Video Clip: Opening Inventory of the Ten Emperors

Chapter 66 Take Our Knife, Let's Cut One by One
The inventory video continues:
[During the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, the power of the Donglin Party continued to expand. 】

[Donglin party members are known as "Qingliu", claiming to love the country and the people, consider for the country and the common people, and influence the public opinion of the world. 】

[Because the existence of Donglin Party members threatens the interests of other non-Donglin Party members, many non-Donglin Party officials also formed gangs based on regions and led by high-ranking officials to protect themselves. , Zhejiang Party, Chu Party, and Qi Party stand in great numbers, and they unite to attack the Donglin Party members. 】

[Partisan struggles have expanded in scale, are serious in nature, and have even worse impacts. Political disputes in the Ming Dynasty deteriorated sharply and entered an unprecedented new era. 】

[Donglin party members represented the interests of merchants and landlords in the southeast at that time, opposed the imperial court's taxation of industrial and commercial people, and took advantage of the opportunity of Emperor Chongzhen to eliminate Wei Zhongxian's influence, canceled or reduced overseas trade tax, mine tax, salt tax, The tea tax and other taxes made the source of fiscal revenue more single in the late Ming Dynasty. The court's tax source was more dependent on ordinary farmers, and the pressure on people's lives was increasing. 】

[In addition, various natural disasters continued at that time, causing a large number of farmers to go bankrupt and forming a large number of refugees, which directly led to the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty. 】

[I have to admit that a small number of Donglin Party members have good intentions and have extremely high ideal pursuits, but this is only a very small number of people. 】

[From the perspective of social evolution, most of the Donglin Party members are martyrs of moral idealism, but they are stuck in idealism and cannot extricate themselves from it. seeking benefits. 】

[Donglin party members’ strict sectarianism, bookishness, and talk on paper did little to contribute to the practice of social governance in the Ming Dynasty. 】

[The national ideals he chanted, instead sounded the death knell of the collapse of the Ming Empire Building, which can be described as a typical textbook of "empty talk harming the country". 】

"These literati are going to die!"

Emperor Yongle Zhu Di was lying on the treasure boat, watching the inventory video, he couldn't help sighing: "With my father's temperament, if I can travel through the gate of time and space to the end of my Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the ministers in the court will be bloodbathed by my father."

Zhu Di guessed right. After Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, because he did not study much, he often reminded himself not to be fooled by cultural people.

What's more, many literati can only talk empty slogans, crowd out others for their own interests, and make the court chaotic.

For this reason, he launched a literary inquisition and carried out bloody massacres of countless literati.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a monk, and later joined the Red Scarf Army to rebel and started his business. Many literati looked down on him, and even harbored hostility.

Facing the arrogant and unwilling to cooperate with the literati, Zhu Yuanzhang was not polite at all and killed them without mercy.

Although the Donglin Party members during the Chongzhen Emperor's period could find social problems, they never found a solution to the problems, they only knew empty slogans.

Basically, they have not done any good deeds that benefit the country and the people, and have been fighting for their own interests.

They use public opinion to seize power.

Fighting against the eunuchs for self-interest, after Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the eunuchs, was removed from power, the Donglin Party became the dominant family, and it even covered the sky with one hand in the Ming court.

The most deadly thing is that when the Manchus came, there were still many patriots in the Ming court who wanted to fight the Manchus in a final desperate struggle.

But at this time, there were many members of the Donglin Party in the Ming court, and most of them persuaded Emperor Chongzhen to surrender, a typical surrender faction.

[Secondly, Zhu Youjian took care of his face and missed opportunities many times, which caused problems for Daming. 】

[Why do you say that? 】

[For example, when Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were drawn up by Yang Sichang to spread the net on ten sides, they were almost completely wiped out. 】

[This was supposed to be a great time to wipe out the Ming rebels in one go, but Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian heard that Zhang Xianzhong was going to surrender to Daming, so he took the attitude of surrendering and not killing him, and asked Yang Sichang to give up killing him, and said : "Since he is so sincere, how can I chill his heart?"]

