There is nothing in the world that does not perish, and the same is true of dynasties. Eight hundred years of Xingzhou, four hundred years of Wanghan, three hundred years of Sheng Tang and two Song Dynasties, no matter how powerful the dynasty will perish. The Ming Dynasty, like all dynasties in history, could not escape this fate.
The Chongzhen Emperor was a very tragic man, and he did have some flaws in his character, but he could not but admit that his fate was a tragedy. The Chongzhen Emperor was a very industrious emperor, and in the seventeen years of his reign, he thought about governing the country well every day, but the Ming Dynasty at that time was already in ruins, and the more he rushed to achieve quick success, the more he accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
After the Chongzhen Emperor knew that Jinzhou had fallen, his heart was so dead that he almost couldn't stand steadily. After that, his mental pressure was very great, and he didn't want to think about tea all day. But his only belief was that the Ming Dynasty could not fall. When the country is about to die, there will be demons, and the Chongzhen Emperor often had some strange dreams in the first few years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty. One day, he had a particularly strange dream. He dreamed that someone had written a word on his hand—yes. It is said that Chongzhen did not only have this dream once.
Later, Chongzhen summoned the Ministers of Culture and Martial Arts to ask them what the foreshadowings of this dream were. After listening, the ministers all congratulated the emperor, saying that there is a meaning, which is better than nothing. After Chongzhen listened to the big stone in his heart, he finally fell, and this dream foreshadowed that the Ming Dynasty would still be saved. But at that time, there was only one person who knelt on the ground, and this person was Wang Cheng'en, Chongzhen's personal eunuch. Wang Cheng'en told Chongzhen that it was a very terrible dream, and this dream symbolized the demise of Daming.
Wang Cheng'en explained: In fact, "have" is composed of two words, "Daming", the top is a big missing skim, and the bottom Ming is one day less, which means that Daming Jiangshan is only left with an empty shell. And when Chongzhen was having this dream, it was exactly when Li Zicheng came out of the mountains, and at the beginning Li Zicheng was only surrounded by dozens of people. In a year's time, Li Zicheng led the people to occupy several counties, and the number also expanded to tens of thousands. In 1640, henan was in a drought, and the people of Henan moved closer to Li Zicheng, not because the victims wanted to rebel, but because they really had no way to survive. Eating and drinking had become a problem, and the imperial court had to levy taxes. In fact, the imperial court had no way, if it did not collect taxes, there was no money to raise soldiers to suppress the domestic rogues.
Li Zicheng gathered people's hearts, and more and more people moved closer to him. At this time, Chongzhen helplessly felt that the Ming Dynasty was about to come to an end. In early 1644, Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, the Chongzhen Emperor was forced to commit suicide, and the Ming Dynasty fell. After that, Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the pass and defeated the peasant army. Li Zicheng had to evacuate Beijing, and the rule of the Ming Dynasty was replaced by the Qing Dynasty...