There is a saying in ancient China, called "one servant does not serve two masters". Li Jiantai, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, was left behind for thousands of years because he served three masters. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the world was full of chaos and wars. Li Zicheng's rebel army was fierce, and the Chongzhen Emperor had almost no strength to fight back. In order to save Jiangshan, the Chongzhen Emperor had decided to personally go to the Overseer. Naturally, the ministers did not want the emperor to risk his life and tried to dissuade him. At this time, Li Jiantai, who was then an official attendant, took the initiative to ask for orders and was willing to go out to oversee the army on behalf of the Chongzhen Emperor.
The reason why Li Jiantai made this head bird was because at that time, Li Zicheng attacked his hometown and slaughtered many innocent people. Someone was willing to oversee the army for him, and the Chongzhen Emperor was naturally willing. So he promoted Li Jiantai to the post of Shangshu of the Bingbu, and personally set up a banquet for him to practice.
However, Li Jiantai's road did not go smoothly. On the day of his expedition, not only did the palanquin collapse in half, but the wind was blowing, and the elephant was also very ominous. At that time, the Daming army was a group of scattered soldiers, and the military spirit was very scattered. Rumors even spread in the military that the battle was not auspicious. Therefore, after Li Jiantai went out on the expedition, within a few days of leaving, the soldiers fled for the most part. Although Li Jiantai was under the orders of the Chongzhen Emperor to oversee the army, many county officials had already surrendered to Li Zicheng.
Youzhi County saw that Li Jiantai was a high official of the Ming Dynasty, and even closed the city gate and did not allow Li Jiantai to enter the city. Li Jiantai was furious and ordered a siege of the city, and the first thing he did after capturing the county seat was to kill Zhixian Liwei in public. At the same time, Li Zicheng's army was more and more courageous in the Vietnam War. Li Jiantai knew that he could not defeat Li Zicheng, and he actually planned to return to his hometown and take refuge in The Beijing Division. Seeing that Li Jiantai had the intention of fleeing, the soldiers under his command were even more panicked, and in the end, only a few hundred people were left.
After Li Jiantai ran to Baoding, the Baoding guards were reluctant to open the door for him, because he did not believe that this person was actually Li Jiantai. He said that Li Jiantai, as an overseer, should lead a large army to the front against Li Zicheng, how could he escape to Baoding. In the end, Li Jiantai had to prove his identity by taking out the Shangfang Sword rewarded by the Chongzhen Emperor, and only then was he able to enter Baoding City for temporary refuge.
Li Zicheng soon hit Baoding, and without Li Zicheng's coercion, Li Jiantai quickly surrendered and slapped the old master Chongzhen Emperor fiercely. But what Li Jiantai did not expect was that Li Zicheng was defeated by the Manchu Qing. Li Jiantai knew very well that the current affairs person was Junjie, and he surrendered to the Manchu Qing and became a university scholar of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing dynasty royal family reused Li Jiantai, not to value his talents, but just to use him as a pawn to attract more old Ming courtiers to surrender.
Li Jiantai did not stay long in the position of a university scholar, and the Qing court saw that he really had no appeal, so they dismissed him. In the sixth year of Shunzhi, Li Jiantai, who had been idle for a long time, heard about someone who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to save his face, so he also rebelled. Li Jiantai had no ability at all, and was soon defeated by the Qing court.
Before dying, he asked his 50 concubines if anyone would like to die with him. As a result, all 50 concubines pretended not to hear. Li Jiantai was originally ready to commit suicide, but seeing this attitude of the concubines, he also lost the courage to commit suicide. In the end, he was captured and killed by the Qing army. After Li Jiantai's death, his 50 concubines were sold one by one.