The Chongzhen Emperor was the last orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He personally ruled for the last 17 years of the Ming Dynasty. The rise and fall of dynasties is a common thing, but the collapse of the Ming Dynasty will always cause people to be helpless, not only because the Ming Dynasty was the last Han Dynasty to rule the world, but also because the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Chongzhen Emperor, was not only those faint and incompetent emperors, he was a good emperor who was angry and strong, hoping to govern the Ming Dynasty in a simple way.
According to historical records, after the Chongzhen Emperor took the throne, he realized the crisis of the Ming Dynasty, and immediately began to govern the decline of the Ming Dynasty, from the age of 17 to the age of 34, he struggled his entire youth, every day was to work until late at night, dealing with the affairs of the dynasty, and the group of courtiers to discuss countermeasures, usually the young emperor will indulge in beauty, but she almost did not have half a bit of entertainment time, fully devoted to the development of the Ming Dynasty and the salvation of the country.
However, after 17 years of hard work, in exchange for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty ended in his hands, as he himself said: "The king of the fallen country", he has been fighting for more destiny all his life, and now it is popular to say that an attitude determines everything, why has the Chongzhen Emperor been working diligently and sincerely, but in the end it has not helped? The young emperor saw that his 17 efforts did not change any results, the destruction of the Ming Dynasty, and the inheritance laid by his ancestors, he did not choose to flee, but chose to commit suicide and coexist with the Ming Dynasty.
The most regrettable thing is that when the Ming Dynasty fell, the Chongzhen Emperor became a whole lonely man, there was only one eunuch around him who was willing to follow him to death, and the manchu civilization officials did not stand up at this last moment, following the emperor to face the national difficulties, why did the Chongzhen Emperor behave so unsuccessfully, you must know that in history, it is the faint and incompetent Jianwen Emperor, before dying, there are also a large number of ministers who are willing to fight with him to death, and the destruction of the Ming Dynasty, the Chongzhen Emperor does not carry this pot in the end. Is he a man who deserves his sins, or a hero who is miserable?
In fact, history has already given the answer, the Chongzhen Emperor's attitude towards the country and work is beyond reproach, his biggest shortcoming lies in the weakness of his own personality, and the employment of people has a great concern, when the Chongzhen Emperor was in charge of the Ming Dynasty, he replaced many senior officials, a total of 20 first assistant ministers were replaced, and more than 30 governors were killed, and the heads of the six ministries replaced countless people, which can be seen that the Chongzhen Emperor is an acute son, eager to succeed, always feel that the things assigned to the ministers will be able to be completed. If it can't be completed, it will be dismissed, and if it is heavy, it will be killed.
In this way, the ministers thought all day about how to keep their heads, and the talented people did not dare to do things with all their hearts, and when they were under the Chongzhen Emperor, they felt that sooner or later they would be executed, even if the merits were great, such as Yuan Chonghuan, who beat the Qing army on their backs, but what about the final fate? Or was he slashed by the emperor with a thousand knives, which made many talented people feel cold. Therefore, in the late period of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign, many ministers would carefully put forward their own opinions so as not to cause trouble.
These points can be seen in the Chongzhen Emperor's character defects, serious negative and negative psychological attitude, not only that, but also ruined a lot of military talents and materials of Daming, such an emperor is that you are diligent and useless, the Ming Dynasty will perish in his hands sooner or later.