In 1627, Emperor Mingqi died of illness because he had no sons, so he passed the throne to his younger brother, Zhu Youjian, who was the King of Xin at the time, before dying, perhaps Emperor Tianqi did not think that the Ming Dynasty would completely collapse at the hands of his brother.
Wei Zhongxian was one of the most famous eunuchs in the late Ming Dynasty, although he was a eunuch, but the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu, all of them had his people, where there were people, that is, the rivers and lakes, there were fights, and Wei Zhongxian's opponents were those who thought they had read the sages for many years.
Party strife was the main reason for the ming dynasty, after Zhu Youjian became emperor, the history called Chongzhen, the first problem he wanted to solve was to solve Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian held the power of the imperial court, disrupted the imperial program, the people of the world did not have a good life, the 17-year-old Chongzhen believed that if he wanted to make the world peaceful, he must eliminate all the forces of Wei Zhongxian.
Under the imperial power, all were vain, in 1627, the Chongzhen Emperor solved Wei Zhongxian by means of thunder, causing him to hang himself, and then, all the officials of all sizes who followed Wei Zhongxian were sentenced, because of Chongzhen's strength, Wei Zhongxian's power was completely destroyed, but what Chongzhen did not expect was that after only 17 years, the Ming Dynasty collapsed.
In 1644, Li Zicheng led the peasants to attack Beijing, seeing such a situation, Chongzhen Ning died and chose to hang himself, and before he died, he said: "The ministers have mistakenly fallen" and the eunuch Wang Cheng'en, who followed him to hang himself, said: "If the loyal are here, the current affairs will not end here."
Wang Cheng'en said such a thing, of course, it is not empty, nor is it a smooth statement, we look at it from today, Wang Cheng'en said this sentence, in fact, is very reasonable, if Wei Zhongxian is not dead, the Ming Dynasty, will definitely have some more time to breathe, the reason is also very simple, Wei Zhongxian does things, he is too unreasonable.
Donglin Party is the first major party in the late Ming Dynasty, the main characters are readers, when the world was too peaceful, Donglin Party people thought about building the country, and later there was party struggle, their goal became a struggle, when the emperor reigned, he liked to watch his subordinates fight back and forth, such as the Jiajing period, Xu Jie and Yan Song.
Chongzhen, as the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was only 17 years old when he ascended the throne, had no experience in political struggle, and when Wei Zhongxian was there, he could still suppress those ministers, and once Wei Zhongxian died, these ministers naturally did not take Chongzhen in their eyes.
Chongzhen naively thought that the Donglin Party would help him govern the world, but facts have proved that the Donglin Party at that time was already completely corrupt, they were mainly hedonistic and struggle every day, and no one was willing to take care of the affairs of the people at dawn in the world.
Although Wei Zhongxian would disrupt the imperial program, he always maintained a continuous increase in military expenditure.
With money, the army can be maintained and can resist the enemy, and Chongzhen cannot resist the enemy, and the very important reason is that he has no money.
Wei Zhongxian's main channel for getting money was those big businessmen, industry and commerce, etc., he rarely taxed the poor, when Wei Zhongxian was there, the Donglin Party did not dare to argue, wei Zhongxian died, the Donglin Party immediately proposed to Chongzhen that these laws taxing the rich should be abolished.
Chongzhen thought that they would help them govern the world, and immediately agreed, but he did not know that the big consortiums in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were all the properties purchased by the Donglin Party, and they were now patronizing their own pleasures, who would take care of the Ming Dynasty?
In the last years of Chongzhen, the peasant rebel army, as well as the Jurchen clan outside the Guanwai, were too much of a threat to the imperial power, and the country needed troops to resist, but there was no money, no money, who would like to give you a desperate fight? Chongzhen also asked for money from the Donglin Party, and they said, either it is difficult here or there, in general: no money.
Internal and external troubles, does Daming have a reason not to collapse? After Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, he immediately ordered Liu Zongmin to arrest all the Ming ministers and loot their family property, and finally, 70 million taels of silver were looted, you know, this was the income of the Ming Dynasty for decades at that time.
Can such a "Donglin Party member" Daming not collapse? If Wei Zhongxian was still there, I'm afraid he wouldn't have to speak, and those ministers would obediently take out the money.
From this, we can draw this conclusion, if Wei Zhongxian did not die, then Daming actually did not have to collapse so quickly, Chongzhen is too young to control people, and finally lost the ancestors of the Jiangshan,
Chongzhen is a good man, but not a good emperor.