The situation at the time of the fall of the Ming Dynasty can be summed up in two words - collapse, and what makes Chongzhen collapse even more is that the first assistant Li Jiantai turned out to be a big pustule. I think that when Li Jiantai was attacked by Li Zicheng because of his hometown of Quwo, and he wept bitterly and asked the overseer to eliminate the "Western Thief" to relieve his holy worries, he was really excited.
"As long as you fight a few beautiful battles in Shanxi, maybe Zhili and Beijing will be able to keep it." Based on this illusion, Chongzhen added li Jiantai to the rank of Shang Shu of the Army and gave Shang Fang the sword, solemnly performed the "pushing and shoving ceremony" and sent him out of the Zhengyang Gate. At this time, Li Jiantai, who was sitting on the "chariot" and admiring the "cart" emperor, wanted to shake him off from the heart -- this guy who had replaced more than 50 cabinet ministers in 17 years of reign and killed the first assistant should have this fate. His previous enthusiasm was just to get some military funds for himself, which was the cost of living in a chaotic world.
Sure enough, when all the border troops in the towns of Datong in Shanxi revolted, Li Jiantai took advantage of the war-fearing mood that pervaded the forbidden army and commanded the troops all the way south, in a vain attempt to flee to the south to raise troops for self-esteem. The road that did not want to go south was blocked by Li Zicheng, and Li Jiantai could only run to the northeast. Although this road is easy and pleasant, it also has many twists and turns.
Originally, because Chongzhen had already summoned the world, all parts of Kifu knew that Li Jiantaixi had gone to resist the enemy, but now he had fled into the wilderness, and many local officials refused to support him with grain and grass. Li Jiantai, who had not eaten or drunk, was like a hungry wolf on the grassland, gritting his teeth and looking for the object of the bite, when he received a "scolding letter" from Li Hongji from Guangzong County.
Li Jiantai was extremely angry and happy after seeing it, wasn't this someone who sent a pillow when he was sleepy? So a magical scene occurred on the land of Shenzhou--the Central Forbidden Army of Daming and the local troops were pinched together. With a few red-clad cannons dragged from Beijing, the already dilapidated gates of Guangzong City were blasted into slag. After entering the city, the forbidden army fully carried forward the fine tradition of the Ming Dynasty army - killing if it can be killed, and burned when it can be burned. As a "key wanted target," Li Hongji disguised himself in horror and fled to the people's homes to hide.
Just when Li Jiantaizhi was triumphantly carrying the property in the county court, his subordinates came to report that someone reported that there was cellar gold hidden in the county court. When Li Jiantai saw that the whistleblower was actually a young scholar, his heart was ecstatic, and he could not imagine that the current readers were so "aware of current affairs." Who knew that he just wanted to ask for money, but was intimidated by the scholar, "The emperor has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, why have you become this bear-like?" Shusheng ben decided to fight to the death for the Guangzong people to scold the thief, but Li Jiantai did not give him this opportunity, and directly ordered someone to drag him out and behead him.
Three months later, Li Jiantai, whose hands were stained with the blood of his own people, fled to Baoding, a major town in Hebei Province. He originally wanted to escape to the dam to live a happy nomadic life, but the DaShun army did not let him do so - Baoding has fallen under siege and has become a veritable "Jedi". Li Jiantai performed again, lay down on the bed, and pretended to be sick. The Chinese officer Guo Zhongjie led all his troops to surrender, and theoretically nothing happened to him, but this Ming "loyal minister" soon became Li Zicheng's prime minister and threw himself into the arms of the Qing Dynasty after the fall of Dashun.
If Li Jiantai can "wash his hands in the golden basin" from now on and no longer "tear down the dirt", then why can't he firmly occupy the top spot in the "Biography of the Second Minister"? However, he continued to toss and turn, first taking bribes and paying bribes in the DPRK and China, and being deposed and returning to his hometown; and at the same time, he did not measure up to the efforts of others to oppose the Qing Dynasty, in a vain attempt to gain some more government capital, and as a result, he directly lost his head. His notoriety was also included in the "Biography of the Contrarian" that was lower than the "Biography of the Second Minister", and became another "Wu Sangui"-style character.
The funny thing is that Before Li Jiantai died, he also held a family meeting and cried bitterly to a group of concubines: "Today I am dead, I don't know who can martyr me?" The concubines were also honest and rude, and laughed and said, "You should have died a long time ago, why should we bury you!" ”
I think about what a scenery Chongzhen had when he sent Li Jiantai on a expedition, and he didn't want Li Jiantai to be martyred for Daming. Who knew that he was pouring a deadly tumor with all his heart, and it was difficult for Daming to die.