In 1644, the capital was already under siege by Li Zicheng. Before Emperor Chongzhen was martyred, he secretly collected the bones of the traitorous minister Wei Zhongxian...... Why did Chongzhen do this, is it remorse or self-blame?
Emperor Chongzhen, as the king of the fallen country, was full of legends in his life. After he took over the crumbling Daming country, he planned to make every effort to revive the former glory of the Ming Dynasty. The first thing to bear the brunt of the attack was to crack down on Wei Zhongxian's traitorous party, show his head to the public, and break his body into thousands of pieces, so that everyone seemed to see the arrival of the lord of Zhongxing.
Wei Zhongxian, as a representative of the traitorous party who abused power and bullied the lord and brutalized the loyal and good in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, left everyone with only abuse and contempt in his life. But Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao liked this very capable eunuch very much. Wei Zhongxian is also very smart, and every time he encounters a major event, he will wait until Zhu Youxiao is very committed to being a carpenter. So many times it was Wei Zhongxian who made his own decisions.
In fact, aside from other things, Wei Zhongxian himself is very capable. In the Ming Dynasty at that time, there were constant internal and external troubles, that is, there was a lack of talents to deal with major events. There were constant party strife inside, peasant uprisings and the rise of the Manchus outside.
Although Wei Zhongxian was in power and dictatorship, he still played a very big role in the unity and stability of the Ming Dynasty. Including when Zhu Youxiao died, he also told his younger brother Zhu Youzhen that Wei Zhongxian was cautious and loyal, and he could count big things. Sadly, Emperor Chongzhen did not appreciate his brother's painstaking efforts.
Wei Zhongxian has done several great things in his life.
First, due to Wei Zhongxian's gaining power, the rise of the eunuch party vigorously dealt a blow to the Donglin Party forces that were misleading the country, and reduced the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty.
Second, Wei Zhongxian was good at employing people, and in the battle against the Manchus, he appointed some generals who were enemies but had strong capabilities, which effectively improved the defense of the Ming Dynasty against the Manchus.
Third, to help the imperial court collect food and taxes. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, due to internal and external troubles, the income of the imperial court has been in a very low situation. In order to change this situation, Wei Zhongxian decided to levy various taxes on the Shi family, especially the Donglin Party, so that their interests were touched, and eventually the Donglin Party resolutely got rid of him.
So we can see that although Wei Zhongxian is indeed heinous, he is truly for the sake of the Ming court. On the other hand, after Chongzhen came to power, the Donglin Party and the like that were activated could do nothing but talk about misleading the country and engaging in internal friction in party struggle. It's time for Li Zicheng to enter the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen hopes that they will take the lead in raising money and food to fight the enemy, and everyone will only cry poor, and they don't consider the life and death of the country at all.
In 1644 AD, Emperor Chongzhen ushered in his end, and he knew that he had no power to return to heaven. Only then did he look back at his life, and suddenly thought of what his brother Zhu Youxiao said to him. At this time, Chongzhen had mixed feelings, maybe if he hadn't killed Wei Zhongxian, he wouldn't necessarily be in this realm today.
So, Emperor Chongzhen arranged for his personal eunuch Wang Chengen to do something he wanted to do but didn't dare to do. Secretly collect Wei Zhongxian's bones and rebury them in Biyun Temple in Xiangshan, where Wei Zhongxian has always loved in the past.
Cao Huachun, the eunuch beside him, finally said to Emperor Chongzhen that if the loyal and virtuous are there, the current affairs will not come to this......