Chongzhen's corpse was rotten, everyone was far away, and he was the only one who helped the corpse cry bitterly, Li Zicheng: Reuse this person
In fact, Chongzhen was not a dimwitted monarch, but when the Ming Dynasty was handed over to him, it was already rotten to the root. Chongzhen was well aware of this, so he wanted to reform the government and reform the people's livelihood in order to save the Ming Dynasty, but in the end he failed. When Li Zicheng was about to hit Beijing, Li Mingrui said to Chongzhen, "If Shengshang wants to regain his strength, then quickly flee to Nanjing!" Chongzhen was very angry when he first heard this proposal, but after calming down, he felt that this proposal was the best way. Of course, if you want to evacuate, you must take this group of ministers from Beijing with you. So Chongzhen tentatively inquired about the officials in the dprk and the Chinese in the early dynasty, and the results he got disappointed him.
When Li Zicheng's large army approached the imperial city, the university scholar Li Mingrui urged Chongzhen that in order to preserve his strength, he could temporarily move the capital to Nanjing, after all, it was the birthplace of the Ming Dynasty. This idea, like Chongzhen,is also a reservation. At that time, the most urgent thing was to replenish the source of troops, and there was no army around the Beijing Division that could be mobilized, but this military expenditure was a problem. So he ordered the household department to allocate silver and silver as military expenses, but Li Mingrui said that the household department had no money for a long time.
At this moment, the Chongzhen Emperor realized that "the heights are not cold", because at this time he was really a lonely man, he thought for the country and the people of the whole world, but who thought about him? Chongzhen only said one sentence before he died, he said: "As long as Li Zicheng spares the people of Yuan, the corpse of Zhen is left at his disposal", and The Chongzhen Emperor died like a grandfather, generous and righteous. However, Li Zicheng did not whip or destroy his corpse as he said, but buried him with the "gift of the Son of Heaven". It is said that at that time, no Ming officials approached Chongzhen's body, and no one proposed to bury him thickly, and the eunuch placed the body of Emperor Chongzhen and the corpse of Empress Zhou under the grass shed, which was also far away, meaning to draw a clear line.
There were main warrior factions in the imperial court who were reluctant to retreat, but more of a wall grass, they did not care who the emperor was, Chongzhen or Li Zicheng, no matter who was the emperor as long as it did not touch their interests, they did not care. Therefore, when the rebels were about to invade the city, Chongzhen saw a funny scene: the ministers quarreled red-faced, some advocated fleeing, some advocated surrender, but once they retreated, they sent people to contact Li Zicheng and hoped to surrender. When there were only Chongzhen and a few confidant eunuchs in the hall, Chongzhen was completely desperate. He no longer planned to cross south, no longer planned to escape, and he was determined to accompany the Ming Dynasty into the earth. Chongzhen entrusted the people to bring words to Li Zicheng that he could die, but please do not kill the people. What Chongzhen didn't expect was that Li Zicheng did it, but he just did the opposite.
After Chongzhen's death, the body was casually placed on the grass mat by the eunuch, and a generation of Tianzi eventually fell to this place. None of the flattering ministers in the past wanted to collect Chongzhen's body, they were just far away, hoping to draw a clear line with Chongzhen. Only one man named Li Guozhen rushed to Chongzhen's stinking corpse and fell to his knees and wept bitterly. Seeing this scene, many people thought that Li Guozhen would undoubtedly die. However, what everyone did not expect was that Li Zicheng not only did not kill Li Guozhen, but also respectfully lifted him up and gave him an official position. After that, Li Zicheng also ordered people to handle the funeral for Chongzhen in the specifications of the Son of Heaven, and personally came to the altar to mourn, crying and weeping. Many people think that Li Zicheng is just a show, and treating Chongzhen kindly is just to buy people's hearts.
Among these ministers, only one of them took a few steps forward and hugged Chongzhen's corpse and cried unceasingly. This person's name was Li Guozhen, and it was also he who asked Li Zicheng to settle Chongzhen with the gift of the Son of Heaven. Of course, as soon as these words were uttered, they were immediately scolded by many people. Li Zicheng was moody and angry, and other people couldn't understand it, and they didn't dare to say more. Everyone trembled, thinking that this bold courtier's life would soon be over, but li Zicheng actually helped him up with his own hands and said: "Burial with imperial rites, sacrifices with royal rites." ”
However, I think That Li Zicheng wept bitterly, I am afraid that it was not a show, but a sad feeling for Chongzhen, who had worked hard all his life and finally died tragically, but no one collected the body. When he saw the indifferent expressions of the ministers, Li Zicheng must have wondered if he would one day lose power, would they also treat himself like this? Li Zicheng's guess was correct, when he came to the capital, the ministers and rich people in the city all came down and praised him as the son of heaven. However, when Li Zicheng's army was defeated, these people quickly changed their position, surrendered to the Jin people, and aimed their spearhead at Li Zicheng. Therefore, Li Zicheng's death is very similar to Chongzhen's, the difference is that Chongzhen has Li Zicheng to collect the corpse, but Li Zicheng does not have such good luck.