If you really want Chongzhen to be in tune with an emperor, then the best choice is Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. Because at that time, the world of the Ming Dynasty needed an active and promising monarch to sort it out. When it comes to the Carpenter Emperor Apocalypse, if Chongzhen is allowed to take the throne directly, Daming may be on the end of the road faster.
The Chongzhen Emperor was not the kind of master of great talent and great strategy, but he had three advantages in his body: one was ambitious and eager for merit; the other was that he was extremely diligent in government and had to do everything personally; and third, he acted decisively and did not drag mud and water. The first example of advantage is that when he appointed Yuan Chonghuan as the governor of Jiliao, he did not ask whether he could defend, but first asked whether he could "restore Liao" for several years; advantage two, he did not need any specific examples, and looked at the records in the history books: "The chickens roared, the night was not sleepy, often scorched into illness, and there was no feast in the palace"; the example of advantage three was that at the beginning of his reign, he took Wei Zhongxian in one fell swoop and unified the imperial program.
In contrast, the Chongzhen Emperor also had three shortcomings: one was self-absorbed and did not trust people; the second was too good-looking and irresponsible; the third was to act recklessly and kill indiscriminately. The example of shortcoming one is needless to say that it is the Yuan Chonghuan incident, which was said to be good for five years, and the result was that people were abolished in less than a year; the example of shortcoming two is Chen Xinjia's peace conference incident, which obviously he was the driving force behind the scenes, and as a result, he first shrank back; the example of shortcoming three is the brutal killing of generals and high-ranking officials during the Chongzhen period. In addition to Yuan Chonghuan and Chen Xinjia, there are also Sun Yuanhua, Zhou Yanru and others. In addition, there are thirty or forty generals at the rank of general soldier, several high-ranking officials at the level of prime minister, and hundreds of lower-level officials.
From these three advantages and disadvantages, it can be seen that the Chongzhen Emperor was a fierce person. He is like a fierce medicine, if he uses it when the Ming Dynasty is still strong, it may have a very good effect. That's why the author said that he and Jiajing should be reversed. At that time, Daming was strong and stable, but corruption grew. If Chongzhen came up, he would definitely not allow Yan Song's dictatorship and selfishness. The atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty will not be corrupted.
And Chongzhen's fall of the country was precisely because he acted violently. The brutal killing of the ministers caused the Ming Dynasty to be alienated among the monarchs and courtiers, and the Chongzhen Emperor was alone. Of course, objectively speaking, a considerable number of these people killed by the Chongzhen Emperor were really damned. But at that time, when the Ming Dynasty was employing people, such a cruel killing, who else would stand up to defend the country? Later, in the entire imperial court, no official was willing to fight for him. Ministers like Li Jiantai even dared to deceive the emperor, which was the curse caused by the Chongzhen Emperor's violent actions.
However, this powerful medicine could not be used in the apocalyptic era, which was already at the end of the imperial dynasty. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was already full of ills, the national treasury was empty, embattled, and the void could not be remedied. At this time, the situation in the DPRK should be dominated by stability. With a stable political faction as a team, uniting as many people as possible will it be possible to get the big tomorrow through. In fact, the Emperor of the Apocalypse did just that, he favored the castration party, although it also brought losses to the country, but the good villains achieved unity.
And what would happen if the Chongzhen Emperor and the Emperor of Heavenly Revelation were to be reversed? To be honest, the national strength of the Apocalypse Dynasty and the early years of Chongzhen was not much different, and the status of officials was not much different. Chongzhen's rule would still tear the country apart. Without the unity of the partisans, the process would have been even faster. Of course, the apocalypse was smooth sailing and rain, and the natural environment was far better than that of the Chongzhen Dynasty. But don't forget, the Apocalypse is only 7 years long! Even if Chongzhen can survive the first 7 years, he will still face natural disasters that make the Ming Dynasty difficult to overcome! The whole process of destruction still can't be hidden.
In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, it may be better to catch up with an unscrupulous emperor than to catch up with an emperor like Chongzhen. At the very least, the country's expenses will be less, and it will wait until the difficult period has passed. This argument may not be accepted by most people, but there is no absolute right or wrong in the world, and sometimes good things are used in the wrong places, and they will not have good results. The tragedy of the Chongzhen Emperor lies in this.