What is the Edict of Sin? It is also the emperor's edict expressing his guilt. In general, there are natural and man-made disasters in dynasties, or the state is poorly managed. The emperor would always come out and say that he had done something wrong and express his attitude to the people of the world (mainly to the historians).
The earliest and most famous sin self-edict should be the Han Wu Emperor's luntai sin self-edict. In his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty continued to wage wars, regardless of the lives of the people, and as a result, the general Li Guangli of the Second Division was not only defeated, but also fled to the Xiongnu, and the Han Dynasty suffered heavy losses. Previously, Emperor Wu of Han forced his own crown prince Liu Zhao to die, and this series of mistakes made Emperor Wu of Han give himself a crime.
So did the Chongzhen Emperor ever issue an edict against himself? Of course, there have been rains, starting from Emperor Wu of han, basically a wind and rain, the emperor will run out and make a crime. Tell God that these are your own mistakes, and don't punish the people of the dynasty. Therefore, of course, the Chongzhen Emperor also issued a sin against himself.
The Chongzhen Emperor issued an edict against himself, which was basically a routine matter.
Who believes in gods and demons the most? I think that in the feudal era, the person who did not believe in these things was probably the emperor. Because they can't move to run out and make a confession of self-condemnation. Let God blame the emperor for all his sins, and never persecute his people.
Was the emperor so kind? On weekdays, the people are his money bags, how can they be willing to let God bring disaster to them? The so-called sin of one's own commandment is just a show. They themselves do not believe in those things, but he hopes that the common people will believe in these things, of course, under certain limits. In this way, the emperor did not have to spend any cost, and perfectly solved the negative impact of natural and man-made disasters.
Zhu Youjian
The Chongzhen Emperor had issued six edicts in his lifetime, and each time the dynasty had suffered a relatively great calamity. After all, it is the era of the subjugation of the country, and naturally there are different disasters.
The first time, in the eighth year of Chongzhen (1635), the peasant rebel army captured Fengyang, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which was the place where Zhu Yuanzhang started his family and the dragon vein of the Ming Dynasty. The ancestral grave of the old Zhu family was dug up, and the Chongzhen Emperor felt very sad, so he issued a copy of his own edict.
The second time, in the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637), the great drought locusts in the north were everywhere, and the crops were grainy and harvested. The people ate for their children, and they were desolate. However, the Chongzhen Emperor was still levying three salaries, and as a result, the people rebelled everywhere. In desperation, the Chongzhen Emperor had no choice but to issue another edict, saying that the drought and locust plagues were all caused by official corruption.
The third time, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), under the internal and external troubles, Li Zicheng attacked the city of Kaifeng and drowned hundreds of thousands of people, while the Qing army once again successfully broke through the pass and plundered and killed the people of Shandong. The Chongzhen Emperor felt that he was very incompetent, and in order to express his military misdeeds, he once again issued a criminal edict.
Lee Zi-cheng
The fourth time, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643), was basically the same as the third time, because Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong captured a large area of land, and all the land of Jingxiang fell into the hands of thieves. At the same time, the situation in Liaodong was even more unoptimistic, and in this case, the Chongzhen Emperor issued a self-edict, believing that he was improperly employing people.
The fifth time, in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng's army broke through Tongguan and attacked the capital city. At this time, it was not long before the capital fell and the Ming Dynasty fell. The Chongzhen Emperor said that he would personally lead the army to attack Li Zicheng, hoping to inspire his soldiers to use their lives. In this case, Chongzhen issued a self-condemnation.
The sixth time, in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), that is, the day after Li Zicheng's army came to the city, the capital fell. After killing a series of female dependents in the harem, the Chongzhen Emperor ran to the coal mountain and committed suicide. Before committing suicide, Chongzhen issued the last edict of sin, which was written on his brocade robe. The meaning is very simple, indicating that he has been emperor for 17 years, and it is the ministers who have delayed themselves. He couldn't do anything about this emperor, and he hoped that the thieves wouldn't hurt the people.
These six sins are basically routine. Except for the last one, which was slightly revealed of the true feelings, the other five were no different from the previous emperors' edicts.
Did the Chongzhen Emperor's edict of sin play any role?
In ancient times, emperors issued edicts against themselves, usually to appease the anger of the people. For example, after the emergence of natural disasters, it is very likely that there will be a shortage of food, and the people will not have food for a while, so it will be easier to cause rebellion.
Sin yourself
In this case, the emperor's edict of sin can play a role in appeasing the people. Therefore, after every natural disaster, the general emperor will come out and issue a copy of the edict of sin, which may be copied from the previous generation of emperors. Therefore, the edict of sin is basically such a role, so that the people know that although the emperor is eating and drinking in the mountains and the sea, he still thinks of you in his heart, you must not be chaotic, everything will be fine. Look at a big pie that You drew, is it big and round?
This can really play a role. If it were useless, the emperor wouldn't bother to engage in these formalistic things. So did the Chongzhen Emperor's several sins play a role?
Sadly, there isn't. Because the Chongzhen Emperor was the king of the subjugated country, the Ming Dynasty at that time let the Emperor of The Revelation and Wei Zhongxian do almost the same, and after the Chongzhen Emperor came to power, Daming was already full of holes.
In this case, the Chongzhen Emperor had to use the old-fashioned method, and it seemed that there was a bit of a cup of water. This matter is not a simple matter, because the hearts of the common people can no longer be recovered.
Zhang Xianzhong
Li Zicheng Group occupied the northwest region, and Zhang Xianzhong occupied the southwest. Even the ministers under the jurisdiction of the Chongzhen Emperor did not obey the dispatches of the Chongzhen Emperor, and even if the Chongzhen Emperor apologized ten thousand times, what could the Chongzhen Emperor do? Zuo Liangyu claimed to have millions of troops, and Zheng Zhilong was rich enough to be an enemy of the country, but when the Chongzhen Emperor fell, they did not frown.
Of course, the Chongzhen Emperor was right to issue a self-edict, and there were so many disasters in the dynasty, and it was very beneficial to his own rule, at least showing his mentality of wanting to govern the country well.
Unfortunately, this trick only works when there are fewer or more single disasters. The calamities faced by the Chongzhen Emperor basically had all the signs of the subjugation of the country. Not only are disasters and famines every year, rebellions are common. The iron hooves outside Guanwai had already coveted the Central Plains, and all the soldiers under him did not obey the dispatches of the Chongzhen Emperor, and the Chongzhen Emperor seemed to have no other way out except martyrdom in this situation.
The use of sin in ordinary calamities may solve the problem, but this time it will not. The Chongzhen Emperor did not have any innovative ideas, he could only be regarded as a mediocre emperor, and it was not surprising that the country was destroyed.