As we all know, Li Zicheng was responsible for the destruction of the Ming Dynasty, he led the Dashun army to invade the city of Beijing, forcing the Chongzhen Emperor to hang himself on the coal mountain, coupled with his subordinates acting in the city of Beijing, the result was that the Qing army entered the customs smoothly, and eventually the Manchu Qing became the biggest winner. So, a question arises, is Li Zicheng a sinner of the Han nationality?
The author first shows his point of view, which is not counted at all. The demise of the Ming Dynasty is not at all something that Li Zicheng can decide, there is no Li Zicheng, there is Wang Zicheng and Zhao Zicheng. In the last years of Chongzhen, the people were really not born like this, they experienced eating grass to eating bark, and finally eating soil and stones.
The author does not exaggerate a bit, this is recorded in the real history books. In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), Ma Maocai went to Shaanxi to investigate the disaster. Ma Maocai completely recorded the disaster situation he saw in Shaanxi, called "Preparing for the Great Famine of Chen", and this investigation report showed in full that the people of Shaanxi were better off alive than dead.
There is a passage in "Beichen Great Famine", "In August and September, the people competed to collect grass in the mountains and eat it. Its granular chaff skin has a bitter and astringent taste. Eating, can only be prolonged to not die. After October, when it is exhausted, the bark of the tree is peeled off and eaten. But the elm bark of the trees is good, and the bark of the tree is mixed for food, and it can also slow down their death. At the end of the year, when the bark of the tree is gone, it digs up the stones in the mountain and eats them. The stony nature is cold and fishy, less food is full, and within a few days, it will be bloated and fall to death. ”
The people of Daming were really too patient, and they all ate stones before they "did not want to eat stones and died, and began to gather together as thieves." "If the court had been a little better for the common people, they would not have been able to rebel at all. Even if you eat grass and soil, you will still be bullied by officials and officers and soldiers.
Ma Maocai was still talking to the mud, he said: "For a while the foolish people were deceived, and the wind surrendered. And the thief also gave away the poor for the sake of scattering wealth, and sent millet to relieve hunger, in order to end his ambition. So he regarded the thief as a return, and the man forgot his loyalty. In fact, how can a thief break the states and counties, and the states and counties are willing to follow the ears of thieves. Therefore, victory now must begin with the collection of hearts and minds. To gather people's hearts, it is necessary to start from the restraint part of the governor town general, so that the soldiers do not abuse the people, and the people do not suffer from the soldiers. ”
The common people had no food to eat, and the imperial court still levied heavy taxes, so Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong rebelled. At that time, there was a slogan circulating in the mouths of the people in the Guanzhong area, "Open the city gate and meet the king, and the king will not pay for the grain." Judging from the actual actions, Li Zicheng basically implemented the policy of not collecting taxes and paying grain to the common people, and when there was a shortage of military salaries, he robbed officials, inferior gentry, landlords, and so on.
It should also be noted that Ma Mao mentioned that the situation was only in one province, and the situation in many northern provinces at that time was much worse than that in Shaanxi. Imagine if you lived in a certain northern province at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and a court did not care about your life or death, but they still wanted you to collect enough taxes, and you ate stones and sold your daughter in the end, would you rebel?
Li Zicheng also mentioned in the "Great Shun Advocates the Righteous World Conquest of the Tao Dao" that he could not bear to expose the pole, "Since the rise and fall of the ancient emperors, it has been a sign in the hearts of the people." In the Ming Dynasty, most of them are over. Severe punishments were severe, and the people were killed. I was born the Holy Lord, the body is benevolent, the banner of righteousness is raised, and Haiyu returns to his heart. ”