If we look at the life of the Chongzhen Emperor and from the perspective of how to destroy the Ming Dynasty, I think that the Chongzhen Emperor did not make a mistake, he successfully completed the task of the king of the subjugated country, and completely destroyed the Ming Dynasty.
When Chongzhen had just succeeded to the throne, he eliminated Wei Zhongxian's forces, making everyone hope for him. But slowly, his shortcomings such as incompetence, violence, and paranoia were slowly revealed. He used a series of tricks and made frequent mistakes. Among these mistakes, from the aspect of still trying to save the Ming Dynasty, his biggest mistake was to kill Chen Xinjia. This move not only cut off the livelihood of the Ming Dynasty, but also completely made him lose the heart of the group of subjects, and became a real one-man thief.
Chen Xinjia was a rare talent who could do things at that time, and he dared to act boldly, a hundred times stronger than those ministers who were vegetarians. At that time, the military department was regarded as a dangerous road by everyone, but Chen Xinjia dared to bravely shoulder the heavy burden and take on the heavy responsibility of the military department.
In the Ming Dynasty at that time, the biggest strategic problem faced was forced to fight on both sides. The Ming Dynasty had to face the Manchu Qing externally, and suppressed the peasant army internally. The Ming Dynasty was not strong enough to cope with two fronts at the same time.
Therefore, when the peasant army gained the upper hand, the Manchu Qing offensive could not be resisted. When resisting the Manchu Qing, the peasant army resurrected and crisscrossed the Central Plains. This made the Ming Dynasty's troops left and right, exhausted.
In this case, it is the best policy to concentrate superior forces to solve one side and then to solve the other. The Ming Dynasty had no room for negotiation with the peasant army, so it could only start from the Side of the Manchu Emperor Taiji.
Emperor Taiji had no intention of entering the Central Plains at that time. He took a step-by-step approach to grow his power step by step. At the same time, the pressure of war also caused great harm to the Manchu Qing.
Due to the economic blockade of the Ming Dynasty, the living standards of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were low, and social contradictions were difficult to reconcile. To solve this problem, Emperor Taiji invaded Korea. However, although it surrendered to Korea, the materials that could be obtained were not enough to solve the needs of the Manchu Qing. Therefore, in order to stabilize manchu rule, Emperor Taiji had the will to negotiate peace with Chongzhen.
Chongzhen entrusted the task of negotiating peace to Chen Xinjia. After consultation between the two sides, Huang Taiji made a huge concession, and the two sides had the hope of peace. However, God did not bless the Ming Dynasty, at the last moment, something went wrong.
Chen Xinjia's book boy handed over the documents of the two sides to outsiders as a tang newspaper, making it known to the whole world. As a result, public opinion is in a big uproar. Those officials of the Ming Dynasty exchanged chapters and impeached each other, comparing this proposal with the Southern Song Dynasty Qin Juniper discussion.
At this time, Chongzhen did not dare to take responsibility, did not dare to admit that he knew about the discussion. He took Chen Xinjia out of anger and killed Chen Xinjia on the charge of negotiating peace without authorization. Peace with the Manchus was, of course, no longer possible. In the end, the Ming Dynasty fell under the attack of the Manchu Qing and the peasant army.
In this matter, Chongzhen pronounced himself and the Ming Dynasty to death. First of all, the peace talks failed, and the Ming Dynasty lost the last chance to get rid of the two-sided war, and was no longer able to save the situation.
The more serious harm was to kill Chen Xinjia. At that time, everyone knew that the main person behind this matter was Chongzhen. After learning about the peace talks, it was his duty to impeach the officials, and there was nothing wrong with it. However, Chongzhen did not dare to take responsibility, and in turn blamed and relieved himself, and even killed Chen Xinjia, who was fighting for his life. In this way, Chongzhen lost the trust of all his courtiers.
We can think about it, if the negotiation is successful, the news will not be leaked? At that time, chongzhen will not encounter impeachment? If Chongzhen had been impeached at that time, what kind of attitude would he have been, wouldn't he have killed Chen Xinjia?
No one is a fool. From this incident, everyone saw through Chongzhen's ugly true face. He just let people do dirty work for him, and after reaching the established facts, he watched the wind and acted. If no one speaks, go over, and if there is trouble, let the person who does things for him take responsibility and unload the donkey. The ministers of the Ming Dynasty were not fools, and they could sacrifice themselves for the sake of the ming world, but no one was willing to make such a sacrifice. Why do we have to go to disgrace and seek our own death for the sake of the completely selfish Chongzhen?
There is a saying, "The king regards the subject as a grass mustard, and the subject regards the king as a vendetta." After that, everyone never cooperated with Chongzhen again. The entire imperial court regarded the affairs of the world as a child's play, waiting for the change of dynasty. Chongzhen jumped up and down again, and no one took him seriously. In the end, no one even went to be an official, and Chongzhen had to rely on the lottery to decide.
By the time Li Zicheng's troops were pointing directly at Beijing, Chongzhen wanted to flee south to Nanjing. However, everyone took Chen Xinjia's fate as a warning and simply ignored Chongzhen's hints. Chongzhen wanted to get the ministers to come forward and advise him to move the capital, but the ministers pretended not to understand what he meant, and no one came forward.
Because everyone did not imagine that Chen Xinjia would come forward to let Chongzhen escape and get his life, but in the future, Chongzhen would push the responsibility for the loss of the northern Jiangshan on his head and end up in a disgraceful end. Dying for Chongzhen is really not worth it. This is the unanimous understanding of everyone.
In the end, Chongzhen did not run and hanged Coal Mountain. He hated everyone in the world, so he simply destroyed this country. He left all the central institutions and the crown prince, so that the Manchu Qing could use government agencies to govern, and the Southern Ming were leaderless. In this way, the Ming Dynasty completely and completely destroyed the country.
Before his death, Chongzhen said that he was not the king of the fallen country, and he was mistaken by the courtiers. However, what he did showed that he was the king of the fallen country. If he were a mediocre monarch with no opinion, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished so quickly.