[This kind of behavior of letting the tiger go back to the mountain is extremely stupid! 】

[Is the example of Hongmen Banquet not enough? 】

[You know, because Zhang Xianzhong took down Fengyang, the hometown of Emperor Hongwu, and dug up Zhu Youjian's family's ancestral grave, Zhu Youjian also vowed to skin him. 】

【As a result, he completely forgot about it just because of Zhang Xianzhong's surrender. What kind of psychedelic operation is this? 】

[Not surprisingly, Zhang Xianzhong's pretending to surrender was just his tactic to delay the attack, and later he made a comeback and became bigger and stronger. 】

[Thirdly, Zhu Youjian's ability is mediocre, but he has a suspicious personality and randomly intervenes in military operations. 】

[Because Emperor Chongzhen easily moved to Wei Zhongxian, he was a little arrogant, so he misjudged both Daming's strength and his own ability. 】

[The most important thing is that for marching and fighting, professional generals are still needed. If a layman always comes to point fingers, it will be different. 】

[In the battle of Songjin and the Battle of Tongguan, the two battles that mattered to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, it was precisely because of Zhu Youjian's random command that the Ming army suffered a disastrous defeat. 】

[The Battle of Songjin, this was a decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty. At that time, Huang Taiji's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was invincible in field battles, so Hong Chengchou chose to avoid his edge and rely on fortifications to fight against Zu Dashou outside the city. Tai Chi forms an encirclement trend. 】

[In fact, in this battle, the Ming Dynasty has the upper hand, and it will not be able to attack for a while. 】

However, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen made a mistake, and it was this mistake that changed everything.

[Emperor Chongzhen and Minister of War Chen Xinjia and others did not understand the situation ahead. After a small victory, they believed in the words of Zhang Ruoqi, the supervisor of Liaodong, who underestimated the enemy. 】

[Emperor Chongzhen blindly urged the commander-in-chief Hong Chengchou to fight the enemy decisively, and gave up Hong Chengchou's correct idea of ​​fighting and defending, step by step, and move forward step by step to solve the siege of Jinzhou. 】

[As a result, the Ming army was defeated, Jinzhou fell, Hong Chengchou was captured, and the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to fight against Houjin. 】

[There is also the battle of Tongguan, which was a situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak. Facing Li Zicheng's army, the Ming army was short of soldiers and food. Sun Chuanting stood firm at Tongguan and could not avoid the battle. 】

[Zhu Youjian commanded blindly again. He strictly ordered Sun Chuanting, who was stationed in Tongguan, to lead his troops out of Tongguan to destroy the peasant army under Li Zicheng. In the end, Sun Chuanting died in battle and Tongguan fell. 】

[The most exasperating thing is that Zhu Youjian has never been a person who dares to take responsibility. Whether it is the Battle of Songjin or the Battle of Tongguan, he always blames the general for the failure. 】

[Looking back at Zhu Youjian’s actions, I don’t deny that he wanted to save the weakened Ming Dynasty, and he also took some measures, but he bears the unshirkable responsibility for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. 】

[He is suspicious and self-willed by nature, neither has the military talent of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, nor the iron and blood methods of Emperor Hongwu, resulting in many corrupt officials and financial constraints in Ming Dynasty. 】

[The series of operations during the emperor's period not only failed to save Da Ming, but pushed Da Ming into the abyss of extinction. 】

[The Manchus never imagined that they could break through the closed doors and enter the Central Plains to become emperors. They just wanted to occupy a place and become kings on their own. They never thought that Emperor Chongzhen would give people such a big opportunity. 】

Parallel dynasty - Ming Dynasty.

Bang bang bang!
Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang patted the table, his face was full of anger: "This idiot!
We killed so many literati back then, didn't we teach enough lessons to future generations?
This group of literati who only know empty slogans all day long and can't do shit is not reliable at all.

If they are under our hands, can they live so comfortably?

Are there corrupt officials in the court?
you can!

Let's first check whether you are clean or not. If it is not clean, we, Lao Zhu, will peel you and fill you with grass!
And we don't understand, why are you being soft-hearted when dealing with the enemy?Killing is over, even if he surrenders, dare to use it?What if one day stabbed us in the back?
The grave of our old Zhu's family has been dug up. Doesn't this smash him into pieces? "

Watching the video, Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth angrily.

"If our old Zhu sees this idiot, we must teach him a lesson!

As for these literati who made the Ming court turbulent?
Take our knife, let's chop one by one! "

(End of this chapter)