King Chuang: You promised me these 3 conditions, and I immediately retired as a subject, Chongzhen: I still commit suicide!
In March 1644, Li Zicheng's million-strong army approached Beijing, and before attacking Beijing, Li Zicheng expressed to Chongzhen that he could be the king of the northwest, but Chongzhen refused. So on March 17, the city of Beijing was destroyed and Daming fell. Many people felt sorry for Chongzhen, and if Chongzhen had accepted Li Zicheng's proposal, perhaps the Ming Dynasty would not have died so quickly. Is this really the case? Of course not!
In 1644 BC, Li Zicheng led his migrant workers to form a rebel army, all the way to the bottom of the city tower in Beijing, when everyone thought that the situation in the world would change, he unusually handed a letter to it. Everyone must be curious about the contents, and the letter mainly says: "If you want to cut off the northwestern region, you will be crowned king, and you will treat the army with millions of silver." In fact, just from the superficial meaning, we know that although this person led people to resist, his ambitions were not as big as being an emperor, and if he were given an estimate, he would not have the courage to become an emperor.
Li Zicheng took the initiative to propose negotiations, and if Chongzhen agreed to the three conditions proposed by Li Zicheng or negotiated well with Li Zicheng, perhaps Li Zicheng would retire on his own. At that time, the peasant army arrived at Juyongguan, broke through Changping, and went straight to The Gate of Guangning, but Li Zicheng did not continue to advance, but sent the surrendered eunuch Du Xun into the city to negotiate secretly with the Chongzhen Emperor. He also generally put forward three conditions, one of which was to negotiate the cession of the northwest and reward a million peasant army; the second was that the peasant army retreated to Henan and was enfeoffed; and the third was that the peasant army had the right not to obey the edict and not to see it.
After Chongzhen knew, he thought for a long time, only said a word of integrity must not be lost, the negotiations between the two sides broke down, Li Zicheng attacked the Forbidden City, Chongzhen martyred himself, there are many people who do not understand this kind of practice, think that it is pretending to be high, but the kings of the Ming Dynasty are, the heavenly son guards the gate of the country, the king dies in the society, although they are not a qualified emperor, but they are in the last moment, the integrity is always the emperor of other dynasties to be more admirable, and then the Chongzhen Emperor has understood that Daming is already the sun and the west mountain, If you want to keep daming's country, it is really difficult and difficult.