In 1368, the 40-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang, a 40-year-old monk, a monk of Yunyou, a general of the Broken Yuan, and the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Jiankang (Nanjing) and established the name of "Daming".
In 1644 AD, this huge empire that had experienced 2 capitals, 16 emperors, and 276 years of state rule was inevitably doomed.
Extinguish the cause, why not? Whose fault is it?
History often originates from a tiny "butterfly"
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01">内阁的兴起</h1>
On August 18, 1428, Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Cheng, who had been in the limelight all his life, died in the middle of the desert, and the throne passed to the hands of Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozi.
If it were not for the help of Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu and others, this throne might have fallen into the hands of his younger brother Zhu Gaoxu.
Therefore, Zhu Gaozi was very grateful to Sanyang and the others, and in addition to his gratitude, he made a decision that seemed reasonable but very important at the time:
The leap between the two grades directly transformed the cabinet, which was originally only a department-level unit, into a real ministerial level!
The previous cabinet, which had the right to be nameless, has officially entered the center of state power from now on!
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > the origin of eunuch culture</h1>
In 1425, Zhu Gaozi was emperor for 10 months and died, and the big ship of the Ming Dynasty ushered in his new helmsman——
Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Xuande Zhu Zhanji
And "Sanyang" and others, if they are still members of the cabinet of Wupin at this time, then they can only be called work succession, but they are already Sanpin now have a new title -
"Patriarch of the Two Dynasties"
As a result, contradictions between the cabinet and the young emperor began to emerge, and in order to cope with this situation and maintain his rule, Zhu Zhanji had to make a decision:
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03">禁卫军的衰落</h1>
Soon after the establishment of the Inner School, a new teacher was ushered in, Wang Zhen, a native of Ulju in the north
After Wang Zhen entered the palace, he was good at observing people's wishes, and was soon appreciated by Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen and promoted to the position of eunuch of the Imperial Household.
Seven years after the death of Empress Zhang, the only one who could restrain him, he instigated the emperor to emulate Taizu Chengzu's personal conquest, and finally due to improper command, the Ming army was defeated at Tumu Fort!
The result of the tumu fort was that emperor Zhu Qizhen was also captured first, and 66 ministers were killed in battle.
At this point, the eunuchs and cabinets of the Ming Dynasty rose one after another, but the imperial power went into decline, the three major internal factors all appeared, and the road to destruction began with Zhu Gaozi's fate, but it had not yet reached the final irreparability.
After that, what kind of storm did this big ship of the Ming Dynasty experience that caused it to eventually sink?
Please pay attention to "The Butterfly Effect - The Road to the Fall of the Ming Dynasty 2"