Interesting answer: The Chongzhen Emperor's biggest mistake was to trust his courtiers.
I want to borrow some money from you
Everyone knows that at the end of the Chongzhen Period, the whole world entered a chaos, there were disasters in the north, disasters in the south, disasters in the southeast, and northwest, at the same time, there were Manchus in the north and displaced people in the south, sandwiching the entire Ming Dynasty in the middle.
This was not the most serious, the most serious problem was that the imperial court had no money, and the Chongzhen Emperor's treasury could not get out one or two pieces of silver.
Since you don't have any money, you have to do everything you can to raise a little money, right? Therefore, the Chongzhen Emperor asked all the courtiers below at a meeting of the imperial court, who of you who are rich and rich now borrow a little from me, and then our troops march to fight and give them money, let them fight the world, and I will return it to you after the battle.
All the courtiers knelt on the ground to show their loyalty, one said that their ancestors had received the blessings of the Ming Dynasty, and the other was how respectful and loyal they were to the emperor, they did not have any dimes, they were even poorer than the emperor, they did not eat this morning, the wind they drank last night, the boiled water they drank at noon yesterday, and the soil they ate yesterday morning.
When the Chongzhen Emperor heard this, he immediately cried out, not expecting that the lives of the courtiers were even more bitter than my days.
Have you noticed that this title is exactly the same as the one above?
This is a serious mistake, and points will be deducted for not keeping it, but the difference between the title we are talking about today and the previous title is that the person who borrowed the money is different.
The chongzhen emperor who first borrowed money later hanged himself, followed by Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng also came to the imperial court, and called all the courtiers over and said, I want to borrow some money from you.
The ministers also began to cry and say again and again that they did not have a dime, and Li Zaicheng smiled slightly: "Okay, since you don't have money, then give your life."
So Li Zicheng severely tortured and beat all the officials up, and how many silver and silver did he take out? It was about 70 million taels of silver.
Big mistake
What does 70 million taels of silver mean? If we give these two pieces of silver to the soldiers, let the soldiers march to fight, give these two pieces of silver to the displaced people, let the displaced people live in peace, and at the same time engage in diplomacy with the Manchu Qing outside, let them share a little, such money is enough.
The courtiers were very rich, but no one was willing to take the money out, and if no one took it out, they had to be prepared to die.
But can all this really only be blamed on the courtiers? No, only Chongzhen can be blamed.
We will find that Chongzhen has finally lost his rules, and what he said today, the next day he does not remember at all, the courtiers are afraid of him to change his mind, and second, to take out so much money, is it not to Chongzhen destroy himself?
Therefore, thinking about it, the vast majority of courtiers also began to pretend to be dumb and poor, but pretending to be the Ming Dynasty was doomed.
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