but the treasury was not enough, so you all made up for it. ”
Those scholars, led by the Donglin Party, shouted slogans harder than anyone else, and when they really let them make contributions, they refused to come forward one by one. Hearing that Chongzhen wanted to raise money, they "generously donated", this three two, that five two, and a dime. Chongzhen's face instantly turned black, and this group of people who shouted "defend the family and defend the country" every day dared to fight a war of words! Wen Chen was unreliable, and Chongzhen could only hope that the military generals with heavy troops would return to Qin wang. At that time, Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Changping, Wu Sangui, the general of Liaodong, Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, Huang Degong of Jingnan, and Zuo Liangyu, the general of Ningnan, were all under the command of King Qin.
Among these feudal officials, only Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Changping, came. As a result, Tang Tong was still a wall grass, and before he could fight with Li Zicheng, he surrendered to the Da Shun army. Wu Sangui, on the other hand, was grinding and chirping, dragging on the road and refusing to go to Beijing, and the road of more than a hundred miles had not arrived for more than ten days. Liu Zeqing, the general of Shandong, was even more good at acting, and when he heard that he was going to go north to serve the king, he lied that he had fallen off his horse and broken his leg, and the imperial court gave him forty taels of medical expenses. In fact, if the distance is far, in addition to Tang Tong, the first person who can rush to Beijing to save the car is Liu Zeqing.
After the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself, Liu Zeqing's "leg injury" was also timely. In order to continue to enjoy the blessings, he led his army south, burning and looting along the way. After arriving in the south, he first saw that the Donglin Party was powerful, so he and together with the Donglin Party supported Zhu Changshu, the King of Lu. Later, Ma Shiying, Huang Degong, Gao Jie, and others advocated supporting Zhu Yousong, the Prince of Fu, and he saw that the wind made the rudder also begin to support Zhu Yousong. Later, Zhu Yousong became the Hongguang Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Liu Zeqing was also given the title of Dongping Bo, becoming one of the warlords of the four towns in Jiangbei.
After Liu Zeqing was knighted, he began to enjoy extravagant corruption, plundering the local people's fat and people's anointing, and building the mansion more luxurious and luxurious than the royal palace. When asked him what his strategy was to guard the imperial court, Liu Zeqing said, "I have come to support King Lifu, and when I come, I will enjoy it." In case something happens, choose a county in Jiangnan and make Zhanshan the king!" As a result, when the Qing army went south, he did sit back and watch Shi Kefa being killed and the Hongguang regime destroyed. In order to continue to enjoy, he surrendered to the Qing army with 200,000 people.
The Qing army did not have the good temper of the Hongguang Emperor, and after taking over his army, they arranged for him to go to Beijing to "retire". Although it is said to be a pension, it is actually surveillance, and Liu Zeqing is not used to this kind of day. In order to regain his previous good life, Liu Zeqing secretly contacted his old subordinate Li Hua whale to oppose the Qing. Initially, Li Hua whale's rebel army was like a bamboo, and successively conquered Caozhou, Dingtao, Chengwu, Dongming and other prefectures, and the surrounding people responded one after another.
The Qing court was afraid of the serious development of the situation, so it transferred officers and soldiers from the three provinces to encircle and suppress it. Later, the rebel army was hanged and Li Hua whale was captured. Under severe torture, Li Hua whale confessed to Liu Zeqing, the mastermind behind the scenes, but Liu Zeqing refused to admit it. The Qing Dynasty also hated his capriciousness, so it executed his entire family and Li Hua whale. It can be seen from this that those who treason against the enemy have never had a good end!